Anyone know the repercussions on buying a Rickenbacker bootleg? I hear the Ric Police are pretty heavy handed.
I'm not buying from a dealer, but just an individual. Instrument sounds perfect. Looks like a well crafted Ric. Just missing the signature at the top.
What are the potential repercussions other than discovering that the bootleg is actually shoddy manufacturing that warps in a matter of weeks? (Or something to that effect.)
Gonna go play a Reverend this weekend. I played them once when they first came back and remember them sounding really... sterile. I hear they're no longer made from plastic, so....
Hey guys, been lurking around here for like a year without saying a word and figured I should finally join in the fun. As I've accumulated like five instruments this year alone I figured this thread would be a good place to start.
Since I'm primarily a bassist, I'll start with the bass collection:
They're arranged in order of acquisition, left to right, front to back:
1994(?) Peavey Milestone II - Swiped it from my sister. She put all the stickers on it, claims she did it to protect the paint. Wonder what the ones on the pickguard are for, then?
2000(?) Peavey Grind 6 NTB - Parents got this for me. I mentioned how extended range basses were cool and so they got me this for Christmas a few years back. I have no idea why, as I was not very good at the time (I'm still not).
1985 Westone Spectrum GT - Best $50 I ever spent. Even came with a hard case and 15' cable. Has been used in four punk bands and recorded at least one album. The guy preferred it over his Fender.
1987 Peavey Patriot - The original plan was to give this to my sister to make up for swiping her Milestone; the picture on craigslist somehow came out bright pink, and her first car was a pink/black Super Beetle. I figured it was perfect. Looked pink in the guy's apartment too. Came home to discover it was actually red. Still not sure how this was possible.
1984 Westone The Rail - Yes, The is part of the name. For being 24 years old and passive, the pickup on this thing is really loud; loudest of the five. I love it.
While I'm at it, I'm borrowing (indefinitely) a Carlo Robelli 12-string bass from a friend:
Can be active or passive, and the sound is hard to describe. Also, playing three strings at once feels kinda weird.
Next, my amp, cab, and pedal:
The amp is a Hartke 3500 (350w) and the cabinet is a Hartke MX115 (300w). Got the set (and the pedal below) for $200 from the guy who sold me the Spectrum bass. The original 15" driver got blown out during a show apparently, and was replaced with an Eminence cone instead of a Hartke. Doesn't matter to me, the thing sounds awesome.
Russian Big Muff Pi. Technically a guitar pedal, but it works perfectly fine for dirtying up my basses.
Other instruments:
Yamaha EGV103 electric guitar, which I am terrible at playing. It was $80 and had a unique look, so I snapped it up pretty much as soon as I saw it. Figured I should try to play more than just bass. I cannot switch from chord to chord fast enough, so currently I'm stuck with power chords (which I'm not much better at).
Carlo Robelli A-style mandolin, with a circle hole instead of f-holes for some reason. The previous owner also decided to stick a Schaller violin pickup on it. Surprisingly, I'm better at playing this than I am at playing guitars, I have no idea why. Also, how are the teeny frets past about #12 even usable? O_o
I also have some other stuff that I don't have convenient pictures of, including an Esteban acoustic/electric guitar which was apparently the first Esteban model to not have a self-destructing neck, a Yamaha keyboard of some sort, the 3/4 Lauren acoustic guitar I had when I was a little kid, several harmonicas I can't locate, and two plastic German-fingering recorders from elementary school. I might also have another keyboard from when I was little, and I'll probably inherit the old upright piano that's sitting in storage.
Hope that's not too long-winded. I'll record something eventually with my cheap digital camera and you can all mock me for sucking, it'll be good times.
Me and you have a similar bass amp rig. I have that same head. Using a Big Muff Pi as well, but I don't like it. Cuts volume way too muh. Gonna replace it with either a Big Muff Pi Bass or an all tube preamp.
I'm considering picking up a Peavy. I really need something with a split coil in it, and that Yamaha I have just isn't cutting it. Might just trade it off for a Squire P. Necks too wide, action is ridiculously high, frets are super wide... Thinking Peavy cause I know lots of people that abide by them, but I haven't had a good experience with Peavy gear.
That's my Fender Jazz there. About to track down some vintage machine heads and put in some DiMarzios.
From what I've heard only the Russian version of the Big Muff Pi works well with bass, not the regular. I'd love to try out the Bass-specific version, but I haven't seen one.
