To all you gear whores or Yamaha owners, i would like to know, it there any good stuff i could look in to?

Epecially looking foward the electronic parts and maybe a starter PA system for my band.

Only Yamaha cuz i can get awsome prices no one will ever beat.

KICKASS, haven't really had the chance to play it but I'll take it to band practise this afternoon! I'll try and get some soundclips up coming week.

Sofat it's awesome, less gain than the SE but still plenty and it's tight and non buzzy. Definately less hifi and rawer than the SE though.

At the moment the only gear ive got is my squier and my marshall MG30DFX, so i want to get some new gear, so what would you recomend getting.

I just want some cool stuff thats gonna sound good, i play mostly Metal and Rock if that helps.

If theres other cool stuff, that arnt pedals, you could recomend them aswell.

Any help would be great im a bit stuck at the moment. Thanks Guys.

Ps. Could you tell me what sort of sound the pedal gives.


I sound like a right noob. lol.

I tried one today and it totally blew me away. I loved it instantly. What I loved almost as much was the PRICE. Why are these things so cheap or all tube amplifiers? Is there a catch I'm missing? The combo I tried, the 100 watt 212, was nothing short of amazing and I'm seriously thinking about getting a half stack of that when I start gigging. Can anyone can give me some feedback?

Oh, and to all the people that I've heard on here who say the Valve King doesn't have enough punch for metal, I honestly couldn't disagree more with you.

Can't quite get the tone I want. Been using a phaser with some reverb. Sounds ok, but missing something. Do I need to throw an equalizer into the mix? Thanks for any pointers

Hey, ok so i was watchin the Malmsteen vid Arpeggios From Hell which made me want to learn that kinda stuff, so i look up the tabs and i play with it, but then i realized i dont know what an arpeggio actually is, then i realize it has sumthing to do with sweeping which i dont like, so i looked into it and i cant figure out crap, i dont understand anything lol, i mean i read tabs and make up some of my own material but i dont know what im actually doing. what is a good website that can help me learn scales and help me understand the difference between major and minor and all that kinda stuff. can anybody help me or should i get money together and go to a teacher?

If you were going away for a long period of time and you could only bring one acoustic or one electric (with amp of course) what would you pick?? Why?

Got a new guitar today WOO

Not that great though. Its a late 60's or early 70's Harmony. Got it for $10 at a pawn shop. Its missing the pickguard and pickups, and its beat to s#%t, but when i saw it I had to have it. here is a similar one
http://cgi.ebay.com/1970s-Harmony-Strat-Copy-Guitar_W0QQitemZ220144544433QQihZ012QQcategoryZ2384QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Nothing special, and kinda shitty, I know. But i love the shape, so im gonna make a pickguard and put p90s in it

Pics up when i find my camera

Hey guys i was looking to buy a Randall amp or a Peavey VK, but i dont know which amp to decide on!! i wanted a 'similar' tone to Dime's but i dont have alot of money and i wanted to spend up to $700 on a head, does anyone have any suggestions on which amp to buy??

proud to announce I am on the Diamond Amplifcation roster..

http://www.diamondamplification.com

thanks the Jeff, Brian, and the rest of the crew for the awesome gear!









FINALLY my USA Dimabag




and me 2003 USA TC V

Not sure if this is for real, and I don't know anything about this dealer, so I can't vouch for them, but check the price... That's the lowest I have seen advertised, new, from any dealer...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dean-Guitars-USA-Razorback-Flame-Top-w-Case_W0QQitemZ300080876518QQihZ020QQcategoryZ41435QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Ok I am recording a demo for my new fun hardcore/crossover project. This is a VERY RAW track, no EQing, no Effects, no cleaned up guitar tracks, no mastering, nothing. It shows how the SE really sounds.

Core '88:
http://www.soundclick.com/util/downloadSong.cfm?ID=5734605

Same s#%t:
http://www.soundclick.com/util/downloadSong.cfm?ID=5734503

Is this guitar out? or just custom?

http://www.deanguitars.com/summer06/razorv_cb/rvcb.jpg

Hey guys, I'm going to order new tubes for my XXX 1x12 and I was
wondering if anyone here knows what tubes would sound best?
The GT 6l6's aren't doing it for me anymore and was looking for
any suggestions. I'll probably go with EL34's but was wondering
how much it changes the tone? I'd like it to be a little tighter and
punchier. I think BLOODROOT has some experience with these.
Any ideas??? Thanks.

But im not frippin clicking it

Serial, why are people uploading this?

I just bought a Hardtail Standard on the bay.....looks to be in decent shape but the funky "copper" color will have to grow on me. Just too cheap to pass on.

This is the first Hardtail I have purchased but it will be my 7th Dean.

Well, I think I actually may be going back to a 5150 after my amp switching escapades. I definitely wouldn't minds a Splawn or something else like that, but the 5150 just has some sort of mojo with me.

Oh well, here is my point:

If I do go for the 5150, I am going to do an all out retube on it. I am going for more of that "classic" distortion on the 5150, not searing modern metal. I am thinking about doing the following retube:

V1: Mullard 12AX7 reissue
V2: Electro-Harmonix 12AX7 EH (Maybe a GT ECC83 to clean up the clean tone)
V3: Electro-Harmonix 12AX7 EH
V4: Electro-Harmonix 12AX7 EH
V5: Electro-Harmonix 12AX7 EH

Power tubes: Either SED winged 6L6GCs or Svetlana 6L6GCs.

I was wondering if anyone had some input on this topic.

P.S. I don't like the JJ/Tesla tubes. Had them in my old 5150 and didn't like them at all.

I need some help. Im getting an ESP LTD alexi-200 and I am also buying a white emg 81. as you've probably guessed, i'm changing the pickup on it. IF it is an EMG will i still have to solder anything and it would also help if someone told me how to wire an EMG pickup. THANKS!!!

All I got to do is clear, and wire the electroncis. This one will be playable







The stripes on the neck are fret markers btw, since I painted over the dots.







Frankenstrat Family

Had a few of my round guitars out today.....

Old shots but fun stuff....

Schulte Les Paul Standard





Schulte Junior


Les Paulage Warmoth style......



My only real Gibber LP.... a '79 The Paul...



'76 Ibanez Goldtop LP...



'76 Ibanez '61 SG/LP copy...



The Pair of them...



My Hamer Les Paul like babies....

'81 and '80 Specials



'79 Sunburst



'92 P90 Special



Late '90's Sunburst import



Most recent Hamer addition, a import Special HB plaintop




Post up some of yours.......

I posted this at harmony central but that place is useless for metal type questions. I'll just cut and paste it here to save some typing.

Hi, I bought a rack effects unit to replace my pedals because of them distorting in the loop. But I've been unable to get the same sound. My pedals sounded so tight and sharp but this T. C. Electronics G-Major sounds so syrupy. Like 80's hair metal or something.

I'm trying to get it to sound similar to maybe say dimebags lead sound, which my pedals did pretty good. I think it comes down to the eq. The Boss eq pedal I had I just punched up a couple of frequencies on the high end and cut most of lows out and it sounded great.

The G-Major has a sweepable 3 band style EQ so I can cut or boost 3 frequencies. You also can adjust the width of the frequencies. I've been through it a dozen times and it just doesn't scream.

Anybody have some suggested settings to for lead guitar that make it cut real good?

Thanks,
Rick

Like most of you might know i purchased an import DFH a week and a half and i feel obliged to post some kind of review of the guitar or however you want to call it to anyone whom it may concern.

So here we go...

THE NECK - Really good, comfortable and pretty damn fast. U get used to it very quickly and it's a pleasure to play. All the stuff you read about V neck is totally true. A huge plus on this side.

THE FRETBOARD - Same as the neck, fast and comfortable. it's totally flat which i absolutely love but the binding is a huge minus in my book. I don't really see the purpose of it except making the fretboard narrower which bothers me coz i'm used to strong vibrato and the E strings slip away from the fretboard very easy that way.

THE PICKUPS - absolutely great. Bill Lawrence destroys with great bottom end and cutting highs. Enough mids and PLENTY sustain in there too. The neck pickup is really great too for a stock pickup, i only have good words for it. Beware though, this part is more subjective than the others coz it concerns tone. This guitar is best for hard rock/heavy metal. All other players probably wouldn't be thrilled about the pickups at all.

THE BODY - Extremely comfortable body shape, can easily be played sitting down or standing up. The fretboard is pretty accessible, the balance is great and the whole guitar isn't too heavy at all.

FLOYD ROSE - This is the only piece of the guitar that i absolutely hate and despise and now i'll explain why.
The guitar cannot stay in tune. Plain and simple. Now, before some of you start bashing me about how i don't know to set up the floyd I gotta warn you that in this week and a half, MANY people, including some respectable (and very experienced) forum members have tried to help me solve the problem, but couldn't. I've ended putting all 5 springs in the back, and using 10-52 strings which made things a bit better, but the guitar STILL doesn't stay in tune. I'm tuned to D standard which isn't anything extraordinary and yes i have set up the octaves/intonation and made sure the floyd is leveled with the body. Now i'm waiting for my tremol-no to arrive and if that doesn't help, i may have a huge problem.

I tried to be as objective as i could writing this, despite all the frustration this tuning issue has caused me which only became bigger due to the fact that the guitar itself is really great. I just gotta mention that this is the only DFH i've ever played so i cannot compare it with others to see if the guitar is simply flawed or not. I hope it will be helpful to anyone out there.


P.S. A big thanks to all of the members who took their time to help me out (you know who you are)!

Has anybody here seen the new guitar world dvd? with zakk wylde. Right after hes done teaching the Chorus to Stillborn he does some crazy ass sht with sliding his hand up and moving his fingers, it has a crazy sound. how does he do that?

Are they good guitars? Im really tryina find out whether i might want one or not.

Any one have one for sale?

WA-600..

picked her up today....plays like a dream..i love the thicker body..if your thinking about getting one DO IT!..

*edit for Video*
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zhi81948BlY

thats just me dicking around, nothing special playing wise.


pron

what pick up is best for sustain...i need some pick ups for my Cadzilla...i was thinking ether ZW emgs or http://www.carvin.com/products/single.php?ItemNumber=M22SD-1&CID=GTR/K but what are the best pick ups for sustain??

What exactly do they do? From reading around I can see that they somehow increase your sustain? But like... how do they do that? And what else are they good for? Excuse my noobness!

I'm looking to get a new wah pedal since my Crybaby crapped out it was like 12 years old when I got it a year ago. So I was looking at the two Dimebag wahs, and the Wylde Wah. What is the main differences, between the two Dimebag wahs, other than the price tag, and the eq controls? Is there any difference between the two sounds of the wah?

Also I visited my Great Uncle yesterday, and he let me play his '74 Les Paul, through his Leslie Rotatory speaker. Is there any pedal that will emulate the sound of it, seeing as I don't have the cash to spend on the actual one due to school. Preferably something with, a expression pedal for speed control?

i dont know how to find out scale length. so does anybody know the scale length of the Dime FBD?

http://www.americanmusical.com/item--i-FEN-117002-747.html

For like a blues guitar. I like to use Fender's for mellow stuff. Anyone here use Fender's?

this may have already been posted. the sound is below par, but it's pretty cool nonethless. Rik Emmett playing his Dean V.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=gWlg7IUM7zU&mode=related&search=

so does this guy have a solo album or justa that saliva crap??

...and it felt just great, super smooth and so nice to the touch. Hit it with 400 grit sand paper and it rocked. Then I finished it with Tung oil. I diluted it 1:1 with white spirit and applied it with a clean rag. After three days drying time the neck felt sticky and there were some scuff marks appearing on the neck. This was only after the first application of the Oil. Will the neck be smooth after a few more coats? Should I coat it with pure Tung oil? Do I sand it all down again and leave it bare?

All your input is really really appreciated, thanks guys.

http://www.deanguitars.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=625906#625906

Mods, I think this is worthy of a 'sticky'!

My old shop teacher is finally getting around to planing the two pieces of wood I joined for together for a body blank so I need to start planning on what Im going to need to get it done. The body blank is swampash with a solid african mahogany top. I can get my hands on some super nice cocobolo that is the perfect size for a neck blank but its super dense and heavy. I def like it for its asthetic quality but does anyone know how it sounds as a tone wood?

http://www.myspace.com/muckers39music

So, dug out some stuff today and did a little four minute improv. over set chord pattern in a rock/metal balad style.

Excuse some of the wanky cack improv. that's in there, was very much a rough cut and all really off the top of my head (bar the lick at the start of the choruses that repeats itself - you'll know when you listen).

This is with my import Razorback - the verse type lead sections are with the SD '59, and the chorus style lead stuff is with the Dimebucker. Running through the Microcube on the r-fier setting, gain at full, tone at about 3 or 4 o'clock.

So, check it out! Give me some feedback. Maybe hit up some scales/modes/patterns I could learn that could help expand the improv. a little?

I'm thinking about getting a 7 string, so far this is what I'm gassing for the most:

Jackson DK-7 Christian Olde Wolbers Signature

Seven-string mahogany arch-top body, three-piece bolt-on mahogany neck, reverse headstock, compound radius ebony fingerboard with no inlays, EMG® 707 humbucking pickup, adjustable string-through-body bridge and black hardware.



Any opinions?

So I go to call Dana yesterday, and somebody answers the phone but it's not Dana or Michelle. Same phone number I've had forever, but this woman tells me it's a new number and they've had it for 2 months.

Which means..

Dana changed phone numbers or something.

Does anybody have a current phone, email or even snailmail address?

I know several folks here bought and sold guitars with him, so maybe you still have his snail address written down.

Obviously a working phone or email would be good too.


TIA

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270162297981&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017

its a TRS licensed floyd rose, the seller claims these are the next best thing to an original floyd, but ive never heard of them. can anyone confirm how good they actually are?

Well, none of it is new, but my valveking now has 4 speakers instead of 2.





I just wanted it to be bigger.



Sorry about the big picture.

the krankshaft has some sweet lead tone on it, alot more quiet than the zw-44, and the shaft comes with a jrc4558d opamp chip, the maxon has a tad bit more output than the krankshaft, maybe because i put a rc4558p opamp in it, not sure, but, both together is crazy for leads

Hey,

I have a chance to pick up a Randall RH200SC cheap from my guy at GC and I wanna get some of you guy's opinions on it. Especially those of you who've actually OWNDED one and not just played it.

Thanks in advance

Oh and if you hate Randall, that's nice, I don't care...keep it out of this thread.

Could you run a preamp into a cab?

Say, Could one run a Rocktron Prophecy preamp into a Basson cab alone or do you have to have some sort of combo/head running along with them?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuPZXlxRzII&NR=1 Just in case you didn't know It's a Nuno solo for you younguns!

Please. Nothing TOO costly. I know nothing about them but i'm going to dig up a load of info on them and learn about them. Don't know if this really matters or not, but I want it to work well with a Rocktron Prophecy II.

Excuse anything stupid I may have just said. My mind has a butler at it's door that welcomes knowledge.

has anyone here seen them live? im diggin there tunes and im curious.

So I was at Pro Concert Music in Tupelo, MS the other day and saw an Ibanez S Series on the wall, this one right here, to be exact:



These things are LIGHT. The body is about 1 1/2 inches at it's thickest. Amazing guitar...blew me away...

But what really blew me away was the Zero Point trem it had. I sat there and completely wailed on the thing for about ten minutes. I really wanted to do the "harmonic and quickly pick up the guitar by the trem arm and make it squeal" maneuver Herman Li style, but decided that the people in the store would probably become pretty unhappy with me pretty quickly.

It was so incredibly flexible and it wouldn't go out of tune for anything. It was better than any Floyd i've ever played with, to be honest. If you ever see this guitar, try it out. I'm buying it.

pt 2 of my earlier topic on pickups.
I've come to my decision and I'm gonna get the Dimarzio D-sonic + Air Norton for my Razorback.
I'm getting ready to order them, and I have no idea what this F-spaced stuff is...lol. N00b question, would my Razorback require F-spaced pickups? whats the f stand for anyways?

I was curious to the authenticity of the the Rebel Razorback he was selling. The auction ended on the 17 and still no feedback. I wonder if thats a bad sign?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140146921219&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=004

Opinions please....

I just "test drove" one... WOW! Killer amp.....

Just curious to see if anyone has had the opportunity to play through one.

Thanks!

It shall be mine! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=200147927372&Category=113478

Probably not from ebay though...They just had the best pics...I thought I'd see if Steve has this one in stock.

if you could wish one PRODUCTION guitar be made lefty, what would it be, and why?

i choose the silverburst 79 ML (or MLF if there is such a thing with that finish) because A) the finish is the best B)they're great bang for the buck guitar C) that particular finish is in no way (as far as i know) associated with the late, great Darrell Abbott.

i asked him about upcoming imports and he said ...

