Thread: gibson double cutaway

For the same price of an L series strat I could have 20 guitars that ate it in every aspect... Collectable doesn't mean good... The most productive guitar I own is a $180 ebay find and with new pups and paint it is still today my primary instrument.

The $20k BC Rich artist custom in the pic is a monster but the $180 USA warlock I scored keeps up with it (almost)

Mick for one cannot produce a good emg type sound and I have heard Lace sensors that were replaced by micks that were put quietly back in a few days later... Sound is subjective and Mick is ok but not god...I would buy something else personally rather than hit and miss.

I am looking for tone so three most important features for me are tone holes, neck through and big head stock. Bolt on neck guitars just don't cut it when you get a good neck through...

well the sound im goin for is cog, karnivool, dead letter circus, the butterfly effect, birds of tokyo, mammal and incubus................. just a mixture of those bands really haha

Go an emg 81 or 85 and use a line 6 effects processor (not the amps, get the pod or pc one). 99.9% of heavy bands use this, the gibson, well I think you got bum advice or rocks in your head with that one though??? Neck through is only answer for heavy shyt, all about tone and sustain, bolt on just don't cut it...

Make sure you get a good ebony fingerboard, rosewood is useless...

Originally Posted by AuroraAustralis

Go an emg 81 or 85 and use a line 6 effects processor (not the amps, get the pod or pc one). 99.9% of heavy bands use this, the gibson, well I think you got bum advice or rocks in your head with that one though??? Neck through is only answer for heavy shyt, all about tone and sustain, bolt on just don't cut it...

Make sure you get a good ebony fingerboard, rosewood is useless...

well everyone of those bands use gibson and im not big on line 6, sorry dude

Line 6 are the benchmark, when I was a teenager it was all digitech and boss pedals now it is all line 6! gibson pay them to use Gibsons and build them one off monsters that the average punter would never see... with big producers in studios creating "the" sound. Line 6 and emg is heavy guitarist heaven, I use the computer interface through an emu soundcard through a 5 watt class a tube amp and it is dynamite. I don't need a producer or engineer to get a great sound,

Gibson and Fender were giants, now they are multinational companies with shareholders flogging off second rate shyt on the back of days gone by...

http://line6.com/artists/list/
http://www.emginc.com/artists/roster/

google neck through vs bolt on...

Originally Posted by AuroraAustralis

also, pickups being wound will sound better with age. I suggest seeking vintage pickups that are tested... I source all my invaders from the states and have an exceptional contact for certain items.

Maybe Ive read your post wrong but are you saying that the sound produced by a pickup improves with age? Or are you simply stating that older design pickups sound better than modern design pickups?

Originally Posted by kiwigeo

Maybe Ive read your post wrong but are you saying that the sound produced by a pickup improves with age?

Yes I am... Aged magnets make vintage pups squeel

So how exactly does the pickup magnet change with age?

They lose strength and sound sweeter, google it before you try bite my head off... It is not like I invented the theory!

i read that pickup magnets lose their magnetic properties over time,
i also read that general knocks can help a magnet lose its mojo,
and i also read that those things make some vintage pickups desirable to people who play bluesy stuff

not just blues... Rock and metal benefit from this too!

Originally Posted by AuroraAustralis

They lose strength and sound sweeter, google it before you try bite my head off... It is not like I invented the theory!

Fair enough.....that's actually the answer I was hoping you'd come back with. Dunno where the fear of me biting your head off came from....Ive got a Nazi style Number 1 hair cut and some people say I look scarey but I'm actually a pussy cat acoustic builder with an interest in the electric side of the business.

Sorry mate, been a bit defensive from some replies on line last two days, some people should go slap their parents for breeding I swear...

use a line 6 effects processor (not the amps, get the pod or pc one). 99.9% of heavy bands use this,

Incorrect

the gibson, well I think you got bum advice or rocks in your head with that one though???

You're putting yourself outh there with that call.

Neck through is only answer for heavy shyt,

A set neck will do the heavy stuff quite well actually...

rosewood is useless...

Incorrect again