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[Kwaping]

Helluva third post.

Holy crap yeah. He pretty much won this thread right out of the gate.

Warcabbit, dare I ask about your amps and pedals?

[warcabbit]

Trouble got a name on his own. "That guitar's going to be trouble." "I told you it's trouble." "Where'd you put Trouble?" It evolves.  Blondie got a name because of Trouble.
There's actually another JT90 around with a name. The Creamsicle. I think I have a picture somewhere. It's not mine, guy at the shop played Trouble, wanted one, it was on sale, and boom.

That one just had the name from the moment it was opened... it was supposed to have a black guard like in the video below. Didn't. Not that it's bad, but 'Holy hell, it looks like a Creamsicle!'

Actually, I'm fairly light on pedals. I got the complete line of Danelectro Cool Cats because I got two different sets of what must have been demo units that were never used for $15/pedal.  Totally worth it. Then I picked up the Metal-2 later to finish it off. I've also got a Big Muff, a Boss Compression Sustain CS-3, and when Best Buy was selling 'em for four bucks a pop, a Chicken Salad vibrato, a Bacon and Eggs miniamp/distortion (not really bad, actually) and a Chili Dog Octave Down pedal (not great for chords, but I can fake a slow bass groove, so hey.)
http://www.coolcattone.com/product_to.html
I mostly use the Transparent Overdrive (Tim clone, I think), Metal, Vibe, and Trem. Sometimes the Chorus.

The reason I don't use pedals so much is the practice amp I use is a Vox DA-5.
http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2012/Aug/GALLERY_Inside_Steve_Vais_Harmony_Hut_Studio.aspx?Page=12&#gallery
If it's good enough for Steve Vai, it's good enough for me. (Not that I like Vai much, but seeing that amp in the middle of thousands of dollars of guitars... that's funny.)

Main amp right now is an Vox AC30C2. (Got it used and terminally beered, put SovTek tubes in it, it lives again. But a bargain.) Because it matters what you play through, as much as what you play with.
Also, I have a ZT Lunchbox somewhere for when I want to hurt people. So small. So much power. But it's not full of tubes and it shows.

I wouldn't call this winning the thread. I didn't pay over $250 for any of those guitars. (Even the Subhuman - Mr. Malden was running a sale at the time. So worth it.)

One of these days, I should rig up to record. Till then, have some video of other people.
A crazy Russian playing a JT90 through a Crate. Shows good guitar face when the wah comes out. (I keep meaning to get a wah, never do.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Buis3HmFc
Guitar World showing what a Subhuman sounds like. The mike was off in this, I'm told, which explains why it's a bit distant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udz-fuUDnj4 (Blues show up about halfway in.) (Hey! Chuck! It's your cousin Marvin! Marvin Berry!)

Sadly, there's no demo of the LPoid around.

Oh, the reason I called it the Infinite Guitars Cheat?
http://www.guitarfetish.com/Xaviere-Electric-Guitars_c_116.html
You guys do know of this place, right?

Not so very much money, quite a lot of axe.

Oh, actually, I do have a source for really cheap-ass pedals. I don't use 'em myself, but Joyo makes cheap but good clones. Been meaning to get the EQ, I could use one.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005LZ1V1Q/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_4?ie=UTF8&smid=A12IPMVN62L4AI

But the most important thing I own is a Snark SN-2. Red, tiny, twelve bucks, and makes life so much easier.
http://www.amazon.com/Snark-Instrument-Clip-On-Chromatic-Tuner/dp/B003VWKPHC
To heck with pedal tuners. Clip the Snark on and you don't need to plug in, and you can read it in the dark. And it's so fast. And precise.

[warcabbit]

By the way, I'm currently, if slowly, going through this thread from page 1 on. It is currently Jan 2008, and I am very much enjoying the guitar porn. Half the pictures are missing, which makes it a fun challenge, too, to guess from context. Ooh. And now we're at the slowly dawning realization that some Epis sound better than Gibsons, as Gibson slowly goes to hell... 2008, check. Also someone asking for a good starter guitar under $500. Really is a whole new age now.

I see much discussion of Sonic Youth Jazzblasters and J Mascis (which you can get for sub250 on the same bodyplan as Trouble - P90s, Jazzmaster, or humbucker pickups. (The P90s are _really_ good)) and Seymour Duncan, which amuses me.

Also, for some odd reason, a hatred for Stratocasters. Which is odd, because I really dig the harmonics a metal toneblock adds. It's so different from everything else. Even a Bigsby is basically bolted to the frame directly.

