Instruments Forum Off-Topic Discussion

Malice

By popular demand here is a thread for off-topic posts. If anyone has a catchier thread title then by all means share it .

Malice

As a suitably off-topic post here is a picture of my dog:

Squidgy Black

Waiting for Musicmaker to get the OR15's from Orange, told the this week but no word, it's driving me crazy. Played the OR50 and was blown away, and the money's burning a hole in my pocket.

Knifey Spoony

stetyrrell wrote: »

Waiting for Musicmaker to get the OR15's from Orange, told the this week but no word, it's driving me crazy. Played the OR50 and was blown away, and the money's burning a hole in my pocket.

Ohhh, another Orange lover! I picked up the Thunder 30 last summer after a couple of months of agonaising over what amp to get. Haven't looked back since though! Great amp. It's a petty that Orange aren't as well known as Marshall in the amp world.

Malice

Marshall seem to have a really bad reputation though these days don't they? Or is it just down to a particular line of their amps?

Squidgy Black

Malice wrote: »

Marshall seem to have a really bad reputation though these days don't they? Or is it just down to a particular line of their amps?

I think it's down to the fact that there's been feck all decent new releases in the last while. Brands like Orange and Blackstar etc are all bringing out innovative and really amazing new products, whereas Marshall have brought out really mediocre amps like the JMD series, MA series, Vintage Moderns. I've played them all and hated each one of them.

Big Orange fan though, just never had the cash to buy one! Almost went for the Thunder 30 but the OR15 has more of a vintage crunch tone that suited me better.

Ravelleman

Speaking of Orange, at some stage I´m going to add one of the ´Terror´ series amps to my collection for jamming at home. They all look so good and now the Jim Root version just complicates matters.

Squidgy Black

Just spotted this, dunno how credible it is but it looks fairly awesome if true.

darrenw5094

Anyone notice the price of American Fender Strats on Thomann? Up to €1259 for some of the Standards. Time in the past, they were €750 or less on GAK.co.uk
http://www.thomann.de/ie/fender_am_standard_2012_strat_mn_3ts.htm

slavetothegrind

thoman prices can be off at times, i wonder is it the supermarket strategy of duping you into thinking everything is cheaper?

nice dog malice, i'd like a dog

played third gig with newly formed covers band last friday and i got a serious dose of nerves onstage, nothing before, but once i started playing i was nervous as hell.

i knew the songs, played them only ok as i misfretted some notes as a result of the nerves

completely lost it at the end of "hard to handle" had a brain fart and forgot completely what i was doing and what notes to play:mad:

recovered for "sun goes down" by lizzy. have to get the better of these nerves.

Rented Mule

stetyrrell wrote: »

Just spotted this, dunno how credible it is but it looks fairly awesome if true.

In fairness, they really didn't do much to the pedal when you really look at the video. The weight of car under that tire is really not much more than the weight of a large man when you think about it. I've had my foot run over (and park on) and you would be surprised how minimal the discomfort is.

Throwing it up in the air once ...well...I guess it was nice to see that it survived the fall, but not that impressed.

Squidgy Black

Rented Mule wrote: »

In fairness, they really didn't do much to the pedal when you really look at the video. The weight of car under that tire is really not much more than the weight of a large man when you think about it. I've had my foot run over (and park on) and you would be surprised how minimal the discomfort is.

Throwing it up in the air once ...well...I guess it was nice to see that it survived the fall, but not that impressed.

Still though, most pedals wouldn't handle that.

Still haven't heard anything back about the OR15's, seems to be the case that all the UK stores now have them in stock, must call and see did they forget about me, growing impatient.

Also, the euro really is doing absolutely ****e against the sterling lately. It's a pain in the ass because it means all the gear prices have sky rocketed upwards.

darrenw5094

The first half of the video says alot.:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ofyxRyxajs

Squidgy Black

darrenw5094 wrote: »

The first half of the video says alot.:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ofyxRyxajs

That was just the actual controller part of it, the 'brain' was actually removed from it, so you don't need the controller to play it.

Ravelleman

darrenw5094 wrote: »

Anyone notice the price of American Fender Strats on Thomann? Up to €1259 for some of the Standards. Time in the past, they were €750 or less on GAK.co.uk
http://www.thomann.de/ie/fender_am_standard_2012_strat_mn_3ts.htm

Every redesign that comes from a major manufacturer is just smoke and mirrors for a price increase.

And by changing minor details in the design of the guitar for the new release, they create seeds of doubt in the minds of players who have the previous model. Their guitar immediately becomes the old version, worth less than it was before and inferior because the trem block has 12% more zinc than before.

Malice

I got a new set of strings and a setup done on my Agile 8 string at the weekend. It's amazing how different a guitar feels with a different string gauge even when it's just going from .009 to .010.

darrenw5094

Malice wrote: »

I got a new set of strings and a setup done on my Agile 8 string at the weekend. It's amazing how different a guitar feels with a different string gauge even when it's just going from .009 to .010.

