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Miscellaneous => Discussions => Topic started by: finstah on January 28, 2015, 07:54:31 AM
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We have a rig pix thread so I thought it might be cool to have an axe pix thread. Here's mi familia.
(http://www.atseadesign.com/temp/axes.jpg)
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ok here are mine: Silver Jackson Soloist, Red Ibanez RG35XXV, Aqua ESP, Transparent Red Jackson DK2MQ
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nice axes man :thumb-up:
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Finstah, you sumbich....now I have to get all my axes out of their cases and line them up ;D
Nice collection! :thumb-up: (esta mui bueno)
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Finstah, awesome graphics on the Jackson :thumb-up:
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2 of my current mainstays:
2002 Pre-Prestige Ibanez RG620QMSP (became the Prestige RG2620QMSP in 2003)
- Mahogany Body w/ Quilted Maple Top
- DiMarzio Crunch Lab bridge / LiquiFire neck pups
- Original EDGE trem
(http://www.guitarworld.de/gwpages/images/gear/8735.jpg)
Ibanez Prestige 10th Anniv. RG1420FBHB
- Basswood Body w/ Flamed Maple Top
- DiMarzi MegaDrive bridge / AirNorton neck pups
- EDGE Pro trem
(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af41/MagnusBausW/imagejpg1_zpsfd035bde.jpg)
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Mmm Nice :whoohoo!: and great idea star BTW, i'll arrange a family shot but here's a starter:
left my JPLP, right Mikes LPC.
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Finstah, you sumbich....now I have to get all my axes out of their cases and line them up ;D
Nice collection! :thumb-up: (esta mui bueno)
haha. I had to do the same thing and thought to myself, why the hell do I need all these guitars.
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Finstah, awesome graphics on the Jackson :thumb-up:
thanks dude, it's the Art Deco model
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Definitely digging the gambale Ibanez!
Here's part of my arsenal from L to R:
One off Lipman custom, Fender Lite Ash Strat, Kawai F-1 Jr., w/ P-rails, Aria Pro PE-R80, Carvin SH-225, Ibanez ATK750KA, Kawai F-1.
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Nice :thumb-up: :whoohoo!:
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that lipman looks nice,but i must say i never heard of these,anything special to tell about these?
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Apparently Mr. Lipman is a respected repairman/luthier that was an original builder/parter in Ed Roman's operation. This guitar predates that partnership. The guy still makes a living doing repairs in New England somewhere but rarely builds. Other than that whoever previously owned this one tried to replace the original Kahler with a tune-o-matic and screwed up the bridge placement. I had to drill holes into the bridge to move it back without rerouting the body. In spite of all the crazy surgery (including a neck tilt) done to it, it sounds amazing and sustains like nobody's business.
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Ok thanks for the info.
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Well here is what my living room looks like :metal:
PS:
After I took the pic I added the front doors with an acrilic glass and wood frame.
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Very nice Stagemaster! :thumb-up: And I second the Lexicon, killer FX.
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Hey El very nice :thumb-up:
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here are a few of my cheapo guitars that I love dearly
I have a few more now, great guitars in my opinion and not one of them over £500 (mind you the Westone Dimension IV is probably going to be worth a lot more than that in the future)
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Hey RG, nice collection :thumb-up: , the water bottles are an interesting inclusion LOL
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Hey RG, nice collection :thumb-up: , the water bottles are an interesting inclusion LOL
it's the cheapest gin and tonic of all time, but I'm sure it got me drunk hahaha
Normally its vodka, musta fancied a change that week lol
why did I include them in that photo? Comedic effect :facepalm:
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Hey Gerry - love the Tokai V
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Hey Gerry - love the Tokai V
Thanks Dante.
I have only upgraded it a little with a new tone pros bridge a bone nut and higher frets. One of the saddles started to corrode though (what a waste of cash that was then eh!!) so I now have some titanium saddles that I need to get my luthier to cut notches in and then I can install them.
I have also toyed with the idea with putting in a DP100 in the bridge. I may still do that but I have so many guitars to do and so many other upgrades its finding the time!!
I could never pay 800quid for a Gibson, so I figured getting a Tokai V would suffice. It's a good guitar in my opinion.
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Tokai make some nice guitars. Also the some of the Epiphones aren't too shabby, but the hardware generally needs changing out, my SG came up well but it also got a neck shave and all new HW. I know what you mean re finding time to do them, my tele upgrade project is on semi hold LOL, it's got a SD hot tele in the bridge, I want to put in my spare Ultrasonic Ref 6 but is twin coil size so will require routing (a bit messy in the lounge room LOL). So the DP100 is an Ibenez PU ? IIRC you mentioned before you liked them allot.
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I have an Epiphone Vee that is absolutely FANTASTIC!!
$350 for the guitar, $200 in upgrades. Plays like a dream, sounds like a monster, looks like a beauty queen in biker's clothing.
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The only true Gibson I have is my Explorer :bow:
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Hey Dante, nice :thumb-up: , is there a reason your neck PU in the Gibi is upside down ??, normally the (main) pole pieces are at the neck end.. ?? Just wondering
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You are very perceptive! I like them that way on that guitar (that's a lie) Here's the big story:
When I was younger and absolutely dumb, I enjoyed throwing the Explorer over my shoulder and spinning it around. Great fun....until the strap anchor pulled right outta the bottom of the guitar one day, sending the Explorer head first into a dance floor at high velocity - snapping the headstock in two. The only thing holding it on was the strings in the last four posts, and the plastic covering on the headstock that contains the Gibson inlay.
That guitar sat in it's case for 2.5 years until I had the balls to fix it myself. First, I don't recommend you do this if you've never worked with wood before. I had a little bit of experience and thought I could easily glue a couple pieces of wood together, right? I did fix it, and I can personally guarantee it will NEVER break there again. I ran four dowels of hardwood through the break to be sure of that, the fit was so tight that glue was squirting out as I tapped them into the holes. That said, I'm not much of a craftsman sometimes, and I can see a little bow in the hockey-stick headstock....nobody else sees it, but it haunts me sometimes.
Then, with absolutely no experience whatsoever, thinking the value was already gone from this axe anyway....I refinished the guitar. This was an absolute mistake - in hindsight, I should have fixed the headstock and left it at that. I had no idea what I was in for, and I made tons of errors along the way. I stripped off the Gibson Custom Shop (candy-apple-red) paint job and got it down to bare wood. I tried staining the solid Korina (yes, this is a Korina Explorer) but, no colors would stick evenly...I ended up with a blotchy looking guitar. So, I ended up painting it instead. I have to say, the paint job came out pretty nice, but I may still add some more coats of clear to make it look even 'thicker' and wet.
Back to the pickup - About a year and a half later, I was done with the paint job and rewired the guitar, according to the notes I took when I disassembled it. I had no idea I put the pickup in upside down until much later. When I was hooking it up, the wire had somehow become too short to turn it around without lengthening it :facepalm: so, I tried it this way and it sounded awesome, so I left it. I gotta say, the clean tones in that thing, on that pickup, sound like a hollowbody blues box. It's pretty amazing. I'll post a clip in here.
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Hey Dante, I have some similar memories LOL, back when I kenw nothing I put a humbucker into my Anson strat usesing a screw driver to expand the cavity. It worked and is still there. Hey spinning it around is a valid idea (though you had little choice with lead length) and often works !!
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Now that's a nice story about PU haha :lol:
Did it came stock with the tremolo?
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It was on it when I got it - I was told that Wayne Charvel put it on, which is believable, I bought it in Southern CA in the 80s
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From what year is it?
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Tokai make some nice guitars. Also the some of the Epiphones aren't too shabby, but the hardware generally needs changing out, my SG came up well but it also got a neck shave and all new HW. I know what you mean re finding time to do them, my tele upgrade project is on semi hold LOL, it's got a SD hot tele in the bridge, I want to put in my spare Ultrasonic Ref 6 but is twin coil size so will require routing (a bit messy in the lounge room LOL). So the DP100 is an Ibenez PU ? IIRC you mentioned before you liked them allot.
I swapped my bridge out for a tone pros. That was not very long ago, it sounds nice. But I am pissed off to find that one of the saddles is coroding alread!!!!!!!!!!! wtf! :o so I actually have new KTS titanium saddles to go on there instead. I need my luthier guy to file in string slots for gauge 10 strings though other wise I would have them on there already. I am debatting whether I should put in a super distortion or not??????????????????? I like how it looks with the pickup covers however I will do anything KK downing did to his V's.
I also changed the tuners out as they weren't great, well they did the job for a few years but then became knackered. I also had the biggest frets of all time put on there. I am actually going to get these lowered as I have started to enjoy feeling the fret board again and fret tapping is so much nicer.
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I have an Epiphone Vee that is absolutely FANTASTIC!!
$350 for the guitar, $200 in upgrades. Plays like a dream, sounds like a monster, looks like a beauty queen in biker's clothing.
I always heard Tokai were better than the modern Epiphones, that's why I chose Tokai over the Epi. I think I prefered the fact that I could get a cherry red 1967 style flying V as well rather than the one with the super pointy head stock. Can you take the rubber thing of the side if the Guitar Dante? or is that a permanent fixture?
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The only true Gibson I have is my Explorer :bow:
This is a really nice guitar, love that blue man!! I still could never part with that much cash for a guitar though. How much did you get it for Dante? I dunno if I'd suit playing an explorer. I have always liked them, but never thought about getting one.
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Gerry,
I never tried removing the rubber thing, it keeps the axe on my knee pretty well tho. I paid a whopping $750 for that Explorer in 1986. It should be worth over $2,000 now, but since I butchered the poor thing, it's probably only worth like $900. :facepalm:
That said, it's INVALUABLE to me. I cut my teeth on that guitar, learned more than I have forgotten
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$750!! How much would that be in today's money?
I like the idea of suping up cheaper axes and customizing them and making them sound more expensive than they really are.
I posted this earlier but for some reason it did not appear so totally repeating what I said then.
Below is my most expensive guitar. It was made at Matsumoku Industrial in the 80s.
Not really into mega pointey guitars but this one appealed to me for some reason. Modern pointy guitars do not do it for me at all.
This is all maple apart from the rosewood fretboard. My one is in really good condition considering they are usualy in bad shape what with the pointy shape being prone to damage in the finish. My one only has a few chips which I intend to repair now I have matched the colour with nail polish ;D
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k114/themetalmartyr/westone%202.jpg) (http://s86.photobucket.com/user/themetalmartyr/media/westone%202.jpg.html)
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k114/themetalmartyr/westone.jpg) (http://s86.photobucket.com/user/themetalmartyr/media/westone.jpg.html)
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k114/themetalmartyr/westone%205.jpg) (http://s86.photobucket.com/user/themetalmartyr/media/westone%205.jpg.html)
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Hey Gerry, nice axe my friend :thumb-up: , like you I have taken a similar approach, doing up cheaper guitars ( had no money LOL) e.g. my Ephipone SG, Profile Tele and Anson strat. But I've managed to aquire a couple very special guitars being 1985 Anderson Pro Am (one of the first made) and the JPLP. I'd never had the money to buy something like the JPLP before, what I can say is it's very special and has renewed my enthusiasm for boutique guitars a bit. Also being a luthier...
Hey Enjoy !! :thumb-up:
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Hey Gerry, nice axe my friend :thumb-up: , like you I have taken a similar approach, doing up cheaper guitars ( had no money LOL) e.g. my Ephipone SG, Profile Tele and Anson strat. But I've managed to aquire a couple very special guitars being 1985 Anderson Pro Am (one of the first made) and the JPLP. I'd never had the money to buy something like the JPLP before, what I can say is it's very special and has renewed my enthusiasm for boutique guitars a bit. Also being a luthier...
Hey Enjoy !! :thumb-up:
Yeah Richard, what can I say, I love finding a guitar that costs very little and is underated and then with a few upgrades sounds a hundred quid more expensive than it was. Those Squier Stagemasters/Showmasters I own are an example of an upmarket guitar that squier did in the late 90's early 00's that did not really catch on. It was modeled loosely on the Fender HM. So because it didn't really take off it only ran for a few years. Now people are finding them and realising what excellent guitars they are and I can see the price of them increasing in the future. I have two through neck versions as well, so they have a different sound and I mean it's exotic enough just having squier/fender guitars with through necks! They must have cost me 200 GBP in total. One was like £75 and in perfect nick. The other I bought recently for a little more............why? Because it was like brand new, still had plastic on pickups etc almost like it was new old stock!!! It's gold a black and pretty sexy.
So I have bought an upgrade for one of those stagemasters, I got a proper steel floyd rose. The licenced one that was on there was fine, but I had worn it out. The new one is steel steel and more steel and has a huge brass block. So I am looking forward to hearing it yeeehaww!!
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Hey RG, new floyd sounds like a good edition. Also straight through neck fenders, well I've never seen one. And they do sound different.
Hey do us a clip when you get it fitted :whoohoo!:
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Hey RG, new floyd sounds like a good edition. Also straight through neck fenders, well I've never seen one. And they do sound different.
