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Ferrous Wheel posted:Does yours have a varitone switch or some crazy substitute? I don't suppose you have a pic lying around? Yes and yes.  Not sure if it's any smaller than a real ES-345, have done neither a side-by-side matching check nor a proper measurement. I'll compare it to my friend's 335 soon though, since the original ES-335 and ES-345 are the same body dimensions as each other, just with different guts. As for being a little crude, yeah, that's for certain. The bridge is a piece of poo poo, only reason I keep it on is because it's the original and it's functional enough. It's got weird saddles, not sure if they're bone or if they're plastic. From the texture, though, I'm actually leaning towards bone, which to me seems very unusual for any electric. And from the looks of Ireneo's SG, it's almost the same exact bridge design. What I like the most about mine, though, is that it's a birch ply body with a birch neck. The neck is three pieces glued lengthwise, and it has the exact same headstock shape as a legit Gibson. If this is the case on Ireneo's guitar, I'm not sure whether or not they'd be telltale signs of the mutual origin of that SG clone and my 345 clone. I will point out that the neck heel on our guitars is of very similar (if not the same) shape though. And it's bound all the way to the edge past the final fret just like mine. Ireneo, I am really curious for more info on that guitar. I won't ask you to go out of your way, but I'd appreciate every bit of information you're willing to get. You've certainly got my recommendation to get that thing, it looks completely baller. If it's what I think it is, you'll likely be very satisfied.
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Okay, body shape and dimensions look like the smaller shape found in MIJ Epiphones to me. Ditto for the neck binding and, most importantly, the weirdo white saddles. I'm going to go ahead and say that they came from the same place. Here is a related epiphone- the horns are shaped differently and it has awesome weird pickups. It does share the binding, similar inlay, and overall construction with yours though. Since the Epi was made in Matsumoku, it might be reasonable to at least provisionally assume that your 335 copy was an early example from that factory. It's hard to say anything for certain, but based on your picture and description that would be my guess.
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Got a drumset! Probably an early 90's Pearl kit, 22x16 kick, 12x9 and 16x16 toms, brand new 14" Peace snare (that sounds awesome), Pearl CX-500 hi-hats which are ok, Meinl LASER  20" ride, and a Rodgers strap drive kick pedal that I hate.$300 with four lessons. Next up is a chain drive double kick pedal and a set of muffles for it so my wife doesn't kill me.
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Catastrophe posted:I got this a couple months ago but haven't posted about it yet because I've been in the middle of a move from Philadelphia to Portland OR. Now that I'm settling in, here's a photo of my last purchase. That thing has some serious beef to it (just listened to some clips). And it looks fantastic. Welcome to PDX!
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Got this in the post yesterday: Click here for the full 1200x1600 image. Sorry for the terrible picture. It's a pretty great guitar though, I reckon it's probably equally to my MIA strat, and it looks cool as fuuuuck. Girls love the candy apple red
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Aug 21, 2010 18:18
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Tutu posted:Got this in the post yesterday: I really dig matching colored headstocks on jaguars and jazzmasters.
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Aug 22, 2010 00:50
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Tutu posted:Got this in the post yesterday: Jazzmasters and matching headstocks turn me the gently caress on, awesome purchase.
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If anyone happens to see someone selling a Tacoma Chief acoustic/electric I've decided I need to buy one. There are a couple on ebay, but they have too much damage to be worth it. I've got a Tacoma Roadking, but I need something I can plug in and a cutaway. The Chief is absolutely perfect. Click here for the full 780x780 image.
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Took me forever but here's a demo of the Digitech Hot Head analog distortion pedal. The first little bit of the clip is showing the clean sound. From the moment the backing track (not played by me) starts, I'm playing lead with the pedal using the tapped bridge pickup. I switch it to full humbucker mode at 2:01 or so. I think it sounds great, personally. You can pay a lot more for a similar sound.
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Aug 22, 2010 20:46
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Bought this as my first guitar last week and have been playing continuously since. My neighbors hate me and have probably started fashioning shivs out of old furniture. The thing is utterly gorgeous and I coo to it at night. Click here for the full 1154x2047 image.  Click here for the full 1154x2047 image. Agile Interceptor Pro. It's a 7-string baritone because, well, college taught me that if you lack experience you can compensate with size. 
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Aug 23, 2010 03:25
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Got this in Friday, now I can write leads in the comfort of my own room. 
