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DanTheBluesMan
are Suhr and Fender necks interchangeable?
I dont believe so.
I actually would want to use a Suhr body anyway due to the way the back of the body where it meets the neck is shaped. the only thing I dont like about them is the use of the 2 point trem; when I sold my first one, I didnt realize how much of what I didnt like about the sound (it was too focused, too much fundamental, etc) came from that. The second one I had bought a DGT and figured I would play that for a while (it was the first time I had tried anything other than a strat as my "main" guitar and it worked ok until it didnt).
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Bought a Live Wire 10 foot cable with a straight and 90 degree end. Going to put another 90 degree end on the other end. Bought a bag of .38 picks for my nylon thread guitar.
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Bought a nice wide L&M rawhide strap for my Jazz Bass. Now, I have a leather strap for each of my guitars. I'm a little ocd about things like that. If two guitars have leather straps, I can't let a nylon strap stay on the third. I've got 9 guitars and basses. I won't need to buy another strap until years from now when I get myself a Ric 330.
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I know it's a stretch, since it's technically not guitar-related, but I bought for my granddaughter a ukulele chord cheat sheet (I may use it as well). :biglaugh:
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so if I guessed correctly, the strings of an ukulele are G-C-E-A ?
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DanTheBluesMan
so if I guessed correctly, the strings of an ukulele are G-C-E-A ?
Yes, but more accurately you would want to write it as gCEA, as the fourth string is higher than the third and second (pressing the string on the 2nd fret results in the same A note as the first string). This is called re-entrant tuning. It's possible to use a thicker string and drop the note an octave, resulting in your GCEA.
Baritone ukuleles are often tuned the same as the high four strings on a guitar: DGBE.
There is also slack-key tuning: GCEG, and "English" tuning: ADF#B (which is just standard tuning raised a whole note. This was popular in the 1920s era).
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took a while to get here but worth it (ngl it's kind of weird not having the guitar shipped overnight but I guess for what I paid I shouldnt complain)
sorry for the crappy cell phone pick, it was well after 830 when it got delivered so no sunlight, so not even gonna bother to pull out the SLR. I might Wednesday though if people are interested in higher res shots.
I will say, I hope the person who sold this had a good reason because this is unironically one of the 3 or 4 best sounding new strats I've heard, and the only thing that doesnt have Fender on the headstock that I think sounded better was the Lentz I used to own. It doesn't *quite* match up to the two FCS guitars Ive managed to pick out but those two guitars are uniquely good ones anyway. This beats the pants off a lot of them, all while feeling like a toy and costing me all of 1200 dollars.
https://i.imgur.com/5fkRTnN.jpg
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I won't vote you off the island if you took nice pics of it :D
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well um, so...
not sure how to say this...
but I saw an unbelievably smoking deal on a Silver Sky and as I looked at this particular guitar's neck with it's very, very flat sawn neck, I just couldn't help it. yes Im still on the list for a pink one with 2020 revisions (new neck carve maybe? slight changes to paint formula), but it could easily be May or even later before it finally shows up and that's assuming zero delays (it's already been pushed back a month). at the price I paid for this, I can live with having two. pictured below (and yes all SS have a scarf joint headstock). I will report back on how it compares to the 65 AVRI, which are both going for that same era of sound.
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DanTheBluesMan
I won't vote you off the island if you took nice pics of it :D
Ive lost my slr battery charger. Im on the hunt now that the sun is back out.
https://images.reverb.com/image/uplo...gm7y2azpoi.jpg
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a likely story, teh old battery charger's missing. Where's your redundant backup? You should have at least 7 battery chargers, like me. Er ... well, I have 3 and one's on my computer so that's limited in location. But I don't know where they all are after the move. Another 10 days or so I hope to be totally done with the old house and can begin on my apartment.
I take a silver sky is a strat shaped object, correct?
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DanTheBluesMan
a likely story, teh old battery charger's missing. Where's your redundant backup? You should have at least 7 battery chargers, like me. Er ... well, I have 3 and one's on my computer so that's limited in location. But I don't know where they all are after the move. Another 10 days or so I hope to be totally done with the old house and can begin on my apartment.
