Topic: Re: The Guitar Topic - B (Read 384066 times)

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #700 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 10:30 »

Quote from: NotAFanOfFenders on 24 Sep 2009, 22:39

You aren't shittalking the "Fireman"?

Apparently it's more obvious that one's a joke? They're all jokes, which is my favorite part. I'm not sure if Paul Gilbert has the capacity to be serious.

Also, I've discovered a use for the Shredneck! No, wait, I haven't.

doombilly · « **Reply #701 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 12:38 »

When they come out with my signature model, you'll have to pre-pay for the motherf()cker. They guitar will be delivered to ME once you pay for it. I'll play it until I get drunk and leave it somewhere. The only unique feature will be a homing beacon/gps/thang that will tell you what pawn shop/land fill/whorehouse/blacklightenemapit it ended up at.
People with un-butt smelling pristine EC sig guitarz will be scorned in the best cases and torn to shreds (hubris style) in the worse. Whoever rips off the peen gets to keep that axe. But they have to abuse it. So basically only retarded people would want one, or more PC stated, people whose moms bought them the Gibsofuckasterator pictured above.
The end. Vote for me.

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #702 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 13:23 »

Quote from: glyphic on 25 Sep 2009, 10:28

I love the slideshow at top-right. It looks to me like nearly everyone is holding the stupid thing upside down. Unless that's how you're supposed to hold it. Are you supposed to strum the damned thing? I don't understand a single thing about it!

yeah the the tuners are at the bottom. Look at the inlays.

Still doesn't make sense though. It would be more practical to practice on a fuckin' Rock Band controller.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #703 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 14:54 »

Quote from: doombilly on 25 Sep 2009, 12:38

people whose moms bought them the Gibsofuckasterator pictured above.

Hey, man. Some very decent people have parents who just have no fucking clue. So, you should change that probably to "people whose moms bought them the Gibsofuckasterator pictured above, on purpose.

Stewey · « **Reply #704 on:** 27 Sep 2009, 03:14 »

Oh awesome, a guitar thread.

The bit I don't get about the Jimi guitar is why aren't Fender making it?

BaneAtvar · « **Reply #705 on:** 27 Sep 2009, 05:25 »

I dont know guys, I've seen the build fotos, and while it is even worse than epiphone, could it be worse than squier? Me thinks naught.

I wouldnt buy it, since (I think) I'm out of starter pack league, but still, seems interesting.

Ugly strats ftw.

Lummer · « **Reply #706 on:** 27 Sep 2009, 12:39 »

FUCK YES YOU GUYS I FOUND A FUCKING GIBSON SG-1 AND IT IS NOW MINE FUCK YEAH

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #707 on:** 27 Sep 2009, 13:42 »

Pics please.

Melodic · « **Reply #708 on:** 27 Sep 2009, 13:51 »

Quote from: BaneAtvar on 27 Sep 2009, 05:25

I dont know guys, I've seen the build fotos, and while it is even worse than epiphone, could it be worse than squier? Me thinks naught.

I wouldnt buy it, since (I think) I'm out of starter pack league, but still, seems interesting.

Ugly strats ftw.

Attack! Attack! is even worse than Hawthorne Heights, but could they be worse than Brokencyde?

the problem is not if it is the lowest end of the ladder but rather that it exists at all

BaneAtvar · « **Reply #709 on:** 27 Sep 2009, 19:47 »

The fact that I don't know any of those bands really does make me happy. This however, proves your point:

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Pianos/Grand/Baldwin-Custom/Jimi-Hendrix.aspx

If he wasn't long dead already, this would definately be it.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #710 on:** 27 Sep 2009, 22:14 »

Your link is no good.

boneykingofnowhere · « **Reply #711 on:** 27 Sep 2009, 22:52 »

I saw a bottle of "Jimi Hendrix Electric" Vodka in a Liquor store in St Louis a while ago. The booze was probably shit but the bottle looked kind of cool

BaneAtvar · « **Reply #712 on:** 28 Sep 2009, 10:29 »

link corrected.

Apologies, apologies.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #713 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 06:00 »

What the hell didn't the Jimi Hendrix estate used to be really stingy with who they'd license stuff for?

valley_parade · « **Reply #714 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 06:38 »

Guys, my girlfriend bought an acoustic guitar yesterday! I'm going to be teaching her how to play.

