Lets look at our guitars thread

[framerateuk]

Here's some pics of my family...(poor phone camera but you get the picture)

From left to right

Top:
Ibanez RG570EX (01) with Dimarzios
Ibanez Jem 7VWH (05)
Custom Ibanez Jem 7BMC swirled by Richard Faye with Sustainiac and Dimarzios.
Music Man John Petrucci 6 string with Piezo(Pearl Redburst)
Music Man John Petrucci 7 string with Piezo (Limited Edition Blue Dawn)
Agile Pendulum Pro 7 string (Fanned fret thru-neck baritone 7 string)
Custom Ibanez RG570 with cracked finish by myself, DiMarzios and Piezo.

Bottom:
Ibanez Euphoria EP7 Acoustic
Ibanez ArtWood 7 String acoustic
Half finished custom Ibanez JS with Mahogany body - Yet to decide on pickups!

A few zoomed in pics







I've owned a few others over the years. An American VG Strat, Mexican Strat, Ibanez RG1527 (7 string) and there's an old Epiphone explorer still at my parent's house. I've settled on my current ones! While they're all pretty much super-strats, they all sounds pretty different to my ears, and the different pickup configs work pretty well. I used to gig regularly with 3 of them, but the rest tend to just get used in the house.

Edited by framerateuk on Thursday 15th November 22:32

[bennyboysvuk]

strangehighways said:

Marshall JCM 800 2204 50 watt single channel. Sold the black one though. Great sound if you like a classic 80s hard rock/metal sound. ie Accept - Balls to the Wall.

There aren't enough amp shots in this thread IMO, I know it's billed as a guitars thread, but the amps can be amazing too.

[Baryonyx]

framerateuk said:

Here's some pics of my family...(poor phone camera but you get the picture)

From left to right

Some lovely Ibanez content there, and the Musicman Petruccis are very nice too. Though I always preferred the look and sound of John's Ibanez signature models!

Ibanez have some awesome signature models in their back catalogue. The Petrucci models, the Frank Gambale (my favourite) and the Allan Holdsworth model are all due a comeback!

[drab]

looking for some advice gents.

Want an old, well beaten (cheap) guitar for a DIY project

Requirements are:
maple (or light) neck
flatish fretboard (never got on with my old strat, too curved)
assymetrical tuning pegs both side - like a peavey HP or musicman
body shape roughly similar to a strat

electronics, condition etc not important, I'll re-finish it and replace everything anyway.

[Justin Cyder]

Sounds like a PRS to me.

[Malam]

framerateuk said:

Here's some pics of my family...(poor phone camera but you get the picture)

Nice collection! I had an AJ307CENT just like that, regret selling it!

[Malam]

framerateuk said:

Your name sounds familiar Malam! Did you used to post on Jemsite? With all those Ibanez guitars I'm guessing so!

Yes, still do from time to time

[framerateuk]

Malam said:

Yes, still do from time to time

I thought so, I post as AirGuitar on there. I was the lucky sod who won the first Jem competition

[sc4589]

drab said:

looking for some advice gents.

Want an old, well beaten (cheap) guitar for a DIY project

Requirements are:
maple (or light) neck
flatish fretboard (never got on with my old strat, too curved)
assymetrical tuning pegs both side - like a peavey HP or musicman
body shape roughly similar to a strat

electronics, condition etc not important, I'll re-finish it and replace everything anyway.

Have a look at OLP. Budget Music Man range.

[framerateuk]

Musicman make some nice guitars under the "Sterling" brand now. More expensive than OLP, but much better quality components.

For a cheap build, I love a good Japanese Ibanez. Anything RG5xx and up. I've picked them up for less than £200 and they're fantastic guitars. As good as anything that Ibanez sells for £1500 or more these days. You won't get the asymmetric tuning pegs, but the necks and wide and flat and fit the rest of your requirements well. If you're totally refinishing it, you could round the body out to make it a bit more strat like and less pointy, or like I did with a recent project, buy a body that'll fit a standard Ibanez All Access Neck Joint neck and transfer the components onto that - there's plenty around!

Edited by framerateuk on Monday 19th November 21:09

[sc4589]

drab said:

looking for some advice gents.

Want an old, well beaten (cheap) guitar for a DIY project

Requirements are:
maple (or light) neck
flatish fretboard (never got on with my old strat, too curved)
assymetrical tuning pegs both side - like a peavey HP or musicman
body shape roughly similar to a strat

electronics, condition etc not important, I'll re-finish it and replace everything anyway.

Have a look at OLP. Budget Music Man range.

[sagarich]

sc4589 said:

Finally, 1987 Japanese Contemporary Standard Stratocaster. Amazing guitar, potentially the best I've ever owned, played or heard. Fender Custom Shop Texas Specials at the neck and middle, DiMarzio Super Distortion at the bridge, all Callaham hardware, Sperzel locking tuners, GraphTech string trees, hand-wired Chandler pickguard. Luckily the spec is justified by the guitar. Incredible!



It's safe to say I've got a Strat fetish.

Wow, really like the look of that!

[tom617]

my 50's style fender stratocaster with david gilmour emg battery pickups, the first guitar i purchased and had it for 8 years now and i think i will keep it forever.

[Gaspode]

Those EMG's are fantastic, aren't they? I have a set on my '97 Roadhouse Strat. Like you, I can't imagine ever parting with it.

[tom617]

Gaspode said:

Those EMG's are fantastic, aren't they? I have a set on my '97 Roadhouse Strat. Like you, I can't imagine ever parting with it.

yes they are, the only thing that is a bit of pain is when the battery needs changing and you have to take all the strings off and take the pickguard off, but it is worth it afterwards with the sound you get.

[Gaspode]

tom617 said:

yes they are, the only thing that is a bit of pain is when the battery needs changing and you have to take all the strings off and take the pickguard off, but it is worth it afterwards with the sound you get.

If you are careful, you can get away with just removing the four screws around the tail of the pickguard, then it will bend up enough to wiggle the battery out. EMG must reckon that this is ok as they tell you to do it this way.

[sc4589]

... or if you fancy some DIY, a battery cover from a Powerhouse/Clapton and some routing means a much more elegant (and easy to change) solution!

[ehonda]

It's HNGD to me.
My first step up from a starter squier strat, can't explain why, but I have always wanted a Les Paul.
Here she is....


DSC_0495


DSC_0494


DSC_0492

(Can't decide whether I'm a worse photographer or guitarist!)

[BorkFactor]

^ I have the two pickup version of that, it is a wonderful guitar. I hope you are having better luck than me, but I found the stock electrics to be absolutely crap. Almost all of them had to be replaced (input jack, pickup selector, various wiring etc) and it seems to be fine now thankfully.

Treated mine to a set of vintage Gibson BurstBucker pickups - they are wonderful. Highly recommended!

Black and gold is one of my favourite Les Paul combinations

[Mastodon2]

Epiphone electronics are completely dire, because it's all just cheap st. Crackly, noisy pots, the flimsiest input jacks and pickup selectors going and the wooliest, nastiest sounding pickups I've heard in their price range. There were a lot of things I didn't like about the Epiphone LP I owned, and the countless other Epiphones I've played over the years, and the poor quality electrical components are definitely the worst bit.