Topic: The Guitar Topic (Read 1983998 times)

valley_parade · « **Reply #3350 on:** 11 Dec 2008, 05:31 »

I own an Epiphone, and I've played Gibsons. I think I just prefer cheaper guitars, and then modding them. My friend's got a G-400 with Gibson '57s and a Gibson SG Standard. The G-400 honestly blows the Standard out of the water.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #3351 on:** 11 Dec 2008, 06:30 »

Quote from: Ballard on 10 Dec 2008, 23:50

Man FUCK no.

TV yellow is the only acceptable choice.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3352 on:** 11 Dec 2008, 06:50 »

Quote from: Patrick on 11 Dec 2008, 00:01

I know we do not always agree on aesthetics, but unless the other alternative is sherwood green metallic, Gene is pretty much unarguably correct.

Patrick · « **Reply #3353 on:** 11 Dec 2008, 08:30 »

Not on a Tele man, I don't think that would look good at all. Especially not one with a maple board.

doombilly · « **Reply #3354 on:** 11 Dec 2008, 08:37 »

Quote from: Ballard on 10 Dec 2008, 16:38

Hey guys so, I have a Martin. My ex-girlfriend bought it for me last year on my birthday.
...
Do you think I could trade this in at Guitar Center for a price that'd be worth it?

They will give you 1/4 of what they think they can sell it at.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3355 on:** 11 Dec 2008, 08:43 »

Quote from: Patrick on 11 Dec 2008, 08:30

Not on a Tele man, I don't think that would look good at all. Especially not one with a maple board.

SGM tele, rosewood board, aged pickguard? Binding?

FUCK YEAH.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3356 on:** 11 Dec 2008, 08:46 »

Quote from: crabjob on 10 Dec 2008, 21:59

Lol, as soon as I wrote that I knew I should have specified. Specifically, this one:http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-Vintage-Hot-Rod-52-Telecaster-?sku=512138

It's way too much money for me to spend but I love that mini humbucker. Throw a bigsby on it and I will gladly give you a kidney.

p.s. Um, how do I link it under specific text so I can forgo the whole showing the entire address thing?

Quick fix:
-Squier Affinity Tele in blonde
-Guitar Fetish mini-hum Tele pickguard
-GFS mini-hum
-other mods as seen fit.

GFS/Guitar Fetish is generally cheap, but god quality.

Ballard · « **Reply #3357 on:** 11 Dec 2008, 09:18 »

Man that Am. Vintage Tele is hot shit.

I should clarify, I meant there is no other acceptable finish for the '52 Hot Rod or any other similar super old school Tele. There are plenty of gorgeous Teles in plenty of colors, above one not the least of them.

Quote from: doombilly on 11 Dec 2008, 08:37

Quote from: Ballard on 10 Dec 2008, 16:38
Hey guys so, I have a Martin. My ex-girlfriend bought it for me last year on my birthday.
...
Do you think I could trade this in at Guitar Center for a price that'd be worth it?
They will give you 1/4 of what they think they can sell it at.

That is so lame. Thanks for the heads up.

crabjob · « **Reply #3358 on:** 11 Dec 2008, 09:20 »

Yeah, making a parts Tele would probably my best bet:

Arctic White Squier
fat neck from Warmoth
GFS mini-hum w/ black pickguard
hotter bridge pickup

of course, if I wanted to do this myself I would first need to know:

how to use a soldering iron

Super old school. GOD I love vintage guitars.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3359 on:** 11 Dec 2008, 10:00 »

I'm so tempted to do this, now. Dammit!

Bearer · « **Reply #3360 on:** 13 Dec 2008, 16:44 »

Alright gents, after the success with my last CBG, I've decided to make another Cigar Box Guitar, only this one will actually have something of a budget!

