The Guitar Pron Thread

[Deej 76355]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

Man, that thing is one loose bolt from a train wreck.

Yet it wasn't. 

[DougO 5238]

From the fecebook:

 

[Bogeywon 2518]

16 hours ago, Deej said:

 

Keef is the coolest dude on that stage. Followed by Chuck. I think Clapton may be a Dick based on some shit I’ve read not sure but he doesn’t seem to be very excited at all. Also all the tones! 

Edited December 18, 2021 by Bogeywon
Hail to the Tones

[BrickHorn 18132]

2 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

I think Clapton may be a Dick based on some shit I’ve read

He’s a fucking imbecile. And after a promising start to his career, he spent the last 50 years being a mediocre guitar player.

[Celery Man 20829]

This is the 335 I want. Gibson replied to a question about the color saying it is called watermelon red.

 

dang, looks like the color is just for this, which is a $9k Gibson.

Edited December 19, 2021 by Celery Man

[Chad Fuck 17448]

This is the 335 I want. Gibson replied to a question about the color saying it is called watermelon red.

 
dang, looks like the color is just for this, which is a $9k Gibson.

9k seems - excessive.

[Celery Man 20829]

yeah but it's from murphy labs so you know it was made with scientific precision and the best quality control that gibson has to offer

[phdhorn 6224]

See if you can bargain down to get it without strings.  Should come in around $550 then.

[Bogeywon 2518]

Are Gibson instrument cables good? I just found 2 I bought on a sick deal of the day I never took out of the packaging 

[tbone_ 14016]

Plug them in and see


I figure they’re all made in the same Chinese factory these days regardless of the label.

On a related note, anyone remember Whirlwind cables back in the day? Now THOSE were the shit.

[tbone_ 14016]

Like these…

[Celery Man 20829]

I had a pair of ray hennig heart of Texas store cables that were great for like 5 years of gigging  and occasional touring. Then we played a couple of does shows where my equipment was put away by the other guy who didn’t have a system and didn’t put a little half turn in the cables (or even really wrap them) and that was it.

[jimmyjazz 45360]

9 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

On a related note, anyone remember Whirlwind cables back in the day? Now THOSE were the shit.

I had an unbranded guitar cable just like that one.  It was bulletproof and lasted decades.  I recently lost it.  I got it used when I bought some random Yamaha double cutaway from a guy in south Austin circa 1986.  He threw in a cable.  I figured it would break within a year.  Nope, just kept on going and going and going.  Never a crackle, nada. 

Can't believe she's gone.

 

She's gone, oh why, oh why, I'd better learn how to face it

She's gone, oh why, oh why, I'd pay the devil to replace her

She's gone, what went wrong?

[Deej 76355]

My Vox curly cable is still going strong ten years later.

[Superhero 8692]

I have a braided cable I’ve been using for 10+ years. I like how flexible it is.

OTOH, I have a Fender cable that looks and feels like a bicycle lock cable. It sits between the pedal board and amp so it doesn’t really bother me. 

[BERT 4311]

When did Kirk Hammet start using Gibson Les Pauls? Weren’t they an ESP player for a long time? 

[noharleyyet 2831]

Love a Fender braided case candy cable.

[Chad Fuck 17448]

When did Kirk Hammet start using Gibson Les Pauls? Weren’t they an ESP player for a long time? 

When he bought the Peter Green Les Paul.

[noharleyyet 2831]

On 12/17/2021 at 9:59 PM, jimmyjazz said:

Man, that thing is one loose bolt from a train wreck.

It’s bad…

[BERT 4311]

4 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

When he bought the Peter Green Les Paul.

Just now went and read the story behind that. That's a cool ass story, never knew it. 

Hell, this weekend was probably the first time I've watched a Metallica show since '05 or so. 

[Chad Fuck 17448]

Man, that thing is one loose bolt from a train wreck.

That’s what I took away about working with Chuck Berry in general from that movie. Keef gives a similar description in “Life.”

[dcbc 14361]

19 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

That’s what I took away about working with Chuck Berry in general from that movie. Keef gives a similar description in “Life.”

Had some guys I know back him once.  The description of working with him sounded tedious at best.

 

On a somewhat related note, several years ago, I got to do a little version of Run Run Rudolph with some other parents from my kids school.  After the other guitar player lit up the intro lick, I did my best effort of that down and up diminishing reverse bend that Chuck berates Keith with ad nauseum in HHR&R.  I was afraid Chuck, who was still alive at that point, would show up and start yelling at me if I didn't.

Edited December 20, 2021 by dcbc

[jimmyjazz 45360]

20 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

That’s what I took away about working with Chuck Berry in general from that movie. Keef gives a similar description in “Life.”

An acquaintance played drums for Berry on the Austin show of one of his tours.  His summary:  "never again".

[dcbc 14361]

17 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

An acquaintance played drums for Berry on the Austin show of one of his tours.  His summary:  "never again".

Was that Conrad?