"Possibly a Razorback lefty but not till after the 1st
of the year."


AWESOME. there is hope.

I think we actually may have a winner here in the contest of the ugliest flying V ever.



http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/Gibson%20USA/Guitar%20of%20the%20Week/Reverse%20Flying%20V/

I'm looking at a couple cabs but can't decide which one I like best of the 3. I'll be running a Rocktron Prophecy II and either a Tube Works 1160 or a Carvin DCM2000 power amp and other rack goodies into the cab.

Soooo...here's the cab's i'm looking at but can not decide on:

http://www.carvin.com/products/single.php?ItemNumber=c412t&CID=GA

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Basson-B412-Guitar-Cabinet?sku=609703

Help.

Our guitar center finally got the dime shadow in so I had to play it of course. This particular guitar was friggin heavy! Must have weighed a good 10 pounds or so. Def a well built axe. The neck is the same profile as the Dime-o_flame but for some reason it plays alot faster and much more smoothly than the flame. The Dean blade pickup is def on par with the Bill Lawrence pickups. It has nice bite to it and a great growl. The finish on this one was flawless. This guitar is def worth the 599. Honestly no complaints about the guitar whatsoever. The set up was great too.

OK, what's the worst album cover by a great band in your opinion??
I'm a big vinyl fan so I have a few, but this one has creeped me out
for YEARS now.





Not only is Bill Ward wearing a biker jacket with red tights, but you
can see his damn checkered drawers on the back cover. There is
nothing right about this at all, and it's one of my favorite Sabbath
albums.

Has anybody seen Vinnie Moore's new Website? Well, guess which guitar he's playin' on da'front page! It's a freakin' Dean, man!!!
I, for the life of me, can't understand why nobody on this here Website's done not covered this yet?!!! What's worse, he hasn't even been added to the official list of Dean Artists yet! Wasup w/ that?! Anyways, just thought I'd let'cha know! Laters!

Ok yall, i think its about time us leftys get a limited run, i know what guitar i have been dreaming about for a long time lol, but i dont know what the credentials are for a limited run, but these are the GENERAL specs i would personaly like

Lefty ML body
Anything BUT bolt-on, i HATE bolt-on
Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro II in the Neck
Seymour Duncan JB in the Bridge
(im open to fixed or Floyd)
Either Black or Gold hardware
Grover Tuners
C or V neck
and for the paintjob... i personaly think a Zakk Wylde p.j. would be KILLER after i saw those 3d drawings, but im totaly open to any other paintjobs

Everything else im not sure, we can discuss...

What do you think?

- Jake

Played a Comparison today at GC. Figured I'd post a review in case anybody was looking at one of these and couldn't find one to play. It was a used Applehorn Mattias Eklundh signature model. First thing I noticed when I walked up to it was they were asking way too much for it. They wanted $1,899 and the guitar was at least a couple of years old and had some rust on the Floyd parts and alot of buckle rash on the back of the guitar. They don't go for much more than that new so there's no way I'd pay that much for this one. Maybe they were holding out on the rarity of the guitar because you don't see them very often here in the states.

Specs were as follows:

Body: Mahagony
Neck: Maple, bolt-on
Fretboard: Rosewood w/ binding
Scale: 24.75"
Frets: 27!
Bridge: Schaller Floyd Rose
Pickups: Single & Hum Comparison

Plugged into a 2X12 Line 6 Spider III because they are real easy to get decent sounds out of fast. This is obviously built to be a shredder type guitar like the Ibanez RG's or the Jackson Soloist. Action was very low but surprisingly it did have some fret buzz. Nothing major but not really what I expected from a guitar in this price range but maybe it was just a setup issue. The neck was pretty thin like a Jackson but to me it felt tacky and slow. I also noticed alot of drag on the fretboard when shifting from position to position. Pickups were Comparisons and the bridge pickup was pretty hot. It kinda reminded me of a hotter JB. Pinch harmonics and harmonics in general were effortless with great sustain. Switching from the bridge pickup to the neck pickup was performed by pulling or pushing on the volume knob as there was no toggle switch. Fit and finish seemed normal for a guitar in this price range so nothing to really report there. The Mahagony body had that open grain look to it with a matte charcoal black finish and the indented applehorn around the pickup area. It really made the guitar look pretty plain to me. Again, if I was going to drop 2 grand on a guitar I would expect it to have a real nice finish. Maybe a trans finish with a flame maple top or whatever. To me this guitar was pretty overpriced for what your getting and I wouldn't pay more than $1,200 for something like this brand new. The USA Jacksons & upper end ESP's are way nicer for the same or less money. If your thinking about blindly ordering one of these I would definately try to find one to play first. Here's a pic of the model I played......

Would someone please name me one band that hasn't 'sold out?'

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/msg/414486336.html

i was gonna call dude and set something up pending your approvals since im a dean newb.
what kinda v is it, whats it worth etc. let me know guys and thanks

MY freind pharoah got this as a favor from esp for me. esp only makes the ninja in black for the usa market and its the only one that has been sold in the usa, i know a few esp board members post here and i figured i would share these pics. so far im in love the guitar, it sounds awsome.
its hard to take pics because the chrome pick guard reflects off everything.
pics in my sig.

if you were spending 2500-3500 or more for a usa,would you be willing to cough up an extra 300 for a flight case upgrade if it was offered by the factory? especially if it was for a razorback? i know flight cases are cumbersome,but the extra protection is worth it after spending so much money. this is just an opinion poll.

PUT OFRs & NAME BRAND PUPS IN BOTH POSITIONS IN ALL YOUR IMPORTS $800+!!! ALSO, MAKE YOUR V NECK AVAILABLE IN THIS PRICE RANGE!!!

I want to buy more Deans, but when companies like Schecter and BC Rich are offering these features (minus the v neck... I think) on guitars in that price range, it's hard to keep my eyes from wandering.

Thanks!

I'm lookin for tabs to out for blood by pantera during their glam days. I've looked everywhere for tabs to this song, and have come up empty handed. If anybody could help it would be greatly appreciated

Posting this question for a new member that hasnt gotten approved yet. Anyone here that can identify this Dean ML? Its got the toggle switch near the pots instead of on the front horn.

Pic one, the body:

http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=387352&image=65780898&images=65780819,65780855,65780877,65780898,65780918

Pic two, of the headstock:

http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=387352&image=65780877&images=65780819,65780855,65780877,65780898,65780918

ok, i was reading a tab and it said "Tuned A = 430" and when i was watching a zakk wylde video he said " i only tune to 440 when were playing the piano"... or sumthing like that... what does that mean?

Anybody know a good backing track site?
I already know about this one but it's kind of limited.

http://www.guitarbt.com/index.php?page=dl_list&cat=Pantera

hey got a question for you guys with a lot of experience selling on ebay.

i just sold my ibby on the bay and the buyer hasnt paid yet after 24 hours. im concered cause his last feedback was on the 24th and was negative. the complaint, the dude still hadnt paid after 2 weeks and hadnt made any communication with the seller.

i dont wanna have to wait 2 weeks to relist this thing. i cant say he'll do the same to me but it makes me nervous ya know?

what do you guys think?

thanks in advance

- me

Pretty interesting pic from their HQ:

Bought this a while ago but didn't have to pay until today, Steve helped me out heaps, thanks dude!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140153699765&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=004

I looked around and I pretty much think I'm getting a killer deal. The geet is brand new '04 redwood model. What do you guys think?

Quite good, but had a few equipment problems and had to cut short by a couple songs.

Anyone else check it out? I did see a Silvertung shirt on one of the Roadies.

Hey guys,im getting a half stack,but im having trouble deciding. Im thinking of either a 6505 stack,or a warhead stack off of ebay,or a different randall combination..ive never had a tube amp,so im not very sure about there sound. I have a line 6 flextone 2 now,and im looking for sort of a pantera crunch,but of course i dont want to sound too much like them,Thanks guys.

alright im off so work so here are the pictures

http://www.ringo.com/photos/photo.html?photoId=234376562

http://www.ringo.com/photos/photo.html?photoId=234376575

http://www.ringo.com/photos/photo.html?photoId=234376589

http://www.ringo.com/photos/photo.html?photoId=234376598

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190149859399&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=009

sorry still havent figured out how to post the pics on here, i tried a minute ago and failed horribly...ill get it some day and then youll all be buried in my pron

anways yeah im gonna grab this one and re style the headstock a bit and prolly redo the paint. not a fan of the aqua teal thing its got going on but for 200 bucks a 7 with a floyd and a neck thru im not gonna complain....the seller still hasnt responded to the question about the inlays yet

um, what is it?

Caught the show last night at Mohegan Sun in CT. We had comp tickets and the seats were awesome, we were just left of the stage a few rows up from the floor

Queensryche was the opening act and I was not really impressed sadly to say... Their 1st album (which is really an ep) was what made me like them originally. However, they played none of the old Ryche stuff and the twin guitar players for a very few moments were cool but for the most part, only left me wishing they would just get off the stage for Alice

Alice Cooper was the middle act and he stole the show. I could not believe that after all these years and at his age that he could pull it off. He had the crowd going wild and there was no one sitting down anywhere. The onstage antics only added to the fun right from when the lights went down. A huge tapestry was backlit and you could see a shadow of a tuxedo dressed figure swinging a cane around and then another figure came is and ran a sword through the first figure. The tapestry dropped and the "killed" figure was laying on top of the drum platform and Alice preceeded to put on a show that amazed as much as it mezmerized. He played all his best stuff and just before the encore, he was hanged on the gallows by the mother of the dead baby he drove a stake through while singing Dead Babies. He finished with Elected while waving an American flag around. Just too much show and not enough words to convey just how good a time it was. If you get the chance, Cooper is worth many times the price of admission alone. In fact, you could leave after his set and not even regret missing H&H

BTW, his two young guitarists smoked. One was playing a deep tobacco burst Les Paul and also used a light yellow custom SG and a stunning white Firebird w/ bloodstains all over it

The other guitarist played a natural Gibson Explorer for most of the set but pulled out an Ibanez Iceman for a song or two including the duel guitar solo. For Elected, he played an AWESOME looking Stars & Stripes Les Paul

Needless to say, the crowd was screaming Alice Cooper for President

Both guys were very good, the first guitar player reminded me of Slash in style but better technique


Heaven & Hell was the headline act. Dio's voice was great as always but he still is a cocky dwarf prick and a few of his comments sort of turned me off. He still looks like an emaciated skeleton w/ a receding hairline but his voice is still classic

Iommi rules, dressed in a black suit and sporting an old SG and a gorgeous white one. He looked very comfortable and professional on stage but still typically mellow and it was fun to watch him. Geezer Butler was amazing as always on bass but I though Vinnie Appice could have done a better solo on the skins. The stage set was pretty cool but they only played like 7 songs and did not come out for an encore. I think this was Dio's doing because there was very little chanting by the crowd to get them to come back out

I think it was a mistake for them to have Alice Cooper as part of the bill because that was a tough act to follow and they never came close

Ok, so the background for this song is that we had only a day to write, arrange and mix the song for a underground mix tape or something like that... We recorded the instruments live at the same time in our small practice place, so there no doubling on the guitars or anything... the final take that we settled on was take # 4 of the 4 takes we did .
I put NDC on the topic cause i played this with my Washburn 333 slime with a dimebucker installed through my randall rh 100 head for the dirty sounds and the cleans are through my orange tiny terror...
This isn't our "real" bands work cause our bass player was sick the day so our singer actually plays bass on this song...
The vocals were recorded last after we roughly mixed the instruments... the rough mix of the instruments ended up being the final mix for the...
The whole idea and execution was done in just under 12 hours by the three of us...
We consumed three pizzas, one half liter of whiskey, aproximately 48 beers & two cans of yoghurt in making this... so please enjoy and comment all you want... you'll find the song through this link...Press Kuuntele to stream or download to download

P.S. we had a blast making this song and its really kind of a joke, but i'm still kind of proud of it (though we never remembered to send it to the mix tape guys)... so once again enjoy...
If you've got any question I'll try to answer to the best of my memory...

Ok folks, just to give some perspective:

1. If you post anything, anything at all on the internet, be it a statement, a photo, whatever, you by default accept the fact that people emboldened by anonymity will lash out at you and in general be hostile for no reason. Or maybe they will have a reason. Either way, by posting, know that you are opening yourself to the irrationality and defective personalities of millions of online users.

Bottom line: If you can't accept a$$hole comments from internet a$$holes, don't post.

2. If you host a forum, you must know that forums are like bright lights to the little internet a$$hole moths. They cannot resist fluttering about and dropping their wee internet a$$hole moth crap all over everything. If you cannot except this you need to either close the forum or have an active, organized, and fair moderation staff.

3. If you you visit a forum, know this: someone else is paying for that forum. You are a guest in their house. If you act like an a$$hole, expect that you will be ejected.

4. Guilty by rumor or association is bvllshit. Period. If you don't have an email or post from a person in question, you don't have anything. Of course, this is the internet, and rumor will always pown the truth.

On to specifics.

Shutting this forum down would be, in a word, stupid. I'll only give one of many reasons: guitar sales, i.e., limited runs, "hey dealer, PM me a price on..."

In regards to the specific case of R.D. Seriously? I see Randy as one of the main ambassadors of good will for Dean guitars. How many guitar purchases has he influenced for Dean? He is an incredibly positive force on this forum and for Dean Guitars. I really hope that his deal is kept active and that I can shake his hand at DOA 08 and say "Thanks, brother".

The general rule if you have an issue with a guitar that you have purchased (whether it is Dean or not):

1. Take it to the dealer you bought it from

2. If that fails to get you a resolution, contact the manufacturer.

Where #2 is concerned, I don't know how far it will get you at other companies, but I have witnessed first-hand the excellent customer service Dean Guitars provides.

In regards to slagging other forum members, dealers, etc...one word people: respect.

If you don't give it, don't expect it.

Criticize, but if you can't do it in a respectful, constructive way, keep it to yourself. Would you say in person what you type on the internet?

But does anyone know a site for watching the live stream? Or will I have to wait until tomorrow for a free view?

been looking at some randall cabs online and found 2 from the XL series, the R412XL, and the R412XXL. the only difference is the XXL is an oversized cab, while the XL isnt. they both come with celestion 30's. what is the difference with a cab being standard/oversized? is oversized better? also they are both rated at 240 watts RMS. what does this mean? (sorry cab n00b here )

I HATE THAT HEADSTOCK SO MUCH...

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All ya gotta do in here is take 4 deep breaths then go do something cool.

Ready?
In..............Out..........

In...............Out...........

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Life IS Good!

This should be fun.


So .... I'm finally goin back to tubes. The Randall's nice but ..... eh.


I've narrowed it to 3, Mesa, Rev1, 6505. I know there are many threads like this but there is a reason.





6505 - I love Machine Head's sound and every other band I heard with this amp I liked also.


Krank - ...... I know alot of you hate this amp, but ...... I have a reeealllly sweat deal on basicly a brand new one, for $500 - $600 range ( I love gear whores ). If I changed the tubes for better ones and set it up the way I want will it wake it up?


Mesa - I've heard nothing but great things about them and I love them when I get the chance to play one but I usually see them at $1000 and up.





...... I'm try'n to keep the cost down because I still need to pay for the Cadzilla, I have I good built cab that I wanna put V30's in it and I'd like to have at least some beer money left. I work at a pizza joint at the moment. I don't make shit! .

I'll probably be useing my rack setup with this amp, EQ -> BBE -> Hush. Easy and it gets the job done. Every amp I've try'd and bought it really breath's fire into it. I really love the BBE and my blue MXR - 6 band is perfect. Once I had a 32 band. . That thing had nice features but it took 2 months just to dial in something .




So whacha think ....... IMO the Krank is a crazy not to pass deal, the Peavey is tried and true workhorse, or wait a while for the Mesa.




Oh, I didn't put ENGL 1. Cause of the price ( I understand ...... it IS awesome but ....... damn .....) and 2. I love my EMG's, they are a part of my sound and if I can recall I thought Mark said it doesn't respond that well with active pickups, It's better with passives.


- Eric

I know this is real late, but I finally picked up a copy and gave it a good listen. After listening to it like 5 times I really like it alot. I didn't like them so much when they were the kinda screamo band but the direction they brought their music in is really good, I dont understand why people call them fake metal but hey to each their own i'd give this album a 9/10 for sure, best album ive heard in a while. Whats everyones opinion?

So, it's a Luna, which is a sister company to Dean, so is it Dean content? lol

I saw some questions posted about this guitar, Steve from Blue Rock Guitars posted some pics, and I immediately started salivating. I was a little weary of buying a guitar that I've never played before, but I heard such good things about it and Steve was such a great guy, answered all my questions, told me everything I needed to know, and it was such a great deal that I just couldn't pass it up.



