Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:16 am Post subject:
So what you got? Subject description: Show us your axe(s)
That's right, we'd love you to show off your stringed instruments, the good, the bad, the ugly and the plain daft. Me, I've got all types, except for the luxury models.
Top row (l-r): Ayers ASC-10, Morgan Mini, Seagull Mini Jumbo, Takamine PT05ECBL (It's the (possibly) Cool Tubes preamp, y'know)
Bottom row (l-r): Squier Affinity Strat, Ibanez RS53o, Danelectro Reissue, Gibson S-1
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_________________ Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976)
Here's mine, left to right:
- Gibson Les Paul Studio, 2008
- Aria SW8, early 1980's
- Gibson SG Standard 3SC LTD, 2007
Not in the picture, a Harley Benton HBL450CS (el cheapo LP clone). It had the most extreme fret buzz ever. I adjusted the height of the strings until I could walk right under them. Still buzzed like crazy. Now waiting for a replacement
The Aria is my first guitar, bought 25 years ago or so. It has survived a very hard life, like e.g. stints at some friends places and a year in a shed. I dragged it out of said shed sometime last fall, and that triggered the new wave of guitarism. Unfortunately it's health is not so good now, especially after I attempted some DIY spinal surgery that left it with a back injury
The SG is my first 'real' guitar, 25 years late I reckon... In addition to being itself, it controls my VG-99 synth/modeller, spot the little black control box and the hex pickup. A very odd SG with the 3 special single coil pickups - I love the sound of it, so detailed and meaty
The Studio is my latest acquisition. After the Harley Benton episode I had to repent, the cosmic balance had to be restored; upon seeing this Studio, I knew it had to be mine. Rock'n'roll baby!
I'm sorry about the bad picture, I may update it later.
DJ
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The Aria is my first guitar, bought 25 years ago or so. It has survived a very hard life, like e.g. stints at some friends places and a year in a shed. I dragged it out of said shed sometime last fall, and that triggered the new wave of guitarism. Unfortunately it's health is not so good now, especially after I attempted some DIY spinal surgery that left it with a back injury
I now see what you meant when you told me a while ago that there was hope for me, guitar wise I mean, this could have been the life story of my guitar (it even looks like it) _________________ Jan
also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:30 am Post subject:
Re: So what you got? Subject description: Show us your axe(s)
DrJustice wrote:
Nice collection Oskar!
Oskar wrote:
Takamine PT05ECBL (It's the (possibly) Cool Tubes preamp, y'know)
What's with the 'lid' over the soundhole? And '(possibly) a Cool Tubes preamp' - does that mean the's an actual tube in the guitar?!
Oskar wrote:
Gibson S-1
Aha! So you have a 3 x single coil Gibson too. How does it sound? Mine is not really that Strat'y, like some people expect.
DJ
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The lid is a Feedback Buster, it basically lets me play excruciatingly loudly without getting those horrible feedback howls. The CoolTube preamp is, apparently run through a sort of tube- or valve if you will.
The S-1 is probably more strat-sounding than the soapbar-loaded SG, as soapbars (or P90s) are a little rounder, soundwise. Mine certainly has a decent enough strat- and even tele sound, except for no whammy bar antics. It's great for those early Dire Straits type licks. _________________ Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976)
Exactly; WE WANT PICS! _________________ Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976)
andrewF, THAT'S the good stuff! _________________ Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976)
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 4145 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:30 am Post subject:
Ooh, a chance to show off my gits!
Chronologically:
My first guitar (not pictured) was a nylon stringed Bjärton that I got when I was nineish (tried to study classical guitar but the teacher threw me out for not practicing enough). It broke beyond repair somewhere around '92.
My first (and only) steel-stringed acoustic is topo right in the picture: a Washburn that I bought cheap from a student friend who needed the money (I needed the money too but wanted a buitar more badly).
My first electric is the black Ibanez in the bottom left. It has a Floyd Rose stable that I've never grown used to - I removed the lever pretty quickly. It twangs and is heavy but looks pretty cool (especially since I put the Stereolab sticker on). It has some weird A A A G G G stringing currently.
My first and only bass is the Epiphone in the back left. It looks pretty good, but I'm not that satisfied with the sound.
The pride of the collection is my Rickenbacker 330 at the front right. Polished neck, solid tuning, steady knobs, gorgeous wood, beautiful sound...
In the middle back is a little wide-necked Bjärton that I'm keeping for a friend who got it for nothing but isn't interested in playing it. It had steel strings when i got it but I changed them to nylons. I like the sound that you get from smaller bodies - my parents have an even smaller that I like to fiddle with when I'm visiting. I've been glancing at the ukes they sell in a local music store.
/Stefan
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:20 pm Post subject:
OK, this is a bad photo but all I have is a phone cam and it's night time. It shows my modified Squire Affinity Stratocaster (yes, I like the word "Stratocaster") and my Fender Frontman 15G amp. The amp is unmodified, though I did buy cables to send my Mac's headphones output to either the RCA inputs or the guitar input. This along with an adapter for the guitar cable allows me to insert the Mac as an effects box so I never bought any pedals.
The guitar strap is a chainmaille one that I made myself while waiting for the cash to buy the guitar. It is a little heavy but it fits and it doesn't scratch the guitar like people think it would. The guitar has a handle that I cut with a Dremel tool. I had reasons for it but now it's just a convenience when putting it on and taking it off.
The guitar is also modified with an invention that DJ and I have been working on. I can show you the picture because it does not reveal any meaningful patentable details, just facts that have previously been posted to electro-music.com. Between the pickups you will see some metal plates made of a cookie tin lid, to which are affixed a bunch of little super magnets. These excite a voltage in the strings when they vibrate.
