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Joab

01-12-2012, 07:58 PM

Decided to make a new thread, for when things like NAMM are on and the like. How many times have you seen something awesome and gone "hmmm where do i post this"... HERE!!

Check out this thread, look at some of the new things looking like making a debut in NAMM (had to say that, CHARLIE!! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!! IN THE TREES!!)

http://www.guitargear.net.au/discussion/index.php?topic=31396.0;topicseen

That new looper from pigronix looks crazy, and check out the Super-Puss from way huge. A souped up Aqua Puss! And that Jag-Marr (something to do with Johnny Marr i'm guessing... wow wow wow. So perdy!

whiteshoescheney

01-12-2012, 08:07 PM

just wondering..has anyone here ever been to NAMM or any kind of guitar show? id lovee to go to one!

mattheal

01-12-2012, 08:24 PM

*waits patiently for new Klon*

Joab

01-12-2012, 09:16 PM

I'm in that boat to matty ;) I wouldn't hold your breath though!

Pretty keen for NAMM and all the new toys to come out as well.

Mitch-PTV

01-13-2012, 07:37 AM

Wouldnt hold your breath? whys that Joables, it all looks pretty confirmed to me...
Should be good to see, i might get on that list early!

Joab

01-13-2012, 05:12 PM

Yeah you're right.. My hopes have been smashed too many times before :(

The update on the website was very vague though... BUT it turns out that brand that's helping make them has bill at their NAMM exhibit. It IS happening. :woot:

whiteshoescheney

01-13-2012, 06:20 PM

http://www.klon-siberia.com/

Joab

01-14-2012, 10:15 AM

see the bit that is a bit unclear as to when it will be ready to buy is when it talks about 'the soonest it will be available will be 2 months at the soonest..."

you know, seems a bit vague? BUT he's going to have it at NAMM! so it's a-go!

Joab

01-14-2012, 10:37 AM

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m536/jaycemumford/untitled.jpg

New from fender! Cool looking old school amp. Looks pretty sweet!

Joab

01-14-2012, 10:41 AM

speaking of Jim Root in another thread...

Orange Tiny Terror Jim Root Sig!

http://www.orangeamps.com/orange-amps-launches-signature-4-jim-root-terror-head-and-cab-2/

And a Micro Tiny Terror..

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/namm-2012-orange-amplification-launches-micro-terror-and-ppc108-cab-523564

AAANNDDD TUBE MINI MARSHALLS. 1 watt or something. One is a JCM800... and actually looks exactly like one, just mini... really guys??

http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu144/james149/JTM-1.jpg

http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu144/james149/miniamps.jpg

http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu144/james149/JMP-1.jpg

Mitch-PTV

01-15-2012, 11:41 AM

those mini marshalls look baddass! i really want one!

Joab

01-15-2012, 05:26 PM

Pretty damn sweet hey!

I they'll charge something ludacris for them though...

All_torn_down16

01-15-2012, 08:44 PM

those mini marshalls look baddass! i really want one!

Oh no Mitch, you're already sick of the 100 watt MC Wizard and ready to move on :p. Kidding, kidding!

whiteshoescheney

01-15-2012, 09:22 PM

1 watt? what is there just like a shard of tube glass inside it to power it or something...either way, one of us should buy one and put a 25 watt tube in it to get it rawkinnn :blues:

Joab

01-16-2012, 09:18 AM

Oh no Mitch, you're already sick of the 100 watt MC Wizard and ready to move on :p. Kidding, kidding!

hahahahaha well played!

Mitch-PTV

01-16-2012, 04:59 PM

Oh no Mitch, you're already sick of the 100 watt MC Wizard and ready to move on :p. Kidding, kidding!

Hahahaha yea i get bored of things quick :p

i actually really want the 1 watt 800, just so i can have it, and have its 100 times stronger counterpart too hehe.

mattheal

01-16-2012, 06:44 PM

http://www.dv247.com/assets/products/93265_p.jpg

Polytune Mini

Joab

01-16-2012, 07:01 PM

Smart idea. Very very smart indeed.

mattheal

01-16-2012, 07:08 PM

The full 1590a board is now possible

Joab

01-16-2012, 07:35 PM

With malekko stuff i'm guessing you mean??

Talk about a grab 'n go board!! :D That'd be so cool!!

I can't see these being too exxy, would be damn cool on my board. THEN add the Boss tuner to my second board... which already has the DL4 brewing on it... hmmmmm!!!

mattheal

01-16-2012, 07:36 PM

Malekko, Lovepedal, couple of other brands that have single pedals at that size

Joab

01-16-2012, 07:36 PM

ah yeah lovepedal, good thinking. DAMMMNN that would be badass :)

Mitch-PTV

01-16-2012, 07:44 PM

the redwitch seven sisters line looks pretty cool too!

Joab

01-16-2012, 07:55 PM

They look pretty cool, nothing groundbreaking though.

I LOVE the look of this, not for the Luddite that's for sure...

http://redwitchpedals.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=16

mattheal

01-17-2012, 06:58 AM

http://www.dv247.com/assets/products/93265_p.jpg

Polytune Mini

heyyyy they changed the image underneath! :dry:

Joab

01-17-2012, 07:38 AM

Hey! What's going on there??

mattheal

01-17-2012, 02:56 PM

they obviously got told to take it down so changed teh pic on their page with one of the normal polytune and kept the file name the same.

Joab

01-17-2012, 03:05 PM

ahhh i see. Jerks!!

mattheal

01-17-2012, 07:04 PM

Joab

01-17-2012, 07:35 PM

I heard about one cool sound out of ALL of that. And it could be used MAYBE once in a set.

DISLIKE! Would much rather that JHS Boss DS1 with the synth mod i posted earlier today. That sounded useable!

whiteshoescheney

01-17-2012, 09:32 PM

it just sounds like a fucked up broken octave pedal.... :ermm:

Joab

01-17-2012, 09:50 PM

Yeah that shit aint pretty.

Joab

01-19-2012, 01:45 PM

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=332412953446097&set=a.210575075629886.53152.112907185396676&type=1&ref=nf

New shtuff from Eastwood...

sneak peaks for Spring 2012 - here in my office is the new Airline Espanada next to a Tuxedo-CB (Bigsby) just to give you an idea of the size. She is awesome sonically and visually - big, bold and beautiful! (and in case you are wondering, bottom left is the new Eastwood Phase 4 - replica of the Kurt Cobain Univox Phase 4 - and I mean replica in every detail)

That hollowbody, maybe some form of competition for the 5120?? Or at least an alternative with P-90's for a bit of a different flavour. And that tuxedi with a bigsby looks SEXUAL!!

mattheal

01-19-2012, 02:05 PM

this is pretty funny
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=1018385 (http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=1018385)
30th aniversary TS-9

Joab

01-19-2012, 02:44 PM

HAHAHAAH love the comment "if the green lantern played guitar......"

Joab

01-19-2012, 03:18 PM

http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/jackdeville/loop/8

Jack deville clickless programmable true bypass looper. 8 and 4 loopers available.

Only teasers so far.... gonna keep an eye on this one!

Joab

01-19-2012, 07:21 PM

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2231/33035431453024525599320.jpg

New Maton electrics. Kind of a mastersound/tele hybrid

whiteshoescheney

01-19-2012, 07:25 PM

:woot: i like that!

Joab

01-19-2012, 10:20 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xb18o1FcsI&feature=player_embedded#!

New fender amps, part of the 'pawn shop' series :) Pretty different!

Greta is pretty cool! haha

mattheal

01-20-2012, 06:58 AM

Prepare yourselves for the letdown.

New Klon....

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-NFdXgZfL0AE/Txhx186FDOI/AAAAAAAAHyE/BHPMw37Jkuc/s512/photo%2525201.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PBh_QZi-6Pc/Txh6z6dL4OI/AAAAAAAAHyY/OgHOP510GM4/s512/photo%2525202.JPG

mattheal

01-20-2012, 07:16 AM

also clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EVAFq7R8kg&feature=g-all-lik&context=G29ab669FAAAAAAAAAAA

Mitch-PTV

01-20-2012, 08:10 AM

that cant be the final design. the dude went from "ITS GOLD! ITS SILVER! IT HAS HORSIES!!" to "yaaaaaaaaaaaawn paint it red... DONE"

mattheal

01-20-2012, 08:11 AM

yeah its final colour/knobs/shape apparently getting some graphics, and it doesnt seem that much smaller.

PASS

Mitch-PTV

01-20-2012, 08:14 AM

I dont care what you paint on that, it still looks cheap and tacky, not what you'd expect from something that expensive and hyped. and yeah, the thing looks almost just as bit, just turned length ways instead of width ways.
But hey, asthetics arent everything, if it still sounds baddass and is cheap enough, i may think about it.

also matt, check ye FB.

mattheal

01-20-2012, 08:34 AM

No you check yours!

wizard_23

01-20-2012, 09:30 AM

Summary:

Klon looks boring. I don't really care anyhow because I'd never buy one.

Matons look lame.

Wiggles have got a PR disaster on their hands!

Joab

01-20-2012, 03:26 PM

"that pedal looks ugly, I don't want it anymore...."

Really guys???

Who cares how it looks!! I'll be getting one, even just to compare it to the klonel for sounds :) And that vid didn't tell us shit. Clean noodling with a strat... who wants to hear that!!! on these forums hahaha :happy:

Joab

01-20-2012, 03:42 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCqjCohZC8M&feature=player_embedded#!

Vox's answer to the DL4/giga delay!

p.s. dem ac30's are sounding hawttttt ;)

Mitch-PTV

01-20-2012, 03:44 PM

Just let it be known, ive been quite quiet in this thread, tho im lovin the updates man! your ridiculously well on top of things, kudos :)

Joab

01-20-2012, 03:59 PM

haha thanks mitch-o! I don't know why, new gear just gets me going. Love innovation!

....that said.... that beat up '64 Jaguar I posted a while back is still tickling my fancy on TGP ;)

mattheal

01-20-2012, 04:00 PM

he's taking all the links from a thread on AGGH ;)

UbangiStomper

01-20-2012, 04:01 PM

Mmm interesting stuff! Not really interested in the Klon tbh, though I'm sure it'll sound good. Deff a step backwards aesthetically though IMHO. Delay pedal looks cool, but it's friggen huge! No timeline competitor. Stereo AC-30s though....fap haha. I wanna see something awesome from Strymon!

Joab

01-20-2012, 04:05 PM

UbangiStomper

01-20-2012, 04:13 PM

Yeah the klon does look like shit, But I want that sound!!

That vox delay is obviously no timeline competitor. But depending on how it's priced and how sturdy it is, it could do well against the giga delay and DL4.

And yep, them AC30's are sounded sexy as shit!!!

Not just AGGH matty, TGP and discofreqs effects database ;)

heaps of new shit here, pigronix looper (pffft give me a 'rang!!!)

http://www.effectsdatabase.com/

Yeah good call(s). Still can't bring myself to sell the dd20 haha. Still a really good sounding delay. Stereo ac30s or 15s...it's happening! Yeah that looper does look cool, but yeah...already got something better eh haha. Wonder how TGP will react to the Klon shite.

Joab

01-20-2012, 04:30 PM

Yeah I'm the same with the DL4 :)

haha yeah it will be interesting to see how TGP react

mattheal

01-20-2012, 04:37 PM

The 1w Marshalls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo2TDwMN7Tg

Mitch-PTV

01-20-2012, 04:54 PM

they are sounding realyl good!

Mitch-PTV

01-20-2012, 05:00 PM

pretty weird, but cool with the tuning options and modes, not for me, but yeea, kinda cool what they can do!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKhGu-BPpng&feature=relmfu

Joab

01-20-2012, 09:25 PM

Yeah i saw that too... pretty cool but yeah, Dunno about it yet. The whole 'digital modelling' guitar just doesn't sit well with me!

and that guys mustache is fucking KILLER!

There's a peavey 'autotune' guitar as well, pretty similar. I haven't seen any of these styles of guitar demo'd with any decent overdrive. not like metal grossness haha. I don't trust it yet!

Mitch-PTV

01-21-2012, 09:26 AM

hahaha imagine someone buying one, then adding some dirt and suddenly your tracking as well as an OC2.

yeah its not my style either, but still kinda crazy with how things are going.

whiteshoescheney

01-21-2012, 05:30 PM

modern guitars all have a computer of some kind in em..does anyone famous use one though? no cause their gay. :D

Joab

01-21-2012, 06:52 PM

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/Daily/News/Fender_Introduces_Bassman_Pro_Series_Heads_and_Cab inets.aspx

Sooooo just incase a 100 watt blackface bassman wasn't enough to tear your freaking head off.... get a 300 wattr up ya!!!

The Bassman 100T looks damn useable though. tasty shit!

mattheal

01-21-2012, 08:19 PM

uh... you do realize they are bass amps right Joab?

Mitch-PTV

01-21-2012, 08:22 PM

So was the original bassman tho ;)

mattheal

01-21-2012, 08:23 PM

true. but 300w into 8,4, & 2 ohms is all bass amp.

the 100T would be a guitar amp though.

Joab

01-22-2012, 11:34 AM

So was the original bassman tho ;)

This ;)

teennn chaarrrr

mattheal

01-22-2012, 11:35 AM

was it also 300w's?

Thats what I thought

Joab

01-22-2012, 11:52 AM

"Built for use in the biggest stadiums"

whiteshoescheney

01-22-2012, 04:12 PM

mmm practical...;)

Joab

01-23-2012, 01:29 PM

Just scrolling through the "New Klon" thread on TGP... and this is a summary...

- New Klon is smaller than the original
- New Klon is redesigned and being built by US contractor rather than 1 by 1
- New Klon will be cheaper, but no pricing has been established from a reliable source yet
- New Klon will be available in 6-8 months via dealers
- the demo box seen at NAMM is a prototype and aesthetics aren't finalized.
- New Klon has a switch on the side to turn the buffer on/off
- it will blend

Joab

01-23-2012, 01:32 PM

Also, Diamond have posted some stuff before but some new diamond gear...

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/traviswalk/DiamondCornerstone.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/traviswalk/DiamondQuantum.jpg

mattheal

01-23-2012, 01:35 PM

the quantam leap is apparently a Delay, but can also be dialed to sound like a phaser a chorus and a octave.... sounds pretty dam awesome to me

Joab

01-23-2012, 02:36 PM

Here's the shpiel....

the Quantum Leap, built off the Memory Lane Jr, which goes from a short delay (acting flanger-ish) all the way to a typical 500 ms analog-style delay, while also offering classic chimey chorus-type tones. It also does pitch shifting up or down one octave.

and the sound clip...

http://www.diamondpedals.com/samples/audio/Quantum%20Leap/Quantum%20Leap%20clip%201.mp3

It sounds good yeah, great analogue delay sounds. Nothing revolutionary. Nothing the timeline doesn't have covered. Except for that octave up/down sweep thing, which I wouldn't get much use out of.

Joab

01-23-2012, 09:23 PM

http://www.premierguitar.com/Video/20120121/1735/NAMM_12_Digitech_iStomp_and_Stomp_Shop_Demo.aspx

Digitech's big 'revolutionary' thing

Pretty cool idea, future shit. Digital iPhone stuff and I don't thinkit would sound any good... BUT still some cool technology.

whiteshoescheney

01-23-2012, 09:33 PM

actually sounds decent! apperently malcolm young used some iphone stuff on black ice haha :blink:

Joab

01-24-2012, 10:23 AM

A chorus pedal for mitch! hehehehe

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/traviswalk/MPPedal.jpg

From Mad Professor's Facebook page...

Quote:
New Electric Blue Chorus, for people who don't like chorus pedals. Wait until you hear this one, with the Blend and Depth you get tones you would not expect from a chorus pedal.

ALSO, Pedaltrain mini board with rechargeable power supply. VERY cool. Mini board matty?

http://www.andertons.co.uk/namm/Pedaltrain-Re-Volt-Rechargable-Pedalboard-Power-Supply

ALLSSSOOOO.. some cool wah/volume/whammy/envelope filter hybrid....

http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/sonuus/wahoo

Joab

01-24-2012, 10:24 AM

AANDDD the expressinator has released it's full details. Could be very useful this one!