8 strings dude! What is the full tuning?

Malice

Some people set it up so they end up with 3 E strings by playing in a dropped tuning so they end up with (high to low) E, B, G, D, A, E, B, E. While that is pretty cool, I prefer to keep mine just a half step down from normal tuning so I end up with D#, A#, F#, C#, B, D#, A#, F.

Squidgy Black

Got sniped on Ebay, there was a DSL50 and 1960A handwired cab 50th anniversary that a lad originally had up on adverts, went for 660 in the end, think I was out by a tenner or something.

Still waiting on this bloody OR15, thinking about just getting a used Thunder 30 instead now.

darrenw5094

stetyrrell wrote: »

Got sniped on Ebay, there was a DSL50 and 1960A handwired cab 50th anniversary that a lad originally had up on adverts, went for 660 in the end, think I was out by a tenner or something.

Still waiting on this bloody OR15, thinking about just getting a used Thunder 30 instead now.

i'd love an Orange Rocker. Can't justify the bucks though.

Alanstrainor

I've got GAS...

And this is the reason:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APWhx97QvxE

Tbh, I always hated his version of that song, but damn he get's into a good groove there. So I want a blue start just 'cause!

zafo

stetyrrell wrote: »

Got sniped on Ebay, there was a DSL50 and 1960A handwired cab 50th anniversary that a lad originally had up on adverts, went for 660 in the end, think I was out by a tenner or something.

Still waiting on this bloody OR15, thinking about just getting a used Thunder 30 instead now.

What's the difference between a handwired cab and a regular cab?

Squidgy Black

zafo wrote: »

What's the difference between a handwired cab and a regular cab?

Not a clue. I guess better quality cabling, and it has a basket weave grill. But surely all cabs would be wired by hand, fairly certain soldering joints is still a manual thing and not done by machines, particularly for cabs.

zafo

Fairly certain of that myself hence the question. PCBs can be done by machine but never heard of a cab not being done by hand.

darrenw5094

Wow....boards look funny today.

Anyway, GASin' over a guitar because of the colour, is daft man. Blue guitars don't sound any different.:)

Malice

darrenw5094 wrote: »

Wow....boards look funny today.

You can edit your options to change the skin. Personally I can't stand the new layout so I went straight back to the beta skin.

Alanstrainor

darrenw5094 wrote: »

Wow....boards look funny today.

Anyway, GASin' over a guitar because of the colour, is daft man. Blue guitars don't sound any different.:)

Yeah but maple necks, and nice pickups on the otherhand...:D

I'm a strat man, what can I say!

It's been a long long time since I've had GAS, last guitar purchase was probably over a year ago at this stage!:eek: And even that was only about 100 quids worth, last guitar purchase was 3 years ago!

All that being said...it's hard to better a Bacchus strat! I remember the days when everyone on here was going Bacchus mad! Then it all just stopped for some reason or another.

Malice

Does Bacchus do seven or eight string guitars? I might have a GAS attack myself then .

darrenw5094

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Yeah but maple necks, and nice pickups on the otherhand...:D

I'm a strat man, what can I say!

It's been a long long time since I've had GAS, last guitar purchase was probably over a year ago at this stage!:eek: And even that was only about 100 quids worth, last guitar purchase was 3 years ago!

All that being said...it's hard to better a Bacchus strat! I remember the days when everyone on here was going Bacchus mad! Then it all just stopped for some reason or another.

Maybe the maple neck thing is an excuse for a new one, but colour is lame.:) Yeh, new pickups would be the business too. Ever try the David Allen pickups? I threw a set in a Jap Strat and they sound amazing.

Alanstrainor

darrenw5094 wrote: »

Maybe the maple neck thing is an excuse for a new one, but colour is lame.:) Yeh, new pickups would be the business too. Ever try the David Allen pickups? I threw a set in a Jap Strat and they sound amazing.

Love the colour myself!

Haven't done any tinkering with pickups in a long time to be honest, whenever i do i end up dismantling a guitar...getting stuck, and not putting it back together!

Actually have a maple neck squier strat that's sitting idle, as I took it all apart with a great plan to put a custom pickguard, one pickup and a kill switch in it...get stuck, broke the switch I had and never went back to it!

Ravelleman

Alanstrainor wrote: »

All that being said...it's hard to better a Bacchus strat! I remember the days when everyone on here was going Bacchus mad! Then it all just stopped for some reason or another.

A lot of the Bacchus pushers here either left the forum or sold theirs. I played a couple of them and thought that boycey's LP style one was the nicest. Can't say i would have bought one of the Strat style models.

Anyway, I had a blue Legacy back when they were cool, before Clapton:

darrenw5094

Still have my Bacchus Les Paul Goldtop fitted with Bare Knuckle Mule pickups. Think i am keeping it at this stage.:)

Alanstrainor

Ravelleman wrote: »

A lot of the Bacchus pushers here either left the forum or sold theirs. I played a couple of them and thought that boycey's LP style one was the nicest. Can't say i would have bought one of the Strat style models.