Hey do us a clip when you get it fitted :whoohoo!:
I will do Richard. Its not an original Floyd Rose actually because the base plate of a standard FR doesn't fit. I had to get a special one that has a baseplate with side that cut back like wings. Apparently the same fitting for Ibanez guitars although I wouldn't know. So this FR is steel throughout and was built by a small independant company in the states and comes with large brass block. I was a bit annoyed because the trem when it arrived had many blemishes and I don't expect on anything on something that is meant to be brand new. Needless to say I'm over that now. Just when I pay so much to get something shipped from America I expect f**king pristine perfection. Anyways it's steel and will last longer than the one before. Eventually I will swap all the stock FR's I own out with similar upgraded trems. I will do some clips when I get a chance Richard.
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Cool, looking forward to hearing it :thumb-up:
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(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af41/MagnusBausW/IMG_0065_zpssxa1tyqu.jpg)
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nice man!! never been into Ibanez myself but some of those are really nice looking guitars. Love the red and blue axes.
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Hey SC, they are breeding LOL, very nice collection my friend, very nice indeed :thumb-up: My fav (without playing them) is the grey flame (wasn't that the latest acquisition ??).
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Interesting to see all the different fret dots/markers in one shot. Again I like the grey flamed one, white/bone on rosewood, just the right size (for my taste). Very reminiscent of my Anderson.
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$750!! How much would that be in today's money?
I like the idea of suping up cheaper axes and customizing them and making them sound more expensive than they really are.
I posted this earlier but for some reason it did not appear so totally repeating what I said then.
Below is my most expensive guitar. It was made at Matsumoku Industrial in the 80s.
Not really into mega pointey guitars but this one appealed to me for some reason. Modern pointy guitars do not do it for me at all.
This is all maple apart from the rosewood fretboard. My one is in really good condition considering they are usualy in bad shape what with the pointy shape being prone to damage in the finish. My one only has a few chips which I intend to repair now I have matched the colour with nail polish ;D
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k114/themetalmartyr/westone%202.jpg) (http://s86.photobucket.com/user/themetalmartyr/media/westone%202.jpg.html)
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k114/themetalmartyr/westone.jpg) (http://s86.photobucket.com/user/themetalmartyr/media/westone.jpg.html)
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k114/themetalmartyr/westone%205.jpg) (http://s86.photobucket.com/user/themetalmartyr/media/westone%205.jpg.html)
Here's some info and specs on your Dimension IV....
http://www.westone.info/dimensioniv.html (http://www.westone.info/dimensioniv.html)
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great guitar!! Push pull pots on every pot. One splits the coils, one inverts phase, and one turns the Middle single coil on independantly. Weird tele sounds can be achieved in the middle between the two humbuckers on the 5 way.
If I do change out the bridge pup like I was saying to you SC I will defo hang onto the original. It sounds great it's just very not strong anymore. And is microphonic as hell. I dunno whether I should pot it or not.
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Hey RG, easiest is swap it out unless it's "the tone" you want. Yeah you could pot it or (probably more cheaply) try something new >:D
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Hey RG, easiest is swap it out unless it's "the tone" you want. Yeah you could pot it or (probably more cheaply) try something new >:D
It is unique sounding, not sure, toyed with the idea of swapping it ages ago. I have a double boiler set up and wax aready to go so I can pot pickups whenever I want, just takes a very long f**king time to do it right and careful monitoring of the temperature etc.
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Finally,here it is my guitar collection
From left to right
Gibson black flying V (2000) 2 EMG81
Jackson Soloist XL Japanese (1991) EMG81,2 EMG SA
Gibson black explorer (1995) EMG81,EMG85
Jackson KV-2 USA (2002) 2 EMG81
Jackson KE-2 USA (2001) SD TB-4 SD SH-2N (both split coil)
Hilko MSG V (2014) SD TB-4 SD SH-1 59 (both split coil)
Jackson SL-1 USA (2001) EMG81 2 EMG S
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I love that photo. It makes me feel good inside!
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Well i'm glad it does :lol:
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Well i'm glad it does :lol:
If I could I would nick the black flying V on you :)
the schenker one looks good too but I'm not into "artist" replicas.
what age is the Black flying v? 70's 80's??
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The gibson is from 2000 so 15 years old.
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Nice MJMP, the Marshall's look great oops :facepalm: LoL Very nice collection BTW love the new one, looks great in the line up :thumb-up:
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added a new marshall to the collection,a JCM2000 that i picked up for cheap.Guess i need another head to fill up the gap on the right >:D
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added a new marshall to the collection,a JCM2000 that i picked up for cheap.Guess i need another head to fill up the gap on the right >:D
that SL-1 on the right looks familiar :wave:
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yes it does :thumb-up:
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Very Nice MJMP. Now what to put in the space mmmm a Marshall :thumb-up: , my '72 50w would be just right though I'd put it middle bottom row and all the 2 input jack models on top. Have you ever tried plugging them all in at the same time (MJMPStock), one cab each >:D though I suspect the neighbors wouldn't be impressed :facepalm: (personally I'd give a try though >:D >:D )
A slightly less ear split option (if you haven't tried already): From the photo I'm guessing the 2 small writing Marshalls (2 x 2 inputs) you are using just power amp (bottom lead input jack wired direct to power amp stage) for L/R of your ADA rig/FX. So if you pick one of the other 3 heads and run it up through the centre cabs, using either A, B A+B switch or, just plug guitar straight into centre Marshall and use the parallel input jack over to you ADA rig... I've done this a few times, it works well IMO, you get the relativly straight (dry(ish)) sound of the Marshall down the centre combined with the lush stereo of ADA rig either side (obviously adjust levels to match), sounds great, but not soft LoL, anyway a thought.
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Yep the old ones are used as poweramp,the JCM800 and the JMP in the middle are modified for more gain >:D each going to one cab.I like playing straight into a head some times,gives a different sound.The 2000 is stil stock but not for long ::)
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Ahh can't help your self LoL. Have you tried running the 2 rigs together ? (although tends to clear the surrounding area >:D ) it's a nice blend (well depending on patches/settings etc), it kind of dry wet but better IMHO.
But since you have 2 more amp cab combinations (well 3 ?? now (albeit not yet gain enhanced, hey may be leave it that way ?? can help tame sound ??)), well I'd plug them all in and crank it, but, I'll no doubt think of the other possible permutations (over a glass or 2 >:D ).
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added a new marshall to the collection,a JCM2000 that i picked up for cheap.Guess i need another head to fill up the gap on the right >:D
:bow: :bow:
Hmmm... I'm going out on a limb and hypothesize that you're quite fond of Marshall.
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Yep the old ones are used as poweramp,the JCM800 and the JMP in the middle are modified for more gain >:D each going to one cab.I like playing straight into a head some times,gives a different sound.The 2000 is stil stock but not for long ::)
That's a hell of a collection I must say :o
How come you need so many amps though? Isn't the idea behind the MP1? So you can have 120 amps in one tiny little rack unit?
I was hoping having an MP1 though would give me all those marshall tones >:D
oh oh whats that??? No No No it's not the same as me having 14 guitars!!! :lol: I only bought em cause they were cheap anyways ;D and for little projects for myself to fix up. And like I have time for that :crazy:
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@Bob,well mmmmm yes,marshall stands symbol for metal for me >:D Every metal band in the 80's had walls of marshalls and i guess it went into head and i could never ket go of this.
@Gerry,they all sound different and if see a good deal i just grab it and i won't let go.
A head sounds and feels different then using racks,problem is you have to set then LOUD to get a good sound.Racks sound better at lower volumes.A jcm800 with the master volume at 4 is loud,but will give the best sound.You get a fat mix of preamp and poweramp distortion.You just can't get that out of rack,the interaction between pre and power amp.
These are all second hand,i bought the 100W plexi ('66) for 3000Bfr (75 eur) back in the 80's,the '68 cab i payed 5000 Bfr (125 euro),so that was a good deal.The '72 for 300 euro,the JCM800 head + cab for 1000 euro ,the JMP 600 euro and the JCM2000 for 250 euro.The rest of cabs between 250 and 300 euro.
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A head sounds and feels different then using racks,problem is you have to set then LOUD to get a good sound.Racks sound better at lower volumes.A jcm800 with the master volume at 4 is loud,but will give the best sound.You get a fat mix of preamp and poweramp distortion.You just can't get that out of rack,the interaction between pre and power amp.
That seems pointless to me to have a rack then if heads are better? How come so many guys use rack then and no sign of heads (well the used to may be not now days)? They're playing loud right? Lets face it there is so only so loud you can go as well venue depending of course.
I get that it feels different, that's fair enough and a personal opinion. But if heads were downright better at stage volume I'm curious as why people would bother with rack then? My own opinion doesn't count here so I haven't stated what I think BTW.
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Hey RG, I kind of know what MJMP is saying, there is an aspect to the gain structure of a well made tube amp (but it's a combination of preamp/poweramp). Back when I was 15 (ish) I was saying to the local amp maker dude (Mick Smapson who made BAEZ amps in Newcastle (Oz)), why dont you do a tube preamp and SS (or whatever ) poweramp. But this is on the back of getting distortion from preamp, poweramp, and (depending how much you kicked them (ala blacmore) or slashed them etc.) speakers to get a decent tone. Then god invented Master volume knobs so you could lower the vol but keep the preamp sounding good. MP1 came and fixed all that for me (and gave me 128 Marshalls'). But there is still something in that sound some like/prefer (it's a very "open" gain structure if that makes sense). Also I think it's been having a resurgence lately ?? That said, I fired up my '72 Marshall 50w a while ago, sounded (ok) but crap compared to MP2, but in its day was my only amp (and did well)....
Here's an idea for you, the headphone out on your MP1 is cab emulated (a bit, not quite like GCS3 or MP2 cab emulated outs) but has the extra top end toned down, you could DI that to front house and still use normal stage setup (no mics' required) (so TRS jack >> 2 x XLR).
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totally understand, just figured though that an MP1 guy would be the sort to ditch a head and as we all see MJMP has a lot of heads. I sold my last head a year ago and thank f*ck I did lol
Here's an idea for you, the headphone out on your MP1 is cab emulated (a bit, not quite like GCS3 or MP2 cab emulated outs) but has the extra top end toned down, you could DI that to front house and still use normal stage setup (no mics' required) (so TRS jack >> 2 x XLR).
Really??? I didn't know this, I've never needed to use it I suppose. If I ever needed speaker emulation live I'd buy another EPSI.
Man I don't really need to try that live though as I'm sorted for live and studio setups. I've a good working one currently and I'll get the mp1 in action live soon. Rearranging my speaker cabs in our rehearsal room differently has stopped all sorts of problems I was having regularly so I think when I get the mp1 hooked up to the boss I'll be laughing (in a good way).
All I did was spread my cabs out more and I put them on their side, like this cab here
http://www.michaelanthonyonline.com/IMAGES/ADACab1.jpg (http://www.michaelanthonyonline.com/IMAGES/ADACab1.jpg)
I have no idea what this would have done but certainly stacking 2x12" cabs like I had before was f**king hell on earth!! Where as having each one on it's own stand (ala milk crates) built in a wall formation but with a gap between 2 on either side has stopped crazy crazy feedback and bass and it's amazing!! I reckon when I hook up the mp1 now I will not get anywhere near the crap I was the first time I tried it through my power amps.
Exciting rig times ahead for me in all honesty.
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(Really??? I didn't know this, I've never needed to use it I suppose.) It got discussed in another thread with El and MJMP, El asked about using the HP out as additional outputs, MJMP said there are 2 caps that you'd need to take out to make it same as main outs (the caps take off the additional top end which is partly what cab sims do). Although the HP out has lots of output so you have to be careful not to overload the input stage of whatever you plug it into.
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(Really??? I didn't know this, I've never needed to use it I suppose.) It got discussed in another thread with El and MJMP, El asked about using the HP out as additional outputs, MJMP said there are 2 caps that you'd need to take out to make it same as main outs (the caps take off the additional top end which is partly what cab sims do). Although the HP out has lots of output so you have to be careful not to overload the input stage of whatever you plug it into.
interesting, that means if it has good output, it could be used a send to somewhere else like you suggested? Even if I don't need that it's still useful to know. You never know when I might want to send an auxiliary signal else where for god knows what reason lol the two caps then are basic speaker sim. I wonder how much use this got when the unit first came out? Like budding bedroom guitarist, did they endure the harsh heaphone out for night time practices? I know I did when I was younger with other kit.
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When I had MP1 I never used it for headphones, I did use it to plug in to Rockman XL100 headphone in when I used the XL100 across 2 Marshalls' for solos. I was just adding in the MP1 back then as I used '72 Marshall for rhythm (through Tom Schultz power soak > 2 x 12") and a Marshall Artist > Yamaha Quad box. I modified a peavy foot switch to be A, B, A+B, A was '72 Marshall, B was XL100 (L/R HP output into each Marshall (with a couple of resistors in the leads to drop it back to inst level)), then combined the MP1 (took input from "72 Marshall spare input jack) and used the HP out into the XL100 HP in. In front I had a Korg digital delay and a Korg stereo chorus.