[jimmyjazz 45360]

7 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Was that Conrad?

No, just some other guy I recorded who had a lot of old school Texas ties, many through Lubbock.  I don't think I've ever met Conrad, assuming you're talking about Conrad Chocroun (sp?).  I did record super early Damnations stuff, but they weren't really a band yet, and he wasn't around.

[dcbc 14361]

29 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

No, just some other guy I recorded who had a lot of old school Texas ties, many through Lubbock.  I don't think I've ever met Conrad, assuming you're talking about Conrad Chocroun (sp?).  I did record super early Damnations stuff, but they weren't really a band yet, and he wasn't around.

Yeah, he and a combination of BBS and Allen Oldies guys backed chuck at Mardis Gras in Galveston in the mid 90s.  I think they (or some of them) were supposed to back him again at an Austin show at some point, but he showed up with some of his own musicians. 

Conrad is good people.

[Deej 76355]

Keith once told a story about showing up and Chuck's house, early in the discussions about doing the movie. He said Chuck had a tape playing on the TV of white girls in their underwear throwing pies at each other.

Chuck Berry, man. 

[Chad Fuck 17448]

12 minutes ago, Deej said:

Keith once told a story about showing up and Chuck's house, early in the discussions about doing the movie. He said Chuck had a tape playing on the TV of white girls in their underwear throwing pies at each other.

Chuck Berry, man. 

Let he who hasn't gawked at white girls in their underwear throw the first pie.

[BERT 4311]

I search and search and yet i keep coming back to this one

https://www.mundtmusic.com/p-23588-epiphone-1959-les-paul-standard-outfit-electric-guitar-aged-dark-burst.aspx

 

Just wish it was a LITTLE bit cheaper. I understand, also paying for the hardcase for it. Maybe after Christmas i'll go up there and see how sturdy they are on the price. 

[Chad Fuck 17448]

13 minutes ago, BERT said:

I search and search and yet i keep coming back to this one

https://www.mundtmusic.com/p-23588-epiphone-1959-les-paul-standard-outfit-electric-guitar-aged-dark-burst.aspx

 

Just wish it was a LITTLE bit cheaper. I understand, also paying for the hardcase for it. Maybe after Christmas i'll go up there and see how sturdy they are on the price. 

Bring cash.

[Deej 76355]

1 hour ago, BERT said:

I search and search and yet i keep coming back to this one

https://www.mundtmusic.com/p-23588-epiphone-1959-les-paul-standard-outfit-electric-guitar-aged-dark-burst.aspx

 

Just wish it was a LITTLE bit cheaper. I understand, also paying for the hardcase for it. Maybe after Christmas i'll go up there and see how sturdy they are on the price. 

Best LP Epiphone makes. I have a Gibby and I want one. They take the shine down on the usual Epiohone finish, too. They are really nice.

 

Edited December 20, 2021 by Deej

[tbone_ 14016]

Maybe it’s just me but I’d spend the money to get a Gibson. Because it will always be a Gibson.

[Deej 76355]

Glad I got my Standard before they jacked the price up to $2700.

[dcbc 14361]

3 hours ago, BERT said:

I search and search and yet i keep coming back to this one

https://www.mundtmusic.com/p-23588-epiphone-1959-les-paul-standard-outfit-electric-guitar-aged-dark-burst.aspx

 

Just wish it was a LITTLE bit cheaper. I understand, also paying for the hardcase for it. Maybe after Christmas i'll go up there and see how sturdy they are on the price. 

Not sure where you're located, but I'm local to them and have some time to kill this week if you want me to go up there and see if it has any special qualities you can't feel/see on the internet.  They've always struck me as a more traditional music store, which in days past meant that you could get them to come off the price.  I haven't bought anything new from them other than strings or had a guitar set up, pickup swap, etc.  So I don't know for sure. 

[dcbc 14361]

3 minutes ago, Deej said:

Glad I got my Standard before they jacked the price up to $2700.

Glad I got my AV teles before Fender decided to nix nitro/nitro coatings outside of custom shop items.  Wildwood reps saying no more thin skin teles after this year.  I've got a 52 and a 64.  52 is a WWTS.  64 was open box from Guitar Center, complete with dings.  Skin seems thinner on the 64.  But the 52 is darkening nicely with more light exposure over the years.  It was almost a canary yellow butterscotch blonde, not the nacho cheese color of some of the early 2000s ones.

Edited December 21, 2021 by dcbc

[Deej 76355]

6 hours ago, dcbc said:

Had some guys I know back him once.  The description of working with him sounded tedious at best.

 

On a somewhat related note, several years ago, I got to do a little version of Run Run Rudolph with some other parents from my kids school.  After the other guitar player lit up the intro lick, I did my best effort of that down and up diminishing reverse bend that Chuck berates Keith with ad nauseum in HHR&R.  I was afraid Chuck, who was still alive at that point, would show up and start yelling at me if I didn't.

