By the way I need to tell you about the 2 art pieces you posted along with guitar pictures. They are great, I like them a lot.
Impressive list! Next time my wife complains bumping on guitars all over the place I'll show her your post The Fernandes Sustainer is something I need to try. I've tried hand held sustainers, but it's not really practical. Ideally i'm like to grab an Ibanez RG550 and mount a Fernandes Sustainer into.
Impressive list! Next time my wife complains bumping on guitars all over the place I'll show her your post The Fernandes Sustainer is something I need to try. I've tried hand held sustainers, but it's not really practical. Ideally i'd like to grab an Ibanez RG550 and mount a Fernandes Sustainer into.
The Fernandes sustainer is a useful tool for adding an extra dimension and the 'harmonic' option can really scream. My Schecter Hellraiser FR-S has the Sustainiac pickup fitted which is basically the same thing.
I currently achieve that playing very loud and "kind of" control feedback.. i'm joking , I need to put my hand on one of those on board sustainer.
Someone showing off their Vox Teardrop here put me in mind of Glasgow in the mid eighties. I used to frequent four particular shops that sold second-hand guitars, amongst other things, usually pretty cheaply, when I was in the city. These were The Cross Saleroom and The General Dealer aka 'The Mad Buyer' in Glasgow's legendary Barras, Victor Morris on Argyll Street to the West of Central Station and Southside Music on Cathcart Road in the Govanhill area. Back then those shops were full of Hofner Verithins, Senators, Presidents, Beatles Basses, Framus Black Roses, EKO made weird shaped glittery electrics, Burns Bisons, Vox Teardrops, Westone's and just about everything else that was 'oddball' compared to a Strat or Les Paul and the things never seemed to sell. Now those shops are all gone and I have only seen those kind of guitars in Guitar porn/coffee table books and the hands of 'arty' type bands. I remember once a guy in a shop desperately trying to sell me a Gretsch Astrojet for about £75 but I didn't bite as that weird Jetsons style thing was not my cup of tea but I looked online a while back and somebody was asking about £2000 for one of them! Was this the same in your towns/cities?
Yes it's the same everywhere. I bought my Les Paul Deluxe 1979 there in France in 96-97 for equivalent of 700 Pounds, at the time no one wanted them. . I could now sell it for a good 2000 (and never will, this guitar got a real mojo) Same for old superstrat like Charvel CH4 CH6, they are now valuable. I'm not a business guy, but if i'd been, I would have bought plenty of those and wait for them to be on the hype side again. I did one of my best bargain in Glasgow. A pawnshop offered a bad looking Dean Cadillac set neck with a floyd trem. 4 strings left, but everything was there, trem bar, etc. 110 pounds. I later searched about, and the one I have is from the Samick factory area, but none where offered with the floyd trem factory installed during those years of make. It's not a modified guitar, so from knowledgeable people at Dean mine is probably a one of they sometime give to some artists. Fun story, but the guitar is not that good anyway.
Played in a heavy metal band years ago, done a few gigs and a few biker nights. Dont play so much now but still enjoy a wee jam. Had some very nice guitars including a 59 reissue LP. Always preferred my much cheaper LP deluxe though, swapped the mini humbuckers for P90's. Even built a couple amps too, a fender 5e3 and a marshall plexi.
Did you built the amps from scratch or using some available kits? Never had the guts to pass this stage, but very tempted to build a small recording amp.
I must admit, I quite like the idea of building my own... just wary of grounding the caps and creating a new heart rhythm... http://modulusamplification.com/Tweed-deluxe-kit-12-Watt-Output-P2173361.aspx
They were both kits from tube depot in the states, they come with a good set of instructions so you dont need to be a full on electrical engineer. The tweed was very easy, its a printed circut board, just solder the components basically. The plexi took a bit more time, turret board construction. You get a blank board you have to drill and add the turrets yourself. Made it a bit more difficult for myself by not using their output transformer, I sourced my own drake transformer and choke which needed the chassis modifying. Its a monster of an amp!
I made up a wire with a resistor, taped to the end of a stick and a crocodile clip on the other end. You can ground the caps with that without having to put you hands near the caps. The resistor slows down the discharge so you dont get bangs and sparks