I remember my dad bought me some "guitar" headphones (so I could annoy them less no doubt LoL), they had some distortion, is wasn't very nice but better than nothing.
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Heard some nice stuff from rockman devices on youtube. What was that rockman xl 100 like?
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The XL100 was like a sony walkman, it was designed to clip to your belt for practicing and had a bunch of AA batteries (power supplies for it came later). It had guit in, 1/4 TRS stereo in (to come off a headphone out so you could play along with it), and 2 x 3.5mm headphone outs, it's own (tweaked headphones), 4 sounds (slide switch, clean 1 and 2, edge and dist), also stereo chorus/delay. Had the Tom Schultz boston sound, very compressed but the bees knees in it's day, so many adds/jingles from that era are XL100. I used it for recording quite a bit back then, sounded great just line in. A mate of mine got one and modded it to be foot switchable (the sliding switch was a pain live). He also got an old fridge and mounted 6 x 12" speakers in it, So he had XL100, SS poweramp, fridge speaker cab. So early version of what ADA did. Sounded great but not as good as MP1/2.
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DAMN. MJMP's new Vee is pretty f***in awesome...I hardly noticed any amps in the pic
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Well the first pic the amps were perfectly in focus and the guitars (a tad) blurry LoL. And like MJMP, I too like Marshalls >:D .
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damn,does this mean i won't be getting you 50W head 8)
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Hey MJMP, If I was ever going to part with it (which I'm sure you understand is highly unlikely), you would certainly be first cab at the rank! But if you like I could send it to you for some TLC and mods (e.g. master vol, parallel FX loop, input direct to poweramp). It's got an annoying 50hz hum last time I fired it up. But it's a small writing 72 so it would fill your gap perfectly LoL (I have allot of history with this amp BTW, bought when I was 18(ish), 1978?)
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I guess that would be an expensive trip to the post office ::)
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This is all I have at the moment until I get new pics
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Hey Rusty, nice :thumb-up: , I've nor seen that before, do tell...
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Will do, Its a USA custom shop moto head, serial # 11 0f 12, as soon as I get some better pics i'll post them up along with a couple of other axe's that I have.
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Cool look forward to that :thumb-up:
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DAMN. Rusty, that looks pretty badass. (BTW: Badass is the highest form of compliment when speaking of guitars)
Here's my new pair - Strats in Ibanez' clothing. I highly recommend this model for anyone looking for a Fender Showmaster. I got each of these for a ridiculously low price - I believe it was fate that I found this model. I have been searching for a Strat I could bond with, but hated them all for different reasons, now I think it may have been the bolt-on necks. Model = SAS36FM, Korean
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Wasn't here a bass bridge named badass ? Very nice Dante, just got to fix the wiring LoL, nice shot of the cat BTW.
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DAMN. Rusty, that looks pretty badass. (BTW: Badass is the highest form of compliment when speaking of guitars)
Here's my new pair - Strats in Ibanez' clothing. I highly recommend this model for anyone looking for a Fender Showmaster. I got each of these for a ridiculously low price - I believe it was fate that I found this model. I have been searching for a Strat I could bond with, but hated them all for different reasons, now I think it may have been the bolt-on necks. Model = SAS36FM, Korean
Very nice axes indeed. Neat set up too, cool for cats. :)
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Here's my main 2 together, I'll do a family shot soon.
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Richard,
Love that Lester :thumb-up: What's with all the switches on your Anderson? That's a nice looking guitar too :banana-rock:
I was pawing through all the pix in this thread again, and I have to say that I love the RabidGerry's Squires (I had a very nice Squire myself that i probably should have kept), LOVE LOVE LOVE That ATK Bass and the Aria Pro Lester that Kawaii has! Can't stop looking at those. Oh yeah, and that pointy Matsumoku thing that Gerry has is off the charts. That factory made some pretty awesome guitars, I have a few myself...all Ibanez.
I love finding a guitar that costs very little and is underated and then with a few upgrades sounds a hundred quid more expensive than it was. Those Squier Stagemasters/Showmasters I own are an example of an upmarket guitar that squier did in the late 90's early 00's that did not really catch on
I share this philosophy wholeheartedly, gimme a cheap mid-range guitar and I'll swap all the electronics out and it'll be a KILLER >:D
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On the Anderson, each Ultrasonic PU has a 3 way switch, middle = off, down = series, up = parallel, then there's the "blower switch", basically the bridge PU in series (Mmmmm). The JPLP has a 59 PAF in neck (I'm led to believe) and a JP Burst (whatever that is) in the bridge which has a series/parallel switch on its tone pot (not my favourite PU BTW, but it's ok, the Ultrasonics in the Anderson are much better IMO).
Mmmm the JPLP, very nice guitar, though all said and done the Anderson is better (a bit like Mp1 to MP2 LoL). Although I had an alternative position on that tonight, Eve said she liked the sound of the JPLP more (had them both out to show off which led to the pic..).
They're both gorgeous guitars, I'm lucky to have them...
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That LP looks kickass :thumb-up:
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Yeah it's a pretty one, and sets up superbly, beautiful to play :whoohoo!:
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Some better pics (hard to capture the Saphire Blue Quilted Maple Top) of my mainstay/all time fav...(upper left in the collection pic I posted).
It´s a 2002 Ibanez (pre Prestige) RG620 QMSP, Mahogany Body with Qilted Maple Top. I bought it new in 2002 and modded it slightly along the way.
The "original" came with Ibanez V8 bridge and V7 neck pups which I swapped for a set of DiMarzio CrunchLab Bridge and LiquiFire neck.
It features the Ibanez original EDGE double locking trem that I modded with a brass big block. The standard .022µF tone cap was swapped for a Russian K40Y-9 Paper-In-Oil cap.
One of the things that stands out about this particular RG is the neck which is not the *Ibby-Std* Wizard type...this in is called "Ultra" and has the same specs as the neck on the 90s Ibanez John Petrucci Signature model (JPM)...17" radius but ever so slightly feeling "beefier" than the Wizard...it´s not thicker though, just shaped different.
I also sanded it down and applied my preferred Oil/Wax finish....
I cannot say enough good things about this guitar....it simply sounds awesome, amplified or dry.....
Switching and layout is pretty straight-forward....
1 Vol, 1 Tone, 1 4PDT 3-way toggle that puts only the inner coils of both pups in parallel when in center position....dreamy/glassy cleans...
(http://www.guitarworld.de/gwpages/images/gear/8736.jpg)
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Hey SC, very (very) nice my friend !! :thumb-up: , though I couldn't help noticing the neck relief is a bit more than I'd go for ? I like my necks a little bit flatter, but a taste thing.
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Another one that was not in the Ibby-Family-pic.....
This one was a "pimp-my-cheapo" project that turned out awesome.
Basis is a Cort G250FT H-S-S Power-Strat I got for 70€ off eBay. Basswood body, maple top, photo finish.
It already came with a Wilkinson VS bridge....
I swapped all electronics for better quality MEC pots, silicon wire, switchcraft jack, DiMarzio Virtual Hot PAF bridge, DiMarzio Injector middle and neck pups.
I also replaced the original cheap nut with a Graphteq Tusq one...big difference.
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Hey SC, very (very) nice my friend !! :thumb-up: , though I couldn't help noticing the neck relief is a bit more than I'd go for ? I like my necks a little bit flatter, but a taste thing.
.... :dunno: .... must have been the angle of the pics...there´s almost no neck relief at all 8)
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Wow, that's a nice looking axe!! :thumb-up: Hey correct me if I'm wrong, I think you could take a little more from that neck relief, rule of thumb is a slim business card, the pic looks like 3 business cards to me, hence the suggestion LoL. I'm just thinking there's a bit more to go ?? But neck relief and action are very personal things... and I tend to do them by feel not measurement >:D .
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Wow, that's a nice looking axe!! :thumb-up: Hey correct me if I'm wrong, I think you could take a little more from that neck relief, rule of thumb is a slim business card, the pic looks like 3 business cards to me, hence the suggestion LoL. I'm just thinking there's a bit more to go ?? But neck relief and action are very personal things... and I tend to do them by feel not measurement >:D .
The pic ist the actual unfretted string action ;-) not the "neck-relief-check-grip" at 1 and 14 (1 and 24) :thumb-up: :thumb-up:
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I'm just comparing it to what I get from the Anderson and JPLP, but happy to stand corrected, I'm in Sydney for a couple of days, I'll check it more when I get home, but from first glance I recon you could get a bit more out of it (but hey happy to be wrong LoL, I just saw the pic). And not trying to cast any doubt, I know you are a gun at this !!
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The string action/height on the Ibby is ~1.5mm on the low E (12th fret) and ~0.9-1.0mm on the high e (12th fret)
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Hey SC, I can't really tell without having it in my hands, I stopped measuring (and 64ths/imperial (it's more organic, metric shouldn't be used (IMO) for guitars) works better than metric IMO) along time ago, these days I go purely by feel. But I just thought it could come down a little more ?? but as I say based purely on visual. I just suspected you could get a little bit more out of it, and the reason for my comments.
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Okidok....here´s string action in inches 8) (all unfretted, measured at 12th top of fret to bottom of string with a string action ruler)
Low E (12th fret): 0.059"
High e (12th fret): 0.036"
Dean Markley Helix 10-46
No buzz, no fret-outs.....
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Here's my new pair - Strats in Ibanez' clothing.
Strat Cat sighting!!
Another one that was not in the Ibby-Family-pic.....
This one was a "pimp-my-cheapo" project that turned out awesome.
Basis is a Cort G250FT H-S-S Power-Strat I got for 70€ off eBay. Basswood body, maple top, photo finish.
It already came with a Wilkinson VS bridge....
I swapped all electronics for better quality MEC pots, silicon wire, switchcraft jack, DiMarzio Virtual Hot PAF bridge, DiMarzio Injector middle and neck pups.
Fantastic outcome there. I have a guitar that I don't play that I've been thinking about hotrodding. It's an old Tokai strat (with Fender lawsuit shaped headstock, but painted black). Love/Hate relationship with that thing. At times I want to sell it, other times I want to mod it.
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SC - That last guitar, the Cort...that's very nice. I love fixin' up cheap axes and getting something unexpected like that, it looks fantastic
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Hey DesmoBob, my inclination would be to hot rod the Tokai, they make quite nice guitars. What are your thoughts to do up ? Like others I've been doing up cheap and chearfuls most of my career, I'm about to do up a Squire strat, first some machine heads that stay in tune.. And I've got a SD hot rails for the bridge, I also have an old Gotoh locking trem in the shed somewhere, just need to replace a broken fine tuner screw. This trem used to be on my Profile Tele which I later changed to floating schaller FR, I copied the Anderson routing and also refretted it while I had it in bits, and soon I'll have a tremsetter for it.
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Hey SC both those axe's are blowing me away looking at them, very very nice indeed. I would love a good shred on that Ibanez, I bet it's awesome man.
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Here is a rare bird but I'm sure it just looks like a cheapo squier to most. Like Dante, I love making a cheap guitar a beast!! Beats spending £1000 any day!!
I found out recently this Squier Strat was only shipped to South America and lower states of the US and also only made for a year. Alder body. Only two control knob configuration!!! That's unusual in itself. I have to say this guitar f**king sounds great!! Stock! I think there are 9's on there and I usually play 10's. It feels so good and such a nice tone on there that I might stick with 9's with this axe. I would be afraid of losing my finger strength though if I swapped to these permanent, any thoughts on this?
Check the pics fellas and fellettes
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I love the colour!! Like a metallic redish orange!!
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head stock
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This is stock by the way!! I was going to stick a schaller I have on there as it's a direct fit!! However (please help me out here guys!!) I checked this Floyd Rose II that is on there out and I think the saddles and plate are steel!! If so I will just get a bigger sustain block made and call it quits!!! I have never heard of any FR II being made of good quality, anyone know anything abut these? Some other dude on another forum said if it say's "made in Germany" underneath it's a decent FRII and worth keeping, but their are cheaper Korean versions that suck and not as good as the German models. Anyone any info on this let me know :)
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Hey RG, very nice :thumb-up: I like the coolur too ! I have a FR Schaler on my tel which is exactly like that one (much shorter bridge string allen bolts). Re the 009's, just go 010's and re adjust the bridge, the 010 - 46 will give you bigger notes, and work well with that scale length (25 1/2") and don't go out of tune as much when you belt them >:D . The other addition worth considering in a Hipshot tremsetter, had one in my Anderson for years, makes FR even better :thumb-up:
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Nice guitar !!! love those super strats
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Hi, I'm working on this axe too, nearly there. I got loads of projects on at the moment with a tiny budget, someday it will all be complete. :))
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Well tell a bit more on wha you're doing :D
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Well tell a bit more on wha you're doing :D
+1 8)
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Hi, I'm working on this axe too, nearly there. I got loads of projects on at the moment with a tiny budget, someday it will all be complete. :))
Looks like it will come up well, got a few projects on the boil myself LoL.
