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Handen posted:That blue one is the exact guitar I have wanted forever. I think I've told you this before, hah. I would do anything to get my hands on exactly one of those.
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Found this guitar at a pawn shop last weekend. I even managed to because of a sticker find the old owner on myspace and message him about the guitar. One switch activates a really cool all-analogue V-Stack preamp thing. Another switch changes between two really well voiced EQ presets on the preamp. Another switch engages a distortion.  It's got wonderfully tacky VW poo poo all over it   Also it has someone's VIN 
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Handen posted:Yeah. I've been calling it anodized nickel but smoked chrome sounds good too. Did you get it with that hardware or did you buy them somewhere...?
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Noxville posted:Did you get it with that hardware or did you buy them somewhere...? They came standard with that particular color.
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Decided to stir the pot a little bit with some new pedals. This is the MXR MC-402, which is just like the MC-401 except that it's got an Overdrive section added. The boost is wonderful. It's just what I needed to push through the mix a little bit for solos without switching to distortion/od. The OD side is very meh. I'm not sure what kind of sound they were going for, but it's very unnatural. I'm gonna play with it for a while and see if I can make it work somewhere.  M.I. Audio Crunchbox. Wheeee!!! A very lively distortion pedal that's just got gobs and gobs of sound. I'm still experimenting with settings, but I like what I've got so far. It stacks up nicely with the OCD.
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Apr 30, 2008 23:32
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I think I'm gonna put a black pickguard on it.
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Guess I'd better post pictures of the Maton before I sell it this weekend.   
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May 2, 2008 19:32
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Dayum! You're selling it why exactly? Thats a beaut right there.
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May 2, 2008 19:46
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Capitan Dad posted:I think I'm gonna put a black pickguard on it. Nice Maton. How does it play? What's the neck profile like? How do the pickups sound?
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Col.Kiwi posted:Nice. The Dot Studio is a great guitar which is way nicer than its very low price suggests. The pickups are terrible (standard Epiphone situation) but man oh man is it comfy and well-built. I love mine and it sounds amazing with aftermarket pickups in it. Is the wiring as retarded as the epi LP? Also, something I've always wondered... how exactly do you change the pickups/wiring in an archtop? There never seems to be any kind of control cavity. And since you've probably had some experience with both, how would you rate the epi dot studio/standard against the artcore AS/AF/whatevers?
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May 2, 2008 20:43
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Happy (belated) birthday to me :~) Say what you will about COSM, but this thing sounds really god damned excellent. Definitely a step up from the gt-8, and its so ridiculously easy to use. I love the interface on this thing. Only thing is, people complain that the lights are too bright, but that's just a load of crap, right?  ...right?
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May 2, 2008 20:47
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This is my pride and joy.  3.5 years of waiting was well worth it.
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May 2, 2008 20:51
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Frinky posted:Happy (belated) birthday to me :~) Could you post some clips up? I'm especially interested in hearing how they've improved their amp models and cabinet simulation.
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ZombiePeanut posted:Is the wiring as retarded as the epi LP? Swapping pickups in an archtop is kind of a bitch, you need to take the knobs off of the pots, tie some kind of thin but strong string around them (I used dental floss) and unscrew them from the top so they drop into the hollow chamber in the body. Then you remove the pickups and pull the pots and switch out through the empty pickup cavity by the wires. You've then got to wire everything up and solder it together outside the body, feed the pots and switch back in through the pickup cavity and pull them back into their original locations. This is why you tied strings to them earlier which have been hanging out of the holes in the guitar top the whole time. It is a bit of a painstaking process but you just have to be careful, it's easier than it sounds. The nice thing about the Dot Studio's electronics is that it has master vol/tone controls so if you are only swapping the pickups you only need to make/break solder joints at the switch and nowhere else. I pity the man who has to rewire an archtop with Les Paul style electronics (like a 335 or a Dot Standard) from scratch, I think I'd go insane.  Alternatively, the lazy way is to just cut the wires off the existing pickups at the pickup side and then solder that end of them onto the new pickups leads. This of course renders the original pickups useless (until somebody puts new leads on them) but it does let you leave the switch and pots in place. When I was shopping for archtops I tried an AS73 and an AS83, they were nice guitars and I'd say the build quality was pretty similar to a Dot - also excellent. The pickups also sucked, as you'd expect in such inexpensive guitars. I'd say the necks on the artcores were a little thinner, which for me was a disadvantage. The factory setup was a little better on the Dot but I don't think you'd have trouble setting either up just how you wanted it. The Dot has Grover tuners which are a little smoother and more stable than the Ibanez ones. At the end of the day I think a comparison would come down only to personal preference. I found both quite playable and wound up with a Dot mainly because I preferred the body style.