The strings are electrically tapped at the headstock using solder lugs that I painstakingly made with that same Dremel tool out of tuna can lids. A thin return wire (magnet wire) runs down the back of the neck held in place with electrical tape and snakes it's way under the pick guard where it reaches the switch that you can see between the 5-way switch and the volume pot. This switch enables me to select normal guitar or modified guitar at any time.
The modified guitar circuit produces excellent sound but it needs electronics to shape it and boost it, so DJ and I have purchased parts to do that. Sorry, but as I mentioned I cannot reveal any patentable details about that circuit at this time, but I will tell you this: it's gonna rock!
Not shown is an accelerometer to USB device that I developed with a fellow in England. It, along with some ChucK programs, allows me to control effects like wah, distortion, and the like by moving the guitar around. That project is essentially complete, but the guy in England can't get the accelerometer chips because they are all going into remotes for the Wii entertainment system, haha!
Oh yes, and balanced precariously on the guitar neck is the chainmaille sphere that I use as an avatar here at electro-music.com. Why? Why not?
So that's my FrankenStrat. Do you like it? I do. I can't hardly play it, but in time I will learn. Until then it's fun to experiment with it. Rock on!!!
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_________________ "Let's make noise for peace." - Kijjaz
1969 Martin D-28
1974 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
1993 G & L ASAT Classic (Leo Fender Model)
1993 Fender '63 American Reissue Strat
1930s National Duolian resophonic
1930s Regal 12 String
2001 National Resophonic Polychrome Tricone
Mr Mahoney, there is no way I'll allow you to name such delectable beauties without pics. You have one week, or I shall visit you - electronically - with fantastically out-of-tune norwegian country singing á la Åge Samuelsen!
visual documentation, please.
Oooh, I'm power mad, me! _________________ Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:16 am Post subject:
Inventor wrote:
The guitar strap is a chainmaille one that I made myself while waiting for the cash to buy the guitar. It is a little heavy but it fits and it doesn't scratch the guitar like people think it would.
I can now attest to the quality and lightness of Inventor's chainmaille contraptions. Good stuff!
Ooh, I forgot; After the pic in my first post was taken, the bouzouki that got stolen turned up - as I think has been mentioned elsewhere. It's a nifty little number from the Chinese "Trinity College" brand. And it's got a Highlander pickup, installed by local guitar guru Geir Falck.
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Lin Yutang (1895-1976)
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:59 pm Post subject:
I have:
Viola - Student model
Cello - Doetsch intermediate level (I'm still a beginning player)
Acoustic Guitar: Takamine (just acquired - love it!)
Electric Guitars: Reverend Jetstream 390, Carvin Holdsworth Fatboy HF1, Reverend Club King HB, Parker Nitefly SSS. The Nitefly and Jetstream have Roland GK3 pickups
Basses: Fender Geddy Lee (Japanese), OLP (Music Man knockoff), Cort Curbow 5-string
I hardly play the basses. I'll probably sell them.
At the other end of the cable (not in this order, or always attached):
Roger Linn Adrenalinn III (Fits in my steinberger's bag!)
Ashdown Envelope Filter
Ashdown Dual-Compressor
Ashdown Superfly 500W MIDI Bass Amp (Light!!)
Peavey Tour 210 Cab (Super Light! Nice!!)
Behringer FCB1010
Boss PW-10 Virtual Wah
Nord G2
Joined: Nov 29, 2008 Posts: 149 Location: Cheshire, UK
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Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:59 pm Post subject:
A few non-guitar-type-things have turned up here already; here's a couple more. As a lifelong synth-head I felt these ventures were a bit risky, so I went and found almost the cheapest versions of these instruments that I could get...
Electric violin: Came in useful (with a lot of help from an electronic tuner) making drones for a track that uses the harmonic series as a microtonal scale. Ultra-laborious for somebody of my meagre abilities to get a finished recording out of it though. Endless re-takes on individual notes until it's remotely in tune! Anyone else here fighting a losing battle with fretless instruments?
Harp: When I saw Rhodri Davies on TV playing his harp with an E-bow I had to have one. Unfortunately it only works with steel-wound strings and I haven't yet done the homework on what kind to buy or how many / which strings I can replace in this way without overstressing something... In the meantime I've got some ominous scrapy noises out of it with a violin bow...
Andrew F - Wow! What planet are we on here? In Paris a couple of months back I saw a busker whose violin had hardly any wooden body, but a brass trumpet horn coming out from the side.
Folks, there are way too few pictures in this thread!
Thus I'm doing my part with an update. The new stuff is :
- Harley Benton HBL450, el cheapo LP clone, 2008 (far right)
- Blackstar HT-5S, tube mini stack
This Harley Benton is the second attempt at getting a playable one. The previous horrible one was returned. I reckon I'll keep this one
The Blackstar is my first tube amp. It has an output of 5 mighty watts. There's a 12AX7 and a 12BH7 inside, and the cabs has 10" Celestion speakers. This is the real deal! What a sound! It's sublime!
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject:
Here's the current stable of strings at my house
Clockwise from top left
Alvarez Classical Model 4103 - 1970's Great deep sound
Washburn 12 String - mid 1980's - I really like this guitar
Alvarez Acoustic Cutaway 1981 - my wifes workhorse
Gibson LC Cascade 2007 - my 25th Anniversary present to my wife
Fender Stratocaster Plus 1995 - I love this guitar
Bean Blossem Mandolin 2004 - cheep
Not pictured
Rogue Bass guitar - cheep but useful
A late '80's Epiphone SG copy - loaned to nephew
Early 80's Fender Squire Stratocaster - loaned to another nephew
Both of the loaners are actually being used and gigged with by them, and I'm wondering if I'll ever get those back.
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