I am pretty excited, not gonna lie.

glyphic · « **Reply #715 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 10:37 »

I was in that position once. It was horrible. The girlfriend at the time didn't take kindly to instruction, though. Plus, "THE STRINGS HURT MY FINGERS!"

doombilly · « **Reply #716 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 11:35 »

Srsly be careful with that. If she sticks with it at all, have her take lessons; from someone else. But then you might be a great teacher. So, maybe I should just stfu.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #717 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 11:55 »

want some of that Hendrix purple drank.

valley_parade · « **Reply #718 on:** 30 Sep 2009, 06:59 »

Quote from: glyphic on 29 Sep 2009, 10:37

I was in that position once. It was horrible. The girlfriend at the time didn't take kindly to instruction, though. Plus, "THE STRINGS HURT MY FINGERS!"

Haha. She just wants me to teach her basic chords and how to read tab. She's taking a basic guitar class at college next semester.

And for the fingers, probably not a problem. She already plays cello and violin, among others.

glyphic · « **Reply #719 on:** 01 Oct 2009, 06:49 »

*wink wink nudge nudge*

greenMonkey · « **Reply #720 on:** 01 Oct 2009, 20:47 »

Guys, it occurred to me today that I haven't played electric guitar in over a month, because both my electrics and my amp are back at home, and I'm at college (I do have my acoustic though). I miss making loud noises!

doombilly · « **Reply #721 on:** 05 Oct 2009, 11:17 »

Guys i played (a guitar that looked just like) this Saturday and DID NOT buy it. I has a sad.

Touch Me Im Sick · « **Reply #722 on:** 05 Oct 2009, 14:51 »

T-60s are effin' gorgeous. Why didn't you buy it?

Tehz · « **Reply #723 on:** 05 Oct 2009, 20:03 »

Oh guys, I played one of those Squier Classic Vibe Duo-Sonics yesterday. I AM IN FUCKING LOVE OH MY GOD I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN

AND IT'S ONLY LIKE THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS

Touch Me Im Sick · « **Reply #724 on:** 05 Oct 2009, 20:55 »

Quote from: Tehz on 05 Oct 2009, 20:03

Oh guys, I played one of those Squier Classic Vibe Duo-Sonics yesterday. I AM IN FUCKING LOVE OH MY GOD I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN

AND IT'S ONLY LIKE THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS

i was wondering about those. I like the look of them, but I'm gonna resist. Too many Squiers, I want a bona fide Fender nao

greenMonkey · « **Reply #725 on:** 05 Oct 2009, 21:15 »

Quote from: Tehz on 05 Oct 2009, 20:03

Oh guys, I played one of those Squier Classic Vibe Duo-Sonics yesterday. I AM IN FUCKING LOVE OH MY GOD I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN

AND IT'S ONLY LIKE THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS

Yes. If I hadn't purchased my Tribute ASAT, I would have picked up one of these. They are awesome.

doombilly · « **Reply #726 on:** 06 Oct 2009, 05:27 »

Quote from: Touch Me Im Sick on 05 Oct 2009, 14:51

T-60s are effin' gorgeous. Why didn't you buy it?

"Big" "Tour" coming up. Have to save for diesel fuel, cheetohs, dog boarding, motels...etc..
That T-60 was sweet though. Kind of rough hew looking yet obviously the kind of indestructo guitar one should have in a guitar fight.

In other news, my Nitefly is done at the shop and I'm waiting for my POD to be fixed (parts from CA). So I've been going through the stable of backup guitars to take with on the aforementioned outing. It's come down to my first stick: the '78 Mustang. Also playing through just the TT/Avatar rig with no signal processing has been an eye opener. If I just had a guitar gnome to run over and turn the three knobs on the TTerror at specific times in the songs I'd be set with just that gear alone. The competition was between the 95MIM Tele (crap bridge disqualified it); the 72 Acoustic Black Widow (great on some settings to meh on others, noisy assed pickups) , and the Yamaha AEX500 (bad luck to take a guitar my ex-wife bought for me, more of an acoustic axe, 11 guage flat wounds, not a good unprocessed through my rig sound should summat bad happen on the road).

In other nudes, I'm told we 'have' to use the clubs backline cabinets at the Chicago show. So, GUYS I get to play the Tiny Terror through a Marshall 4x12 cabinet. Awesome? Or not?

valley_parade · « **Reply #727 on:** 06 Oct 2009, 07:22 »

Should sound pretty epic.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #728 on:** 06 Oct 2009, 08:09 »

Quote from: doombilly on 06 Oct 2009, 05:27

If I just had a guitar gnome to run over and turn the three knobs on the TTerror at specific times in the songs I'd be set with just that gear alone.

