| Author | Message | ||
     Steveford |
I've got enough bikes to hold me for a while, time to get back into the guitars! A year or two ago I sold my Gibson Firebird to buy something or other and I really missed it so today I took delivery of a beautiful 2014 Firebird V and this one is a keeper. Gibson can be hit or miss but this one is, as the seller put it, a gem. Whoever bought it doesn't appear to have ever played it, it's brand new. This guitar gives me the same feeling I had as a kid when I first got an electric guitar - I was just over the moon, it was so much fun.    | ||
| Hughlysses |
Sweet! I hope you channel Johnny Winter when you play it. BTW- his ~4 remaining Fire birds go on the auction block tomorrow, starting at $70,000! | ||
| Steveford |
Dibs on the purple one! | ||
| Court |
That is just gorgeous. That may be the best looking Firebird I have ever seen. Great score ! | ||
| Hughlysses |
Here's the link to the auction of Johnny's stuff; It actually started today: https://www.guernseys.com/v2/johnnywinter.html It's kind of sad to see so much music history broken up.  | ||
| Steveford |
Thanks, Court. I just couldn't pass this one up. I always was a sucker for a pretty face! | ||
| Hughlysses |
Just don't drop it! Every one of Johnny's appear to have repaired headstocks. | ||
| Court |
Don't feel bad . . . I've been on a bit of a bender myself . . . I've bought 3 this last month. It's a sickness. Congratulations for having it. | ||
| Court |
Steve: Have you ever used Memphis tuning? I got a new Taylor and have it tuned in Memphis. Sounds a bit odd, except for some songs, by itself . . . but once I started laying down a track and doubling it in Memphis . . . I found the secret those folks in Nashville have been hiding for years. | ||
| Badlionsfan |
Even tho I still think humbuckers are a fad I went ahead and bought this last month. It's going to the best guitar repair/ builder shop in the area today for a full set up.  | ||
| Steveford |
its the EADG strings all tuned an octave higher and the B and high E are left alone Is this what you're talking about? I would think you'd need real light gauge strings for this, no? | ||
| Court |
Total lust. I think the open pickups on the Les Paul are amazing looking. http://www.sweetwater.com/insync/covered-vs-open-coil-humbuckers/  | ||
| Badlionsfan |
Court my ultimate guitar is a Standard gold top with P-90's and a 50's neck profile. As soon as Gibson puts one out I'll have one. Unless they take too long and I find a great deal on a used one. | ||
| Steveford |
badlionsfan, I like the wood grain on that Les Paul. That's going to looks great a few years down the road. Hughlysses, That doesn't surprise me at all about the headstocks; I saw Johnny Winter fall flat on his face mid-solo during the late 1970s. He was walking across the stage and tripped over a short stool and down he went. He popped right back up quick enough, though! At the start of the next number he went, "Let's see if we can't stay on our feet for this one..." (Message edited by SteveFord on October 01, 2016) | ||
| Badlionsfan |
Thanks, I look forward to it wearing in too. I know I'm in the minority, but I prefer the plain top to flame tops. Flames are just "too busy" for my taste. | ||
| Court |
Ditto . . . I like the one you scored lots better than any flame top. | ||
| Badlionsfan |
Got mine back from the shop today. It was good before, but it's better now. Nothing beats a good set up. I had the same shop do my Epiphone '56 w/ p-90's and the action is now as close to identical as you can get. For a little under $100 they level and polish the frets, set the truss rod, get the strings nice and low without buzzing, set intonation and set pick up heights including the pole pieces individually. I'm luck to have a very good shop (Lay's guitar in Akron, OH) near me. They can do anything from a set up like mine to broken headstock repair and total refinish jobs. I figure it these guys are good enough to work on Joe Walsh's geetars they're good enough for a hack like me. Oh here's the Epiphone I have. It was the first guitar I really bonded with when I got back into learning to play a few years ago, and it's gonna stay with me til I die.... | ||
| Badlionsfan |
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| 86129squids |
