NGD - Something green with EMG's :p

[Phantasmagoria]

Looks even cooler than I remembered and plays beautifully. Sweet ****in ' tone too :bigthumb:

Looks like the pup's are indeed Retroactives of some kind. First thing I did was replace the battery though. The old one must've been in there about 4 years. Next up...string change (I can feel the rust on them)

Little clip....

The pup's sound an feel like (lightly boosted) passives which is what they are I guess. Really nice dynamics & clarity but open & fat with a bit of roundness to them as well...nothing like an 81 at all.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Lol....something green

Looks like this one went into amp central by mistake. Mods kindly shift this to the guitar section?

 

[PFDarkside]

When you are changing the strings pull the pickups. I bet they are Fat 55 based on your description. I’d like to try those and the Super 77s.

And do you believe everyone now about the Jack access panel?

 

[Kac]

Looks badass!!

 

[Dudeman7]

Really nice quilt on that top! Cool guitar, man!

 

[Mincer]

This looks a little like a Brian Moore C90 from the late 90s or so...very nice!

 

[Demanic]

When you are changing the strings pull the pickups. I bet they are Fat 55 based on your description. I’d like to try those and the Super 77s.

And do you believe everyone now about the Jack access panel?

What about the jack access plate?

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[Phantasmagoria]

Thanks dudes...yeah, Mincer...it's got a top like a Brian Moore C90. Plays great and sounds great too but obviously at a fraction of the price . Still a pretty well spec'd guitar for what I paid (decent discount for it being in storage for years/displayed). Looks perfect though, apart from a few semi-rusty screws, so I'm really happy with it. Frets are perfect, action is low/slinky with no buzz whatsoever, stay's in perfect tune even with severe divebomb/whammy abuse lol. The finish is even more insane than it looks in the pics. I had it out in the sun yesterday for a bit & it really looked Spectacular. Kinda reminds me of the underside of a large alligator/crocodile ...it's kinda reptilian :lmao:

When you are changing the strings pull the pickups. I bet they are Fat 55 based on your description. I’d like to try those and the Super 77s.

And do you believe everyone now about the Jack access panel?

Oh, after googling a few Ibanez pics I believed everyone anyway (just did'nt say anything :laugh2. I just thought they maybe had the battery in there as well. My Ibby's are all Sabre's ..no jack plates on those..

As for the string change, I'm a bit ahead of you. Did that right after my last post with the video. Also I tune all my guitar's down half a step so I had to re-adjust the bridge springs to get the trem angle right. (What I was doing when I took the pics)

I'll check next time I need to change strings. But yeah, based on the tone I think you're probably right about them being Fat 55's...

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: the access plate

Battery boxes for EMG equipped guitars are dumb. A pair of humbuckers will last like 1500 hours. Really not the thing you need quick access for.

 

[Mincer]

Re: the access plate

Battery boxes for EMG equipped guitars are dumb. A pair of humbuckers will last like 1500 hours. Really not the thing you need quick access for.

But the batteries only go bad at a show on the 2nd song of the 3rd set.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

haha ...**** happens.

Speaking of batteries....new battery, new strings, and just to keep things novel & exciting I switched the mid-bass boost on the amp from "on" to "off" for this one :laugh2:

lol..I really need a new backing track.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Finally d/l 'd a couple of new YT backing tracks this morning..

So I thought I'd check them out & also take the opportunity to do a couple of comparisons (retroactives vs Blackouts) in the name of guitar science :bigthumb:

First go's with the EMG Retro's & the second's with my Blackouts' Metal. It's pretty obvious that the Blackouts metal is far hotter & a bit more middy, but otherwise they're both fun 'tapping & shred' pickups.

The backing tracks about 6 min's long ..so after that comes 'V2' with the Blackouts Metal (also 6 mins :laugh2
Same setup as my last bunch of clips. Used my Laboga The beast 30 Plus head & Laney 2x12 w/ cheap chinese mic & Zoom G1x Four in the loop for a bit of delay/reverb..no other fx/studio magic lol.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

The things I do for guitar science ..sheesh

Time for more experimenting...

Swung the mic over a bit so it was pretty much dead centre 'cause I wanted a crisper sound with a bit more bite. I thought I'd have a go with one of the Kramer's too..cuz ..why not?

So now we expand the pool: No-name passive vs. Emg Fat 55 (checked & confirmed) vs. Blackouts Metal :bigthumb:



Starting with the Kramer..

Then the two actives with the same mic placement..

 

[playas]

Nice amp


Looks cool

 

[Phantasmagoria]

haha..well it's finally been moved to the guitar shop :bigthumb:


More tone comparisons..

I thought ..(since this thread took a bit of a turn & is now all about guitar science) "Eh..since we're here ..why not compare JB clone's??" ..so I did :bigthumb:



No-name Kramer

Vs. Dean/DMT Baker Act.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Another day = a new approach:

Time to check it (Cort X11) out with a different 30W amp (to pick out the subtle tonal nuances) :bigthumb:

 

[Phantasmagoria]

More subtle tonal nuances :bigthumb:

Dispensed with the mic'ed cab & plugged it into my Mooer GE300 (Randall T2 "Tone Capture" Profile) = fun, yet scientific times...

 

[Phantasmagoria]

even more nuances..

Don't want it to come off as self-indulgence or anything (cuz it's more like self-sacrifice) & yeah, I know it's all for science...but gotta say I'm kinda bored with this track now :laugh2:

utahere:utahere:

 

[Phantasmagoria]

haha..here I am doing all this super-scientific tone experimentation & I totally FORGOT all about the neck pup!

Got to remedy that..

As I said before, I'm sick af with that last backing track ..so time to move on :bigthumb:

Back to the Laboga head & IRT cab with the Zoom & $20 mic :laugh2:



This one's kinda more laid-back & chill sounding ..just a nice long, sweet. meandering jam :smokin:

Normally hardly use my neck pup but this one's actually pretty cool/usable ...I actually had'nt even tried it since I first bought the guitar and checked it to see it was working. But after jamming with it a bit I think it sounds phenomenal. The EQ is perfect, no flab & cuts through like a knife but it's still really round-sounding, sweet & tuneful. Joins the Dean/DMT MAB Hands without Shadows & Fockin Rocket Queen as my fave neck pup's :bigthumb:

 

[Phantasmagoria]

...and now with my Grote semi-hollow body (Fockin Rocket Queen neck pup)..just for some perspective..

Thought I'd intersperse the slower meandering bits with some tappier & shreddier bits for added contrast & then study the outcome using venn diagrams :bigthumb: