Metal guitar GAS

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:26 pm

I can just imagine it...

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:41 pm

Fran wrote:Used it at our gig, dive bombing on 'Pretty Vacant' FTFW!!

Did that gig get recorded? Pogo with tehFloyd next

Nice catch on that guitar.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:21 pm

Fortunately not

I'm loving this Jackson, its like being 19 years old again.. all you can hear from our music room is pinch harmonics and dive bombs. Its so versatile and responsive, on the clean settings you can get some great Funk and Ska sounds. So effortless to play as well.
Everyone should own a Superstrat, it should be mandatory, its good for the soul.

JJLipton · Post by **JJLipton** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:09 am

Fran wrote:Fortunately not

I'm loving this Jackson, its like being 19 years old again.. all you can hear from our music room is pinch harmonics and dive bombs. Its so versatile and responsive, on the clean settings you can get some great Funk and Ska sounds. So effortless to play as well.
Everyone should own a Superstrat, it should be mandatory, its good for the soul.

The word is out!! Super Strats for everyone!!! Fran, how is the neck on the Jackson? I remember it being quite thick on the US versions, almost Gibsonish. I usually prefer a thin PRS or Ibanez style neck,

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:22 pm

JJLipton wrote:Fran, how is the neck on the Jackson? I remember it being quite thick on the US versions, almost Gibsonish. I usually prefer a thin PRS or Ibanez style neck,

Its quite a shallow profile and thin like Ibanez necks with the lowest action i have ever seen.

Dogma Hollow · Post by **Dogma Hollow** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:15 pm

Nice pickup Fran. Makes me want to dig my Dinky XL from '94 out of the closet.

TheBurbz · Post by **TheBurbz** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:41 pm

Just spotted this, major GAS:

Kramer Striker. Solid Mahogany body... Â£199 brand new FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

It seems like metal guitars have suddenly died, Schecter and Jackson seem to have disappeared from the big music shops.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:17 am

TheBurbz wrote:It seems like metal guitars have suddenly died, Schecter and Jackson seem to have disappeared from the big music shops.

I don't know about that. Perhaps it's just a coincidence but it seems like half the guitarists at my university play Schecters.

Dannymec · Post by **Dannymec** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:16 am

YES PLEASE

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:47 pm

Westone Pantera!

Wow don't see many of them in the wild.

In other news I've had some weird fascination with 7 string guitars recently. No idea why as I can't manage 6 for a start!
Found a rather horrid cheap thing on ebay... (new Â£169)

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:50 pm

Happy Happy bunny joy joy..

Got my 23 year old faithful #1 back up and running.(Ibanez Desert Sun Yellow RG550)

From this... (long term neck cracks that finally went too far)

to this!

like finding an old pair of trainers or an old t-shirt again, comfort

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:15 pm

The old RG550's were nice guitars. How/what did you do to fix the neck?

JJLipton · Post by **JJLipton** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:57 pm

The one piece Ibanez necks are so awesome.

TheBurbz · Post by **TheBurbz** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:23 pm

Got this mean bastard from a young lassie in the local ads for Â£80:

Surprisingly good quality, solid mahogany body with set neck. I put the EMGs and changed the hardware from gold to black. Now I can play TEH HETFIELDZ (not really, fucking haet Metallica).

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:33 pm

If they are active EMGz the pups alone are worth Â£80!

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:52 pm

TheBurbz wrote:Got this mean bastard from a young lassie in the local ads for Â£80:

Surprisingly good quality, solid mahogany body with set neck. I put the EMGs and changed the hardware from gold to black. Now I can play TEH HETFIELDZ (not really, fucking haet Metallica).

Very nice, I still fancy a Les Paul type guitar again.

Fran wrote:The old RG550's were nice guitars. How/what did you do to fix the neck?

Cheated

I didn't fancy trying this one myself as the crack is closed in that first pic, when neck was under tension the gap was way wider.
I found a fella who when I told him what was up he responded "I prefer messing with the wood rather than the electrics" so I knew I was on to a good one with him.
He did a full setup afterwards, all init cost me Â£65

bargain.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:59 pm

This is my metal guitar.

(Although funny enough, it has super warm pickups.)

DSC08762 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC08756 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC08754 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC08768 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr