I want to pick up a Line 6 Pocket Pod so that I can jam in the basement quietly, but not be stuck to within 3 feet of my practice amp.

The manual says that you aren't supposed to use rechargeables because of the lower voltage rating, but I'm reading reviews that say the thing really eats batteries quickly.

Has anyone else used rechargeable batteries with the Pocket Pod, and if so with what results? It's not worth spending 130 bucks on this thing if I'm going to have to use an power adapter that keeps me stationary anyway.

Hey guys.

I have seen alot of people wishing and asking for Dean to display more specs on the guitars shown on the website. Namely neck profiles. Well, I remember the "Fix the forum" Petition, and it actually had an impact, well, maybe if enough people post here, they will update their specs. So, just quote the following list and add your name with the corresponding number. Lets find out some real details people!

1. Sceptre
2.

this one give some cool insight in to brendon smalls influences and mindset when it comes to the show and the music.

http://www.therave.tv/theravetv.asp?videoid=87
video is property of therave.com*

and GWAR just kicks ass
http://www.therave.tv/theravetv.asp?videoid=89
video is property of therave.com*

the guy doing the interviews is.....not good. but they are cool regardless

Does anyone know the specs of the caps used in Dean Soltero Standards? Are they Sprague Orange Drop film/foil caps or ceramic type caps that come in most other mass produced guitars?

For ex: A common Sprague cap used to upgrade Les Paul body type guitars are .022mf 400v Orange Drop Caps or .033mf 400v Orange Drop caps. The caps in the Dean Soltero, look like a type of Sprague Orange Drop caps but I cannot read any ID on the caps.

New Custom Gear Day is here, Shamray "ESPKL" custom arrived... Based on a Ken Lawrence Explorer

Hey, does anyone know the neck shape on the ml atf 3000? is it a "v" shape or "c" shape? Not sure and can't find it anywhere. I thought it would be listed in the specs. I really like the "v" shape

This is a cool chromatic line I've come up with doing a guest appearance on one of the songs of the upcoming 3rd OSV album. Click here to download the bigger version of the tablature and the mp3:

http://www.4shared.com/file/155780476/551875c7/Jonas_Tamas_-_OSV_-_Timeless_01_-_chromatic_passage.html

As you can see and hear, the solo is in the key of E minor, and it starts with two unison bends in the first bar, and a simple bend-and-release pattern in the second bar. Notice, how these two bars are rhythmically connected by the solo guitar, using different notes and techniques but the same rhythm.

At the end of the second bar I start the chromatic line. I took the 5 notes of the E minor pentatonic scale as reference points and did some chromatic 'journeys' around them. In the fourth bar you have to shift positions twice, so I wrote the fingering below these two points.

When using chromatic lines, it is important to end the passage on one of the main notes of the key - this time I've landed simply on the root (D string 14th fret).

So, apparently Gibson is suspected of illegally importing wood from Madagascar.

http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/2009/11/gibson_guitars_raided_by_fbi_f.php

Quote:

Sources say the Nashville-based guitar manufacturer is being investigated for violating the Lacey Act, a key piece of environmental law, for importing endangered species of rosewood from Madagascar. Rosewood is widely used in the construction of guitars and sells for $5,000 per cubic meter, more than double the price of mahogany. The island nation off Africa's east coast is a key producer of the hardwood, the export of which has links to international criminal activity. A statement from Gibson released late Tuesday afternoon says the company is "fully co-operating" with the investigation.

As the topic says I wanna get some recording done but, there are so many God damn choices out there I have no idea where to start. I just want something decent, not looking to spend like $500 here. Someone help me out,

When you have to bring your own production, what do you end up paying? Not like hiring just a sound guy to run teh house system. I'm talking someone bringing their own FoH and LIghts, setting up, running it, then tearing down?

What is the going rate for these services? Also, tell me your location or area, so I can make sure the comparisons are right.

As you all know, by my sig, I have a Line 6 Spider 2, which I borrowed... and I have to return that soon.

Now, I have another amp, which I CAN use if the Spider 2 goes back to my dad's friend, but the tubes sound like ass. It's a 5150, and according to the original owner it has the original 10 year old tubes... so it's definitely time for a tube change.

I've had that amp since March 2009, and never upgraded the tubes. So now I'm stuck with a decision... PLEASE, help me decide!


A). Replace the tubes in the 5150, and play the hell out of it, and return the Spider 2.

or

B). Trade the 5150 for another amp, that sounds good, and doesn't need any work.



Please... I need some help here. It's a really tough decision... answer via reply AND poll!

Here is a Frequency Analysis of my Schecter C-1 with an Evo2 Bridge Pickup. As you can see its pretty midrangey. All I did was use my Frequency Analyzer and go DI into my computer.

