Topic: The Guitar Topic (Read 1983951 times)

valley_parade · « **Reply #3200 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 09:46 »

I showed it to Patrick on AIM earlier, and I think he nearly exploded in delight.

greenMonkey · « **Reply #3201 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 11:15 »

Meh, I still don't like the no-pickguard look, and for some reason I don't like the look of those G&L special single coils, though I'm sure they sound great.

I have actually played one of those G&L tele thinlines (actually it's the ASAT Bluesboy Semi-Hollow) that I posted earlier, and it was pure sex. It had a ridiculous amount of tonal variety for a Telecaster.

carrotosaurus · « **Reply #3202 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 13:46 »

That looks awesome.

Anders · « **Reply #3203 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 18:20 »

Well, admittedly I mostly just lurk, but this seemed a friendly enough place and additional input never hurt nobody. I've got one of these suckers kicking around (it's a squier) and I figure its about time I got around to replacing those pickups. Anyone have any suggestions? I've heard good things about the DiMarzio Twang Kings, though I am not necessarily looking at getting a traditional tele sound out of it.

Spluff · « **Reply #3204 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 18:21 »

Is it wrong that I can't say Twang King without pronouncing it Twang Kang?

Ballard · « **Reply #3205 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 20:56 »

Man fuck DiMarzio. Put some Van Zandts or Bare Knuckle pickups in that baby.

tuna ketchup x · « **Reply #3206 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 21:10 »

Quote from: kent_eh on 18 Nov 2008, 06:51

Quote from: tuna ketchup x on 17 Nov 2008, 21:53
For anyone following my amp saga... I took the defective Crate back to the store, but didn't feel like waiting several more weeks possibly for a new one. Plus I was a bit soured on the brand itself. So I took a store Strat on a mini-tour and zeroed in on a Line 6 Spider 15 watt hybrid. Want! Got!
Did you try a Cube 30 during your search?

No, didn't see it/don't know if they had it. The price tag and the fact that it is half tube was enough to push me toward the Spider and I'm pretty glad I got it, so far it sounds great (has a great flange setting), though there's a few more bells and whistles than I would like.

THIS is a mandolin:

I don't see how a fully electric mandolin can actually sound like a mandolin, but it looks cool as hell.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #3207 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 21:15 »

It does look cool as hell, but it certainly won't sound like a mandolin unless there are four more strings I am not seeing.

Patrick · « **Reply #3208 on:** 21 Nov 2008, 02:24 »

Quote from: Ballard on 20 Nov 2008, 20:56

Man fuck DiMarzio. Put some Van Zandts or Bare Knuckle pickups in that baby.

Gene, this is a Telecaster we're talking about here. Just shut the hell up and let real men do the talking here.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3209 on:** 21 Nov 2008, 04:56 »

If you want to stay with that pickup config, throw a Duncan Vintage mini-HB in the neck position. It's leading candidate for "make my Firebird sound better".

Patrick · « **Reply #3210 on:** 21 Nov 2008, 05:06 »

Oh and for the record you should stick some 500k pots (Allparts has some good 'uns) in there instead of the normal 250k if you want to get the snap of vintage with the warmth of hotter-wound pickups. God, what a sound...

Ballard · « **Reply #3211 on:** 21 Nov 2008, 11:45 »

Quote from: Patrick on 21 Nov 2008, 02:24

Gene, this is a Telecaster we're talking about here. Just shut the hell up and let real men do the talking here.

Man, are you serious?

valley_parade · « **Reply #3212 on:** 21 Nov 2008, 11:48 »

They sound like Texas?

Does this mean I can sound like the lovechild of AmAnSet and EitS?

Ballard · « **Reply #3213 on:** 21 Nov 2008, 13:40 »

More like SRV really.

Patrick · « **Reply #3214 on:** 21 Nov 2008, 14:54 »

You can sound like SRV any time you want as long as you are using a Strat's middle pickup with either of the other two pickups. I have hardly ever heard him use any other pickup setting.