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Col.Kiwi posted:I haven't been inside the guts of an Epi LP, I'm assuming you are referring to ground loops as my Epi SG had one when it was new. I didn't notice any problems with the wiring in the Dot Studio, possibly cause it has very simple electronics -- master vol, master tone, 3-way. I don't think it had ground loops per se, but the capacitors were running through the ground wiring for some bizarre reason, and the grounds were done in about the most retarded way imaginable. I'm pretty surprised it actually worked. And thanks for the other info as well.
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ZombiePeanut posted:Also, something I've always wondered... how exactly do you change the pickups/wiring in an archtop? There never seems to be any kind of control cavity. Like Col.Kiwi said, it sucks. Someone on another forum mentioned using rubber tubing (like the kind you'd use in an aquarium) instead of string or wire so that you can pull it right back up through the original hole when you're done soldering.
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Sacred Cow posted:This is my pride and joy. oh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck I am a jealous, jealous man 
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Changing things up a bit from the near constant guitar-fest which is this thread... Just ordered that. I'm seriously excited to get it... It's basically the keyboard controller I've always wanted. I just found out about it today and once I had, I was all over it. Aftertouch, ribbon controller, motorized faders, endless encoders... It has some pretty unique features that I'm looking forward to trying as well. And it's just so RED! I just hope the key action is decent on it. I have played around with older CME controllers though and they were completely respectable, so I'm not too worried. Oh, I probably would have gotten a Novation Remote SL-61, but I already have a Zero SL, so not much point there, though the automap 2.0 stuff is the poo poo. Out Of Band fucked around with this message at 23:04 on May 2, 2008 |
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Gramps posted:Dayum! You're selling it why exactly? Thats a beaut right there. I can't do 25.5" guitars. Hurts my hands. I traded my Ravelle Elite for this, because it's worth more, really. Col.Kiwi posted:Nice Maton. How does it play? What's the neck profile like? How do the pickups sound? The neck is very nice feeling. The profile fits well in my hands, it's not huge (I'm 5'4" so god knows what that means). The pickups are very versatile... The black two-way switch is a coil tap that switches the bridge pickup from hum to single.
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You know, I thought the same thing, but I just got a new axe with the longer scale length and after a few weeks I'm pretty used to it. Shortening my strap seemed to help make a bit of a difference.
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No, it's not that, my wrists went numb last October from work and they get bad pain every now and then. I have to play my Mustang fairly high.
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May 3, 2008 00:17
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Sacred Cow posted:This is my pride and joy. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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gently caress man... that sucks. If it were me I'd keep that baby until I was healed up. Have you looked into rehab for your wrists at all?
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ZombiePeanut posted:Is the wiring as retarded as the epi LP? I found this picture on the HCEG forums, it might help: 
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whataclam posted:Changing things up a bit from the near constant guitar-fest which is this thread... drat. I was looking into getting both a midi keyboard and simple control surface (for Protools) later this year and now I think I know exactly what I'm getting. Really glad you posted this.