I had two batteries and 1 charger. this camera is >12 years old at this point, it's a minor miracle it still works at all.
anyway I just bought another one off amazon :shrug:
all the redundancy is in the cameras I actually care about; my film ones. I unironically have 7 OM bodies; all 1s and 2s, and I even have a few old mercury batteries which I think were made illegal before I was born.
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I take a silver sky is a strat shaped object, correct?
you said it. not me.
there's enough vitriol over this guitar to make holiday family political arguments look tame
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i know nothing about controversy about that guitar. I've got enough other stuff to worry about. Like keeping myself from buying yet more guitars when I will need to cull some for lack of room, or keep them in storage for a year. Or worse, buying more cabinets and amps and microphones when I can't even play without being a nuisance.
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I just bought a lefty, made in Germany, Hofner 500/1 in Euroburst. I've posted pics in the Basses section. I'll be selling my Hofner Contemporary now. Very chuffed to get a real, German one.
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veddy noice, I went over there to check it out.
awaiting shipping notification ...
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Silver Sky first impressions:
Good:
- Plays very well (not Suhr/Anderson level but quite good)
- Sustain is ridiculous
- Very light weight
- Paint color is very complex, fretboard nice and dark so overall a nice looking instrument
- Neck shape is great, body cutouts really good
- Pickups very clear, but with good harmonic content
- Tuning stability and intonation are spot on
- fretwork
Bad:
- The knobs and especially selector switches would have been unacceptable at 500 dollars, at street price theyre basically a joke
- bass lacks compared to really good strats. not so bad like some of the really modern guitars Ive played that are all high end but very noticeable when directly comparing to other guitars
- overall plastic quality is low for PRS, should have just made the guitar 50 bucks more IMO
Overall:
This is a reasonable guitar for the money I paid (1600 total). I would say if you were looking for something that offered modern playability without so much modern sound, this is a good choice. Maybe a step towards vintage from Suhr (which you guys all know Im a big fan of). A lot of people supposedly in the know say it sounds dead on to a certain era of old strats. Well I tracked one down over the weekend and yeah no not really. Dont believe everything you read on the internet.
I think my 65 AVRI sounds better for sure, and I think Suhrs are a noticeable step up in playability, so this guitar sits in a weird space for me personally. I dont dislike it, and Im going to keep it because I like it for the price. But this is the end of my experimenting with cheaper guitars. I see now, in retrospect, that I should have just stuck with FCS guitars. Really I just think if you want a nice strat just buy a Fender Custom Shop :shrug: I mean I'll never buy a Fender amp or pedal but when you find a good FCS guitar it just doesn't really get better than that, IMO.
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Thanks for the report, redisburning. I've been so curious about those guitars.
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ch willie
Thanks for the report, redisburning. I've been so curious about those guitars.
well I hope it helps push your curiosity in the right direction (whichever that is).
the guitar is neither the best thing ever nor the worst. it's a good guitar that's probably priced just right with the usual discount (should be between 2000-2100 for a non-demo based on what I was quoted and what my midnight rose preorder was). at this price, frankly, you don't have a ton of options anymore, but you do have some good ones. I would recommend playing one and seeing if you like it, because if you do I don't think you would feel like you overpaid for the guitar at all. Especially compared to new Fender production guitar prices.
it's ABSOLUTELY a strat. that's really just all there is to it, IMO. it sounds a lot more like a strat to me than any two-point equipped Fender. it just doesnt quite do what the best Fenders do.
this guitar vs an American Original is a hard call. I dont know if you could get an American Original 60s for what I paid for this Silver Sky (normally it'd be a bit cheaper, I think). I'm not sure what I would choose between the two; probably the Silver Sky. I will say that if it doesnt sound quite as good, it definitely is more suitable to gigging with the locking tuners (and the good kind that make a string change quicker) and the big strap buttons.
it's all plusses and minuses, I suppose. I think the guitar gets *most* of it right and just falls short on plastics. the sound is what it is; not 100% to my preference (but it might be to yours). frustratingly, while I think the SS is a better guitar than my 65 AVRI all things considered, in the end I evaluate these things based on how they sound unless the playability is dog **** and that's not the case so I tend to gravitate towards the guitars I think sound better at the cost of pretty much everything else.
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Im rambling so the tl;dr is if you can swing 2 grand for a strat IMO you're probably better off finding a few more dollars and getting a Fender Custom Shop reissue.
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redisburning
Im rambling so the tl;dr is if you can swing 2 grand for a strat IMO you're probably better off finding a few more dollars and getting a Fender Custom Shop reissue.
I'd like a FCS, but I'm going to wait until I can afford to have them make one for me. I want a Dave Gilmour, un-relic'd Strat, which isn't offered in a lefty.
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ch willie
I'd like a FCS, but I'm going to wait until I can afford to have them make one for me. I want a Dave Gilmour, un-relic'd Strat, which isn't offered in a lefty.
that's a serious up-charge and definitely not worth it IMO.
if you can't get a nice teambuilt that speaks to you and is part of a regular run, which is a reasonable price, I would go talk to Chris Kroenline at K-Line. bet you'd come out under FCS prices anyway. I like his guitars a lot but he tends to do big necks and I just haven't seen the one that speaks to me and Im rarely into "build me a guitar to my perfect specs" because Ive had much better luck just looking for guitars that speak to me and they share little in common.
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redisburning
that's a serious up-charge and definitely not worth it IMO.
if you can't get a nice teambuilt that speaks to you and is part of a regular run, which is a reasonable price, I would go talk to Chris Kroenline at K-Line. bet you'd come out under FCS prices anyway. I like his guitars a lot but he tends to do big necks and I just haven't seen the one that speaks to me and Im rarely into "build me a guitar to my perfect specs" because Ive had much better luck just looking for guitars that speak to me and they share little in common.
You're right. Thanks.
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I forgot to mention that I received a set of Mojotone Clone P90 pickups for my Guild Blues 90. They sound great! Wat better than the original Duncan Hot neck/Custom bridge set. They're less warm and muddy. More dirt and grit. I had a Duncan Antiquity in the neck, but an Antiquity bridge P90 was not going to fit correctly due to the guitar's neck angle. It's close, but I think I like the Mojotone neck P90 better. It's a little more articulate.
The only drawback is the pickups are metric so not just any cover will fit and the covers that come with them are a little darker than the originals. They look good on this guitar, though.
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The Steinberger showed up today and it is pretty cool. I need to do some adjusting to it and all my tools are packed away ... somewhere. Also I realized that apart from my DAW's tuner, I don't have a decent hardware tuner left. My old Sabine bit the dust after one too many tumble to the floor, both of my beloved Korg DT-1 (the cassette tape sized portable ones, not the rack unit) are now dead.
So I decided to get that Sonic Research ST-300 from Ishibashi Music of Japan. Don't know when it's going to get here but I just learned today that we are going to do yet more work at the house and that will probably drag out through the month of March so it's going to be a while before I'm fully free to devote time to the unpacking and final disposition of placement of furniture and fixtures.
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Oh, and I just received an Ashbass FUZZbrite. It sounds awesome, just look away when you've got the back off to install the battery!
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Update on the Silver Sky.
The guitar had come with pure Nickel Strings on it, clearly Fender brand. I threw those out and put Curt Mangan nickel wound 10s on the guitar.
I have revised my opinion; I think it is a *very* good sounding guitar. It's competitive with Fenders, and that's not faint praise AT ALL from me. I am also very, very pleased with how resonant and light the guitar is; it's noticeably lighter than the 65 AVRI and more in line with some of the ash strats Ive had though it does have more material removed.
The plastics still suck though.
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I leave tomorrow for my annual Florida trip. Not wanting to find myself with a broken string like I did in January, I went and bought a set of replacement strings to carry in my gig bag. I wanted D'Addario Custom Lights (.011-.052) but the store was out of them. So, I bought a set of Elixirs.
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This should be arriving Wed. I don’t have a dread, I wanted forward shifted bracing, but can’t justify the coin for a Martin. So and heard really good reviews on it.
https://www.alvarezguitars.com/guitar/md60ebg/
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I don't know if you'd consider it "guitar-related", but I just received a Leader LBO-508A Dual-Trace oscilloscope. I bought an LBO-508 a while ago and only one channel worked. The seller gave me a partial refund and I used it the way it was. This scope is in much better shape than the other one. I'm looking forward to putting both channels to use.
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that looks like something from my friend's dad's lab. The guy was an engineer for Raytheon. He had some serious kit in that basement.
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awesome, just got an email from Ishibashi Japan. They had said a few days ago that my tuner would be shipped to the international shipping store of their chain and that it would be there in about 2 weeks. No problem, I wasn't in a huge rush. Tonight I get an email saying tracking has been added to my shipment and it's on the way. Cool.
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New bridge for my Epiphone Les Paul Jr that you can intonate. Adjustment screws are fine threaded and operate smooth. Anchor bolts screw into the Epiphone anchors and the bridge fits so as to remove a lot of the tilt the Epiphone stock bridge has. The nickel finish looks good on the guitar too. Not bad for $14.
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...36&oe=5E91B85B
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...8d&oe=5E988002
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yes, I did. First time getting anything from them I think, too.
waiting on my tuner from the land of the rising sun, it was shipped on the 7th, wonder how long it will take to get here.
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DanTheBluesMan
Nice! I would recommend getting that attachment for the upper end which lets you use regular strings.
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KennyF
A must have... And... Get the Steinberger part... :salud:
what part is that?
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DanTheBluesMan
Oh man that blue is niiiiice!
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renderit
Nice! I would recommend getting that attachment for the upper end which lets you use regular strings.
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KennyF
Steinberger Single Ball String Adaptor (#STADG06) :salud:
Well dang, didn't even know that was a thing. I already dropped mine off to my setup guy with a fresh set of D'addario "s" strings that I had to order from Amazon. I'll definitely grab that part so I can use my usual strings from here on.
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i'm looking around to find out where to buy one, fell into youtube rabbit hole and only just now extricated myself. Amazon seemed the most expensive and all the reviews were in Japanese. Still looking.
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KennyF
Steinberger Single Ball String Adaptor (#STADG06) :salud:
did you get one yet? I'm seeing two very different looking parts coming up under the same search.
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I know the sky is falling and I probably shouldn't spend money on luxuries, but I just bought a new Mesa/Boogie Mark Five:25 1x10" combo! It sounds great. Nice cleans. Boogie OD. Surprisingly "big" sound. I'm taking it to rehearsal tonight.
Oh, and I played a PRS Silver Sky through it. What an awesome "Strat"!
Here's a bad pic of it next to my Mojotone Champ clone. The Champ clone is slightly oversized.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2c6aaabc_b.jpg
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Don
I know the sky is falling and I probably shouldn't spend money on luxuries, but I just bought a new Mesa/Boogie Mark Five:25 1x10" combo! It sounds great. Nice cleans. Boogie OD. Surprisingly "big" sound. I'm taking it to rehearsal tonight.
Oh, and I played a PRS Silver Sky through it. What an awesome "Strat"!
Here's a bad pic of it next to my Mojotone Champ clone. The Champ clone is slightly oversized.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2c6aaabc_b.jpg
are you kidding me, I was just looking at those last night going "hmm, I kind of like the idea" Let us know how you like it.
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Don
I know the sky is falling and I probably shouldn't spend money on luxuries, but I just bought a new Mesa/Boogie Mark Five:25 1x10" combo! It sounds great. Nice cleans. Boogie OD. Surprisingly "big" sound. I'm taking it to rehearsal tonight.
Oh, and I played a PRS Silver Sky through it. What an awesome "Strat"!
Here's a bad pic of it next to my Mojotone Champ clone. The Champ clone is slightly oversized.
what did you think?
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Congrats, Don. I wouldn't mind one of those amps. One of the best rock tones I ever heard came from a guy with a 70s Les Paul and a Boogie combo.
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KennyF
Yes!
There are a bunch of aftermarket adapters, but this one is very simple and it works... Got it on Amazon...
is it this one? all the reviews are in japanese and the google translation leaves a lot to be desired
https://www.amazon.com/Steinberger-S.../dp/B0052ATGYO
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KennyF
YESSIR!!! :salud:
Expand your search. There are a lot of domestic vendors. If you feel more comfortable, call The Music Zoo and have them order one for you. They're an Authorized Steinberger dealer, and the STADG06 is a Steinberger accessory part.
oh, ok. i looked on their site and didn't see it listed as a part but maybe they can order one.
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Dang it, missed the delivery. I can't believe the tuner I bought from Japan made it here in just a week. Now I have to pick it up at the post office on Monday. Which is ok because I can walk there in under 10 minutes. And get breakfast on the way. If the breakfast place isn't closed yet due to the coronavirus.
Oh, and I called the Music Zoo about the adaptor part and they'll contact Steinberger and get back to me.
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Through Sweetwater, I just pre-ordered a Mustang 50 with 1x12, Bluetooth, control by phone. It's going to go in my living room. I'm awake all night and that's the room I hang out in.
I don't plan to gig the amp, but you never know. I just wanted an amp for the living room and thought this one sounded like fun. Besides, I've heard people on the forum praising the things.
I never think any amp sounds as good as my DRRI.
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funny how perception matters. I hesitated to buy the SV20 Marshall combo because it didn't have master volume and only a 10" speaker, which I felt wasn't a good value at the 1499 asking price. Mesa Boogie is asking 1699 for their Mark V:25 1x10 and yet I think it's a good value.
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DanTheBluesMan
funny how perception matters. I hesitated to buy the SV20 Marshall combo because it didn't have master volume and only a 10" speaker, which I felt wasn't a good value at the 1499 asking price. Mesa Boogie is asking 1699 for their Mark V:25 1x10 and yet I think it's a good value.
They had a Marshall SV20 head at the store where I bought my Mark Five:25 combo. I didn't try it because my Marshall needs are filled, but I'd like to soon.
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redisburning
what did you think?
I realized that I never replied to this request on what I thought of the PRS Silver Sky and that some of you might be interested. I liked it a lot! The finish was beautiful, it was lightweight and it sounded awesome! Great Strat tones! The fretboard radius was fine. I would've liked taller frets, but that's just me (and I'm finding over time that it's not as big a problem as it was for me, especially on an unfinished fretboard).
I thought the shiny knobs and switch tip and silver tuner buttons and truss rod cover looked a little cheap, but they wouldn't be a deal breaker.
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Don
They had a Marshall SV20 head at the store where I bought my Mark Five:25 combo. I didn't try it because my Marshall needs are filled, but I'd like to soon.
even though I like the boogie, if fortune is willing to give me the means, I'd very happily go with a SV20 head for my Marshall needs. Having both those heads and a vertical 2x12 cab would be a dream come true.
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Don
I realized that I never replied to this request on what I thought of the PRS Silver Sky and that some of you might be interested. I liked it a lot! The finish was beautiful, it was lightweight and it sounded awesome! Great Strat tones! The fretboard radius was fine. I would've liked taller frets, but that's just me (and I'm finding over time that it's not as big a problem as it was for me, especially on an unfinished fretboard).
I thought the shiny knobs and switch tip and silver tuner buttons and truss rod cover looked a little cheap, but they wouldn't be a deal breaker.
Nice. I had a hard time at first with the headstock, but after getting used to it, I like it. And if it plays and sounds great, that headstock is no issue at all.
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DanTheBluesMan
even though I like the boogie, if fortune is willing to give me the means, I'd very happily go with a SV20 head for my Marshall needs. Having both those heads and a vertical 2x12 cab would be a dream come true.
I prefer the sound of a JTM45 over a later Plexi and have an Avatar 45 (JTM45 with later Plexi touches and a great master) so that need is pretty much filled. Plus, I've already got an awesome 18 watt rock amp with no master and it's WAY too loud for my needs and doesn't sound great with an attenuator (Budda Twinmaster).
I've set the MKIIC+ mode on channel 2 with Marshall-like an early ZZ Top kind of sound.
https://live.staticflickr.com/792/25...365ae42d_b.jpg
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ch willie
Nice. I had a hard time at first with the headstock, but after getting used to it, I like it. And if it plays and sounds great, that headstock is no issue at all.
I felt the same way. The headstock doesn't look as bad in person and I never even thought about it while playing the guitar.
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I bought an old Fender Mustang II 1x12" on Tuesday. My first Fender product. Even though they're stopping all support tomorrow, I still can't wait to get it. I've been using the crappy amp that came with my Silvertone S-style guitar. It's 1x6.5 with a 2 band eq and crappy overdrive. I've got a Line 6 Spider IV, also that I've had for about a week. Didn't take long to upgrade from that to the Mustang.
I'm actually waiting on the FedEx guy to get here with my new-to-me guitar, as well. That'll be #2. It's another Silvertone like I currently have, except it has a rosewood fretboard. I really only bought it so I can modify my 1st guitar and make it HSH. These have an odd shaped pickguard that's not the standard Strat shape so I can't just buy one to modify. So I started looking for Silvertone pickguards online. I finally found one. It just happened to have a guitar attached to it, still lol My guitar already has 500k pots in it in preparation for the hb's. I was in the middle of swapping everything out when I noticed the pickguard I bought didn't fit. So that put everything on hold...until now :yah: So I went ahead and installed the CTS pots, OG 5 way, and Switchcraft jack and have been playing it like that.
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I think you'll be happy with the sounds you get from that amp once you've dialed it in. Some friends have had versions of the Mustang and liked it.
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Huge surprise today. The Silvertone guitar I bought was delivered today and it wasn't the color I thought it was :lmao: All the auction pics made it look black. Well I had it in my hands in the kitchen for 5 or 10 minutes so I head to my room to plug it in and see if it works. I lay it down to grab a cable and that's when I realize it's not black. It's navy blue! :confused::dude
Couldn't ask for a better surprise. The only bad thing about it is that it's obviously been dropped and the paint is chipped along the bottom edge of the guitar in 2 spots. I only paid $40 for it with shipping so I don't particularly care. There's also some slight finish checking along the back but it doesn't bother me, either.
The box appeared intact so I doubt it happened during shipping, and even if it didn't I'm not even going to worry about contacting the seller to inquire about it. It's Goodwill. I'm not gonna ask them for a refund of the $24 that, went towards the guitar. Especially now. I wouldn't even if it wasnt crazy right now. *Edit: I can see the chipped area in the pic below. I remember wondering what that spot was.*
Overall I'm perfectly satisfied with it. In fact, it will likely become my main guitar because it looks so good and it seems made better overall. The body is thicker and weighs more. When comparing it to my black one, notes ring out for quite a bit longer from it. So much that I can strum the blue one a second or more earlier than the black and the blue one still rings out longer. You can feel the vibrations in the guitar for quite a bit longer. It's pretty impressive, TBH. The neck also has some figuring in it and moves quite a bit in the light. Score!
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Re: What Have You Bought Guitar-Related In The Past 48 Hours?
Nobody's buying anything?
Yesterday I bought a MIM Big Block tremolo bridge and a standard Squier Strat tremolo bridge. I also bought a pack of 12 Fender tremolo arm springs and a MIM tremolo arm for the big block trem.
My Mustang II amp will be here tomorrow. I think I'm going to put up *Wanted* ads in all of the guitar-related forums I'm a part of and ask is anyone has the bonus amp models and bonus FX pedals for the Mustang II amps that they could email me since Fender closed down Fuse & the Fuse presets on their website at http:// fuse.fender.com
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Re: What Have You Bought Guitar-Related In The Past 48 Hours?
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WoundUp
Nobody's buying anything?
Yesterday I bought a MIM Big Block tremolo bridge and a standard Squier Strat tremolo bridge. I also bought a pack of 12 Fender tremolo arm springs and a MIM tremolo arm for the big block trem.
My Mustang II amp will be here tomorrow. I think I'm going to put up *Wanted* ads in all of the guitar-related forums I'm a part of and ask is anyone has the bonus amp models and bonus FX pedals for the Mustang II amps that they could email me since Fender closed down Fuse & the Fuse presets on their website at http:// fuse.fender.com
No new purchases for me. I'm dying for an ES-335, but there's a slight chance that I can pay off my house, and that's a bigger dream of mine that that guitar. I need every penny I have.