Guitars, guitars, guitars

[Thrillho]

I'm no fan of Explorers, or Les Pauls usually, but I love a good SG. Definitely want one before I die.

[Patrick]

Update: it worked. And Gaz, I want an SG too. Probably gonna have a Bigsby + roller bridge on that fucker, too.

[Usurpatore Hominum LXVI]

I'm no fan of Explorers, or Les Pauls usually, but I love a good SG. Definitely want one before I die.

Way, way too thin and light for me. I need something with some weight to it (eight to ten pounds).

[Taekwondoin]

Not a huge fan of explorers either, my favourite Gibson would have to be an SG or an ES335. Or the RD if they ever put it back into production.

[Thrillho]

Never get along with 335s either. beautiful guitars but can't play them.

[Taekwondoin]

They're by far my favourite semi hollow.

Has anyone here ever built their own guitar or otherwise modified another one heavily? Was thinking about converting my jag into a baritone, but not entirely sure if the outlay for a warmoth neck is really worth it.

[IDMG]

All I want is an ENGL Fireball head right now. Anyone else play them and think that they're the shit?

I prefer Bogner Uberschalls but for that kind of money you're not gonna get crap. Just gotta get what you're looking for.

[Patrick]

Things That Irritate Me:

my low E likes to skip off the saddle of this roller bridge because some fuckhead designed it to have too narrow of grooves. fuck you, whoever designed this thing

[Usurpatore Hominum LXVI]

They're by far my favourite semi hollow.

Has anyone here ever built their own guitar or otherwise modified another one heavily? Was thinking about converting my jag into a baritone, but not entirely sure if the outlay for a warmoth neck is really worth it.

My primary guitar has been completely overhauled - and that overhaul included a Warmoth custom neck (maple with an ebony fretboard, mother-of-pearl inlays, etc.). For the money, they're absolutely worth it. Mine is exquisite-feels and plays great.

i.e. Warmoth necks are the shiznit, and you should totally get one. 

[Taekwondoin]

They're by far my favourite semi hollow.

Has anyone here ever built their own guitar or otherwise modified another one heavily? Was thinking about converting my jag into a baritone, but not entirely sure if the outlay for a warmoth neck is really worth it.

My primary guitar has been completely overhauled - and that overhaul included a Warmoth custom neck (maple with an ebony fretboard, mother-of-pearl inlays, etc.). For the money, they're absolutely worth it. Mine is exquisite-feels and plays great.

i.e. Warmoth necks are the shiznit, and you should totally get one. 

I'm looking into whether the strat neck will fit the jaguar pocket, and my research so far is saying no 

Also, I got my new Mustang AND Line 6 Pod today. This is a good day indeed. Pics to follow.

[Patrick]

Dogg, that's because the scale length difference between those two guitars is a whole inch and a half different. Some people on Offsetguitars.com make conversion necks though.

[IDMG]

Also, I got my new Mustang AND Line 6 Pod today. This is a good day indeed. Pics to follow.

Thanks to Sweetwater blowing the HD desktop model out at half off, I've been enjoying mine greatly.

[Taekwondoin]

Dogg, that's because the scale length difference between those two guitars is a whole inch and a half different. Some people on Offsetguitars.com make conversion necks though.

Yeah that's pretty much exactly what I've found out. I've just signed up to Offset, fucking christ do these guys know how to mod guitars.

[Lupercal]

There's one guy there (andrewdoeshair) whose work is just incredible. Mostly Jags/Jazzys. If they play anywhere near as good as they look...

What Mustang is coming? Squier? Blacktop? Modern Player? Amp?

If I didn't have a rather expensive trip to NZ coming up, I'd defo splurge on a Squier offset. Fuck GAS, man.

[Taekwondoin]

I'm gonna make sure I look out for him. I take it you guys are also members there?

Also, pic as promised
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[Kwaping]

[Taekwondoin]

Why thank you sir!

Also guys, I think I have a problem. Saw this and instantly bought it...
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Tanglewood Memphis. Cost £100 so I'm not expecting a great deal of OMG SO AMAZING out of it, however, on first impressions it has a lot of very nice clean low end, and I've tuned it down a step to harness that.

[Patrick]

oh my god you should mod the living shit out of that thing

Bare Knuckle War Pig in both pickup positions, snarl the planet into pieces

[Taekwondoin]

oh my god you should mod the living shit out of that thing

Bare Knuckle War Pig in both pickup positions, snarl the planet into pieces

Man that is not a bad idea! Time to start saving.

[KingOfIreland]

How are the machineheads on that? I just got paid and now I have GAS and I need to pay the rent oh god

Also how did you find it that cheap?

[Taekwondoin]

How are the machineheads on that? I just got paid and now I have GAS and I need to pay the rent oh god

Also how did you find it that cheap?

They seem ok so far, had it 2 days and it seems to have kept it's tuning pretty well at least. They feel pretty tactile in the hand too.