....

http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/unknown/expressionator/mini

Joab

01-24-2012, 11:02 AM

AND, new MI boost n buff :happy:

mattheal

01-24-2012, 11:06 AM

Gen 3 now? interesting

wizard_23

01-24-2012, 12:05 PM

AND, new MI boost n buff :happy:

Different paint job?

mattheal

01-24-2012, 12:15 PM

still orange, just slightly less garish in the graphics

Joab

01-24-2012, 12:26 PM

http://www.facebook.com/mieffects

plus a switch of some kind.

mattheal

01-24-2012, 12:57 PM

what the what?

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2012/Feb/GALLERY_NAMM_2012_Day_2.aspx?Page=38&#gallery

Its the opposite to a Badcat leash attenuator, the "Unleash turns a low wattage amp into a 100w Beast"

Joab

01-24-2012, 01:15 PM

hahaha WHAT!?!!??!?! I can see the market for it though, heaps of people are loving their low watt amps at the moment.... wonder if it works!

wizard_23

01-24-2012, 02:54 PM

But how does it work? Is it just a poweramp?

Joab

01-24-2012, 03:15 PM

I don't know.... I'm very confused by this

mattheal

01-24-2012, 04:16 PM

apparently its a solid state amp with a ridiculous input tolerance

Mitch-PTV

01-24-2012, 05:13 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGqXPmZI7Pg&feature=g-u-u&context=G2a9fbd2FUAAAAAAAAAA
New Gibbys.
SG jrs are nice, the rest of the ideas span from "not too great" to "totally fucking stupid", apart from the new LP jr they have coming out, but then they put a Tele guard on it, weird. but yeah, Nice SGs :)

Joab

01-24-2012, 09:08 PM

The whole "shred" series, not for me.

SG's jnr's look great. Not sure about that new LP jnr, what's a D bender?

p.s. .... mmmmm lp jnr

Joab

01-25-2012, 02:45 PM

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=1019075&highlight=namm

This thread has a GREAT read on some of the new gear at NAMM :)

Mitch-PTV

01-25-2012, 03:44 PM

a B bender bends the B up to a C or Csharp or something like that. virtually useless if you ask me. maybe slide players or jazz players use it? i dont konw, but yeah.
What makes more sense is taking that idea, and making a Drop D bender. id love to jump to drop to D easily on my LP.

Joab

01-25-2012, 03:57 PM

Now THAT'S a million dollar idea mitch :)

Mitch-PTV

01-25-2012, 04:13 PM

Yea but its a good idea and this is the guitar world, it will never fly.
Maybe if i offer it with a truarc and recommend it gets played though a dumble for ultimate tonegasms... i think then id move a couple of units :p

UbangiStomper

01-25-2012, 06:57 PM

Hahaha ultimate tonelordz. The idea of the tru arc is great for sure, mismatched radius between board and bridge sucks. Only thing where my falcons got it over the Phoenix really. 9.5 into 12 doesn't go haha. However, I've tried most of the bridges for gretsches - melita, bar, bigsby aluminium and TOM and of you're after bitey kerrang from a gretsch, it's gotta be a TOM or a bigsby. The bigsby bridge sounded the best to me, but you for get te fine control of intonation obviously. Bars sound great, but they're a bit more I dunno, boomy/rounder sounding maybe? They're subtel(ish) differences, but definitely there. Tru arc isn't by any means gonna be the best for everyone though for sure. Matched radius is a different matter though. ALL
Bridges should match up to the board radius. Why Gretsch haven't rectified that is beyond me!

B benders are cool guys haha. Mainly for country music, usually bending a 3rd up to a sus4 or minor 3rd to major third, get me? So you could play a d major at the 5th fret pull down on the neck, which kicks the bender in via the strap button and you bend up to a dmaj sus4. Cool as for bending in an out of chords. But yeah, it's mainly a country thing :)

Oh and hip shot have a d tuner thingo. Other guitarist in my old band had one on a less Paul. Meh really. Haha

Mitch-PTV

01-25-2012, 08:03 PM

UbangiStomper

01-25-2012, 08:17 PM

ah alright, starting to see the purpose now. i was thinking if you played a chord and kicked it up a few frets you would just sound out of tune, but yeah, it could work for some in the right context i spose. Like we said, different styles of musical thinking here haha.

Also, i have to agree about the radius thing. why they woudlnt match it is beyond me. it just doesnt make sense not too, its only on the Setzer models, and on the rumble in brixton dvd (i think) in the extra features, theres an interview with TV jones while he is filing down the saddles to match the radius of the board.

Yeah they're actually pretty hard to play properly, but as you said, in the right context they're pretty cool! We had a Marty Stewart custom shop tele through the store a while back (Clarence White special I think it's called) which has a b bender stock. Dicked around on it a bit, but yeah I'm no good with them haha.

Haha I remember that on the DVD now! I did that to mine too, definitely an improvement. Man if the feenix had a 12" radius board it would be perfect. Still the balls though :) got 11-56s on it atm, so Malcolm Youngy. Still reasonably slinky on the top strings being 11s too. Sigh....Gretsch <3 :)

Mitch-PTV

01-25-2012, 08:52 PM

Who makes that set? guessing earnie ball?
I wish Elixir did a set like that, 11-49s are getting the job done nicely tho, butyeah, more balls in the low end is never a bad thing! *wow that sounded extremely gay*

whiteshoescheney

01-25-2012, 09:10 PM

yep i think thats an earnie ball heavy top slinky bottom hybrid pack haha no where sells them that i can find though! werd you get em lachie?

UbangiStomper

01-25-2012, 09:36 PM

Close but no doughnut boys! I get mine from juststrings.com now. First I bought a bunch of 10-52 d'adarrios, but the 52s still a bit flabby on a gretsch for me. Now I'm using the juststrings house strings, which are made for them by either d'adario or DR (one of the big American ones anyway) and I can choose whatever the hell gauge I want haha. Basically get 12 sets of whatever for $40 with shipping. Killer. Dunno I've never really like the feel of elixirs, bit sponges or something, but ey whatever does it for you :)

whiteshoescheney

01-25-2012, 09:41 PM

jeesssusss thats cheap so you can order custom guage string sets? :ohmy:

whiteshoescheney

01-25-2012, 09:45 PM

i cant find the house strings :angry: link us!! ;)

UbangiStomper

01-25-2012, 09:49 PM

Yerp. Come in packs of twelve per gauge. 6 gauges and one has oneself 12 sets of nice, stupid cheap strings. Or acoustic stings/bass/whatever. Only catch is its a flat $40 shipping fee. Get 4-5 mates together and you're laughing! Let me know I you want in though dude, I'll probs do another order soonish.

whiteshoescheney

01-25-2012, 09:56 PM

how much are they for the strings or do you just need to pay the shipping haha id just go 10-52s cheers for lettin us know!

UbangiStomper

01-25-2012, 10:02 PM

Click on the bulk strings link dude, all in there. Should be around 30-35 for 12 sets of 10-52s, then add on whatever for shipping. If its five people, $8US shipping, 2 people $20 etc, trick is to get a few people in on the order, everyone saves money that way. No probs dude! Probably shouldn't be doing it given I work at Twang, but ya can't say no to those prices for custom gauges haha.

Joab

01-27-2012, 06:11 PM

Joab

02-04-2012, 04:52 PM

http://www.customtonesinc.com/

That's a pretty good idea. You know the Ethos Drive pedals?? Them biiiiiig expensive dumble sounding pedals/preamps pedals?? They now come with an amp built in... or something like that...

Great idea by them, as I've seen a heap of guys on the pedalboard thread on TGP running their board into one of these pedals at the end, then into a PA.

wizard_23

02-05-2012, 04:08 PM

WHY???

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GRETSCH-USA-CUSTOM-SHOP-G6134-1959CS-PENGUIN-INCA-SILVER-/370582193197?pt=Guitar&hash=item56486b842d

I DON'T GET IT!!!???