Also, mocking of people who play light strings. Meh. I'm strung with .10s and I'm happy. If I decide to rebuild Blondie to drop C, which I might, I'll put .12s on it. For standard tuning, .10s are fine.

[Patrick]

But dude. Only douchebags or n00bs play Strats.

[warcabbit]

And god, don't even get me started about how horrible people who play faded SGs are. Am I right?

So I didn't. Instead, I wandered off into the strange and wonderful land of china, where I got this for $80.

I did say it was in the mail in an earlier post. Showed up yesterday. Handmade, feels comfortable, a little heavy. Company apparently went out of business for being too expensive for the parent company (not Samick, the other one) to maintain. Natural binding, flamed red finish. Two point trem is actually pretty good, though it's condensed: the trem handle goes inside the block, not outside like on most replacements I know. Tuners are horrid.

Pickups are decent.
Thinking of replacing them with...
http://www.guitarfetish.com/Brighton-Rock-Vintage-Spec-Alnico-Pickups-Classic-Queen-sound_p_1514.html
this in the neck and mid and....
http://store.guitarfetish.com/Bigmouth-Bridge-Pickup-POWER-with-vintage-Tone-Bridge-Position_p_102.html
this in the bridge.

Videos tell me I'm going to have to wire the mid out of phase to get the right sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER7av60tGoA (Brian Mays)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eDk7Fl8pq4 (Bigmouth)
But I think I have a good idea here.
Any thoughts?

[Patrick]

And god, don't even get me started about how horrible people who play faded SGs are. Am I right?

no

So I got Grovers for my hollowbody, it's about goddamn time, too bad I got the ugly ones but that's all they had

Whatev, m0j0

[valley_parade]

To be fair, Pat, besides musical talent and for some reason being my friend, you are a total numpty.

[valley_parade]

I mean uh.. <3

[doombilly]

ordered. happy birfday to me!

[warcabbit]

Grovers. Hm. I don't know. I wanted to replace the tuners on the Canvas, but I'm not sure six on a plate will fit. It's not a bad thought, though.

[doombilly]

Sperzels or GTFO.

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rasp not included

[Patrick]

There are four Strat players I have ever heard who aren't shit-awful, and they are Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Doug Martsch, and my buddy Chris. They are musicians and artists. Clapton was infinitely better pre-Strat (but in all fairness I think it's because he stopped doing drugs and being miserable, not the guitar's fault).

Confession: I had to use a Dremel + grinder bit in order to make sure the damn things fit properly on the headstock (this on top of having to drill a new post hole, new mounting screw holes, and Dremeling a wider spot for the ferrules to go). Just .5mm worth of material removed from below the lower mounting screw, they fit perfectly. I was surprised at how quickly it worked, too.

[warcabbit]

I've been using these. Wilkinson-licensed.
http://www.guitarfetish.com/Wilkinson-EZ-LOK-locking-Tuners-Black-6-inline-for-Fender-Headstocks_p_883.html
It's very simple, just a cross-drilled post, but it works really well.

[valley_parade]

There are four Strat players I have ever heard who aren't shit-awful, and they are Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Doug Martsch, and my buddy Chris.

Mssrs. Cuomo & R. Gallagher would like to have a word or two with you.

[Patrick]

Cuomo's is a custom Warmoth, and I have a few choice words for Gallagher: "You wrote Wonderwall"

[valley_parade]

 

[warcabbit]

 




For this, I probably qualify as a horrible person, I admit.
(two of these people are Ry Cooder and Dick Dale. I'm betting everyone can recognize the first. And most people can recognize Mr. Dale.)

[Patrick]

I keep forgetting Buddy Holly, dude rocks. He also didn't come from an era where guitar masturbation was a Thing though, so I figure he's exempt.

[Lummer]

Dick Fuckin' Dale owns your face and always will.

[idontunderstand]

Frusciante did some awesome stuff back in the day.

[Lupercal]

re Frusciante: He's not a bad all-rounder, really. His solo stuff is kind of interesting.



Before the 80s, before Kramer existed, before he changed endorsements every other week, this guy played Strats. Or at least, had a Strat-shaped Charvel that he custom built, which I hold as close enough really.

I play a Strat. I hope I don't suck majorly, but its all I've got at the moment. And I refuse to get something different just because people go on about how Strats are 'overdone'. Whatever, they're popular because they're versatile and for some reason designs made over 60 years ago are still working today. Simple to maintain, great to play. I'll probably have the one I currently have for a longass time, so in 20 years it looks beaten up and 'cool' again. (It also totally turned me on to maple necks, which I always sort of hated before)

I'm always interested in what people do with Strats. The difference between say, Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro), John Mayer and Yngwie is massive. But that is to do with style along with sound, obviously.