Bearer · « **Reply #3215 on:** 21 Nov 2008, 22:22 »

Sort of un-related, but I've got a switch on my strat that allows me to do both the "neck/bridge" and "all three" pickup settings. Playing with all three sounds beautiful with a really clean amp and a little bit of chorusy reverb. Mmmmmm...

valley_parade · « **Reply #3216 on:** 22 Nov 2008, 05:46 »

Quote from: Ballard on 21 Nov 2008, 13:40

More like SRV really.

If I want that I'll just get a set of Fender Tex-Mex pickups. =/

Ballard · « **Reply #3217 on:** 22 Nov 2008, 08:35 »

Well no I lied- these pups are just fantastic true vintage tone. You can get lots of things out of them. But at this point I'm pretty sure they sound way better than Fender MIM factory stock.

Patrick · « **Reply #3218 on:** 22 Nov 2008, 17:52 »

The screams of a stabbing murder sound better than MIM factory stock, Gene, you're not really leaving much room for improvement.

Ballard · « **Reply #3219 on:** 22 Nov 2008, 18:39 »

I was answering Shane. They're just fantastic fucking pickups. Get some.

Patrick · « **Reply #3220 on:** 22 Nov 2008, 19:07 »

I'm just saying, that comparison wasn't saying a whole lot.

Guys I kindof want to get an Ibanez Artcore. Switch out the pickups for Gibson '57 buckers and 250k pots. Good idea, yes?

Spluff · « **Reply #3221 on:** 22 Nov 2008, 19:14 »

Ballard · « **Reply #3222 on:** 22 Nov 2008, 20:04 »

Honestly I think they're hella ugly.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #3223 on:** 22 Nov 2008, 20:25 »

(If I crossed any lines, I can remove this.)

Oh hi, pagebreak.

Ballard · « **Reply #3224 on:** 22 Nov 2008, 21:40 »

Guys should I get a Melody Maker? It's a freakin' American-made Gibson for under $500.

The only thing that bothers me is that it has one single coil pick-up and two knobs, nothing else. Is that too minimal?

greenMonkey · « **Reply #3225 on:** 23 Nov 2008, 04:39 »

Don't they make a dual pickup version?

Also, I have a single pickup, two-knob guitar (my Dano u-1), and I love it. But I do wish I had a bit more tonal variety. I think I'm gonna switch out the stock pickup for a Seymour Duncan.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3226 on:** 23 Nov 2008, 05:53 »

Quote from: Patrick on 22 Nov 2008, 19:07

I'm just saying, that comparison wasn't saying a whole lot.

Guys I kindof want to get an Ibanez Artcore. Switch out the pickups for Gibson '57 buckers and 250k pots. Good idea, yes?

Man eff you get a Dot. Or a Sheraton.

edit: http://www.jsdguitarshack.com/dillion_guitars/dillion_sg_jr.html

Hey guys look what I'm getting in the spring. The SG Jr. is easily one of my all-time favorite guitars. And I will settle for a clone because fuck you Gibson, I am not paying $2300 for a Custom Shop version. Fuck, if I wanted to be THAT vain, I'd cut a notch in the top of the headstock and buy a Gibson decal.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #3227 on:** 23 Nov 2008, 08:08 »

Quote from: greenMonkey on 23 Nov 2008, 04:39

Don't they make a dual pickup version?

Yeah, sort of. That's a Les Paul Faded. It's somewhat more expensive.

Ballard · « **Reply #3228 on:** 23 Nov 2008, 08:20 »

No, fuck those Matt. Les Paul Fadeds just look like incomplete Les Pauls and that bugs me. If I were to buy a Les Paul, I'd save up and go all out for the Classic. I like the simplistic look and the satin finish here, I'm just dying for more tone.

They used to make a two pick-up version but it was mysteriously discontinued.

There's a Joan Jett Signature version with a Burstbucker in it but that is closer to $800 and only comes in Worn White. I believe Lummer had one at some point.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3229 on:** 23 Nov 2008, 08:31 »

I think Lummer had it for like five minutes and sold it.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #3230 on:** 23 Nov 2008, 08:36 »

Jeez, Gene, I wasn't suggesting he buy it. I never knew about the two-pickup Melody Maker.

