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And the middle one is a pure bulldozer! Lovingly called “ The Plow”. I ride her hard and she just loves it.
I only have my tele and homemade acrylic left, but I really miss these (not my photos):
Would love to own one of these:
Would love to own one of these:
I hate I didn’t buy one of those Danelectro bass boat metal flake double necks back in the late ‘90’s.
We had one of those in the shop recently. Heavy, but kinda cool. Wierd thing was it was easier and faster to take the bottom neck off to restring the 12 string side!
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Some of mine. I don't play anywhere near as much as I use to, my hands just give me too many problems, especially my wrist. I always preferred drums over the strings, lol.
From left to right.
1996 Jackson Dinky. Metal to the core, and my absolute favorite.
Schecter C-1 Platinum
Jackson 7 string.
1997 Ibanez SC-420. Super smooth player
From left to right.
1996 Jackson Dinky. Metal to the core, and my absolute favorite.
Schecter C-1 Platinum
Jackson 7 string.
1997 Ibanez SC-420. Super smooth player
You like that Railhammer? I've put one in a guitar last week and I have the Bob Balch model to install today.
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I'm not good enough to comment intelligently but I like it. It's flexible enough to get away with one pickup .
I bought my youngest one of the Jackson 7’s, and he loves it! I have a forest green/black with H/S/H Seymour Duncan pickups Ibanez 670 and that is my hair band/metal guitar. Not a super skilled
player but “Lay It Down” played on it trhrough my Spark amp Triple rectifier model sounds nearly identical to Warren DeMartini’s sound. Love that Ibanez!! And the modeling in that Spark is almost ridiculous…..
Because I mostly play Irish tunes and old fiddle tunes, where I'm just doing melodies, rather than playing bluesy stuff, equal temperament harps are the thing for me. If you're not a harmonica person, then the issue with most harps, like the Marine Band or the Blues Harp or whatever, is that the notes are not all actually in tune. The focus is on the chord sound rather than on single notes, and evidently chords sound better when they're a little dirty. At least, that's my uneducated understanding of the story. But on equal temperament harps, each note is properly tuned, so melodies sound right, but chords can sound harsh. The Golden Melody is probably the best-known equal temperament harp, and I love it.
I also have a Seydel Session Steel tuned to Paddy Richter. This is also tuned to equal temperament, but the Paddy Richter tuning adjusts the notes. On a normal harmonica (called Richter tuned), the 2 blow and 3 draw are the same note. On the Paddy tuning, the 3 blow is raised. You can hit that note on a normal harmonica but it sounds bent and bluesy, whereas on the Paddy it sounds clean. So once again, for playing melodies it's a great tuning, especially for Irish tunes. But there's a lot you can't do with it, such as certain chords (not a big deal for me) or tongue blocking splits or octaves (which sometimes is a big issue for me). Sorry for the attempt at a dissertation, especially since my grasp of it is so basic and user-level. I got very little theory on board. I do dig playing the harp, though.
The next installment of “My favorite ax”. Left is a ‘12 Les Paul Traditional that was a Father’s Day gift from the boy and the wife. Middle is a ‘90 Sting Ray and right is a ‘89 Ibanez RG560. Always wanted one in high school but couldn’t afford one.
This one (PRS SE Custom 24) taught me that a musician I'll never be. Lovely guitar though.
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Here’s an “artsy” pic of one of my LPs. Least expensive but probably my favorite.
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I guess the statute of limitations is out so I'll tell. I worked for Steinberger when they started, around 79-80. When we moved fro Brooklyn to Upstate, I started taking one home a piece at a time. Finally got it all done and snagged serial number 999, sold it years later. I would love to have that one back.
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Dang, lotta musicians around here...
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Now that is some interesting stuff I did not know. I’ve got at least one harp down in a sock drawer I need to dig out. I wonder if my son would be annoyed if I sent it home with his two year old daughter?
Because I mostly play Irish tunes and old fiddle tunes, where I'm just doing melodies, rather than playing bluesy stuff, equal temperament harps are the thing for me. If you're not a harmonica person, then the issue with most harps, like the Marine Band or the Blues Harp or whatever, is that the notes are not all actually in tune. The focus is on the chord sound rather than on single notes, and evidently chords sound better when they're a little dirty. At least, that's my uneducated understanding of the story. But on equal temperament harps, each note is properly tuned, so melodies sound right, but chords can sound harsh. The Golden Melody is probably the best-known equal temperament harp, and I love it.
I also have a Seydel Session Steel tuned to Paddy Richter. This is also tuned to equal temperament, but the Paddy Richter tuning adjusts the notes. On a normal harmonica (called Richter tuned), the 2 blow and 3 draw are the same note. On the Paddy tuning, the 3 blow is raised. You can hit that note on a normal harmonica but it sounds bent and bluesy, whereas on the Paddy it sounds clean. So once again, for playing melodies it's a great tuning, especially for Irish tunes. But there's a lot you can't do with it, such as certain chords (not a big deal for me) or tongue blocking splits or octaves (which sometimes is a big issue for me). Sorry for the attempt at a dissertation, especially since my grasp of it is so basic and user-level. I got very little theory on board. I do dig playing the harp, though.
I hope so.
Edit- In fact, I think I bought it for him thirty years ago.
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Ooohhh! Which Deliverance is that? I've always wanted to try one.
Yes! and in 2 years, send her home with a drum set!Now that is some interesting stuff I did not know. I’ve got at least one harp down in a sock drawer I need to dig out. I wonder if my son would be annoyed if I sent it home with his two year old daughter?
