Gear WANT thread

[Chimune]

Dr Z said:

Have also a huge amount of GAS for the Dr Z 'Wreck:

my pc says virus on that page and wont display it.

[Dr Z]

Chimune said:

my pc says virus on that page and wont display it.

Oh dear! Maybe my Sarcasm detector has failed then! How about this?

[Dr Z]

Baryonyx said:

My only concern is, if I bought one, would I just end up wishing I'd bought a CIJ Yngwie strat instead?

Not even in the same league! Completely different feel and response from the Yngwie strat that I'd say they're strats in name only! You could cop some yngwie style stuff from the classic series if you put some hotter p'ups and the reverse, I'm not sure you could get convincing classic strat sounds out of the the YJM strat.

[Mastodon2]

Dr Z said:

Not even in the same league! Completely different feel and response from the Yngwie strat that I'd say they're strats in name only! You could cop some yngwie style stuff from the classic series if you put some hotter p'ups and the reverse, I'm not sure you could get convincing classic strat sounds out of the the YJM strat.

Interesting you should say that, considering Yngwie's guitars were loaded with his signature pickups, which were Dimarzio HS3s with a magnet stagger that gave them a 50s vibe, Yngwie preferred this as it helped them stay articulate and smooth with a heavily OD sound. You can't get Dimarzio YJMs any longer, as he has moved to Seymour Duncan now, but the YJMs have been rebranded as HS4s, which again is just an HS3 with a 50s magnet stagger. The YJM is just a 70s replica strat with 50s style pickups, and while the overall tone of the guitar is a bit warmer than a traditional strat, it's still very much a strat. People get a bit carried away with themselves thinking it's some alien instrument, with it's brass nut and scalloped board, but tbh you could do a pretty good Hank Marvin impression on one if you were that way inclined, or crank up a Marshall and blaze out some neoclassical licks.

[Tom_C76]

Dr Z said:

Wonderful guitars, these Classic Series 50s. I had a go in the Daphne Blue one a month or so ago. The Soft V neck is again a highlight in these. The vintage trem is ok for gentle vibratos, pickups give you all the classic strat sounds, didn't try it with a lot of drive but the pickups are very vintage voiced so imagine very vintage sounding...only reason I didn't take home one of these is the frets are vintage sized and I guess the radius is a bit too vintagy for me as well. The perfect radii for me would be a 7.25" to 9.5" or 10" compound radius neck. I guess I'm gonna have to go for a custom shop!...One day!

You might find what you're looking for in the Artist series rather than going full Custom Shop. The Clapton Strat has the soft V neck but a less vintage radius, though the pickups are not at all vintage. Or the Jimmy Vaughan is Tex-Mex so a whole pile cheaper and combines a soft V with jumbo frets and normal electrics.

[Dr Z]

Mastodon2 said:

Interesting you should say that, considering Yngwie's guitars were loaded with his signature pickups, which were Dimarzio HS3s with a magnet stagger that gave them a 50s vibe, Yngwie preferred this as it helped them stay articulate and smooth with a heavily OD sound. You can't get Dimarzio YJMs any longer, as he has moved to Seymour Duncan now, but the YJMs have been rebranded as HS4s, which again is just an HS3 with a 50s magnet stagger. The YJM is just a 70s replica strat with 50s style pickups, and while the overall tone of the guitar is a bit warmer than a traditional strat, it's still very much a strat. People get a bit carried away with themselves thinking it's some alien instrument, with it's brass nut and scalloped board, but tbh you could do a pretty good Hank Marvin impression on one if you were that way inclined, or crank up a Marshall and blaze out some neoclassical licks.

Yes, I'm sure you could do a Hank Marvin impression with a bit of work, but those pickup are more suited to playing with high gain. I'm not sure there is a huge amount of difference between the SD and diMarzio YJMs, looking at their specs. Sure, the HS3/4s are lower output (in mV) compared to diMarzio's more classic strat offerings but looking at the dcR and resonant peaks (for the SD YJM), the design is far removed from a classic strat pickup and appear to me, more suited to pushing an amp hard. Infact, the YJM SD and diMarzio HS3/4 are bloody stacked humbuckers! So, I'd guess the player has to determine which end of the spectrum they lie in...whether getting a classic sound is more important to them than doing high-gain OD/lead playing.

