Guitarists? Guitars?

joeyfivecents · Post by **joeyfivecents** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:38 pm

I play a Les Paul Studio, a 72 Fender Telecaster Custom, and a cheap Danelectro. Lately though, my newer guitar-a Hamer Echotone(Gibson ES335 copy) is my favorite. It plays like a Gibson and only cost me $300. You should take a look at these. Oh yeah, and it stays in tune too.

ewistrand · Post by **ewistrand** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:45 pm

mikemc wrote:I currently have an Ibanez Flying V in korina wood, one of the 'pre-lawsuit' models (although that doesn't really mean anything other than what it looks like and about when it was made). I really like the neck on it, the way it hangs, the sounds I can get and the weight is great. I have a dislike of Fender necks, and the Ibanez is much more Gibson like.

Les Pauls weigh a lot, that is my main downside for them. Their necks are among the best feeling and the positioning of the pots is perfect so I lugged one around for years. I owned a circa early 70s Les Paul Standard gold top that was OK. It's great for sitting down with and playing without a strap (the flying v is not). The sound was very nice and I loved the feel of the frets and neck. It did buzz on some frets and the intonation was a bit off until I had work done on it.

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I had one of those Vs in the late '70s- early '80s. It's one of the few guitars I really regret selling.

Like you, I find LPs to be too heavy for the most part. I've owned three; a '76 Custom with a MAPLE fingerboard (an oddball option that was available in the mid '70s. Not many were made), a '74 Recording (one of the low impedance LPs) and a '86 Studio with EMGs and a Kahler.

Currently I'm mostly Jackson (a Dinky and a Dinky Reverse from '92 or so) and Charvel (I cant remember the model numbers here- they're both from the late '80s). I'm also using an Ibanez Artist electric 12 string from the late '70s (which weighs more than any LP I've ever owned). I'm running it through the original Rig Kontrol with GuitarRig 2.

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dj superflat · Post by **dj superflat** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:55 pm

78 les paul kalamazoo (seriously)
got rid of my early 70s strat because of how well my cheap, but cool (i think), depinto plays
72 fender jazz
early 80s warwick

you can't really go wrong with a les paul, but they're crazy heavy.

ethios4 · Post by **ethios4** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:00 pm

I play an Epiphone Les Paul, and I love it for what it is. Sometimes I wish I had a strat or tele to play...something capable of brighter, twangy tones....you just can't get those on a Les Paul like you can on a strat or tele style guitar. Then again it's ahrd to get a Les Paul tone out of a tele/strat.

The next guitar I buy will probably be a Parker MIDI-Fly....incredibly versatile guitar, with supposedly good quality MIDI tracking. I would really love to get a guitar with AXON built in, though....

cannone · Post by **cannone** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:19 pm

Amp sims?

Line 6 PodXT.

End of Story.

cannon

capta1nA · Post by **capta1nA** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:21 pm

I don't use an amp simulator - I use my BBE BMax solid state bass preamp. I strongly recommend it for recording or for live use.

Toonman · Post by **Toonman** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:20 pm

I have an Ibanez JEM 777v, a Parker P38, and a Parker Fly Mojo. These go to my PODxt (modelpacks included), which goes into my M-Audio FW400, and everything is recorded directly onto Live. I monitor through a pair of Event1 TR-8 nearfield monitors (the big ones). Live is very good at recording, and I'm also using it to mix. My CD project is almost done. I load Live with several VST(i)'s. Probably a must have for me is BBE's Sonic Maximizer.

D K · Post by **D K** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:29 pm

capta1nA wrote:I play a carvin LB76 6 string bass (jealous of that Ken Smith somebody above mentioned!)

Live is perfect for practicing and noodling around. Haven't figured out how/if I want to use it in my live setup.

If I were a guitar player I would play a Brian Moore

muahahahaha....

Ron_F · Post by **Ron_F** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:30 pm

From today:-

Variax 700 & PodXT Live

Ron

cannone · Post by **cannone** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:38 pm

That 6 string bass needs it's own zip code.

"Not in my backyard".

lol

cannon

D K · Post by **D K** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:41 pm

cannone wrote:That 6 string bass needs it's own zip code.

"Not in my backyard".

lol

cannon

look again, it's a 7

Hypomixolydian · Post by **Hypomixolydian** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:46 pm

Spiralgroove wrote: ive been drooling over the line 6 models for a while...

Meef Chaloin wrote: You should have a look at the Line 6 Pods, they seem to be very popular & meant to be great sounding although I havent heard one (out of my current price range).

I still own the first version of the Pod Pro, they are OK but in my opinion nothing to write home about. Apparently the second version is meant to be better.

I prefer to use software for recording and I can get in my opinion a better sound plus more versatility. I have Amplitube (version 1), which I think is fantastic and very low CPU usage and Guitar Rig 2, which is nice too, though a bit CPU heavy. Anyway, in my opinion the PODs are over rated.

Nod · Post by **Nod** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:02 pm

farwest1 wrote:I play an older Paul Reed Smith. Recently discovered Live, which seems amazing for usability and sounds.

Indeed it is....first time someone demonstrated Live to me, by laying down 8 tracked rhythm parts without taking their hands off the guitar, my credit card literally fell out of my wallet

what are some other good guitar processors?

Do check out the Line6 stuff tho' personally it's not for me - current neighbour friendly rig is a '71 Gibson SG, Sansamp PSA1 Preamp, Rocktron Vooduvalve (Preamp,FX & Speaker Sims) and a Behringer FCB1010 which controls the racks & Live...

DeadlyKungFu · Post by **DeadlyKungFu** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:58 pm

Live is also great for learning new tunes. Drop all the songs you want to learn into a set and save it. Then which each tune you can loop each section of the song, tough solo parts, the main riff to solo over, drum loops, all that.

cool thing about guitar rig and the like is that Live records the CLEAN guitar sound, so you can adjust your tone later.

dj superflat · Post by **dj superflat** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:40 pm

i've never understood basses with more than 4 strings -- get a guitar.

as for amps, have a couple old fenders and a holland (out of business, but they made great amps).

for amp sims, i use guitar rig 2, but also have some live device chains that work really well for certain things.