We had a similar problem in a band I used to be in. Our solution was to train a monkey. Unfortunately, that proved to be slightly more expensive than anticipated and didn't really pan out.

boneykingofnowhere · « **Reply #729 on:** 06 Oct 2009, 08:29 »

Quote from: doombilly on 06 Oct 2009, 05:27

In other nudes, I'm told we 'have' to use the clubs backline cabinets at the Chicago show. So, GUYS I get to play the Tiny Terror through a Marshall 4x12 cabinet. Awesome? Or not?

That's Steven Malkmus' touring rig with the Jicks. It sounded fantastic when I saw them.

valley_parade · « **Reply #730 on:** 06 Oct 2009, 08:37 »

I forgot about that! Malkmus sounded amazing when I saw the Jicks last year.

Guys, Gibson's..aw fuck it, you figure out what they did this time that's pissed me off.

(hint: they're making a robot LP Special, but calling it an LP Junior)

imapiratearg · « **Reply #731 on:** 06 Oct 2009, 10:38 »

RE: G&L Guitars

The town I'm going to college in has a guitar shop that sells G&L guitars, and I've tried both an ASAT Special and a Classic Bluesboy Semi-Hollow and I absolutely adore both of them. They play so incredibly well.

This shop also sells Barber effects. This makes me incredibly happy.

Bearer · « **Reply #732 on:** 06 Oct 2009, 16:02 »

A black Gretsch Electromatic with a bigsby came into the pawn shop near my house and they want $430 for the beauty. As much as I actually want to make the next guitar I own, that is a damn tempting offer.

greenMonkey · « **Reply #733 on:** 06 Oct 2009, 17:13 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 06 Oct 2009, 10:38

RE: G&L Guitars

The town I'm going to college in has a guitar shop that sells G&L guitars, and I've tried both an ASAT Special and a Classic Bluesboy Semi-Hollow and I absolutely adore both of them. They play so incredibly well.

This shop also sells Barber effects. This makes me incredibly happy.

Classic Bluesboy Semi-Hollow. I loves mine so much!

Also, where do you go to college?

Melodic · « **Reply #734 on:** 06 Oct 2009, 22:10 »

I have a potentially silly question! I went out and bought a gig bag for my Dano, and it fits fine but the case puts a wee bit of pressure on the vibrato arm. Seeing as it's basically a metal matchstick anyway, I'm worried that it might snap, or that the continuous pressure on the bridge would be bad. Am I being paranoid?

doombilly · « **Reply #735 on:** 07 Oct 2009, 04:04 »

I don't think so. More likely to get the bridge/springs out of whack. Can you take it off before you put it in the gig bag? That way you'll lose it in a week; problem solved.

Chad K. · « **Reply #736 on:** 13 Oct 2009, 09:44 »

So, anybody have any good recommendations for quirky online guitar shops? Currently my favorite are these guys-

http://www.diamondstrings.com Lots of 60's and 70's european stuff. (Doombilly- given your sweet acoustic black widow, I would think the washburn falcons would be right up your alley). I bought a bass from Bruce Diamond a while back. He was very easy to deal with.

Also, http://www.fatdawg.com . I've mentioned these guys before; they have lots of weird stuff. The really cool aspect is that they bought up a lot of fender and danelectro parts when their respective american plants closed. You can get strats, teles and danos assembled from vintage american parts for around $400. I've never used them, but I hear some pretty mixed reviews about customer service.

Anybody else have online stores they dig? (Don't even think about posting GC or MF.)

glyphic · « **Reply #737 on:** 13 Oct 2009, 09:51 »

Jimmy Gravity's is a local shop, but they do online orders. Does that count?

www.gravitystrings.com

valley_parade · « **Reply #738 on:** 13 Oct 2009, 10:39 »

Quote from: Chad K. on 13 Oct 2009, 09:44

Also, http://www.fatdawg.com . I've mentioned these guys before; they have lots of weird stuff. The really cool aspect is that they bought up a lot of fender and danelectro parts when their respective american plants closed. You can get strats, teles and danos assembled from vintage american parts for around $400. I've never used them, but I hear some pretty mixed reviews about customer service.