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Oh yea, sorry dudes for being a bit vague,
The body is a full thickness ash body from a Fender Squire that I had lying about and I cut the cut away back to the scratch plate Steve Vai/Green Meanie style if you know what I mean. I then rounded off the neck heel and used an Ibby style neck plate so playing up around the top of the neck is more easy on the wrist and fingers. I also thoroughly screened the cavity with aluminum foil.
The neck that I bought is second hand from a guitar tec for £50 and is an All Parts LIC by Fender. It's the big fat C style, the frets are in very good shape with little wear but it still needs some leveling here and there.
With a little drilling, chiseling and patents I also very successfully fitted an original Floyd Rose, I also put one of those thick brass blocks on it too to see how it sounds.
The bridge pickup is a Seymour Duncan Invader and the neck pick up is also a Seymour Duncan that I think is a stag mag, the both pickups and the Floyd I robbed from another old project axe that I built way back in the late 80's and decided to decommission it, LOL. I have also coil tapped both pick ups with a pushpull tone control/switch for a kind of strat sound.
All the rest of the hardware and pieces were simply bought online.
I'm still getting to grips with this axe and I do think that the brass block gives seriously nice brightness and sustain but I would like to try a smaller depth one as I think the Floyd is a little hard to dive b*mb. Mayby that's just me being way over scrupulous. Also there is some stratitus/wobbly/shaky note thing on the low E string that I cannot figure out yet, it's all the way from open right up the string. I'll try out another Floyd with the original block on it to see if that rules out why I think it's way too many loud odd harmonics produced by the big brass block .
Apart from that the action and feel is great, I love how thick this neck is, Its almost like a big old boat oar but so easy to manoeuvre around. I have only played this at bedroom levels so far, next week I'm going to blast it LOUD to see how it really goes.
Extra pics on the way also,
Thanks for looking ADA'ers :)
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Hey Rusty, very cool project, thanks for the info :thumb-up: (Also there is some stratitus/wobbly/shaky note thing on the low E string that I cannot figure out yet, it's all the way from open right up the string.) Are the FR string spacings right for a strat ? ie is the bottom E in sufficiently from the edge of the board ? It reminds me of a problem I had with my Anson (very early jap strat) when I tried to fit a replacement bridge with brass saddles, back then all the measurements were different for copy write, it was too wide and made the strings go off the edge too much, it worked, but had an issue similar to what you describe. I had to put the original bridge back on and individually file all the brass saddles to fit. Just a thought as FRs are made for many different guitars.
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Thanks for that rnolan, I'ts not that though as I got the floyd fitted and set very well and the E string on either side are lined up good. I'm figuring the brass block at the moment, I can try changing it to see what happens, if that makes no significant difference then I'll try fitting the original neck back on to see if that clears it up then I can move from there. I also have another body that I could try out.
Also, It also might be the combination of everthing and something that is integral and inherent to this project axe. I'm sure i'll figure it out soon enough but as for right now it's not a huge issue as I have too many projects and general things going on. :)
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Here is a rare bird but I'm sure it just looks like a cheapo squier to most. Like Dante, I love making a cheap guitar a beast!! Beats spending £1000 any day!!
I found out recently this Squier Strat was only shipped to South America and lower states of the US and also only made for a year. Alder body. Only two control knob configuration!!! That's unusual in itself. I have to say this guitar f**king sounds great!! Stock! I think there are 9's on there and I usually play 10's. It feels so good and such a nice tone on there that I might stick with 9's with this axe. I would be afraid of losing my finger strength though if I swapped to these permanent, any thoughts on this?
Check the pics fellas and fellettes
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k114/themetalmartyr/2015-06-15%2007.25.30.jpg) (http://s86.photobucket.com/user/themetalmartyr/media/2015-06-15%2007.25.30.jpg.html)
I love the colour!! Like a metallic redish orange!!
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(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k114/themetalmartyr/2015-06-15%2007.26.07.jpg) (http://s86.photobucket.com/user/themetalmartyr/media/2015-06-15%2007.26.07.jpg.html)
head stock
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This is stock by the way!! I was going to stick a schaller I have on there as it's a direct fit!! However (please help me out here guys!!) I checked this Floyd Rose II that is on there out and I think the saddles and plate are steel!! If so I will just get a bigger sustain block made and call it quits!!! I have never heard of any FR II being made of good quality, anyone know anything abut these? Some other dude on another forum said if it say's "made in Germany" underneath it's a decent FRII and worth keeping, but their are cheaper Korean versions that suck and not as good as the German models. Anyone any info on this let me know :)
Were you thinking of gigging with it? If not, I wouldn't mess around with the bridge unless it keeps going out of tune.
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Thanks for that rnolan, I'ts not that though as I got the floyd fitted and set very well and the E string on either side are lined up good. I'm figuring the brass block at the moment, I can try changing it to see what happens, if that makes no significant difference then I'll try fitting the original neck back on to see if that clears it up then I can move from there. I also have another body that I could try out.
Also, It also might be the combination of everthing and something that is integral and inherent to this project axe. I'm sure i'll figure it out soon enough but as for right now it's not a huge issue as I have too many projects and general things going on. :)
Hey Rusty, another thought worth checking is it may be the PU is too close to the string and affecting it ? I know some single coil strat PUs have this problem, easy to check, just lower the PUs a bit on the bass side.
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Hey rnolan I think I got it sorted, was a crap speaker that I was using. It was one of those cheapo 6W platic HiFi speakers that I use at low volume so the neigbors don't go wild and call the cops. Thanks again for your precious time. Cheers. :)
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Cool, glad you got it sorted :thumb-up: I suspect those little speakers have a hard time with low end (bottom E = 82hz (in an A = 440 world)).
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Gibson Les Pauls are my favorite, and here is the sweetest one I own:
2011 Gibson Les Paul 1955 Custom Black Beauty Hot Modded
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It sounds a little darker than my other LPs, since it has no Maple cap.
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That's a beauty!
You'd think, for the amount of money they cost, they'd be able to throw in a toggle-switch tip :P
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Now that's a seriously gorgeous guitar :thumb-up: . Is it missing the toggle cap ? or was that a gold plated metal toggle with no cap required ?
So GB, is it an all mahogany body, no maple top ? I generally prefer LPs without a pick guard, but that one works from a looks perspective. When I took the pick guard off my JPLP it looked so much better, moreover, I have no need of a pick guard (unless I let other people play it, which is very rare).
Nice lighting for the photo BTW, my ex is a photographer at the Australian National Gallery and I suspect she'd be impressed :thumb-up:
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That's a beauty!
You'd think, for the amount of money they cost, they'd be able to throw in a toggle-switch tip :P
That´s part of the "Hot Mod" ;D ;D ;D
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Now that's a seriously gorgeous guitar :thumb-up: . Is it missing the toggle cap ? or was that a gold plated metal toggle with no cap required ?
So GB, is it an all mahogany body, no maple top ? I generally prefer LPs without a pick guard, but that one works from a looks perspective. When I took the pick guard off my JPLP it looked so much better, moreover, I have no need of a pick guard (unless I let other people play it, which is very rare).
Nice lighting for the photo BTW, my ex is a photographer at the Australian National Gallery and I suspect she'd be impressed :thumb-up:
It does have a toggle cap - they took it off for shipment. These shots were taken by the seller - they did a great job!
Yes - it is all Mahogany, no Maple cap. It takes some of the brightness out - sounds a little darker and perhaps has a touch more sustain.
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Hey GB...That is one serious LP! Beautiful Axe for sure. :thumb-up:
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I'm betting the sustain is 'for days'
Nigel Tufnel: The sustain, listen to it.
Marty DiBergi: I don't hear anything.
Nigel Tufnel: Well you would though, if it were playing.
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I think of Nigel when I play the JPLP LoL, I now get what he was saying.
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Since I got a new, bigger sofa, I thought it was time for a couch pic 8)
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Top to bottom:
1996 Ibanez JPM100B John Petrucci signature
2010 custom Telecaster by Attila Custom Guitars
1999 Parker Fly Deluxe modded with RMC piezo pickup/Roland 13-pin synth access by AR Guitar
2003 Tokai Love Rock LS-60
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Stunning collection. :metal:
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That's a really nice couch :lol:
Kidding...nice guitars!
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Hey rADAr, very nice collection :thumb-up:
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That Parker looks inviting!
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Nice collection,love the Petrucci :thumb-up:
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I'm diggin the Goldtop :thumb-up:
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I'm liking the gold top as well, although the tele looks like lots of fun :thumb-up:
Hey rADAr, when was the last time the Ibi and the LP had some fingerboard oil ? (hard to see but maybe the fly is also in need), it may just be the photo but they look thirsty (to me) ?
Oh yeah, nice couch LoL
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I got a new trem for this guitar, it might look like one of those cheap £10 licensed jobs of ebay but its not! I did a lot of looking around as Squier Stagemasters need a special fitting baseplate. Smaller than the TRS 101.
So why isn't this a shit cheapo trem? Because it's all steel! Hardened baseplate. But what about the saddles? Surely some pot metal alloy? Wrong! Steel! I was expecting to have to swap the saddles but no need. Also came with what appears to be an OFR sustain block! Has the logo on it. How much? £41. Where from ? German seller off ebay!!
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few more shots of this guitar
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Looks good! no brand anywhere?
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On the actual trem? No none at all. The German seller told me they are made in Korea. He also sells a Schaller copy, which ahem...........looks just like a Schaller original, with zinc baseplate, hardened interchangeable knife edges and cast steel saddles! I asked about one them also and he said it is made in the same factory that OFR is made, and I said "the same factory that Schaller are made then?". He did not answer after that lol But as far as I know Schaller make Floyd rose parts and trems for (original) Floyd Rose so that basically makes them the same in my book.
The unbranded one I bought is really decent. If every part sticks to magnet like glue I'm happy!
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Nice and a good price if you see that an original goes for around 300 euro's new.
Only my Japanese jackson doesn't have an original FR and it looks the same as an original (except the screws that holds the string in place is shorter) there's just one thing that i can't do with it, and that's ... hard to explain ,look at the YT vid starting at 4:58 that vibrating ringing sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnz0YUOWqnQ
Works perfect on a OFR ,but dies out really quickly on that japanese jackson which is a JT580 which were made by schaller and Takeuchi (in Japan).
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that JT580 looks similar to the shape of baseplate on the trem I just got. I bet it's a little bigger. Here is the spec for the one I just bought see attached. I wonder what the real story behind my new trem is, would they really make steel stuff in Korea? I suppose
Floyd Rose 1000 series is exact same as regular steel floyd rose on made in Korea. Where as Floyd Rose Special, also made in Korea is not steel with saddles but a zinc alloy instead. Had Floyd Rose clarify this for me.
Wow what the f*ck is that guy doing in that video at 4:11 - 4:36
Yes I know what you mean, I think this technique is called "Tiger Claw" i think. Andy De la Rocque uses it a lot in King Diamond.
I can only do it on floyds that have a "screw in" thread bar and not the "screw on" that has the nut. As the guy said in video the bar needs to be super tight. I cannot use the technique properly like incorporated into proper playing. I'll get there some day lol Some of what he is doing I can do but never decided to stick it into a solo.
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Hey RG, nice guitar, and nice one with the new bridge :thumb-up:
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I find this thread lacks pictures...So let me help out a bit!
I find myself buying/building about one guitar a year.
Sometimes more, rarely less. ::)
So the latest thing I got is an RG Ibanez fully loaded body...
Bought it to get parts because I have a JEM project in process.
Buying a fully loaded body was cheaper than buying parts.
Turns out this CAMO body is much nicer in person than on picture...
And sounds great too!
So I guess this will be a keeper (And I will have to get still parts for the JEM!!!)
(http://i.imgur.com/H1SRxkm.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/commercial-photography/california/palm-springs/)
I also treated myself last year to a BC Rich Mockingbird...Out of nostalgia, I guess.
I used to own one in the 80's.
A fuschia pink NJ Series which I installed a Kahler trem on it.
So I got myself this beast.
I gotta say it's a tremendous guitar for the price they sell them.
(http://i.imgur.com/xvfLPze.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/commercial-photography/california/palm-springs/)
And last but not least, I got myself a mint condition used Les Paul form Bacchus.
These are excellent copies made in Japan with no pretention to fool anyone as they do print
their brand instead of putting in a fake Gibson logo.
These are well built with very very minor differences to the originals.
This one is chambered too...Like 2 other LPs I own.
Sounds great, plays like a charm and weights no more than my Strat.
I just love these brownish hues...Pictures cannot do justice.
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Hey Chucky, very nice guitars :thumb-up: . That Bacchus LP looks great, I've developed a soft spot for LPs since I bought the Jimmy Page LP (rescued from a collector). What I like most about it is the neck is nicely shaved (as was the one Joe Walsh sold JP, this is a faithful custom shop copy of that guitar, number 779 of 850 made) (http://adadepot.com/index.php?topic=804.30)
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Nice guitars Chucky 8)
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Wow rnolan, that LP of yours is quite stunning.