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Seymour-Duncan-Custom-Shop-Gretsch-Filtertron-Set-/350523901707?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item519cda470b

Joab

02-05-2012, 04:46 PM

really? I mean... really?!?!?!

mattheal

02-05-2012, 04:49 PM

.. I like it *shrug*

and trust SD to try and take on TV jones because they are picking up in popularity

Mitch-PTV

02-05-2012, 07:24 PM

Im with Matt here, i dont think it looks bad at all. I woudlnt buy one, but that black chrome and black sparkle has a certain cool factor about it. good on em i say.

and Yea, it was only a matter of time before that happened. i can see the Duncan filters crashing and burning tho. Its a pretty niche market and you have waaay to many purists and TV fanboys who will shun SD for doing it even before trying the pickups.

whiteshoescheney

02-05-2012, 08:29 PM

i really dig it :) its like a modernized version!

mattheal

02-05-2012, 09:04 PM

question... are those filters black?

whiteshoescheney

02-05-2012, 09:07 PM

the duncan ones? pretttyyy sure their silver ;) could be wrong though

mattheal

02-05-2012, 09:08 PM

no shit, the ones on the silver penguin :p

also there is a gold duo jet on Rockystreetsounds too

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GRETSCH-USA-CUSTOM-SHOP-G6128CS-DG-59-DUO-JET-/290661338132?pt=Guitar&hash=item43acc40c14#ht_865wt_1037

whiteshoescheney

02-05-2012, 09:13 PM

hahaha yes their black!! everythings black!!!

whiteshoescheney

02-05-2012, 09:21 PM

oh yeah lets pay 4k for a sparkle jet with a black pickguard :laugh:

Mitch-PTV

02-05-2012, 09:29 PM

ok the silver and black one looks cool (yes those are black filters) but that gold one is fuckin ugly haha

Joab

02-06-2012, 11:37 AM

Don't get me wrong, I love the black binding and hardware. Nice for something different, looks aaaaaaawesome on the David Lee sig falcon. I just HATE the silver. I've never liked silver guitars. Remember gibsons "platinum" range? Sg's and Les Pauls? Foooooking hated them.

Mitch-PTV

02-06-2012, 05:52 PM

yeah i see what you mean, the silver is why i woudlnt personally get one, but fuckin hell, how nice would that black hardware look on my tenny...

i still think it looks pretty damn aweosme tho

Joab

02-06-2012, 06:00 PM

That'd be FREAKING cool on the tenny! Photoshop Mockup? :happy:

Mitch-PTV

02-06-2012, 06:12 PM

I should buy a second tenny and do it! seriously, how cool would black hardware look!

Joab

02-06-2012, 06:37 PM

hahahahah that would be cool, but no you shouldn't! But that said if you're talking new guitars, you're gretsch collection is surprisingly small :innocent:

How bout them falcons eh? and Phoenix's? and 6120's? and jets?

whhaaaddaabooouttt them TV Yellow LP Jnrs? ANNDDD SG jnrs, pretty damned cheap too!

:innocent:

Joab

02-06-2012, 07:47 PM

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2683353567840&set=a.1892479836491.2095096.1376387298&type=1&ref=nf

FUCKING FUCK. You know them cute little 1 watt marshall amps???? The ones based on all the old classics??? ......prices starting FROM $849. How fucking cute are they now??!?!?!?!? :wacko:

mattheal

02-06-2012, 07:50 PM

What did you expect? Thry are handwired limited edition marshalls. That screams way over priced!

Joab

02-06-2012, 08:13 PM

Well if a 5 watt very similar amp is $850... I expect it to be.... less? :huh:

I just did NOT see that coming. Not that much of an ass rape! Sucks to be the people who buy these.

Joab

02-13-2012, 12:41 PM

Holy sweet jesus. Remember me telling you that there is a dude who lives just down the road from me, and he has KIILLEERRRR rig?!?!?! Well he's putting a rack together at the moment... check out the interface...

http://www.guitargear.net.au/discussion/index.php?topic=31606.0

FUUCCCCKKKK MEEE!!

He's an electrician by trade, so he KNOWS his shit.

whiteshoescheney

02-13-2012, 09:03 PM

what the shit!!! i thaught a rack was just when you had all the pedals on a mount and it all led to one big controller??!!!

Mitch-PTV

02-13-2012, 09:08 PM

tahts part of it, but the bitch requires a fucktonne of wiring

whiteshoescheney

02-13-2012, 09:19 PM

oh dam!! screw that then!

Joab

02-13-2012, 09:22 PM

whiteshoescheney

02-13-2012, 09:23 PM

yeahh..ill get my guitar tech when im famous to handle that shiz ;)

wizard_23

02-14-2012, 07:51 AM

Yeah that's just the bloody power supply/where you plug all the pedals into.

rack setups are damn complicated. Not reeallyyy, but for people like me who think a true bypass strip is high tech... geez.

I'd say yes really actually... I'm not a tech's asshole, but I reckon you'd have to be pretty damn special to know what's going on in that link you posted!

But yeah, I've got no fucking idea what's going on in my Vitoos. :mellow:

Joab

02-14-2012, 08:05 AM

I'd say yes really actually... I'm not a tech's asshole, but I reckon you'd have to be pretty damn special to know what's going on in that link you posted!

But yeah, I've got no fucking idea what's going on in my Vitoos. :mellow:

mmmm yes and no, at the end of the day it's just a bunch of inputs and outputs. You just need to know where to plug shit in and out! Half of them are just power supply outs.

But yep, still way over my head at this point in time.

Howsabout how special you have to be to BUILD it! :huh:

wizard_23

02-14-2012, 09:11 AM

mmmm yes and no, at the end of the day it's just a bunch of inputs and outputs. You just need to know where to plug shit in and out! Half of them are just power supply outs.

But yep, still way over my head at this point in time.

Howsabout how special you have to be to BUILD it! :huh:

That's what I meant really... No idea where to begin with something that complex.

Joab

02-14-2012, 02:42 PM

Yeah for sure. For me it would be a nightmare, but someone like you who has a bit of an idea I rekon you would be able to figure it out !

wizard_23

02-14-2012, 02:43 PM

Yeah for sure. For me it would be a nightmare, but someone like you who has a bit of an idea I rekon you would be able to figure it out !

You greatly overestimate me Joab! :p

Joab

02-14-2012, 02:58 PM

Can you blame me? Mr.Goingtobuildmyownheadshellsandcabsandhaveoneoft hebestrigsgoingaroundatafractionofthecost

:happy:

wizard_23

02-14-2012, 03:04 PM

Can you blame me? Mr.Goingtobuildmyownheadshellsandcabsandhaveoneoft hebestrigsgoingaroundatafractionofthecost

:happy:

haha I think that just confirms that I overestimate my abilities! :p

But yep, I'm waiting to hear back on some inquiries I've sent out at the mo to work out how realistic the cab prices I have in my mind are. I'm pretty damn keen to get this up and going and hopefully have my dream rig pretty much sorted (minus the wedding present falcon) by this time next year. ;)

Joab

02-14-2012, 03:32 PM

haha I think that just confirms that I overestimate my abilities! :p

But yep, I'm waiting to hear back on some inquiries I've sent out at the mo to work out how realistic the cab prices I have in my mind are. I'm pretty damn keen to get this up and going and hopefully have my dream rig pretty much sorted (minus the wedding present falcon) by this time next year. ;)

That is the BEST thing I've ever heard of.

I might have to start negotiating a wedding present Wizard clause into my relationship :happy:

wizard_23

02-14-2012, 03:59 PM

Once you find out how much they expect you to spend on an engagement ring you'll be wanting to negotiate something decent!

Joab

02-14-2012, 06:20 PM

at least it will give me some incentive to save for rings..... ooooo too far? :laugh: KEEP THAT BETWEEN US!!! :ninja:

Joab

02-15-2012, 01:33 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo2TDwMN7Tg&feature=related

Them little one watt amps really do sound surprisingly great! Shame about the price, but what a home amp!

Mitch-PTV

02-15-2012, 08:53 PM

they really do! someone shoudl take this opportunity to clone them.

Joab

02-15-2012, 09:00 PM

^^^ now THAT is a great idea. REALLY great idea.

