Quote :

"for a solid body i dont think they get much lighter than the S series guitars"

lighter than those synthetic bodied Parker flys?

3/20/2008 2:52:09 PM

the synthetic body parkers are lighter but just barely however i dont think i want to go much lighter than these Ss, theyre perfect for me live.

The parker synthetics are also not heavy enough tone wise for what I play with this band, but they are surprisingly good sounding considering they are not real wood. but mahogany >>> still.

3/20/2008 3:17:28 PM

anybody know anything about the wood-bodied reverends?

my buddy has one of the original hollow phenolic (danelectro-style) ones with P-90s that just ROARS, but he won't part with it and i can't afford what they command on the market right now because the new ones just aren't the same

3/20/2008 6:13:17 PM

my recent aquisition.
An epiphone firebird III, 1997.
the closest I'll get to a real gibson FB like my man J. winter is playing to the left in the pic.
more pics of my collection in my gallery.

3/21/2008 6:12:48 PM

what kind of pickups are in that thing?

3/21/2008 6:17:00 PM

mini humbuckers.
I'm sure they're nothing special.

3/21/2008 6:18:02 PM

they're the size of p-90s

but they're humbuckers

so they suck

3/21/2008 6:21:38 PM

^, ^^,^^^ that's what i was thinking

3/21/2008 7:12:41 PM

3/22/2008 9:59:44 PM

Wow, that's a shitty looking guitar.

But nothing beats gibson's "when patriotism goes wrong" guitar





Except the wangcaster





[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 10:09 PM. Reason : .]

3/22/2008 10:09:14 PM

that yellow body is an albert lee model (though the pickups and shit are all custom)

i'm cool with albert lee

3/22/2008 10:13:51 PM

Ahhh, so it is.

3/22/2008 10:22:35 PM

guthrie govan ftw.

[Edited on March 23, 2008 at 4:13 PM. Reason : buying 'jam tracks' is seriously lose.]

3/23/2008 4:11:56 PM

jesus his fingers look like a spider running around haha

3/23/2008 7:09:06 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfePb5whkzM&feature=related

oh shit i gotta do vibrato.

3/24/2008 7:45:05 PM

i've gotta do some wiring work on my electric (dean evo special). and i'm thinking about upgrading the pickups at the same time. i don't play in a band anymore so this guitar is used mostly/solely for recording right now so tone is important. any suggestions? as in what's your favorite pickup and why.

3/27/2008 2:28:07 PM

Dog-ear P-90 FTW

Sounds great clean or distorted...all the crunch of a humbucker without the muddiness; string clarity always comes through. It's a very touch-sensitive pickup, and sounds completely different with the volume and tone rolled down to six.

BEST. PICKUP. EVER.

3/27/2008 6:08:39 PM

thanks for the info, i've thought about p90's. can my current humbuckers simply be replaced with those?

3/27/2008 10:37:11 PM

Quote :

"guthrie govan ftw."

his legato is very clean. i like.

3/27/2008 10:40:25 PM

^^ No. A P-90 is wider than standard a humbucker but narrower front-to-back. However, there are plenty of P-90s that are made to be a direct replacement for a humbucker. It's worth doing some research, because some of them are more of a hybrid sound than a true P-90 sound, but look into these:

Gibson P-94
Harmonic Design Z-90
GFS Mean 90/Dream 90
Seymour Duncan Phat Cat

There are others...just google "humbucker-sized P-90s."

3/28/2008 12:11:27 PM

I just had the frets leveled/polished, the nut shimmed, and the action/intonation adjusted on my ibanez by Ben Runkle at the Guitar Workshop

i HIGHLY recommend him if anyone is looking for repair work or adjustments

3/28/2008 5:04:50 PM

who wants to tab or tell me what scales to use for the recent south park rock song?

Don Felder - Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr3zz8XqnLY

It sounds mad easy and maybe like a minor pentatonic or some BS but i dunno shit about that type of thing and my ears aren't trained. Plus i'm sort of inebriated.

4/5/2008 2:31:42 AM

so, with my government rebate, im finally buying a quality speaker cabinet like ive been talking about doing for awhile. got my dream metal guitar, got one of my two dream metal amp heads, the main piece missing is a top of the line speaker cabinet to replace my peavey cabinet.

I am looking for a 4x12 and currently have the following on my list:

Mesa - im running a mesa dual rec as my head and i trust mesa. i need to look into the difference in sound between the standard and the oversized mesa cabs.

Orange - Generally not considered a metal amp but with V30s and the orange name I think it would sound great.

Marshall - its been hit or miss with me when using marshall cabs. some seemed dull and others seemed great.

Framus - Ive heard great things about these even though ive only had limited access myself.

[Edited on April 7, 2008 at 11:21 PM. Reason : ]

4/7/2008 11:21:26 PM

you know my vote.

Framus, Diezel or ENGL
or just go with Avatars like everyone else. Good luck finding one of these within 500 miles, especially Diezel lol.


I've never heard anything bad from recordings of these cabs.

4/8/2008 12:03:10 AM

Dear the vinyl banditboneszzz

install teh pee nintees on my guitars wh en I'm sober (AT A LATER DATE!!!)

p.s. I stopped spending money on this shit at least a year ago. I should probably sell my thunderbird, at the very least, because I never use that shit AND I hate geddy leee.


OF SAAAAAAAAAAAAAALESMEN

4/8/2008 12:15:49 AM

lolz

4/8/2008 3:33:57 AM

^^^ yea. There are some relatively close Avatars for sale but ive never used them. However, the price for a new one, if this is the site: http://www.avatarspeakers.com/ , is amazing. Under guitar cabs, contemporary, 412s, the custom order is pretty cool. Tell me more about these.


Ive also ran across Port City Wave Cabinets: http://www.portcityamps.com/wave3.html#

The main guitar forum I read directed me to them as another option to consider. Theyve gotten good reviews from what Ive heard but I think theyd be hard to find to try myself before buying.


[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 11:21 AM. Reason : ]

4/8/2008 11:07:31 AM

Basically you can customize them however you want, and thats all there is to avatar.

i don't know much about durability (i mean anything that isn't made in germany is unreliable amirite?), but they've got celestions so whatever. Don't drop them out of are car on the highway, like you would with your german amps.



wait nvm
http://raleigh.craigslist.org/msg/631133333.html
problem solved. I've never heard splawn but my RAVES about them.
I dunno how far away clayton is but i'm sure that guy would let you test it out

4/9/2008 11:12:36 AM

about avatar, sounds cool. I would be moving mine around a lot, and they dont come with casters, but they are a great price for a new cabinet.

However there are several brands that you can get used that are tanks. Mesa's hold up great, Oranges do as well, both tanks.

And about the link, someone recommended splawn to me yesterday actually. if it hasnt sold before i get up there again i would love to try it out. not v30s but still ive heard good things about them after reading online yesterday.

Thx U

i almost wonder if itd be worth replacing the 2 governors it look like it has and putting 2 V30s in with the 2 Eminence GT-75s in there.

[Edited on April 9, 2008 at 11:29 AM. Reason : ]

4/9/2008 11:15:48 AM

ok, posting them all in one fell swoop. i've got 2 more at my folks house in the charlotte area that i'm not that fond of (fender 69 telecaster thinline reissue, red ovation shallow bowl with leaf sound holes) also, i've got a mesa 4x12 cabinet that i'm not using, if you're interested CTA.


Gibson CS-336


Parker Nitefly


Taylor CE


Epiphone Supernova


1970s Fender Stratocaster (custom warmoth compound radius neck, vintage noiseless pickups)

same guitar in action in nashville


just brought home today:
Rickenbacker 330 in Jetglo

4/10/2008 9:05:28 PM

beautiful guitars. i especially like the parker!

what kind of cab is the mesa 4x12? Traditional? V30s?

4/10/2008 9:38:00 PM

i don't even know, i'd have to get my folks to check out, maybe give me the serial number.

Thanks, the parker sounds like it has glass strings on it, its unlike anything i've ever heard. I don't play it much anymore, but i have a hard time parting with it.

i'll probably move the rickenbacker into the main spot for the next tour, pretty much why i bought it. The strat sounds amazing in the studio, but its action has crept up over the years and my hands get really tired after playing it all night.

4/10/2008 9:41:32 PM

id have it looked at, you could definitely correct that. and i know exactly what you mean about your hands getting tired. ive made huge improvements after switching to my latest two guitars in the time it takes for my hands to fatigue live.

and definitely check on that cab. i would be interested if it is the kind of mesa cab i am looking for.

4/10/2008 9:46:34 PM

I've always loved the look of the 330 Ric, but the neck is just too weird for me.