As for Peaveys, I obviously like them, but then I'm not really an expert. I can say that my Milestone has excessive fret buzz (though it isn't audible through the amp) and the Patriot needs a new socket, but they work rather well otherwise. The Milestone split-coil definitely has the brightest tone out of my bass collection. Between the current Peavey Milestone and Squier P I'd pick the Milestone, but definitely play one of each for yourself and make the choice that way.
I've seen them more and more frequently as of late. I didn't even know there was one until a few months ago, when a friend of mine happened to come across one from the place I bought mine.
Know any tricks on that Hartke head? It seems to be well suited for a multitude of clean sounds, and if you did nothing but slap it has a great percussion type sound to it, but I often find that it picks up my fingers merely plucking the strings. Kinda annoying.
At first I thought it was me merely playing to aggressively, but I don't get the same thump/pop playing the same bass through a different head. I also suspected the string action being a little low on my Jazz, but it happens on that Yamaha as well, which has ridiculously high action.
Wish I knew some tricks on it, but I only got it about two weeks ago and was stuck on a Peavey MicroBass practice amp until then. Finally decided I should upgrade my equipment before I got any more instruments. You probably know more than I do on it; care to share your preferred settings?
As for the Russian, it will still cut volume if you turn the tone knob to the treble side, but on the bass side it works fairly well. I usually don't turn it past the center setting.
As far as volume cutting goes, the phase reverse on my Spectrum GT drops volume pretty dramatically. I wish there was a way around that, the effect is interesting.
Finally decided I should upgrade my equipment before I got any more instruments. You probably know more than I do on it; care to share your preferred settings?
I cut the solid state preamp almost all the way off. That's the main source of the popping string problem. There are two dials for Countour. High and Low. I keep low about midway, and keep the high slightly lower. I like to keep a warm/mellowing bass tone.
Bad thing about this amp is that there is absolutely no gain. No growl. Nothing dirty. Perfect for jazz aficionados and country players I imagine.
I imagine though if I crank both the solid state and tube preamp up that I might get some nasty sounds out of it.
I cranked both preamps as well as both contours and it still rang clear, so I decided to try boosting stuff on the EQ to see if I could get any growl. I think I messed up one of my speakers, because when I set it back to normal it buzzes now.
I don't know anything about equipment, so I'm not sure what's wrong, but the lower the note, the more the speaker buzzes. The G string still rings clear. Did I royally fuck something up? I wouldn't have thought I could cause any damage with the volume at ½...
So, I am thinking of investing big money into delay. I am looking at:
BOSS DD-20:
Line6 DL4:
because if there is one thing digital has done right in guitar effects it is delay.
Now I know people in real life who have or have used these and will have the opportunity to use them myself before a decision is made, but I would also like to know what you folks think.
I don't really respect Line-6, but I think that's just some bizarre unfounded prejudice based on their ugly, non-utilitarian products.
But I love me some Boss Delay pedals. I've had a DD-5 since the day I started playing electric and it's never done me wrong.
Is there any specific reason you're looking at the Giga-Delay? What are you wanting out of a delay pedal? A sweet slap-back echo? The ability to make "Space Whale" noises? Loop capabilities?
It seems like the primary selling point of the Giga-Delay is the looping brain, so unless you're a one man band or math-rocker, I'm not so sure the Giga-Delay is an absolute necessity.
I don't really respect Line6 either, but the DL4 appears to have become fairly standard.
I was looking at the DD-5 but decided I wanted something tap tempo capable without plugging in another pedal, and the ability to program presets. I will admit I don't need looping (which can actually be accomplished already without the pedal), and I am leaning more towards the DL4.
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James, I know that this isn't the kind of thing that you are talking about, but I got to fool around with one of these the other day, and I think my heart stopped four or five times.
How are those Rails anyway? The lack of a real body can't be good for tone unless you're into that I guess.
I like the relatively simple design, though.
Well, the tonal variety is pretty impressive with the sliding pickup, but you're right in that it doesn't have quite the same depth to it. I tend to play unamped, and that makes it even more noticeable. The steel rails are "tuned" (not sure what that means), so I suppose that helps a bit. Considering the power of the Magnaflux RB pickup, I suspect the Rails are geared more towards heavier rock music, and they distort nicely.
Sheep, that bass has one incredibly fat humbucker there, if that is indeed a humbucker. Judging by the headstock, I assume it's an old Ovation? What model?
Sheep, that bass has one incredibly fat humbucker there, if that is indeed a humbucker. Judging by the headstock, I assume it's an old Ovation? What model?
Late 70s/Early 80s Ovation Magnum IV.
And yeah, that's a big fat ole humbucker there. J style at the bridge. Everything I hear about these is that they rock.
I thought I posted pictures of my gear in here, but I guess that must have been an old thread.
A pair of Ibanez PL1660s:
The one on the bottom is completely stock - the one on the top has Dimarzio D-Activator pickups in it, but I've taken that apart and put the neck on my Squier 51 body (no picture of that for now). I'm trying to figure out what to do with the body, now. And yeah, that's Roast Beef on the control plate.
My most valued possession: A Heritage Terminator
Apparently there are like five of these in the world. Best guitar I've ever played.
A Roland G-202. That thin bar between the bridge and pickup is a hexaphonic pickup. It plugs into the Roland GR-300 and GR-700 synthesizers (I own both, no pictures though). Also pictures is an old Ampeg amp. A B-15 I think.
Whatever happened to the cover competition thread? I'd like to give that a shot over the holidays when I dont have to worry about school.
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Podlyyou unzipped me! it's all coming back! i don't like it!Registered Userregular
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christmas gift from my buddy
It's a Yamaha tx81z FM synthesizer. It's basically a rackmount DX11, cousin of the famous Dx7
So, what kind of digital piano would you guys recommend for someone looking to get back into piano, after not having had lessons since childhood? Something nice enough to actually feel like you're playing actual keys, but not professional level expensive.
When Christmas season is over and I have money to spend I'm considering working on something like this:
Jaguars look so much nicer with a tele head. If I get around to doing this I'll be putting in a DiMarzio Super Distortion in the neck and a Seymour Duncan Lipstick Tube in the bridge. Probably in a Mexican jag.
I posted this in the Rock Band thread, but I realised its more appropriate here
So, fun story
I was in town tonight and needed a cigarette lighting, so I asked a girl nearby. We started talking and it turns out she was in a band who needed a drummer.
Now I don't lie (often), but my only experience with drumming is in Rock Band.
I told her I could drum.
I've now been invited to join her band. Bollocks. I just listened to them on the Internet and they're pretty good. Bollocks.
How can I fake my way through this?
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I posted this in the Rock Band thread, but I realised its more appropriate here
So, fun story
I was in town tonight and needed a cigarette lighting, so I asked a girl nearby. We started talking and it turns out she was in a band who needed a drummer.
Now I don't lie (often), but my only experience with drumming is in Rock Band.
I told her I could drum.
I've now been invited to join her band. Bollocks. I just listened to them on the Internet and they're pretty good. Bollocks.
How can I fake my way through this?
You totally drop it like you never bumped into her. Don't call her back, etc.
If you ever see her again, act like you don't remember her.
Seriously, it will be less embarassing than showing up with nothing but a rock band drumkit, as they WILL expect you to have your own gear, and halfway decent drums cost $texas.
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What are the potential repercussions other than discovering that the bootleg is actually shoddy manufacturing that warps in a matter of weeks? (Or something to that effect.)
Gonna go play a Reverend this weekend. I played them once when they first came back and remember them sounding really... sterile. I hear they're no longer made from plastic, so....
and my favorite - 2004 Renown Maple Gretsch:
schwing!
I need your address and sleeping schedule.
Origin is the exact same as my Steam, in case you're needing a Support or Assault in BF3.
For the next two months.
It is amazing.
Since I'm primarily a bassist, I'll start with the bass collection:
They're arranged in order of acquisition, left to right, front to back:
1994(?) Peavey Milestone II - Swiped it from my sister. She put all the stickers on it, claims she did it to protect the paint. Wonder what the ones on the pickguard are for, then?
2000(?) Peavey Grind 6 NTB - Parents got this for me. I mentioned how extended range basses were cool and so they got me this for Christmas a few years back. I have no idea why, as I was not very good at the time (I'm still not).
1985 Westone Spectrum GT - Best $50 I ever spent. Even came with a hard case and 15' cable. Has been used in four punk bands and recorded at least one album. The guy preferred it over his Fender.
1987 Peavey Patriot - The original plan was to give this to my sister to make up for swiping her Milestone; the picture on craigslist somehow came out bright pink, and her first car was a pink/black Super Beetle. I figured it was perfect. Looked pink in the guy's apartment too. Came home to discover it was actually red. Still not sure how this was possible.