I own 4 LPs...Including the Bacchus.
I'll post pix soon since this is the point of this thread.
I started on LPs and even though I pretty moved on towards
Strat type guitars over the years, I never was able to let go of them.
I bought my first real LP in 1980 and it was a tobacco sunburst deluxe.
Sold it in 1986 for a mere $400 to finance other gear purchases...
:facepalm:
Well, in that era Kramer Barettas were far more desirable than Strats and LPs.
So in 2001 I was itching to finally get a proper LP back in the house.
I thought I would get some used one for a fair price, turned out that LPs were
(and still are) back in vogue and even a used one was going at scary prices.
So...Might as well buy a new one if I ever meet THE one.
And then it came around!
Just walked in store and among their LP selection, they had this true gem:
Custom Shop Elegant firemist...
Chambered (Only the Elegants were chambered at the time).
Couldn't believe how gorgeous, light and stupifying sounding this guitar was...and still is.
It still my best sounding guitar hands down.(http://i.imgur.com/JEn881Z.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/commercial-photography/california/palm-springs/)
Then 2006 came around and out of a very well paying gig I made, walked in a music store
to buy a mandolin...And walked out with one.
Plus a Standard Faded which is the traditional solid body.
I had to have it I guess... ::)
(http://i.imgur.com/htvKMKk.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/commercial-photography/california/palm-springs/)
(http://i.imgur.com/coYU1to.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/commercial-photography/california/palm-springs/)
Then the next, walked in some other store and stumble upon these newly released LP BFG.
It was a red one. I was really attracted by its rough looks, aged parts, garage-gypsy made feel and crocodile skin gouged top.
...And it was chambered! Sounds so full and resonant.
Light weight is a bonus of course for playing live.
This is (Finally) a Les Paul you can bring to the stage, kick around, drop, nick, slap, beat
and all without fearing to damage the finish..As it is already "damaged".
But I got that guitar stolen (And ten others) in a home burglary back in 2008.
So I eventually started tracking BFGs down on Ebay and found this gorgeous black one.
Sounds just as good. Every single BFG I tried were perfect sound wise. Somehow.
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Nice singlecuts! But I still totally dig your Dinky style H-S superstrats with the rev headstocks
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I'd forgotten how to imbed pics, and had to relearn..... :facepalm:
This used to be my red Kelly, now with custom airbrush work done to it. \m/ (><) \m/
(http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj118/casey71us/Kelly1_zpsgfyxn3uo.jpg) (http://s270.photobucket.com/user/casey71us/media/Kelly1_zpsgfyxn3uo.jpg.html)
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god I must be boring. I only like strats and flying Vs!
Sorry guys.
Some LP bias goin on this site ;)
PS Rnolan I really like your Anderson, get more pics up.
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Same here,V's explorers and super strats.Always found that a LP was just too heavy.Altough i really dig the playability and sound.Fender strats,really like the sound but not the feel.
But my best guitar is my MSG V,Chuck check it out
http://adadepot.com/index.php?topic=576.15
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Hey RG, Here's a few but I'll get some better shots later, nice paint job BTW :thumb-up: .
Hey Chucky, nice LPs my friend :thumb-up:
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And the Tele
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Interesting Tele ... did you swap out the ashtray bridge for the floyd + locking nut? How does it sound now in comparison?
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I'd forgotten how to imbed pics, and had to relearn..... :facepalm:
This used to be my red Kelly, now with custom airbrush work done to it. \m/ (><) \m/
Kim! You're too old to have and play such teenager axes, grow up!!! ^-^
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Same here,V's explorers and super strats.Always found that a LP was just too heavy.Altough i really dig the playability and sound.Fender strats,really like the sound but not the feel.
But my best guitar is my MSG V,Chuck check it out
http://adadepot.com/index.php?topic=576.15
Cute little darling, Marsh.
I only used to own an Ibanez V, flamed top, the series that came out along the Destroyer model.
I'm also mostly playing Strats/SuperStrats, but Les Pauls always are close to my heart.
They're like big jewels to me.
If you ever try a chambered one, you will see that the weight issue isn't in the way anymore.
And it unleashes tone by the ton. I swear!!!
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Interesting Tele ... did you swap out the ashtray bridge for the floyd + locking nut? How does it sound now in comparison?
Simple answer, heaps better :whoohoo!: . It's heavier than my JPLP (which isn't chambered).
This guitar has some history:
It fell off the wall in the shop which chipped the finish around the lower bout strap button so I got it for $400 AUD over 25 years ago (it's a jap Profile tel BTW, not a fender).
I put a SD Hot tele PU in it (which it still has but not for long)
I put a SD tele neck PU in it (which I bought in Hong Knog ~1985, which I broke the windings on as it had no PU cover and the top E used to catch over the open coil :facepalm: as I play quite hard >:D
So put in a SD Hot Rails in the neck with a series/parallel switch and an ES335 style PU switch.
I put a Gotoh trem on it (had to cut the "ashtray" bridge and just keep the bit to mount the bridge PU and rout for the springs etc). IIRC this had the lock nut thing behind the nut, nice trem but then one of the fine tuner bolts broke :facepalm: , by then I had the Anderson so the tele was a spare (after many years of good service, and I like the way teles' fight you)
The I put the Shaller FR on it (copied the Anderson routing so fully floating) and installed jumbo frets
Much more recently I wreaked one of the coils in the old hot rails PU doing a neck relieve adjustment (such a dumb idea putting it at the body end :facepalm: ), and I'd had a few wines >:D which didn't help...
So put a new Hot Rails in the neck (way too hot for that spot, the older one suited the neck spot better..
SC found me an Ultrasonic Ref3 (my favourite PUs) on German Evil Bay which is now in the neck and I have a Humbucker sized Ultrasonic (Ref6) I'll put in the bridge (but it needs to be routed to fit it) and I'm contemplating a respray and maybe do the SC oil job on the neck :dunno:
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That's a lot of history for that tele of yours, it would keep the local A & E department busy :)
So it sounds heaps better, but ignoring the pickup swaps, did removing the ashtray bridge and the open nut make it sound less like a tele? Did it loose it tele-ness?
PS You've just reminded me about using Tru-Oil on guitar necks, I've got an update for SCs thread.
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Kim! You're too old to have and play such teenager axes, grow up!!! ^-^
LOL the only "grandpa guitar" I have is the Gretsch and that's an acoustic...... :lol:
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Same here,V's explorers and super strats.Always found that a LP was just too heavy.Altough i really dig the playability and sound.Fender strats,really like the sound but not the feel.
But my best guitar is my MSG V,Chuck check it out
http://adadepot.com/index.php?topic=576.15
If you ever try a chambered one, you will see that the weight issue isn't in the way anymore.
And it unleashes tone by the ton. I swear!!!
I didn't even know that existed! Chambered Les Paul eh
Um I just work out, heavy guitars are no issue now to me like they were when I was a kid :thumb-up:
I just never liked Les Paul, well on some people they look good, John Sykes, Glenn Tipton in the "Killing Machine" video and sure some tones are nice, but some tones they do are so Les Paul it stinks lol
That's just me though. I'm starting to think one of my thru neck Squier Stagemasters is starting to sound a little Les Paulish and I dunno if I like it. It's a superstrat but with the thru neck. Compared to it's bolt on brother its very dark.
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That's a lot of history for that tele of yours, it would keep the local A & E department busy :)
So it sounds heaps better, but ignoring the pickup swaps, did removing the ashtray bridge and the open nut make it sound less like a tele? Did it loose it tele-ness?
PS You've just reminded me about using Tru-Oil on guitar necks, I've got an update for SCs thread.
My green Anson Strat got even more mods over the years LoL, particularly after I did a guitar building course (where we all built an acoustic (shall post that guitar later)). Armed with that knowledge...
Sound wise the tele was never what I was after in original form (hence SD hot tele bridge). It's a really heavy body, as heavy as my JPLP. I can't really remember what it sounded like back when I bought it, so long ago... But each mod improved it in various ways. I put the shaller FR on it coz the Gotoh broke and I wanted a spare for stage with the same whammy as the Anderson (for when I pop a string, usually a D string, if I didn't change strings after every 2nd gig, I'd routinely pop a D in the 3rd set). Money was always an issue back then so it all happened as I could afford bits, fortuitously I could do all the work myself and had decent tools by then as I was building and repairing. Since I put the Ultrasonic in the neck it just sings (not like a tele), the SD Hot tele in the bridge sounds quite tele ish on its own so I combine it with the Ultrasonic. Once I put the other Ultrasonic in the bridge it will be perfect (sound wise). Teles' are typically hard to play, they fight you and make you work for your sounds >:D and even with the big frets it still does, but worth it (for me and my style).
Getting rid of the ashtray bridge was a good move, the Gotoh sounded much better, and the shaller FR even better again. The shaller came with a long sustain block that used to poke out the back a little :facepalm: . I've since fitted the "right" depth block (which is brass, as was the original it came with) so sustain has always been good. So I ended up with a much better sounding guitar that's lots of fun to play.
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Cute little darling, Marsh.
I only used to own an Ibanez V, flamed top, the series that came out along the Destroyer model.
Thanks Chuck
I've been searching for one of those Ibanez V guitars and they are hard to find over here.And if you find one the prices are way too high.
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One thing I have been longing to do for years and finally got the time/energy/inspiration through the holidays:
Building wall rackings to install my guitars around the house.
It started with using a wall upstairs and I made a 6 unit rack.
I have a mini acoustic and mini Les Paul on there for the moment...
They will be replaced by other axes whenever upcoming projects will be finished.
There is my SG faded mooncrescent that I use for my AC/DC tribute band.
A Schecter bass, a black Gibson Les Paul BFG (Chambered) that sounds as great as it looks
and a self made axe that has yet to be properly finished!!
(http://i.imgur.com/wRE4f0h.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/commercial-photography/california/palm-springs/)
Then I built a 5 unit rack for Strats...
Top left to right: Cream Wayne"s World Squier Strat, self-made Frankenstrat (My main axe) and a Ritchie Blackmore signature
Bottom: Self-made green Strat and a gorgeous orange sparkle MIM.
(http://i.imgur.com/1lYizyX.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/commercial-photography/california/palm-springs/)
Had to make yet another 5 unit rack to hold superstrats...
Top L to R: Kramer Baretta with a self made zebrano neck, self made Budweiser axe, self made swirl paint axe.
Bottom: BC Rich Korean Mockingbird and Ibanez CAMO RG in the process of construction.
(http://i.imgur.com/tWkH0Ie.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/commercial-photography/california/palm-springs/)
Last but not least, the bedroom wall unit with 3 axes for the moment, but it will get to be a 5 unit soon.
L to R: Les Paul standard faded, Custom Shop LP Elegant and a Bacchus LP.
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It's amazing to be able to see all my guitars and grab any at will instead of searching through cases and
clutter my house with them. Truly helps to keep motivated to practice!! :whoohoo!: :banana-trip: :whoohoo!:
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Hey Chucky, nice collection :thumb-up: :whoohoo!: although I suspect you made a few of us jealous LoL. I picked up some parts the other day to refit a Squier bullet strat, originally it was for my daughter but she never developed any interest. Will post a pic after I fit all the new hardware.
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3rd pic, top row, middle and right: Exactly my thing!!! Awesome! :thumb-up: :thumb-up: :thumb-up:
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I like the fenders.
What is the guitar in the first pic, farthest to the right? Says "Dry" all over it? Is it a Kramer?
You have double the amount of guitaers I have. Of course most of mine are all cheap guitars modded up.
I modded Squier strat the other day with a dummy coil and a shcaller trem instead of the original floyd rose II that was on there. I also stuck in a 42mm sustain block as opposed to the 37mm that was in there before. It took the 42mm to problem!
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Wow Chuck,impressive collection. :thumb-up:
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I like the fenders.
What is the guitar in the first pic, farthest to the right? Says "Dry" all over it? Is it a Kramer?
It's another selfmade axe...With Molson Dry labels (Beer brand).
You have double the amount of guitars I have.
Yeah...I guess I'm a bit psychotic. :crazy: :crazy:
I guess I would have even more if I didn't get my house burglarized in 2008 where 11 guitars were stolen. :facepalm:
Of course most of mine are all cheap guitars modded up. I modded Squier strat the other day with a dummy coil and a shcaller trem instead of the original floyd rose II that was on there. I also stuck in a 42mm sustain block as opposed to the 37mm that was in there before. It took the 42mm to problem!
The center Strat with swirled red white and blue paint job is built around a body of a MIM Squier.
That body sounded so good, I couldn't not use it.
