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Jackson KE3 Kelly http://www.jacksonguitars.com/gear/gear.php?partno=KE3_Kelly Price Paid / Price New: $AUS 1275 new Year Manufactured: Unknown, presumably 2004/2005 model. Japanese made. Specs: Instrument's Specifications - Pickups, Neck, etc. Use a list if possible. quote:BODY Alder with Flame Maple Veneer on Transparent Colors Sound: 4.5/5 Unfortunately (but not unsurprisingly) the pickups are duncan designed, instead of official Seymour Duncans. However they're pretty drat good all the same, paired with a metalzone they give a great crunchy metal tone. They're also pretty nice clean, the sound is warmer than, say, EMG actives. Instrument Quality: 4/5 No visible flaws anywhere, and the factory setup was fine. Some of the paint on the bridge pickup has scraped off however. Playability: 4.5/5 The neck is great to play on, it's easy to zoom around, and doesn't have motherly high frets to trip you up. The action's a little high but that's probably due to my abortive attempts at fiddling with the bridge. Overall Value: Example 4.5/5 For the price I paid this axe was a steal. It's got room for expansion, I'm planning to put in a floyd rose and some different pickups, so it should last me for a while. Two things though: 1. The bridge is a licensed Floyd Rose, and so isn't of the greatest quality. Sometimes the fine-tuning screws will get stuck in a particular position, which gets fiddly when tuning. This is no biggie however. It was also a serious bitch to set up, I'd recommend getting a shop to do it for you if you're not some sort of luthier wunderkind. 2. Because of the awesome body shape, the guitar is neck-heavy. Your fretting hand will pretty much be pulling double duty supporting the guitar as well, and this will take a bit of getting used to.
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Beatladdius posted:I'd like to see some Goon reviews of a noise suppressor/noise gate ISP Decimator Price Paid / Price New: AUD $180 / $300 Year Manufactured: No idea, pretty recent though Specs  - Input Impedance: 500K ohms - Maximum Input Level: +12dbu - Effective Noise Reduction: greater than 60db - Dynamic Range: greater than 100db - Total Harmonic Distortion: .05% typical - Power consumption: 35mA @9VDC - Release response: Program dependant based on Time Vector Processing Sound (or applicable): I run a ridiculously noisy setup, EMGs into an ENGL Fireball. With the volume at about 1/3 or 1/2 the bastard will pick up the radio, and feedbacks like a mofo any time I'm not playing and I take my fingers off the strings. The decimator kills all of this. I was worried about it sapping tone, but since I'm more of a metal rhythm player than a lead guy it's not much of a problem. I'd imagine it would annoy you if you liked long ringing leads, but from what I've read, the Decimator cuts much less than other pedals (the Boss and Rocktron Hush are the major competitors I believe). Equipment Quality: 5/5 Similar casing to a Boss pedal, ie. solid as gently caress. Comes in blingin' chrome which picks up fingerprints like nothing else. Usefullness: Hard to talk about usefullness because it's pretty much a mandatory item if you play high-gain stuff at any volume, but I'm definitely glad I have it. I wouldn't remove it except to upgrade to a rackmount unit. They also do another pedal which allows you to run your FX loop through it as well. Overall Value: Good price for the thing, considering what they go for in stores over here (I got mine off ebay). I would recommend it, although I haven't tried any other noise suppressors. This one seems to be what everyone recommends.
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