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washburn085 posted:Got this in Friday, now I can write leads in the comfort of my own room. Out of curiosity, there are a lot of similar products on the market, what made you choose this specific one? A looping station is on my short list of things to buy and they seem to all be very similar in feature/price sets.
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Hadlock posted:Out of curiosity, there are a lot of similar products on the market, what made you choose this specific one? A looping station is on my short list of things to buy and they seem to all be very similar in feature/price sets. The fact that I have 4 gigs of looping space, and can record .mp3's onto it and save them, means I can use backing tracks from my solo album and perform myself at clubs without a band, all using 1 amp, no PA required. Those features set it apart to me.
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I also have a JamMan and ditto on the SD card being a key feature. The additional footswitch also lends a good amount of real-time control. I did buy mine a while ago though, and Digitech has released several variations now which might be better or not, I don't know. My hope is that once I finish upgrading my FCB1010 I'll be able to start using my Max patch for asynchronous looping and other fun stuff. I doubt that laptop looping will replace the JamMan for all applications though.
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My new rack finally came in. Click here for the full 818x679 image.
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Hadlock posted:Out of curiosity, there are a lot of similar products on the market, what made you choose this specific one? A looping station is on my short list of things to buy and they seem to all be very similar in feature/price sets. Pretty much what the others said. I got it used, so I am not sure if the newer ones use SD cards, but this one uses compact flash type 1, but yes, this can be expanded up to a 2GB card. I chose this over the Boss and others because of the expandable card (also an easy fix if something goes wrong with it), I can connect it to my computer to transfers loops and backing tracks off AND on the pedal, and it just got better reviews from what I have read. Plus it can hold 99 loops, so it seemed more bang for your buck in comparison. You can get the external foot switch to add much easier/extra control, but I only plan on using this for writing at home, my other guitarist will be playing parts I am not.
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Check out this sweet new MIDI Cable I got! Action shot:  (and I got a random noisemaker to plug it into...)
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I still don't know where it came from or anything about it really, but here she is.
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Ireneo Funes posted:I still don't know where it came from or anything about it really, but here she is. You flip that neck humbucker right side up right loving now, you son of a bitch. ihatehatehateyou
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Gorilla Salsa posted:You flip that neck humbucker right side up right loving now, you son of a bitch. Holy poo poo, I've had her hanging around for four days already and didn't even notice that. 
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There's actually a pretty good chance it was built that way. Just flip the magnet and you'll have the Peter Green mod. Assuming a previous owner didn't beat you to it. If your middle position sounds like this they probably did.
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babby's first tele found it in a shop, it's some Korean brand I've never heard of called Roxy but it is surprisingly nice. Double binding, lovely burst, Wilkinson vintage-style bridge, quality-feeling tuners.
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 Click here for the full 650x404 image. Bought out of necessity more than anything but still my most recent purchase. Left my HD-280s on the other side of the border and it'll be a while until I can go and get them. Dropped $85 Canadian on these to hold me over until then. Sonically they're pretty close to the Sennheisers. Pretty flat. Not as loud, and not as comfortable, but I do like the detachable cord. They feel almost as sturdy, and don't weigh as much. The colour coded inserts indicating right and left are also a cute touch. They also fold up pretty small. For what I paid I'm pretty happy- they'll work until I get my Senns back, and then I'll be able to use them for the second headphone out on the Impact Twin whenever I need it. I have a more exciting package coming from MusiciansFriend but it's taking its sweet time getting here.
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Ireneo Funes posted:I still don't know where it came from or anything about it really, but here she is. Headstock photo please! I am begging you!
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More garage sale finds? Why sure!   Epiphone Les Paul Special II. Got it for the grand total of $40, due to the fact that it "has problems". I plugged it in and it sounds like the neck pickup is borked somehow. So, I visited guitarfetish.com's clearance site, and grabbed these for $30:  Granted, it's your basic starter-type guitar; I figure if nothing else, for the money spent it's a good (and relatively inexpensive) way to familiarize myself with replacing pickups and soldering techniques. 
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KimJongSick posted:Headstock photo please! I am begging you! Alas, the guitar is at my practice space right now, so here are some that the seller gave me. Ireneo Funes posted:Here are some lovely pictures: It's a fake. 
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Cheap noise suppressor. Should get the job done ok.
