Gear WANT thread

[singlecoil]

aidb said:

My 1992 57 Vintage Re-issue is sonic blue. Looks very similar to the Strat in your pic, but lighting can be deceptive. What colour is it?

That looks like Daphne blue to me, rather than Sonic.

[Evangelion]

So is mine Sonic or Daphne then?

[singlecoil]

IIRC, if you look on the Warmoth site, you will find examples of all the main Fender colours in the custom bodies section. Might be worth having a look to remove or at least reduce doubt

[Fantuzzi]

My Jackson came with coloured balled strings, after I changed them to Ernie Ball superslinky's, I noticed now how good the other strings compared in terms of their lifespan.

I think they must have been D'addario's, I thought it might have been Fender strings but they don't seem to do NPS strings without bullet ends.



Also Id like one of the Fender Pro series cases, black but with the Red insides, rather than just black, all I can see on the Fender site is black with orange...

[Mastodon2]

Fantuzzi said:

My Jackson came with coloured balled strings, after I changed them to Ernie Ball superslinky's, I noticed now how good the other strings compared in terms of their lifespan.

I think they must have been D'addario's, I thought it might have been Fender strings but they don't seem to do NPS strings without bullet ends.



Also Id like one of the Fender Pro series cases, black but with the Red insides, rather than just black, all I can see on the Fender site is black with orange...

I just D'Addario 09s on my Ibanez K-7 last week. One thing I noticed, they are listed as "super lights" - when the fk did that happen? Perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me, but 9s were always "medium" weren't they? Whenever I bought a guitar, they've always come with 09s on them, this is evident at the first string change when I'd put D'addario 9s on them and the floating trem would not need even a mm of adjustment. The exception to this is my Ibanez K-7 which came with 11s and was factory tuned to ADGCFAD.

07s - super light
08s - light
09 - medium
10 - heavy
11+ - super heavy

I have a good mind to complain to ISO about this!

Speaking of D'addario, I've always liked their strings. I've tried all the big players and always gone back to Ds. Ernie Balls I found went dead way too fast, and I once foolishly spent money on Elixer Nanoweb strings, which sounded crap out of the packet, and lasted for ages, which was a more a curse than a blessing, as they sounded naff.

[Fantuzzi]

Mastodon2 said:

Fantuzzi said:

My Jackson came with coloured balled strings, after I changed them to Ernie Ball superslinky's, I noticed now how good the other strings compared in terms of their lifespan.

I think they must have been D'addario's, I thought it might have been Fender strings but they don't seem to do NPS strings without bullet ends.



Also Id like one of the Fender Pro series cases, black but with the Red insides, rather than just black, all I can see on the Fender site is black with orange...

I just D'Addario 09s on my Ibanez K-7 last week. One thing I noticed, they are listed as "super lights" - when the fk did that happen? Perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me, but 9s were always "medium" weren't they? Whenever I bought a guitar, they've always come with 09s on them, this is evident at the first string change when I'd put D'addario 9s on them and the floating trem would not need even a mm of adjustment. The exception to this is my Ibanez K-7 which came with 11s and was factory tuned to ADGCFAD.

07s - super light
08s - light
09 - medium
10 - heavy
11+ - super heavy

I have a good mind to complain to ISO about this!

Speaking of D'addario, I've always liked their strings. I've tried all the big players and always gone back to Ds. Ernie Balls I found went dead way too fast, and I once foolishly spent money on Elixer Nanoweb strings, which sounded crap out of the packet, and lasted for ages, which was a more a curse than a blessing, as they sounded naff.

Ah I never knew there was a change, perhaps it was to do with making it harder for the counterfeit ones? Seems to be a lot about counterfeit ones online, they have even produced literature on it.

Ive always been an ernie Ball guy, but that said never did a lot of swapping and changing, managed to get a load of superslinky packs cheap from a guitar shop which wasn't doing so well so I got a lot of things really rather cheap!The super Slinkys I've got on at the moment seem to have gone really quickly, compared to the strings it was strung with. Will try some D'addarios see if they're any better after Ive used up my pink packs.

