A way to man's heart is NOT......

JeffB

JeffB

Let it B
through his stomach...

at least this man's.

No....

the way to this man's heart is to get him something at a major musical instrument store for his B-day :bigthumb:

At least that's what my family did, and I'm perfectly happy with that :laugh2:

Anyhoo...so I went amp shopping...but I couldn't find an amp I liked. But I did find a guitar that I just couldn't pass up taking home (they gave me a good deal cos it had some dings), and I've GAS'ed for one for quite some time.

So I made this jazzy/bluesy clip to showcase what this guitar is all about. Sorry no pics until later. GF has my camera :D Vox AD15 using the Fender twin and Vox AC15 models.

jazzy-bluesy noodle thing
 
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Damn tease!!!!! :fing25: :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
Great tones on that one. Don't ya just love that AC15 model? It sounds great with the gain up. Wonderful British style crunch.
 
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and you won't tell us what kind of guitar it is? You tease!!

edit: Just listened to the clip. Is it a hollowbody?
 
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Well it has Duncans in it :bigthumb:

All will be revealed later....patience grasshoppas :chairfall


Erik..I LOVE the 15...hate the 30....PS. I made you a metal clip with it...is your internet access still down at home? your work bounces MP3s...
 
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that thing blows...return it and get the other one.

(i say having no idea what it is and refusing listening to the clip 'til i see it)

:D

-Mike
 
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JeffB said:
Well it has Duncans in it :bigthumb:

All will be revealed later....patience grasshoppas :chairfall


Erik..I LOVE the 15...hate the 30....PS. I made you a metal clip with it...is your internet access still down at home? your work bounces MP3s...
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I'm the same way about the 15/30.

Yep, it's still down. :( I'll have a new DSL modem tonight or tomorrow night. I have no idea how full my mailbox is right now....LOL. MP3 attachments are blocked at work.
 
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XSSIVE said:
that thing blows...return it and get the other one.

(i say having no idea what it is and refusing listening to the clip 'til i see it)

:D

-Mike
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Typical Long Islander...image over substance :rolleyes:

:chairfall

jes kiddin ya bro! :D


C'mon man..lemme know what you think about how it sounds...

I'll have pics up in a bit...
 
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ErikH said:
I'm the same way about the 15/30.

Yep, it's still down. :( I'll have a new DSL modem tonight or tomorrow night. I have no idea how full my mailbox is right now....LOL. MP3 attachments are blocked at work.
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suckage....guess you'll hafta wait...:laugh2:


this thing handles high gain quite well :bigthumb:
 
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I'm going to take a guess.............semi-hollow Squier Thinline Tele.
 
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Well, the GF is running late (imagine that!)..so no pics yet... :(

but I went ahead and uploaded the high gain clip that I made for Erik...I'm such a hack....:chairfall I should really make an attempt to play better...

high gain twenty two oh-three
 
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JeffB said:
Well, the GF is running late (imagine that!)..so no pics yet... :(

but I went ahead and uploaded the high gain clip that I made for Erik...I'm such a hack....:chairfall I should really make an attempt to play better...

high gain twenty two oh-three
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flyyyyyyyyyyyyy on your wiiiiiiiiiiiggggnnnss like an eeeguuuuuhhhlll


toooooooo minuutes to miiiiiiiiidnight!!!!


some of the first riffs i ever lernt on guitar
 
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I'm still trying....:laugh2:


pics in a few....got the cam...
 
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OK...yeah I'm a tease :laugh2:


and yeah....I'm a sneaky bastid'...:6:


I was making a little play on the words..."Jazzy/Bluesy"

cos the guitar is equipped with....well...a J(azz)B(lues) bridge...and a Jazz...sorta.

Last night I was playing this thing, and got into the clean amp models, and really was amazed how good this guitar sounded through the clean amps...

Anyhoo...

I present to you the most resonant (and damn near the heaviest) piece of an Alder tree I can remember..in fact I believe there is an entire alder tree compressed into this one guitar :blackeye:

yep...

Alder... :eek13:

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:fing25:

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Sooo...the good, the bad, and the ugly....

we'll start with ugly

1) it's a little too clownburst, tho the pics accentuate it. Not as bad as my CSB ML79 or Epi SpaceAce were though.

bad....

1) Tone control is acting up today...cutting in and out.

2) It's got some abuse in the store. On the upper part of the rear "horn" it's got a pretty good chip taken out...down to the wood...about the size of a dime I'd guess. Let's the wood breathe better though :bigthumb: ;) Got some marks on the neck from I guess the stand hanger interacting with the poly? I think they can be buffed out. can't feel it though. doesnt affect anything

3) Got a couple of swirls/raised sections in the poly. Din' see 'em til I got home, but not a big deal to me. You gotta look real close

4) Binding on the high E side at the end of the fretboard is a little chewed off

5) Pup selector is too tight...usually the opposite is true. PITA to flip over real quick.

6) uhm...its heavy. I mean... like 10 pounds heavy

7) one screw on the control plate on the back is stripped


Basically this thing was beat up at the local Sam @$$

OK the good...

1) Resonance is like the Destroyer or better. I mean this SOB really shakes your gut, and you can feel the vibration in the neck. It responds to your playing. I guarantee it doesn't get the precise neck joint work like a USA Hamer dos, but its got the big massive dovetail type joint.

2) Its heavy. Super stable feeling. Like a good MIA guitar. Doesn't feel like an import. Feels alot like my White Gibson Explorer, but a couple pounds heavier.

3) nice piece of rosewood. Reminds me of my firebird or my Edwards. Not your typical MIK/MIC nasty rosewood.

4) Frets are great. Both how they are polished, and how they feel. Again, more like a MIJ than a MIK/MIC.

5) Loud acoustic tone, and NOT dark. Very even toned. Perhaps cos it's alder. Not quite as full as the Destroyer but close.

6) best cut MIK/MIC nut I've ever seen.

7) Best looking import trap inlays I've seen. Compare them with the crap inlays on my Tokai and Edwards :rolleyes:

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8) Duncan Designs sound fantastic. Clear. Warm. Full. Even more surprising.. I *gasp* LOVE LOVE LOVE the JB in this guitar!! :bowdown: I'm seriously thinking of just putting a USA JB in the bridge, but I'd like something a bit hotter/fuller in the neck...maybe a PGn. Though I've gotta say I like the Jazz in this guitar too. A Mustaine set would not be out of the question, though the color wouldn't look good.

9) It cost me 50 smackers less than a Dean 79 series :chairfall

10) Big fat neck (looks to be maple, tho Hamer specs Alder). Dang near your typical Hamer USA carve. Think PRS McCarty or production 50s from Gibson.

I also played a few other guitars. I originally went looking for a semi-hollow (well after I realized they didn't have any amps I'd want), but didn't see what I was looking for (that Ibby AS103). I played a LTD Mustaine V :bigthumb: and a PRS singlecut import, which was impressive as well for an import. Singlecut was really resonant and played like butter. But this Hamer won out for tone and playability.
 
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