Gear WANT thread

[Fantuzzi]

This will be mostly end up being guitar heavy but its open to anything music related and any thing from pics or straps, cases to instruments, or whatever!

At the moment got a crush on one of these, really fancy a trem system, never really felt the need for one before, but fancy playing around with it on a second guitar where I wont miss the loss of sustain as much.

That but in cream...

Charvel Model 2


Laney Lionheart-20watts, awesome amp such creamy tone.


Not sure about cabs to go with it, but Zilla cabs are meant to be pretty sweet, maybe a super fat boy with some Vintage 30s, when I'm sure of total want, I will update.

But While that would be great for shows, I'd really like a HT1, crankable wattage!

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Baryonyx said:

Congrats on the Charvel picture, that might just be the smallest picture of anything on the internet!

The bloody thing couldn't handle the other pictures I tried, so the tiny picture had to do!

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

Here is the colour I'm after.

I keep seeing them with EMG's fitted, I don't know why the clips of the old 80s Humbucker sounds great.

The Jason Becker Carvin is rather awesome looking, wouldn't mind getting one of their build your own strat jobs.

That would be fun.

AHHH! Forgot this!

Bullet cable! Purple I think I would get.

Edited by Fantuzzi on Sunday 15th September 21:43

Edited by Fantuzzi on Sunday 15th September 21:49

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Mastodon2 said:

A holy grail to me.



I can't see it happening for a few years yet, hopefully I'll get another less rare, and much cheaper Universe at some point, to complement my K-7.

UV77?

I'm not good on my Ibanez'z...

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Evangelion said:

Really want another Les Paul. Had to sell the last one due to continued poverty ... which is unfortunately still continuing.

I am, however, extremely fussy. It HAS to be Honeyburst or Iced Tea Burst, it HAS to have a flamed top (but not excessively so!) and it MUST look as much like an original '59 one as possible ... to the extent of buying the correct parts to make it look right.

Were it nt for the price, this would be a nice one:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013-GIBSON-CUSTOM-SHOP-...

Not sure if this company will fit the bill, Gordon Smith Guitars, they have been often noted as being better than a modern Gibson in both playablity and quality, at a cut of the price.

http://www.gordonsmithguitars.com/products/index.p...

Sorry about the poverty, I feel your pain, been trying to sell loads of pedals to pay for a reconditioned gearbox.

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Baryonyx said:

Mastodon2 said:

Yep, UV77, the one in the picture is a 20th anniversary reissue, which iirc Ibanez punted out as collectors editions at $10,000 a pop. I'd be happy with an of the 77MCs, original or reissue.

Definitely one of the best looking and sounding guitars of all time. Those inlays are brilliant. Though I dare day an 'off the rack' Universe will do nicely in the meantime. If I were buying a 7 string it would have to be a classic Ibanez 7 string like a good used Universe or a K-7.

Funnily enough I've never been an Ibanez fan, but then I haven't played anything other than say a mid ranged model, mostly loaded with EMGs, and always found the necks not as slick as some other rivals, will have to have a play on one of the higher spec one when I get the chance, haven't really heard a bad word against the higher spec ones!


Here is a rather cool vid of a Classic JEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tuda_A_gKg

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JaymzDead said:

Baryonyx said:

If a good, powerful clean tone is what you want to build your sound on, Fender are certainly worthy. Eric Johnson recommend that if you could only have one amp, a Fender was a good place to start as you could pile the grit on with distortion pedals and the like for screaming rock and metal sounds, but you can't do it the other way round. But the thing with amps is, unless you know the sound and function you're after, you're better off trying a few out with your own ears. Take your Digitech down to a shop, grab a similar guitar to yours and try a few amps out, as sometimes what you think you want a paper doesn't always work (like you found with the Marshall).


I think though, once you start messing with tube amps and you get a feel for the dynamic range and sound, you'll end up hooked and could ditch the pre-set synthetic sounds altogether (although I appreciate these are handy for practice and headphone sessions). I played through one of the Roland GA-212 in a shop, which is probably one of the better modelling amps around now, not including really top end stuff like the Axe FX Ultra. In the shop I thought "hey, this isn't bad, this stuff has really come on a long way". Then I tried out a Fender tube amp was so impressed with it I was adamant then that it was the only way forward! A good tube amp is still the real McCoy for me.