1984 Westone The Rail - Yes, The is part of the name. For being 24 years old and passive, the pickup on this thing is really loud; loudest of the five. I love it.
While I'm at it, I'm borrowing (indefinitely) a Carlo Robelli 12-string bass from a friend:
Can be active or passive, and the sound is hard to describe. Also, playing three strings at once feels kinda weird.
Next, my amp, cab, and pedal:
The amp is a Hartke 3500 (350w) and the cabinet is a Hartke MX115 (300w). Got the set (and the pedal below) for $200 from the guy who sold me the Spectrum bass. The original 15" driver got blown out during a show apparently, and was replaced with an Eminence cone instead of a Hartke. Doesn't matter to me, the thing sounds awesome.
Russian Big Muff Pi. Technically a guitar pedal, but it works perfectly fine for dirtying up my basses.
Other instruments:
Yamaha EGV103 electric guitar, which I am terrible at playing. It was $80 and had a unique look, so I snapped it up pretty much as soon as I saw it. Figured I should try to play more than just bass. I cannot switch from chord to chord fast enough, so currently I'm stuck with power chords (which I'm not much better at).
Carlo Robelli A-style mandolin, with a circle hole instead of f-holes for some reason. The previous owner also decided to stick a Schaller violin pickup on it. Surprisingly, I'm better at playing this than I am at playing guitars, I have no idea why. Also, how are the teeny frets past about #12 even usable? O_o
I also have some other stuff that I don't have convenient pictures of, including an Esteban acoustic/electric guitar which was apparently the first Esteban model to not have a self-destructing neck, a Yamaha keyboard of some sort, the 3/4 Lauren acoustic guitar I had when I was a little kid, several harmonicas I can't locate, and two plastic German-fingering recorders from elementary school. I might also have another keyboard from when I was little, and I'll probably inherit the old upright piano that's sitting in storage.
Hope that's not too long-winded. I'll record something eventually with my cheap digital camera and you can all mock me for sucking, it'll be good times.
I'm considering picking up a Peavy. I really need something with a split coil in it, and that Yamaha I have just isn't cutting it. Might just trade it off for a Squire P. Necks too wide, action is ridiculously high, frets are super wide... Thinking Peavy cause I know lots of people that abide by them, but I haven't had a good experience with Peavy gear.
That's my Fender Jazz there. About to track down some vintage machine heads and put in some DiMarzios.
As for Peaveys, I obviously like them, but then I'm not really an expert. I can say that my Milestone has excessive fret buzz (though it isn't audible through the amp) and the Patriot needs a new socket, but they work rather well otherwise. The Milestone split-coil definitely has the brightest tone out of my bass collection. Between the current Peavey Milestone and Squier P I'd pick the Milestone, but definitely play one of each for yourself and make the choice that way.
Know any tricks on that Hartke head? It seems to be well suited for a multitude of clean sounds, and if you did nothing but slap it has a great percussion type sound to it, but I often find that it picks up my fingers merely plucking the strings. Kinda annoying.
At first I thought it was me merely playing to aggressively, but I don't get the same thump/pop playing the same bass through a different head. I also suspected the string action being a little low on my Jazz, but it happens on that Yamaha as well, which has ridiculously high action.
As for the Russian, it will still cut volume if you turn the tone knob to the treble side, but on the bass side it works fairly well. I usually don't turn it past the center setting.
As far as volume cutting goes, the phase reverse on my Spectrum GT drops volume pretty dramatically. I wish there was a way around that, the effect is interesting.
I cut the solid state preamp almost all the way off. That's the main source of the popping string problem. There are two dials for Countour. High and Low. I keep low about midway, and keep the high slightly lower. I like to keep a warm/mellowing bass tone.
Bad thing about this amp is that there is absolutely no gain. No growl. Nothing dirty. Perfect for jazz aficionados and country players I imagine.
I imagine though if I crank both the solid state and tube preamp up that I might get some nasty sounds out of it.
I don't know anything about equipment, so I'm not sure what's wrong, but the lower the note, the more the speaker buzzes. The G string still rings clear. Did I royally fuck something up? I wouldn't have thought I could cause any damage with the volume at ½...
My first (and current) guitar (^_^)
BOSS DD-20:
Line6 DL4:
because if there is one thing digital has done right in guitar effects it is delay.
Now I know people in real life who have or have used these and will have the opportunity to use them myself before a decision is made, but I would also like to know what you folks think.
But I love me some Boss Delay pedals. I've had a DD-5 since the day I started playing electric and it's never done me wrong.
Is there any specific reason you're looking at the Giga-Delay? What are you wanting out of a delay pedal? A sweet slap-back echo? The ability to make "Space Whale" noises? Loop capabilities?
It seems like the primary selling point of the Giga-Delay is the looping brain, so unless you're a one man band or math-rocker, I'm not so sure the Giga-Delay is an absolute necessity.
I was looking at the DD-5 but decided I wanted something tap tempo capable without plugging in another pedal, and the ability to program presets. I will admit I don't need looping (which can actually be accomplished already without the pedal), and I am leaning more towards the DL4.
Eventide H8000
Just listen to this demo
Mainly because of the POD XT, it is a beautiful piece of kit.
XBL/PSN/Steam: APZonerunner
Sometimes run that Fender Studio off my bass head for some weirdo effects and what not.
Can't describe it any better than that.
1985 Westone Dimension IV
1985 Westone The Rail
If I can find a white Rail I'll have the full trio.
I like the relatively simple design, though.
Though I believe the one I'm about to purchase is a translucent black burst.
i mean i dont have a first born but if you want i can pay a hooker to have my firstborn and you can have it
or i can like kill it in front of you it doesnt matter whatever gets you off just so long as you give me that guitar
Well, the tonal variety is pretty impressive with the sliding pickup, but you're right in that it doesn't have quite the same depth to it. I tend to play unamped, and that makes it even more noticeable. The steel rails are "tuned" (not sure what that means), so I suppose that helps a bit. Considering the power of the Magnaflux RB pickup, I suspect the Rails are geared more towards heavier rock music, and they distort nicely.
Sheep, that bass has one incredibly fat humbucker there, if that is indeed a humbucker. Judging by the headstock, I assume it's an old Ovation? What model?
Late 70s/Early 80s Ovation Magnum IV.
And yeah, that's a big fat ole humbucker there. J style at the bridge. Everything I hear about these is that they rock.
An all around mic? Shure SM-57.
If you're looking for something more specific, well, that answer could change.
PSN : Bolthorn
Picked up some samson Resolve a5 monitors so I could hear my shit better
Picked up an M-Audio Projectmix I/O for my firewire interface / mixing needs
Still rocking the M-Audio Keystation 88, the cardinal condenser, and the ESP F-250.
and this is a current project of mine, in very rough condition.
http://360arcadians.net/metroses.mp3
All the guitar work is me, the drums are midi, and I am doing the vocals.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
A pair of Ibanez PL1660s:
The one on the bottom is completely stock - the one on the top has Dimarzio D-Activator pickups in it, but I've taken that apart and put the neck on my Squier 51 body (no picture of that for now). I'm trying to figure out what to do with the body, now. And yeah, that's Roast Beef on the control plate.
My most valued possession: A Heritage Terminator
Apparently there are like five of these in the world. Best guitar I've ever played.
A Roland G-202. That thin bar between the bridge and pickup is a hexaphonic pickup. It plugs into the Roland GR-300 and GR-700 synthesizers (I own both, no pictures though). Also pictures is an old Ampeg amp. A B-15 I think.
Whatever happened to the cover competition thread? I'd like to give that a shot over the holidays when I dont have to worry about school.
It's a Yamaha tx81z FM synthesizer. It's basically a rackmount DX11, cousin of the famous Dx7
Jaguars look so much nicer with a tele head. If I get around to doing this I'll be putting in a DiMarzio Super Distortion in the neck and a Seymour Duncan Lipstick Tube in the bridge. Probably in a Mexican jag.
My axe.
So, fun story
I was in town tonight and needed a cigarette lighting, so I asked a girl nearby. We started talking and it turns out she was in a band who needed a drummer.
Now I don't lie (often), but my only experience with drumming is in Rock Band.
I told her I could drum.
I've now been invited to join her band. Bollocks. I just listened to them on the Internet and they're pretty good. Bollocks.
How can I fake my way through this?
You totally drop it like you never bumped into her. Don't call her back, etc.
If you ever see her again, act like you don't remember her.
Seriously, it will be less embarassing than showing up with nothing but a rock band drumkit, as they WILL expect you to have your own gear, and halfway decent drums cost $texas.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Or you learn how to play the drums.