Originally that guitar was red and I hate red Strats for some reason...So I had all the reasons to take it apart and finally build the FrankenStrat of my dreams. :whoohoo!:
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No way I was burglarized also in 09 and I had an MIM strat stolen on me. I only had 2 guitars back then. Still have the Tokai Flying V (FV40) MIK
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3rd pic, top row, middle and right: Exactly my thing!!! Awesome! :thumb-up: :thumb-up: :thumb-up:
Nice guitar collection Chucky :thumb-up: 3rd pic, top row for me too, including the Baretta!!!
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GAS???
No, I call it passion!!!
And sometimes I call it necessary tools.
Like this one I just got through a friend so I can go all Angus with my AC/DC tribute band!! :whoohoo!:
(http://i.imgur.com/NUpl5Ag.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/commercial-photography/california/palm-springs/)
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Cool :thumb-up:
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I love SGs, yet I don't own one :dunno:
Lightweight, thin, double cutaway = AWESOME
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Well an SG is also on my future to buy items :lol:
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I really need to change my couch :facepalm:
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yep you need a bigger one so you can put more guitars into it :lol:
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It's even worst about basses... :facepalm:
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Wow that's a nice collection. :thumb-up:
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Before i had a cigarette problem. Since I quit, I have another one...
The good thing is ; before when I'd buy New guitar, my wife was getting upset, but Now I have enough so I put the New guitar between the others and she doesn't notice >:D
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best couch I've seen for a while ... nice guitar/bass collection :thumb-up:
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some are still missing... but it's because of the couch !
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Hey Tomy, nice collection :thumb-up: :whoohoo!:
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I have to admit... I'm à guitar/bass addict :facepalm:
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I have to admit... I'm à guitar/bass addict :facepalm:
I see nothing wrong there >:D
Like the EUB, I've got the same (but under a different brand) modified it, and it really sounds better (because of the fingerboard dress, bridge & tailpiece mod.)
https://www.Faceb**k.com/profile.php?id=100001883903869&sk=photos&collection_token=100001883903869%3A2305272732%3A69&set=a.362117340527726.82797.100001883903869&type=3 (https://www.Faceb**k.com/profile.php?id=100001883903869&sk=photos&collection_token=100001883903869%3A2305272732%3A69&set=a.362117340527726.82797.100001883903869&type=3)
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Hey Peter, I'm really excited to check but I have no Faceb**k account
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Hey Peter, I'm really excited to check but I have no Faceb**k account
Nobody you know has a FB account?
Does that still exist >:D
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Well I hardly ever use my FB account and I'm close to deleting it, I only started one for the band I was in....
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Well I hardly ever use my FB account and I'm close to deleting it, I only started one for the band I was in....
Yeah the same for me...But I'm really not interested by
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Nice :thumb-up:
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The ibanez looks really special,never saw something like this before.
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IIRC the hand hold cut out is from the Steve Vai model ?? (not that I know much about Ibanez guitars). That said I have some history here, my 2nd ever guitar was a black/gold Navara Les Paul (bolt on) which I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) was a precursor to Ibanez (great guitar), and I had an Ibanez Blond Hummingbird copy acoustic (also great guitar) (this is all early '70s stuff)
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Thank you guys, this Ibanez the maple neck and scale rosewood is original of The RG model, the body was made by a instrument maker here in my city, based on JEM model Ibanez, woods - Body: Brazilian Mahogany, top: Cherry burst, a combination really amazing!
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Ah okay,well looks really nice and original :thumb-up:
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Thank you, the original body of the Ibanez is in Basswood, or Brazilian mahogany is vastly superior in terms of durability and sound in my opinion. The Basswood think a very fragile and with little sound mass wood.
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Thank you, the original body of the Ibanez is in Basswood, or Brazilian mahogany is vastly superior in terms of durability and sound in my opinion. The Basswood think a very fragile and with little sound mass wood.
Hey,it reminds me "tonewood thread"
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Hey tg, me too :thumb-up: . In one of the articles/blogs whatever from that thread he talks about basswood, intuitively (for me) since it's softer and lighter than many other popular woods I'd have thought it wouldn't be as good. However, my Anderson pro am is a basswood body and it's awesome... stood the test of time (not that I knock it around) and plenty of sustain, also a very comfortable guitar to play, not too heavy, not too light.
Brazilian Mahogany is very nice, getting much harder to get these days though. Anyway luftguitar, very nice axe :thumb-up: No you know El will want sound clips LoL
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Thank rnolan, each timber has its sound characteristics, what matters is to get a common denominator that pleases yourself!
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Finally received a neck I ordered on EvilBay to fit this Camo RG axe.
Great fun to play, interesting tones and I am taking my time to adjust it so it
should feel like a race car when I'm done with it.
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Beautiful, chucky :thumb-up:
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Looks NICE :thumb-up:
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VERY cool axe, Chucky. :thumb-up:
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Cool Axe, Chucky!
I never could bond with my RG, too pointy. Very rude to point, it pointed at everything O0
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Go Chucky, very nice :thumb-up:
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What guitar? I couldn't see a guitar in that photo. :dunno:
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Nice Guitar!
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Accidentally had to buy this axe, it's a secret also as the significant other is not aware it's been hidden up stairs :nono:. It plays great! Just trying to determine whether or not it's fake or not as the logo text on headstock hasn't been painted on very well. You can only notice if you look very closely. Still plays good and sounds excellent!
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k114/themetalmartyr/WP_20160529_12_19_18_Pro.jpg) (http://s86.photobucket.com/user/themetalmartyr/media/WP_20160529_12_19_18_Pro.jpg.html)
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Hey RG,
A nice little axe to be sure, but I have to ask: What made this one so special that you had to 'accidentally' buy it?
Harley 8)
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oh I guess apart from insane GAS :crazy:
The fact that those 80's Tokai's from Japan are collectible, and I like knowing I have a desirable axe. May be not to folks on here as this is an ADA forum, but there are plenty of Japanese guitar collectors and also Tokai faithful who'd like to have that guitar.
Then the price, which was nice for this axe. I bargained the guy to £50 less than he wanted for it.
Then the fact that I love how it looks. The fact it plays and sounds nice is a bonus lol. That's the gamble I took I guess as it could have been all wrong for me. I suppose I like to have a guitar that when I play live people are wondering what it is as it's not just a fender or something. Perhaps that sounds silly but little things like that appeal to me, sets me apart from others (not that I need this guitar to do that for me as no one on my local scene uses any of the stuff I use, right down to the picks).
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Well, i think it looks great. I've never been drawn to white guitars before, but there is something about this one that really appeals to me.
At first glance i thought you had paid £50 for it. Now that would have been the bargain of the century!
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yeah never liked black and white guitars or white ones with white pickgaurds but I really love this white with black. Really nice. The neck has gone golden also through age and although it cannot be seen in the photos the white paint is really like a pool or snooker ball white as it's aged 28 years.
Just restringing at the mo. Had to open it up to find if it was a legit tokai or not. It had the serial numbers inside so looks ok.
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Hey RG,
There's nothing wrong with that. Interesting fact that Tokai guitars have become collectible. That's something I never would have guessed at.
The bottom line is that it plays and sounds good. It also looks like it's in very good shape for it's age. At first glance, I thought it was a copy of Jake E Lee's Charvel guitar.
It doesn't matter what brand a musical instrument is, as much as how well it matches the musician who plays it. Case in point:
A long time friend and local musician named Al MacKenzie, used to get teased and haggled about his Hohner bass guitar that he played with every local band he was in here. I've known Al since 1987, and currently, he is the bass player for Firehouse. So I don't knock any musician for their choice of instruments.
Harley 8)
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I've known Al since 1987, and currently, he is the bass player for Firehouse. So I don't knock any musician for their choice of instruments.
Harley 8)
+1 on the Firehouse Harley, we cover
"All She Wrote". Great late 80's tune. :thumb-up:
Nice axe RG!! Don't you just hate having to hide it from your gf. So proud of the deal you made but can't share it with the woman. Man, I hate it when that happens :lol:
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hey RG, nice axe, will you switch the bridge PU for super distortion ?
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Well I also thought at first glance it was a Charvel.Looks great RG.
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Hey RG,
There's nothing wrong with that. Interesting fact that Tokai guitars have become collectible. That's something I never would have guessed at.
The bottom line is that it plays and sounds good. It also looks like it's in very good shape for it's age. At first glance, I thought it was a copy of Jake E Lee's Charvel guitar.
It doesn't matter what brand a musical instrument is, as much as how well it matches the musician who plays it. Case in point:
A long time friend and local musician named Al MacKenzie, used to get teased and haggled about his Hohner bass guitar that he played with every local band he was in here. I've known Al since 1987, and currently, he is the bass player for Firehouse. So I don't knock any musician for their choice of instruments.
Harley 8)
Oh yeah, Tokai's are well saught after, I don't think mine is like top of the list like certain models but I know it would be on it regardless. It's pretty rare which helps. Like the guy I bought it from just collected 80's japanese guitars, so it had some status with him for example. The reason why the early Tokai's are saught after is because they are famous (and perhaps you didn't know) for making "better" guitars than the brands they were copying. So early 80's Tokai's are actually famous for being better than the Fenders and Gibsons of the time. I think they are known as "lawsuit era" for obvious reasons. And a little more history. I'm pretty sure Fender bought over factories belonging to brands such as Tokai and Orville and others which then Squier and Epiphone where born from. So Fender went "hang on if we can't beat these guys lets join em and get 'em working for us". So early Japanese Squiers are now also collectible as are the Korean models. Japanese probably more so although the Koreans have a very good rep. In saying that I have a chinese Squier and it's probably one of my fav guitars I own.
Hohner, I have cme acorss over the years, I think they have a famous steinberger copy guitar which was suppoosed to be quite good. I know all to well about brands not mattering Harley :) it never put me off any of my axes so I'll not knock a guy with a Hohner. All power to him in fact, that's cool. Think a buddy of mine had a Hondo les Paul or SG copy one time, and it sounded great!!
Nice axe RG!! Don't you just hate having to hide it from your gf. So proud of the deal you made but can't share it with the woman. Man, I hate it when that happens
Hey Solist, yeah I'll come up with some story to fit it in there. The deal was I could sell two guitars before I bought any new ones. Well I kinda bought a new one and didn't sell any lol I can go public soon though I hope :)
hey RG, nice axe, will you switch the bridge PU for super distortion ?
Hey Tomy, I think I might leave this guitar as it is. The pickup sounded sweet to me. It's highoutput according to the info I got from the '88 Tokai catalogue. It sounded really good I thought. Hopefully get some recordings with it soon.
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Well I also thought at first glance it was a Charvel.Looks great RG.
Yes I think it looks like a few of those guitars. Charvel or the Jake E Lee signature model. It's closest to the Jake E lee however his was a standard vintage trem my axe has a single locking trem. The bridge allows the string to be fed in and maintain the ball end. I'll post some more mics.
I have an Axe that looks just like a Charvel San Dimas. No idea who made it. I personally think someone bought a kit guitar and sold as a "Jack Butler" guitar. Which I now know is the character in the movie "Cross roads" starring Steve Vai as Jack Butler. Thanks to Soloist for that info :thumb-up: I'll post picks of that as well :)
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Looks really nice man! :wave:
Good bargain too :thumb-up:
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Hey RG, very nice score :thumb-up: :whoohoo!: . I was thinking to respray my Profile Tele but like your Tokai, the white has gone a really nice shade over the years, so now mm I don't know, maybe not LoL.
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Hey RG,
Yes, I do know the Hohner Steinberger copy you are talking about. That isn't the one Al has though. His is just a plain sunburst copy of a P-bass. It does the job though.
I have noticed the early Japanese Fender prices have gone up quite a bit. As for Korean Fenders, I already own three of them, Two H-H guitars, and one S-S-S model. All three are set neck guitars, 24 fret, African Mahogany body and neck, (even though Fender claims the body is Basswood). The construction of these guitars is very good, but the hardware and electronics that come with them is lame. They came with Duncan pickups, but those too are wound to the Fender Extra-wimpy specs, so they were the first things to go. I have DiMarzio's in the H-H guitars, and recently purchased Burns Tri-Sonics for the S-S-S guitar. I'm going to start work on remodeling that guitar soon, when I get a few things I still need for it. I may document the rebuild here.
I see Korean made Squires and Fender sell for dirt cheap prices on Ebay all the time. There is one Japanese Fender that I would have liked to have gotten my hands on back in the day. Too bad I didn't, they are super hard to find these days. Maybe I'll get lucky one of these days.
It's too bad your GF doesn't understand your passion for the guitar, that does complicate things.
Harley 8)
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I may document the rebuild here.
Hey Harley, :thumb-up: That would be good :wave:
Hey RG, did you get anywhere with redoing the doco for the MDRT upgrade ? Mike will probably do his soon so we can road test it for you.
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Hey RG, very nice score :thumb-up: :whoohoo!: . I was thinking to respray my Profile Tele but like your Tokai, the white has gone a really nice shade over the years, so now mm I don't know, maybe not LoL.
He Richard, yeah that aged white is a priceless colour so why mess with it? You sticking with it?
