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I won a fender Jap copy off a mate in early 90's. The bet? who ever finishes on top out of Spurs and Liverpud that year.
I declined to take it but he insisted as he brought a new strat. the only mod added is a Porkers sticker
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I won a fender Jap copy off a mate in early 90's. The bet? who ever finishes on top out of Spurs and Liverpud that year.
I declined to take it but he insisted as he brought a new strat. the only mod added is a Porkers sticker
Further, my teacher made me buy a Fender Princeton Chorus amp. I still have it but it's starting to sound a bit weak.
It was a beautiful piece of kit back in its day.
(Again though, I wanted a Marshall stack. Guitar teacher 2, Plague 0).
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Nothing too flash.
Custom Made G&L USA S-500
51 Squier
Squier Classic Vibe 50's Strat
Maton Mini EMM6 Mahogany
Another Telecaster will be my next purchase
I'm a Gibson man myself. '94 Les Paul Standard and '10 Custom Shop ES-339. Nothing better than these through the Marshall or Baez (any self respecting Newie local should have one of these). That said, i have a few fenders (strat and Jag) and my pointy Ibanez, they just don't see a lot of use.
I do need a smaller amp around the house, even with a power attenuator they still piss off the neighbours. Complete overkill for someone without a band.
I'll come back with better photos at some point when I'm not on my phone.
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My Jaguar is Japanese. At the time, other than the pickups, they were far better than the American equivalent. I swapped the stock pickups for a Seymour Duncan Quaterpounder in the Bridge and a more vintage style in the neck.
If you can get a 70's or 80's Japanese Ibanez, they are quality.
Our guitarist had a shit load of Ibanez's back in the late 70's to mid 80's. He's still trying to get them all back after he lost his mind got married and sold them In the mid 90's.
Wrt Fender, probably making their best guitars ever in the last five years or so.
I went the other way and got a G&L but while it's awesomely built and all it just doesn't have the mojo of some of the pre-cbs Strats I have played.
You don't want a Marshall stack. Sure they look cool, but the cost a fortune and only sound good when you run them hot. Unfortunately in most venues, it is overkill. Play them at bedroom volumes and they sound terrible.
If you don't like the fender, find a low watt tube amp.
My mate had an early 70's Ibanez Jazz Bass. It is the single greatest bass I have ever played. Weighed a ton, but sounded and felt incredible. I see them on eBay every now and then and think I should grab one but never get around to pulling the trigger.
Even now, there is some Les Paul knockoffs from Japan (Tokai) that are a fraction of the cost of a Gibson, but every bit as good if you can live without the gibson name.
Anyone have a luthier they can recommend in Newcastle or thereabouts ?
Collings OM2H - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIcXzF2VZ4k
Larrivee PV-09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i66HSRxQ2PU
I've played the Larrivee quite a bit and find it really hard to put down. The only reason I don't drop the cash on one is that to make it really shine you need to play finger style rather than flat pick like I do.
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I started as a keyboard player and while I'm ok at programming / creating sounds on them I just never managed to gel with keyboards as a player.
The only reason I never started guitar as a kid was that being left handed I didn't like the idea of playing right-handed and at the time there was a severely limited number of left handed guitars to choose from.
Moving on - in November 2015 I bit the bullet and bought a right handed guitar. Felt ridiculously uncomfortable for about a week but then all of a sudden found my groove so to speak. I'm still shit but managed to get at least 5 hours practice in everyday. On keyboards I struggled to practice more than 30mins a day because I was pretty much forcing myself to practice rather than wanting to do it.
Being obsessive compulsive I've also acquired Guitar Acquisition Syndrome as well and have probably played more guitars in the last six months than many would play in a life time.
Now I rarely if ever even turn the keyboards on anymore as they just don't give me the buzz that the guitars do.
Has anyone else here crossed over from the dark side of Keyboards to Guitar ? And do you think it helped you as a guitarist to be familiar with another instrument before hand ?
Don't talk to me about GAS.
Went looking for a cheap bass today for home recording purposes. I now think I will be buying a BC Rich Mockingbird.
Do I need another guitar.....nope. Don't play most of the guitars I have, but something about it is screaming to be bought.
The BC Rich Guitars look great . Do they play well ?
I saw this quote about GAS on Musicians Friend Website which made me laugh:
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Bank balances have been battered and marriages destroyed, but by god there’s been some lovely gear bought.
interesting you brought this up.
was contemplating getting Plague jar a guitar last Christmas (he's 6) and music pros and teachers I spoke to all said the same thing. Get him to learn keyboard first as it will make guitar (and music) easier long term. they all said that young kids playing guitar is a very difficult introduction and keyboard will be easier to learn from both a 'making noise' perspective and learning to read music.
never even thought about it that way but testimony from people that did it certainly has swayed my way of thinking.
It played OK, I wasn't too worried about the sound as my intent was to gut the electronics and put in either Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates or Slash pickups alone with new pots and capacitors.
They have a mahogany neck and mahogany body with a maple cap. The neck is a neck through body design, so it should in theory sound good with the right pickups.
But after playing, and it played fine, it just looked plastic. I'm not sure if this is just a nitro v's poly finish on guitar issue as I generally play nitro finished guitars, but the finish was a bit rough and plastic looking. Not something that affects how it plays, but you have to love it before you buy it.
