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12-01-2005 8:35pm

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It could be done

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#2 12-01-2005 8:36pm
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lol

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#3 12-01-2005 8:39pm
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That's mine, third from the left and one down from the top.

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#4 12-01-2005 9:35pm
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Yeah! sign me on! That is once my microcube is ordered in...

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#5 12-01-2005 10:39pm
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lol, do many microcubes make a macrocube?

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#6 12-01-2005 10:39pm
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#7 12-01-2005 11:30pm
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so does that mean we need to find 42 boards members with microcubes?

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#8 12-01-2005 11:32pm
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Yes. Shouldn't take long tbh.

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#9 13-01-2005 12:07am
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Do the cubes have effects loops? If they do we can master/slave the 42 cubes and make one huge wall of cubes like in the first post! Nothin micro about that!

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#10 13-01-2005 12:21am
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You can add my son to the list, picked him up a cube last week after hearing all the good things said about them on the board, gotta say I was very impressed. I can take back the marshall from him now

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#11 13-01-2005 12:23am
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freakonaleashx wrote:

Do the cubes have effects loops? If they do we can master/slave the 42 cubes and make one huge wall of cubes like in the first post! Nothin micro about that!

They have line outs.

Ooooh, 84W of MicroCube power.

Shank, welcome to the club. Must do up a little badge for it.

Too far? Yeah :rolleyes:

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#12 13-01-2005 12:29am
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We should design a sig pic for all the microcubers here to match those badges!

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#13 13-01-2005 12:33am
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What about a little pic of a MicroCube???

No, stop it. Too nerdy.

But it would unite us

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#14 13-01-2005 12:49am
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Hell Yeah! check out me sig! I am a guitargeek....

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#15 13-01-2005 12:49am
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Mine's better...

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#16 13-01-2005 12:51am
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Yeah obviously... Designing something cool and yet original requires effort

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#17 13-01-2005 12:56am
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The admins will probably crap themselves at the free advertisement for Roland tbh...

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#18 13-01-2005 12:58am
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Hahaha. You got yours in there all the same!

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#19 13-01-2005 12:59am
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Matches up nicely with the Slydice forum badge

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#20 13-01-2005 1:04am
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Nice!

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#21 13-01-2005 6:59am
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We need to get our own private board for this.

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#22 13-01-2005 11:07am
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Use this one. No-one else does

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=62

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#23 13-01-2005 11:20am
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lol! That's cheeck now for ya boyo!

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#24 13-01-2005 11:48am
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I just tell it like it is, keep it real, so to speak

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#25 13-01-2005 11:52am
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Did you happen to get one yourself?

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#26 13-01-2005 12:00pm
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No. I turned the Ampeg up tho a bone rattling three last night to give the Ibanez a proper test run.

Loud rules

Very loud bring the Man

So maybe I ought to get one. Maybe in a while

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#27 13-01-2005 12:19pm
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Oooh, so you finally got your Ibanez! Pics?

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#28 13-01-2005 12:35pm
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Tomorrow, perhaps. I had some Pro Tools stuff to do last night so I didn't spend the eight hours I wanted breaking it in. Still, for a 2nd hand guitar it is as mint as mint can be. Not even a fingerprint. Sweet. The neck is an Ultra, which is kinda chinky for an Ibanez. Nice shape. Comfortable as bejaysus. The S shape is really impressive, they cram a whole load of goodies into a small space.

The piezo pickup is actually rather cool. It doesn't sound like an acoustic, but it does give a whole array of great clean tones. You can blend the piezo and magnetic pickups giving 11 pickup combinations and the piezo has a bass and treble boost/cut stacked pot. Nice. Nice. I'm not entirely sold on the DiMarzio/Ibanez pickups, they sound a bit too bright to my ears, I'm tempted to JB and 59 it, though I'll wait a while and see how it goes. It's got a set of Daddario 9's on it, which is way too twany for me, gonna get a set of Ernie Ball 11's or 12's and tweak it to my taste. I'm very impressed by the Lo Profile Edge Pro trem. Better than any Floyd I've played before. Nice. The whole thing is quality and oh so pleasing to the eye.

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#29 13-01-2005 1:32pm
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"The neck is an Ultra, which is kinda chinky for an Ibanez."

Chunky maybe?

Can't stand chunky necks myself, such as on a Fender. For me, a neck makes or breaks a guitar, and if you're not comfortable on the neck, then whatever electronics, wood, bridge or anything that goes into the guitar won't be worth squat. So I'm glad you're comfortable with it, otherwise it could've been a phenominal waste. I think that's one of the main reasons I'll be going for the BC Rich custom instead of the LGM, because I've never played a guitar yet that had as comfortable a neck (for me anyway) as BC Rich. I'd hate to pay for a beautiful that's built to my exact specifications, then be totally bummed out because I wasn't comfy with the neck.

I'd love to try your guitar though, especially the Piezo. The tone would be something like John Petrucci's on Hollow Years, yeah? I thought that was a very interesting tone altogether. And of course to try the trem. Heard very good things about them.

You should definetly change the pickups, if you've got a sweet tooth for the JB tone then don't compromise on a guitar you obviously seem very happy with. 11's or 12's certainly wouldn't be my thing, I even stick to 9's when I'm tuned down! But Ernie Ball strings certainly do their job well. I've still got the set of 'em I put on the Virgin a couple of months ago, and they've not gotten anywhere near as dirty and scum-sounding as the D'Addarios would after a week.

Speaking about the Virgin, I might need to get the pickup switch replaced, it's starting to get kinda jammy, so I think I might try out a nice 5-way. Amazing guitar though, it's lasted me for nearly 4 years now with barely a ding! Just plain sweet.

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#30 13-01-2005 1:44pm
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Chunky indeed It's a comfortable neck, no overly fat or anything, just bigger than a wizard, which is good cos I've got big hands

I'll wait for a while and see with the pickups, I've only played it for one evening. They're quite different to the SD's which I know and am used to, so there's no harm in learning their sound and how to use it. Tis early days

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#31 13-01-2005 4:23pm
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Fatter necks are lovely. The PRS neck is like that. It was one of the things that sold me on the McCarty model was the larger neck...

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