There would be an ENORMOUS market for something like that for sure.

Joab

02-16-2012, 01:43 PM

http://www.gretschguitars.com/blog/product-updates-reviews/rootscollection/

This is relevant to some of our interests, I'm looking at you nicko.

Resonators, banjo's, mando's, uke's ... by gretsch!

wizard_23

02-16-2012, 01:53 PM

Mmm... Would love one of their banjos. ;)

wizard_23

02-23-2012, 08:32 AM

Seem from facebook that Mr Nik of Ceriatone fame is coming up with a lunchbox style amp plan.

Something else I'll have to buy I guess :laugh:

What's hard is a sexy looking lunchbox amp chassis, low priced, yet still profitable.. :)

...

I am trying to draw as hard as I can as to what i like aesthetically.. but in the end, it could be just a rectangular box hehe.. not sure abt transatlantic. It'd be handwired, no PCB. Hard to cramp everything inside...

Joab

02-23-2012, 08:47 AM

innntereeesttiiinggg!!! I bet it would be priced VERY reasonably!!

Mitch-PTV

03-02-2012, 08:57 AM

wizard_23

03-02-2012, 11:45 AM

http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-BOS-BC2-LIST

What? Why have I never heard of this?

mattheal

03-02-2012, 11:52 AM

Only new ;)

wizard_23

03-02-2012, 12:04 PM

Only new ;)

Ah... I see. I thought Boss would have given up on drive pedals by now?

mattheal

03-02-2012, 12:14 PM

Pretty much! nothing since the bd-2 has really done all that well.

wizard_23

03-02-2012, 12:42 PM

Pretty much! nothing since the bd-2 has really done all that well.

Yeah they do rock though.. I won't hear a bad word against a BD2

Joab

03-02-2012, 09:14 PM

i was really hoping to hear from from the Gretsch booth from NAMM. and im surprised im not downing in klon 2 hype right now! everyone was jizzing over it before Namm but as soon as it started, i havnt read a single thing about it... (i havnt gone looking, but seriously, you couldnt avoid the hype, now its disappeared)

AGREED! I remember saying when NAMM was on and the new klon got announced, I said something along the lines of "yeah can't wait for a new klon soon.... would NOT hold my breath though" Just because I had been disappointed in the past waiting for a new one. And yep.... still holding my breath and being disappointed :(

wizard_23

03-03-2012, 04:00 PM

AGREED! I remember saying when NAMM was on and the new klon got announced, I said something along the lines of "yeah can't wait for a new klon soon.... would NOT hold my breath though" Just because I had been disappointed in the past waiting for a new one. And yep.... still holding my breath and being disappointed :(

Okay... I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Klons are overated big time. I really like my Klonel, it's a great pedal, but there is no way they're substantially better than other drive pedals. 12axe, Timmy, OCD, Sky Blue, Hotcake, Tubezone, Honey Bee... the list could go on. I would say any of them is in the same league as the Klon, and some of them I think are better. :mellow:

Anyhow, on another note. Was just at Billy Hyde trying out the M13. Holy kablammo, yep I do want one. You really would have to sit down for 2 days solid just working out your presets, but it's a damn cool box of tricks.

How wacked out are the synth modes? Had an impromptu sci fi style weirdathon jam with one of the BH dudes tapping away on an electronic kit.

Oh and for reference, I was playing a thinline tele (too much fucking gloss on those fender necks!) into a Line 6 whatever it is... The one's that look cool that are designed by bogner? Anyhow, was just set clean so that I could mess with the m13. The fuzz octave stuff is pretty rad too. It's pretty much just like having Jack White in a box! That should be their slogan. :laugh:

mattheal

03-03-2012, 04:08 PM

hahah glad you liked it too Nicko!

and yeah some of the synth modes are crazy. BUT they are even better with expression pedals

wizard_23

03-03-2012, 04:26 PM

hahah glad you liked it too Nicko!

and yeah some of the synth modes are crazy. BUT they are even better with expression pedals

Yeah I can imagine they would be.

Hydes had it for a HUGE special, down to $680

mattheal

03-03-2012, 04:27 PM

ouch, whats the RRP here anyway?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Line-6-M13-Stompbox-Modeler-Multi-Effects-Pedal-/270815525548?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3f0ddcfaac

cheaper :p

wizard_23

03-03-2012, 04:30 PM

ouch, whats the RRP here anyway?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Line-6-M13-Stompbox-Modeler-Multi-Effects-Pedal-/270815525548?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3f0ddcfaac

cheaper :p

Not sure, but yeah evil bay kicks the arse off hydes. ;)

Joab

03-04-2012, 03:28 PM

Okay... I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Klons are overated big time. I really like my Klonel, it's a great pedal, but there is no way they're substantially better than other drive pedals. 12axe, Timmy, OCD, Sky Blue, Hotcake, Tubezone, Honey Bee... the list could go on. I would say any of them is in the same league as the Klon, and some of them I think are better. :mellow:

Anyhow, on another note. Was just at Billy Hyde trying out the M13. Holy kablammo, yep I do want one. You really would have to sit down for 2 days solid just working out your presets, but it's a damn cool box of tricks.

How wacked out are the synth modes? Had an impromptu sci fi style weirdathon jam with one of the BH dudes tapping away on an electronic kit.

Oh and for reference, I was playing a thinline tele (too much fucking gloss on those fender necks!) into a Line 6 whatever it is... The one's that look cool that are designed by bogner? Anyhow, was just set clean so that I could mess with the m13. The fuzz octave stuff is pretty rad too. It's pretty much just like having Jack White in a box! That should be their slogan. :laugh:

Of course the Klon is overated nick.... but it still is one of the best overdrive pedals getting around. Sure there are some other ones, like the ones you listed, that come close and do pretty much the same thing.... but from what I've heard and tried, the klon is my favourite. Easily. But hey, each to their own!

Awww that's cool, I really am loving the idea of all this synth stuff on the m9!

mattheal

03-04-2012, 03:31 PM

you definitely need an expression pedal to get the most out of the synth modes

Joab

03-04-2012, 05:32 PM

That's cool, would love to hear some clips!

wizard_23

03-06-2012, 08:40 AM

This sounds like it will be interesting: http://www.guitargear.net.au/discussion/index.php?topic=32008.0;topicseen

wizard_23

03-06-2012, 10:18 AM

Wow... This makes me want to play bass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC_Qhw2c4zM&feature=youtu.be

Joab

03-06-2012, 11:53 AM

This sounds like it will be interesting: http://www.guitargear.net.au/discussion/index.php?topic=32008.0;topicseen

I've been keeping my eye on that thread too! Would love to see how it sounds....

wizard_23

03-06-2012, 03:42 PM

I remember the expensive version of this popped up on here yonks ago with lots of "WTF!". www.mercurymagnetics.com/pages/catalog/other/powercord/AC-cord-01.htm

That looks a reasonable price and I guess worth a try if you thought your amp was running rough.

mattheal

03-06-2012, 04:23 PM

I'd actually be interested to try that you know. BUT they dont come with an aussie plug head

Joab

03-06-2012, 06:43 PM

Yeah that's MUCH more reasonable, and seems like a good idea. That one from a while back was around $200 or something stupid though!

wizard_23

03-06-2012, 06:57 PM

Joab

03-06-2012, 07:05 PM

Yep, and up to 3k! http://www.dedicatedaudio.com/inc/sdetail/125/33367

:wacko:

Hey Matt... Couldn't be that hard just to get the right copper wire and make your own yeah?

That said, it does seem a bit scary fucking about with power leads. Would probably want them tagged and tested post production! ;)

hahaha HOLLYYYFUCKBAWLS! Yeah the good old kettle cords have done the job for EVERYONE THAT HAS EVER BEEN IN A BAND... EVER... IN THE HISTORY OF EVER..... So I'm sure they can't be too bad ;)

I bet in 50 years time TGP wanks will be criticizing ACDC's tone because they were using the wrong type of power cord.... and will be souring 'vintage' kettle cords to try and get that sound :laugh:

mattheal

03-06-2012, 07:32 PM

I dunno I get a bit of noise when i have my amps running in my room, might try them off a different power point and see how that goes

wizard_23

03-06-2012, 07:42 PM

I dunno I get a bit of noise when i have my amps running in my room, might try them off a different power point and see how that goes

I'd look at what lighting you've got around first dude. Any fluros?

