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Gorilla Salsa posted:...is that a...KAHLER...I see? It certainly is, and it's pretty drat cool. After swearing off strat-style and Floyd Rose trems, this is a breath of fresh air. I can be heavy handed with palm muting without causing any trem warble, dropping to D from standard tuning doesn't cause anything else to go out of tune, and it's just plain spiffy. If you have the chance to check one out in person, I highly recommend it. Even the $600 Korean models have a functionally identical Kahler (although not as sturdy feeling to me).
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wilkenm posted:G&L Rampage aka Jerry Cantrell signature model. One pickup, one volume knob, and a whole lot of awesome.  Click here for the full 800x600 image.
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magnificent7 posted:That G&L looks just like my $100 1984 Ibanez Roadstar. Just saying. Makes sense, the G&L is a re-issue of the Rampage model, which was made for a few years back in the 80's. The real 'vintage' ones show up on eBay once in a while, and usually go for a couple grand.
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Totally illogical of course, but single-pickup guitars freak me out a little bit.
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iostream.h posted:Totally illogical of course, but single-pickup guitars freak me out a little bit. guitars with 3 humbuckers are freaky too
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Mar 18, 2010 04:29
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vanjalolz posted:guitars with 3 humbuckers are freaky too Strats with a humbucker in the bridge bother me too.
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Mar 18, 2010 04:31
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If I only had one pickup itd have to be the neck on Even on a tele Guess Im just not metal enough
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mrbradlymrmartin posted:If I only had one pickup itd have to be the neck on Are you crazy? Nocasters and Esquires are the loving poo poo. If anything, it has to be the bridge pickup.
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iostream.h posted:Totally illogical of course, but single-pickup guitars freak me out a little bit. I'll admit that it freaks me out a little too. All that open space on the body makes the guitar feel naked, and I have a pretty strong urge to grab a black sharpie and start drawing on it. It's probably all in my head, but there's something special about plugging this thing directly into a simple, single channel amp. No effects, no channel or pickup switching, no tone knob. Just me, a plank of wood, and a volume knob. Possibly the closest thing to guitar bliss I've experienced.
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wilkenm posted:It's probably all in my head, but there's something special about plugging this thing directly into a simple, single channel amp. No effects, no channel or pickup switching, no tone knob. Just me, a plank of wood, and a volume knob. Possibly the closest thing to guitar bliss I've experienced. I suddenly have this overwhelming desire for an Esquire and a Fender Champ...
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iostream.h posted:Totally illogical of course, but single-pickup guitars freak me out a little bit. vanjalolz posted:guitars with 3 humbuckers are freaky too
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I do like H-H (especially with a five way selector so you can get the outer coils and the neck in parallel) but guitars with just a bridge humbucker and volume knob are loving fantastic. I really want that Prestige Ibanez from a few years ago with one SD bucker in the bridge and an Edge Zero.  
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Mar 18, 2010 16:18
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Single pickup guitars are awesome as long as they're wired with decent parts, because that volume knob becomes a lot more important for shaping your sound. I almost always play on bridge pickups anyway, because I find the neck to be too bassy when you're playing with a bassist - it interferes too much. e: Exception: strats. Their neck pickups are unique and awesome.
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Tele neck pickups are awesome, some of the best blues/jazz tone to be had from a solid body guitar.
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Mar 18, 2010 18:38
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wilkenm posted:Makes sense, the G&L is a re-issue of the Rampage model, which was made for a few years back in the 80's. The real 'vintage' ones show up on eBay once in a while, and usually go for a couple grand.
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magnificent7 posted:For a minute there I thought you were saying the vintage Ibanez Roadstars go for a couple grand. Sure, a couple thousand pennies.
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Mar 18, 2010 21:24
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 Just grabbed this on eBay. I don't really like Les Pauls that much, but I have the "gothic" SG and this will complement it nicely.
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warwick5s posted:I do like H-H (especially with a five way selector so you can get the outer coils and the neck in parallel) but guitars with just a bridge humbucker and volume knob are loving fantastic. I've found a tone knob to be an indispensable tool on bridge-pup-only guitars to help take the edge off any harsh treble overtones.
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Mar 18, 2010 23:46
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Handen posted:I've found a tone knob to be an indispensable tool on bridge-pup-only guitars to help take the edge off any harsh treble overtones. I was going to say, if I had to have only one knob on a guitar with just a bridge pickup, it'd be a tone knob. On another note, I got my polytune in today, and it's loving tight. What this means for you? Well, for one, I'm going to be filming a (likely lovely) shootout video for you guys of the Polytune vs. the Turbo Tuner, and you goons will get first dibs on buying whichever one I deem to be the loser.
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I've been eyeballing this Bugera V55 head for the last week or so. Going by the customer reviews from Musician's Friend/Harmony Central, etc. people seem to either love them, or have had something break or go wrong with it. For the price ($350 new) I figure I might as well just pick one up and see how I like it. Has anyone here played through one that could sway my decision one way or the other?  I've also been drooling over the '72 Tele Deluxe, but I'm more in need of a decent amp at the moment, so it'll have to wait. 