Anybody have any experience with Godins? Some of their models look pretty nice and they're verging into my current price range.

Edit: haha, my 700th (Beyonce) post included something about Eddie Van Halen. How predictable.

[warcabbit]

Godins are heavy, but good and solid, good sound. And Made in America. Or America-Like-Processed-Cheese-Spread-Food place up north. Any specific Godins?

[boneykingofnowhere]

I am deeply, profoundly saddened that David Gilmour has not been brought up yet.
For shame, guys. For shame.

[valley_parade]

I am deeply, profoundly saddened that David Gilmour has not been brought up yet.
For shame, guys. For shame.

I have my reasons (aka I really don't give half a fuck about Pink Floyd).

[Patrick]

That could not be any further from the truth, being a devoted Pink Floyd fan instantly knocks you down to "people who like Metallica"

[idontunderstand]

Why is this sub-forum entirely populated by snobs?

[Akima]

"people who like Metallica"

As long as they don't like Creed...

[Pilchard123]

Why is this sub-forum entirely populated by snobs?

Because it's a music sub-forum. It's a bit like asking why my fish tank contains fish and not, for example, cabbages.

[idontunderstand]

No it's not and you're completely wrong. I understand why a music forum contains snobs, but this place seems to have way more than the average quota.  I won't throw rocks in glass houses though. Beavers in wooden houses. Tyrannosaures in meat houses. Thieves in stolen houses. You get my drift.

[idontunderstand]

Can't help it.

[valley_parade]

That could not be any further from the truth, being a devoted Pink Floyd fan instantly knocks you down to "people who like Metallica"

Better than "person who thinks Rory Gallgher was in Oasis", AMIRITE?

[Patrick]

Whatever, I will have the last laugh when I'm boning yr hot-ass cousin.

[boneykingofnowhere]

Better than "person who thinks Rory Gallgher was in Oasis", AMIRITE?

Zing!

[doombilly]

Can you all just put down your dick sammiches long enough to.... well I forgot my point. Hey look it rained today.

[warcabbit]

Sorry, too busy rocking my handmade offset double cutaway bookmatched flame red HSS to care.

Actually really liking this thing.

[ackblom12]

No it's not and you're completely wrong. I understand why a music forum contains snobs, but this place seems to have way more than the average quota.

Oh lord it's barely even snobbish anymore. It was much much worse a couple years ago.

[Patrick]

Not to mention the complete inaccuracy of the quoted statement. It was never full of snobs, I'm just more than enough for the lot of you.

[idontunderstand]

SORRY I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF HOW AWESOME I AM

I'll buy you a stratocaster, dude. I'll buy you two.

[idontunderstand]

GASP

[valley_parade]

Bruh has a beat to death, modded beyond restoration Squier Bullet.

Close, but not quite.

[Lummer]

Well.. I've got a Strat, and I'm pretty cool, I think...

[Patrick]

SORRY I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF HOW AWESOME I AM

I'll buy you a stratocaster, dude. I'll buy you two.

no no you misheard me I said "I AM A FUCKING CUNT AND I AM WELL AWARE AND I'M REALLY SORRY BUT DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT"

[warcabbit]

So, what you're saying is you play lead guitar _and_ sing?

(Being new here, I'm going to point out explicitly that I'm just making a generic ego joke, and not serious at all. I'm vaugely concerned about tone not traveling well over the internet.)

[idontunderstand]

SORRY I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF HOW AWESOME I AM

I'll buy you a stratocaster, dude. I'll buy you two.

no no you misheard me I said "I AM A FUCKING CUNT AND I AM WELL AWARE AND I'M REALLY SORRY BUT DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT"

Oh don't say that. You know what? You're ok.

[Patrick]

Well hey if you wanna buy me guitars I won't tell ya no

[idontunderstand]

Aw. Um.

How about this?

[Kwaping]

Is that the new Jack White "This Might Get Loud" signature edition? That thing is $4995 at Guitar Center, they're all sold out though. I'm on the wait list.

[idontunderstand]

I sure as hell hope it isn't! 

[warcabbit]

Man, what was up with that? Portable diddley bow with a pre-wired pickup. It struck me as vaugely pretentious. But then again, had a U2 member in it, so...
But there was one objectively awesome scene in that movie. When Page put on Rumble and his face lit up and he kind of nodded.

That, right there, is the end result of all this. I listen to Page, and I get that look on my face. One day, someone else, maybe, they hear something I play...

[idontunderstand]

On a different note, the guitars Jeph is putting up for sale are FUGLY.