Mahogany Body and set mahogany neck with an evo2 bridge pickup.

I really didnt think it had that much midrange but mahogany really does..

When I get back home I'm going to try my strat next for comparison.

I think I'm going to get rid of the Evo2 and get a pickup with less midrange.

Yep, my order is IN!!!!

Here's the model, my woods have been chosen, the specs are finalized, and I am STOKED! Anyone interested in a wicked bass check out his myspace or hillguitars... (dotcom of ourse )

2/2 – Vancouver – Orpheum Theatre
2/4 – Seattle – Paramount Theatre
2/6 – Salem – Salem Armory
2/11 – Oakland – Fox Theatre – on-sale this Sunday 11/22 at 10am. Click here for tickets.
2/17 – Phoenix – Dodge Theatre
2/19 – Denver – Fillmore
2/21 – Kansas City – Midland Theatre
2/22 – St. Louis – Pageant
2/23 – Louisville – Louisville Palace
2/25 – Atlanta – Tabernacle
2/27 – Myrtle Beach – House Of Blues
3/1 – Nashville – Municipal Auditorium
3/2 – Charlotte – Fillmore
3/3 – Washington DC – DAR Constitution Hall
3/5 – Richmond – The National
3/6 – Mashantucket, CT – Foxwoods
3/8 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
3/12 – Atlantic City – Borgata
3/13 – Philadelphia – Tower Theatre
3/14 – Boston – Orpheum Theatre
3/16 – Montreal – Metropolis
3/17 – Toronto – Sound Academy
3/19 – Detroit – Fillmore
3/20 – Chicago – Aragon Ballroom
3/21 – Minneapolis – Roy Wilkens Auditorium

I'll be seeing them in Louisville a few days after the Megadeth/Slayer/Testament show.

im planning on getting the vmnt gears of war and i want to know if its cheap quality wise compared to the angel of deth which is more expensive or is it the same guitar different paint job

hey guys. looking for some opinions on a decent budget power amplifier to pair with my Engl E530. unless there's some new power amp out there with a great bang for buck, i'm going to assume used is the best option here. From what i've heard, there's the Peavey classic power amp, there's a marshall that i forget the model, and then i've heard Behringer makes some decent ones for the price. thoughts? i'm hoping to spend under $250.

Been a while since I needed to take a new one. Plus you all like pics.

i read a thread on this and couldnt find it.

but what does moving the 85 to the bridge do and the 81 in the neck the charactoristics(sp). thanks for your input

John

I've been looking at used guitars as always and more and more often I seeing guitars tuned to B or Drop A which I think is ridicules, so below are the tuning I use and lets see what tunings you guys use.


My main two SG's are tuned and intonated to E standard but they stay in Drop D most of the time along with my razor v.

My Les Paul is in open E major.

My Tele, strat, baby ml, acoustic, randy rhoads, and backup sg are in standard E

Hey guys, im looking to black out my caddy. Where can I find hardware that will fit? I ordered grover style tuners from guitar fetish but they didnt fit. Anyone know where to grab some?

Thanks tim

LOL since when are the XM's Baritones?

http://louisville.craigslist.org/msg/1471646242.html

Slayer, Megadeth, and Testament. Best line up of the year 2010 so far.

I got my presale tix...did you?

So, simple question. I am planning to get a Mesa 4x12 cab for my Peavey 6505 / Bugera 6262 (havent decided yet).

Is this a good cab for my head? Does Mesa deliver good cabs, and if they do, what is it that makes them good?

thought it would be cool to see everyones rigs......

lets see 'em

here is mine.

I'm watchin E Bay for one of these. What is the progression as far as quality goes?

Obviously XM is on the bottom, but how do the rest stack up? Do any of them have the "v" profile?

XM, 1000, 2000, Special, Select, Playmate, Exotic, Czech to many to choose from.

Alright chums,


I'm thinking of getting a guitar built through Ed Roman in Vegas, but I've heard some 'stories' about guitars from there. Have any of you guys ever gotten a guitar from him / know anyone who has and what it was like?

Cheers

Well, 10 of the 15 songs anyways

MARK BRIODY, you are a God!!! It sounds awesome, once again thank you for all your time and help.

www.bodyofscars.com


We have no money to print CD's, our manager is going to shop it out. I just wanted you guys to get a listen

If they are not up, that's because I am uploading them all now so STFU!!

What are the advantages and disadvantages of both? I have a Dimebucker, but I'm tired of dealing with the harshness and compression (I keep my gain low and roll my guitar's tone knob down to 6 or 7). It also doesn't clean up as well as I'd like (I'd rather roll off the volume for clean-ish sounds than switch to the clean channel). I've been thinking about getting a 59 or Screamin Demon to replace it in the bridge. Will these give me a warm, open sound, but still be tight and crunchy enough for metal? Will they give me enough sustain?