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Karate Avenue posted:I've been eyeballing this Bugera V55 head for the last week or so. I think the conclusion is that Bugera = Behringer. Just remember, you get what you pay for.
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Mar 19, 2010 02:58
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Gorilla Salsa posted:I got my polytune in today, and it's loving tight.
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Scarf posted:I think the conclusion is that Bugera = Behringer. That's my biggest reservation about it. I think the smart thing to do is go try out a poo poo load of different heads and figure it out that way. I've had a Behringer 4x12 cab for a couple years now, and have been pleasantly surprised by it. It weighs several billion tons, but it gets this room filling, boomy sound that I love. I haven't personally had to deal with the crap side of the brand so I guess I've got high hopes for the head. I'll post a trip report on the Bugera if I do end up grabbing one.
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Handen posted:Are you crazy? Nocasters and Esquires are the loving poo poo. If anything, it has to be the bridge pickup. see this and raise you h_double posted:Tele neck pickups are awesome, some of the best blues/jazz tone to be had from a solid body guitar. 
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Carbohydrates posted:Old Rampages don't usually go for a couple grand, either. I was watching a few last year and they sold for about $1200. The last 2 I saw recently went for $1800 and $2400. (Granted the $2400 on was ridiculously pristine and signed by Leo Fender). For $1200, I'd expect some serious wear or replaced pickup.
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Handen posted:I've found a tone knob to be an indispensable tool on bridge-pup-only guitars to help take the edge off any harsh treble overtones. I thought that was the whole point.
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warwick5s posted:I do like H-H (especially with a five way selector so you can get the outer coils and the neck in parallel) but guitars with just a bridge humbucker and volume knob are loving fantastic. I have one, it's awesome. I find the neck pickup gets in the way of my picking sometimes on H-H setups.
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Thread seems pretty guitar dominated so I'll throw in my meager new percussion related equipment. Click here for the full 1280x960 image. Got new heads for everything but the bass drum. The Remo pinstripes are old hat for me but the 13 inch snare head is the first Evans head I have ever tried and it sounds pretty bitching rad (but the drum itself is bitching rad so who knows). I also bought some Vic Firth isolation headphones and an Evans torque drum key. The headphones do well on the isolation front but the volume they play at leaves alot to desire. The build of them also feels pretty cheap rear end the metal used for the framing of the headphones is pretty thin, wouldn't rebuy :/. The torque key is really badass though. Using it in conjunction with tuning by ear cut me down from taking about 10 minutes to unseat, reseat, and then tune a drum, to about 5 minutes. Amazing purchase. Sorry for the crappy quality but I'm working with what I have.
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wilkenm posted:The last 2 I saw recently went for $1800 and $2400. (Granted the $2400 on was ridiculously pristine and signed by Leo Fender). For $1200, I'd expect some serious wear or replaced pickup. That said, it's very likely they've gone up since then due to recently renewed interest in the model. That was before the new sig model was announced and before AiC started touring again.
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Tranax posted:
Which torque key did you buy? The pain of tuning drums would seem a lot more bearable with it...!
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Barn Door posted:Which torque key did you buy? The pain of tuning drums would seem a lot more bearable with it...! Looks like the Evans to me. Those are amazing! I can sympathetically tune a decent drum kit in like 10 minutes if I have one of those things.
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A while back I posted my new SX 5 string bass. At the time, it looked like this (on the right): My luthier friend has been hard at work tearing it to pieces to realize my crazy vision, and now it looks like this:  Upgraded with Hipshot tuners, a Schaller bridge and Kent Armstrong pickups. The pots are push-pull, and are wired so I can switch between series and parallel on each individual pickup. He stripped the awful fake vintage tint off the neck and redid it with a nice thin lacquer. Set up with D'addario Chromes, this bass whips rear end now. I'm going to give it a baptism by fire tonight at a gig. It will have a better pickguard eventually, the tape is just covering up the hole left by the old Jazz pickups.
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Did you have any trouble replacing the bridge on that?
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crosspost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGC45f9uiQU This was just a quick thing I did to demonstrate how the two behave when presented with the same signal. I plugged my guitar into an MXR/CAE boost, then split the signal three ways, one to each tuner and one to the amp. I would have done a more detailed demo, but last time people whined about me talking too much.
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Hadlock posted:Did you have any trouble replacing the bridge on that? He didn't have much trouble, as far as I know, but I think he had to drill a few new holes.
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I bought a new strap! Levy's Boot Leather Bullet Strap. It looks really cool on my Jackson.
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TwistedNails posted:I bought a new strap! Levy's Boot Leather Bullet Strap. It looks really cool on my Jackson. Nice, man. Where'd you get it from?
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I've had the G&L for a while, but the stock MFD pickups weren't doing it for me, so I ordered a set of Lace Golds, which are a lot closer to what I want. Good thing, because this guitar wasn't getting played as much as it really should. Click here for the full 682x1024 image.
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I'd been eyeballing this one for a while, so I bit the bullet last week and it arrived yesterday. 2008 Custom Classic.
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The Stygian posted:Nice, man. Where'd you get it from? Guitar Center, the bullets can be removed too. I think I might take them out and make the leather look more aged.
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