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muike posted:i don't really want to narc on anybody but this seems super unkosher or something idk Yea, at the risk of backseat modding it seems that we're flying a bit close to sun. I'd guess posting about fakes and buying fakes is ok, just don't link to it. I'd love to see what those $40 JEM's are like though.
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Oct 24, 2014 21:57
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bunky posted:holy moly that is indeed a spicy-a meatball.
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Oct 24, 2014 21:59
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Dewgy posted:I think aliexpress is gonna be my new best friend oh boy, I thought I'd search for a lefty guitar can you spot the deliberate mistake? 
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Oct 24, 2014 22:00
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White Dog Eggs posted:Yea, at the risk of backseat modding it seems that we're flying a bit close to sun. I'd guess posting about fakes and buying fakes is ok, just don't link to it. I'd love to see what those $40 JEM's are like though. They're probably $3 more impressive than your Russo monstrosity
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Oct 24, 2014 22:06
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you know a chinese rickenbacker copy is pretty tempting but im just imagining getting it, opening up the cavity to fix whatever shithouse wiring is in there, and just finding a mouse skeleton or something.
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Oct 24, 2014 22:08
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SaNChEzZ posted:They're probably $3 more impressive than your Russo monstrosity Lead paint is tone paint sir  shiksa posted:you know a chinese rickenbacker copy is pretty tempting but im just imagining getting it, opening up the cavity to fix whatever shithouse wiring is in there, and just finding a mouse skeleton or something. Weirdly the wiring is usually pretty good. The pick-ups quality is all over the place though. If anything is wrong with it, it'll be the fretwork.
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Oct 24, 2014 22:15
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Fair Hallion posted:oh boy, I thought I'd search for a lefty guitar That's the Eddie' Cochran country gentleman with the trem on backwards. my dad really wanted one at the time but they were all bought out then resold at stupid prices.
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Oct 24, 2014 22:20
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I'd really like a Gretsch but that neck heel.... :*(
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Oct 24, 2014 22:31
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Please don't link to counterfeiter's websites. Also that triple necked JEM ahahahahahaha what the gently caress
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Oct 24, 2014 22:41
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bunky posted:holy moly Dr. Faustus views this guitar like a normal man views the girl from total recall.
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Oct 24, 2014 22:41
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Spanish Manlove posted:Dr. Faustus views this guitar like a normal man views the girl from total recall. fuckin lol
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Oct 24, 2014 22:45
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steve vai has played that except it was shaped like a heart
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Oct 24, 2014 22:51
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Oct 24, 2014 23:12
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i am rock maple hard
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Oct 24, 2014 23:15
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A friend of mine opened a guitar repair/modding side business. Back in high school he used to put together partscasters and poo poo, always with overly complicated and unnecessary electronics. Who the gently caress needs 42 configurations on one guitar? I almost want to go check it out just to see what kind of crap he put into it. If the wood type wasn't listed in the image, I'd be concerned.
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Oct 24, 2014 23:16
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muike posted:steve vai has played that except it was shaped like a heart True, but he really did play that monstrosity too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8wyKuLY2k Revel in those guitar faces.
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Oct 24, 2014 23:57
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Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:True, but he really did play that monstrosity too. i dont know which is worse, people paying him money to get on stage and improvise some bland boring gobbledygook, or that actually being a thought out composition.
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Oct 25, 2014 00:01
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I've been to two Steve Vai shows. I'm guilty of thoroughly enjoying both of them.
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Oct 25, 2014 00:11
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BigHustle posted:A friend of mine opened a guitar repair/modding side business. Back in high school he used to put together partscasters and poo poo, always with overly complicated and unnecessary electronics. I did one of those DIY kits last year for giggles and built a bass for my girlfriend. I added a 6-way rotary and two slide switches to give her 24 different pickup options simply because I could. Looking for something to do with that old 50s, 60s, or 70s counter top your replacing? 
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Oct 25, 2014 00:40
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If wiring your guitars up to do ridiculous unnecessary poo poo is wrong, I don't want to be right. Super five-way for life.
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Oct 25, 2014 00:45
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crashdome posted:Looking for something to do with that old 50s, 60s, or 70s counter top your replacing? would
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Oct 25, 2014 00:55
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BigHustle posted:
A guy I know is sponsored* by some company who's name I can't remember that offers prewired pickguards that have 40-something and 64 pickup configurations(for a strat with 3 humbuckers). I wish I could remember their name, because their website was hilarious because it looked like it was straight out of 1997. This is his strat:   *I think they gave him a discount if he mentioned them on Facebook ha
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Oct 25, 2014 01:50
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i hear that if you're sufficiently good enough at guitar you can get free poo poo from guitar companies, is this real?
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Oct 25, 2014 01:56
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Spanish Manlove posted:i hear that if you're sufficiently good enough at guitar you can get free poo poo from guitar companies, is this real? ive spent enough time playing van halen riffs in guitar center, obviously this isnt true
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Oct 25, 2014 01:58
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Spanish Manlove posted:i hear that if you're sufficiently good enough at guitar you can get free poo poo from guitar companies, is this real? If you get famous enough big companies like Marshall will pay you to be seen playing their gear. You don't even have to actually play it, you just need to look like you are: 
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Oct 25, 2014 02:08
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Imagine trying to remember what all the little identical switches do when you're wasted.
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Oct 25, 2014 02:50
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Spanish Manlove posted:i hear that if you're sufficiently good enough at guitar you can get free poo poo from guitar companies, is this real? No, you need a management company that has those connections. My high school and college band tried to get the free poo poo on our own. We played shows and got some fanzine coverage that was really positive so we put together a press kit and wrote to all the companies we could think of. We had organized a small tour and thought we'd be able to get free poo poo to do it with. Marshall was the only ones that responded and it was basically just "thanks for using our equipment<insert Marshall history lesson> and feel free to use our logo on your tour advertisements." We went nuts with that so we just wrote "Marshal presents..." or "Sponsored by Marshall Amplification" on all of the show fliers.