In other news, I played one of the chambered Reverends that has three P-90s (quacking P-90s in positions 2/4 ftw) and fucking LOVED it. I think it can replace my Tele and my Sorrento in one package. The only downside is that the really sweet metallic blue only comes with a rosewood fretboard, and I'd like to stay with maple for the Tele-ish kind of vibe.

4/10/2008 10:59:54 PM

oh come on, rosewood looks nice

and ive never played a 330, whats weird about the neck? they look awesome.

4/11/2008 1:17:38 PM

The fretboard is really high off the body and is lacquered even though it's rosewood...just a weird feel for me.

I have no problem with rosewood boards, btw, but this guitar is a nice mix between an SG Junior and a Strat, and I think that the rosewood board might mellow it out a little more than I'd like. The one I tried was very snappy and bright as a guitar but the P-90s gave it a nice crunch.

4/11/2008 1:23:57 PM

Quote :

"The fretboard is really high off the body and is lacquered even though it's rosewood...just a weird feel for me."

ahh yea. not a fan of that either. still looks cool though

4/11/2008 1:27:54 PM

Anybody interested in Mosrites? I've got a 67 combo that I may be selling. Just wondering if anybody is into these guitars.

4/11/2008 1:34:51 PM

!!!!

pm with details plz

4/11/2008 1:35:39 PM

pm sent, if anybody is interested, pm me.

[Edited on April 11, 2008 at 2:55 PM. Reason : sa]

this is one in original condition

[Edited on April 11, 2008 at 2:57 PM. Reason : k]

4/11/2008 2:54:58 PM

i like the laquer. The neck is a bit thicker than the gibsons, but the action is really smooth and i'm getting a nice bright tone from my vox ac-30. i have the bass turned way down, sounds amazing.

i tend to play guitars with the fretboard off the body more, playing rythym in a 60s garage rock band, tends to work better for me.

4/11/2008 8:12:15 PM

Has vinylbandit made a post in this thread that doesn't reference P-90 pickups?

4/11/2008 10:09:25 PM

yeah, i'm not so much of a gear head that i'd keep metioing the p-90's, but hey, to each his own. i've gotten fucked up and talked shit in music threads, and i'm not really like that, ... just a part time asshole.

you guys check us out if you would,... shameless self promtion to follow...

http://www.myspace.com/thebooze


and thanks for the compliments on the guitars...

for those curious, .. the rickenbacker plays better than the strat, but the gibson plays better than the ric.


however... the ric sounds better than the gibson.. in my opinion

4/12/2008 5:16:03 AM

Quote :

"Has vinylbandit made a post in this thread that doesn't reference P-90 pickups?"

I talk about them at least twice a day IRL.

I'm getting one tattooed on my arm in the near future, too, which begs the question: dog-ear or soapbar?

4/12/2008 10:21:58 AM

lol

4/12/2008 4:40:02 PM

I got a new toy today!!! alesis microverb IV





so far i can dial in MBV-like guitar drone with the early reflections reverse reverb, and i also found some great slowdive-like hall reverbs. its a shoegazer's dream come true until i can afford the real stuff. still, one fucking sick rack unit.

it has stereo out so right now i have the left output going to one amp, and the right output going through a slow-speed tremolo to a 2nd amp to emulate the stereo panning/volume swells on 'to here knows when', where quiet=mono, loud=stereo

[Edited on April 12, 2008 at 11:37 PM. Reason : .]

4/12/2008 11:32:45 PM

sounds pretty cool, i like what you described in that last paragraph.

themodist: do you think you could check this week on what kind of mesa cab you have? it might not be a kind i am looking for, but id like to know whether it is an option.

I am really interested in that custom Splawn stuff, just trying to weigh some options though

4/14/2008 12:13:03 PM

someone explain this to me.

0:51-2 wtf are those harmonic bullshits.

4/14/2008 6:19:09 PM

um i cant really tell exactly what youre asking because its hard to hear whats going on. but at :51-:52 for me it just looks like hes hammering the extra note onto a 2 or 3 string arpeggio.



[Edited on April 14, 2008 at 6:34 PM. Reason : ]

4/14/2008 6:33:00 PM

look at his finger position vs the tone.



upon further review i think he's just somehow playing the equivalent of pinch harmonics while hammering on.

4/14/2008 6:38:19 PM