This guitar is a little small. But do not let that fool you. It has a big sound and plays like a dream for such a little guitar. Definately a great guitar for traveling and small places like a cafe, book store, your living room... Great, great instrument and I'm lovin' it. One of the first things I do when I get up is pick up this guitar.







Now here's some pics of me goofin' off so that you have a better idea of the size of the guitar.








Now, not only does this guitar sound great unplugged, but I plugged into my V-Amp, messed with the EQ some, and got it sounding perfect. I've never enjoyed an acoustic guitar this much. If you guys ever get a chance to pick one up, I suggest you do so. And if you ever get a chance to do business with Blue Rock Guitars, I also suggest that you do so. Steve was extremely helpful and an all around great guy.

does anyone know what which size locking nut is on a razorback
and also what size allen wrench fits the screws

This has probably been discussed before but I can't seem to find a controlled environment to try to try these amps out. It's either they are across town and I gets tones confused by the time I'm there or the stores are so packed that I can't get a reasonable comparison.

I play alot of classic rock and metal but I also play new music like Default for example. I'm looking for a quiet amp that can do it all. The amp has to be high gain as well.

I'm leaning towards the JSX Personally.

anyone have one of these? i'm thinking of getting it vs. a small "practice amp" i figure i'll just run this through my 4x12 and it will be quiet enough at 5 watts.

and look at the ease of use. plug in, turn on, turn knob to desire level.

it even has a handle!



he Valve Junior Head is a 5-watt, single-ended class A tube amp with a solid-state rectifier, 1 x 12AX7 preamp tube, and 1 x EL84 power tube. It also features 4, 8, and 16-ohm output.


ITS A BEAST!

I'm thinking about getting a higher quality guitar and I've narrowed it down to a few. The thing is I want a Kahler and almost none of them come with one. The guitars are the Bernie Rico Hellicon Deluxe, Moser Starblazer (string through version so I could convert it without having a huge hole from the floyded version.) An ESP SV, or a USA Jackson Kelly. I've heard the quality of Moser's stuff is pretty good, but I can't get them to email me back about when the starblazer will be out. I got an email back from DCGL about the Hellicon, but they made it sound like each one is custom and I don't have that much money. The SV and the Kelly would both be floyded and I don't know what their quality would be like. Any help would be appreciated.

So, i'm trying to figure out what I want my rack to consist of...

So far i'm looking at the Rocktron Prophecy II and either a Carvin DCM1000 or a Tube Works 1160 MosValve power amp. (Any opinions for an affordable power amp are appreciated.)

What is some essential rack gear to have?

Hey guys, I'm planning on buying a Dean Black Gold guitar (either v, or z) from musicians friend and i was wondering how much time it takes from ordering the guitar uuntil it gets to my house.

Hey guys, what kinda stuff should i practice to get better(ie. excercises, other stuff)? Right now, my downpicking really sucks , and I'd like to learn some more complicated soloing stuff. Just some tabs or songs, but nothing I have to buy, though. Thanks

im going to buy a laminate top for a guitar im planning to make
i was plannin to make the body like the dean z
i was wondering if anyone knows the dimensions of just the body of a z

So, I've recently been itchin' for a 255. I really want one. My first plan was to get a '79 with the job I have now, then get a 255 down the line. But, I've recently decided to just go for the throat and get the 255. Then I realized, the reason I wanted one right away was cause my friend was getting a lot of Deans.

But just recently I thought about a nice TCV. I mean, the quality is better, I don't care for a Floyd Rose, and it's USA made. I've also been considering some other Vs.

so, I have a few questions...

1. What did you vote for?

2. How much would a decent TCV cost with a V neck?

3. Are they even available with V necks?

4. What is your name and Social Security number?

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on the bay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290157231484&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting


Look at that top the colour the price

As you all know Ive been trying to sell some stuff for an acoustic. Well evreything got done and I went out to Sam Ash to pick this beast up today. Thanks to Kyle for the hook up on sellin the ML too.

Ok so its a 2001 Takamine Custom shop limited edition dolphin guitar. Not one for dolphins but this is hands down the nicest sounding acoustic Ive ever heard so they can be tolerated. Nevertheless, the inlay work is phenomenal on this guitar (dolphins on the rosette and one on the fingerboard). It has a solid sitka spruce top with an extremely tight grain pattern. Solid rosewood back and sides. Macassar ebony fingerboard with black and brwn hues to it and a great set up. Not only did they actually really hook me up with a completely sick deal but set me up with a job interview cause they liked how I played. Enjoy the pron, hope to get some better quality pics soon!

What a piece of crap. I've set it up in every way. Messed with all kinds of batteries, in the loop, in the front, I've talked nicely to it ect....

But still it makes noise. While playing runs with silence in between parts I can hear it go swwwooossst. Than it's silent.
At first it only did it sometimes but now it does it all the time. When I turn in off the hiss is unbearable. I run straight into the amp with just the guitar and my typical eq in the loop and what do you know? There's less noise.

Hopefully the shop will exchange it for another one. I bought in the last week of July so we'll see if I have to deal with the company. Sure is a bummer though.

I saw these guys touring with Dream Theater, and i really liked them.

They kind of have their own subgenre: Death Progressive, alot like Opeth

Here are some of their best songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm-RGms9Kn0

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

I personally love them. They've accualy been around for a while.

The 5 most gut wrenching, awe-inspiring tones youve ever heard.

In no order...

Dimebag - Particularly the VDOP, TGST and NFP tones...slamming

EVH - 'Nuff said

Willie Adler & Mark Morton - These two put together have a great powerful tone together, really heavy.

George Lynch - The guitarist that for me defined the 80's metal tone. Think he's lost the plot a little but still a living legend.

Angus Young - AC/DC was my gateway into heavy music, this guy had one powerful crunchy tone that had serious ball-rattling capabilites.

...and Bloodroot

No kidding man, your Powerball is the balls...Not my fav all time tone though

Im really wanting to get one of these amps, but ive got concerns. as I play in my bedroom I cant have the amp turned up too loud. I can have it moderatly loud just not cranked. ive been talking to someone who has the combo version of the 5150 and he's told me it sounds fine at bedroom volume levels, but im wanting to get the head, not combo, and the head is 120 watts, while the combo is only 60. im assuming the head wont be the same as the combo and im thinking its gonna be too powerful for bedroom playing. so my questions,

1. would the head version be ok to use at bedroom volumes?
2. if not, could i convert it somehow to be 60 watts instead of 120? (i heard someone did this to their 6505 head)

Thoughts on Airports
So here I am, stuck on my arse in Miami international airport. For like the entire day. I was up at O'Dark Thirty to catch a silly too damn early flight to Miami, only to sit in Miami all day just to catch a really LATE flight out of Miami to Trinidood and Tobaccomom.

Traveling is wierd. Back in the days when I was doing shows, you at least knew the people you were traveling with, so it was fun. Sitting in airports is not exactly fun.

Like I got stuck in security for 20 minutes because I had the luck of the draw to get stuck behind some Dildeaux who's drivers license had expired 3 FRIGGIN years ago. How exactly can you be so dense as to have you license expire for YEARS and attempt to get though security on an international flight with a good passport but dead driver's license? Yeah. Been one of those kinda mornings.

I've traveled a lot over the years.

There were a few years where I'd be gold on AA by February and Platinum by mid March. I'd come home every couple weeks and pick up another stack of plane tickets and head back out. So much so that I can generally already be asleep before the plane even pulls back from the gate. Airports are weird. Spending time in them is weirder. They all have this little nuances. Like Miami, it's got the same friggin restaurant in 5 places. They have different names, but the menus are identical and the "staff" all wear the same uniforms. Spend enough time in these places and you start to notice this shit. I'm not entirely sure that's a good thing.

Anyways, ones approach to airports depends on how long you have to park your ass. Luckily for me, Dallas is a major AA hub, so almost all the time my flights are direct, so I don't have a lot of layover camping to do. However, Sport of Pain isn't a direct flight, so here I am. For 7 lovely hours. It's trips like these that one appreciates the closed cup aspect of a pair of AKG 140's or 240's in a big way. Screw the earbuds. Those little dinky microdiaphrams haven't got enough radius to generate enough real low end to block out the myriads of whining kids, pages for Tom, Dick and Harry trying to land a standby ticket, and the miserable TV's in the gates that are invariably tuned to exactly the thing that would be your last choice of programming on earth. So yeah, iPod, big bass cans, and the world can be made to go away.

Of course, this s#%t takes juice, and this 1920x1200 Core Duo Mac Aircraft Carrier of a laptop is not exactly easy on batteries. No worries, for international trips I carry 3 charged spare laptop batteries in case my luggage gets lost in Tangiers or some similar hell hole. However even with that, it's FAR better to score some land juice and keep the batteries in the bag for emergencies, which brings me to the next great skill of any frequent flyer laptop warrior - The Search for the Holy Outlet Of Plentiful AC.

See these airport guys, they have turned milking your every action into a form of residual income. With the proliferation of laptops in the last decade, these guys got smart and realized (in a lot of places) that people in airports with dead and dying batteries and a fixed deadline on the opposite side of the flight they're waiting to board, that they'll practically give their first born male child just to get enough juice to finish off that powerpoint whatever pitch thingy that has em in the airport in the first place. So lately, most of these places charge you for that crap, or even worse, don't, but simply don't have any outlets out there for the masses to jack into.

So here's where the frequent traveler types get clever. You learn stuff. Like airports are a lot like Disney land. People are in them all the time but you never see anybody cleaning. Yet the cleaning MUST occur, or the place would be 2 feet deep in left over candy bar wrappers, paper coke cups and the like in a matter of days. And THAT boys and girls means vacuum cleaners. They gotta have em. And where there's vacuums, there's juice. Sometime between 3-5 AM the cleaning crews show up on the scene with their little brooms and dustbins and vacuums and whatnot and de-spooge the place.

Our job is to find their outlets. This means that in any given gate, SOMEWHERE there will be a single outlet. Usually it's well hidden. Against the wall, behind a row of chairs, out of site. You gotta look but they are there. Now if you're lazy and don't want to do that much scouting, look for one of those rentacart thingies. You know the deal where you put in $0.75, pull a cart out, and stick your luggage on that to wheel your crap around the airport. At any rate, these things take AC in order to release the carts, so if you see one, it's a guaranty there's an outlet someplace near by. Another great place to score an outlet is any place you see one of those battery operated carts that the give the wheelchair crowd rides from gate to gate in. Those things HAVE to charge sometime. And that sometime is invariably when they aren't being used. See one up against a wall someplace and it's pretty good odds the sumbitch is jacked into a charger and the charger is jacked into an outlet. In short, trolley cart thingies are pay dirt for outlets. The other bennie they have over the rentacart racks is they come with a built in chair. You can SIT on the cart. Sometimes the rentacart racks aren't near a row of chairs and you have to plant your ass on the carpet. Not good for long layovers.

So why am I boring you guys with this?

What the hell has this got to do with making cables?

Um. Nothing.

I'm stuck here with nothing else to do, I've got Exile in Guyville is blasting out the whining kid next to me, and writing that was another 10 minutes that I didn't have to think about how I was wasting and entire "day off" in a friggin airport.

Hey, they aren't called ludicrously long for no good reason. =)

Oh Cables, Right

Almost forgot, there was a point to this.

A few weeks ago, some guys were discussing cables in a thread. Over the years this subject seems to come up about every 9 months or so, and every time it does I generally jump in and attempt to dispel some myths about some of the mystic Voodoo crap the manufacturers tend to like to spill about their stuff in order to try to convince you why their copper, dielectric and PVC is better than the next guys copper, dielectric and PVC.

Well this time when I came up when a couple guys were quoting what they were paying for cables I about piddled myself. I've been building my own cables for years (for as long as I've played guitar, actually) and it's never even occurred to me to actually PAY somebody to strip wire, solder and heatshrink a cable. That's just insane in my book. So I half jokingly mentioned that next time before these guys got bent over by Guitar Center to let me know.

Well damned if some of em didn't take me up on it. Since I was already ordering parts and cable to finish off my rack build it was not biggie to add some more wire and connectors to the mix.

So the parts showed up Friday. I'd got stuck at work until real late, and knew I was gonna be here today and out of country all next week so if I was gonna get em built for these guys it'd have to be friday night or not at all, since I still had a bunch of work stuff to do saturday.

So while the forum was busy melting down friday night, I'm up in my office at 1AM snorting solder fumes. After about my 3rd or 4th cable it dawned on me. I may very well be staring at an endless process of building cables for forum guys.

Not that I mind, it's kinda relaxing anyway, and saves you guys a ton of cash, since I'm not really making anything off em, just charging for the parts an shipping. So with that in mind the whole "teach em to fish" thing came to mind. Why not show how it's done? Granted not everybody will have any use for this info, I know it's sure as hell saved me thousands over the years. Just this rack I'm building right now has saved me a ton. For giggles I got a quote from a studio rack house on the lashup job to see what the "pros" would have charged for the lashdown.

For my 2 48 point normalled bays, 1 semi custom panel for the Dmount stuff, and a custom panel for the RJ, Firewire, USB, Toslink and SPDIF stuff plus the power lash, I got a quotes between $3600 and $5400 with 3-6 weeks delivery.

In short, knowing how to do this stuff is a good skill that will find uses for your entire life. I've now wired 2 separate recording studios from scratch (A 24 single suite and a separate facility with a pair of 24 track control rooms, 2 post rooms and 5 live rooms with several dub booths, several large PA's (even the entire monitoring rig used for Farm Aid 3, hoo boy). I've worn out a number of irons and even more tips. I'm sure I have some kind of bizzare cancer waiting to surface from snorting rosin fumes for so long.

This stuff isn't hard. It's not even remotely close to hard. It's by no means rocket science. Anybody can learn to solder and make decent cables. A lot of you guys already know this stuff. This post is to benefit those who've never done it. With any luck you can follow along and see how its done and make your own cable next time you need one.

Truth be told, the "tools" crap you'll need to buy will pay for themselves by the time you've made your second cable if you buy "good" stuff.

If you plan on doing a fair amount of this there's a couple other tools you'd want to get (like if you're going to build a rack, or wire up a PA or something) just to make your life easier.

That said, let's dive in...

What Kinda Spinner you got on that Rod?

First we gotta talk about the "tools of the trade". They're simple.



Yeah, I know. It says "Radio Shack. You know the "You got questions? We Got Blank Stares" people? The same.

Occasionally, these guys have a real gem in the pile of mundane and mostly useless crap they sell. This thing is one of em. Now where I work, we have REALLY nice stuff. High end production level soldering stations with RF controls, vacuum assist desoldering gear, instant temp air solder stuff and the works. It's REALLY nice stuff.

This is what's called a soldering STATION. The difference between STATION and IRON is that the electronics that control the head are in the box rather than in the iron. Irons are typically a fixed wattage resistance based heat making thingie. They work fine. I used them for years. In fact, my first studio was wired with a off the shelf cheap 20 watt iron I bought at Rauncho Shack. Nothing wrong with them. For casual purposes a fixed wattage iron is fine.

Where you might want to consider a station is if you are going to be doing LOTS of soldering (mainly because they heat up very quickly compared to an iron), but also if you plan on doing a lot of guitar pot soldering (for different reasons).

At any rate, STATIONS for the most part weren't really cost effective for the typical weekend warrior for the simple reason that the "normal" cheap or "entry level" soldering station doesn't even work as well as a fixed wattage iron. If you're going to go to a STATION, you want one that's temperature controlled. And therein lies the rub. Temp controlled stations come in 2 flavors. Ones you set the temperature by a knob and ones you set it by changing a tip. It's easier to get reliable temps from changing tips, but they're a pain to work with unless you always solder the same thing. Fine for production work, sucks for general use.

So what you really want is a knob to set the temp, but the problem is on the "cheaper" ones (until recently) the base unit didn't actually MEASURE the tip temperature. It was sort of a general "range" approach but wasn't very accurate. Lots of these type stations have smoked chipsets over the years because they were 30-40 hotter than the knob said.

However, using the wrong wattage iron, or even worse having the right wattage iron sitting there heating up with no load for 20 minutes at a time and getting upwards of 100 degrees hotter than needed is just as bad.

That's what ruins a hell of a lot of pots in guitars.. You end up overheating the wipers trying to get a ground solder on the case of the pot and the pot is smoked as a result. I've seen this countless times.

This is why (in my opinion) if you're going to do any amount of guitar work, a temperature controlled, tip measure station is the shizzle. The only problem traditionally is that a decent one that wasn't junk in a Weller or equal brand would run you $3-400. Yikes. That's why I had irons for years. Until this bad boy came out.

350-900 degree range. Tip measured (i.e. true thermal feedback to the control circuit), no tip changes required to change temp, and it heat in about 1.5 minutes. At $65 it's a friggin steal.

Net result, if you're just gonna do cables, an irons fine. For occasional guitar work, ditto, but be careful. If you're going to do a fair amount of work, or plan on doing a number of guitar pots, get one of these. It's paid for in a few cables.