@ Harley, I own a few Korean Squiers. Two Squier Stagemasters are the set/through neck versions, and boy o biy they sound different from the bolt ons. I've upgraded them both recenty. One I bought of a dead guy who was having his collection sold off after he had passed away so it was brand new! There are photos of my cobalt blue version of the same guitar on this same thread somewhere. Anyways I kitted the gold one out with brass block last week, and a while back I put on proper steel floyd rose saddles. The cobalt blue version I put in a brass block, and swapped the whole trem out for a brand new one (which had steel saddles to begin with). I'm now at the point where I like the stock pickups, but I want to see what others think on here about whether I swap them out for some super distortions.
About my GF not getting my passion, well she does, but I stupidly agreed not to buy anymore until I sold some on that I don't want :facepalm: I will admit that I do have too many, but I just love them all, and I dunno why the cheaper ones appeal to me as much. I love upgrading I suppose and customising.
@ Richard, I thought Mike had went ahead with the install? Ok if he is hanging on for the new guide I'll get to work on that. I let other shit pile up on me man over the last few weeks so I promise I'll have a start on that by the weekend. I have shit load of photographs so it should be pretty comprehensive.
Whilst searching for proof of authenticity with the tokai guitar I found this under the hood. Cause for concern guys? Didn't feel loose or anything but it was still a shock.
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k114/themetalmartyr/WP_20160530_18_55_57_Pro.jpg) (http://s86.photobucket.com/user/themetalmartyr/media/WP_20160530_18_55_57_Pro.jpg.html)
Not to detract from the possible problem above with the Tokai,
but here is the Green Axe. I would love to know what the story behind this guitar is. I know it's cheap, but you know what some stuff on it is decent quality. For example the trem, it's all steel. It has embossed on it the Floyd rose logo, which I find interesting because there is no real Floyd rose that shape. I have many other licensed FR trems this shape but none of them have the official FR logo embossed on them. Another thing to take note, it came with one control. I could have this, so I got a concentric pot and added a tone control :) and orange drop cap. It didn't fit in initially so I had to sand down a circular area around the hole where the pot fit through. This allowed the concentric pot to seat low enough down that I could get the bushing through the other side and then fit the nut and washer so the pot could be mounted correctly. Also the pickups say Wilson, which is a brand??? Bizarre. My theory is, someone somewhere bought a kit guitar and got some hardware themselves from somewhere, then stuck it on ebay trying to make a bit of cash. I think my girlfriend got it for under the asking price which was £150 initially. I think she got it for £120 but she wont tell me :) Anyways check it out guys.
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k114/themetalmartyr/WP_20160601_19_06_06_Pro.jpg) (http://s86.photobucket.com/user/themetalmartyr/media/WP_20160601_19_06_06_Pro.jpg.html)
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Hey RG,
I can't find anything on Wilson Pickups, other than a Danish brand that are transducers for Violins, Violas, Cellos, and upright Bass.
Interestingly enough, I did find your green guitar on sale on Ebay in the UK only it seems. Same guitar, but the pickups listed are Wilkinson. From what I can tell, these are not kits, but made by a company in the UK. Probably discontinued now. This was called the Jack Butler Green Meanie, and was sold by www.rockstarguitars.co.uk. As for the Floyd, it may have been a subcontracted model. Overall, it's very difficult to pinpoint an origin for where it was actually made.
My guitars, (Korean made Fenders), aren't Squiers they are called Showmaster, and they were made from 2004-2008(?). They look like they were made with exotic woods, but really only made of Mahogany with a printed laminate top on the body. The quilted Maple, and Bubinga looks good, but the rest look really cheesy. The one I plan to modify has a laminate they called "Flame Alder" but it looks more like a pin striped checker pattern to me. I'm trying to find a way to strip that off the top without damaging the mahogany underneath, and just leave the mahogany by itself. If it looks like the wood grain I see on the back of the guitar, it should look fine if I stain it and finish it like that. I'll get a couple of pics of it and post it in the Axe pix thread.
As for the Tokai, yes, I would be concerned about the wood at the posts there. That will only get worse with heavy tremolo use. I think a good Luthier, would probably consider routing out that whole area, and replacing it with a block of hard wood, then re-mounting it. I guess if the intonation comes out wacky at some point in time, and you can't get it back, then you'll have to consider it, but for now if it works just leave it be.
Harley 8)
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Hey Harley, I probably should have said, I got that guitar of ebay, well the GF did. And the item you find when you do a search for it through google is the same seller who sold her the guitar. They sold one more after mine only with a maple fretboard as I watched it go wondering how much it would sell for. Here is the listing
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jack-Butler-Meanie-Guitar-With-Floyd-Rose-Trem-/331520942698 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jack-Butler-Meanie-Guitar-With-Floyd-Rose-Trem-/331520942698)
there have been no more since. Anyways Wilkinson? You don't know them? The make trems and roller nuts, the company John Hornby Skews owns the brand. The make "Vintage" guitars, who are quite a big brand now and have plenty of guys playing them like the Saxon guitarist playing one of their tele's and Bernie Torme playing one of their strats.
Check here.
http://www.jhs.co.uk/wilkinson/ (http://www.jhs.co.uk/wilkinson/)
So I know the pups are branded, they're insanely high output. Still dunno about them but they are definitely a brand, no idea what model they are though!
As for the Tokai!!!!!!!! DAM >:( More f**king money! Oh well I'll have to take it to my local guy then and see what he thinks. It's a great guitar so it probably deserves the repair work.
Your Fenders are Showmasters? They are in the same family as the Squier Stagemaster/Showmasters. Look it up. The thru necks stagemasters are the deluxe model but then they changed the name to showmaster for some copyright issue with I think Kramer.
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Hey RG,
I do know about Wilkenson, I just don't know much about Wilson, which is what you posted. Also, you did mention that your GF got it off ebay, which is why I searched in different ways, to find some kind of origin for it. I'm well aware of Trevor Wilkenson's products and many of the guitars that are using his products. I'm not too fond of his tremolos.
I believe the Showmasters I have were a separate entity apart from the Squire Showmaster, and Stagemaster guitars. I believe Fender was trying to go for a more traditional type of guitar with some modern features added to it. These were definitely NOT meant to be Metal guitars in any way shape or form. The Duncan pickups they came with were all way to wimpy for any of that,
Harley 8)
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Hey RG, The only slight quandary I have with the lovely aged white is all the pick guard screw holes, not a biggy so I'll probably leave it. Although I have a similar issue to your Tokai on one of the FR mounts. It's a schaller FR which came (many years ago) with 2 big screw in mounts (rather than the sheath/bolt mount like you have). So problem is the one on the bass side angles forward now (causing minor problems, that screw goes all the way into the spring cavity (which I suspect isn't helping)). So I bought new sheath/bolts and am hoping this fixes it (the sheaths (I think) are bigger than the big screws so fingers crossed will fit nice and snug :dunno: ). Otherwise I'll have to route it out and inlay some hardwood :facepalm: , and then it probably will need a respray ?
Hey love the green meanie :thumb-up: and nice job with the concentric pot.
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Oh right, I thought you hadn't heard of Wilkinson otherwise I wouldn't have bothered explaining.
Never tried their hardware other than tuners and they seemed ok.
Yeah I noticed none of the Fender Showmasters have a locking trem. As for a metal guitar? Dunno about that, have seen a few that could easily pass for a shred machine
http://medias.audiofanzine.com/images/thumbs3/fender-special-edition-showmaster-blackout-hh-460638.jpg (http://medias.audiofanzine.com/images/thumbs3/fender-special-edition-showmaster-blackout-hh-460638.jpg)
this one looks similar to my Thru neck stagemaster minus locking trem of course. The Fender though has an arch top where as the Squier is flat on top.
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I put a Wilkinson trem on the squire upgrade strat. It's a very nice piece of hardware and was quite inexpensive (less than the super switch). The bar doesn't screw in, it just sits in the hole snug (ish) and you tighten a small alen screw to tension it (so it doesn't fall out).
@RG, Mike is yet to do the MDRT install but not because he's waiting for your doco, more about having time to do it I suspect.. So not to hassle you too much :wave:
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Hey RG,
You are correct that none of these guitars have a locking trem. They have a two point style trem based on the current Fender Strat style, but the metal is some garbage pig-metal that I wouldn't use for a paperweight. Funny thing though, on the Fenders, they all come with a brass bridge block which is really nice for the tone, so that helps counter the garbage metal a bit if you swap out the pickups for some good ones.
The Fenders I have are like the one you sent the link to, but not painted in solid colors like that. They have the same carved tops, but are all finished in some kind of sunburst with clear lacquer on them.
The Squiers that I see on ebay are targeted more towards the Metal players with the kind of finishes that appeal for that sort of thing, like the Celtic Showmaster, and the Blackout with the Tong symbol etc. They are selling on ebay very cheap, averaging about $150 USD. That's because they don't have the locking trems.
I don't know what kind of pickups come with the Squiers, but the Duncans that came on mine sucked pharts out of bus seats. I've replaced both of the H-H models with DiMarzios, Air Zone, and Air Norton in one, Steve's Special, and Air Norton in the other.
I've tried the Super Distortion and didn't like it because it doesn't do clean guitar tones. Even with the volume on the guitar rolled back enough to actually get it clean, it doesn't have enough volume left to give it any sustain. The Steve's Special will give you all the crunch that you get from the Super Distortion at full volume, but it cleans up when you roll it back. It's a bit too much of a Metal-ish tone for my taste so I'm thinking of replacing it with a Norton to balance it out with the Air Norton in the neck. I might even use a Duncan Screamin' Demon in there instead, because that one is a Ceramic and Alnico pickup, instead of all Ceramic like the Steve's Special. Eventually, I'll replace all the hardware on those, probably with FR styled trems.
Harley 8)
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Hey Tomy, check this out, something you mihgt like, our bass players new bass!!
I personally am not a fan of signature models but that's just me. It's dave ellefson's self designed bass. Kinda like a mocking bird and thunder bird bass rolled into one!
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Hey GR, cool bass :thumb-up: Looks like it will sound pretty good.
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Well well Ellefson seems to be popular with bass players,our bassplayer also bought a Ellefson model,but he got the 5 string CB model.Like this one and he got it new for 300 euro since these aren't produced anymore.
https://www.amazon.com/Jackson-Ellefson-5-String-Rosewood-Fingerboard/dp/B007J0UZN6/ref=pd_sim_sbs_267_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=41hd-K3Xy8L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=R8P5KHT83J1J5DGNHEAN
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Hey GR, cool bass :thumb-up: Looks like it will sound pretty good.
I wouldn't play one but it's a nice bass and it does sound good Richard. Although if I am honest, the treble mid and boost switches aren't necessary if you have a good equalizer, which he has (I have to set it though :facepalm:)
Well well Ellefson seems to be popular with bass players,our bassplayer also bought a Ellefson model,but he got the 5 string CB model.Like this one and he got it new for 300 euro since these aren't produced anymore.
https://www.amazon.com/Jackson-Ellefson-5-String-Rosewood-Fingerboard/dp/B007J0UZN6/ref=pd_sim_sbs_267_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=41hd-K3Xy8L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=R8P5KHT83J1J5DGNHEAN
That's a nice bass also MJMP, not that I need that extra string. It's funny the Kelly Bird that our bass player got and the CB model your bassist got both cost the same, 300euro. Joe got a good gig bag and shipping thrown in with that also. Good deal I thought, the colour scheme I really like and the action from Factory setup suits me :thumb-up:
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Well he ordered it from Thoman for 550 euro but they shipped him the wrong bass,it was a cheaper model.So he phoned to tell them about the mistake and they didn't have it in stock anymore.It was going to take weeks to get so they made him an offer eventually (after long phone calls) he could have it for 300 euro.But he didn't wanted to wait so what he did was take this offer to the bax shop and they agreed (they match someone else his price) to also sell it for 300 euro.
So in the end he got a 550 euro bass for 300 euro which was a pretty good deal all considered.But he didn't get a gig bag :lol:
I sold him the case of my bc rich mockingbird bass.
Like you say the controls are pretty useless,he doesn't use them either.
Just saw that the USA version is a whopping 4000 euro,wow that's alot.
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Cool RG, it is a great looking bass... I have checked the demo on YouTube couple month ago, and it also seemed to sound great. I'm not a signature instrument guy but I really trust Dave Ellefson to set up a great instrument.
Dave Ellefson is a legend :
-1st, Megadeth's bassllines are technically hard to play
-2nd, He sings backing vocals that match with megaDave
-3rd, He is the only "survivor" from MegaDave badass's days
I remember 20 years ago, Dave Ellefson used to write articles on "Bass player" magazine, one of those was definitely the best advice for a young bassist to me(while others bass players were talking about slapping, tapping, popping, led zeppeling technics... whatever !). The title was "Less is best" saying when you don't really know what to play on a new song, at first just play root on the drum kick and it gives you a first idea of what your bassline should be. Then after add some fills, but never forget your first idea.