I may still grab it.
I'm trying to work out what to do with my 6 year old who wants to play guitar. Thing is, he has absolutely no interest in the keyboard, so going down that path would be a waste as he wouldn't stick with it, but I am sure if I got him guitar lessons he would get right into it.
Ive thought about Rosies School of Rock which seems to be more based around the kids learning songs more than anything. Could be a good introduction till he is old enough to get into theory, assuming he wants to go that way.
I had a BC Rich Warlock bass back in the day..
Can confirm that both it and the user played like sh!t..
I'm currently using a custom Ibanez 5 string, through a Warwick Quad VI head, with Warwick 6x10 box.. (will chuck up photos when I get the chance)
Put the head in at Musos in Feb to be checked out as it was sounding ridiculously poor, farty, cutting out, and only just picked it up today with a "we looked at it yesterday but couldn't find much wrong with it".. So p!ssed off..
Looking to upgrade my head to the classic Ampeg SVT Pro 4, and also keeping an eye out on finding a decently priced Warwick Thumb bass..
I was learning the piano when I was about 7, however learning all of those things was boring and far from fun.. (Although, I curse myself now every day that I didn't stick with it and learn it all properly at that age, I would shred now and actually understand whats going on, instead of just getting drunk and being a hack)
So while I think that down the track the kid will thank you for the theory lessons (if they can stick with it), I can see why playing songs and music you enjoy at the time is also a lot easier and enjoyable and perhaps open the doors to learning the technical stuff later on..
Was it a cheap one with a bolt up neck, or a good one with a neck through body? Big variance between the Chinese and US made guitars.
Even with guitars like Epiphone, the difference between the low end and high end is huge. Low end being bolt up necks and shit wood.
Like I said, take the amp into Mick Sampson. He has worked magic on my Marshall and Baez many times. Let me know if you want his number. He is cheap and most repairs you get the amp back the day you give it to him.
Actually have built the Pitbull kit of sammydogs LP - same colour and all apart from the headstock. Good kits, good fun, beats building Airfix kits - unfortunately my gluing skills aren't the best and the neck has come away so will have to redo!
Old fashioned Tele man myself, have a quality Mex one and also a cheap Jap copy that has lasted me 30 years.
Yeah, it was a cheap piece of sh!t.. We called it the "firestoker" cause thats about all the bloody thing was good for..
PM me the number of Mr Sampson. Would love to get him to have a look at it..
I've heard there is a guy at Warners Bay that is really good with amps too, anyone know much/anything about him?
I seem to remember posting this somewhere on here aaaaaaages ago.. I'm contemplating purchasing an acoustic to just strum about on at home, not needing or wanting anything hectic or professional, anyone have a good recommendation? I was looking in to the Maton SR60 as I do love a good Maton, and it is the cheapest in their range..
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Have fun - wants me a Flying V next !
The guy at Music Solutions in Warners Bay is also good, he is my back up amp guy and my go to guitar tech.
I'be sent you a PM with Micks contact.
This photo some of Micks finest work from last night's jam. Love his amps.....I'm on the hunt for another if anyone has one they want to flog off. Love playing guitar through the bass amp on the top. He did a complete overhaul on the top amp in december (turns out he built it originally in 1973), cost bugger all for what he did and it sounds insane.
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Not sure of his experience with the Dual Fulcrum set up.
Is it just the two pivot points that differ from a standard strat trem?
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They also allow you to bend a note both up and down
^ooooh^
Anyone got any experience with pickups for Fender Jaguars? I have a Japanese Fender Jag from the 90's. The wood and craftsmanship at the time was up there with the US guitars but the electronics were horrible at best.
In the past I had replaced the bridge pickup with a Seymour Duncan Quaterpounder but am now looking to completely rewire (pots, switches, jacks, pickups, wires and shielding). First pick were Seymour Duncan Antiquities but they are expensive and can be quiet a wait to get, which let me to fenders '65 reissue pickups.
Anyone heard them?
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Sound pretty good to me. These should totally come with a bonus surfboard.
I have only played the Squire Vintage Modified version - and it was impressive apart from the shitty bridge which the strings jumped out of in a random fashion.
Thats a Jaguar Bridge trait, along with self lowering. I fixed the lowering with plumbers tape on the screws and the string skipping was solved by playing with 1-'s instead of 9's. Ive heard flat wounds are the best solution although a lot of people put in a Mustang bridge.
I find listening to you tube clips of guitars like a jag hard, you never hear someone playing them through a Marshall, its always through a fender with the surf tone. Fair enough as that is what they are known for, but I have found they can run through a Marshall quiet well. The Quarterpunder in the bridge sounds huge, and I am hoping the 65 Fender in the next will give me clean options as well.
Just got the Jag back from having the Fender Vintage 65 pickups installed along with rewiring the guitar with CTS pots and jacks.
The neck pickup has gone from being unusable to a really sweet warm sound. Very much like a tele. The bridge is a huge departure fro the Seymour Duncan Quaterpounder I had in it. Will take a while to get used to, but with the volume rolled of it has some very nice cleans. While very much treble oriented, it isn't like an ice pick and is pretty cool, although with the bright switch on its all a bit too much.
Pretty happy though and am now contemplating some Custom Shop 69 pickups for the strat.