Finally pick up a tin of tip cleaner (that's the round silver thingie taped to the top of the station. Cleaned tips last infinitely longer than oxidized ones. I usually clean my tips at the end of any long (I.e. iron been on longer than 2 hours) session, then re tin before shutting it off.



Ok, here's another optional tool. It's a heat gun. It's used to heat up shrink wrap. For casual users common cigarette lighters work too, although it's easy to burn yourself on em. This will run you about $35. If you do get one, get the heat reflector thing on the end. Makes the wrap job a lot more uniform. You want something that pukes heat in the 650-800 degree range. No need for anything more than that, in fact if your gun is too hot, it can deform your solder joints. You just need enough heat to shrink the shrink wrap.



Ok, now this is my best buddy. This guys, is what alligator clips are SUPPOSED to be used for. =)

I've had this thing for 25 years now. It's invaluable, and like a good friend has always been there to help when it's been most needed. You'll see why shortly.



Now this is one of those things in life that is the extremely rare exception to nothing good can be that cheap rule. These things are invariably sold by some sleezy looking guy at a county fair, or flea market or what not. They're usually made in China, have no brand name on them, come in a very cheap looking cardboard box and look about as crappily made as humanly possible. In short it looks like a total junk tool.

It's one of those bizzare rare things where it shouldn't work, shouldn't last for diddly, and is so crappily built you're expect it to fall apart on the first use.

This one? 17 years old. I've stripped literally 10's of thousands of conductors with it. I paid $8 for it at a flea market in Saratoga Springs and have used it ever since. In fact I've bought a couple others as spares in case I somehow lose it.

This is quite simply the slickest damn wire stripper made. It's perfect for multiple conductors, makes short work of ribbon cable, and is about a dirt simple to use as you could find. Stuff the wires to be stripped into the jaw as far as you need them stripped and pull the handle. Doesn't matter if you give it 1 conductor or 10, as long as they're "flat" in line it'll do any number of conductors (within reason) at once. Can't say enough good about em. I'd tell you the model and make but (get this) there ISN'T one. The guy who did the "engrish" translations from Chinese apparently never gave it a model number. Or a manufacturer either. As I recall the box said "Wire Appliance Toole" or something like that.



Ok, here's the rest of the "usual suspects"

Here we have a pair of end cutters (I use the $5-6 Excelites, they're fine. Last pretty well, maybe a couple years and when they start getting dull I just toss em and get a new pair.

Additionally your traditional type "wire strippers", these are what I use for the outer jacket of the wire, then I use the chinese mystery tool (described above) for everything inside the jacket. Additionally I have a VOM. Anything will work, but try to look for one that has an audible continuity check so you don't have to look at the meter for simple go/nogo checks. Make sure you turn it off when not in use as they will eat your 9V and nothing sucks more than needing it and not having a battery around. On the meter, if you can get leads with alligator clip ends. Makes it more of a hands free tool.



Basic cheapie precision tool set. I don't use these for screwdrivers but rather for probes and pointy helper tools. I have much better precision drivers I use for real work. What I use these for is I use the smallest straight blade one to "de braid" braided shield wires.

There you have it tool wise. Then there's supplies..



Shrink wrap. This stuff comes in 2:1 and 3:1 flavors. The ratio indicates initial to final size. 2:1 will shrink to 1/2 it's listed diameter, 3:1 will shrink to 1/3 it's listed diameter.

I tend to use all 2:1 stuff, and keep 1/16, 1/8, 3/16, 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 diameters in stock. The "size" is the CIRCULAR diameter, not the "flat" measured width. So if you physically measure the stuff when "flat" it will NOT match it's listed size. This stuff is not cheap. In fact, I tend to keep an eye out for specials and then order bulks of that size when I run across it. It does come in colors, although they screwed up my last order and sent me all black when I'd ordered yellow & red for the largest sizes for the outer finals. Sigh.

Then solder. Do NOT use plumbing (acid core) solder. Bad Idea Jeans. Get Rosin core stuff. I tend to buy bulk spools, but don't go nuts. It has a shelf life. Buy no more than you will use in about a year or you'll end up with dried up rosin.

I still have a 30 year old Raucho shack bobbin I wind the stuff onto. The bulk spools save you a ton of money but are unwieldy to handle so I spool about 20' at a time off onto the little light weight Rauncho Shack spool I've had forever.

Lemme See Those Lures There

Ok so with the right tools and supplies in hand lets talk connectors for a bit. Over the years I've seen LOTSA different types of connectors. Some suck, some don't. Often the ones you'd think would suck don't and vice versa. I have a pair of MONGO ass industrial strength, bona Mil Spec SOLID Brass machined ends I've had for years. They're a beautiful bit of machining. Lovely to behold. Hefty as hell (the pair weigh 3/4 of a pound). And guess what? As cable ends, they suck. All that weight makes the end flex the cable horrifically, and the net result these ends complete wear through the sheild conductors in six months flat. Great Idea, s#%t implementation.

Then there's the other extreme. I get psuedo generic connectors by the hundred. These generic's clamp metal is so lightweight you could almost crimp them with your fingers. However, at the end of the day? For inside rack stuff that's never going to move, they're perfect. They have a separate lug for the ground vs. having to solder to the blade riser between the clamp strain relief and the plug end like on most, and if not stress, they last forever. Absolutely fine for rack work.

So with that in mind, lets take a quick tour of currently shipping connectors.



Here's your garden variety "budget" series Neutrik. A little more spendy than the generics (in fact twice as spendy, but still relatively cheap at under 1.50 a toss). These are perfectly decent connectors. In fact, it's what I use on my cords. The ONLY drawback to these guys is the relatively small barrel entrance. You won't be using these for your 10 gauge speaker connectors.

However for guitar cables (Canare GS6 and the various Mogami's I use, they are just fine. Light. Solid. Last for ever.



These are the Mid Range Neutriks. Substantially beefier on the business (soldering) end of the deal, and a much more elaborate strain relief/cable clamp mechanism. Similar to assembling one of thier MX series mic XLR connectors. Substantially heavier, and the price rises to match. If you tend to be a klutz and step on you cables and lot and would tend to pull out the strain relief of the standard type shown prior, this may be your end. Bear in mind that the heaviness does come with another price: You will see the shield conductors eventually wear though with these ends. It's not all bad, as they are beefy enough to survive multiple solder jobs.



Here's a "Near assembled" (not cranked down yet) pix. There's an pair assembled in the background. These are commonly called "Bag Ends" because the Black color mode part number ends in -BAG



Ok now here's the right angle version of the Bag End. Guys, this is one of the very FEW designs I've seen in the last 25 years of a right angle plug that doesn't Suck. Most (the overwhelming most) suck. Hard. The problem with most right angle type designs is the way the strain relief is implemented ultimately ends up CAUSING the failure of the cable. Those crappy "round" right end ones with the "bent knife triangle" strain relief started the whole Dodgy Right Angle POS legacy. You saw em everywhere in the late 70's and early 80's. They were usually on a "coil" cord. Don't even get me started on coil cords., FEH> Disaster not only wating, but Guaranteed to Happen, and Happen At The Worst Possible Time In All The Universe.

Anyway, Neutrik put a fair bit of thought into this one.



The Strain Relief/Clamp chuck inserts like so..



The Top cover goes on like so, and then you crank the chuck down with the end boot just like an MX series. Very clever design, and if you gotta have a right angle end this bad boy is the way to go.

Only drawback: Not cheap. Few good things are.



Ok here we have the new State of the Art in all things Switchy Switchy.

This is the business end of the New Neutrik "Sllent" plug. This guy is NOT cheap. Not even close to cheap. However, it IS probably the best design I've seen for a "silent" plug.

The vast majority of the so called "silent" or "switching" plugs I've seen over the years were great in concept but failed in execution. What these things do is allow you to unplug your guitar while the amp is still hot and in the process of unplugging it at the guitar end it shorts signal to ground, thus avoiding the nasty "BRzhtft PKer POP" that inevitably accompanies unplugging from the guitar end on a high gain amp.

Great idea, but in practice, most of these mechanisms eventually get fist Goo in the end over time and they either stop "silencing" (bad) or just plain stop working period (really bad). As a result I've avoided em like the plague for years. Each new design comes out, and I'll play around with one but would never trust it to gigging.

This fella is different. It uses a proximity magnet to drive a reed switch in a sealed container to do the heavy lifting. In theory it's foolproof. It sure looks good in theory and the fit and finish on the execution is very good.



Assembly is almost identical to the Bag End and MX series XLR stuff. Slide shell over business end, slide chuck/relief into shell.



Add boot to end and crank. Dirt simple. What's even nicer is the assembled end is nearly identical in weight to the Bag End, so while heavier than the N2 series, it's not a boat anchor. The OTHER problem with most switching ends is they weigh WAY to much. This guy is heavy but not obscenely so.



Here it is assembled, and you can see the sleeve under my thumb is the business end of the "silencing" part of the deal. As the cable goes into the guitar this sleeve retracts into the end, thus releasing the reed switch in the capsule to de-short the signal from ground.



When fully engaged, the circuit acts as normal. Only drawback to these guys are cost, and they don't "meter" right. They will appear to be broke-dhick when you meter them by the very fact that they are a dead short when not inserted into a jack. Not a huge deal but be aware of it.

Now, as you can see above the Straight version of the Silent Ends is available now. They also have a right angle version in the works and I have a few on order, but they still hasn't shipped from Neutrik yet. With any luck I'll have some in in a few weeks.

Whatcha Using For String there Buddy?

So here's where the rubber meets the road. The "wire". I know I've harped on it here and in many other forums over the years but I'll say it again.

85% of audio signal wire sales are either absolute garbage cable that is an utter waste of copper, or absolute snake oil.

Things to know:

1) Oxygen free doesn't man jack squat to audio signals. The effects that manufacturing technique solve address issues in signal propagation in wire in the GIGAHERTZ and UP Ranges. Guys, no matter what the drooling Monster Cable Spiff Hunting Sales bozo tells you Oxygen free wire doesn't do DICK at the audio range. Really. Makes absolutely no difference at all. None. What sucks is it's so easy to do these days that everybody does it simply because it doesn't really add any cost to the wire and "sounds good" from a Willy Loman standpoint. Even the "respectable" guys have Oxygen Free listed in the product specs.

2) The only thing you need to give a s#%t specification wise as far as guitar cable wires go is capacitance. Just like a guitar tone circuit, adding capacitance to the signal path acts like a high end filter. In general the longer the cable, the more the capacitance, the more the top end get's rolled off.

Now lets get practical about it. For cables under 20 ft, almost ANY decent cable (like the 5 or 6 I use) are just fine and you'll never hear the filtering effect. The cumulative effect really doesn't kick in (unless the wire is just horrible capacitance wise) until you get over 20 feet. Now for REALLY long runs my "short list" of 5 or 6 wires drops to 2. For anything over 25' I use a Mogami wire designd for long runs. It's not quite as super quiet in terms of handling noise but if you gotta go that long, it's the wire to get.

3) Inductance. Some MFG's will publish inductance specs on their wires, but for guitar stuff (e.g 1 conductor + return unbalanced stuff) it's irrelevant. Only comes into play with balanced signals (like mic lines). In short, don't worry about this spec.

4) Handling characteristics. No, this isn't about how well it does a slalom cone run at 80 MPH. This refers to how much "handling noise" the cable itself imparts when it's moved. Handling noise is cause by the physical movement of the conductors making up the shield against the dielectric that isolates the shield from the signal conductor(s). There's two ways of handling it: You can for the most part avoid it if you don't use a braided shield. Braided shields radically increase handling noise. Their "supposed" benefit is the increased RF rejection that comes from the braided shield. To some extents there is SOME truth to this but a well designed Spiral Serve shield can hit 100% coverage as well, but you have to toss more copper at it to do so. There's a number of design tradeoffs that ensue in both camps. Most of the "better" braid guys solve the noise issue by going to a second conductive coating on the dielectric to prevent the noise. Only drawback to this is that it increases capacitance in the process, although if you use good materials, only marginally.

And guys, this is the ONLY shit you will ever need to worry about in terms of guitar cable. Any other "pseudo science" they try to ram up your keester to get you to part with your cash is pure liquid snake oil, which has only ONE real purpose: To get you to part with more cash.

I don't have the time, or energy to detail all the ways these losers will get you to part with more cash and the lies they'll cheerfully manufacture right out of their asses in the process, but here's the only thing you need to know in this category:

If the wire costs more than $1.00 US per foot, you are being ripped off. It's that simple. Bear in mind this doesn't account for ends, but if you're paying more than $1 a foot, you are being had. Seriously. I base this knowledge that in of the 4 criteria you DO give a s#%t about, of all the manufacturers that nail THAT stuff there isn't a single one of them that makes a wire suitable for guitar use that costs more than $1.00 a foot. End of story. Now granted if you are buying a pre-assembled cable you will be getting hit for some labor to make the thing (which is fair, even solder sniffers gotta eat. Can't live on rosin fumes alone), so factor that in.

Ok nuff said in theory. Lets look at some whyrez!



Now this here? This here is good stuff. This is Canare GS-6. It IS braided but has a good plastic conductor coat outside the dielctric. it's 49pF/ft, so I wouldn't want to use it for much over 20' but good stuff. Despite the braid it has damn near zero handling noise. Good for Scott Ian type stage personas.

Usually can be had for under $0.75/ft. Comes in Black, Red & Blue.



This stuff is Mogami 2549. This is WAY lo cap stuff. Makes great LONG guitar cables & mic cables. Not QUITE as handling quiet as the Canare but good stuff nonetheless. K0 of 23pF/Ft. but an even more astounding K1 of 3.4 pF/Ft. Comes in Black, Blue, Red & Yellow. Also can be had for near $0.75 a foot.

Not shown:

Mogami 2893. I love this stuff. 4 con, dual twisted pair configuration, minimum OD, still with surprisingly low 23 pF/Ft K0 and a very acceptable 3.4 pF/Ft K1. Not quite as indestructable due to the smaller outer jacket but still has very good handling characteristics. In Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Purple, Green, Orange & Yellow. A hair more spendy, but still can be generally had for under $0.80 a foot. I use this stuff for all my patch cables, and "on stand" fixed mic cords under 30'.

Mogami 2534. This is 2893 on steroids. Best mic cable in the known universe that isn't snake oil based.
K0 of 20 pF/Ft and K1 of 4 pF/Ft. Besides and absurdly low cap value, this stuff is Roger Daltry's wet dream in the handling dept. As close to immune to handling noise as you can get. Spendy though. This is right up there at $1.00 a foot. This is the most expensive signal cable I would ever buy. Also comes in the rainbow of Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Purple, Green, Orange & Yellow. VERY GOOD STUFF.

ENOUGH! Teach my ass to fish already!

Righty ho!

Ok, I'll show you a couple different wires with different ends going on.



First I strip the outer coat. I use "normal" strippers for this. It takes a while to learn how to get the outer jacket off without buggering the shield. Suck it up untill you get the feel. Practice on a dead guitar cable you're going to toss anyway.



In this case it's GS-6. Braid shields take a bit of work to "unwind". I use a very small precision screwdriver to pick the "groups" apart. Ideally at the end you have 4 or so completely intact groups with all thier conducts separated from the rest of the "bundle"



You then take ONE of those groups and twist it up. Don't do the WHOLE shield. It's unnecessary, and in fact will even make soldering a bitch, so don't just cave in and twist the whole mess up. If you've done it right, the bundle you twisted up will all come out of the jacket at nearly the same place around the circumference. Cut the other crap off with the Excelites. In this case the bundle on the left was my other alternative to twist. It gets pruned.



Okies, now here's our "prepped" shield. No hairs hanging out, very clean. Private Pyle would probably start rambling on about full metal jacket at this point. That's why I keep sharp ass Excelites around (seen to the right).



Ok here we have used our normal strippers to cut back the conductive plastic dielectric coating. What's left of it is the black bit at the bottom.



So here we've stripped the center conductor and spun it up as well. We're good to tin & solder at this point.



Load one gator with the end, the other with the cable. Tin the shield and center conductor, and pre tin the center conductor of the connector. Now PRE LOAD the cable with your barrel end, the insulator it comes with, and your inner and outer shrink wraps. Then clip the wire.



Adjust the gator clips to hold the center conductor in place for soldering. THIS is why you are insane to do this stuff without one. It leaves you totally hands free to just deal with the iron.



Ok heat the WORK flow the solder to the joint. If you don't know the basics of soldering, there's TONS of good tuts on the web. I'll leave that part as an exercise for the reader.

Solder the center, then trim the ground return pre tinned, and position and solder it.



Position your Inner shrink so it buts right up to your ground solder joint.