Anyhow, I believe this is the wire that one would require. www.ebay.com.au/itm/12-Red-14Awg-Pure-Silicone-Copper-Wire-/280698723751?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item415af29da7

Or............................ Could just get the Merc Mags ones and flick over the plugs to Aussie ones. My one day brother in law was changing over Hong Kong plugs to Aussie ones for the future folks in law one time, so I'll ask him how much there really is to it. I don't think a soldering iron was even involved.

whiteshoescheney

03-06-2012, 07:43 PM

how can that power cable possibly cost 3k!!!

mattheal

03-06-2012, 07:45 PM

I'd look at what lighting you've got around first dude. Any fluros?

Anyhow, I believe this is the wire that one would require. www.ebay.com.au/itm/12-Red-14Awg-Pure-Silicone-Copper-Wire-/280698723751?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item415af29da7

Or............................ Could just get the Merc Mags ones and flick over the plugs to Aussie ones. My one day brother in law was changing over Hong Kong plugs to Aussie ones for the future folks in law one time, so I'll ask him how much there really is to it. I don't think a soldering iron was even involved.

Nah no fluro's around, gonna check different powerpoint first then check out options

Joab

03-06-2012, 07:52 PM

I dunno I get a bit of noise when i have my amps running in my room, might try them off a different power point and see how that goes

Yeah there's SO much that could be involved here matty. I get different amounts of hum depending on where I play. I severally doubt that it would be the power cord.

And nick, my dad's an electrician and I watched him do the changeover from a US power plug to an aussie one a while back. So easy that I rekon even I could do it... and that's saying something! :laugh:

mattheal

03-06-2012, 07:54 PM

I know that Joables, but if this helps out in different situations why not? (not the 3k one of course)

whiteshoescheney

03-06-2012, 07:55 PM

me still ranting here....

THERE IS NOTHING THAT A PLUG COULD DO TONALLY TO YOUR AMP THAT IS WORTH 3K!!!!

keen to get one and run my kettle on it though :laugh:

Joab

03-06-2012, 07:58 PM

I know that Joables, but if this helps out in different situations why not? (not the 3k one of course)

If you pay more than $30 for this, you are offically banished to TGP! :D

But yeah worth a shot. It MAY do something.... I just really doubt it will.

wizard_23

03-06-2012, 08:06 PM

cool cool cool.. Can't be arsed multi quoting. But essentially.

A: I think it could be valid... Perth has a nuffy power supply for instance.
B: unfortunately you could have the best dumble rig in the world, if one little weird power/radio frequency/etc. thing is going on it'll sound hum tastic. :(
C: Sweet Joab.. Should be a piece of cake. Might give it a bash.

Joab

03-06-2012, 08:13 PM

Joab

03-08-2012, 04:20 PM

http://www.valveheaven.com/The%20Stack%20by%20Valve%20Heaven.html

something new thing they just launched over at AGGH

wizard_23

03-08-2012, 09:24 PM

Compared to the ValveTone stuff I'd say that's over priced.

Joab

03-11-2012, 09:40 AM

Yeah i thought it was a bit exxy, just showing you some options! :)

Just putting it out there, I don't like the valvetone stuff at all. I've talked to a few more 'discerning' fellas over at AGGH and they're really not that great. They're noisy and just don't really sound great in general from what I've tried. You get more character out a big amp just turned down I rekon.

AGGH criticize TGP, but they have their own little hype machine going on over there. Anything by Valvetone they eat up... same with MI stuff (but much more deservedly IMHO)

Mitch-PTV

03-11-2012, 10:40 AM

AGGH criticize TGP, but they have their own little hype machine going on over there. Anything by Valvetone they eat up... same with MI stuff (but much more deservedly IMHO)

Yeah but if you notice everywhere does.

POINTY GUITAR?! GET THE FUCK OUT! :angry:

... ok maybe we're not that bad :p

Joab

03-11-2012, 10:44 AM

hahaha yeah of course every forum has their little loves and hates, we love gretsches and wizards (der!) and quite dislike BC rich and the like :happy:

http://proguitarshop.com/video-reviews/tc-electronic-alter-ego-delay

this seems like a decent little delay pedal for those looking for some great delay sounds on a budget. It's the TC Flashback (great little delay pedal to start with) plus an echorec (famously used by dave gilmour) and deluxe memory man setting. Plus a cool new paintjob. Pretty cool!

Joab

03-11-2012, 11:29 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_GzNPT_8vk&feature=player_embedded#!

polarizing US video, but this is pretty cool. Wireless expression pedal... on your foot!

Joab

03-12-2012, 09:38 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_UQRnXgA2kA

jesus... that's an 'interesting' delay pedal... :wacko:

Daeth by Audio keep coming out with some insane pedals!

Joab

03-12-2012, 07:58 PM

http://guitarexpo.com.au/

AWWW YEAH HEALLY!!! And they say nothing happens in Canberra aye? :happy: The national vintage guitar and amp expo!

WE WANT PICS, VIDS AND A HEAP OF REVIEWS!!! :innocent:

wizard_23

03-21-2012, 10:32 AM

Some interesting guitars you might not see everyday!

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/DiPinto-Belvedere-Deluxe-/190646503742?pt=Guitar&hash=item2c636ac93e

http://www.cortguitars.com/en/product/sunset-i-1
(I'm really diggin' this!)

http://www.fanoguitars.com/altdefactoRB6.html
(checkout the "Roundup Orange" one)

http://www.schecterguitars.com/Products/Guitar/Ultra-III.aspx

Mitch-PTV

03-21-2012, 12:26 PM

Some great guitars there nicko! i LOVE the shecter, and if its like any of the other models ive played, they'd be built really well too.

wizard_23

03-21-2012, 12:48 PM

Some great guitars there nicko! i LOVE the shecter, and if its like any of the other models ive played, they'd be built really well too.

Can't say I've played them but that's good to know Mitch. I don't really dig the headstock, but it's a sweet looking axe that's for sure. Would be ever sweeter with TV's!

wizard_23

03-21-2012, 02:32 PM

Oh and Bogner seems to be bringing out pedals:

http://i42.tinypic.com/r8zgc2.jpg

mattheal

03-21-2012, 02:37 PM

Saw those yesterday, I reckon if you want a good "distortion" pedal those are going to be the perfect pedal

Joab

03-21-2012, 04:14 PM

Some nice guitars there nicko! Yeah them schecters would be sweet, I rekon whack some powertrons in it!

But I've only played a few schecters.... and they were really shit to be honest. A few mates had them and hated them, and I've tried some out in a few shops before. Not impressed to say the least. But I may have had a bad bunch! Who knows.

LOOOVEEE Fano guitars. They have some AWESOME jag style guits, I would LOVE me one of them.

Notice that orange one has Gretsch knobbies?? Is that LEGAL!?!?!??! :blink: haha.

Mitch-PTV

03-21-2012, 05:32 PM

a friend of mine has a high end Shecter something or other... Not the Synyster Gates model, but the model that it was based on, i like it. their high end stuff is really nice for those harder tones.

Joab

03-21-2012, 08:02 PM

I did some googling... I see a pointy horned headstock! :pinch: hahaha

Yeah I've only tried some of the intermediate ones, around $1000-$1500, and they have not been impressive. Some were deeecent/passable, but much there were some much better options in that pricerange.

I HAVEN'T tried that awesome one Nick posted before though, I remember seeing that in a guitar mag a few years back and I REALLY liked the look of it. Plus they gave it a huge wrap. I think mitch and I have conversed on how nice this guit looked in the past?

Mitch-PTV

03-21-2012, 08:08 PM

Joab

03-21-2012, 08:24 PM

Yeah the Ultra was posted on here before, and i think it was me and you that really got into it.

and yeah the headstock is a bit much for my liking. if only it was Gretsch pointy (IE rounded pointy falcon stylin), then itd be perfect!