I remember being at a friends house, he lent me a strat copy for a jam, the strings were so bad I just my finger on my picking hand!

What guitars do you have at the moment Mastodon talking of your Universe?

[aidb]

singlecoil said:

That looks like Daphne blue to me, rather than Sonic.

It has quite a lot of patina:



You can see the true colour on the edges. I understand that Daphne blue is slightly darker, but there's not much in it to my eyes.

Here's an original custom colour Fender chart:

Edited by aidb on Saturday 5th October 21:21

[aidb]

Evangelion said:

So is mine Sonic or Daphne then?

I'm not sure about yours. It looks darker than either Daphne or Sonic.

[Mastodon2]

Fantuzzi said:

Ah I never knew there was a change, perhaps it was to do with making it harder for the counterfeit ones? Seems to be a lot about counterfeit ones online, they have even produced literature on it.

Ive always been an ernie Ball guy, but that said never did a lot of swapping and changing, managed to get a load of superslinky packs cheap from a guitar shop which wasn't doing so well so I got a lot of things really rather cheap!The super Slinkys I've got on at the moment seem to have gone really quickly, compared to the strings it was strung with. Will try some D'addarios see if they're any better after Ive used up my pink packs.

I remember being at a friends house, he lent me a strat copy for a jam, the strings were so bad I just my finger on my picking hand!

What guitars do you have at the moment Mastodon talking of your Universe?

At the moment the only guitar I've got is my Ibanez K-7, which in truth is not far from the Universes I lust after. Mahogany body on the K-7 vs basswood on the UV, slightly different bridge, different pups though both guitars use Dimarzios, and the K-7 has a unique neck profile. Tbh I've owned a lot of guitars across a range of styles, and I've sold them all, they simply seem surplus to requirements when I've got my K-7, which does just about everything I want it to. I probably won't buy an more 6 string guitars, as I just find the lack of a low B too limiting - 7 strings has become the default layout for me. I was playing a 6 string a few weeks back, having not played anything other than 7s for months, and found it very unnatural to me, the "missing" string totally threw me off. Now I sort of understand why 6 string players feel so lost at sea when they play 7s, despite it not being a different instrument, just an extra string, I suppose it all depends on what you're used to and what you're willing to try and learn and incorporate into your playing.

The only 6 string guitar I'd ever buy now would be a Fender Yngwie Malmsteen strat, USA or Japan built - I don't care which really, I've had one before and it's the only guitar I've regretted selling, or wanted back after it was gone. That went off to a YJM strat collector in Germany who had over 60 of them, of different production years and country of origin etc, and I did make a profit on it. At the time, it was the right thing to do, but I will have another at some point. In general, I wouldn't have another 6 string, YJM excluded, as they come as love affairs; guitars I want, so I buy them, only to find that while objectively good instruments they simply don't meet my requirements. As said, the YJM is exempt to this as it's such a unique instrument and works well for me and my style of playing in a way that other 6s don't.

Tbh if it came down to having the money there to buy either another YJM or a UV, I really don't know what I'd do. I think getting the UV77MC would edge it, as it's been the guitar I've always wanted, like a holy grail that I've wanted for years, even though it wouldn't be all that different to my K-7, but I think having "that" guitar would just make it irresistible. The YJM on the other hand, is vastly different in tone and playability to my K-7. I guess I'll just have to own all 3.

[Fantuzzi]

Mastodon2 said:

Fantuzzi said:

Ah I never knew there was a change, perhaps it was to do with making it harder for the counterfeit ones? Seems to be a lot about counterfeit ones online, they have even produced literature on it.

Ive always been an ernie Ball guy, but that said never did a lot of swapping and changing, managed to get a load of superslinky packs cheap from a guitar shop which wasn't doing so well so I got a lot of things really rather cheap!The super Slinkys I've got on at the moment seem to have gone really quickly, compared to the strings it was strung with. Will try some D'addarios see if they're any better after Ive used up my pink packs.

I remember being at a friends house, he lent me a strat copy for a jam, the strings were so bad I just my finger on my picking hand!

What guitars do you have at the moment Mastodon talking of your Universe?

At the moment the only guitar I've got is my Ibanez K-7, which in truth is not far from the Universes I lust after. Mahogany body on the K-7 vs basswood on the UV, slightly different bridge, different pups though both guitars use Dimarzios, and the K-7 has a unique neck profile. Tbh I've owned a lot of guitars across a range of styles, and I've sold them all, they simply seem surplus to requirements when I've got my K-7, which does just about everything I want it to. I probably won't buy an more 6 string guitars, as I just find the lack of a low B too limiting - 7 strings has become the default layout for me. I was playing a 6 string a few weeks back, having not played anything other than 7s for months, and found it very unnatural to me, the "missing" string totally threw me off. Now I sort of understand why 6 string players feel so lost at sea when they play 7s, despite it not being a different instrument, just an extra string, I suppose it all depends on what you're used to and what you're willing to try and learn and incorporate into your playing.

The only 6 string guitar I'd ever buy now would be a Fender Yngwie Malmsteen strat, USA or Japan built - I don't care which really, I've had one before and it's the only guitar I've regretted selling, or wanted back after it was gone. That went off to a YJM strat collector in Germany who had over 60 of them, of different production years and country of origin etc, and I did make a profit on it. At the time, it was the right thing to do, but I will have another at some point. In general, I wouldn't have another 6 string, YJM excluded, as they come as love affairs; guitars I want, so I buy them, only to find that while objectively good instruments they simply don't meet my requirements. As said, the YJM is exempt to this as it's such a unique instrument and works well for me and my style of playing in a way that other 6s don't.

Tbh if it came down to having the money there to buy either another YJM or a UV, I really don't know what I'd do. I think getting the UV77MC would edge it, as it's been the guitar I've always wanted, like a holy grail that I've wanted for years, even though it wouldn't be all that different to my K-7, but I think having "that" guitar would just make it irresistible. The YJM on the other hand, is vastly different in tone and playability to my K-7. I guess I'll just have to own all 3.

Funnily enough I've always been a one guitar sort of person, I think because I was picky getting my first guitar, so Ive always had high standards. I first got an electric after playing for about 3-4mounths on a classical I was given by my school, they had frankly too many of these cheap classical guitars and they were just stored away in massive cupboard going to waste so a teacher just told me to take one.

So when I was going to get my electric I wasn't in the mode of 'just buy something to get you going' as I was loving playing and knew I wasn't going to stop. So I was really picky, I bought a Cort X2, which was £180, the parts were cheap but played like a far more expensive guitar, most friends/teachers who played on it were pretty surprised at the price. I was/am quite hard on guitars after that, so when it came to get another guitar after a couple of problems that come with a cheaper guitar mainly electrics on the cort, I was a really harsh judge on any guitar I picked up. mid range Ibanez, charvels, fenders, there wasn't much that I was impressed both in feel and sound with.

So I started to think that to get the sound and feel I wanted, I would have to look at a more expensive guitar, I started to look at the Jackson Soloists but the painted necks really put me off. But then I heard some good things about the Dinky's JS32s, I liked the look of them especially with the reversed headstock, and managed to find a store that was able to get one in without an obligation to buy. After playing it I was really impressed, I was expecting the pickups to be the weak spot, but they were actually rather good. I think the reason why I was impressed was that a lot of the parts (apparently) that went on the latest Dinky JS32s were from the old Pro Series models, so perhaps that's why.

But I tend to not use price, or brand, as any sign of quality. As many modern Gibson owners will know...

I will have to try one of the Yngwie strats as like you, people seem to rave about them.

Although my next purchase will be something 80s charvel-y with a trem.

[Evangelion]

aidb said:

Evangelion said:

So is mine Sonic or Daphne then?

I'm not sure about yours. It looks darker than either Daphne or Sonic.

Here's a better photo:

[Baryonyx]

Today's obsession must be with the Jackson Soloist Bengal Tiger.



I could just imagine flying through the outro solo of CAB's 'Bernard' on one of these...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5vL39j6UK8

[singlecoil]

Evangelion said:

aidb said:

Evangelion said:

So is mine Sonic or Daphne then?

I'm not sure about yours. It looks darker than either Daphne or Sonic.

Here's a better photo:

Just goes to show how photos can be deceptive, they don't look like the same guitar.

If I had only seen the latest picture, I would have said Daphne. But according to this page

http://www.warmoth.com/Guitar/Body/Finish/#!/Solid...

the nearest is Sonic.

[Fantuzzi]

Baryonyx said:

Today's obsession must be with the Jackson Soloist Bengal Tiger.



I could just imagine flying through the outro solo of CAB's 'Bernard' on one of these...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5vL39j6UK8

I think you've mentioned this feline obsession before...

I'm not too familiar with them, were they a special edition or is it just the graphic on a modern soloist?

[Baryonyx]

It was a special edition graphic for (I think) NAMM 2008 or thereabouts. Just a USA Soloist with a cool paintjob, but that suits me just fine. As far as my ideal guitar goes, I think Jackson are it. I love the look of them, the feel of the necks, the balance, the tone. They are fantastic things.

[Dr Z]

aidb said:

My 1992 57 Vintage Re-issue is sonic blue. Looks very similar to the Strat in your pic, but lighting can be deceptive. What colour is it?

Edited by aidb on Saturday 5th October 12:33

This looks like Daphne Blue, but as you say photos are very deceptive with these colours, this also includes the distinction between Sea Foam Green/Surf Green too.

In person, Daphne Blue is a lot more vibrant than Sonic Blue. Perfect examples are the Classic Player 60s in Sonic to the Classic Series 50s in Daphne. The Sonic looks more like a blue tinge to olympic white in real life, IMO. Daphne is also very similar to Powder Blue, but it is the perfect match for the Gulf livery blue.

[Justin Cyder]

Sea foam green is imo one of the great colours for a strat. Just so redolent of fifties Americana.


Not as good as Olympic white though, as any fool knows.

[JaymzDead]

and so ampquest goes on! Had a go on an Orange Dark Terror and good god you can get a great high gain distorted sound through it! It's bloody inhuman!! However it has one (admittedly rather large) drawback for me, it is a single channel amp and being that the stuff that we're doing can go from the full on Neurosis style sludgy stuff into clean passages and back again I can't really see this amp working for me, which is a shame So it looks like the Blackstar HT-5 Metal is still favourite, my only concern about this being it's suitability for using for pub and small club gigs, I'm specifically worried about being heard over the drums, any thoughts, again would be greatly appreciated.

[Dr Z]

JaymzDead said:

and so ampquest goes on! Had a go on an Orange Dark Terror and good god you can get a great high gain distorted sound through it! It's bloody inhuman!! However it has one (admittedly rather large) drawback for me, it is a single channel amp and being that the stuff that we're doing can go from the full on Neurosis style sludgy stuff into clean passages and back again I can't really see this amp working for me, which is a shame So it looks like the Blackstar HT-5 Metal is still favourite, my only concern about this being it's suitability for using for pub and small club gigs, I'm specifically worried about being heard over the drums, any thoughts, again would be greatly appreciated.

I would say the HT-5 is very good for small gigs. IME, being heard above the drums is more to do with the sensitivity of the speaker than the wattage of the amp. Chuck something like the Eminence Red Fang or The Wizard in, both being 103dB. Should be plenty loud enough to be heard above a drummer. Better yet, get the head and get a 2x12 cab with these speakers in. You'll be surprised how well these can hang with a loud band.

[JaymzDead]

Dr Z said:

I would say the HT-5 is very good for small gigs. IME, being heard above the drums is more to do with the sensitivity of the speaker than the wattage of the amp. Chuck something like the Eminence Red Fang or The Wizard in, both being 103dB. Should be plenty loud enough to be heard above a drummer. Better yet, get the head and get a 2x12 cab with these speakers in. You'll be surprised how well these can hang with a loud band.

Thanks for the advice, interesting, will have a look into this...