I'm finding Doog's guitar lust thread very enjoyable.
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:12 pm
by Doog
jcyphe wrote:I'm finding Doog's guitar lust thread very enjoyable.
Me too! I'm having heaps of fun just seeking out new brands and models, I'll probably just pack-in playing and just do this from now on
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:23 pm
by Doog
Fran wrote:They have those in my local shop, look decent but I haven't played one.
Ooooh, can you please try it out for me, Franno?
Be my haaaaaaaaaaaaands
Curious to know what the single-coily sounds are like.
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:18 pm
by Fran
Doog wrote:
Fran wrote:They have those in my local shop, look decent but I haven't played one.
Ooooh, can you please try it out for me, Franno?
Be my haaaaaaaaaaaaands
Curious to know what the single-coily sounds are like.
Aye, I'll try to call in over the weekend
He stocks Alden as well and I was very impressed with them. Still tempted on the fully hollow archtop he has in.
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 12:19 am
by jcyphe
Doog wrote:
Me too! I'm having heaps of fun just seeking out new brands and models, I'll probably just pack-in playing and just do this from now on
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 2:55 am
by cur
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So many cool guitars, but this one is maybe the one I would hunt down.
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 3:05 am
by HNB
timhulio wrote:Did HNB just complain the pickguard is made of formica? That's kinda the point - it's not like other guitars in construction. If you approach them only having played conventional solidbodies then of course they're gonna feel different.
I did because it looked like cardboard. LOL Not my cup of tea I guess?
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:50 pm
by Doog
cur wrote:[youtube][/youtube]
So many cool guitars, but this one is maybe the one I would hunt down.
What a beaut, reminds me of Ry Cooder's cheetah-y Strat, natty stuff.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 12:44 am
by Bacchus
I really quite like those Recording Les Paul jobbies.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 2:17 pm
by Fran
Doog wrote:
Fran wrote:They have those in my local shop, look decent but I haven't played one.
Ooooh, can you please try it out for me, Franno?
Be my haaaaaaaaaaaaands
Curious to know what the single-coily sounds are like.
Dooooooooooooog....
First impression, it's super heavy, like Acrylic Guitar kind of weight.
Looks well made, nice finish, the bigsby works fine but felt a bit loose/cheap, the machine heads are The locking type Grover copies.
It played like the usual out-of-the-box import guitar, not bad but not exactly inspiring either. Judging by the build quality it will be a different beast with a good set up.
The pups are quite meaty, more like P90's to my ears and there are some interesting 'hollow' sounds with the phase switching. Quite versatile in many ways, I can see why it would be useful in a recording situation.
The guy in the shop said he could match hotrox prices and he said the brand are releasing more interesting stuff soon. They are made by the Burns people at the same factory apparently.
Some pics...
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 3:16 pm
by Doog
Awesome, thanks so much Fran, I really appreciate it.
Sounds like it could be a cheeky little option in the future, but not one for lugging around to gigs, especially if it's not copying anything Tele-ish.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 3:38 pm
by Addam
I can't quite put my finger on it, but to my eyes that looks fatter than a LP.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 3:48 pm
by Doog
Dat chunky lower horn
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:54 pm
by Fakir Mustache
No, that model (or the original model it's based on) has a wider body, I remember seeing that in a book that lists the widths.
In fact you should be able to find that info on the net in particular if you track down old catalogs. Gibson didn't keep body widths secret as they do now.
Possibly those Revelations are not 14" though, I don't know.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 7:10 pm
by ekwatts
Fran wrote:They are made by the Burns people at the same factory apparently.
Some pics...
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Not quite. The pickups are designed and made by Alan Entwistle, who also makes the Burns pickups (from conversations with him I suspect he's a bit more involved in Burns now, possibly making design suggestions and the like). The actual Revelation guitars are made in the same factory as Alden/Hutchins models as far as I know.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 7:17 pm
by ekwatts
Also, those pickups really are meant to be pretty good copies of the original Gibson low impedance ones, they're not just generic Chinese pickups in a fancy shell.
I've had the bigsby model on my list for a while but I hadn't realised the hard tail was so cheap... I wish the mahogany colour came with the bigsby though.
I'm probably going to be getting either this, the solidbody Gretsch electromatic or the three-pickup electromatic hollowbody in the next month or so.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 8:21 pm
by Fran
ekwatts wrote:
Fran wrote:They are made by the Burns people at the same factory apparently.
Some pics...
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Not quite. The pickups are designed and made by Alan Entwistle, who also makes the Burns pickups (from conversations with him I suspect he's a bit more involved in Burns now, possibly making design suggestions and the like). The actual Revelation guitars are made in the same factory as Alden/Hutchins models as far as I know.
I thought they had connections with Alden, all the evidence is there when you pick both brands up, but he said Burns. Dunno Eric.
Alden actually feel better though imo. The full hollow body I tried with the Toaster pups was one of those guitars I wanted to instantly buy there and then.
Entwistle Pups seem to be a selling point as there are tags on these stating what they are. I was quite impressed with the Entwistle models in the Tanglewood Les Pauls a few years back, they dont look anything special and have daft names but always seem to have a great tonal range.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 8:56 pm
by George
I think it's getting to the point where should consider buying a tele bridge and used warmoth neck then doing a project
or just modding a flat top solid body for a tele bridge
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:29 pm
by Doog
Presuming the missing word there was 'Doog', I don't wanna just buy or make another Tele. Just want something that can get me in the ballpark, in the same way a Strat can, but something a bit special too.
Not really keen on doing a project, this is way too much fun.