Not a highjack at all, but- who knows the best source of replacement speakers? I've got a JBL 200W powered sub in my home hi-fi, and I can tell it's going south. It's a 10", nice and full bottom end, I'm probably gonna abuse it until my sweetie gets back from Tunica. I like my music LOUD... but with a clear sub, even low level is awesome. Just like tires, guitar strings and such, seems speakers are quite disposable. | ||
| Hughlysses |
^ Brad- probably the best thing is to have it reconed. If you're handy, you can buy a kit and do it yourself. Here's one how-to video on a JBL subwoofer: | ||
| 86129squids |
I've been aware of the DIY kits, but for much longer also been aware of my abilities at fine detail work like that- dunno if I should. I have an old guy in North Knoxvegas whom I've used in the past, but he's not at all fast in his work. It's not too bad now, but... We shall see. Thanks for the vid, friend! | ||
| Court |
>>>>I like my music LOUD I was visiting one of my Badweb friends . . . who is very active here everyday and we started talking "sound". He took me in his living room and there was an entire wall of Macintosh amps and pre-amps. Yeah . . . it sounded awesome. | ||
| Zac4mac |
Macintosh - gutless wonders. Not the sound, but the cases looked empty. By separating transformers and tubes they had awesome s/n ratios. Quiet spots are really quiet... Hook them up to some Magnedyne planar speakers and you're IN Carnegie Hall. Z | ||
| Court |
Fun stuff . . . . | ||
| H0gwash |
This is neither electric nor a guitar but it is as close as I can get to this topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qonbNsVzAIc (Message edited by h0gwash on October 14, 2016) | ||
| Mikej |
I'm finally going to dedicate the time to learn to play a guitar. While not as high end as what some of you have, these should work just fine for my needs:  And to make sure I stick with it I traded off a 10watt amp, still have a slightly better 15watt amp for backup, but I did just buy one of these on sale and with a rebate: Cube 40GX  The Ibanez is a TM-71 model, which currently has an issue with one of the bridge saddle screws, so it is currently slightly dismantled while I locate a new screw or a whole new bridge. The black guitar is an Oscar Schmidt OE30, and has a low string, so it needs either some nut work or a new nut. That is my background project to get it set up decently. Some of you folks here have some very nice gear. I'm sure your playing skills are well up there as well. | ||
| Court |
Don't confuse "high end" with skill. In the "old days" a $3,000 guitar was LOTS better than a $300 guitar. That ain't necessarily true any longer. I've purchased some inexpensive (which can no longer be interpreted as "cheap") guitars lately. The most notable among these is an Epiphone Hummingbird for $299 (or something like that) which I'd challenge anyone to tell from my Gibson.  In addition, I have picked up . . . just last week . . . Taylor GS-Mini which, among the 5 Taylor guitars I have, is cheap and an amazing guitar. My playing skills are not that great. I need to get on a much more focused practice schedule. But, I love playing and it's my "therapy". Some folks, like my son and Erik Buell, seem to be able to pick up a guitar and translate about anything they hear to music and make it sound good. Me? . . I need to practice over and over. But . . . I love doing that. Most important thing . . HAVE FUN. | ||
| Mikej |
A local shop has a used Epiphone Dove that I was looking at, but I went with a new amp instead for now. Maybe for my next birthday I'll look at that Hummingbird, looks nice, and probably sounds even nicer. | ||
| Mikej |
This has probably been posted before, but I don't get around here much anymore so if it was I missed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1XqrLVENdM | ||
| Xdigitalx |
Both of these, you can feel the quality and workmanship before you hit the strings... (D'Angelico EXL-1A Acoustic-Electric Archtop Guitar... (pricey) Epiphone Masterbilt Century Collection I was hooked on an Epiphone Masterbilt AJ-45ME acoustic guitar (kinda still am) Even though I haven't held it in my hands yet but after playing those first two... I don't know. (who am I kidding... I can not afford either!!) |