I know you don't like active bass, me neither ! But the inboard preamp will definitely help, and I 'm sure it will fix some lack of tone your singer could have on stage :thumb-up:
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Well he ordered it from Thoman for 550 euro but they shipped him the wrong bass,it was a cheaper model.So he phoned to tell them about the mistake and they didn't have it in stock anymore.It was going to take weeks to get so they made him an offer eventually (after long phone calls) he could have it for 300 euro.But he didn't wanted to wait so what he did was take this offer to the bax shop and they agreed (they match someone else his price) to also sell it for 300 euro.
So in the end he got a 550 euro bass for 300 euro which was a pretty good deal all considered.But he didn't get a gig bag :lol:
I sold him the case of my bc rich mockingbird bass.
Like you say the controls are pretty useless,he doesn't use them either.
Just saw that the USA version is a whopping 4000 euro,wow that's alot.
Its funny as there was a f*ck up with thomann and our guy as well, they couldn't get that bass in for a long time so he said "no way hosay" and found some other guy in mainland Europe who did him the deal. Those gig bags are worth a bit themselves so it was a real good deal.
The bass itself is nice and good sounding, but those boosts aren't needed in my opinion. I think currently I had set those boosts with the trebel full on and the bass about the 2-3. Having them flat worked also. Not sure I'm a fan of the mix knob. Still a nice bass and good sound.
@ Tomy,
if Dave Ellefson said that less is more, I totally agree. This is my opinion. I constantly have to tell our guy to stop trying to stop my rhythms. Example, when we went to record bass for the single this year, I noticed he was doing a lot more than I realised. I told him half the amount of picking as it will punctuate better through the othe intruments and actually sound cleaner and more powerful. I WAS WRITE! When our guy realised he was blown away. I think there is a danger sometimes of having to make stuff challenging when it doesn't have to be. I can be guilty of this also on guitar but I'm mature enough now to know when to do challenging and when not to. With bass I think it's worse as some guys might feel under appreciated as they're playing something simple so they wan't to do a million notes! Well this is uselss as it will get lost. I say the golden rule for me is to play what enhances a the music and what is most effective in maximising the impact of the song. A flurry of bass picking actually just muddies everything up. If it's easy to play, it doesn't make it bad, this might be the requirements of the song, in which case it is good! So I praise that attitude of Dave if he said that. It's the same for drums as well. I have to tell our drummer to stop hitting cymbals as there need to be room for other things, or tell him to hit them after certain passages in the music have past.
Question, he now has an active bass Tomy, but he can still plug into the Boss BE-5B pedal he uses right? And then plug this into the passive input in front of the amp?
Or should he use the active input? I would have thought the passive input as by the time the signal comes out of the pedal it's ok to go into the passive input on the amp.
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In fact, you don't care about passive or active bass ; it only depends on the level output that goes on your input amp...
For example, one of my bass is passive but the output level is higher than other active bass, so I have to plug it in active input :dunno:
The passive input is the normal input, and the active input is a (most of the time) 10db lower input. That means, if your Dave Ellefson's bass is more powerful than previous bass, you should use active input (wether or not effect processor) only to avoid distortion when all pots on your bass are at 10 level
Anyway if your amp can handle an active bass with effect processor in passive input without distortion, go and keep it that way !
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Hey RG, as Tommy says, the active input is designed to take a higher level, thus isn't as sensitive as the normal input (as passive PUs are usually lower output than the preamp (active) output in the active bass). But in your case, the bass is driving the pedals input and the pedals output is driving the amp input, so you need to adjust the pedal input and output for unity gain (doesn't add or take away gain). When active basses came along they were too high output for many bass amps normal inputs, thus active (-10db) inputs were added to prevent distortion.
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Oh I know what the active input does and what it's for, but I just didn't know which to use if you run a pedal in front. So it doesn't matter since I can control the level on the pedal regardless.
Yeah there is no distortion. It may be starts to distort if the mid boost is up full, however we aint using that as it sounds to much in the guitar frequency range.
Ok wel thanks for that guys.
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:thumb-up: , see how it goes headroom wise also, when he gets excited and really pumps out the notes, you may find the active input helps...
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in all honesty no massive difference through the live rig in regards to his bass sound. I would be lying if I said it was any better than any other of his basses. However I can see it being a different story when we record it DI. Since it has the onboard that might be a nice advantage.
We're playing some shows in England and Scotland next month so it will be tested properly then.
In mean time I need to get at least two guitars operational for then. Been too lazy doin upgrades and then not bothering to finish the set up. Putting steel saddles and brass block on my main axe at the moment.
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Cool, that should add some sustain :thumb-up:
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I believe I have not shown this axe before. Got a new scratchplate and decided to try running the Dimarzio D ACTIVATOR-X BRIDGE wide open with no pot and it really makes this guitar sing! Sounds incredible now I think.
(https://i.ibb.co/Dpt7Gv0/Strat.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xHDMmBx)
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Thats a nice one Gerry. I didn't know you had that one as it is not in youre gear list. :banana-rock:
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:lol: It is it's the MIM Fender Fat Strat
I have to say I left this guitar by the way side for a long time, I wasn't happy with things but not it has come together and I forgot how good the neck is!!! I will need some black magic bestowed upon it though as it will choke out at the butt end of the neck when trying to bend more than 3 frets. Common issue with that radius I hear. It's probably the second most expensive axe I own! Some of you are laughing right now :thumb-up:
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Ok now I remember you talking about that fret issue and yes I remember the fat strats now I was confused with the early 90's metal version that just said strat on the headstock.
But that's a cool guitar.
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Nice axe!
I will never get used to the placement of the volume knob on Strats :facepalm:
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I will need some black magic bestowed upon it though as it will choke out at the butt end of the neck when trying to bend more than 3 frets. Common issue with that radius I hear.
Have an experienced luthier make it a compound radius for you.
Keeping the existing radius on the nut end, make it flatter towards the body end.
Peter :thumb-up:
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Ok now I remember you talking about that fret issue and yes I remember the fat strats now I was confused with the early 90's metal version that just said strat on the headstock.
But that's a cool guitar.
Oh no that was a different guitar. That was a Squier Stagemaster and it's still not been fixed. Haven't been able to go anywhere to get guitars looked at. I wonder why the luthier did not do compound radius on the stagemaster like Peter has suggested?? He chose to lower the frets slightly which didn't work and made it really hard to fret the note at all. I have to press really hard which uh is shit if you play a lot of legato like me.
Nice axe!
I will never get used to the placement of the volume knob on Strats :facepalm:
Really? Man, that's really weird. Where do you want your volume knob then?
I will need some black magic bestowed upon it though as it will choke out at the butt end of the neck when trying to bend more than 3 frets. Common issue with that radius I hear.
Have an experienced luthier make it a compound radius for you.
Keeping the existing radius on the nut end, make it flatter towards the body end.
Peter :thumb-up:
This is what I will do thanks for that :thumb-up: I haven't seen my guy since last year so lets home he has survived the pandemic.
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Nice axe!
I will never get used to the placement of the volume knob on Strats :facepalm:
Really? Man, that's really weird. Where do you want your volume knob then?
Nowhere near the pickup, where my strumming hand is flying up & down...I keep hitting that dang knob. Honestly, I have a fat Strat with the volume in the same spot. I put the volume knobs in the Vol & Tone holes and stick the Tone knob in the control cavity. The original Vol hole is just empty. Do the same thing with my Steinberger
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Interesting. I don't have this
strumming hand is flying up & down
. Then again if I do strum I still aint anywhere near the volume pot. Gripes I have are sometimes my pick hits the mid pickup through the strings. Depends how high it is on the guitar. Haven't done it lately but it used to be an issue.
I think I used to when I was starting out playing guitar knock the volume down accidentally, literally just occurred to me there. Strange it doesn't happen now. I must play completely differently or something :dunno:
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Now that looks KILLER, Gerry!
I have the same problem as well with knobs being too close to the strings. Strats are the worst for that. Lol
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Hey RG, nice guitar :thumb-up: . I screw the middle PU all the way into the guitar coz that's where I pick, then I use the middle PU as a tone suck combined with the other PUs for clean sounds. Blackmore used to remove the middle PU coz he hit it all the time. I remember playing a left handed strat strung right handed and I had issues with the vol pot. The up side of the vol pot placement is if you like to do volume swells, you can loop you pinky around it easily on a strat, but as others are saying it's easy to accidentally bump it when your chugging hard. I was never that plussed about the vol/tone/tone layout so when I rewired my bullet strat I went for 2 push pull vol pots (one for bridge and one for neck PU) and an overall tone pot. It's got a SD little 59 in the neck and SD hot rails in the bridge and I do series/parallel on them with the push pull pots. Also wired the bridge PU out of phase to the super switch copying the JP LP wiring, so switch middle position is neck and bridge, and in between settings combine the middle PU (screwed down as low as possible) with either bridge or neck for tone suck. If you get the compound radius done (good idea IMHO), then you can go for some stainless steel frets :thumb-up: , maybe use SC's idea of using same height thinner frets from 13 up :dunno:
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Hey RG, is this the strat you had trouble getting a scratch plate for ? I just remembered that when I put a Schaller FR on my profile silhouette tele (which has a tight radius FB) I had similar issues. I solved it with a FR shim set as the saddles aren't individually adjustable so you have to use shims to set the string heights. IIRC Mike B had to do the same on his "mungral" strat as he had the same problem.
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Yes Richard that is right I had issues getting a scratchplate for, but mainly because A) I wanted a mirror one and B) because it had to have Floyd Rose width where the trem cutaway is.
I have since found out the the MIM and American standards must be the same because so many Scratchplates state on them fits American standard and MIM. So I probably could have found a mirror one for an American standard and floyd rose and got that fitted. However a lot of the times I might have found one suitable but the shipping to UK was insane and I just wasn't willing to pay for it.
There is a flaw with this (the trouble I had getting the guy to make this for me was untold!) and I'm kinda mad about it as this was the second go from the guy making it and he had my original scratchplate to copy and still managed to f*ck it up.
My original had two screw holes at the low E side. Fenders have this so two screw hole humbuckers (which fender makes) can adjust angle of the pickup in relation to the strings. Pretty genius actually. Anyways the guy said did I want the two hole copied and I said no and what has happened is he has drilled the bottom hole as normal and the top hole of centre as he must have copied the hole closer to the neck so what has happened is now is the humbucker is not exactly straight in that hole! It will do for now but seriously talk about incompetence????
It will do for now but in the future I'm going to change it.
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I can see that now you mention it (or I wouldn't have noticed it in the pic) though if I saw the real thing I would have noticed. Man what a dufus getting that wrong :facepalm:
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Now that looks KILLER, Gerry!
I have the same problem as well with knobs being too close to the strings. Strats are the worst for that. Lol
Thanks man, it turned out pretty cool looking I think. There seems a lot of chrome hardware on that axe so I figured mirror scratchplate would look great! And I was right.
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Does anyone remember these the heartfield made by fender to compete with ibanez and jackson?
these were actually made in japan at the same ibanez factory Fuji Gen.
Just picked it up always wanted one A 1991 Talon V.
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No I don't remember them, but Australia is/was a backwater for guitars etc as the population is so small comparatively.... Looks like a great guitar, congratulations :thumb-up: . The finger board could use a drink though.
@ RG, the mirror scratch plate was a winner, looks great :thumb-up:
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Does anyone remember these the heartfield made by fender to compete with ibanez and jackson?
these were actually made in japan at the same ibanez factory Fuji Gen.
Just picked it up always wanted one A 1991 Talon V.
Yes and I hate you. Don't chat with me again on here :lol:
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Man such a fantastic axe and I'm soooooooooooo jealous! :o
Wow that's so cool you own one. That's a great axe that totally has been forgotten.
Same with the Fender HM only the Heartfield even more so.
The HM has been re-ssued I hear but they've done so many things wrong with it that it's not really a re-issue and not appealing at all. Getting a HM is tough also as there is a lot of neck swapping goes on with them on the second hand market so something you need to watch out for if trying to buy one like I was doing.
On a good note I shifted a load of axes I no longer want which is freeing up my collection to allow me to get something like a HM now. Going to focus on stuff I have been after for years. Down to about 10-11 including a shortscale bass.
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Haha yeah I've been looking for a while and there's not many on the market. Got it for $700 USD worth around $1000 in that condition if you can find one. The plastic is still on the fender badge on the case, amazing. Anyway yeah the HM Strat there are some used of seen and they go for about the same. Now I didn't see any physical difference on the HM reissue. possibly i am not that familiar with them. The owner of the heartfield fell and snapped his neck so a guy in San Diego was selling off his 75 plus guitar collection for him. Very cool guy tons of great stories. I wish I had more time to chat with him but I had another pickup on my way home but we planned on staying in touch. My other stop was for a Carvin sequencing power conditioner for $40 USD and oddly enough he worked at the Keissel guitar factory and that was the guitar division of carvin before they parted ways and closed the San Diego store. He said all the new carvin anything is now rebranded Chinese junk. Too bad Carvin was quality stuff. Anyways quite a day Lol.