It was at my local guitar shop, it's used, but there's only a very small amount of wear on it. It was up for £129, but I offered 100 and he took it, so I'm pretty happy with that! I looked on ebay and could only find one for sale, it was in the US up for $500...

[KingOfIreland]

Looks like I'll be looking at the cheaper gretsch semis for a

[Taekwondoin]

Looks like I'll be looking at the cheaper gretsch semis for a

There's such a thing as a cheap Gretsch semi hollow?

[Usurpatore Hominum LXVI]

Looks like I'll be looking at the cheaper gretsch semis for a

There's such a thing as a cheap Gretsch semi hollow?

I've seen them used for decent prices. You just have to wait around, really (it's how I got my Pro V, anyway).

[KingOfIreland]

Holy fuck you guys I just put 9-42s on my Hagstrom and it's amazing the difference it makes to my playing. While I'm usually sloppy when soloing in my multiple over drive and fuzz filled rage, it just means I can overbend notes on purpose much easier now, which makes me go over all Jimmy page on stage.

Also set up my effects chain completely differently. Ehx Holy grail first in line, so I can really modulate the reverb more like you can on a bigger amp where the preamp is ahead of the effects loop. Then my Germanium OD to add ridiculous dynamic range, followed by the little big muff to compress everything I've done with that. This causes the big muff to really gain a huge amount of subtlety when you're strumming basic chords or lightly picking out a solo and also thundering ridiculous overkill fuzz tones and lets you control the feedback way better. Follow this with my blues driver with the tone set to neutral but the gain set to max and fuck.

I'll try to record a sample of what I mean tomorrow. Basically every bit of common sense I had about effects chains was wrong.

[Lummer]

I bought one of these last Tuesday:



Basically, it's a very versatile three-channel Preamp in a convenient little box, and fully programmable. This thing will make fly-in gigs and gigs with borrowed backlines so much less of a headache. I can have my whole sound with me, in my pedalboard; no knob-twiddling on amps I'm not familiar with needed ever again as of now. I'm very pleased with that.

Gave it a whirl at rehearsal with the BM band Thursday, and I must say I'm impressed. I had been fiddling with it all wednesday in order to get a feel for it, and arrived at some presets I felt were a fine starting point. As expected, the "California" thing sounded like arse. Just like a real Recto! Very accurate! Thankfully though, the Brit and Tweed emulations sound absolutely fantastic. Tweed can get some REALLY clean cleans as well as nice crunchier things, and the Brit can get really, REALLY nasty.
I just ran it straight into my poweramp; simple and easy. Definitely one of the best investments I've made in ages.

Now I'm just miffed this model has been discontinued. I want one for home recording too, since the built-in speaker sim is actually quite good.

[Patrick]

That thing sounds badass from how you've described it. Gotta see where I can find one to test-drive.

I gotta figure out how to fix this string-skipping thing on my guitar. Anyone heard of a buzzstop-type device that you can mount to the bridge posts? I don't want to do any more drilling into an invaluable instrument.

[doombilly]

I like big bass and I cannot lie

[Taekwondoin]

That thing sounds badass from how you've described it. Gotta see where I can find one to test-drive.

I gotta figure out how to fix this string-skipping thing on my guitar. Anyone heard of a buzzstop-type device that you can mount to the bridge posts? I don't want to do any more drilling into an invaluable instrument.

What guitar are you playing Patrick? And what bridge do you have installed?

[Patrick]

it's my hollowbody, and the bridge is a roller bridge. not a Schaller, mind you, although I wish I could take the actual rollers from that and swap them with the rollers on the one I have.

[Taekwondoin]

Most rollers will start buzzing at some point, the best solution is to replace it really, or if you need it short term, some super glue?

[Detachable Felix]

I'm looking for a mid-range hollowbody electric - can anyone reccommend a good starting brand (that I can then mod to oblivion)?

[Taekwondoin]

I'm looking for a mid-range hollowbody electric - can anyone reccommend a good starting brand (that I can then mod to oblivion)?

Epiphone dot? Or if you have a little more to spend, an Epi 339. Mine is a Tanglewood Memphis (posted above somewhere), but they're out of production and I can't speak for the replacements, but it's more guitar than £100 deserves to buy.

If you have a little more, a Hagstrom Viking. Make it a baritone 

[Detachable Felix]

I'm looking for a mid-range hollowbody electric - can anyone reccommend a good starting brand (that I can then mod to oblivion)?

Epiphone dot? Or if you have a little more to spend, an Epi 339. Mine is a Tanglewood Memphis (posted above somewhere), but they're out of production and I can't speak for the replacements, but it's more guitar than £100 deserves to buy.

If you have a little more, a Hagstrom Viking. Make it a baritone 

My budget for this is about $850AU, so I could probably afford to go better than the Epis. Unfortunately Hagstroms would have to be purchased from overseas and then shipped here, and I've always made a rule about testing guitars before I buy them.. Any other suggestions? 

[Taekwondoin]

I'm looking for a mid-range hollowbody electric - can anyone reccommend a good starting brand (that I can then mod to oblivion)?

Epiphone dot? Or if you have a little more to spend, an Epi 339. Mine is a Tanglewood Memphis (posted above somewhere), but they're out of production and I can't speak for the replacements, but it's more guitar than £100 deserves to buy.

If you have a little more, a Hagstrom Viking. Make it a baritone 

My budget for this is about $850AU, so I could probably afford to go better than the Epis. Unfortunately Hagstroms would have to be purchased from overseas and then shipped here, and I've always made a rule about testing guitars before I buy them.. Any other suggestions? 

$850AU? Dude, you could totally get a Fender Starcaster for that right? I bloody love their shape, and I've seen a few decent demo's on youtube.

like this

[Detachable Felix]

Dude, awesome sound. But once again, Australia and their inability to import these things. D: D:
And the one that I can find is in the low $1000s. fucking price mark ups.

[Taekwondoin]

I'm looking at some aussie guitar shops online now. These markups dude... an epi 339 comes it at nearly $900AU, it's just under £300 here. Even the Classic Player Fender series which are all around the £500 mark here are way over $1k for you guys.

I think I may have to go back to my original statement, and Epi Dot/335/339, and if you get one in under budget, then I'd use that to start the mods.

[Detachable Felix]

Iunno, maybe I'll just save up for another year and get something top of the range. You know, spend a completely justifiable $3,500 AU on a Maton BB1200 DLX. I got to play one once and no other guitar I've ever played has come even close to the sound that that beast produces.

[Taekwondoin]

Iunno, maybe I'll just save up for another year and get something top of the range. You know, spend a completely justifiable $3,500 AU on a Maton BB1200 DLX. I got to play one once and no other guitar I've ever played has come even close to the sound that that beast produces.

Well dude that's what I'm doing. I want a jazzmaster pretty fucking bad, but I don't want to settle for anything other than the Troy Van Leeuwen signature that Fender have just released, but at £900 it's a little more than what I can afford right now.

Those Maton's look ultra sexy, I wouldn't settle for less if it's what you know you want.

[Kwaping]

^^ Agreed. If you already know what you want, then anything else is just going to end up a waste of money. Hold out and save up.

[Patrick]

Most rollers will start buzzing at some point, the best solution is to replace it really, or if you need it short term, some super glue?

meh, fuck that. I'll just order a Schaller later. in the meanwhile, I solved the problem by spending $150 on this:



it's a FUCKING PINK Squier Strat and fuck your face I love it

[Detachable Felix]

Your expression in that shot looks like it could become a meme. Just sayin...

It also hurts me that you guys get Squiers for so much cheaper. Our base for a Strat copy (Yamaha, Squier, Ashton etc) is like $250AU. fucking markups..

[Patrick]

that is fucking idiotic, they're fucking made in Indonesia what the actual fuck

[Taekwondoin]

Dude, that pink strat is awesome!!

Fuck anyone who doesn't like pink guitars, I want this jag so hard

[Thrillho]

I want any Jag, even if it was painted with the creator's actual shit before it was varnished.

Also Pat, welcome to the Squier Strat club. I need to get mine fixed, I miss the poor bastard.

[Patrick]

I started that club son, you sure got a short memory. I don't know what ever happened to this glorious son of a bitch but I'd sure like to find out:



Worth noting: the spraypainted hotness you see above is the 2006 model Bullet, which featured a hardtail bridge. My current pink Bullet, as you can see, has the divebomb-capable, tuning destroying whammy.

[Taekwondoin]

I want any Jag, even if it was painted with the creator's actual shit before it was varnished.

Also Pat, welcome to the Squier Strat club. I need to get mine fixed, I miss the poor bastard.

I have a squier Jag, it's 3 tone sunburst and literally one of the best guitars I've ever owned. It's the HH special, so it has a hard tail and so far I haven't had any problems with tuning (I have it tuned down to C standard right now). However, I still want a full Fender Jag/Jazzmaster, and that pink would look so awesome after it had aged about 10-15 years.

Squier Strats are awesome cheap guitars, my first guitar was a squier strat, in fiesta red. It's currently been stripped back, and I've started to modify the body shape on it for a complete new rebuild.

[Thrillho]

I really want to get my Strat resprayed to look like this:

[Detachable Felix]

I still love my Epiphone Strat. When I have myself another electric/get a hollowbody, I plan on modding the fuck out of the Strat.

[Kwaping]

So I made my first guitar-related purchase in probably a year, today. It's a Baby Taylor. If you don't know what that is (hello non-U.S. people), it's a 3/4 size steel-string acoustic. Normally that would equate to pure crap, but they have some sort of magic recipe that makes it sound as full (or fuller!) than a regular size guitar. Benefits of the smaller size include portability (it's billed as a travel guitar) and the strings feel as nice as my electrics due to the short scale.

Generally I hate acoustics because of those huge-gauge strings, but this one is different.

Video review (not mine):