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Close-up of my '78 ES-335, since it wasn't really singled out in my previous post.
I love that guitar. It remind me of the Rooftop concert one that John Lennon used.
Some differences, but same soul.
I have ... I hate to admit this, but I have no idea what type of guitar. I know it's black and says encore on the head. Any ideas? It's at my parents house right now, so I can't take a picture.
I love that guitar. It remind me of the Rooftop concert one that John Lennon used.
Some differences, but same soul.
That is rad. Very Lennon.
Are you a Beatles fan? John's guitar has a great history. It was originally brown sunburst and he used in in '65 and '66 when he played the last official concert with the band. Sometime later he stripped the finish to natural and used it a lot in late Beatles recordings. Besides the famous rooftop concert at the end of the Beatles career, he also used it in the "Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus" when he, Yoko, Eric Clapton, and Keith Richards jammed on some tunes. After John's death, Yoko let Gibson/Epiphone borrow John's guitar so they could copy it down to the stripped satin finish and replacement tuners for a Beatles authorized custom model which was both a limited edition with Gibson/Epiphone and the estate of John Lennon. I was lucky to have actually played one of these rare custom guitars and it was amazing.
BTW, did you know that Seymour Duncan has drop in replacement pickups which would require no additional routing, or even messing with your pickup mounting rings which is a drop in single coil P-90 like Lennon's but in the exact shape of a standard Gibson humbucker?
http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/electric/specialized/progressive/sph901_phat_cat/
I love the way those guitars look but I wish they were standard scale. most of the time they are too big for the way a play. Big stretches and moving around the neck is pain. I saw the mahogany shecter c-1 that was through body with coil taps and it sounded glorious.
Fenders usually have a 25 1/2" inch scale and Gibson's have a 24 3/4" inch scale. Both are somewhat long. But for a slightly shorter scale neck, at 24" inches even, the Fender Jaguar fits the bill without being too small like a 3/4 sized student guitar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Jaguar
The later Fender Jagstang has a shorter scale neck, too and it's the one Kurt Cobain used. This one has a DiMarzio humbucker that is only found on this model and not available separately.
The Fender Mustang also shares the shorter 24" inch scale neck but also have an even shorter 22 1/2" inch scale neck. Also check out Fender Duo-Sonic and Fender Bronco.
I hope this helps.
i guess i'll post a few of mine
Very nice.
I would take forever trying to pick which one to play. I used to have just three and the choice was too hard, so I gave one away. With just two, I alternate every month and that's fine for me. I like to keep things simple. I also have a keyboard like yours but for the life of me, I don't know where I put it.
My keyboard got lost because I stopped using it. It has 104 sounds on its digital bank, which isn't much but even those choices hurt my brain. I know some keyboardists have thousands of sounds, but that type of choice would make me get a brain tumor.
EMG 81 with 2 9volt battery mod 18V!
That guitar must have some serious gain.
I use passive pickups on my two guitars, even though one set is EMG but passive lower gain HZs, and our practice studio has two half stacks and one full stack, JCM 800, JCM 900, and Marshall Custom JCM 2000 and they get the job done.
But the drummer likes to plug in some of his 13 guitars through those rigs and has several equipped with EMG 81s, but 9 volt, and that just blows my freakin' ears out. (He has two Fender American Standard strats with just an EMG 81 in the bridge, a couple of Ibanez superstrats with EMG 81s, and a couple of Jackson Randy Rhoads with EMG 81s. Overall, it's just a little too high gain for me so I never use any of those guitars. I like his Ibanezes, Fenders, and Gibsons that he has with the stock passive pickups with those three Marshalls.
The context of our studio set up has a drumset that is not miked and the PA is either 130 watts or 250 watts, but not really very strong as vocals need more push to be heard over instruments.
The only way I have been able to get a good sounding mix with an EMG was when the amp was smaller or we played in a venue when where the club had a very strong PA if we brought our Marshalls. There is no sense in having a guitar be so loud if the PA, drummer, and bassist can't keep up in volume. That's why some guitarists actually get a better sound in the context of a band with a PA when they either use smaller amps that are miked, for control, or use relatively weak output pickups like stock Gibson PAFs or stock Fender single coils as opposed to a supercharged active pickup.
Hi all!
I am new to the forums and the proud owner of his first Mac -- the 1299 Macbook. I stumbled upon this thread by clicking new posts earlier today so I thought I'd share my guitar.
That was before re-assembly, obviously, but it really shows off the paint. It was hand painted by a dear friend of mine, the artist Robert Langenwalter. His inspiration were the lyrics to my songs. It is one of a kind and I am blessed to own and play it.
Cheers!
I am new to the forums and the proud owner of his first Mac -- the 1299 Macbook. I stumbled upon this thread by clicking new posts earlier today so I thought I'd share my guitar.
That was before re-assembly, obviously, but it really shows off the paint. It was hand painted by a dear friend of mine, the artist Robert Langenwalter. His inspiration were the lyrics to my songs. It is one of a kind and I am blessed to own and play it.
Cheers!
Actually its a Yamaha Pacifica with all new hardware. My wife calls it the most expensive $200 guitar ever.
I had a Les Paul Custom almost identical to your Standard. Instead of the usual gold plated parts, my Custom had chrome parts like the Standards do. I love that your guitar has a beautiful maple top instead of the more trendy, overused tiger stripe maple top seen on most Gibsons, Epiphones, and other makers these days. I also like the underused tobacco sunburst finished guitars which I don't see much these days. I would like to get a Tele, and I have eyed the tobacco sunburst Standard Tele.
As for your DeLonge, I have considered one of those, especially since I play punk when I do play rock music.
Actually, Kurt rarely used that guitar, most likely because it's kind of poor quality and he was disappointed with it as it stood. I'm pretty sure he usually just used a normal Jaguar... at least early on.
I just got this off eBay. My first electric. It looks really cool but the main reason I got it was because it has a humbucker and a normal telecaster pickup.
And that guitar with the painting on it is awesome!
yeah, im with you on the finish. i really like it.. Seeing so many tiger finish LP's made me want to get something a tiny bit different..
i recommend the DeLonge.. the dirty finger pickup is great.. you wont regret it..
also, have a look at the Joe Strummer telecaster if your looking at getting a tele.. they look and play awesome.