Ballard · « **Reply #3231 on:** 23 Nov 2008, 08:37 »

Dude I wasn't angry at you, merely expressing my distaste for them.

Yeah they're somewhat hard to come by these days.

Lummer · « **Reply #3232 on:** 23 Nov 2008, 11:51 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 23 Nov 2008, 08:31

I think Lummer had it for like five minutes and sold it.

Yeah, and I actually really liked it, but it wasn't really useful for playing anything other than punk-ish rock, and at the time I needed a more jack-of-all-trades guitar, and I found that in the Washburn Idol WI66.

Nevertheless, the Joan Jett guitar is freaking awesome.

Ballard · « **Reply #3233 on:** 23 Nov 2008, 11:58 »

Sounds pretty good for me though.

Patrick · « **Reply #3234 on:** 23 Nov 2008, 16:38 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 23 Nov 2008, 05:53

Quote from: Patrick on 22 Nov 2008, 19:07
I'm just saying, that comparison wasn't saying a whole lot.

Guys I kindof want to get an Ibanez Artcore. Switch out the pickups for Gibson '57 buckers and 250k pots. Good idea, yes?

Man eff you get a Dot. Or a Sheraton.

Fuck Dots, the finishes that I've seen are super shitty. Sheratons are dope as FUCK though. I'd be tempted to leave one in the sun room for a week, heh.

...hey, maybe I should to that to yellow the finish on my Jag.

Quote from: valley_parade on 23 Nov 2008, 05:53

The SG Jr. is easily one of my all-time favorite guitars. And I will settle for a clone because fuck you Gibson, I am not paying $2300 for a Custom Shop version. Fuck, if I wanted to be THAT vain, I'd cut a notch in the top of the headstock and buy a Gibson decal.

I am pretty sure that the "Gibson" name thingy is actually inlaid into the headstock veneer, dude. Also, when cutting into the veneer, I don't know what Dillion use, but Gibson's veneer shit is pretty tough stuff.

Lummer · « **Reply #3235 on:** 23 Nov 2008, 18:01 »

Quote from: Ballard on 23 Nov 2008, 11:58

Sounds pretty good for me though.

If you're just gonna play RAWK and not tuning any further down than a half step, then it's pretty damn near perfect if you ask me.

Ballard · « **Reply #3236 on:** 23 Nov 2008, 20:00 »

Powerpop, punk, and rock 'n' roll pretty much.

Yeah Patrick, it's a pain in the ass to fake a Gibson name. Fenders are a different story, however. I've seen a dude sand the "Squier" logo off the headstock, stain the wood a nice non-plywood color, and slap on a Fender USA logo in like an hour. He also does work on the body, neck, fretboard, replaces the hardware and electronics (this costs him about $500) and sells these things for $800 (he advertises the fact that they're clones and not real Fenders) or gives them as gifts to broke professional musician friends who can't afford the real thing.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3237 on:** 24 Nov 2008, 05:10 »

I'm not saying I was going to do it. I'm not THAT vain. I take pride in the fact that I play a Squier and it sounds good.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #3238 on:** 24 Nov 2008, 17:14 »

So, I am expecting to get an Epi les paul studio this christmas, I looked at what I could get for the comparable price on Rondo and it was full mahogany vs seymour duncans, so I went with mahogany, since I think pickups will be an easy switch when I want a better one.

Beastmouth · « **Reply #3239 on:** 24 Nov 2008, 23:39 »

Quote from: Patrick on 23 Nov 2008, 16:38

I am pretty sure that the "Gibson" name thingy is actually inlaid into the headstock veneer, dude. Also, when cutting into the veneer, I don't know what Dillion use, but Gibson's veneer shit is pretty tough stuff.

On a Black Beauty? sure

scraping the bottom of the American barrel, so to speak? The one U.S. model with a plastic finish, you *really* think they inlay that name on the headstock? They can get super nice decals, you know

imapiratearg · « **Reply #3240 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 08:20 »

Ugh...there are far too many sounds for my poor ass to procure pedals for.

In an ideal world, this is what my setup would look like:

Guitar> Maybe a wah here > Fuzz Face > Superfuzz (or a Maestro) > Tonebender > Muff > RAT (probably the home-made one I haven't found the time to solder up) > TurboRAT > Tremolo > Phaser > The wah might go here if not after the guitar > Amp. Then, my Echo-Tech would run out of the effects loop.

Patrick · « **Reply #3241 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 15:39 »

Quote from: Beastmouth on 24 Nov 2008, 23:39

Quote from: Patrick on 23 Nov 2008, 16:38
I am pretty sure that the "Gibson" name thingy is actually inlaid into the headstock veneer, dude. Also, when cutting into the veneer, I don't know what Dillion use, but Gibson's veneer shit is pretty tough stuff.
On a Black Beauty? sure

scraping the bottom of the American barrel, so to speak? The one U.S. model with a plastic finish, you *really* think they inlay that name on the headstock? They can get super nice decals, you know

It was inlaid on my Faded SG Special. That's about as bottom-of-the-barrel as Gibson got for a good while.

Beastmouth · « **Reply #3242 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 16:40 »

Yes, but that had the regular Gibson headstock and that inlaid one might have been the only thing sitting around Nashville that day.

I won't say it's impossible but I srsly doubt they'd bother with headstock inlays on a guitar that is so cheap. You seem to be forgetting that this thing is just about the cheapest USA made guitar on the market.

Patrick · « **Reply #3243 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 17:12 »

Whatever, fuck Gibson anyway, their headstocks suck 37 asses. I propose we all get together and pester Fender's consumer relations department about reissuing the Starcaster. That would make my life so very happy.

I wonder if their custom shop would make a Starcaster, but I'd really love to see it back in production.

BaneAtvar · « **Reply #3244 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 18:07 »

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New guitar day.

Seriously, this 1993 Orville By Gibson ES-335 sounds WAY better than any Gibson ES-335 I've played. Seems like it has the Peter Green Reverse neck humbucker mod done to it. I'm not sure, but it sounds just... perfect.

Also, best neck I've ever played, and when I stick some 0.011's on it, she'll be just BADASS.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #3245 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 20:02 »

EEEENNNNVYYYYYYYYY

Seriously, you have no idea.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #3246 on:** 25 Nov 2008, 22:21 »

Pirate, what about the chorus and reverb? You can get some awesomeness out of that (see the opening of She Painted Fire Across the Skyline Pt. 1)

Beastmouth · « **Reply #3247 on:** 26 Nov 2008, 01:41 »

Quote from: Patrick on 25 Nov 2008, 17:12

I wonder if their custom shop would make a Starcaster, but I'd really love to see it back in production.

Dude, it's a custom shop. Don't worry about 'will they make it?', worry about, 'is this the winning lottery ticket?'

Blank_Jebus · « **Reply #3248 on:** 26 Nov 2008, 06:27 »

here are the guitars i currently own.<br

This is the one i play most, i made her myself out of an old Squire Strat.
[img width= height=]http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v683/129/108/1606710101/n1606710101_30062068_3622.jpg[/img]

this is an oscar schmidt by washburn,
[img width= height=]http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v683/129/108/1606710101/n1606710101_30062069_3911.jpg[/img]

and this one is my newly acquired 12 string acoustic. i need to get new tuners and strings for it yet.
[img width= height=]http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v683/129/108/1606710101/n1606710101_30062070_2658.jpg[/img]

i hope to someday also get a ukulele, a mandolin, and a banjo.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #3249 on:** 26 Nov 2008, 06:59 »

Quote from: Nodaisho on 25 Nov 2008, 22:21

Pirate, what about the chorus and reverb? You can get some awesomeness out of that (see the opening of She Painted Fire Across the Skyline Pt. 1)

I'm not a real big fan of chorus and the reverb would be handled by my amp. It's got a pretty spectacular built-in spring reverb function.

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