What guitars or basses do you have ?

[cowfishrule]

surfin-
a 15w amp is a perfect practice amp for your house.
if you are going to spend some $, i would look for a good combo amp. (around 100w or more)
a 100w combo will be more than enough to fill an small to medium room. anything larger than that would have a PA system, and you would be mic'd through it.

 

[trainfever]

Not to hijack this thread, but does anyone have the Marshall microstack and if so, what do you think of it?

 

[jaymz]

Originally Posted by COWFISHRULE
http:///forum/post/2549241
... dont mean to show off, but

From Left to Right:
4 string Hohner Acoustic
7 string Conklin GT-7
4 string Warwick Corvette Standard Fretless
10 string Dean Edge Hammer-10
12 string Hamer Chapparal-12
5 string Music Man Stingray
4 string Jackson Concert EX
i also have closer, individual shots if anyone gives an s.
I used to have that exact hohner acoustic bass and sold it on e-bay about 3-4 years. are you sure you didnt buy it from me.
I have a custom 4 string bass,
- Samick P160 4 string bass,
-and the cheapest gibson electric guitar they make. Still sounds awesome.
But what makes it all work is the vintage 1984 Ampeg SVT-70T, man that thing is sweeeeeet!

 

[surfinusa]

Originally Posted by COWFISHRULE
http:///forum/post/2549286
surfin-
a 15w amp is a perfect practice amp for your house.
if you are going to spend some $, i would look for a good combo amp. (around 100w or more)
a 100w combo will be more than enough to fill an small to medium room. anything larger than that would have a PA system, and you would be mic'd through it.
Thanks.

 

[tx reef]

As far as solid body electrics go (can't speak for hollow bodies) it doesn't matter what shape, what type of wood, etc...the pickups account for the tone of the sound (and the amp of course).
I have 3 guitars...a mexican made strat (bridge position routed out for humbucker H/S/S), a Jackson Dinky (H/S/S), & an '05 Ibanez S470 (H/S/H...single coil not connected..soon to be routed out for a H/H/H configuration).
I am not sure what wood the Srat is made of, but the Dinky is Basswood & the S470 is Mahogany. I have an Evolution humbucker at the bridge in the Strat & Jackson and the sound the exact same. I tried it in the Ibanez and still had the same sound.
In my experience (once again, can't speak for hollow body electrics) wood type only matters for acoustic guitars.

 

[reefraff]

Originally Posted by Pontius
http:///forum/post/2549153
yep, you most definitely do. your musical life will never be the same. the Strat, while a good guitar, is my bathroom guitar now.
Not sure which gib I am going to get. Always wanted one of the Firebirds I think the name was that Johnny Winter plays a lot. A friend had an SG style that was labeled Les Paul. Don't see those too often.

 

[fuz_munky]

k heres my 1979 Fender Precision Bass, made in the U S of A
(i cropped it so you cant see how dirty my room is

)

 

[tangwhispr]

nothing fancy, just a j.frog

 

[cowfishrule]

Originally Posted by Jaymz
http:///forum/post/2549324
I used to have that exact hohner acoustic bass and sold it on e-bay about 3-4 years. are you sure you didnt buy it from me.
i bought that bass back in '92
no, im pretty sure i didnt get it from you.

 

[pontius]

Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/2549418
Not sure which gib I am going to get. Always wanted one of the Firebirds I think the name was that Johnny Winter plays a lot. A friend had an SG style that was labeled Les Paul. Don't see those too often.
yeah, Firebirds are nice. very neck-heavy though. Allen Collins from Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of the best Firebird players.
the SG started off as a new design of the Les Paul around 1963. Les got hold of the guitar and didnt' like it at all and was sorely pissed that they put his name on a re-design that he did not approve of. but the guitar was gaining popularity at the time, so they went back to making Les' model and the re-design came to be called SG, which means "Solidbody Guitar".

 

[pontius]

Originally Posted by TX Reef
http:///forum/post/2549406
As far as solid body electrics go (can't speak for hollow bodies) it doesn't matter what shape, what type of wood, etc...the pickups account for the tone of the sound (and the amp of course).
sorry, but that is not true. while electronics are important, the wood is equally important. perhaps not so much when it comes to ash/basswood/alder which can all get a similar sound. but there is a world of difference between those woods and mahogany. none of those other woods will sustain anywhere close to the amount of time that a heavy mahogany guitar will sustain and the sound will not be as heavy or warm.
if wood type didn't matter, the Les Paul wouldn't be nearly as popular because honestly, who wants to lug around a guitar that can weigh 9-12 pounds? the Les Paul is an atrociously heavy guitar, but it is also possibly the most popular guitar on earth because the heavy mahogany makes it sounds like a dream.
so yeah, wood type (at least where a heavy wood is concerned) does make a world of difference on an electric. if your Ibanez didn't sound any warmer or heavier than your others, it's most likely because it was a thin guitar with big chunks cutout for the pickups. same way an SG doesn't sound as heavy as a Les Paul even though it's the same wood...the SG is much thinner and lighter.

 

[salty blues]

Originally Posted by Pontius
http:///forum/post/2549228
imo, Strats are most useful for blues. and the only pickup useful for that is the neck pickup. the hb in the bridge makes it a more versatile guitar for rock. the middle pickup is pretty worthless and I feel a singlecoil in the bridge would be worthless as well. that's why Gibson is much better imo. I can get way better sounds from just 2 pickups than I could from any combination of 3 pickups in a Strat.
and mahogany pwns* alder, swamp ash, or basswood.
*my first official use of 'pwns'
It does depend a lot on what you want out of a particular guitar. Single coils in the bridge of a Strat are far from worthless. If you're a country player you can get a lot of good sounds out of the bridge pickup. Blues as well.
Of course it depends too on how good a particular pickup sounds. Many just suck. For me though, I have tried stacked h/b's in my Strats and I have never found any I liked. To me a h/b justs keeps a Strat from sounding like a Strat should sound.
Each to his own however. We all know what we personally like.

 

[cowfishrule]

active's rule.
passive's drool.

 

[shogun323]

I have:
Michael Kelly Hybrid Special (on the way)
Strat with Seymour Duncan Hot Rails and Cool Rails
Arte & Luthrie Special Edition Acoustic
Breedlove Pro Series (USA made)
Eterna Classical
Had an Alvarez AJ60SC but it is AWOL........

I run my Electric through Guitar Rig 3 controlled by my Macbook.

 

[surfinusa]

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