ETA: I remember when Mark Bass amps came out and took the bass world by storm. Everyone was suddenly talking about these stylish looking amps. And yeah, they had fantastic looks and branding which really made them stand out. I was almost in the mind of buying one, until I went to a shop and found that they all sounded distinctly average. So no amount of cool yellow colours and lightweight cabs was going to convince me to buy one!

Edited by Baryonyx on Monday 16th September 13:41

Cheers for the advice, I'll try a Fender amp when I'm next near a guitar shop, I've just never really associated them with the type of stuff I play but I'm totally open to trying them out. The reason I'm thinking about the HH is that a mate has one that he plays a Korg through and seems to get a nice sludgy, bluesy tone with it. It's a shame they seem to be getting rarer and rarer these days.

Orange Dark Terror might be worth a look - There must be about 100 vids of Rob Chappers with one on youtube, but if you are more Doomy (So electric wizard, Sleep) than meta,l maybe try some of the Smaller companies like matamp or Electric in the states, or play with some laneys as they tend to have to kick with the smooth tone.

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Baryonyx said:

Fantuzzi said:

Funnily enough I've never been an Ibanez fan, but then I haven't played anything other than say a mid ranged model, mostly loaded with EMGs, and always found the necks not as slick as some other rivals, will have to have a play on one of the higher spec one when I get the chance, haven't really heard a bad word against the higher spec ones!


Here is a rather cool vid of a Classic JEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tuda_A_gKg

You'd definitely do well to check out a proper top end Ibanez, be it a Japanese one or one of the very well regarded LA Custom Shop models. Whether or not you particularly dig the way Ibanez do things, there is little arguing that they aren't one of the best guitars money can buy. In terms of necks, a satin finished Wizard neck must be one of, if not the fastest and smoothest neck out there. Combine that with their edge rolling process and they can make guitars that come off the rack feeling like they've been shaped by your hand over 20 years of dedicated playing! Dimarzo would be the classic Ibanez pickups for me - as mentioned above, EMG can be a bit of leveller in that they can make many a guitar or bass sound the same!

Add to that the fact that they just seem to get everything 'right' and you have a winner. I think their lineup overall has probably been the strongest of any manufacturer since the 80's. Not only did the RG and S series guitars appeal as a pinnacle of guitar design at the time, they have enjoyed a brilliant endorsing artist list for years (Satch, Vai, Gambale, Metheny, Benson, Holdsworth, Lane and then just about every nu metal band ever). They were also the go to place for 7 strings for many years and are still a market leader in that field.



One day I'd love an Ibanez, possibly an RV470...now as rare as a clean sheet in a nursing home!




That said, my favourite guitars are still probably Jackson Soloists. An SL2H in Rootbeer, a Soloist in Bengal Tiger or a Charvel 750XL would probably still rule the roost for me. Just because...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Skk9Q0Qd_k

Wizards are pretty Legendary, I think my dinky's neck is a 'little' fatter in width than the standard wizard, which is 19mm at the 1st and 21mm at the 12th fret, and no doubt a lot fatter than the super wizard at 19mm and 17mm!

EDIT! Just measured my dinky's neck, not sure how the measure it from the centre of the fret or the end, but seems to be 17 at the 1st and 19 at the 12! thought it felt good! And yes I have nothing to do...

Was looking at some forums on the dinky neck vs wizard, mixed bag except to say that the dinky's was similar. Really liking my neck on the Jackson.

I was looking to get the Soloist Jackson when I got my Dinky, the thing that put be off was the painted neck, really didn't want to have to go custom shop to avoid this- well I just couldn't afford to. So the dinky made sense.

I played on a New charvel so cal neck, really fat compared to other superstrats, and with the trem killing the sustain it didn't make a lot of sense to me, maybe it was badly set up, as I quite liked the one I played about 3 years ago.