 

[Scooter Monzingo 820]

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

Maybe it’s just me but I’d spend the money to get a Gibson. Because it will always be a Gibson.

It’s not just you.

[dcbc 14361]

Agree,  See if you can find a used 2014 LP Traditional; it's a is a special year for the Traditional.  Those 59 Tribute pickups are amazing, and that's possibly the only year they put them in anything affordable.  The Traditionals weigh out heavy, but mine, at over 10 lbs, doesn't rest heavy on my shoulder.  I can play all night with that thing somehow.

 

http://aws2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/The-Magic-of-59-and-the-59-Tribute-Humbucker.aspx

Edited December 21, 2021 by dcbc

[Chad Fuck 17448]

Glad I got my AV teles before Fender decided to nix nitro/nitro coatings outside of custom shop items.  Wildwood reps saying no more thin skin teles after this year.  I've got a 52 and a 64.  52 is a WWTS.  64 was open box from Guitar Center, complete with dings.  Skin seems thinner on the 64.  But the 52 is darkening nicely with more light exposure over the years.  It was almost a canary yellow butterscotch blonde, not the nacho cheese color of some of the early 2000s ones.

Why’d they nix the nitro?

[dcbc 14361]

3 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Why’d they nix the nitro?

Restrictions in CA seem to be more and more restrictive, from my loose reading of the situation.

 

Not a problem for Gibson so much in TN.

Edited December 21, 2021 by dcbc

[BERT 4311]

2 hours ago, dcbc said:

Not sure where you're located, but I'm local to them and have some time to kill this week if you want me to go up there and see if it has any special qualities you can't feel/see on the internet.  They've always struck me as a more traditional music store, which in days past meant that you could get them to come off the price.  I haven't bought anything new from them other than strings or had a guitar set up, pickup swap, etc.  So I don't know for sure. 

I appreciate the offer but I’m maybe 2 miles from them. 

[Superhero 8692]

Got my bid rejected today on this puppy. 

The price dropped from $1,850 down to $1,500. He rejected all offers and brought it up to $1,600. Still not a bad price but kinda shitty on his part for doing so.

https://reverb.com/item/48273978-gibson-les-paul-classic-2021-honeyburst

 

[topochico 1048]

https://reverb.com/item/48152938-gibson-les-paul-classic-honeyburst-modified

Those pickups may be more metal than you are looking for, but there are a ton of other really cool factory modded LP's on Gibson's reverb page. 

 

[Chad Fuck 17448]

Restrictions in CA seem to be more and more restrictive, from my loose reading of the situation.
 
Not a problem for Gibson so much in TN.

That makes sense.

[Chad Fuck 17448]

https://reverb.com/item/48152938-gibson-les-paul-classic-honeyburst-modified
Those pickups may be more metal than you are looking for, but there are a ton of other really cool factory modded LP's on Gibson's reverb page. 

 

Yeah they have tons of cool stuff with just enough new knocked off of them to make them a decent value. They’re a good follow on there.

[topochico 1048]

My Fenderbird plan has not gone well. I am planning to reach out to the builder today to see if I can cancel and get a refund. If that happens, I am eyeing that burgundy NR Thunderbird so I have been on their page a bunch lately. 

 

Edited December 21, 2021 by topochico

[Chad Fuck 17448]

8 minutes ago, topochico said:

My Fenderbird plan has not gone well. I am planning to reach out to the builder today to see if I can cancel and get a refund. If that happens, I am eyeing that burgundy NR Thunderbird so I have been on their page a bunch lately. 

 

Is it just the color?  Or something else?  

[topochico 1048]

It’s mostly the color. I was specific that I wanted Daphne blue and not Sonic from the first email. I even sent multiple color examples to them.  I also did not want the artificial cold checking nitro that most of their builds use. They missed on both fronts. I caught the cold checking issue when they sent me a final build sheet before final assembly. It went back to the paint booth. They sent me pics of the repaint and it looked Sonic blue. We talked about it and they went ahead and sent it for approval agreeing to repaint if I didn’t like it.  it is great, but it’s the wrong color. We are now 10 months in and they are willing to make it right, but say it is easier to build me a new one instead of refinishing the current again. I am kinda done at this point. I plan to call them today to see what my options are. First world problems, but the point of a custom build is to get exactly what you want. 

[Deej 76355]

Thinking about the extension cab for the Black Magick. I have one for my 1600 Supreme that is the same speaker, just a bit smaller size cab, so the amp won't sit on top as a stack. Thinking maybe I should do the 2x12 cab. Any thoughts? Too much? $200 more.

[Bogeywon 2518]

52 minutes ago, Deej said:

Thinking about the extension cab for the Black Magick. I have one for my 1600 Supreme that is the same speaker, just a bit smaller size cab, so the amp won't sit on top as a stack. Thinking maybe I should do the 2x12 cab. Any thoughts? Too much? $200 more.

I just bought a orange a few months ago and fucking love it