Shrink that. I'll tell ya, I did it the old fashioned way for years with ciggy lighter but after using a gun, you'll never go back. It's just so much less painful (literally) and the result is just a thing of beauty.



Now for the Bag End and silent end connectors there IS no outer shrink like you'd have on the traditional ends so you go right to assembly.



Slide the chuck on over the shrink and but it up to the end (make sure you get it oriented correctly). Kudos to the engineer at Neutrik who decided to rev the chuck to allow it to be slid on post solder. In the old days if you forgot you had to de-solder the whole end to get the chuck on. Good call on their part.



Slide the end on over the plug, push the choke up solid to the end and bring the boot barrel up the line.

It takes some practice with these to get used to holding the cable so it doesn't rotate as you start to crank the boot on but pay attention when you do this. Lotta noobs end up twisting their nice solder joint inside just gorilla cranking the boot on. This is about finesse, not brute force.



Net result. Very nice. Very clean.

Ok same song, 2nd verse. This time we'll do up a plain "old school" end on a lo cap long run 2549 cable.



Ok outer cover stripped, ground pruned and inner conductors ready to trim and strip. Note the 2 clear plastic fillers. These are designed to prevent cable deformation when it gets rolled over on by stuff. Very nifty. Keeps that nice round look (as well as maximizes the noise rejection of the twisted pair). These get cut off with the Excelites.



With the fillers cut, "pre" load the clip with the end, and use the end to measure how much to cut off on the inner conductors. I take it to the end of the shaft, just south of the inner conductor's protrusion out the end of the shaft.



Here's where the no name china wonders earn their keep. Doesn't matter if it's two conductors or 8, it will nail em all in one pull. GOD I love that thing.



Now when I use "mic" (i.e. more than one center conductor) cable for guitar or unbalanced work, I tin the inners together. Then I cut a piece of small shrink and shrink the inners together up to the beginning of where they're tinned together.



Shrinking the "inners"



So here's the "shrink sealed" inners and tinned outer good to go. Load up the clip and solder center & ground.



Here I'm shrinking the "inner" shrink. For these connector types I use two separate passes of shrink wrap. The first butts up to the ground joint INSIDE the crimp clamp.



Once that cools I crimp it, then slide the second "outer" shrink up with the insulator sleeve, position the "outer" over the crimp clamp and up to just south of the center conductor's solder point, and shrink the outer. This adds great structural integrity to the entire assembly.



Now you can slide the insulator over the whole bit, and then crank on the barrel.

While you CAN do yet another layer of Shrink (1/2" for outside the barrel) it's totally an aesthetic thing. There's no real "need" to have it there.



Fini!

There you have it. Everything you need to know to build your very own world class guitar cable.

World class you say?

Damn straight son. You may be able to pay more, but I'll damn sure guaranty it won't SOUND one bit better than what you see right there.

All it takes is "good" materials, a small investment in some tools that will last you for your entire life, and a little bit of practice. You now all have my permission to stop wasting your money.

From the bowels of Trinidood and Tobacco, home of the worlds most hosed net connection, I hope this was worth the long assed read.

If there's errors in this post, it'll have to wait until I get home to fix. At the sub modem speeds I'm getting from the hotel I'll be lucky if this posts even makes it. There's no way in hell I'll be able to view it, let alone edit it.

Lemme know if this had any value you for ya!

=)

Cheers!

Mark

I listen to alot of stuff. Alot of differen't genre's of music. I listen to Frank sinatra sometimes. When I listen to heavy metal. Alot of it is sounding the same. Same vocals. Same breakdowns. Same fast, no-rythm solo's. And I'm just tired of it. Anyone else waiting for the next Pantera, or Metallica? Not a copycat band, but a completely unique band with their own sound. I'm tired of Metalcore completely. I feel like it's taking over alot of the metal scene. It all sounds the same. IDK. I'm just throwing my views in. Just gotta stick with the old bands until something new comes.

Groet wrote:

I think it would be cool to have a color combo that's lefty exclusive. Like white with some gnarly colored bevels or something?

what color would you most like to see on the lefty razorback coming out(hopefully)?

it'll be a two tone, for sure, i bet. so what options would you like?

I'd like to see THIS

Well he may be a prick but you can't say hes a sh!tty guitarists, I actually happened upon two songs that I like. Black star and I am a viking Any YJM fans wanna direct me to a couple other songs/ albums that I might enjoy?

don't let this dream guitar slip through your hands!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180157412156

Hi Everyone, just got my first set of wings, DAMN !!!!!! I'll never buy any other guitar from now on, "GIVE ME DEAN OR GIVE ME DEATH" This thing is beyond amazing, I've been playing 23 years and owned some increadible guitars(such as the one below, thought you all would get a kick out of this one)
And honestly the "Yellow Devil" Razorback is the best playing, sounding guitar I've ever owned.





My first experence with a Dean was just about one year ago, I bought my son the Baby ML Dimebolt, and the thing played fantasticlly, I coulden't believe it, I've owned guitars over the years I paid thousands for, and the lil ML played as well as any of them, so I never even went to a music store to play a full sized one, just saved and ordered it, just recieved it about a week ago, and WOW, let me just say I was not dissappointed in the least, It has way exceeded my expectations, but hey if it was good enough for "DIME" well enough said.
I'd just like to thank all the folks at Dean guitars for such an amazing instrument !!!!!!!!!!!!

What's the symbol on the 12th fret of his signature guitar? I thought it was the Outworld symbol, but I looked at it closely and it doesn't really look like it at all. Also, what is Xenocide graphic? I can't really make out whats going on... sorta looks like clockwork and spines running down either sides of the guitar...

I'm frustrated right now. Do yall ever get sick of your playing-style? I get into these patterns where I create stuff that sounds the same as my other riffs. I use an oldschool tape recorder. But anywayz, I'm pissed off. I get real hard on myself, and just want to stop playing. When I can't create, I kind of go crazy. I try to expand my playing skills, but it's just hard to do it. Creating new riffs and solo's is hard dude. I have like 74 minutes of 10 second riffs recorded. How do you reach out more and create? Do I just need a break from playing? If I had some decent recording equipment, I'd take the riffs, and make them into songs.

In case you can't find any of the new ones that are readiliy available anywhere this may be you last chance to get this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1972-FENDER-STRATOCASTER-ORIGINAL-STRING-TREES-USA-WOW_W0QQitemZ320155032473QQihZ011QQcategoryZ47069QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Anybody played one of these things? Didn't know they existed until yesterday (I don't get out much apparently). I'd been thinking about getting a MIM strat used, but popped a dvd in last night and this guy has got this cool looking guitar and starts playing it in 12 string mode. then clicks the switch to standard 6 string, it sounded unbelieveable. He didn't say what it was but i could see variax on the head stock so did the net search thing and found it to be the 700 (it runs about $1600) and models 25 different guitars. Apparently you can get patches for this thing to get other tones and there is workbench software and it uses PODxt live (I have no idea what that is yet). I still want to get a 79 ML next year, but I'll jump on this thing way before a strat if it's 1/2 as cool as it sounds (sounded on the dvd anyway). Anybody with experience on one of these things? Thanks

I love days where I can work seriously without any distractions. And go home with a feeling of "Well I sure did a hell of a job today."

And as evident by the progress in the built of neck-through solid, today was one of those days. But I also was working on something else aside from that neck-through one.


The Routing template on the Flamed Maple and Cedrella.


The back of the body, cedrella sure looks pretty.


And shaping it up.


The electronics compartiment, watch it don't rout it out too deep.

But that wasn't all...

My Warmoth body came in so I figured I'd post some pics. Pretty excited about this project. Body is the Jackson King V shape and made of Alder. Kept it pretty simple and am just going with a single EMG 81 with 1 volume knob and it's routed for a recessed Floyd Rose. I have a 24-fret neck coming from them too but it's still in production. It will be maple w/ an ebony fretboard, reverse Jackson style headstock. I'm thinking about painting the guitar snow camo but it just depends on how I feel about my painting skills once I get started.

I got this guitar from my freind jedmonds and ive been wanting one for ages, the emg hz has been replaced with a emg 85 and the chrome hardware is changed to black now, i think those changes really made the guitar look and sound better. i really love the neck on this guitar.
i used to have the esp sig series version but this guitar blows it away.

Finally! after a couple months of waiting, I finally have my RG!

http://s54.photobucket.com/albums/g103/AdamWe/RG/ pron here

Picked up the one on the left today, never saw one this color. It's exactly like my old lawsuit Ibanez V. Several differences between it and the blonde bombshell next to it also so I need some Czech experts to fill me in on it

Why the total contrast in color? The amber has a serial number 80041, the European Custom Select info on the back of the headstock is all in gold versus the blonde's being all black

The pups appear and sound quite different. The neck position pup has a Dean logo which the blonde does not. This guitar came screaming right out of the case. The bridge pup has so much more growl and bite versus the blonde's much more dignified and brighter sound that I had to turn the SLX's gain down to almost nothing in order to whip through Yngwie's I'll See the Light Tonight and it sounded fantastic

The amber also weighs noticeably less, the blonde is a boat anchor

Either way, I am totally psyched w/ this latest acquisition and hope to get some info on the amber. I would also like to know if there is anyone who can decipher the serial numbers so I can get an idea of when they were both built

My advice, if you don't have a Czech V, find one, buy it and die with it. They are unreal for build quality, looks and TONE and the most bang for your buck

Sorry for the crappy pic but it's raining like hell here and you will just have to excuse the pigsty as it's laundry day

I will shoot some pretty pron next sunny day

Ron

The more I play backtracks of guys like Steve Vai and Jimi Hendrix, the more and more I like playing that kind of music. Soloing through a whole song is just the perfect way for me to express myself, but I can't use other people's backtracks in my music. What's a good software to use? That has piano's and all that stuff to make backtracks? Most of the backtracks I use are keyboards and bass, no guitar. Is it hard to create that type of stuff?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1TkdkpY9ijE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uZM0EGBdHOw (bad ass)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7N4VcDDLmsQ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HFQOZ8mL4-g

stuff like that? Is it real hard to get a beat going, even if you can't really play the piano or bass with computer software?



P.S. Can I still use deans even though alot of it may be calm music?

warmoth. mahogany body, ziracote bound top, flamed anagre neck with a kingwood fretboard

http://www.guitarsatbmusic.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4239



its the same shape as mustaines old esp sig (now the esp v standard shape), but it has a floyd and lefty and the 'rusty bullseye' paint, but most importantly, they did away with the regular headstock and it has the stealth style v headstock! i think i speak for a lot of us in saying: DEAN MAKE US A VMNT WITH A V HEADSTOCK AND A FLOYD!

Which one is better the 255 or the regular ones with the dimebucker? I mean iknow 255 has 81 and 85 and more frets but is that all. Is the 255 built with better quality or are they the same?

If anyone can help me that would be greatly appreciated, thnx!!

i was thinkin of a cool design for my bc rich and i thought i should put the dean from hell lightning bolts on it to make it look like a dfh. then i thought that it would be pretty sweet if dean put the dfh design and just put it onto a razorback. so its a razorback from hell. i just thought itd be sweet and was wondering if other people would think its cool also.

Quit my job about 3 weeks ago due to the boss and his wife and stepfather not knowing what they were doing. They were smartasses and complete nimrods. The place is about to go out of business.

But that out of the way...no money...

And when you have no money, what happens?

GAS ATTACKS!

So right now i'm trying to decide between this:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Dean-EVO-Noir-Guitar?sku=519844

And this:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Ibanez-S470DXQM-Electric-Guitar?sku=519933

The groovy-riff side of me wants to get the EVO Noir, but the instrumentally inclined, whammy bar squealing side of me wants the Ibanez. Now, i've played the Ibanez...I love it. Absolutely amazing guitar, but then there's the Dean with it's slick looks. Every Dean guitar i've ever played has been great, so I trust that it is a great guitar.

Guitar GAS out of the way, we move on to amps and effects:

Can't decide on what kind of effects unit I want. I've been looking at rack units and floor units...can't decide which. The Rocktron Xpression looks good to me as does a lot more rack stuff i've had my eye on.

GAS really sucks.

My daughter wants to learn how to play the guitar. We live in a remote area and taking lessons in person is not an option. What online course or video course is considered the best for absolute beginners? Thanks in advance for any direction you can give us to help her get started.

I posted a bit ago how I purchased a Dean Caddy TimeCapsule. Black with Gold *stuff*.

It finally arrived today.

Opening with trepidation...I've plenty of experience with UPS's ham-handed ways. Well packed...lots of peanuts (case should have been wrapped in plastic first, but a detail.) Much smaller than I expected as I've seen the case for the 'V'...HUGE.

Ah, there she is. A vision. Check it over for nicks, scars, wear. Hmm. The Gold seems pretty worn, and I was led to believe this was *barely played*...<sigh>. Still a beautiful guitar. Will be posting for stuff to 'shine up' the gold.

A quick strum. Ooh, nice. Odd, but I like the neck feel. Zero adjustment time for me, it just feels right. Curved fretboard and my fingers are flying. Hmm, there's a pound of grit on the strings. Quick change those suckers. Nice feel in the machines, oiled and solid feeling.

Enough! Kiss the wife, slap the kids, and off to the practice space for the shakedown cruise.

Plug in, tune up, turn on. First impression: very nice feel to the guitar. Lighter than a Les Paul, but all the tone. With my small hands, very easy to get to the higher registers. I've got to make some adjustments for the larger frets to keep in tune while playing chords. First test is clean with chorus and 'verb... a touch hot on the PUPS, so back off the volume, and a very nice clean. Crisp and airy, but a bit sterile. Not as impressive as my Strat, but still very playable. Next, driven Fender, ooh, a bit flubby, tweak some things amp side, and tightens up nicely. I even back off the treble on the Bridge PUP and wow, I'm in LeoFenderland. Happy so far.

The real test for a humbucker equipped guitar. Marshall. This is where it SHINES. With only PUP change, volume control, and attitude, I go from clean to scream with excellent results. Lordy, this is what it's all about! A cliche' yes, but I feel like this thing WANTS me to play it. Note definition, easily controlled feedback, and crunch galore. I kick in some boost and I'm in heaven (lose 1 hour here.) Off to more 80's and heavier based tones, and I'm gone for another hour.

So, 4 hours later, I take off my goggles, draw a deep breath, and wonder how the f$%k it's been so long that it took me to get a Dean Caddy? After years of hearing about how great they are, and always being 'not sure', I finally take the leap and realize...I'm home. Funny, since I've wanted one since I saw Kerry Livgren play one live about a billion years ago...

These are my first impressions. I'll be playing a show this weekend for a Comcast Denver Bronco's tailgate, and there'll be more to talk about, but so far, count this one down as a kill. I'll post some pics manana as I've done all I can tonight.

Lovin' it.

EP

BTW, I'm playing an Axe-FX into a clean poweramp with a Mesa 2x12 V30's. Never been happier with a rig in my life! (And I've owned WAY too many high end tube amps...)

Sup guys, got a few questions for you regarding the 5150. I've read and heard that the early models of the 5150 heads had the best gain available... something about it being better built?!?!? Is this really true? and how can you tell an earlier model from a later 5150 model ? And does this apply to the 5150 II also?

Thanks,
4x12

anyone here played the randall RH50T head or the RG50TC (combo version)? its a tube amp and im gassing for tube tone bad, my first choice is a peavey 6505 but i found this and it is around half the price of the 6505. The harmony central reviews are very mixed, some people love it, while others hate it. i found a few videos on youtube but when people play along to a cd it can be hard to hear the amp quality. has anyone here played one? can you vouch for whether it would be worth buying instead of a 6505? the main reason i want one is the price, they are around £379 while the 6505 is around £679, if they provide a decent metal tone (in flames, machine head, BFMV etc) I will get one, otherwise i will save up the extra cash for the 6505

ok, since noone looks to the other topic, I gotta put it here


check out the vid I made, btw It's my first youtube posting..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSD7Oe-uoAQ

(playin' on a dbdt)


whaddya think?

Woot.. now to clean up the streets !

OK, many requested I put on a clip from the new ENGL INVADER 100 E642 model. I recorded this tonight, it's just two tracks with a drumtrack, no EQ'ing, no EFX nothing. I think it sounds pretty good, still not as good as the room sound. I recorded it with a simple Shure SM 57 and medium output DiMarzio PU's.

Oh it's channel 3 in the high gain mode with bright engaged.

http://www.soundclick.com/util/downloadSong.cfm?ID=5767354

Ok, so I ordered a killer ML, which is being shipped Fedex. I've been hitting the Fed Ex tracking page constantly, hoping for updates.

My question is, does anyone know how often they update the tracking data? The most recent entry says something like "left CT", which I assume means its on a plane, train or truck to WA. That was on Sept 8th.

Any Fed Ex employees on the board?