It really is surprising how SEXY the falcon headstocks are, considering they are .. KIND OF... "pointy" :unsure:

As in, I can REALLY see the similarities between that and say a Dean Dimebag Darrell sig!

Mitch-PTV

03-21-2012, 08:36 PM

THEY ARE POINTY! YOU HAVE 2 POINTY GUITARS. LIVE WITH THE SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME!

caps.

whiteshoescheney

03-21-2012, 08:48 PM

im just gonna go ahead and say i hate all shecters with a passion :happy:

Joab

03-21-2012, 09:02 PM

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--m10ERvnygI/TzAsTPHcHLI/AAAAAAAAAb8/YDJ0fP8oMn0/s1600/guitar-on-fire_vert_1920x1200.jpg

I just did that to my pointy monstrosities! :happy:

whiteshoescheney

03-21-2012, 09:03 PM

thaaaatsss a les paul...no points on that :ermm:

Mitch-PTV

03-21-2012, 09:03 PM

hahahaha well palyed!

even tho i read that first as your pointy "mosrites", and was thinkin, YEAH! Johnny Ramone lovin!

Joab

03-21-2012, 09:06 PM

hahaha I WISH! Quite enjoy me some mosrite lovin :happy:

That whole 'ramones' sound is having a solid comeback at the moment, very garage punk. And so is that tone. And I freaking love it!

Joab

03-21-2012, 09:09 PM

UbangiStomper

03-21-2012, 09:33 PM

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150683649428917&set=a.198906083916.130827.13581348916&type=1&ref=nf

also, check this out. New (sexy as EFF looking) Tokai's... apparently banned in the US? :huh:

Yeah dude we've got those at work! They FUCKING haul ass for the money. Even the Chinese stuff is great. The Japanese stuffs gretsch quality. I'll post up a pic of a Chinese burst Lester on satdee.

You'd be crazy to buy an epiphone over one I reckon.

Joab

03-21-2012, 09:47 PM

Yeah dude we've got those at work! They FUCKING haul ass for the money. Even the Chinese stuff is great. The Japanese stuffs gretsch quality. I'll post up a pic of a Chinese burst Lester on satdee.

You'd be crazy to buy an epiphone over one I reckon.

Cool! Really good to know. What prices do they ask?

And what do they have apart from les pauls? Like say... LP Jnrs? :happy: or firebirds?!?!!

But the whole "banned from the US" part threw me.... whats the deal there?

UbangiStomper

03-21-2012, 10:00 PM

Cool! Really good to know. What prices do they ask?

And what do they have apart from les pauls? Like say... LP Jnrs? :happy: or firebirds?!?!!

But the whole "banned from the US" part threw me.... whats the deal there?

Chinese...LP's about $600 retail. Gold top p90s, customs, bursts. Bout $799 retail for a Chinese 335, which I reckon give USA Gibbos a good run for their money. Japanese stuffs more 1500-2k retail and up. All full retail though mind you ;) we haven't had any juniors or firebirds through, but I'm sure they'd do them!

Best guess with the banned in USA is that they're so similar to the Gibbos, even headstocks are pretty similar. But I'm not really sure to be honest dude! If i was Gibson, I wouldn't want them sold on my turf either haha.

Joab

03-21-2012, 10:28 PM

Yeah that's a fair call, they sound like AMAZEBALLS guitars. If I were gibson I wouldn't want a bar!

Farrrkkk man.... SO cheap and I do regard your recommendation quite highly, so they must be AWESOME instruments.

Just got on the site, this is what Joab likes...

LP Special
http://www.tokai-guitars.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=76&category_id=14&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=31

LP Jnr
http://www.tokai-guitars.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=87&category_id=15&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=31

Firebird
http://www.tokai-guitars.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=44&category_id=8&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=31

Jumbo acoustic
http://www.tokai-guitars.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=107&category_id=11&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=31

Hummingbird w/pickup
http://www.tokai-guitars.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=108&category_id=11&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=31

Sweet P-bass, (by the way, this is my excpetion to the hating on really white necks rule, with an all black guitar)
http://www.tokai-guitars.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=116&category_id=6&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=31

Firebird bass!
http://www.tokai-guitars.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=19&category_id=6&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=31

and of course, all the 335's you could poke a stick at!

mattheal

03-21-2012, 11:04 PM

So ah, looking like I'm gonna go for a holiday to visit my sister in japan in september.

Hollow body time?

wizard_23

03-22-2012, 03:27 PM

So ah, looking like I'm gonna go for a holiday to visit my sister in japan in september.

Hollow body time?

YES!!!!

Guessing Gretsch doesn't allow factory tours? That would be ace.

Joab

03-22-2012, 06:07 PM

So ah, looking like I'm gonna go for a holiday to visit my sister in japan in september.

Hollow body time?

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

:innocent:

Mitch-PTV

03-22-2012, 08:13 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlUTgMPkZq0&feature=g-u-u&context=G2b39228FUAAAAAAAKAA

the time has come boys. who is going to be first to try the P-90?

wizard_23

03-22-2012, 08:28 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlUTgMPkZq0&feature=g-u-u&context=G2b39228FUAAAAAAAKAA

the time has come boys. who is going to be first to try the P-90?

Interesting... Not for me because my P90 needs are covered in my Airline, but very cool for another option. They take a bit to get used to the look of though!

I wish we got to hear them on that clip though?

mattheal

03-22-2012, 08:31 PM

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

:innocent:

well either that or a nice MIJ tele :p

wizard_23

03-22-2012, 08:42 PM

Could get behind that idea too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJlSUV5F2Lg&feature=endscreen

Weird.. Think us guitarists are too cork sniffery for this, I don't reckon it'll sell eh? Too much going on there for me... too digital and I don't rate this guys voice.. :p

"Full-anger" (Flanger) "Boob-ie" (Boogie)

I'll admit I didn't watch the whole thing, but I didn't think it sounded that great. Seems it's only a coupla hung though so perhaps it will sell?

mattheal

03-22-2012, 08:44 PM

wizard_23

03-22-2012, 08:54 PM

premier guitar vid without the chic? pass :p

haha true.

How you liking your Lil Night Train dude? Thinking a super low power amp might be on the cards for me at some stage.. I guess this is probably the top contender at this stage.

mattheal

03-22-2012, 08:57 PM

I like it quite alot.

Its definitely best used as a clean amp + dirt pedals type deal. best thing I've found with it? it runs 160hms out, so i just switch the power and speaker cables over from the wizard so it runs through my hame 4x12 and sounds great.
Cant quite get the same crunchy fat tone you can with the wiz but its a whole bunch of fun for the size.

I do want to try some better t00bz in it too at some stage, but I've only got 1 JJ 12ax7 spare, need to get some more from my dear friend mr sanders at some time

Joab

03-22-2012, 09:03 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlUTgMPkZq0&feature=g-u-u&context=G2b39228FUAAAAAAAKAA

the time has come boys. who is going to be first to try the P-90?

Awwww cool. I could see this ending well, with some sexy ass P-90'd falcons/penguins/jets and the like. YUM!

But nope, I HOPE none of us would do something like that to our lovely gretsches. Gretsches and filters FTW! Unless it was someone like Dave, who has three of the bastards!

Plus mitch, that's what you're jnr is going to be for ;) There's so many freaking guitars I want right now.... SO much Gas... but SO much time before I'll get to relieve it! I really want to try me some mini-buckers... I rekon they'd be kewwwlll....

And Yeah nick, I would probs go a Little Night Train over that Yamaha thing

whiteshoescheney

03-22-2012, 09:12 PM

hey should make some silver p-90s so they look sexual on falcons and stuff i reckon classy guitars like falcons and phoenix's are ruined when people put big black p-90s on em i mean theyd sound great but the looks would be not cool!!

Joab

03-26-2012, 09:38 AM

I rekon it's cool for something different, howsabout this one mark...

http://www.jacksonsrareguitars.com/images/D/10356_Gretch_David_Lee_Signature_Model_G6135DL_whi te_00.jpg

David Lee sig is pretty hot I rekon!