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I can't remember if I posted this (been out of the country for work a fair bit in the last couple of months), but I picked up an Eventide Timefactor a while back and really only just started to play with it more than "quick, get a good tape echo sound for this tour". This thing is pretty intimidating - so much control over everything. I got some pretty fantastic sounds out of the tape echo and ducking delay, and had a biiiit of a play with the multitap. So far it's very impressive. Every time I go to play with it I get about 10 minutes into knob twiddling and then space out and play the same riff for about 2 hours.. Next payday I'm gonna grab one of those ISP Decimator G-Strings to replace my Hush pedal, hopefully it does a better job. The BOSS NS-2 I borrowed the other day does.
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snare posted:Next payday I'm gonna grab one of those ISP Decimator G-Strings to replace my Hush pedal, hopefully it does a better job. The BOSS NS-2 I borrowed the other day does.
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Got a few things comin': First, from a HCFX user named Robopimp, a MOSFET boost pedal with his own art on top:  I inquired, the gourd is not included in the purchase.  Second, a pair of Wamplers that I'll be reviewing. I have very high expectations based on my experiences with the Plextortion, Super Plextortion, and Triple Recstortion (which was a limited run, now he has the Triple Wreck to do the same stuff but with an additional neat high-gain fuzz thing)- I'm very interested to see if these pedals pull it off as well as those ones do. 1. The new Black '65 Overdrive, aimed at getting classic Fender clean and overdriven tones. No COSM here   2. A Plexidrive, a pedal I get asked about pretty often because I reviewed the Plextortion and Super Plextortion and people seem to want to know how this one compares. Well, I couldn't tell them before, but now I'll be able to. 
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betterinsodapop posted:Cheap noise suppressor. Funny, mine is going back. It just didn't agree with me. No matter how I adjusted it it was always really noticeable when it kicked in. Might just be the nature of the beast, I don't know, but I don't really like it. Since I wasn't too pleased, and would rather spend the money elsewhere, enter:  I haven't decided if I'm going with a combo or a head and cab. I just need something that's a quieter than my Traynor YCV40T. I figure 4 watts down to 1/4 watt is pretty reasonable for an apartment dweller. I got a chance to demo the head and cab in store and it sounded pretty sweet. Planning on dropping off the Boss and picking up the Vox tomorrow after work.
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This thread is bad for me. Just ordered a Devi Ever Bit: The Legend of Fuzz. The clips I heard were just too awesome for me to pass it up. Finding out these things are hand-made and under $100 just sealed the deal. Based on the other pedals on her site, I've got a bad feeling I'm gonna be giving Devi all of my moneys. 
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My guitar amp broke so I sold my bass amp and bought a few things. Haven't actually bought this yet, not sure if I want this or the blackout twosome. Both seem heavy as gently caress and awesome though.  Was gonna get a pitchblack tuner but the polytunes different tunings and easy access to battery won me over.  These amps are so cheap I had to get one to replace my amp. Hand wired tube amp that apparently rivals the cleans of fender champs, plus has 10" speaker. Oh yeah and it only costs 110 pounds...
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man thats gross posted:This thread is bad for me. Just ordered a Devi Ever Bit: The Legend of Fuzz. The clips I heard were just too awesome for me to pass it up. Finding out these things are hand-made and under $100 just sealed the deal. Based on the other pedals on her site, I've got a bad feeling I'm gonna be giving Devi all of my moneys. I am so close to buying a Bit... Next paycheck, probably.
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Tutu posted:
I'm pretty interested in these. Seems like it'd be something nice to carry around when a full size head isn't needed. Today marks a momentus occasion, where I got the guitar that I've been wanting basically for as long as I can remember playing:  96/97 Black Peavey Wolfgang Standard. A roommate in college had one that I got to play for a summer, but unfortunately wanted it back eventually. It's really fun to play, and sounds good so far. I'll be busting it out at practice tonight to see how it fits into the mix. Which makes me happy, especially since I just got word from Sweetwater that my preorder for a goldtop 50's tribute Les Paul won't be fulfilled until late October... grumble grumble.
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Oh yeah, I forgot to post this when I got it.   and a lovely quick video of me playing one of my songs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvDlyjBQWWY
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Dr.Mosh posted:Oh yeah, I forgot to post this when I got it. This is probably what guitars look like on acid.
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Paramemetic posted:This is probably what guitars look like on acid. It's what guitars looked like before artists learned how to draw perspective properly
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Dr.Mosh posted:Oh yeah, I forgot to post this when I got it. FF7 eh? Axe? More like gun-sword. Heh.
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