ETA: Actually, re: classic strat sounds with YJM p'ups, it's always harder to the distinguish when you're listening to a recording but when playing the difference is very clear.

As for the brass nut/scalloped fretboard/huge frets...the difference between that and the classic series is I would say, more akin to the difference between FRWD and FFWD...

Tom_C76 said:

You might find what you're looking for in the Artist series rather than going full Custom Shop. The Clapton Strat has the soft V neck but a less vintage radius, though the pickups are not at all vintage. Or the Jimmy Vaughan is Tex-Mex so a whole pile cheaper and combines a soft V with jumbo frets and normal electrics.

You're right..but, but..Daphne blue!

Edited by Dr Z on Tuesday 24th September 18:57

[andySC]

I have no need for it whatsoever but I want a Fender HH Jaguar. Had a lovely Candy Apple one years ago but got rid as couldn't get a sound out of it I liked but loved the look of the thing (had the same issues with several Surfcasters I've had & the last one in my charge got a P90 fitted to it & a custom scratch plate made...it was gorgeous!)

[Fantuzzi]

I played a fretless bass a while ago, it was great fun, really want one of these.


http://www.vigierguitars.com/page/fiche_produit.ph...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjEGtUXGWa0

[Turn7]

As a noob,can you explain the fret less thing for me? I don't understand it all...

[singlecoil]

Turn7 said:

As a noob,can you explain the fret less thing for me? I don't understand it all...

I think, as far as six string guitars are concerned, it's a bit like playing the guitar Jeff Healey style, or seven-string guitars, experiment with it if you are seriously interested, it might work for you, but it probably won't.

[Mastodon2]

Turn7 said:

As a noob,can you explain the fret less thing for me? I don't understand it all...

Instead of having a fret to contact the string, you just press the string into the fretboard where the fret would be on a fretted guitar. You need to be dead on accurate, or the note will be sharp or flat. Gives a different sound, akin to a slide guitar. Also allows for a different sort of vibrato that you can't get with a fretted instrument, as true glissando is not possible with frets, but bending strings is not really happening on a fretless instrument. Chords are difficult but not impossible, due to needing exacting finger placement, which is much more difficult when stacking fingers in tight spaces. With a fretted instrument, you have a much larger target area to hit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PyOZhgQnvU

Personally I think it works better on bass than guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ob3ayMBfsw

[Fantuzzi]

Mastodon2 said:

Turn7 said:

As a noob,can you explain the fret less thing for me? I don't understand it all...

Instead of having a fret to contact the string, you just press the string into the fretboard where the fret would be on a fretted guitar. You need to be dead on accurate, or the note will be sharp or flat. Gives a different sound, akin to a slide guitar. Also allows for a different sort of vibrato that you can't get with a fretted instrument, as true glissando is not possible with frets, but bending strings is not really happening on a fretless instrument. Chords are difficult but not impossible, due to needing exacting finger placement, which is much more difficult when stacking fingers in tight spaces. With a fretted instrument, you have a much larger target area to hit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PyOZhgQnvU

Personally I think it works better on bass than guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ob3ayMBfsw

You're right, its pretty easy to play the bass ones you just 'play' at least ii never had a problem, plus great fun, not sure if the 6 string would be as easy.

But it would be for fun, and if something cool came from it, that's a plus.

[Baryonyx]

Seeing that Vigier has brought back my Vigier lust! So I want one of these:



For this...




Though I think my next guitar purchase will likely be a Godin Multiac SE, basically a semi-acoustic nylon string from Godin, and crucially the model in the range which feels closest to a regular guitar (they do a Concert model which is much closer to a traditional classical guitar in feel and string spacing). The benefits of the Multiac are myriad; because you get a thinline body with a fast and familiar feeling neck, a good preamp and low feedback and some awesome nylon string sounds. I love nylon strings as they really suit my style of playing, where I can blaze through fast alt picking runs and slash at chords quickly (just listen to any of John Mclaughlin's nylon string stuff to see what I mean). They have a quick attack and a quick decay, giving everything a tight and punchy sound. Absolutely brilliant things.