Anyway, Catalinabread (or whatever they're called) have just released a new drive, the RAH! ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LIQp1WRXP8s

It's based on the tone Jimmy Page got at their Royal Albert Hall performance.

wizard_23

03-26-2012, 09:42 AM

mattheal

03-26-2012, 09:45 AM

I sure do, except for the pickups being black p90's? oh and i think its a 17" body.

I remember a photo of it coming up from NAMM or something and we started getting excited because we thought it was heralding the release of the CC Sig.

then it wasnt, :( still had to wait another year and a half I think it was.

wizard_23

03-26-2012, 09:59 AM

Joab

03-26-2012, 10:01 AM

I do remember this! It was his prototype. Here's a pic...

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t64/dmanlow/guitarMan-ooo-1.jpg

It's actually alot more similar than you remember! Pretty much a 17 inch cheney sig! unbound F holes though by the looks of it, no guard, and a different bigsby. Purely aesthetic things, who knows about the electrics and bracing and pickups and such. By the looks of it it even has sperzels!

mattheal

03-26-2012, 10:07 AM

hahaha Nick with the Ninja! :ninja:

and yeah that does seem an awful lot like a white pheonix

Joab

03-26-2012, 10:15 AM

haha beat me to it Nick! Yeah I really don't understand why this isn't a production model. It needs to be an aged white though, this might be but bad lighting.

Gretsch need to release a white Phoneix or a Power Falcon! They would sell HUGE!

Mitch-PTV

03-26-2012, 10:22 AM

hahaha Nick with the Ninja! :ninja:

and yeah that does seem an awful lot like a white pheonix

it does... fucking retard for not releasing that model.

haha beat me to it Nick! Yeah I really don't understand why this isn't a production model. It needs to be an aged white though, this might be but bad lighting.

Gretsch need to release a white Phoneix or a Power Falcon! They would sell HUGE!

ive been saying this for the past what... 5 years? since i first started looking at Gretschs. IT JUST DOES NOT MAKE SENSE! it will be their highest selling model!

Joab

03-26-2012, 10:29 AM

wizard_23

03-26-2012, 10:34 AM

Completely agree.. It seems that in their desire to stay true to history they're willing to sacrifice creating a new history with some stand out models. I'd love to see them increase their hollow line and listen to feedback from modern players rather than the old guard.

Mitch-PTV

03-26-2012, 10:56 AM

It really would, the reason MOST of us steered away from getting a falcon is because of the specs. They look amazeballs, but when you think about all of hugely modded up specs on much cheaper models .... getting a falcon doesn't seem to make as much sense.

IMAGINE A POWER FALCON! Basically, vert logo, block inlays, TV's, trestle bracing, sperzels..... EVERYTHING YOU FREAKING WANT IN A GRETSCH!!!

thats the exact reason why i havnt seriously looked at a falcon. they look great, but they fall down spec wise, which they shoudlnt! they are meant to be the top of the line, but spec wise, they just dont stand up to the others.
Fuck i want that power falcon! G6136-PTV. Bring it on fuckers! or white Phoenix, either way!

Completely agree.. It seems that in their desire to stay true to history they're willing to sacrifice creating a new history with some stand out models. I'd love to see them increase their hollow line and listen to feedback from modern players rather than the old guard.
thats the problem right there Nicko, and id say the Gretsch pages are to blame for the most part, the entire demographic there complain about every slight feature that isnt 100% historically correct! but hey, age is going to catch up with them soon enough, and when it does, we shall take over!... too far?

but yes thats why i love the Tenny, it was made with a modern player in mind. Same as the Setzer, the Cheney the Jag Tan anni.
They just need to release a modern player series or somethign and things would be PERFECT.

wizard_23

03-26-2012, 11:01 AM

thats the exact reason why i havnt seriously looked at a falcon. they look great, but they fall down spec wise, which they shoudlnt! they are meant to be the top of the line, but spec wise, they just dont stand up to the others.
Fuck i want that power falcon! G6136-PTV. Bring it on fuckers! or white Phoenix, either way!

thats the problem right there Nicko, and id say the Gretsch pages are to blame for the most part, the entire demographic there complain about every slight feature that isnt 100% historically correct! but hey, age is going to catch up with them soon enough, and when it does, we shall take over!... too far?

but yes thats why i love the Tenny, it was made with a modern player in mind. Same as the Setzer, the Cheney the Jag Tan anni.
They just need to release a modern player series or somethign and things would be PERFECT.

On the back of the Fender Blacktop series I reckon it's not that out of the question that we'll see just that from Gretsch in the next few years, a modern series or something?

Basically, just bring out a whole line of TV Jones/Trestle Bracing models that fuck off the horizontal falcon logo. ;)

In a range of finishes. ;)

Joab

03-26-2012, 11:11 AM

Yeah fair call there Nicko, fender are releasing quite a few 'modern' style guitars at the moment... hopefully that filters down into the gretsch stable?

We should all email gretsch!

whiteshoescheney

03-26-2012, 12:05 PM

LETS DO IT!!!

didnt rockystreetsounds make one?? and they were a fucking hit if i recall??

A G6136-PTV would be godlike!! I agree!!

Joab

03-26-2012, 12:32 PM

Yeah rockystreet did something like that, Had some white falcons spec'd up bigtime and they sold like hotcakes.

TAKE THE FUCKING HINT FMIC!!

Joab

03-26-2012, 01:17 PM

http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/photos/galleries/148069/children-collide.htm#1

photo's from Children Collide's recent shows. I see me an ac30, a marshall 4x12... and some weird looking head.

mattheal

03-26-2012, 01:26 PM

Looks like it could be a Soldano SLO maybe?

Joab

03-26-2012, 01:39 PM

Check out this photo, 15

http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/photos/galleries/148069/children-collide.htm#15

it kind of looks like the logo is up the corner... ampeg? Sunn?

But yeah the silver faceplate looks pretty Soldano-y.

Idiot, if he wanted hotrodded marhsall tones he should have got a Yeti :innocent: :happy:

wizard_23

03-26-2012, 01:54 PM

Hmmm... That's doing my head in.

Not a Sunn I don't reckon because they usually have black lines on the faceplate? Vintage Ampegs usually have the control panel at the top like a Fender?? And Soldano's seem to have their indicator lights on the right hand side not the left??? :confused:

This is a real puzzle!

wizard_23

03-26-2012, 02:00 PM

It actually kind of looks like these! :laugh:

http://www.bugera-amps.com/EN/products/6260-INFINIUM.aspx

Joab

03-26-2012, 02:08 PM

HAHAHAHAA! It really does look like one of them nick :laugh:

Mitch-PTV

03-26-2012, 02:11 PM

Lucky im one of the only people here who isnt huge on Children Collide so i wont be losing any sleep over it :) haha

mattheal

03-26-2012, 02:14 PM

haha mitch, still fun trying to work out what it is though!

Its defintely not a sunn, as nick said they have those black stripes.
And yeah maybe not soldano....

wizard_23

03-26-2012, 02:27 PM

haha mitch, still fun trying to work out what it is though!

Its defintely not a sunn, as nick said they have those black stripes.
And yeah maybe not soldano....

Yeah I'm not really a big CC fan (they're okay though) but it's the guessing that has me interested!

Joab

03-26-2012, 02:44 PM

I'm like em, I remember getting their first album just before I went on a nice big holiday. So it was the soundtrack to one of my high school summers.... ahhh the memories :happy:

mattheal

03-26-2012, 02:50 PM

yep second album was kinda meh... and i'm yet to hear anything other than the lead single to album #3 but it didnt really seem that great either.

Mitch-PTV

03-26-2012, 02:54 PM

I dont mind them, ive seen them twice (opening for TLE both times) and i enjoy tracks like social currency and others, but yeah, never got into them.

Joab

03-26-2012, 02:59 PM

yep second album was kinda meh... and i'm yet to hear anything other than the lead single to album #3 but it didnt really seem that great either.

Yeah agreed, some great tracks off the second album.... but the first was much better. But even then there are some crappy tracks on the first album.

They released another single the other day called "Cherries"... I only heard a brief grab when the jjj chick was discussing the texts that everyone had written in about it. Not too many were positive :unsure: