kramersteen
PowerMetalRaph
Re: SDUG Ultimate Axe; SUPERSTRAT Entrees
We need two superstrat categories. I have more stock entries
We need two superstrat categories. I have more stock entries
SDUG Ultimate Axe; SUPERSTRAT Entrees
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vinta9e
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Re: SDUG Ultimate Axe; SUPERSTRAT Entrees
Hahaha, call me Hawk Eye! :14:
DiMarzio has been stamping the model numbers on baseplates for, like, 20 years already. So, most probably, you can verify what the pickups are. The Paf Pro is most common with black polepieces, so it's slightly unlikely, too. But even if the pickups aren't stock, but swapped for different models, so what? No reason to be embarrassed, really.
Hahaha, call me Hawk Eye! :14:
DiMarzio has been stamping the model numbers on baseplates for, like, 20 years already. So, most probably, you can verify what the pickups are. The Paf Pro is most common with black polepieces, so it's slightly unlikely, too. But even if the pickups aren't stock, but swapped for different models, so what? No reason to be embarrassed, really.
Ascension
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Re: SDUG Ultimate Axe; SUPERSTRAT Entrees
BRO DON'T BE HATING ON THOSE WASHBURNS!!
They are more "real" GROVER Jackson creations than the guitar you posted!!
I once owned both those MG's Keeper has and both of those guitars are flat bad to the bone in playability materials and workmanship.
They are super rare as few of the USA's were built over the few years Grover ran that shop so many have never seen or played one in person. Those Chicago Custom USA Washburns are true boutique hand-built monsters!!
here's a truckload of unpopular Washburns. T
So, maybe this one will do. Achtung, there comes snowblind!
BRO DON'T BE HATING ON THOSE WASHBURNS!!
They are more "real" GROVER Jackson creations than the guitar you posted!!
I once owned both those MG's Keeper has and both of those guitars are flat bad to the bone in playability materials and workmanship.
They are super rare as few of the USA's were built over the few years Grover ran that shop so many have never seen or played one in person. Those Chicago Custom USA Washburns are true boutique hand-built monsters!!
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Little Pigbacon
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I don't say this often, but I think vinta9e's comment was taken out of context. Let's have another look at it, and maybe consider wearing a Band-Aid over that Washburn thing -- it seems awfully touchy for some reason.
I don't say this often, but I think vinta9e's comment was taken out of context. Let's have another look at it, and maybe consider wearing a Band-Aid over that Washburn thing -- it seems awfully touchy for some reason.
vinta9e
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Re: SDUG Ultimate Axe; SUPERSTRAT Entrees
Relax, bro. I'm not hatin', I'm statin'. There's nothing wrong with them being unpopular, or is there? Oh, I've said "truckload" but that was me being slightly sarcastic. Big deal? I don't think so.
I remember a chicago series import a friend bought for peanuts. Turned out to be a stupidly good guitar, easily worth 10x its price in tone and feel. Just a bit on the ugly side but that's an irrelevant opinion, especially that it is not an MG.
Now, high $$ guitars is where I've heard the most disappointment. Please don't misread my words into "they all suck", because obviously they do not. But some of them actually do. I feel sorry for anybody thinking along the lines of "this guitar costs a couple of grand so it must be great". My attitude is "the more it costs the more I should expect". High dollar dogs are today's curse, imo. But never mind, it doesn't matter if it sounds good unless the owner actually is a musician.
Thanks for your opinion on my Fusion, anyway.
Relax, bro. I'm not hatin', I'm statin'. There's nothing wrong with them being unpopular, or is there? Oh, I've said "truckload" but that was me being slightly sarcastic. Big deal? I don't think so.
I remember a chicago series import a friend bought for peanuts. Turned out to be a stupidly good guitar, easily worth 10x its price in tone and feel. Just a bit on the ugly side but that's an irrelevant opinion, especially that it is not an MG.
Now, high $$ guitars is where I've heard the most disappointment. Please don't misread my words into "they all suck", because obviously they do not. But some of them actually do. I feel sorry for anybody thinking along the lines of "this guitar costs a couple of grand so it must be great". My attitude is "the more it costs the more I should expect". High dollar dogs are today's curse, imo. But never mind, it doesn't matter if it sounds good unless the owner actually is a musician.
Thanks for your opinion on my Fusion, anyway.
kramersteen
PowerMetalRaph
Re: SDUG Ultimate Axe; SUPERSTRAT Entrees
Did you see my fusion i posted up ^^^ there? Charvel and jackson fusions are really prime playing guitars imo.
Wonder if anyone on this forum owns a jackson jdr? they are another really good mij
Did you see my fusion i posted up ^^^ there? Charvel and jackson fusions are really prime playing guitars imo.
Wonder if anyone on this forum owns a jackson jdr? they are another really good mij
Ascension
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Re: SDUG Ultimate Axe; SUPERSTRAT Entrees
Not touchy it's just common that these guitars get little respect from those who have never seen one, that is until they pick one up and actually play it.
Truth is there are few out there so most don't have a clue how good they really are. If you have only seen the Washburn imports it's easy to discount these guitars as sub par till you actually see one in the flesh pick it up and play one. I love to watch the reactions of folks when they do pick one of these up for the first time it's like WOW WHAT IS THIS??
These were are all hand built in Chicago with the best of the best in woods and hardware and on par in every way with super high end stuff like the Anderson and Suhr guitars in reality.
Not touchy it's just common that these guitars get little respect from those who have never seen one, that is until they pick one up and actually play it.
Truth is there are few out there so most don't have a clue how good they really are. If you have only seen the Washburn imports it's easy to discount these guitars as sub par till you actually see one in the flesh pick it up and play one. I love to watch the reactions of folks when they do pick one of these up for the first time it's like WOW WHAT IS THIS??
These were are all hand built in Chicago with the best of the best in woods and hardware and on par in every way with super high end stuff like the Anderson and Suhr guitars in reality.
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GuitarStv
Sock Market Trader
Re: SDUG Ultimate Axe; SUPERSTRAT Entrees
I guess this Charvel is technically a superstrat . . .
Not as blingin' as some in here, but I like her! Changed from a 3 pos to 5 pos switch, added a tone knob, changed the knobs to purple, and added a glossy black pickguard.
I guess this Charvel is technically a superstrat . . .
Not as blingin' as some in here, but I like her! Changed from a 3 pos to 5 pos switch, added a tone knob, changed the knobs to purple, and added a glossy black pickguard.
KeeperOS
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Re: SDUG Ultimate Axe; SUPERSTRAT Entrees
Just throwing it out there but like he said, I bought both of the guitars I posted earlier from Ascension and I LOVE them both and have gotten more than a few compliments on the way they look, feel and sound. And these two are the ones he sold because he felt the other ones that he had were better...
And FWIW what I got from his post was that, as GAS-worthy as the guitar you posted is (and it certainty is!), those MGs are every bit a Jackson (designed by Grover Jackson himself) as yours and the rest of the more famous ones and built by some of the greatest master luthiers of the era (taken from Hamer guitars when they moved out of Chicago) and with the absolute greatest parts and raw materials they could get their hands on, and yet they're not appreciated as much as other, even lower-end (in comparison) Charvels and Jacksons.
Still, like you said, it's a bit of a lucky break for those of us that know about them and care about owning an amazing guitar (or two, or three) and at an incredible price no less more than the possible bragging rights!
That last part is a sad truth.
Just throwing it out there but like he said, I bought both of the guitars I posted earlier from Ascension and I LOVE them both and have gotten more than a few compliments on the way they look, feel and sound. And these two are the ones he sold because he felt the other ones that he had were better...
And FWIW what I got from his post was that, as GAS-worthy as the guitar you posted is (and it certainty is!), those MGs are every bit a Jackson (designed by Grover Jackson himself) as yours and the rest of the more famous ones and built by some of the greatest master luthiers of the era (taken from Hamer guitars when they moved out of Chicago) and with the absolute greatest parts and raw materials they could get their hands on, and yet they're not appreciated as much as other, even lower-end (in comparison) Charvels and Jacksons.
Still, like you said, it's a bit of a lucky break for those of us that know about them and care about owning an amazing guitar (or two, or three) and at an incredible price no less more than the possible bragging rights!
