If you like SG's

Doctor J

Then feast your eyes on this


I played one of these in the Eggle factory, the thing is probably still ringing out the last note still

A really, really fantastic guitar by any standard.

david

Doctor J wrote:

Then feast your eyes on this


I played one of these in the Eggle factory, the thing is probably still ringing out the last note still

A really, really fantastic guitar by any standard.

Nice, cant wait to get my own SG back from the shop. Complete rewiring, service/setup and new pickups... yum

jcoote

ah tremendous stuff doc...thats absolutly stunning really like the inlays and headstock..the head takes he metal edge off it.. custom jds too nice... stick a flyod rose on it and its perfect

jcoote

what pickups u get dave sd's was it...any mods or anything no

david

jcoote wrote:

what pickups u get dave...any mods or anything no

I got a SD '59 in the neck, a SD custom custom in the bridge (with coiltap toggle switch) and the old neck coiltap toggle switch is wired to be a killswitch. Both toggle switches are pickguard routed just under the bridge. Next up is some locking tuners and strap locks. Then possibly a new bridge because the G string bridge saddle rattles and kills sustain, its annoying the sh1t outta me. It'll be a lovely guitar when i'm finished with it i suspect.

david

jcoote wrote:

ah tremendous stuff doc...thats absolutly stunning really like the inlays and headstock..the head takes he metal edge off it.. custom jds too nice... stick a flyod rose on it and its perfect

I dont like the trem, i think it takes away from it TBH. I'd love that with a gibson style tune-o-matic.

jcoote

good man yeah i had to replac the saddle on my gothic sg when i had it... did u request the killswitch yourself yeah

david

jcoote wrote:

good man yeah i had to replac the saddle on my gothic sg when i had it... did u request the killswitch yourself yeah

Well the '59 doesnt have a four conducter cable so i couldnt coil tap it. I didnt want to leave the switch unused y'know. Im not sure the shop are wiring that for me actually. I might just do it myself if they dont.

david

jcoote wrote:

good man yeah i had to replac the saddle on my gothic sg when i had it... did u request the killswitch yourself yeah

Where did you get the saddle? Barry (guitar tech) told me I had to replace the whole bridge.

jcoote

i got it in mannys guitar shop on sunset boulevard in LA when i was over there...my cousin replaced it for me so i don't really know... didn't have to get a new bridge tho...it was a tuneomatic

jcoote

freakonaleashx wrote:

Well the '59 doesnt have a four conducter cable so i couldnt coil tap it. I didnt want to leave the switch unused y'know. Im not sure the shop are wiring that for me actually. I might just do it myself if they dont.

oh yeah i see yeah that'd be a pain in the hole alright it'd just be confusin really

jcoote

anything here dave???

david

Ah buying online is a pain in the ass really with no credit card, ill probably just get some guitar tech to have a look at it for me.

John

Doctor J wrote:

Then feast your eyes on this


I played one of these in the Eggle factory, the thing is probably still ringing out the last note still

A really, really fantastic guitar by any standard.

Now that's a nice guitar!

jcoote

yeah thats true... what shop u leave it in to

david

jcoote wrote:

yeah thats true... what shop u leave it in to

Ad-lib in carlow. Can be a rip-off but i know the guys there and they always do me good deals. Like, its €129 for a SD '59 there (rip-off). They did all of the wiring/setup for €150 incl pickup. Not that bad I suppose since a lot of components/pots needed replacing and the wiring was complete sh1t.

jcoote

thats fair enough kinda cancels out the over charging on the pickup itself.... if i can't shift the ibanez might upgrade the pickups..let us know how u getn with them...when u gettin it back

feylya

I was never the biggest fan of SG's tbh, but this one is crying out to me to be fixed. Needs a new truss rod, something I believe I can do.

david

Tomorrow hopefully, I was supposed to collect it today but i had to work on short notice. I really do recommend Seymour Duncans though. I have another one (duncan custom) in my RG and its really really sweet. A lot tighter sound than the custom custom i got in the SG. But still, theyre both highe quality pickups. I really wanna try out a JB if i can find a guitar in some shop with one in the bridge.

david

feylya wrote:

I was never the biggest fan of SG's tbh, but this one is crying out to me to be fixed. Needs a new truss rod, something I believe I can do.

Ugh, them Epi G400's arent that nice. Cheap construction, crap pickups and the small vintage scratchplate looks horrible IMO.

jcoote

yeah the jb is something i've been looking into..was thinking about getting a hot rails or quarter pound set for the tele but i wanna get a strat instead of that so i dunno...i don't like epi sg fey i have to say really don't like em...u just wanna replace a truss rod thats all...crazy man

feylya

Aye but it's dirt dirt cheap. Hmmm, wonder do Harley Benton do them...

jcoote

they sure do

feylya

But they're all bolt ons. No no no, no more bolt ons for me. Wouldn't mind an Epiphone Ebony Custom though.

jcoote

nah not for 100 euro (through neck that is)... ebony custom sg or lp???

feylya

Set neck for €166

Ebony Les Paul. Damn nice guitars I think. Was gonna get one but I got the Ibanez instead. Although, $370

jcoote

thats nice innit the set neck think companies put more effort into the les paul and strat copies than any other copy models they do tho... i like the black beauty epi lp thats gorgeous..of course the real thing or this one would be sweeter

feylya

Don't like the Bigsby on the first one but the Black Beauty is nice. Couldn't justify that much on a guitar though.

$240 however...

jcoote

yeah thats true way too much money you'd want to wipin your arse with fivers to justify gettin that...i like the bigsby i must say...the origianl black beauty is the nicest ...cracker that and the alpine white one are my 2 favourite gibsons... thats a serious guitar for 240 but i really cant stand sunbursts they just horrible man

feylya

Amber then! Honestly, for $240, you can't really go wrong. Mr_Angry has one, an Al2800. Must inspect it properly one of these days.

jcoote

yeah u can't say anything bad about that can u really mohogany is one of the best sounding woods i've played myself really nice ..my sg was that...thats a great gitar good find man

feylya

Aye. Karl Hungus will crap himself when he see this most likely.

I think the next guitar in my collection will be a single cut. Shame the Tremonti SE is gone. Might think about getting my strat back into strat shape, put a fixed bridge on it, new single coils, respray it candy apple red. Of course, it's only a cheap Epiphone strat

jcoote

i had a tremonti in one hand and my edr in the other...i'm regretting it for sure...prs don't make any other guitars i would want under a grand... that sounds good what you'd do with the strat but its a sin to have a fixed bridge on a strat imo... candy apple red with the mustang racing stripes on it in white would be nice

feylya

Na, I wouldn't use the trem on a strat. I rarely use the floyd on my LTD and I don't miss a trem on the Ibanez. I reckon a nice rear routed Strat, with white EMG single coils or maybe some Fralins, silver hardware, maple fret board, maple neck... Mmmm.

This is nice though

jcoote

no i love trem but i would have to have a guitar without it also like a tele

yeah maple neck and fingerboard but with a white finish and for some reason gold hardware...

fralin high outputs(10db) or sd quarter pound flats

thats a great site some savage gear on that never heard of it before

feylya

Yup. Must try and right down all these handy websites and post them in the sticky. Should edit the broken links too, now I'm a mod.

Ah, so much gear I'd love to buy if I'd the money. I'd love to buy a load of HB gear to see just how bad it is. My 7 string ain't great anyway...

jcoote

played a bass of theirs...bout the same as an encore bass if you've ever played on.... yeah i'd get that jc120 off thomann and sz720 too

feylya

Don't think I'd get the SZ720. I prefer the SZ520s look and inlays. Maybe some new pickups but it doesn't really need them.

Of course, I'd get a good rack set up...if I won the lotto :rolleyes:

jcoote

oh of course and a powerball...or if u did win the lotto a herbert or that 6 channel h&k

feylya

If I won the lotto, I'd have a house ot live in and a house that's a studio. Oh yes! Hmm, must do the lotto

jcoote

that goes without sayin... a 100,000 quid rack thats ready to go at 4 in the mornin ****ing sweet.... back on planet earth i bought a crybaby and a ge-7 off punchdrunk...must give u a listen to the ds-1 wih the ge-7 eqing its ass...he stuck a hot potz II into the crybaby too..happy days

feylya

I had the DS-1 running through a Dan Electro Fish and Chips I bought from Fitz a good while back. Sounded lovely. Crunchy as hell.

jcoote

yeah thats the hope for the ge-7..i used to have a ge-7 after a metal zone and hole **** it was stunning...really powerful... don't know why people don't like that pedal

feylya

For the simple reason that people can't set up their equipment properly. You could hand someone a Powerball stack and a Gibson LP Custom and they couldn't get a decent tone. You could give someone else a plywood strat and a Microcube and they'd have an incredible tone from it.

jcoote

yeah thats it i dunno why is that...like what stops people from gttin a good tone

feylya

Bad ears.

jcoote

or bad taste in music...listen to the tones similar to what u wanna achieve and get gear thats gonna do that for ya ..thats how i do it anyway...like i got a metal zone that time cos i wanted a power rock sound..easy really

feylya

But doing that, people will go "Oooh, I want to sound like Slayer" and scoop all their mids out. They leave the bedroom and go play in a band situation, they get buried in the mix. Maybe it's just ignorance and not knowing that causes bad tone...

jcoote

yeah thats true i suppose its mad different in the bedroom and with the band ...really crazy stuff.... i think people just don't put effort into learning about stuff and it makes them accept whatever sound they get from a guitar and amp

feylya

Squire into a Marshall practice amp. Play Teen Spirits. "OMG, I CAN PLAT TEH GEETOR!!!11!!!!"

jcoote

around the dublin shops it come as you are..its like lads just go in to show their mates they can play that riff crazy ****ers....went into one one day and a bloke was trying out a lp and he played all of freebird on it..deadly stuff