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I just jizzed my pants.Meet Seximus Maximus.
So yeah, My 4th Electric Bass. Its a frankenstein between a fender Aerodyne and a Geddy Lee. Probably the sweetest combination known to mankind. Added some vinyls to pimp it to the extreme.
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more pics here: http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1562&l=a7dc7&id=1350420078
THAT is sexy. If it was a leftie....
Can't find my camera.
Hmmm.
One like this
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk193/kid_lizard/Ovation023sm50.jpg
One like this
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/shop_image/product/bd66cdc2e3d2f3ca7691513431fc2331.jpg
And 3 others that are not particularly cool. (2x nylon classic & super cheap strat replica thing)
Hmmm.
One like this
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk193/kid_lizard/Ovation023sm50.jpg
One like this
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/shop_image/product/bd66cdc2e3d2f3ca7691513431fc2331.jpg
And 3 others that are not particularly cool. (2x nylon classic & super cheap strat replica thing)
My complete setup an some detail shoots:
Gibson Standard Les Paul, Marshall JCM602, lots of effects
Niiice.
Do you ever get tired playing a Les Paul for extended periods of time? I always found them heavy, cumbersome and awkward. Definitely a Telecaster man myself.
Tired? Well, kind of. The guitar is really heavy. After about an hour of playing, I need a short break for my shoulder.
But it still is the best guitar I've ever played on. It's a good allrounder for me, playing Rock/Pop/Oldies and some Jazz/Swing.
The only alternative for me would be a Fender Stratocaster, just to have a choice which song to play on what guitar. But right now, I don't have the money...
Pictures aren't that great, but you get the point.
Fender Jazz Bass, Japanese made.
Also have a Yamaha Electric guitar, but my brother's using that at the moment.
Fender Jazz Bass, Japanese made.
Also have a Yamaha Electric guitar, but my brother's using that at the moment.
You just started - did you pick that guitar up to learn, or have you had it for a while? How old is it? I'd love to get myself a Martin (the older the better) but lack the necessary resources atm
Hey,
It's a month old and I can barely play it.
So I guess you could say I got it to learn on.
I asked a friend who's big into guitars what the best brand is.
He said for accoustic Martin, so I went looking.
This particular model is pretty much the cheapest solid wood(as opposed to laminated) that they make give or take a few models.
Well, my friend is jealous and, if I don't take too well to playing guitar, I can always sell it.
I did find playing his Fender Strat a little easier to play as opposed to an accoustic.
It's a month old and I can barely play it.
So I guess you could say I got it to learn on.
I asked a friend who's big into guitars what the best brand is.
He said for accoustic Martin, so I went looking.
This particular model is pretty much the cheapest solid wood(as opposed to laminated) that they make give or take a few models.
Well, my friend is jealous and, if I don't take too well to playing guitar, I can always sell it.
I did find playing his Fender Strat a little easier to play as opposed to an accoustic.
I spent ten years as mostly a Telecaster player from a Squier, to a Fernandez copy, to a couple of vintage Fenders ('65, '68), and I loved them all. Right now the two guitars I have sport dual humbuckers and it's really not me at all. Telecasters, like Rickenbackers and Gretsch hollowbodies, have a smaller, yet incredibly loyal fan base. I have had the strats, Les Pauls, and double locking trem superstrats, but the Tele is what I always feel most comfortable with.
Sorry in advance for the crappy pictures...just saw this thread and wanted to throw something up here.
I'm got an American Deluxe Strat, SSH with LSR nut. I replaced the stock bridge pickup with a DiMarzio Evolution, so now it's nice and hot
I admittedly don't play as much as I should...perhaps this thread will inspire me!
I'm got an American Deluxe Strat, SSH with LSR nut. I replaced the stock bridge pickup with a DiMarzio Evolution, so now it's nice and hot
I admittedly don't play as much as I should...perhaps this thread will inspire me!
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Sorry in advance for the crappy pictures...just saw this thread and wanted to throw something up here.
I'm got an American Deluxe Strat, SSH with LSR nut. I replaced the stock bridge pickup with a DiMarzio Evolution, so now it's nice and hot
I admittedly don't play as much as I should...perhaps this thread will inspire me!
How does the evolution sound vs. the stock Fender humbucker? Was the Fender humbucker similar to a PAF or was it hotter (with ceramic magnets like a DiMarzio distortion humbucker?). I have a metal guitar I thought about using evolutions with. It came stock with some slightly hotter than PAF EMG-HZs and I ditched the idea of going active, and played with the idea of just a hotter passive pickup like the evolution, PAF Joe, or Duncan JB.
I'm honestly not sure what a PAF sounds like compared to this, but I really do like this pickup. The Fender one wasn't all that how. This one allows me to get the more "nasally" tone I was looking for, if that makes sense.
i absolutely love telecasters. i've owned les pauls, a few hamers, an ibanez or two, but i always come back to the tele. i'm thinking about picking up the jim root version with two humbuckers to go with the one i have now, kinda best of both worlds, with the same feel.
The only guitar I have loved as much as all the six or seven Fender teles and tele copies I have owned is probably the Ibanezes when I feel in a mood to shred fast ala Satriani type stuff or my poor attempt at Satch.
But for classic rock and clean tones, those humbuckers in the Ibanezes, or for that matter any make, just don't sound as nice as the clean twang of a tele to me. Even strat clean tones are not as pretty as the tele twang. But I have thought about having a humbucker tele with a flat 12" inch Ibanez/Jackson type flat fast neck and having a tele metal shredder guitar. I once saw a B.C. Rich tele copy with a flat, fast neck with huge frets and it had dual humbuckers and no pickguard. The body was neon green and all the parts were black. I should have bought that one for the hard rock stuff.
I also like the idea of a three single coil pickup tele with a five way selector switch, also known as a Nashville tele after all the studio players in country and rock who sported a middle single coil in a tele and modified the switch to five positions like a strat.
The older Gibson PAF has a relatively weak output, with strong highs and strong bass tones.
The hotter Duncan JB, Duncan distortion, DiMarzio PAF Pro, and I assume DiMarzio Evolutions, are "hotter" meaning more midrange added to the stock highs and lows of a PAF. This can be attained through more winds on the copper wire, or ceramic magnets, or both.
The ultra hot humbuckers like the Duncan Live Wires, Duncan Invaders, or EMG active humbuckers have an awesome amount of midrange and punch similar to that Metallica sound.
My Ibanez Artcore hollowbody has the standard low powered alnico PAF sound with little to moderate midrange. But my ESP Viper tries to be in the EMG category with an overwound alnico passive pickup but really only gets a slightly "hot" sounding PAF. They claim it's for metal but it's more of a classic rock pickup with added midrange. I may get some ceramic magnet humbuckers for that guitar someday for more midrange.