I'm making it out of a relatively small cedar cigar box (literaly, it's a small rectangle that I think is just long enough to keep scale) that I'm going to fill with Maple. Despite being a CBG, it's going to have quite a bit of tonal possibilities this time. It's going to have a telecaster style bridge with a slanted bridge pickup and a Firebird-esque mini-humbucker at the neck. As for electronics, it's gonna have a 3 way pickup selector switch, 2 tone knobs, and one volume, but the tone knob for the neck pickup will be a push/pull so I can change the mini-bucker from parallel to series. I'm gonna get a maple neck with rosewood fretboard, but I'm probably going to stain it like I did with the last one.

At least, that's the plan anyway. The parts I need I can get from the previously mentioned Guitarfetish.com for about $200. I'd like to hear some suggestions for this build before I order the parts though.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3361 on:** 14 Dec 2008, 06:15 »

I think cigar box guitars are ugly as sin. But hey, you're the one playing it. And the MH-S combo seems to work really well (see that Vintage Hot Rod Tele).

doombilly · « **Reply #3362 on:** 15 Dec 2008, 09:09 »

Guys. I played a rock and/or roll show last night in a venerable punk rock club.
Two other great bands came from out of town.
We were the rockstar headliners.
Nobody came so I had tequila. This made me break out the ACOUSTIC BLACK WIDOW. Because in a tequila fueled bout of angry rock it is best to have a very substantive guitar to pound the f*ck out of.

My point? ACOUSTIC BLACK WIDOW!

(self-congratulatorynessitude on guitar awesomeness)

Anyway there ought to eventually be some pics of my actually WIDOW rocking. It usually takes a while for our drummer to get them posted.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3363 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 07:22 »

Do you know if it's one of the Japanese-made Black Widows or the later ones that were built by Semie Moseley?

Cos I mean, you might have a fucking guitar built by Semie fucking Moseley.

ParadigmShift · « **Reply #3364 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 09:23 »

My gear:

Gibson Explorer New Century
Epiphone Thunderbird IV
Line6 SpiderIII
Cheap red Strat-copy (minus a bridge and strings at the moment)
Cheap white Strat-copy
Oh yeah, and a Digitech Whammy IV

greenMonkey · « **Reply #3365 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 15:00 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 16 Dec 2008, 07:22

Cos I mean, you might have a fucking guitar built by Semie fucking Moseley.

I have a hollow-body short-scale bass built by Semie fucking Moseley sitting in my basement.

Mosrite Celebrity Bass, serial no. 12.

...it's not mine though

...

doombilly · « **Reply #3366 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 15:17 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 16 Dec 2008, 07:22

Do you know if it's one of the Japanese-made Black Widows or the later ones that were built by Semie Moseley?

Cos I mean, you might have a fucking guitar built by Semie fucking Moseley.

haha this one is not built by Semie fucking Moseley. It is MIJ. Based on this:
http://www.allthetransients.com/subdomains/blackwidow/chart.html

Anywho, it is cool enough for me.

sean · « **Reply #3367 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 17:35 »

Since I know jack about amps, I am going to ask you guys.

Loud bass half stacks. Whats good while still relatively inexpensive? (I am willing to drop dough though for good stuff though.)

imapiratearg · « **Reply #3368 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 17:42 »

Some of the Behringer bass amps I've seen sound pretty good. They're relatively inexpensive.

What's your budget?

sean · « **Reply #3369 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 17:54 »

I'm not really sure yet. I think I could get like, 500-550 dollars for my current amp and I have a good chunk in the bank, so maybe like, 800-900. I'm also gonna buy used if I can, since that'll save me monies.

greenMonkey · « **Reply #3370 on:** 16 Dec 2008, 20:30 »

Not sure of the price range on this but Nemesis (by Eden) is very good for budget bass stuff. Eden makes fantastic stuff, but it's really expensive. Nemesis is their budget brand, and it's nearly as good for less cash.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3371 on:** 17 Dec 2008, 07:30 »

Quote from: doombilly on 16 Dec 2008, 15:17

Anywho, it is cool enough for me.