Edited by Fantuzzi on Monday 16th September 14:47

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JaymzDead said:

Fantuzzi said:

Orange Dark Terror might be worth a look - There must be about 100 vids of Rob Chappers with one on youtube, but if you are more Doomy (So electric wizard, Sleep) than meta,l maybe try some of the Smaller companies like matamp or Electric in the states, or play with some laneys as they tend to have to kick with the smooth tone.

Funnily enough I was looking at a Dark Terror, I was going for the vintage combos more on a cost basis as I can pick one up for 100-150 mark and not have to worry about sourcing a cab. But that's not to say I wouldn't be adverse to a 0% over 12 months deal on a package of a Dark Terror and a cab. The Matamps look sexy but a little out of my price range!

Ah ok, yeah I think andertons and GAK have some 12 month 0% things, plus you can go and get say a 8 inch one of these

http://www.gak.co.uk/en/orange-ppc108/56764

And then get a proper 2x12/4x12 when you need one for shows. Or Go 2nd hand.

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JaymzDead said:

Fantuzzi said:

Ah ok, yeah I think andertons and GAK have some 12 month 0% things, plus you can go and get say a 8 inch one of these

http://www.gak.co.uk/en/orange-ppc108/56764

And then get a proper 2x12/4x12 when you need one for shows. Or Go 2nd hand.

Thanks for that, just checked Andertons and they are offering the cab that matches the for 15% off if you order with the amp, so I might well go for that. Will have to pop in there at some stage and give the DT a try.

Yeah, I was friends with a stoner doomy rock chap, jammed a lot and was in a band with him, a lot of Orange fans in that genre, and they are massive tone nerds, all vintage tubes, thick heavy tones, Sunn amps and the like, so it says something about the sort of tone from the Orange amps.

They tend to be a little more distorted and fuzzier the oranges so would be good for more your tone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGAunX1EZ-U

Heres a vid

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MitchT said:

Some very Early Moog?

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Dr z said:

That case is rather cool as well, love the way the velvet forms a imprint of the strings.

Now a case with a deep purple lining would be perfect for me.

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Justin Cyder said:

Fender cases are a bit shy on storage at the best of times.

This must be remedied, orange in that case looks great.

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http://www.gak.co.uk/en/ghs-fast-fret/2719?gclid=C...


Some of this.

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Gaspode said:

Fantuzzi said:

http://www.gak.co.uk/en/ghs-fast-fret/2719?gclid=C...


Some of this.

Nope, you want finger ease. Loads better http://www.amazon.co.uk/Finger-Ease-Guitar-String-...

Will have to give that a go.

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.

They are meant to be rather good, have you had play on yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6wcP6q71J8

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Gaspode said:

Justin Cyder said:

Where's the rest of it?

Indeed. What's the point of only having 5 frets? Is it a clever wheeze to ensure that no-one will be able to test them out by playing Stairway to Heaven or Hotel California*?

*Other cliched overplayed 70's rock songs are available

They have their uses for drilling techniques or chord sequences, good if you are in a tour bus or at a airport I suppose.

I'm sure the Jason Becker special one had more frets though, but cant seem to find it, the site with it on wont load.

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JaymzDead said:

Had a play one of these yesterday:

with one of these:


Was quite impressed with the amp actually, very nice tone and the ISF tone switching that means you can switch between American and British voicing was a pretty nifty feature. I must admit the guitar was rather sexy as well, would be nicer without the massive Opeth logo behind the bridge though (I love Opeth but I'm not really a fan of overtly showy signature models)

HT5's are awesome amps, very loud, stick a 4x12 and you are getting some serious sound!

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JaymzDead said:

Fantuzzi said:

HT5's are awesome amps, very loud, stick a 4x12 and you are getting some serious sound!

They do quite a nifty 4 x 8 cab to match actually, either that or I'd nab an old Marshall 4 x 12 off of the Bay of Fleas

Edited by JaymzDead on Friday 20th September 16:06

I didn't see that on their site,

Pretty cool little thing, the 4x12 is quite a bit more money as well about 460, although that's 100 cheaper than the equivalent Orange.

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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

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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.

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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!