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Handen posted:I found this picture on the HCEG forums, it might help: That looks annoying and frustrating as hell
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No pictures yet, but I scored a Mighty Mite ash telecaster body with quilted maple top and a sunburst finish for $60... and spent an hour and a half with a friend of mine from the local guitar shop brainstorming parts to build the ultimate Tele. In the end, I had a set of Lace tele pickups for it along with a neck from one of my favorite Strats... The only problem is that the 3-saddle bridge is apparently too long for the pickup cavity/string holes... so... it won't be complete until I can get a bridge that fits. Everything else is in place, though, and it looks fantastic.
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Engine Fortegue posted:That looks annoying and frustrating as hell I know I'll never get a semi-hollow body. I mod every guitar I have and that poo poo looks retarded.
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Cirofren posted:drat. The VX series from CME is - in my opinion - one of the most feature rich keyboard controllers available currently, especially if you're interested in expressivity while playing. The second choice as mentioned is the Novation Remote SL, which has some truly great features as well (particularly now that Automap has matured a bit). The VX stuff isn't exactly cheap, but look at what you get for your money and it makes a lot of sense.
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My pedal board is almost complete Japanese made Boss OC-2 Octave 
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Gramps posted:gently caress man... that sucks. If it were me I'd keep that baby until I was healed up. Have you looked into rehab for your wrists at all? Yes, though it was going away for some time so my neurologist told me to lay low. But since my wrists are getting bad again, I may have to do so. I see her again on Monday. I don't know though, I prefer my Mustang in terms of feel. The neck may not be as fast, but the profile and scale fits my tiny hands and arms better. Plus I prefer single coils and once I get the thing rewired I'll have enough versatility in it--I'm getting it wired Kinman style, so I can use the two switches on the guitar to set the pickups from series to parallel. It'll give me a lot of versatility.
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All right... here's some pictures of the almost-finished Tele:     
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Susano-maku da! posted:Yes, though it was going away for some time so my neurologist told me to lay low. But since my wrists are getting bad again, I may have to do so. I see her again on Monday. I know this might sound far-out but do you know where I could find switching modification diagrams for Fender Jaguars that allow for phase or series switching when the neck/bridge pup selectors are in the "off" position in the lead circuit? I saw someone post it on the shortscale.org forums before they crashed, and when they came back up that thread had disappeared.
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Just bought this guy: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Martin-SWDGT-Smartwood-Dreadnought-Acoutic-Guitar?sku=514761&src=3WWRWXO1&ZYXSEM=0 I've always wanted a Martin acoustic, and decided to treat myself to something nice. Got mine used for $900 from a local shop. It's in pristine condition, and really the only way you can tell that its not brand new is if you look closely at the pick guard, their are some small scratches. And oh yeah, it sounds loving incredible. I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Martin's though, so I'm probably biased.
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Handen posted:I found this picture on the HCEG forums, it might help:
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Col.Kiwi posted:Man, that guy took everything out through the F-hole. I have no idea what posesses people to do that, it seems to me like it'd be way more of a pain in the rear end than taking it out through the pickup cavity. Maybe the f holes are bigger on the guitars people are doing this on, but I'm sure I'd have broken a solder joint if I tried to cram everything through the f hole in my Dot. On my Sheraton II, that's the only way to get everything out. The pickups are mounted in a solid section in the middle of the body and the leads go through a hole into the lower half.
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bisticles posted:On my Sheraton II, that's the only way to get everything out. The pickups are mounted in a solid section in the middle of the body and the leads go through a hole into the lower half.
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Guess I lucked out then.  Good thing too, I want to swap these pickups out fairly soon.
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Finally found a Roland XV-2020 synth and the wind Patches for my Electronic Wind Instrument and it really does make a difference compared to the on-board analog synth or softsynths. I also just picked up a cheap Graftonite mouthpiece for my bari.  Although loud as hell, it's tone is not quite as good as my Runyon. It certainly is a good backup piece though. whataclam posted:Changing things up a bit from the near constant guitar-fest which is this thread... Seriously, there more to music than guitars. 
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FlossMan posted:All right... here's some pictures of the almost-finished Tele: The quilted top is sex.
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