/jeff

Anyone know what model this is?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sweet-Vintage-DEAN-DIMEBAG-ML-Brazilliaburst-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ230170470425QQihZ013QQcategoryZ41435QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thinking of selling my 83 dean Z, what are they running for these days? have owned it for 23 years, and do not play it that much anymore.

Well im still having a little trouble deciding what head i want. My decision as of now is between a 6505, a Randall (not sure if solid state or tube) or a 5150. Ive heard alot of good things about the 6505, but im not sure as to if it will give me what im looking for seeing as how ive never actually played one. Im looking for a crunch, similiar to dimebags early tone or an early metallica tone, the 5150 ive heard is similiar to the 6505 (which would make sense), but then theres Randall, a company ive always loved, but what head is more suitable for my needs? Any input would be very helpful, Thanks guys.

hey guys,

need some help from one of you emg guys.

im in an ongoing argument with a local guitar buddy who insists emg pickups are only good for metal end of story.

ive tried to explain how and WHY the pickups work the way they do.

but what would really help is if one of you guys could post a youtube vid of an emg equipped guitar playing clean stuff, blues stuff, and maybe some classic rock type tones.

he just doesnt get that active pickups ARE versitile!!!

thanks in advance

- me

AAAAA Flame top, body all around and neck Ebony board, soft V neck profile, semi hollow, 4" center block, Harmonic Design
Vintage + neck/bridge pickups, TonePros wrap around tailpiece, Grover mini locking tuners.

any news on the lawsuit ?

Ok so here's the deal...
I recently bough a brand-new Razorback DB and I was looking to add some stuff on to it and I need a few questions answered:

- I'm wanting to purchase a separate Licensed Floyd Rose, now the Razorback DB is string-thru so is it possible to add on a tremolo system to a string-thru?

- Second, I'm also wanting to get a Dimebucker pick-up but I'm wonering if this the best pick-up yo get. I play heavy metal and hard rock like Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, Trivium, and Guns N'Roses and was wondering which pick-up(s) would be the best to get.

Actually the price wouldn't any where close to a standard...
I bought my DB for $450,
I found a Floyd rose for $55,
and pickups are only usually around $100+

...so I save a lot of money
and I didn't have $1100 to begin with so I wasn't able to buy a standard (no matter how much I wanted one...)

I ran over my recorded riffs today, and I noticed that alot of em sound different than the others. Style wise, how heavy it is etc. Is it wrong to have different sounding music? For example, one of my riffs sounded something Zakk would create, the next one sounded something like shadows fall. Now, would it sound stupid if I created a cd, and some of the songs sounded like two different styles? But I mean, that's how some of these bands that stand out, "stand out". They're really versatile. IDK. I create alot of different things. I don't like going by the book. I play what I feel. Someone enlighten me I don't want to sound like an artist that can't make up his mind on what he wants to play.

but.....

Check this out. I don't wanna talk smack, but let's just say I coulda gotten the same info by reading the Dean page for the RB.

anyone?

yep i saw this tour they came with whitesnake and helix.I had a blast at that concert!!carlos was petty good!!man im gettin old!!http://youtube.com/watch?v=5b0MjRQTUSw

Seems like Alot of fuss over bel aires lately so let's all post our bel aires in one thread heres mine:





If you click the smaller one it will make it bigger...

Hopin to Pick another one up soon...Trying to see what i can get rid of to make room lol


Let's see everyone's elses!

I have a chance to see Breaking Benjamin, Seether, and Three Days Grace on November 6th at the Bancorp South Center in Tupelo, MS.

While i'm not a fan of any of the bands (despite their abilities to write catchy songs), i'd really like to go. Not a fan of the music, but I just enjoy concerts.

Should I go? I know it's up to me, but I don't know if I should go or not.

i b cunfoozed

dont know if its been posted...too lazy to search.

here

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Introducing%20Powertune_%20Gibson_/

I was checking out www.Warmoth.com and they have some sick stuff. I was checking out the Strats, and I would love a guitar like this


or this

or this

^Winner. All of these with Maple necks though.

BUT.... I don't know how to build guitars. Does Warmoth offer to build them for a fee? And to those who have built their own, how does it play and sound? I want something that'll play like a Fender. I'm not sure what Fender would charge for a custom guitar like that. But it'll prolly be expensive. Maybe one of the Dealers here could do it?

Hi, this is my first topic in this forum. I'm from Brazil and like everyone else who likes metal, I'm a great fan of Dean guitars and off course Dimebag (RIP!).

But like many I can't afford a Dean right now, so I have an idea in my mind and I'm really close to accomplish it.

Please gimme some tips about this guitar:
Shelter California Deluxe
Seymour Duncan JB Jr. (Bridge)
Seymour Duncan Little 59' (Neck)
Gotoh Tuners

I have about $800 to spend in this guitar. Is it a good investiment, or I can get better things for the same amount?

About the song I intend to play, is basicly rock, metal and blues.

Sorry for the poor english and thanks for reading.

I thought I'd give you UK guys a heads up on this.

Guitar Village has a 'Boss Gone Mad' sale coming up. Last time they threw one of these, I was flat broke, but there were some INCREDIBLE deals.

http://www.guitarvillage.co.uk/default.asp

All sale prices are available to view from the 16th of September, with the working-week-long online sale starting Monday 24th September. It'd be good if we could get these guys on the forum!



* Don't mean to be treading on any dealer's toes, and I apologise if I have done so

Hey, who wants to jam together, trade a few chops? If you have a decent internet connection, go here:

http://livejam.jimheidinger.com/

you don't even have to register. anyone can listen, and anyone can jam TOGETHER in real time, if you can get your instrument signal to your computer.

i connect to my computer with a POD device that has a USB connection, but there are many people who mic their amps. you could even mic a practice amp with a cheap pc microphone and it would be fine.

join in, or you are welcome just to listen and comment. all styles of music welcome. especially from those who jam.

on there i am known as "mrslugworth".

Alright so 2 weeks ago I pick up a Zakk Wylde EMG set off ebay. Talk to the seller, tells me that the pickups should be there in 3 to 5 business days. Last Thursday I come home, check my mail box, nothing. Go upstairs to my apartment. What's this? A notice from UPS! Telling me that they'll come back for delivery the next day from 2 to 5. Alright, that's kool. I ask my mom to make sure she doesn't go anywhere at that time. I come home. No UPS guy. I sit at home all day, pissed off that the guy never came and will have to wait another 2 days to get the pickups I ordered.

Monday rolls around. I get home from school. Lo and behold, another UPS notice, telling me that it was their THIRD time coming to my house and no further delivery attempts would be made. I call them, ask them what happened to the 2nd attempt, and they tell me that the guy did in fact come to my apartment at 7.30 on Friday night. Which is total bull cause I was home that night. They tell me they can arrange for 3 more deliveries or I can pick it up from the other side of Toronto.

So last night, finally, I get my damn pickups. If I ever get anything from ebay again, I am explicitly going to ask the seller NOT to use UPS. Rant over.

Please tell me what you think. All opinions are welcome.




I only have 15 sec. so I couldn't do much. First two are some Blues fun I did for cerebrix1's thread and the other's are originals.





Blues.

My take on "Little School Girl"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WORg_zkmqN0

Blues Fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFx-azJn4p0





Metal.

Original 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQHkj-9wRCQ

Original 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2HiAq7ZgMw

Original 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZCnS6YZTUw



This was recorded with my digital camera and my Dean '79 MLF thru my Randall RH200SC with my "rack" in the loop. So let me know what you think of the sound .... the recording does not do it justice.

anyone else having troubles...?

was just wondering how many watts my warhead speakers can take, anyone know how I can find out?

This is actually really good. The video is a bit weird tho.


http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=17923787

(Try to find the 9/11 references)

I'm ordering the new electronics for the ESP now, which would be good, a stereo or mono jack?

I posted this on another forum so im just gonna paste it in:

Im after a new amp. atm I have a randall rg100es which I have set up for a dirty chainsaw kind of distortion (think pantera) but I want a head that can sound similar to bands like machine head, bfmv, lamb of god, in flames, etc and I was going to get a peavey 6505, but they are very expensive over here. so ive been looking at cheaper alternatives, and found good reviews for both the randall RH150G3 and the RH50T. anyone had any experience with either of these? i know the G3 is solid state, and the RH50T is tube, but which would be better for the kinds of band tones i mentioned? i would presume the tube head would be better, but it is kind of cheap so im not sure, any advice and which would be best to go for?

anyone up for tiki?

Anyone else having problems w/ the pics loading?

Surfin Chafin's site just for giggles. Found this.....




That look familiar to anyone? Did Ben create that shape? Does Ben still do design work for Dean? Did I miss something?

Not trying to start something, I know there are some ben chafin fans in here....Just curious is all

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190152395353

the only thing wrong with this auction is the 0 feedback this guy is working with.

Well today I was walking past a car lot, I started laughing because my new guitar is costing more than one of the advertised cars

Hi I'm Toby and I'm Guitaraholic

There should be a section for G.A. (guitars anonymous) meetings... Oh wait i just introduced myself so it should be G.I. meetings (Guitars Introduced)

What straplocks are the best? I'm sure many of you have experience with these. I need to find some and don't want to fool around with anything crappy. Can anyone help?

Last night i went to see Obituary and alabama thunderpussy etc. in toronto (i got free ticket to go) anyway me and my buddy were standing about 10ft from the stage and by the enternce where the bands come n go.
I kept having this one guy always coming and going always saying "excuse me" and squeezing by us, and i said to my friend,dude that guy looks like jack owen from cannibal corpse/Deicide.
he said doubtful,and 2 dudes infront of us said nah.
i kept pushing the issue,so when he came by again i said "hey jack" he looked and said hey then grabbed a beer and stood behind us,i said hey are you jack owen? he said yup,and then some dude leaned in and said hes fuckin with yous.
anyway the lights go dim and the show starts and theres the dude on stage playing guitar but it wasnt a dean,after the first song they annouce its jack owen from deicide filling in tonight for trevor.
anyway i guess my points were... 1. its cool just to have the band members walk around and chill with the crowd at these concerts
2.i got to see jack owen kick ass playing obituary tunes that he had to learn in 4 hours and 3. when did Jack owen stop playing deans?

Got it from a forum member (txu71) back in january, blacked it out and installed a Seymour Duncan Distortion. Now it has the classic EMG combo (got them from broken note, thanks dude!), and it screams!

Onwards with teh porn:











(crappy cellphone pics, I know)

i know you guys are tired of the new guitar threads all the time but this one is special and i think you might like it, i recently sold a few of the guitars i didnt play anymore and replaced them for some new ones and this is the last new guitar for a while since im out of stuff to sell, i still have all my old favs and the keepers of my collection just so you guys dont think i sell everything, i do have a batch that i dont and wont sell or trade.

heres a jackson custom shop toxic flames king v painted by mike learn and this is the only one like it, i guess its one of a kind.
alder body neckthru with the speed neck and ebony board, emg 81 in the bridge and 85 in the neck. it sounds better than any other jackson i have owned in the past. now is the honeymoon period. so far i only played it thru my engl se/uberkab but it was sounding great.

pics in my sig

Can some photoshop these two things for me? Trying to get the best view on what I want.

Photoshop this one with pickups, knobs and a switch that match the pickguard as much as possible. Then put chrome hardware and a chrome Fender tremelo on it.


On this one can you photshop it to a Razorback V?


Thanks!

Hey guys, I'm a big fan of Trivium, and my setup is simmilar to theirs, but I still want to get my own sound(and stop copying them.. )... So I was looking through Musicians Friend, and saw the Genz-benz El Diablo Head. First, its a very slick looking head. Does anybody know how this sounds? Is it good?

If you're into orchestra, check out this software
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/EastWest-Symphonic-Orchestra-Gold-Edition?sku=955871

Listen to the soundclip. This would be a good program to use to get that Gothic sound also, and sounds from bands like Rammstein. May be hard as hell to use though. Not sure.

http://www.soundsonline.com/EWQL-Symphonic-Orchestra-Gold-Edition-pr-EW-160.html#tabs

more audio demos

I don't know whats going to be at namm 08 but I would sure like kahlers to be optional

Wellllll............

It's been awhile since I last commiserated with y'all, for reasons too vast, trivial, and demeaning to talk about here and now. But I missed all you people. We had a lot of laughs together in the "good old days" (which, I guess, means that I've gotten a bit older).

But I'll give all of you a hint as to my true identity:

Bubba and Earle want you to start posting pictures of your girlfriends...

Your pal,

HeeezBak

SWEET! I just ordered my deanslime from minted cow and it should be commin anytime this comin week. thx minted cow!
I'll post pr0n soon as it comes.

my first bls show. anyone gone to a bls show before? im just wondering what to expect.

http://www.myspace.com/downnola

I pre-ordered the album, but all the material I heard from it was some live performance of I SCREAM filmed on a crappy home video cam with scratchy, crummy sound and grainy video.

My impression from these songs that have been uploaded is... crushing, scratches that Down itch so many people get, and yet melodic and incredibly heartfelt. Very rarely does a heavy group come along that you can not just hear and feel the music, but feel the soul, the life, and the energy put into it as well. That's what I love so much about Down. I'm a big NOLA blues / jazz fan, I really love the upbeat high-tempo s#%t that comes out of there, but ultimately I am a huge heavy metal junkie. Seeing the different spectra intersect with each other and coagulate to make a mixture such as this is just frippin satisfying on so many levels.

Really looking forward to this album!!

So last night at sound check my 6505+ took a dump! Yeah, that sucks but oh well. It can be fixed.... So I went in the trailer and realized that the only other amp I had available was my Valve King 112. That's the 50 watt 1X12 combo. Ok so, I always talk tough about how great it sounds and I would use it as a backup.... Here was GO time. So I nervously plugged the speaker out on the rear into my 6505 cabinet. Holy friggin $hit!!!!!! I couldn't believe my ears! Totaly brutal through a 4X12. The best part was the internal speaker is deactivated when you use it like this!!!! My drummer told me I should use this amp every time we play!! LOL I don't know about that, but I was really happy. We are in NYC tonight and I will have to use it again, so I hope it's as great second time around. Gotta put my 6505+ in the shop when I get the chance, but till then I am pleased with these results.

Well as most of you know ive been trying to choose what amp to buy. Ive recently seen the randall rm100m, and it looks interesting. The only thing im wondering is it really worth 1000? Does anyone here own one and can give me some pros and cons? Thanks guys. Oh and also if you would like to recommend another company than please do so, im open to all suggestions.

What FR bar should i order? and from where. I live in ireland so somewhere in te uk would be good

....that buys this! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=270165280869&Category=33034&_trksid=p3907.m29 yeesh....

Come out to the Emerald Tavern in Yonkers tonight. Silvertung goes on at 8pm. Thanks for any support we get. We are leaving for NY now so I won't be able to answer any forum questions about tonight, but if you pm BRG I am sure he will call me if there are any questions. Please don't ask to get in free because we don't control that. Steve, sorry to throw you under the bus, but I figure you don't mind.

Well I picked up the new amp and Marshall 1960a cab this
morning. More info on http://www.deanguitars.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40497

Like the guy said the Marshall as got some battle scars but looks ok and good decent (nothing compared to the VHT FB). But the 5150 is mint... looks like it was put away for a while and wasnt played at all!! Shes pretty damn sweet for $400 CDN!!
Selling the cab this week

Heres a few pics of the setup...

hey, i was just wondering if its just my computer or is it happening alot, when im reading post's every once and a while it will say " <-----REMOVED BY HIPS FW---------------->"what does that mean?

i always have several ml's/razorbacks out. i am looking for a guitar rack that will hold 4-5 of them. most of them don't seem to be wide enough at the base. anybody bought one that worked? if so,do you have pics?

Hey guys, I really need your help! I am CRAP at learning solo's. i dont know the 1st thing about solo's or scales or anything! I can learn ANY riff easily but when it comes to learning solos i just cant! can anyone help? and tell me how you learned and advanced in being able to play solo's

What do think about Duncan Invaders? Does anyone know how the neck pup sounds on clean?

I've kinda decided I want a guitar that is just mine. Something I've designed so I'm not restricted to what I will be allowed to have on this beast. I've been after something like this for a while and after seeing that dudes Ran Custom and reading up on Ran Guitars I see little choice but to go for it.

So here is what I have come up with after a couple of hours on Photoshop:-



It's a Washy Stealth Shape.
Metallic White with Metallic Black Bevels and matching HS.
White BLUSA X500XL, 1 Volume, 1 Tone and a Kill-Switch.
Black Floyd.
Custom Inlay at 12th Fret ("Music" in Japanese Kanji).

What do you guys think? I'd really like some feedback on this, and Ran guitars in general.

Also, does anyone know if that really is the Kanji for "music"? I've brielfly looked it up and that's the only one I could find.

Thanks
Xero

Anyone have pic of what the FR is supposed to look like when its removed? and how to remove it?