Not interested in actives. Looking forward to getting some helpful input.

Let's talk about this Dean guitar. A Wine Red Les Paul is one of the most beautiful guitars on the planet, IMO. But it has to have the right shade. I call them Burgundy Beauties. Not red, not too purple - but a deep dark red/purple blend.

What do you guys know about this guitar? What pups, is that a Khaler?

This is the only time I've ever seen, it in this video (check out ~2:00).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5irgYeDM2qU

And check out the blue sparkle burst on Collins!

http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2009/11/17/gibson_guitars_raided_by_fbi

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dean-Dime-O-Flame-Electric-Guitar-YOU-REPAIR_W0QQitemZ140359041415QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item20ae0d0187

Can that kind of damage even be fixed so that you can play the guitar normally?

I know its A bit early but my Tree is Up and i figured hey lets take some pictures of my guitar with it.............soo here is some Pron for you!!!









And one of My sister with my V




Pretty cool Huh?

Last year I did so this year I thought I might do it again.

Tomorrow, 11/18 is The Great American Teach In here and I will be taking some guitars to a local elementary school to share the joys of making a ton of noise and the occasional good song.

Got a lil deal going on for them. I'm taking 5 guitars made around the world. 3 USA, 1 Czech, and 1 Korean made representing my collection. 2 Deans, 2 Hamers, and a Warmoth.

To late to sign up this year here but if they do this where you live, get involved it's a blast. They can eat you alive though.


Elliott and Dean Guitars gave me a ton of promo stuff to give out.

THANKS DEAN !!!!!

Photos after the fact I'm sure.

im getting a new amp for X-mas, i wanna get a combo or a cheap half stack.

you guys got any suggestions??

Post your stories/videos here.
I found this video of Van Halen, proving that he is in fact, human.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ZZI0ZX82M&NR=1

Go ahead..., post yer favorite Metallica cover, and then add the sentence:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp6K7C-_UrY&feature=related


"The only people who can play Metallica are Primus"




Song: The Thing That Should Not Be

First off, WOW. "HOLY s#%t!" is probably a bit more fitting, actually. This guitar is frippin incredible. Best import I've ever laid my eyes/hands on, without a doubt, by far. I'll just flat-out say it: This guitar plays and feels like a USA-made guitar. You can definitely tell Bernie had a big part in making this guitar happen. I went over this like a God damn bloodhound and found only 1 tiny, tiny imperfection. A really small black dot up by the point on the back of the neck where the black paint meets the naked neck. That's it. No bad routing. Clean, dust/polishing compound free cavities. No shitty masking job. The neck is set solid. Frets are seated and dressed to perfection. The ebony fretboard is dark and polished beautifully. The wiring is clean. The inlays just glisten. The finish on this guitar is like glass, very impressive! I've seen much worse finishing on $3500 LP's, for example.
Bernie assured me that these guitars play like USA's and do not play like your typical import and he wasn't frippin kidding. Not even close. Only the wood is CNC'd in Korea, he does the rest and when you see one of these in person and lay your hands on it, you can absolutely tell.
I forgot to mention before that the neck is also a nice 3-piece maple. The Korean OFR is holding up very well too. I went nuts on this thing for about an hour and it's still dead-on. Very impressed with that. The Blackouts sound great, not sure about the "Metal" Blackout in the bridge, though. I'll give my final thoughts after really getting to crank it up at practice.
Unless he keeps making these Hybrid series guitars, it's gonna be tough to buy another import guitar, that's for damn sure.
Enough of my babbling, I know what you came here for. teh pr0n...
I apologize in advance, my GF has a shitty camera and it was dying as I took these but, it's better than nothing.

My cat, aptly named "Bernie" checks out the scene.



BRJ swag









Big props to Rob for letting me know Bernie was blowing these out. Bernie hooked me up with a KILLER deal! Bernie was an absolute pleasure to deal with too. Great guy. He'll be getting my business in the future, that's for damn sure. I urge everyone to check one of these out. You'll fall in love.

Got to crank up the Shadow I snagged from Conbud at the jam room last night.....

TOO AWESOME FOR WORDS!!!!

It's got truckloads o' balls without the low end being muddy, and on full chords every note is clear as a bell.

An added bonus is the schweet overtones/feedback when sustaining a note for a while. (Controlled feedback is always fun! )

Conbud, you've made me one happy guy by passing on that axe. It's everything I'd hoped for and then some.

Hey, im searching for so long now for a white Dean Guitar with ML Shape. I saw it when Gavin Harper plays on Wacken 2008



I think it's a Warbird, but without Print ?
Searched the whole Web but no Dean Guitar with FL in complete White. Or is there a Dean ML 79 F in White ?

Sorry for my bad english, but im happy for any Help .

Cheers ..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dean-USA-Soltero-Serial-1-Electric-Guitar-Solid-Body_W0QQitemZ160376007292QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item255727aa7c

Not mine but wow!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMVFN6NrfnU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlX0Q9vSDbY&feature=related

read around that these are great. heres one for cheap imo, dunno about the seller tho

http://cgi.ebay.com/DEAN-ML-MIDNIGHT-GLOSS-WITH-ORIGNIAL-FLOYD-ROSE_W0QQitemZ290370968543QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item439b755bdf

Oh man i just had to......


http://cgi.ebay.com/SHARK-JAY-TURSER-ELECTRIC-GUITAR-ORIGINAL-GIGBAG_W0QQitemZ280414665968QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item414a043cf0

I want to get a half stack soon and I want your guys opinions because most of you have been playing guitar longer than I have. Which type of amp is better for metal in your opinion. (When I say metal I'm talking about Pantera ) Why do you think so?

I kind of flew through this project and figure had I taken more time on the clear coat portion of things it could possibly be a LOT better looking but hey, the neck is smooth and feels nice, and from a fair distance everything looks DAMN good so I'm calling this a success for sure! Shame I don't have any more guitars I'm willing to do s#%t like this to lol.
Thanks to Blade.1966 for hooking me up with his Dean logos. I didn't end up using it because A) I was impatient and B) it being the last detail, may have come out looking like complete garbage. Either way, I'm 99% happy with how this project came out!

ENJOY THE PRONZ

http://cgi.ebay.com/DEAN-DIMEBAG-RAZORBACK-SUNBURST_W0QQitemZ250521524100QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item3a543f1784






Silly Canadian!!!

Music City has the Jumbo and Parlor Sweetwoods in stock

Dang it, always when i spent my "Fun Money" on something else.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Dean-Sweetwood-Jumbo-Rosewood-Acoustic-Guitar_W0QQitemZ170406729217QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item27ad085601

Cant belive I actually had a request for the next Guitar Of The Week. Thanks Wombat.

Time for this week's cutie.

Here is the full story on this guitar from the day we met until I bought it.

I went to my first D.O.A. Open House in 2004. One of the first people I started chatting to was a guy nicknamed Thor. His member number is 02 0081. Which is a variation of my favorite number 128, my birthdate, 01/28. As we are talking about this we are walking in the artist room at Dean HQ. I tell Thor if there is any guitar ***128 or ****28 I'm gonna have a hard time NOT taking it home. I scan the room and instantly see and gravitate to this Natural TC Z. I take it off the rack, look it over lustfully, and glance at the serial number, 03 00628. I hail Thor and turn the headstock around for him to view. His response is something like, that aint right, or something along those lines...

Wow!, was my response, and I thought about that guitar all day and for the next month. So much that I called up Dean, and went back over to HQ there to play it and drool on it a lil more. We talked about shipping it out to a local dealer and me purchasing it.

A few months and a few guitars later it is time to make a choice on what to jam at DOA 2005. I put together with Thor and another guy Dave on guitars to do a UFO tune. At the jam Dave goes over and picks up a Z , turns around, and I'm floored he has chosen the same TC Z 03 00628. All the guitars they have, Dean brings this one to the jam and Dave chooses to play it on the song we are doing. Couple months later still thinking of that Z, I talked with a couple dealers about getting it, but I just couldn't.

In 2006 I saw this guitar on Funky Munky Music's site and I saw it made an appearance or two on Evilbay. Well, mid January 2007 my heart jumped seeing FunkyMunkyJon's posting, with my name on the F/S posting no less, with this Time Capsule Z listed at a blowout price. Then someone posted about getting it. Well, I didn't think I would let it get away so easily that time. I posted a Hamer for sale and Bad Jaxx sprang on it. I think he made a wise choice in helpin' a Dean/Hamer brother out. As if all this wasn't cool enough Jaxx said he was looking at a few guitars the weekend before and said to himself, might wanna wait, a cool Hamer might come along.

So when I was calling him to tell him I was gonna get that cool Standard out to him the next day, I realised the last four number to reach Jaxx are 0628.

2004 in the Artist's room with Big Dan



At the 2005 D.O.A. Jam in Dave's hands



Getting ready to play some Priest and Nugent at D.O.A. '07 with my friend Tim from Minnesota.



Some fresh Pron of Casper the Friendly Ghost Z











With it's younger Korean cousin....

not in florida tho

http://click.bsftransmit2.com/ViewInBrowser.aspx?pubids=6158%7c1%7c24186&digest=DjKFPza5rzr2EWp9TrqQcg

He's pictured in the new Guitar World with one and playing them live..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_31yUZUngk

Washy sure is losing alot artists lately!