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Oct 25, 2014 02:55
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unlawfulsoup posted:When I think Ibanez... Spanish Manlove posted:Dr. Faustus views this guitar like a normal man views the girl from total recall. Vai can pull it off, and he does, IMHO. I don't care if I'm alone in liking this; but, there it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8wyKuLY2k It has an intersting build-up and a good hook when the song kicks in, and an amazing on-stage line-up. I don't like everything Vai does or plays, and despite what is said about me I only have two JEMs and a few other RG-style Ibanezes that, if you played them, you might like, too. Or maybe you wouldn't. Who cares? It seems mostly a choice of aesthetics and features, and we all know there's no accounting for taste. Since that JEM777 was posted I've seen guitars in this thread that are way uglier and way less desirable to me; but for all the poo poo I take I wouldn't change my mind. This is like the Xbone thread, except MIJ Ibanezes are loving awesome and probably the pinnacle of the Super-Strat concept. So, ok, it's not in vogue now, I get that. But I'm not sorry and I'm not wrong. Dirt posted:A guy I know is sponsored* by some company who's name I can't remember that offers prewired pickguards that have 40-something and 64 pickup configurations(for a strat with 3 humbuckers). I wish I could remember their name, because their website was hilarious because it looked like it was straight out of 1997.
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Oct 25, 2014 02:59
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loving franco. i was going to make a faustus joke when i posted that pic but i knew that dork would get a google alert that his name was mentioned and swoop in to avenge his honor. look at the mess that you've created
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Oct 25, 2014 03:09
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bunky posted:loving franco. i was going to make a faustus joke when i posted that pic but i knew that dork would get a google alert that his name was mentioned and swoop in to avenge his honor. look at the mess that you've created
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Oct 25, 2014 03:16
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ibanez rgs are actually really really cool everyone agrees on that 100% and that steve vai song is not garbage it is in fact good. can we move on please.
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Oct 25, 2014 03:21
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Dr. Faustus posted:Go ahead, bunk, make your Faustus joke. Just make it good, please. the biggest joke is you busting into this thread like the kool aid man whenever someone says faustus, steve vai or ibanez jem 
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Oct 25, 2014 03:51
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OK Audio test time! http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=72010681966478746082 Here's the url of the file Test 1.7z It contains four de-identified wav files. Your mission is to identify the one with the best tone and the one with the most sustain. If you think it is the same one as the best tone one say so! The program is four open chords strummed down and left to ring out. Your answer is one of C, I, K or V http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=03283643843160444077 That's the url of the file Test 2.7z It contains six de-identified wav files. Your mission is to identify the one with the best tone and the one with the most sustain. If you think it is the same as the best tone one say so! The program is four open chords strummed down and left to ring out then a simple scale up and back. Your answer is one of D,E,J,M,S or Y Notes I could go into a bunch of stuff about the methodology but meh. I would have used tindeck but tindeck was today, for me at least, fubar. I have spent years researching 'tone' myths on the Internet and examined many claims in depth on another music forum. Happy to discuss.
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Oct 25, 2014 04:06
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When you post a Ibanez JEM, you summon the dark spirit of guitars. One could say you make a pact with the devil.
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Oct 25, 2014 04:07
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Except for the fact that Vai and JEMs and Ibanezes are frequently brought up in this thread, but I don't always poke my head in unless the thread is is on the front page of GBS. It's laughable that I must need some sort of alert to tell me this, but if it makes your derision taste better I'm cool with it. Also, I like this one better (because I made it and it's more relevant and funnier than Kool-Aid or the dark spirit or whatever):  Sorry I like my ugly-rear end guitars. I'll leave you in peace again.
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Oct 25, 2014 06:14
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youse guys posted the wrong vai vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiXR9ggRdFI wait when did youtube pull that dumbass video he did with devin townsend?
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Oct 25, 2014 06:21
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to be fair (tbf?) I think your hideous guitars are extremely on topic.
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Oct 25, 2014 06:22
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To be entirely fair: they're not hideous, they're not on topic; because they're from a time when Super-strats were being redesigned by people who knew what Super-strats needed to be to be awesome. You may not like the late-80s/early 90s colors, but that's ok. You can get guitars with the same specs made with traditional finishes and non neon-glow colors. I doubt you understand where they came from when they showed up in music stores, back before MARS music was the Wal-Mart of instruments and SAM ASH and MUSICIAN'S FRIEND/GUITAR CENTER came in and bought them all out, and all the local music stores died. Hindsight, you probably don't understand what it did to the USA. Those guitars are not ugly. They're hugely popular and I like watching you people pronounce how awful they are, but if you played them you'd probably love them. Just my $0.02.oo. Dr. Faustus fucked around with this message at 08:45 on Oct 25, 2014 |
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Oct 25, 2014 08:43
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Dr. Faustus posted:To be entirely fair: they're not hideous, they're not on topic; because they're from a time when Super-strats were being redesigned by people who knew what Super-strats needed to be to be awesome. You may not like the late-80s/early 90s colors, but that's ok. You can get guitars with the same specs made with traditional finishes and non neon-glow colors. I doubt you understand where they came from when they showed up in music stores, back before MARS music was the Wal-Mart of instruments and SAM ASH and MUSICIAN'S FRIEND/GUITAR CENTER came in and bought them all out, and all the local music stores died. hahahahah
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