Peavey Ultra 120 plus -- 120 WATTS ALL TUBE warm as the day is long

Just been gone thru, new tubes, tune-up, what ever this thing sounds killer thru my randalls. Even My EVO nior sounds huge thru it. This is the first amp I have ever owned that did not require extra rack gear or pedals , etc to get the sound I was lookin for. easy to dial, loud as hell.

I got a smokin deal on it too.

Hi guys I was just wondering if Tom Maxwells super sexy white Soltero is ever going to be a production model. Preferably an import so us lowlifes can afford one.
I was originally interested in the Japanese made Soltero SL until I saw that bad boy now I want nothing else!

I have heard that the EVO line isn't very popular. I have the noir, all stock- and aside from the frets being a bit to small, I live it. Sounds every bit as good as my DOF.

So how many of you are fans of the EVO line? Which model(s) do you prefer and why? What do you think of the EVO with the addition of the V headstock, the S3/S3noir?

are all deans in australia really overpriced, or is it just this one icehole trying to rip people off? I looked on ebay and searched dean electric guitar, and on the third page(i think) and i saw deans that are 2 to 3 times as expensive as they should be from this one seller in australia.

But to be serious, I have a couple of questions.

1. The MKH signature. You guys said it looks like a stealth. that shape has REALLY grown on me and I was wondering was company makes them and if they are still in production.

2. Does anyone know of a 7-string for $600 that isnt either in the shape of the Viper, a Strat or a Washburn Scott Ian series? It really sucks cause I have no desire for those shapes and every 7 string has one of those shapes except the expensive, signature models.

3. Also, if anyone has or has played on a Jackson USA King V KV-2, your thoughts would be greatly appreciated because I have played ther Jacksons before, and I like their feel, but I still dont want to pay $2500 for a guitar that people say sucks before I even play it at a Guitar Center.(duh ) It's a badass looking guitar. One guy even said that his came with the truss rod at an weird angle in the neck. It wasnt warped, if thats what your thinking, but insteadit wasnt alinged with the locking nut screws. Heres the YouTube link if youre confused. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvAevD5Nmpw About 5:38 into the vid.


Thanks, cause without the help of you guys, I would be lost.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Eqtk6kKTlDM&mode=related&search=

lets try to keep it under 500 and no mesa boogie!!

what r these guys using to get that fat tone??

They need to be made right now!!! sign this petition for lefty razorbacks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.petitiononline.com/lefty1/petition.html

after the sun was up....

I know its an ML shape, but that headstock is weird... is that some sort of washburn?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqXoXoH0yYg

I was thinking about buying the Metalshop add on for my pod xt live. Is it really worth it? I listened to the samples on the site and they sounded pretty s#%t but i'm sure it's gotta be better than that.

I'm redoing it...the solo I mean.

Been looking at this amp for a little bit. Just wondering what you guys think of it.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Line-6-Spider-III-150-Modeling-Combo-Amplifier?sku=482270

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Amp info/ pictures.

Holy Diver

Killswitch


http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=14620102

Anybody who has pictures of it, please post. Other than the front, like back and sides are good especially. I am definatley buying this for christmas since it seems to be the best deal for the money until I can get a Razorback V. PM a couple of days after christmas for pics. It's a truly badass guitar.

24 frets
bcsm pickups(soon to be replaced with EMG's )
neck-thru
black
liscenced floyd

only$599

So played a gig in Denver for Comcast. They usually have a *tailgate* which is a way of calling a corporate party a beerbust. Played the new Caddy. The tone was awesome, the playing easy. Although I STILL need a bit of work on the tone switch (I still have Les Paul on my mind...)

Comcast: Alot of money thrown at this. We tone down our set to play a bit more classic rock, etc. It's a good time for all, and its a good paycheck as well...

We're workin' our way through 'American Band', just finishing off the double solo, and I glance out, and who walks through but Dave Mustaine. I guess the poor bastid is a Raiders fan. Not even a glance at the band...ah, what a review.

But hey, the Caddy played GREAT! Lovin' that guitar.

EP

And I got it... For free.

Long story short, my friend's boss is a really nice person, and I'm the only person that really played her 30th Anniversary V. She had already been wanting to buy me a guitar, I guess.

So, after a LONG weekend, I got a free Dean. I'll post pics when I get the badboy to my house.

Waz up Rockers?
it's just one cool ass looking guitar and I want one, but I've read a couple of drab reviews on the guitar(truss rod issues), and (Tremlo issues as well), just like to hear from a few people that own one or have had a lil play time on one ........

Thanx............Dustin

Any Vox owners?

How are they?

For Metal?

I'm not getting the metal tone that I want right now. I can't afford too much, 400 and under, and I want a tube sound. I can't decide if I should get a ValveKing combo or get a Damage Control Solid Metal pedal. I'm sure everyone will tell me to go with the VK, but has anyone here played this pedal? It's a dual tube pedal and I've read nothing but good reviews about it, with more than a few reviewers claiming they own amps like the 5150, JSX, Mesas, and that this pedal's gain is as good or better. Here's a couple sites with reviews.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Damage-Control-Solid-Metal-Dual-Tube-Distortion-Pedal?sku=154702

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Damage-Control-Solid-Metal-Dual-Tube-Distortion-Pedal?sku=154702

With either one I've got two eq pedals and an od pedal to boost it. What do you think?

I really need a noise gate or 2 now to go with my new amp acquision.

Looking on fleabay UK, there's an ISP Decimator pedal that I'm keeping my eye on (and callin DIBS on, for the record ) for the next week, and a Boss NS-2 I'm also looking at, hoping it's gonna end cheap. I'm desperate to score that ISP, so I'm gonna be paying real money for it.

But there's a rackmounted noisegate on there, an Aphex 105 Logic Assisted Noise Gate/Expander.

Expander?

Any experiences?

I'll try an score it if it's goin for sensible money...

here is the beginnings of a project tele... t

body:
tiger wood top
some type of mahagony back

Neck:
tigerwood
coco bolo fretboard
medium tall frets

haven't decided what color hardware to use yet i am leaning toward relic'd nickel/brass..

any other idears??

pics..

Ok the band that is supporting us just lost its bassist (not dead, just personal reasons). We are playing at Macs The Club in Essex, MD this saturday night. The venue holds about 700 (although I can't guarantee we will fill it). If you are looking for some exposure in MD and can be there Saturday night, please PM me with a link to your myspace so I can check out your band. If you fit the bill we will pick you. Thanks for looking. Oh and you need to be able to fill a 1 hour set.

First thing I done was take the panel with the wings off it... Now it looks like a blacked out 6505

Currently pulsing its way through a haggard old Marshall MG412A. I'm borrowing a 1960a for a few weeks, then I'm buying a Basson B412SL. I figured this would exist to keep me satisfied til I get something high-end, but, without really cranking it in the studio yet, it sounds like a keeper. I'll be using a Boss MT-2, either up front or through the loop, to boost and add even MORE EQ! I'm still looking at noise gates...

Sat on top is a Roland SRQ-4015 4x15 band EQ, through the loop. This is the first time I've properly used this, and it sounds incredible. It's made me decide that I'd like to expand my rack a bit. I've got my eyes on an AKG WMS 40 Wireless, maybe a Sonic Maximiser at some point, and a rackmount Noise Gate. Pro Rack G's are a bit pricey, so maybe a Super C. Maybe a power conditioner, too.

ROCK!

Hey, has anybody heard anything on the Jerry Cantrell signature soltero?

Well, could it get any worse?

Fed Ex has lost the Green Flame ML.

Words cannot describe how pissed I am at this moment.

This is especially upsetting to me because this was a one-of-a-kind custom instrument.



Arrrrrrrrrrrgh

Can give you the EVH tone from the first VH album? I'm talking about a recent model or a reissue, not the old OOP amps that are impossible to find.

Just wondering. Pair it up with a super strat, some reverb and a touch of delay...one of my favorite lead tones EVA.

For those of you that haven't seen...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=g-9Tho7a4TI&mode=related&search=

I sent Mike's jaguar Baby Z today and when I filled in the value at $1000, they said their new policy was not to insure musical instruments over the amount of $100.

"Sure, we'll get it there, but there's NO GUARANTEE WHATSOEVER it will be intact and if it's not, we assume NO RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER.

I am sure it won't be long til the other shippers follow suit.

Anybody ever seen this guy before. Sorry if his vids have been posted but this guy is pretty damn sick and his tone is phenomenal. Makes me want an old Marshall. Some of my favorite selections:

Old School:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkfEtwHCok0

Strat Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRlbEWLms8

Major Delay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oklZRdG59VI

Eruption:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu1MZ4XA-dE

im in the market for a tube amp, im really sick of solid state tbh, i need something better. the amp im gonna buy needs to be:

- no more than £500
- great for bedroom jamming + gigable
- good for metal (think killswitch engage, lamb of god, machine head kinda tones)

at the moment my eyes are on the Randall RH50T. they are around £400, and from the youtube videos ive seen sound like the head for me. but ive never tried one, and am unable to as there are no Randall dealers around me

but im open to recommendations from experienced tube head uses, can anyone recommend me some decent tube heads that meet my needs mentioned above?

There was no official video shot for the concert but they did let cameras in. If anyone has some video or know where it can be found, please LMK asap. Nasty Savage played that show if that helps. Here is the rest of the info:

Date: November 30, 1985
Location: World War III Festival in Montreal, Canada
Venue: Paladium
Headliners: Voïvod
Special Guests: Possessed, Nasty Savage, Destruction (Celtic Frost play immediately before the headline act)

Note: Celtic Frost's first appearance in North America.

CF Set List:
1. Into the Crypts of Rays
2. Circle of the Tyrants
3. The Usurper
4. Eternal Summer
5. Dethroned Emperor
6. Visual Aggression
7. Necromantical Screams
8. Messiah
9. Visions of Mortality
10. Return to the Eve
11. Jewel Throne
12. Procreation (of the Wicked)

It was a one shot deal although the bands individually played a few more shows. The first North American Appearance of Celtic and Destruction, and first East Coast show with Possessed


Thanks,

Ron

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Kramer-1984-USA-Baretta-Electric-Guitar?sku=515293

I always loved the look of these and always wanted to try one. Just came across it on Musicians Friend and i'm gassing super hard.

ok,

so i just dropped a deposit for a special order on my first guitar to be more than 1k.

now keep in mind i make like 10 bucks an hour, live in southern california with rent being a bit high in this area of the country. So to me, this was a ton of money.

is it always this nerve racking? i mean im excited, but also in a permanent state of "holy s#%t you just dropped a grand for yourself on your hobby"

so does it get any easier after this purchase? i cant even fathom what you 3k+ dollar purchase guys must go thru, i dont think anyone is rich these days when were all at least spending 2.80 a gallon at the gas pump.

- me

A couple EVO S3 questions:
Am considering getting an Evo Noir S3 in the next few days to replace my Les Paul. Anyone know if the S3 headstock fits into a standard LP hard case, and actually, the overall compatibility with a LP case? I haven't seen it, since the stores up here do not carry them.

What about the weight, as compared to LP (hopefully a bit lighter)?

http://www.rondomusic.net/pbg2.html

like stained swamp ash, red neck binding.

reminds me of those gibson "voodoo" guitars.

i would kill for a dean like this, with a Red dean logo and dean V headstock MMMMMMMMMMMMMM. you know, only a guitar.









could do without the red pickups, imo. but i LOVE the overall scheme.

is this guy an endorsee yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB7c3OsZHNE

Hey dudes,

Just wondering if anyone has had any hassles with a Roland cube.

I bought mine and tested it, and it worked fine. 2nd day of owning it, and when i switch it on, all the lights are on, and they wont switch off (so i cant get any sound from it). Tried it in numerous sockets in case something was interfering, but still no luck. Am i being stupid and missing something obvious, or is it just fooked?

Bizarrely, it did this on the first day, but only for a second, then it went on and started working fine. Now it just lights up and i cant do anything with it.

Any suggestions?

...Would you mind sending me a PM with some kind of a IM contact or something like that? I could use an advice or two, coz we're about to start recording our second album and i'd love to hear as much input as I can get! Thanks in advance!


Goc (pronounced GOTZ )

those that play them, do you recommend a bridge, neck or both together?

The Death of a Legend.....

RIP JIMI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_k00iqNpxw

Alright, Dr Phil time guys. I got a problem. My best friend thinks he is in my band. He is a hack. Not being a jerk, but he NEVER practices. hes there whenever we jam, which isnt the problem, but he wants to make major decisions as to what music we play and what the band name is and everything else. Half the time he doesnt even show up with a guitar or anything, and expects us to be cool with it. He thought when we picked up another guitarist we were just doin the 3 guitar thing. Were not. I really dont wanna piss him off too bad, cuz he is mah homie, but he is a hack. What should I do?!!? What is the proper band ettiquete?

What is that gray carpet Fender in the back? I've seen them around alot and never knew anything about them.

http://gretschguitars.com/fangallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1521

Detroit 9/8/07 Joe Perry and Brad Whitford of Aerosmith Walkin' The Dawg.......


http://youtube.com/watch?v=YsiSS7qBKAQ

Listen to the onstage guitar tone my friend captured. That P90 loaded SG Joe is playing sounds sweeeeeeet!

I didn't take this but it is a great shot from the new tour.

So, who's going to it this year?

http://www.musiclive.co.uk

I'm going down on the saturday

..or however it's called.

I don't get it, is this stuff mean to work like a plug in or a independent program?? I installed it, but there's no starting .exe file. what am i missing here??

I can never play well for a camera. Click the link if you want to hear me play random, spontaneous notes and a small portion of the Floods solo through a 10w Epiphone practice amp in 41 seconds.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=89KIuA_Pkow

I'm thinking a harmonizer may be cool to add to my setup and got to thinking about the new re-issued whammy pedal. Does anybody have one or think it'll be good for harmonies?

Thanks.

I've always wondered why guitarists who are dedicated to their instruments, practice night and day, and obsess over chasing the "perfect tone" put up with dudes who flat out cannot sing live. I can't even tell you how many times I've seen incredible guitarists in bands with guys who sloppily sing out of key and can't even finish their lines. Phil with Pantera is a perfect example. He'd either be out of breath or step away from the mic before finishing his lines. To me it's just like someone in the band shitting all over the music.

anyone?

been watching some vids of him on youtube.I can remember the first time I heard Horse Called War it blew me away.thats what made me want to learn to shred.that on top of 1919 eternal were just my musical milestones. it didnt get any better than that at the time.but now I look at stuff like Mafia and Shot To Hell and it just doesnt compare to 1919,Stronger Than Death ect. the songs are just some kind of heavy power rock.

http://tinyurl.com/2vrw4u

effin crazy. not something i expected to read today

edit: changed the url to a tinyurl addy so the forum filter didnt screw up the web address

Getting this bitch in hopefully a week or so, Steve acted as middle man for me and he received it today! Steve is probably the easiest person in the world to work with and for that I give him major "kudos".

Steve took these pics upon arrival (10x better than the pics the seller had):

I hope I don't get banned for starting this but it looks to me like Randy has been banned??!!

I was using the search function to look up some pictures of an old guitar someone posted and someone had quoted 'BUCKETASS" but there was no sign of him commenting in the thread. I then did a search on posts made by him, and NONE, ALL GONE.

Anyone know whats happened to him? Really fuggin' sucks if he's gone/banned.

Does anybody have one of these or like em? I really dig these guitars and have wanted one for a long time.......

random thought. that is all

how nice of players my fernades guitars are...Not trying to put dean down in anyway but....I fprgot how nice of a guitar they make for what they cost...fernandes guitars are usually overlooked but they are def worth a look into if your in the market for a new axe...if anyone ever gets a chance try out a fernandes they def. should...they're def. high in the bang for the buck category



Rich

Hey guys,im extremely interested in this head,but i dont think ive ever heard it.Anyone here have one or heard one and can tell me if its worth 600 or so?

Anyone heard of these?
I just bought one of these bad boys.. I really like the samples on the site and the reviews on youtube. I'll make sure to let you guys know when it gets here.

Meanwhile...

www.landminepedals.com

I can't describe these guys, they're just awesome. The best band I've heard for a long long time!

http://www.myspace.com/sloughfeg

If you like Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy, killer riffs, killer harmonies, awesome solos, you HAVE to check them out!

The best thing since NWOBHM came along! (Thanks to Tom Twice for that one...)

I went to the Cologne Musicstore ( http://www.musicstore.com ) today and I bought a sea foam green strat body which had "some issues with the finish." Well I have an eye for detail and I couldn't find them. Anyway, I got it for 40 bucks so I wasn't gonna complain. When I got it home I installed a Gotoh vibrato and the pickguard from an early nineties Strat plus and a neck I had lying around, the result looks a lot like Jeff Beck's Green Strat.



