Current Obsession
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BriGuy1968
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+1
Ibanez really does have some VERY nice semi-hollows (and I’d be willing to bet their full hollow models are pretty good too).
Here ya go Mincer
https://reverb.com/item/6707547-hon...__LQ1wIVw4uzCh3nrwRAEAQYAyABEgIjSPD_BwE&pla=1
In serious mode if you can go semi hollow check these out. Budget George Benson's
Ibanez AGS73FM
+1
Ibanez really does have some VERY nice semi-hollows (and I’d be willing to bet their full hollow models are pretty good too).
BriGuy1968
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Re: Current Obsession
Lately I’ve been obsessed with this little darling... Michael Kelly 10th Anniversary Hybrid Special!
https://michaelkellyguitars.com/en/products/view/hybrid-special-10th-anniversary
Lately I’ve been obsessed with this little darling... Michael Kelly 10th Anniversary Hybrid Special!
https://michaelkellyguitars.com/en/products/view/hybrid-special-10th-anniversary
PFDarkside
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Re: Current Obsession
Really want a "real" Marshall* and "real" Les Paul.**
*Non-Master Volume 4-Input Marshall with 4x12 cab loaded with nice Greenback style speakers
**Historic or Traditional Les Paul with nice PAF style HBs
Really want a "real" Marshall* and "real" Les Paul.**
*Non-Master Volume 4-Input Marshall with 4x12 cab loaded with nice Greenback style speakers
**Historic or Traditional Les Paul with nice PAF style HBs
Re: Current Obsession
I hadn't seen that one! Very cool!
Great...now I gotta track one down to try it...
Here ya go Mincer
https://reverb.com/item/6707547-hon...__LQ1wIVw4uzCh3nrwRAEAQYAyABEgIjSPD_BwE&pla=1
In serious mode if you can go semi hollow check these out. Budget George Benson's
Ibanez AGS73FM
I hadn't seen that one! Very cool!
Great...now I gotta track one down to try it...
ehdwuld
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Godin15
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Re: Current Obsession
SWEET!! for sure.
Lately I’ve been obsessed with this little darling... Michael Kelly 10th Anniversary Hybrid Special!
https://michaelkellyguitars.com/en/products/view/hybrid-special-10th-anniversary
SWEET!! for sure.
dystrust
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Re: Current Obsession
I'd call it more neurosis than obsession, but I keep GASing for an Explorer with a Kahler. I have a Kahler on my Charvel mutt, but I don't find Strats terribly comfortable to play while standing. My Explorer was my first nice guitar and it's become like one of my kids; the idea of routing it horrifies me. It plays great and sounds amazing, but I'd really like to have a bar on it with decent range that actually stays in tune. It doesn't help that a shop near here has a '91 Explorer in tobacco burst. I've always wanted one that color, and it wouldn't bother me nearly as much to route that.
These days my #1 is an SG with P-Rails and a Bigsby with locking tuners. It stays in tune pretty well, but the bar doesn't have much range. I also like the sound of the Custom in my Explorer better than the P-Rails in series. If only I didn't like the P-Rails in parallel so much. The SG also weighs A LOT less than an Explorer; I'm really starting to appreciate that as I get older.
OTOH I really don't need another guitar, and I'm pretty happy with what I have for the most part. I just need to play (and especially write) more and the GAS tends to take care of itself.
I'd call it more neurosis than obsession, but I keep GASing for an Explorer with a Kahler. I have a Kahler on my Charvel mutt, but I don't find Strats terribly comfortable to play while standing. My Explorer was my first nice guitar and it's become like one of my kids; the idea of routing it horrifies me. It plays great and sounds amazing, but I'd really like to have a bar on it with decent range that actually stays in tune. It doesn't help that a shop near here has a '91 Explorer in tobacco burst. I've always wanted one that color, and it wouldn't bother me nearly as much to route that.
These days my #1 is an SG with P-Rails and a Bigsby with locking tuners. It stays in tune pretty well, but the bar doesn't have much range. I also like the sound of the Custom in my Explorer better than the P-Rails in series. If only I didn't like the P-Rails in parallel so much. The SG also weighs A LOT less than an Explorer; I'm really starting to appreciate that as I get older.
OTOH I really don't need another guitar, and I'm pretty happy with what I have for the most part. I just need to play (and especially write) more and the GAS tends to take care of itself.
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beaubrummels
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I've been just swapping pickups and magnets, searching for that holy grail. I've been misled by a lot of descriptions on the internet, partly because everyone has different amps, guitars and environments, so one guy saying 'such and such pickup is dark and muddy' was only like that in his rig. Try it in my guitar with my amp, discovered a whole new range of sound I can use. But still haven't found the exact grail tone I have in my head.
Strangely, the stock A2P set has come the closest. I avoided them for years because everyone said they were dark. Doesn't seem that way to me so far in my guitar through my amps and emulators. They have a strong low mid that will push a NMV to growl nicely, the bridge has some tight bite, and they have chime when clean. Needs tubes and a presence knob, but that's where I live anyway. Not perfect, but I was very surprised. Starting to think the Slash set might be the one, having a little more output.
I've been just swapping pickups and magnets, searching for that holy grail. I've been misled by a lot of descriptions on the internet, partly because everyone has different amps, guitars and environments, so one guy saying 'such and such pickup is dark and muddy' was only like that in his rig. Try it in my guitar with my amp, discovered a whole new range of sound I can use. But still haven't found the exact grail tone I have in my head.
Strangely, the stock A2P set has come the closest. I avoided them for years because everyone said they were dark. Doesn't seem that way to me so far in my guitar through my amps and emulators. They have a strong low mid that will push a NMV to growl nicely, the bridge has some tight bite, and they have chime when clean. Needs tubes and a presence knob, but that's where I live anyway. Not perfect, but I was very surprised. Starting to think the Slash set might be the one, having a little more output.
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These are cool guitars.. Played one few years back and was impressed.. Plus, the Michael Kellys are great players anyhow..
As far as my obsession.... Well, I know I have more gear than I NEED. Are a couple things I WANT.. But money is very tight these days.. Been just trying to get my pedal boards finalized and guitars I have dialed in. Pretty happy with most of them, but cant find the bridge pup for my red US Charvel that totally trips my trigger. And, I have a couple other guitars to dial in. A couple I still need to decide on pickups for and one I need to put a big block on the floyd.. So, right now, its just getting everything tweaked to where I can just play
These are cool guitars.. Played one few years back and was impressed.. Plus, the Michael Kellys are great players anyhow..
As far as my obsession.... Well, I know I have more gear than I NEED. Are a couple things I WANT.. But money is very tight these days.. Been just trying to get my pedal boards finalized and guitars I have dialed in. Pretty happy with most of them, but cant find the bridge pup for my red US Charvel that totally trips my trigger. And, I have a couple other guitars to dial in. A couple I still need to decide on pickups for and one I need to put a big block on the floyd.. So, right now, its just getting everything tweaked to where I can just play
Clint 55
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Re: Current Obsession
I've fiddled with my HSH Warmoth Strat probably 20 or 30 times since its inception a year ago and it's become the perfect guitar for me. I'm a bassman so I went from standard, to a half step down, and settled on a whole step down. Experimented with custom string sets and settled on 10, 13.5, 17, 28, 38, 52 all XLs with NYXL 4th and 5th string. Experimented with hybrids and settled on my Seth/Ant in the neck. Decided I didn't need the complexity of a hybrid for the bridge and settled on a JB. Swapped mags a lot and settled on A3 Seth/Ant, A5 Phat Cat, A4 JB. Experimented with pup orientation and settled with the screws facing in (Steve's tip), for more bite in neck and more roundness in bridge. Experimented with switching and got rid of splitting because each position has plenty of bite series. Experimented with pots, settled on 500k volume and 250k tone with 22nf cap. The 250k on 10 sounds identical to the 500k on 10 only it tapers better.
Super happy about it. It's nice and fat but has bite too in every position. The only thing I have left to do is get a proper hard tail Warmoth body for it and make it look nice. Everything is pretty much finalized. I couldn't be happier. I fiddled with it for a year!
I've fiddled with my HSH Warmoth Strat probably 20 or 30 times since its inception a year ago and it's become the perfect guitar for me. I'm a bassman so I went from standard, to a half step down, and settled on a whole step down. Experimented with custom string sets and settled on 10, 13.5, 17, 28, 38, 52 all XLs with NYXL 4th and 5th string. Experimented with hybrids and settled on my Seth/Ant in the neck. Decided I didn't need the complexity of a hybrid for the bridge and settled on a JB. Swapped mags a lot and settled on A3 Seth/Ant, A5 Phat Cat, A4 JB. Experimented with pup orientation and settled with the screws facing in (Steve's tip), for more bite in neck and more roundness in bridge. Experimented with switching and got rid of splitting because each position has plenty of bite series. Experimented with pots, settled on 500k volume and 250k tone with 22nf cap. The 250k on 10 sounds identical to the 500k on 10 only it tapers better.
Super happy about it. It's nice and fat but has bite too in every position. The only thing I have left to do is get a proper hard tail Warmoth body for it and make it look nice. Everything is pretty much finalized. I couldn't be happier. I fiddled with it for a year!
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Godin15
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Re: Current Obsession
+1 on your comments, Don't be like my buddy keeps collecting rarely picks up an axe any more. And when he does he's sloppy and losing his touch. Keep on Rockin!
+1 on your comments, Don't be like my buddy keeps collecting rarely picks up an axe any more. And when he does he's sloppy and losing his touch. Keep on Rockin!
Discharged
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My obsession is just not to obsess about anything.
/Peter
My obsession is just not to obsess about anything.
/Peter