Ascension
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Re: SDUG Ultimate Axe; SUPERSTRAT Entrees
Bro make no mistake those 2 MG's I sold you were NOT sold because the were in ANY way sub par guitars!!
The red one was an early 1994 122 and had a different neck profile than the later ones did and I preferred the feel of the later profile. That one however because of that chunkier neck may well be be the best sounding 122 I have ever played and it's also visually absolutely stunning.
I only sold the MG 104 to finance the PRS I absolutely stole and intended to flip at first and I will own another of those at some point.
You wound up owning 2 of very the best examples of these guitars I have ever seen.
The one out of all of these guitars I have owned that has been my absolute favorite player is the orange MG 102.
It's just "different" from the light resonate Swamp Ash body in the one off color to the somehow different looking Wilky 100 trem it's something special.
On stage now days I will most of the time play the PRS because of all the different tones i can pull out of it on the fly. But when I'm in studio and in particular doing a solo track I grab the little orange 102 most of the time!!
It just KILLS in particular the way it sings at high gain.
Here is a solo clip to a jam track with her through the Red Prosonic head I had then a studio cut with my old band again running it through the red Prosonic and a photo. From a pure players stand point it's simply the most super of all the Super Strats I have ever owned.
https://app.box.com/shared/bnc3ghqvrr
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=7804039
Bro make no mistake those 2 MG's I sold you were NOT sold because the were in ANY way sub par guitars!!
The red one was an early 1994 122 and had a different neck profile than the later ones did and I preferred the feel of the later profile. That one however because of that chunkier neck may well be be the best sounding 122 I have ever played and it's also visually absolutely stunning.
I only sold the MG 104 to finance the PRS I absolutely stole and intended to flip at first and I will own another of those at some point.
You wound up owning 2 of very the best examples of these guitars I have ever seen.
The one out of all of these guitars I have owned that has been my absolute favorite player is the orange MG 102.
It's just "different" from the light resonate Swamp Ash body in the one off color to the somehow different looking Wilky 100 trem it's something special.
On stage now days I will most of the time play the PRS because of all the different tones i can pull out of it on the fly. But when I'm in studio and in particular doing a solo track I grab the little orange 102 most of the time!!
It just KILLS in particular the way it sings at high gain.
Here is a solo clip to a jam track with her through the Red Prosonic head I had then a studio cut with my old band again running it through the red Prosonic and a photo. From a pure players stand point it's simply the most super of all the Super Strats I have ever owned.
https://app.box.com/shared/bnc3ghqvrr
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=7804039
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Little Pigbacon
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If I ever get a chance to check one out, I'll be sure and respect it as much federal, state, and local laws will allow.
If I ever get a chance to check one out, I'll be sure and respect it as much federal, state, and local laws will allow.
KeeperOS
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Re: SDUG Ultimate Axe; SUPERSTRAT Entrees
Oh I know man, I remember you telling me both these facts and believe you me, the thought that any of them two would be a sub-par anything couldn't be farther away from my mind!!!
I simply stated that as much as I love them (and believe you me I do!) I still expect that you might have at least one (I'm looking at the orange and the sunburst ones!) that you must have felt were better in your mind.
The red one I did see how the neck was significantly different from the MG-100 I got from BloodRose (same age as your MG-102) but I actually ended up liking it more and the MG-104 just "clicked" from day one, including the now-personal-favorite Alternate 8, although I was never a fan of the 59 which has since been swapped with a Suhr Dough Aldrich. The MG-122 is still bone-stock like when I got her!
Oh I know man, I remember you telling me both these facts and believe you me, the thought that any of them two would be a sub-par anything couldn't be farther away from my mind!!!
I simply stated that as much as I love them (and believe you me I do!) I still expect that you might have at least one (I'm looking at the orange and the sunburst ones!) that you must have felt were better in your mind.
The red one I did see how the neck was significantly different from the MG-100 I got from BloodRose (same age as your MG-102) but I actually ended up liking it more and the MG-104 just "clicked" from day one, including the now-personal-favorite Alternate 8, although I was never a fan of the 59 which has since been swapped with a Suhr Dough Aldrich. The MG-122 is still bone-stock like when I got her!
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Little Pigbacon
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…to break forth the rhythm and the rhyme.
…to break forth the rhythm and the rhyme.