Tried Some Stuff Out We Have Been Talking About...

HailHailVitalogy
HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,020
edited July 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
I was with my friend today and he wanted to stop off a GC to get some strings. So I thought what the hell, I'll play with some stuff.

First guitar I picked up an american strat deluxe ash....beautiful aged cherry sunburst ...anyway, it played beautifully, I wanted to get it right away but I saw it was 1300$...when I get a new strat, this will be the new strat, it was gorgeous. I played it through a Fender '57 Tweed, and it sounded incredible. Then I played it through the Vox AC30, I couldn't really get the real sound of it because I kept the volume low, so I wouldn't be "one of those guys".

Anyway, I moved on and saw a Used Gisbon ES-135 with 2 p-90s....the sound was incredible, heavy guitar too. I looked to my left and saw the little Epiphone amps we have been talking about for the past week or two. I plugged it into the 15 watt version. The clean is spectacular, got a nice rich tone out of it. When I turned the over-drive up it sounded like crap, so that was the only fall back on it.

Then I played the Steve Vai signature Ibanez guitar. I hate it honestly...I don't know why.

Then I played a Taylor T5 :D
2400$....wow...I started messing around with it and then I handed it over to my friend (who is obsessed with Taylor) and he started playing some Mozart, and it sounded incredible, people were standing around him...it was great.
2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2 | 2025: Florida x2, Atlanta x2, Pittsburgh x2
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Sweet.
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  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,020
    i decided im going to upgrade my pickups in my strat now to the ones in the american ash...i think they are Fender SCN's

    i wish i had that color though...the aged cherry
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2 | 2025: Florida x2, Atlanta x2, Pittsburgh x2
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    the SCNs are very nice and are now available as aftermarket sets.

    no need to go to the parters on ebay anymore. even though it's cheaper, it's sad to see all those guitars get chop shopped.
  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,020
    exhausted wrote:
    the SCNs are very nice and are now available as aftermarket sets.

    no need to go to the parters on ebay anymore. even though it's cheaper, it's sad to see all those guitars get chop shopped.

    the american ash was just amazing, I don't know why I've never played one before...ugh I want it so badly
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2 | 2025: Florida x2, Atlanta x2, Pittsburgh x2
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    the american ash was just amazing, I don't know why I've never played one before...ugh I want it so badly


    knowing how nice my deluxe jazz bass is, yeah, i want a deluxe strat pretty badly as well but can't justify it with one strat on the rack already that i've already put SCNs in.
  • Thumbing My Way
    Thumbing My Way Posts: 1,073
    A little off topic of the Strat but I played this the other day through this Soldano combo and it was just heaven.

    http://gibson.com/Products/GibsonElectric/Gibson%20Electric%20Guitars/LesPaul/Studios/Swamp%20Ash%20Studio/

    It was such a nice looking guitar.
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    i'm extremely jealous of the range of choice available to right handed players. so many cool things out there.
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I prefer the white studios. And it would suck to be lefty.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,020
    exhausted wrote:
    i'm extremely jealous of the range of choice available to right handed players. so many cool things out there.

    learn righty :D

    or just get really famous and get everything custom made for yourself
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2 | 2025: Florida x2, Atlanta x2, Pittsburgh x2
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    some folks have that degree of ambidexterity that they can learn either way. sadly, i'm not one of them.
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Wait a minute I thought if you were playing tasteful licks thru tasteful amps, and not bad metal riffs thru solid state amps, it was alright to crank it up? Why can't GC have a seperate room where all the solid state and metal guitars are located (make this room extremely sound proof).
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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    any word on whether the S-1 switching from the A Deluxe is available aftermarket now too?
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    any word on whether the S-1 switching from the A Deluxe is available aftermarket now too?


    i haven't seen it yet. i've been watching guitarpartsresource.com though. if anyone's going to have it, they will.
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    exhausted wrote:
    i haven't seen it yet. i've been watching guitarpartsresource.com though. if anyone's going to have it, they will.


    nice. I know you can essentially get the same deal with a blend pot, but the S-1 switching is freaking cool.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,020
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    nice. I know you can essentially get the same deal with a blend pot, but the S-1 switching is freaking cool.

    yeah it sounds awsome, a lot more tones available...but it only comes with the new fender guitars right? i cant add that to my strat now
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2 | 2025: Florida x2, Atlanta x2, Pittsburgh x2
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    the parters on ebay sell the S1 harnesses.
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    exhausted wrote:
    the parters on ebay sell the S1 harnesses.


    it might get incorporated into the 62, the thing is I'm not precisely sure how it works and or how it's wired, the SCN's are noiseless the pickups I'm using won't be (and I'm not paying 350 bucks for Kinmans either thank you very much:D) it's probably of no concern and just wires like everything else, I'm just dragging my feet. Tuning heads will be replaced first. I'm still thinking of going with the Planet Waves do everythings.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    the schematics are on fender's site. i believe you require 3 conductor pickups though for the S1's tricks.
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    exhausted wrote:
    the schematics are on fender's site. i believe you require 3 conductor pickups though for the S1's tricks.

    yeah, that's what I was looking for. Something to find out anyway.

    It's probably going to require some kind of stacked/dummy coil system.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.

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