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Center Stage / Re: Tramaine - Star Scream
« on: June 11, 2019, 11:38:09 AM »
Nice!!! Great song. Awesome tones too.
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Center Stage / Re: Iron Maiden : The prisoner : cover
« on: June 10, 2019, 04:24:39 PM »
Nice. I've always dug that song. Terrific job.
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The Pickup Place / Re: DP153 Fred on a mim Fender Stratocaster
« on: June 10, 2019, 04:14:24 PM »
Not in a Strat, but did replace a TB12 (Screamin' Demon) with one in the bridge of a late 80s Charvel and never regretted it for a second. The TB12 sounded like a hollowed out log compared to the Fred. Should have bought the Fred to begin with. I can imagine that it would sound nice in a Strat. Glad you're diggin' it.
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Everything you wanted to know about .... / Re: Virtual Vintage '54 Pro
« on: June 09, 2019, 03:24:20 PM »
I might have to give this one a try. I have three more sss strats and a Legacy that need less noise. If it is as impressive as the vvhb2, then I need to give this one a try I’m at least one of those axes.
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Guitar Lounge / Re: Satriani Ibanez js 2480
« on: June 09, 2019, 03:07:25 PM »
I have a few basswood guitars. One of my prizes being the 1985 Kramer Beretta. Nothing wrong with basswood.
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Guitar Lounge / Re: 1985 Kramer Beretta
« on: June 09, 2019, 03:04:28 PM »
I might give that one a try. Especially if Jason is getting some of the proceeds.
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Guitar Lounge / Re: 1985 Kramer Beretta
« on: June 07, 2019, 04:00:21 PM »
Will do. I just hate the high end and upper mid spike of the jb.
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Guitar Lounge / Re: Charvel Pro Mod SO-CAL: How to block tremolo?
« on: June 07, 2019, 03:59:42 PM »
Will check that one out. I have many a guitar with a floating Floyd. Thanks for the heads up.
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Guitar Lounge / 1985 Kramer Beretta
« on: June 07, 2019, 10:31:42 AM »
So five years ago my nephew asks me if I want to buy a basic shell of a guitar for $75. I ask him what it is and he just brings it over. It’s a Kramer Beretta that someone tried to mod into a two pickup guitar, add switches, and put a Gibson style jack and plate in.
I buy it, and it sits for about a year. I finally go to the wood shop at work and make a basswood plug for the neck pickup, switch holes, and jack. I paint it flat black, put in a cheap Kent Armstrong branded pickup, and a used Floyd given to me with another purchase. But now I think it’s time for a full resto. I still have the factory metal flake red on the headstock, so I think a quart of urethane enamel would be just fine. My dilemma is the pickup.
From the small bit of research I have seen, these came with the Duncan JB. I am not a fan. Especially not in a guitar with no tone control. So any suggestions?
Oh yeah, she’s getting a brand new 1984 style Floyd that wood screws into the body, just like they left the factory with.
I will try and post status updates and pics along the way.
I buy it, and it sits for about a year. I finally go to the wood shop at work and make a basswood plug for the neck pickup, switch holes, and jack. I paint it flat black, put in a cheap Kent Armstrong branded pickup, and a used Floyd given to me with another purchase. But now I think it’s time for a full resto. I still have the factory metal flake red on the headstock, so I think a quart of urethane enamel would be just fine. My dilemma is the pickup.
From the small bit of research I have seen, these came with the Duncan JB. I am not a fan. Especially not in a guitar with no tone control. So any suggestions?
Oh yeah, she’s getting a brand new 1984 style Floyd that wood screws into the body, just like they left the factory with.
I will try and post status updates and pics along the way.
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Guitar Lounge / Re: Charvel Pro Mod SO-CAL: How to block tremolo?
« on: June 06, 2019, 08:26:40 PM »When I was coming up, it seemed like everything had a Floyd. I think when shred fell out of favor, the info on setting up a Floyd got sort of lost. They really aren’t that bad. If you can set up a strat trem to float, then you can set up a Floyd style bridge. The pain is intimating, but once you done one, you don’t forget. If you’re stuck on blocking, you’re missing half of the fun with one, but you ARE gaining being able to drop tune without a complete re setup. So there are advantages to the blocked trem. Wow. I almost talked myself into blocking my Floyd equipped guitars with that last statement.Shoving a block of wood that fits *just* right in there also works. It's what Eric Clapton does.
I hope that makes restringing and tuning a lot easier. I've never used a Floyd Rose before. But the YouTube tutorials on how to maintain one made me realize that I would definitely freak out when having to restring it.
It's a pity that most kick-ass looking 80s style guitars come with Floyds.
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Guitar Lounge / Re: Help with pickup vs wood type
« on: June 06, 2019, 08:19:24 PM »Actually there's also the body weight, the wood age, the finish and countless different things that affect tone. We can, however, take a good guess how will something affect tone, this is what OP asked for. We ain't here to overcomplicate things to the OP, we're here to help and if in any way possible simplify his/her search for the tone he/she is looking for. I said what ash sounds in general, what he can expect in general. There's whole other thing that, to my ears, DiMarzios are much less picky (again, in general - then some other manufacturer's pu) as far as different woods go, specifically in same species. It's a fact that simply saying "can't help you until you try yourself" isn't helpful.
I am fully aware of all that, and I certainly did not want to overcomplicate things. I would agree that swamp ash tends to have more of a midscoop which usually accentuates low and high frequencies. But if the midscoop is in a certain part of the midrange, the guitar can sound very dark. I have such a guitar with a swamp ash body that has boomy bass, is dark in the midrange and has good but not overbearing highs. The pickups typically recommended for swamp ash (strong mids and lows) all failed miserably in this guitar and produced muddy bass even on the bridge pickup. The only combination that worked was Air Norton in the bridge and a Bluesbucker in the neck because they were bright enough to balance out the inherent darkness of that guitar.
I have never had a similar experience with an alder or mahogany bodied guitar. Neither wood usually does exhibit a midscoop as does ash.
As for the rest I feel you gave the correct advice to the OP.
Cheers Stephan
I have the same issue with an RG that my brother in law gave me. The pickups that would normally work well and sound balanced with a basswood bodied, locking trem guitar, sound like a dark muddy mess. I actually went with a Super 2 in it, and it actually sounds balanced in this guitar. In any other guitar I have, it would sound like a shrill mess, but not this guitar. So yes, no two pieces of wood are alike, no two snowflakes. Sorry, I waxed all Arnold Horshack for a second.
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Guitar Lounge / Re: SSS Guitars
« on: June 06, 2019, 08:04:54 PM »
My wife got me A Tribute Legacy for Christmas. Terrific guitar. Flatter radius, the Trem SMOKES the Strat Trem, and the bass and treble cut controls are nice too. The pickups are nice for just about everything, but are noisy. I would second the G&L for a Strat alternative that’s a bit easier to play.
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Guitar Lounge / Re: What to get for the ultimate Guitar? The ultimate Strap, of course…
« on: June 06, 2019, 07:59:46 PM »
I’m not a LP guy but all of these pics of Aces axe turns me into the five yr old that idolized him and now I want one too. Damn it!!!!! If I were to own one it would be this or my former drummer’s mom’s (yes his mom has a Les Paul) Custom. Not sure of the year but made in Kalamazoo.
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Guitar Lounge / Re: So you wake up and realize you need more DiMarzio's…
« on: June 06, 2019, 07:54:52 PM »
Is this the same Aceman from the SD site? If so, wassup! Oh yeah, and LOVE the guitar! AWESOME!!!!