I hope so.
Edit- In fact, I think I bought it for him thirty years ago.View attachment 569665
I attempted to learn the harmonica while in Bosnia. Yeah, took about 3 minutes to realize that wasn't ever gonna happen.
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60 watt, 1st version.
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The most versatile bass on the planet, my American Fender Jazz, Special Edition with a curly maple body
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Fender American Ultra Jazz, and the rig. Only play IEMs at church but this gives the effect of an SVT and 810 cab.
My lefty ES-335 beside my dad's 1964 ES-335.
I got a real SVT if you want one at a killer price!
So what was it like working for Ned?
Put this one together recently. Covid boredom project. Lots of nice parts. I bought/ordered the flamed ash body raw, and dyed and finished it.
Never bonded with it though. The hard ash body is unbelievably heavy. Even sitting down it gets old!
He also cut the neck tongue a hair short, making neck plates almost overhang the edge. It pisses me off enough that I will never be happy until I do a new body. OCD. Just trying to decide if I want to finish another body, or get it finished. Also, I am considering a rounder strat shape like a San Dimas charvel. Also considering a clear finish over a figured walnut or Koa top. Decisions, decisions...
I love the neck and other parts, which I spent considerable money and time acquiring, so I need to get it right. Been a fun project though.
Never bonded with it though. The hard ash body is unbelievably heavy. Even sitting down it gets old!
He also cut the neck tongue a hair short, making neck plates almost overhang the edge. It pisses me off enough that I will never be happy until I do a new body. OCD. Just trying to decide if I want to finish another body, or get it finished. Also, I am considering a rounder strat shape like a San Dimas charvel. Also considering a clear finish over a figured walnut or Koa top. Decisions, decisions...
I love the neck and other parts, which I spent considerable money and time acquiring, so I need to get it right. Been a fun project though.
Not to “one up” you @NKD, but, I built one during covid time that I thought would be a dream too. Great specs, should be perfect, but I’ve never fallen in love with it. I’d never had a Strat type layout and can’t really get comfortable with it.
I’ll sell it eventually, and be lucky to recapture what I have in it but, it was fun ”building” it (really researching, ordering, waiting on parts as well as waiting on someone to finish the neck and do a final assembly/setup on it).
I “built” two more during covid also, they ended up being keepers (primarily because they were Les Paul types which I’m used to).
I’ll sell it eventually, and be lucky to recapture what I have in it but, it was fun ”building” it (really researching, ordering, waiting on parts as well as waiting on someone to finish the neck and do a final assembly/setup on it).
I “built” two more during covid also, they ended up being keepers (primarily because they were Les Paul types which I’m used to).
Here’s the latest favorite. A ‘67 Gretsch Corvette. It was a bit of a project when I got her, so I added the stop bar, hit it with some flat black on the body and added a Duncan Pearly Gates. Tuned her to Cb and she wants to sing! And, I can say I own a ‘67 Corvette!
Not too bad, He was pretty laid back.
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I wonder if gear classifieds should be moved here from other? I know somebody wants this, with gig bag, for $550. Older Ibanez stuff is awesome.
That's the ceiling fan reflection on the horn, while it does have a few nicks, that isn't one of them.
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Not sure I’ve seen an Iceman Bass before! What year? MIJ?
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I believe these are made in Korea and from the early 2000's. Passive mini humbuckers... pretty cool!
This is pretty damn cool!
I got rid of a rumble 500 because it was too loud for the house and the wife. All I play at church with is IEMs. Would love to feel the breeze of a real fridge but I don’t think it would fly with the wife.
Yeah, they tend to frown on such things sometimes. Mine is used to it, but there's only so much she'll take.
I enjoy odd shapes and odd guitars.
I put this one together some years ago. A company named Vaccaro, some of you may remember, made aluminum neck guitars in wacky shapes.
When they went out of business I acquired a couple bodies.
Had a flame maple neck made by Danny Ransom. Fat boatneck. Vintage Vibe p90's. Pretty fun SGish guitar.
Man, my iphone 6 isn't really putting out decent pics anymore, lol.
I put this one together some years ago. A company named Vaccaro, some of you may remember, made aluminum neck guitars in wacky shapes.
When they went out of business I acquired a couple bodies.
Had a flame maple neck made by Danny Ransom. Fat boatneck. Vintage Vibe p90's. Pretty fun SGish guitar.
Man, my iphone 6 isn't really putting out decent pics anymore, lol.
That HX Stomp is insane!! Our guitar player uses one. He was playing the Helix LT.
All the buzz over the last six months or so about Gibson releasing a Green/Moore/Hammett Greeny got me thinking...
At $50K for the limited edition, $20K for the Custom Shop, and $3,200 for the Gibson USA version I thought I could do one cheaper and close enough for me. This started as a 50’s Faded. Faber Tone Lock Bridge and Tailpiece and Duncan Antiquity pickups (neck is just flipped, it’s not out of phase).
It’s all put together and ready for Mark Kane to do any final fretwork and set it up. I love having a project guitar to occupy my spare time!
At $50K for the limited edition, $20K for the Custom Shop, and $3,200 for the Gibson USA version I thought I could do one cheaper and close enough for me. This started as a 50’s Faded. Faber Tone Lock Bridge and Tailpiece and Duncan Antiquity pickups (neck is just flipped, it’s not out of phase).
It’s all put together and ready for Mark Kane to do any final fretwork and set it up. I love having a project guitar to occupy my spare time!