Anyway, I had a blue Legacy back when they were cool, before Clapton:

Ooooooooooooooo G&L now there's one i've forgotten about!

Screw the fender!

Ravelleman

Yeah, it´s a real babe. Definitely one of the nicest Strat-style guitars I´ve tried. All my pals are very jealous.

That being said, I´d also love to get my hands on an S-500 - much truer to Leo Fender´s later vision and, if the large MFDs on my ASAT Special Deluxe No Top are anything to go by, the MFD pickups would be sexual.

zafo

Ravelleman wrote: »

A lot of the Bacchus pushers here either left the forum or sold theirs. I played a couple of them and thought that boycey's LP style one was the nicest. Can't say i would have bought one of the Strat style models.

Anyway, I had a blue Legacy back when they were cool, before Clapton:

Boycey git rid of his Las Paul in the end but has got a nice Strat since. A mutual friend of ours up home has similar G&L to yours that beats any Fender I've ever played. Love the look of your one..

darrenw5094

Now i have a spot of GAS for this Bacchus Les Paul
See it on Jap site for €827 + shipping etc.;)

Ravelleman

There are some exquisite Bacchus guitars on Rakuten at the moment. If I ever get myself an SG with P-90s I think I'll have to give them a shot.

darrenw5094

Ravelleman wrote: »

There are some exquisite Bacchus guitars on Rakuten at the moment. If I ever get myself an SG with P-90s I think I'll have to give them a shot.

Damn man, you just gave my Bacchus link away.;)

Ravelleman

They're mine, all mine! You can have second pick though.

boycey

zafo wrote: »

Boycey git rid of his Las Paul in the end but has got a nice Strat since. A mutual friend of ours up home has similar G&L to yours that beats any Fender I've ever played. Love the look of your one..

I was rather fond of that Les Paul. However, my back wasn't! I just can't play Les Pauls anymore, too heavy for me. That's the only reason that one went, and it's still missed!! Now Doc J - that man has some serious Bacchus kit at this stage, basses and guitars, and everyone of 'em phenomenal.

For the nostalgia, my Les paul and my Hamer, both gone, both missed!!

darrenw5094

boycey wrote: »

Now Doc J - that man has some serious Bacchus kit at this stage, basses and guitars, and everyone of 'em phenomenal.

What ever happened to the Doc? Is he back in 1955 or what?:)

boycey

darrenw5094 wrote: »

What ever happened to the Doc? Is he back in 1955 or what?:)

He hit 84mph in his De Lorean, and that's the last we saw of him!

darrenw5094

boycey wrote: »

He hit 84mph in his De Lorean, and that's the last we saw of him!

Lol......Flux Capacitor probably bucked and un-fixable.:)

Looks like a lot of his old pals have moved on too.

Ravelleman

I remember the Bacchus well, as I said to you before, boycey! It was certainly a back breaker but I think the doc's was too, no?

I'm waiting for a friend to give me back an adaptor for my camera - it's Spanish and I can't recharge it over here. Once I have that again I'll post a family pic.

Squidgy Black

Ordered a couple of Musikding kit, fuzz face and an SHO clone. Should be a bit of fun to put together.

wild turkey

stetyrrell wrote: »

Ordered a couple of Musikding kit, fuzz face and an SHO clone. Should be a bit of fun to put together.

Great little kits for the money & a great way to learn the basics before you move on to bigger projects, even if you go wrong most of the components are re usable
Been planning to build a rockbox boiling point & mabye a suhr shiba drive

darrenw5094

wild turkey wrote: »

Great little kits for the money & a great way to learn the basics before you move on to bigger projects, even if you go wrong most of the components are re usable
Been planning to build a rockbox boiling point & mabye a suhr shiba drive

Where do you buy the Suhr clone pedals?

wild turkey

I build them in vero board & buy the components from musikding
So far ive done
Lovepedal purple plexi 800 housed with a Z Vex Sho & a D*A*M meathead

from these two

http://www.sabrotone.com/?page_id=4

http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.ie/2010/07/zvex-super-hard-on-updated-version.html

The purple plexi is my favourite distortion of about 6 that i own

noby

stetyrrell wrote: »

Ordered a couple of Musikding kit, fuzz face and an SHO clone. Should be a bit of fun to put together.

Got my first Musikding kit on Monday, a tube screamer. Put it together the other night, and really pleased with it so far. Will definitely be using them again.
This is my second pedal build, after a fuzz face. Great satisfaction in playing your own pedals!

Malice

There's something kind of cool-looking about this guitar:

Knifey Spoony

Malice wrote: »

There's something kind of cool-looking about this guitar:

I would have to disagree. I don't know about anyone else but I hate gimmicky guitars like that. Seems like your trying to compensate for lack of skill or just trying to be as metal-as-fuck!