It's still an awesome guitar. I just have severe boners for Mosrites.

FireAarro · « **Reply #3372 on:** 17 Dec 2008, 19:58 »

Eden amps have actually been having some troubles since they changed hands. I was looking into buying one of their heads but went with Genz Benz instead. I can't remember the specifics but some of the new models especially (like the WT800 I think?) have had lots of technical difficulties and poor customer support. Eden amps do sound fantastic though.

greenMonkey · « **Reply #3373 on:** 17 Dec 2008, 20:08 »

Actually, now that you reminded me, I do remember hearing that. However, all my experiences with Eden stuff have been positive. My close friend and I frequently share our equipment, and he played an Eden Metro for a while. He now uses a Eden 4x10 cab with a Tech 21 Sansamp and a bizarre old power amp. Both sound (or sounded) great.

Christophe · « **Reply #3374 on:** 17 Dec 2008, 20:17 »

So guys

Guitarists who play through bass amps: Crap or Not Crap?

I think it's a cool concept and one of the guitarists in one of my favorite local bands plays through an Ampeg bass head into a Marshall cabinet, but what exactly is the benefit of doing this, other than I think it looks/potentially sounds cool?

Ballard · « **Reply #3375 on:** 17 Dec 2008, 21:39 »

I mean, what other benefit do you want in your guitar gear besides it looking and sounding cool?

Fender Bassman half-stacks are nice for this.

squawk · « **Reply #3376 on:** 17 Dec 2008, 22:08 »

Man I don't even have an amp right now but I am supposed to get this nice ol' Fender bass amp for free soon. It is Taking What I Can Get. Because I am so bored

My buddy plays through a Fender Bassman and it's hella cool because it has glowy lights.

sean · « **Reply #3377 on:** 18 Dec 2008, 17:54 »

Dear Guitar Thread,

I played a Fender 57' Strat reissue today. My friend/bandmate is thinking about buying it (he has a PRS he is selling so that is how he can afford it. Don't ask me how he afforded a PRS. Don't ask me why he wanted a PRS. Actually anyone wanna blow a shitload of money? No? It's cool, I understand.) It is the most amazing thing I have ever heard. Ever. Like holy shit.

greenMonkey · « **Reply #3378 on:** 18 Dec 2008, 19:17 »

Quote from: Ballard on 17 Dec 2008, 21:39

Fender Bassman half-stacks are nice for this.

Yes they are. Yes they are.

doombilly · « **Reply #3379 on:** 19 Dec 2008, 08:22 »

Heh, but DO NOT get a Fender BANTAM bass amp.

I had one of these gems taking up space in my basement land of misfit amps. It weighed slightly less than a small subaru and had about all of 30w of spotty, crappy bass sound. And apparently they came stock with styrofoam coned speakers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Bantam_Bass

The one I had someone had replaced the speaker with a 1970 Vega systems 15" that seemed ok. But the tubes would sometimes fall out of the back of the thing while you played.

This turd has CBS "quality" written all over it.

JackOfShades · « **Reply #3380 on:** 19 Dec 2008, 08:27 »

A questions for the experts:

My sustain is fine when I'm playing alone, but when the bassist, drummer, and other gutiarist are playing as well, I get little to no sustain. Is it a matter of just upping my volume when I'm playing held notes, or should I get my bassist to turn down his volume (he plays excessively loud)?

Thanks

Spluff · « **Reply #3381 on:** 19 Dec 2008, 16:40 »

Do you mean that you can't hear your sustain? In that case you've already suggested two solutions. If your problem is because you have a really thin tone (low wattage at high volumes) and it therefore can't be heard too well in a band situation, then you'll need to get the rest of the band to quiten down.

JackOfShades · « **Reply #3382 on:** 20 Dec 2008, 14:32 »

Yeah, I figured it was something as stupidly simple as that, but I wanted a second opinion.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #3383 on:** 20 Dec 2008, 19:39 »

I just got an Epi Les Paul Studio in Worn Cherry. So unbelievably better than my old Behringer strat-clone. Wonderful sustain, nice warm tone, it is just like what I wanted.

Lummer · « **Reply #3384 on:** 23 Dec 2008, 05:39 »

GUYS!

I ACCIDENTALLY A GIBSON FLYING V!

Spluff · « **Reply #3385 on:** 23 Dec 2008, 05:44 »

You didn't.

Oh fuck you lummer you've had all the best guitars.

doombilly · « **Reply #3386 on:** 23 Dec 2008, 06:02 »

Quote from: Lummer on 23 Dec 2008, 05:39

GUYS!

I ACCIDENTALLY A GIBSON FLYING V!

Does that mean he's somehow transformed into a Flying V? Because that would be all kinds of awesome. Can he play himself?

Lummer · « **Reply #3387 on:** 23 Dec 2008, 06:09 »

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/Gibson%20USA/Guitars/Flying%20V/Flying%20V%20Faded%203Pickup/

FUCK YEAH

I even got a 30% discount on it, since the store was shutting down. It rocks, when opportunity knocks.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3388 on:** 23 Dec 2008, 07:12 »

Hells yeah, Lummer! o/

Christophe · « **Reply #3389 on:** 23 Dec 2008, 08:32 »

So guys, while I was walking around The Happiest Place On Earth on Sunday, lo and behold on a corner I saw a completely unsupervized Fender red-knob The Twin. Totally just sitting there. No one looking at it, no one keeping watch over it.

I should've jacked it, but I think park security would've noticed me carrying around a huge amplifier that I didn't walk in with.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #3390 on:** 23 Dec 2008, 09:00 »

Naah, you should have just jacked it.

Tehz · « **Reply #3391 on:** 23 Dec 2008, 10:20 »

Yeah, c'mon. How many chances do you get like that?

Christophe · « **Reply #3392 on:** 23 Dec 2008, 11:12 »

Yeah, maybe I could enlist the help of my dad and brother to help get it out of the park.

I'm pretty sure someone would've noticed. I think it was for one of the musical acts in Disneyland.

Spluff · « **Reply #3393 on:** 23 Dec 2008, 16:22 »

If anybody says anything, hit them over the head with the amp and keep going.

Tehz · « **Reply #3394 on:** 27 Dec 2008, 00:35 »

Anyone ever seen/heard of/played these old Vox Phantom models?

They never really looked too appealing to me, but I recently stumbled upon this site (http://www.phantomguitars.com/), and...I dunno, for some reason I really want one now. Maybe it's because I've been listening to Joy Division lately (Ian Curtis used one). For only like, seven-hundred bucks, too.

Thrillho · « **Reply #3395 on:** 27 Dec 2008, 04:33 »

They're hideous, I have no idea how they play... and Ian Curtis only played guitar about twice ever, you know.

Well, in one song during Joy Division gigs.

Ballard · « **Reply #3396 on:** 27 Dec 2008, 14:56 »

They're gorgeous, and pretty jangly. Think classic Rickenbacker tone. I've been eyeing one of those for a while.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #3397 on:** 27 Dec 2008, 17:11 »

It's a shame that they've turned so expensive though, when part of their original appeal was that they were inexpensive instruments.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3398 on:** 27 Dec 2008, 17:57 »

"The Circle of Life"

Tehz · « **Reply #3399 on:** 27 Dec 2008, 18:38 »

Apparently the Phantom Guitarworks recreations are pretty great, though. At least based on Harmony Central reviews, anyway. I don't really find them that hideous; they're not exactly gorgeous, but I dunno, I think they look cool.

Perhaps the next time I come across seven-hundred bucks I'll know what to do with it.

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Author Topic: The Guitar Topic (Read 1983998 times)

crabjob

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JackOfShades

JackOfShades