But that was not all I bought. I also made myself owner of a Duesenberg "Multibender" tailpiece which I installed on my SG tele hybrid. Now I have the option of doing both B and G bendings. Now I have to take some time learning how to use (That is: not OVERUSE) it.

Well it's time to replace the speakers in my Marshall 1960A 4x12 cab.It has G-12T-75's in it now.I'm thinking of going with Celestion Vintage 30's.Anybody got any other suggestions??

Are they really that bad?? Should i consider replacing mine with an OFR when i get it?

Basically all you do is this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvf3Pr5krLY&mode=related&search=

So I've been looking into getting a good amp

not an amp that you need to be a genius to wire...
not a little crappy amp that has only three adjustment knobs...

I'm really only looking into getting a Marshall,
and that's where the trouble begins...

I need to know which is the best Marshall amp a "budgeted" guitarist can get?

I would like to keep the price around $500 if possible...
I've been thinking about the DSL401...
I usually only play grindcore, heavy metal, and hard rock so I'm looking for a really good stand-alone Marshall amp...
I'm not really interested in a head because:
1) I probably won't have the money to buy it
2) I don't have a cab to hook it up to

so what do you think would be the best Marshall Amp to get?

does anyone have one of these?

i dont know how old it it, its an Aria V shape, i dont know the model name.....hence why im wondering if anyone else does..

after seeing it in there two years ago on the exact same hanger in the exact same perfect condition, i decided to play it today.

it had a licensed floyd on it and when you put slack in the strings, god damn did it ever slack!!!

it was soo perfect.


they want $583 for it...if anyone knows about this guitar can you tell me if thats a good deal or not? cuz i think i want it bad.



plus...can someone explain why there are strap buttons on both wing tips?

I would like to see the quilt from the Cadzilla, on a ML with EMG's, blacked out. And with a floyd.




He did a sick job on that. I just don't feel the caddy shape. Can anyone do this for me?

Last night, I went out to this guitar store in my area that I have never been to - to pickup a used SD Invader. $30, can't beat it! Anyhow, they had this wicked Washburn X-50. It's solid black w/ a red binding. It has no fret inlays, other than an X through the 12th fret area. Has stock Washburn HeadHunter pups. I believe it's an '04 and its really clean. I called Washburn customer service to get some info on it and apparently this particular model/finish used to retail for around $800. Gassing hard!

Hey, does anybody have any sound clips of the Randall Rm100M? any of the moduals. im looking at getting one, but i dont know where to start with the moduals.

- Jake

Cubase Or Pro Tools?

Honestly, which is the better product?

(Meaning the latest release from each)

has anyone ever played one? theres something about them i just like http://www.deanguitars.com/mach7.htm

Will it work or do I need to find an original for the 5150?

Has anybody saved the machine head pics of their 5150's? Randys posts are gone and I'd like to see those pics again.

I AM NOT A DIMESHEEP, BUT...

Looking for a higher gain head...I hear clips on youtube of people running their guitars into their amps and getting great sound.

BUT...how are the cleans?

Did the search help me? Not at all.

Just looking to see about the cleans...if they aren't outstanding it doesn't matter. I'm looking into some Fender M-80's too.

Hail Solid State!

Hey Guys,

Last night was a really awesome experience for me, played in the School Blues Band to about 50 people, just a couple of songs with 4 other bands that go to the same school as me, we just did a 2 song set each and came on again.

Then right at the end me and my Drummer from my band (www.myspace.com/thecrimescenekillers) played Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr By Trivium and we actually nearly got a mosh going at a parents evening! of course the parents didn't mosh some people in our Year group did! Soo much fun, now, i've faced my fear of *"(£($*£ing up a performance!

Greg

Is there any truth to this? I understand LW will be in GP's December issue with both an import and his signature USA.

Inquiring minds want to know....

PLEK'd....

How many of you own guitars that have been PLEK'd?

I'll tell ya' what... I just bought my very first one that has had the "treatment" and it is superb!!!

Believe the hype... maybe Dean should think about doing this on all their high-end models.

Stolen from a friends site:


What is so special about the Plek fret dress?
Besides having measurement and dressing capabilities many times more accurate than the human eye allows, the Plek has two particularly great advantages over manual fretwork. First, it scans and dresses a guitar while it is tuned to pitch. This is a major breakthrough since necks are under 100 or so pounds of string tension and that tension invariably affects the shape of the fret plane, creating curves and humps that change when the strings are removed for dressing. The Plek identifies precisely what needs to be done for perfect results when restrung whereas even an expert human, dressing the neck with the tension released, has to guess about how to compensate for the effect of string tension. Secondly, the Plek applies very sophisticated formulas for optimum neck curve or relief, and adjusts the calculations for the actual string height and each string gauge, something that is different for each guitar and actually different within one guitar as you go from the treble side to the bass.In other words, the fret surface under the high e is treated differently than under the low E. Achieving these same results by hand would be lucky and extremely rare at best.

Its taken ages to get all the parts together to try it out because i wanted direct Dean USA replacement parts, im happy with the results, i think it looks great, not sure whether you guys will like it but its definitely staying.

As always sorry for the phone camera pics.





Why is there a skull and crossbones reflecting in the headstock?



The stock Dimarzios are back in for now but when i get a chance i will get the covers off the bare knuckles and put them in.

im cab hunting and want a 4x12 cab loaded with celestion 30's that wont break my bank. anyone know of such a cab? was gonna get a cheap randall G3 cab for £279.99 and swap out the jaguars for celestions, would cost me £449.99 all together to do this, would this be a good idea?

Well i tried out the rm100 from randall,really liked it,but still wondering if i should go with the v2,or perhaps go with an engl or laney,seeing as how ive especially heard good things about the engl,by any chance does anyone have any youtube videos with an engl? I just want to see if the distortion is more br00tal than the randall is,oh and if anyone has a v2 and wants to give me input about it that would be greatly appreciated!

A must buy for and Death metal or w/e metal fans. This is bound to be Brutal/Hillarious!


http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/oct2007/dethklok.aspx

Thats SEPT. 25 Guys!

can anyone tell me the difference between an epiphone les paul and a gibson les paul? are the epiphone versions really bad or something? i cant understand why i could get an epiphone for £300 and a gibson for over £1500, is it just because the gibsons are usa made or something?

I hate modern country music, but I've always been a fan of David Allen Coe
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aBqZs7oGPZQ

My buddy is looking at one of these, how do they sound?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TnaUEEOZAMM

I ran into this on ebay. THe seller replied to me that whoever had the guitar before him painted the Gibson logo on the headstock. Looks like a pretty good replica if its not really a gibson. The amp is a kick ass one. I have one here at the house. Awesome little amp. Has more gain than a RG100ES. This could be a good deal for someone.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190155140620&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

This is what I call shredding:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttaqVd0rOjA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEwIRZ9pLCM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsXS5fCq4LU

Enjoy

Pics later today. I picked up an absolutely dead mint Fender Deluxe Series Showmaster HH Goldtop yesterday. The original owner bought it new and said he played it a handful of times over the last 4-5 years. One of those guys with too many guitars and not enough time. Sold it to me for a stupid low price as well, so low I can't even say! I originally planned to flip it as usual but I've decided to keep this one. I played it through headphones this morning for about an hour and was just blown away. Setneck, 24 jumbo frets, thin fully bound neck, bound body. It's got a 5 way switch that gives me the normal positions, but the 2 position gives me the front 2 coils of the buckers and the 4 position gives me the rear 2 coils. Very cool. The flame and quilt tops are aout there but the gold tops are pretty rare. Not sure why. More pics later.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/my_chemical_romance_emo_is_a_pile_of_sh-t.html

, If any of you have had any friends, siblings... or been one yourself you will know the first rule of emo is to DENY BEING EMO

rule 1 of emo club you deny being in emo club
rule 2 of emo club you deny being in emo club
rule 3 of emo club if all fails and you still hate your parents for no reason except they love you... cut yourself

Family Photo!

Can someone make me a picture of a 7-string Razorback V thats Black with light blue bevels with 24 frets(its that awesome ). Thanks

Hey like many other users of the forum I have a whammy pedal and love it. Theres only one real reason I don't include it when I write songs and thats because it severely kills tone for 10-15 seconds after you turn the effect off. Does anyone know a way in which I can stop it killing my tone because every artist I've seen using one live has had great tone exactly after they turned the effect off.

I listen to everything from ambience to old school gangsta rap to 80's pop to southern rock to death metal, so style isn't really important. RECOMMEND MUZIK NOWZ!1

Few ignoramus questions for the Valvekingers out there (referring to the 212 combo):

1. I play all types of music (blues, jazz, classic rock, metal, etc.) What OD should I throw in front to give it the extra oomph needed for metal?

2. Does it cooperate well with effects pedals? (phasers, flangers, chorus, etc.) My Kustom doesn't really take much of a liking to pedals

3. DON'T YOU JUST FREAKING LOVE THIS AMP? My gosh...I played it at the music store today. I never thought i'd like it as much as I did. I played with it for at least 30 minutes.

Would an Ibanez pickguard fit on a Strat? Anyone here actually have experience with that?

Thanks
`Dale

http://cgi.ebay.com/DEAN-KORINA-V-GUITAR-NATURAL-FINISH-WITH-CASE_W0QQitemZ180162423023QQihZ008QQcategoryZ41435QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Anyone else here excited about the X3? I don't know if I am crazy or not, but it seems they may have finally got it right this time. Ok Discuss!

Anybody know if it is possible to have a razorback v 255 with Metallic White/Black bevels?

Well, I just sold my Marshall JCM 2000 DSL100 stack. Now I am looking for a new amp. I liked the Marshall but the sound that I am looking for I just could not find in the Marshall. I am thinking about looking at the Mesa Road Kings and the Dual Rectifier, Peavey XXX and 6505+ and the Marshall JCM 800 Kerry King. I have been playing for close to 24 years and I have always been a Marshall guy but I am getting these damn tones in my head that I just couldn't squeeze out of my Marshall. I am seriously thinking the Mesa Road King but I don't know, I've never played through a Mesa. I have never tried any of Peavey's high end amps just because I played through a few of their ss amps and I found them noisy and crappy sounding but I hear lots of great talk about the XXX, 5150 II and the 6505+. So anyway, I'm interested in what others have to suggest.......... I really want an amp that has maximum gain without becoming lifeless and muddy, it has to be tight and focused sounding. I'm hoping to make this my last amp purchase so I want the right amp. Thanx........

What are the best mics for recording vocals, guitars, and keyboards/synths?

theres a new avenged sevenfold song, "almost easy" up on itunes and youtube. its from their upcoming record. its definetly different, but i kinda like it. whoever cares should check it out...

could there in the future be a vmnt limited run with a kahler tremolo bridge?

I Traded the jackson kelly i had and some cash for a custom shop zakk wylde limited edition gibson v. i had been wanting this guitar for a while and the guys at the music zoo in ny. hooked me up. so i drove 8 hrs roundtrip and picked it up. i think gibson is gonna make 200 of these and mine is #91.

it really has a great feel to it, it feel like a quility instrument and it sounds awsome, the neck is about the same thickness as my zakk les paul.
this guitar sounds huge and has BALL'S.
its really clear sounding and resonate, its a mahogany body with emg 81 in the bridge and 85 in the neck, its not too often you see a gibson with a floyd.

visitng family and watching the Pitt game at Heinz Field, and I was wearing a Pantera shirt. some guy working at the Steel Pitt (the grill in the stadium) called me over and told me that If I want a sweet guitar, to get one of Dime's.

This got me thinking that I really want a Dean, or some kind of V, and I'll probably get it around June when I graduate.
I like ML's, but I like V's more.

Basically, I'm looking for a good V guitar, pickups don't really matter to me, cuz if I don't like it, I'll spend the extra $200 and switch em out. I'm looking for something in the range of $800-1300 NEW before the possible pickup switch. I'm not really a fan of buying used gear.

I like the Razorback 255 V's, as well as the more traditional Dean Vs, the Jackson RR24 and RR5 and Kevin Bond RR, and the Moser V's, and even the *GASP* Ibanez Xiphos (I know its not a V, but I have a soft spot for BC Rich Stealthish guitars). I know, Dean forums, so everyones gonna go for Deans, but I figure wtf, I'll ask anyway.

I was wondering, which of these would be the best for the money? any other suggestions?

Thanks guys.

anyone like em??

Took a few ours to clean it up, but I got it done. Here are some pics:

First, my main guitars (DBDT, Schecter Tempest Custom, Ibanez 7 String):

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x58/mistabombastic/000_0166.jpg

My posters in one corner:

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x58/mistabombastic/000_0171.jpg

Posters in the other corner:

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x58/mistabombastic/000_0168.jpg

Amps and pedals:

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x58/mistabombastic/000_0170.jpg

More posters:

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x58/mistabombastic/000_0169.jpg

And finally, my favorite part of the room. I just finished this last night. This is my wall of vinyl records. (From left to right, top to bottom: Alan Parson's Project, I Robot; Jimi Hendrix; Boston; Nazereth, Hair of the Dog; Van Halen; Kansas Greatest Hits; Led Zeppelin IV; Europe, The Final Countdown; Van Halen, OU812; Whitesnake; Michael Jackson, Thriller; Ted Nugent, Cat Scratch Fever; ZZ Top, Eliminator; Lynyrd Skynyrd Live; The Isley Brothers, Go For Your Guns; Quiet Riot, Metal Health; Aerosmith Greatest Hits; Rainbow.)

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x58/mistabombastic/000_0172.jpg

allright so i decided i was goin to attempt to make a guitar
not sure how this will turn out...
but anyways wish me luck
went to the store today to pick up the wood

the mahogany

the maple

the blueprints thanks to http://www.guitarplansunlimited.com/

more pics to come as i build it

Can someone please make me a Z out of a washburn stealth, with the bevels and everything?

just curious,

im thinkin bout buyin it and givin it a try. believe it or not, living in orange county, just miles from GIT its still damn near impossible to find a COMPOTENT guitar teacher in this town.

if you have tried it, about what level was your playing skill when you started, and about what was it after lets say 3 months? how much did you practice?

thanks in advance

SOFUCKING METAL!!!!!!!!!! DETHKLOK IS BACK!!!!!!!

http://www.brutaltruth.com/brutal_truth/



I just read in a mag. that they are gett'n back together!!!!!!

Sounds of the Animal Kingdom rules!!!

Anyone else excited about this!

I swear to god, it followed me home.


please excuse the fingerprints, and dust and all that, i still have to clean the sucker.


Full Body Shots



The Frets



Just The Body


The Dog had to put herself in here, she kinda blends in with it.


I was actually amazed, i also got a bag with the allen keys inside, so i don't have to go digging for the perfect size anymore. i also got the strings i wanted, i'll string it up later, and my original Floyd arm, that I'll be sticking on there.



As for the guitar, Its a Jackson RR3. this thing plays like a dream, there are a couple things i will have to get used to, but its a really nice guitar to play. it does need some setting up though, so i'll get to that later. the un-painted neck if a new for me, but its very smooth, and easy to play on. I believe it has jumbo frets, and my fat fingers just have to get squeezed onto. the pickups are amazing also, both made by Seymour Duncan. the neck pup, a Jazz, is great for power chords, and gives a nice punch to the tone. the bridge pup, a JB, is great for solos, and squeels.

all in all, a very nice guitar to play, and to own.

...in her new home.

All maple hollowbody with center block.
Ebony fingerboard with abalone inlays.
Abalone Chafin logo.
Finished in nitro by the man himself.
WCR Godwood pups.

Sweet player; very slim neck and sweet tone from the WCR pups.

Enjoy de pron!

It just came in the mail and it kix azz!
Thx minted cow
My only problem is that while shipping, the truss rod popped out or something and broke the truss rod cover. Any ideas what it might be and how to fix it? PRON coming soon.

Matt Heafy Prototype signature( the shape is growning on me)((Corey is still my favorite!))
Crimson Red/Black Razorback V( my favortie shape)
Crate Flexwave HalfStack
MXR noise gate
Ibanez Tube Screamer
Dunlop Chrome Crybaby Wah

Post your GAS lists.

Also, I made an Unofficial Corey Beaulieu Fan Page. Its not the official one, but since Corey my biggest influence, I could make my own Fan Page. It actually has more information about him and his gear and other things than the official Fan Page. lol . Add me if you want.

http://www.myspace.com/unofficalckbfanpage

Wanted to say thanks to tazz888 for the blacked out ML Silverburst!
It matches my Razor V perfect! It's my first EMG guitar and they
sound awesome. SWEEETTT!!!

I've been looking for a decent reverb pedal, but it seems that there aren't very many out there.

I really hate to spend over 150 bucks for an effect pedal (especially on one that only does one thing.)

So far i've looked at the Rocktron Cyborg Reverb, Boss Digital Reverb, and Danelectro Spring King (which i've heard good things about.)

Help.