[singlecoil]

Baryonyx said:

Though I think my next guitar purchase will likely be a Godin Multiac SE, basically a semi-acoustic nylon string from Godin, and crucially the model in the range which feels closest to a regular guitar (they do a Concert model which is much closer to a traditional classical guitar in feel and string spacing). The benefits of the Multiac are myriad; because you get a thinline body with a fast and familiar feeling neck, a good preamp and low feedback and some awesome nylon string sounds. I love nylon strings as they really suit my style of playing, where I can blaze through fast alt picking runs and slash at chords quickly (just listen to any of John Mclaughlin's nylon string stuff to see what I mean). They have a quick attack and a quick decay, giving everything a tight and punchy sound. Absolutely brilliant things.

I love mine, but the string spacing takes a bit of getting used to, I don't play anything else, but I would imagine swapping back to conventional spacing might be a bit tricky unless oyu are used to going from one to the other.

Are you getting a VG-99 to go with it?

[Baryonyx]

The VG-99 is a seriously cool (and expensive) piece of kit but I doubt I would get much use from it. I'll just be sticking with the guitar! When I had my basses I spent as much time fannying on with the sound of them as I did playing them, so with my guitars my objective is just to spend more time playing them!

If I were serious about guitar synth playing I'd try and find a Roland GR-303. They were a serious piece of kit, a brilliant guitar in their own right and equipped with some very nifty synth hardware. It was all analogue stuff, and they were known for having a musical response that was far superior to the MIDI stuff of the day. Shawn Lane, John McLaughlin and Pat Metheny all used them in the 80's. Shawn was playing his as late as 1991, when he got hold of his famous Charvel 750XL. They sound great... good luck finding one these days!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAf2R9dZYnA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzVM5fzeXBc

[Chimune]

Chimune said:

A friend bought me a Roland Micro Cube as a temp and tiny replacement for the Fender Twin, but I keep trying to save enough pennies for one of these:



Proper tube overdrive at 4, 1 or 1/4 of a watt ! and looks nice enough to keep the mrs happy.

Well I just got some birthday monies so along with a bottle of 18yo whiskey, I just ordered the Vox AC4TV mini and a Vox Stompbox 1G:



Ill sell all the daft single pedals I have on ebay, and ill have an nice simple,fun setup.

And a bottle of whiskey:


Sounds like a good night in !

[rumpelstiltskin]

Had the cash sitting one day to buy one of these but backed out as a classic car came up on Ebay i was looking to restore.

Fell in love with the sound of them after listening to this demo,PRS Custom 22 with three p90,s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWo9WmumQX0

[Fantuzzi]

Chimune said:

Chimune said:

A friend bought me a Roland Micro Cube as a temp and tiny replacement for the Fender Twin, but I keep trying to save enough pennies for one of these:



Proper tube overdrive at 4, 1 or 1/4 of a watt ! and looks nice enough to keep the mrs happy.

Well I just got some birthday monies so along with a bottle of 18yo whiskey, I just ordered the Vox AC4TV mini and a Vox Stompbox 1G:



Ill sell all the daft single pedals I have on ebay, and ill have an nice simple,fun setup.

And a bottle of whiskey:


Sounds like a good night in !

Sounds pretty good to me!

[aidb]

Dr Z said:

singlecoil said:

Dr Z said:

Now, I desperately want this:

I love the colour. All it needs from my POV is a rosewood fretboard.

I love the colour too because its basically the blue in the Gulf livery colour! A much more vibrant blue than the sonic blue. All I'd change in that strat is the trem, tuners and the pickup selector to a 5-way if it is truly period correct 3-way, and then wire one tone to neck and middle, another to the bridge p'up-this would also be a push-push pot to add the bridge p'up to the middle/neck in parallel depending on the selector position. That would basically be my dream strat.

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

[Mastodon2]

I'm not a big fan of Fear Factory, bar one or two songs, and I don't really like EMG 707s. This guitar is not particularly versatile, but I think it looks awesome. I'd love to have a go on it.