Patrick and I had all the intention in the world of going there last October, but alas, they're apparently closed on Sundays. Dammit.

doombilly · « **Reply #739 on:** 13 Oct 2009, 10:40 »

I am banning myself from guitar purchases for a while. Got leads on gigs in Savannah GA and NYC. Must save for diesel fuel, lodging.

Chad K. · « **Reply #740 on:** 13 Oct 2009, 11:16 »

Quote from: glyphic on 13 Oct 2009, 09:51

Jimmy Gravity's is a local shop, but they do online orders. Does that count?

www.gravitystrings.com

I'm originally from St. Louis. That is an awesome shop, and the best place in the country to get guitarwork done as far as I'm concerned. I also really dig Eddie's Guitars, although that's more high-end stuff.

Ballard · « **Reply #741 on:** 13 Oct 2009, 12:39 »

Quote from: Chad K. on 13 Oct 2009, 09:44

http://www.diamondstrings.com Lots of 60's and 70's european stuff. (Doombilly- given your sweet acoustic black widow, I would think the washburn falcons would be right up your alley). I bought a bass from Bruce Diamond a while back. He was very easy to deal with.

Man, I haven't seen a site that pretty since my first meeting with the internet in 1999.

Quote from: Bearer on 06 Oct 2009, 16:02

A black Gretsch Electromatic with a bigsby came into the pawn shop near my house and they want $430 for the beauty. As much as I actually want to make the next guitar I own, that is a damn tempting offer.

Are you talking about the semi-hollow or the Pro Jet? The former, in my experience, sound and feel cheap. Also IIRC they retailed for like $500.

valley_parade · « **Reply #742 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 07:10 »

I sold my Les Paul Jr. clone.

Am now debating putting a GFS Dream 90 in the neck position of my Tele Custom, because I love that neck-position P-90 sound.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #743 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 08:48 »

Quote from: Chad K. on 13 Oct 2009, 09:44

Anybody else have online stores they dig? (Don't even think about posting GC or MF.)

I've got fairly the opposite, but in a way that will not help anybody. It's Lemur music, which is a bass shop, but primarily for upright players. Don't buy anything there, and encourage nobody else to buy anything there. I bought an amp from them, because they're pretty much the place you buy from if you're an upright player and don't have a shop in your area. Well, it was obviously used and didn't work right. I sent it back to them and they sent me a new one, but I had to eat the shipping costs for the shitty one because I didn't make a big enough fuss over it.

Chad K. · « **Reply #744 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 11:01 »

May I suggest these guys if you're looking to do online bass business- http://www.thebassplace.com They are amazing, and know their stuff. Small shop, but with a pretty big selection. The best time to hit them up is right safter NAMM. They buy up a lot of the NAMM exhibit pieces and sell them pretty cheaply. I've dealt them with them quite a bit. I would think bass emporium would be good too; they get a lot of lip service- http://www.bassemporium.com/ I don't have any one on one experience, though.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #745 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 11:22 »

I have actually spoken with the guys from the Bass Emporium. After my last amp got stolen, I needed a new one really fast, but the new model of the amp I wanted/previously owned had just come out and no one the old one and the new one was sold out. I ended up calling every Acoustic Image vendor in the country. A small place in MA ended up getting back to me a couple weeks later.

p.s. If you like amps that sound clean and amazing, are light and have a fantastic service department, check out Acoustic Image. I'd be hard-pressed to find an amp that I enjoy more (I do like David Eden amps, but they're crazy expensive and heavy).

doombilly · « **Reply #746 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 12:16 »

Where's the best place to try to sell an electric bass or part of one (that is not eBay)?

Chad K. · « **Reply #747 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 12:55 »

Depends on what it is. The obvious choice is always craigslist. If it's weird, I'd think about contacting Diamondstrings. Otherwise, http://www.talkbass.com is good, but requires a $30 membership. I've sold tons of stuff there and it always goes well. Alternatively, for no money you could sell at http://www.tdpri.com. It's a telecaster forum, so they tend to be more guitar oriented, but they definitely do have people selling basses there.

valley_parade · « **Reply #748 on:** 25 Oct 2009, 08:02 »

Gibson, just..just stop. STOP. Alright? Stop.

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #749 on:** 25 Oct 2009, 08:06 »

I would love it without the sharkbite. Gibson should stop putting holes in their old models and calling them new ones.

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