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Hey Phil,
I'm not a pro just a guitaraholic who loves guitars, and music. I would no take anything to India because I can't afford to go. If I wanted a Les Paul style copy guitar I would buy a Michael Kelly Patriot series guitar (MIK- made in Korea) they ary well made and play extreamly well for the money $399.00 to $499.00 american. Whti that said if you want a Les Paul replica, buy a les paul or have David Myka (www.myka guitars) or David Thomas McNaught (www.McNaughtguitars.com) you will get a guitar much better than a les paul in a les paul type configuration.
Bootlegger.
Keyser's capo it has a spring type clip you squeeze it and place it on you neck & done.
Bootlegger.
The quality of the first Tokai's and The Ibanez flying "V" and Explorers were as good if not better than the original Gibsons. With that said at the time Gibson stuff was coming out sub par and they were losing money. They sued the to companies above because they copies were to much like the originals at a fraction of the cost.
Bootlegger.
Buy Melvin Hiscock's book "make your own electric guitar" and read it first it is considered the guitar makers bible. It's a lot of work but if you have time, patience and the tools it can be done. You have to weigh out the cost of materials versus and aready built guitar that you can hot rod cheaper than your build. Also you will get personal satisfaction on building your own but you will never be able to sell it or trade it for what it cost to make. As mentioned you can buy a guitar kit and assemble it, you will get the basic fundamentals of how a guitar is made. The book goes for about $29.00 american less shipping & handling. I had my mind set on a Michael Kelly Valor X guitar, I had the money but then I found a beautiful Flamed top Black Korina strat body and bought it to day for my next build. The body alone cost $416.00 american. It is an expensive hobby but when I'm done that will be my show case guitar of what type of work that I do and hopefully get me some new business.
Let me know if I could be any help.
Bootlegger.
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Johnny Lang
Kenny Wayne Sheppard
Albert & Freddy King
Jimmy Reed
gitaardocphil wrote:More and more you find guitars like BC RICH profiled as "THE HEAVY METAL" guitar.
I know these brands, but I am not familiar with those guitars. See also the IBANEZ line, like SATRIANI has.
Is this a 100% heavy metal guitar, what pickups do they use, and can you play nice sounding ballads or blues? or are the pickups made in that way that you will only have a screaming sound ?
The 80's hair bands started using B.C.Rich's because they were made very well. Bernie Rico Jr had his shop in S.El Monte, Calif. about 15 minutes from my house. His son Joey I believe is still building custom type guitars out of Hesperia Calif. (the high desert). Bernie had some hot neon colors and since hair bands were all about flash the used alot of B.C.Rich's. Neil Moser designed alot of the B.C.Rich stuff. Alot of people mostly guitarplayers use to assemble the B.C.Rich guitars. Jimmy Brown from Deliverence use to work there, a guy I know name Gary use to paint their He had a rad double neck with speed racer airbrushed on it and one with felix the cat. B.C Rich went and sold to the Japanese and the line basically went to crap for a while. They are now owned by the same company that owns Rockfield pickups, Michael Kelly guitars and I believe Ovation also.
Bootlegger.
khazm wrote:i have a fender standard telecaster in this weird shade of bluish/purple and i would like to add in a humbucker pickup, but at the same time keep the neck pickup in there also. would i be able to stick a humbucker in between the neck and bridge pickups?
Khazm,
You can go both routes, add a humbucker in the middle of your existing neck & bridge pickups but it is to much work and cost to much. I would go with a hot rail type bridge pickup what they are is a single coil shaped humbucker pickup. Get a push/pull volume pot and keep your 3 position blade type selector switch. The pick up is made to fit in the existing bridge pickup cavaity. The push/pull pot will allow you when wired properly to the bridge pick up to split the coil or in plain english play 1/2 of your humbucker to keeping that tele type twang. When you feel the need to get heavy you play the humbucker balls out. Check out www.guitarfetish.com and look for tele pickups you'll see what I'm talking about.
Good luck.
Bootlegger.
BOOT: do you organise workshops to fabricate your own guitar?
Yes & no, I do all my work with hand tools and small shop power tools. I also buy bodies & necks that are already made and assemble them. As you know I am a hobby builder so I do repairs to fund my hobby.
Bootlegger.
There are all kinds of schools here in America that you can attend just search the web for guitar making classes.
Bootlegger.
You might try lighter fluid but just try a small bit on the guitars neck heal to see if it will not eat your finish. Also maybe bug & tar remover made to remove gum and that type of stuff.
Bootlegger.
Possibly www.gruhnguitars.com but you will pay the price.
Bootlegger.
I Know a little -Lynyrd Skynyrd most of the time
Couldn't stand the weather- SRV all the other. I'm just gettin' ready for the storm.
Bootlegger.
Go with a distortion & chorus pedal along with your wah. My choce of poison is the Boss effects they are sturdly built.
Bootlegger.
patrickjacques wrote:I Just bought a Vox 30 watts with 2-12 inch speakers. It sounded great at the guitar shop. I am still not totally familiar with it. Any one out there have this amp and any tips on its use as far as settings
First of all P.J. how do you like the Vox. I have been checking the valvetronix series out but have yet to play one. All the info I got on the Vox site shows me a 30 watt with single speaker, what model is yours?
Bootlegger.
You just can't see him be cause he is paranormal and has not been proven yet. On the serious side leave him be.
Bootlegger.
Songs, not in any order.
The Rover.
Achillies last stand.
The Lemon song.
Bootlegger.
The definition of christian is a follower of "Christ". With that said being a true follower of "Christ' is not about religion as much as relationship with "Christ.
Bootlegger.
Bo diddley wrote:I have a 'crafter' electro acoustic, It was second hand when I bought it a few of months ago, but looked in good knick apart from a little ding in the side that hardly notices which the shop knocked off £50 for. I ended up paying £349 for it. I noticed when I got it home the'B' And 'E' strings were a bit rusty so i replaced them. I played it for about 4 hours a day, and have changed the strings again. But sinse I've had it, I've noticed a buzz on the strings especially when the capo is used on the first fret, not so much on the second.
It's not the way I play because I also have a 'faith' acoustic that I bought new that doesn't do this. It does seem to get slightly better as the strings age, and dull, but it by know means disappears completely. I did get an engineer that the shop employs to lower the bridge, as it was set a bit high in the factory, but this hasn't made much difference. If I really put my fret fingers down hard, it does stop it somewhat, but even with well calloused fingers, they get sore after a while. this surely cannot be right? Could it be worn frets? if so, how can I tell by looking at it, as I'm not that experienced in the mechanics of a guitar.
Bo "d",
It sounds like you may be using strings in too light of a guage which would cause string buzz. It definatley is not a worn fret if anything your fret may not be set right and it is high, your guitar neck needs to be adjusted or the guitar nut has to be replaced because the string notches are worn down or were filed down to deep.
Good luck.
Bootlegger.
Seen him during the Damn the torpedoes album a long time ago. At the time you would not believe all the woman at that concert, definatley a chick magnet concert (no offense to the ladies of chordie when I use the reference of chick). I don't think it would be the same now.
Bootlegger.
Stevie Ray Vaughn playing with Albert King.
Bootlegger.
jaygordon75 wrote:Have you checked out some the stick on pick-ups from Barcus Berry, McIntyre, and Fishman? McIntyre makes an acoustic feather that sticks inside the guitar and is hardwired to a jack that replaces the rear strap button. They also make pick-ups that will stick to the outside of the guitar and have a jack that is stuck or taped in place. A pre-amp can be added inline without having to cut into your guitar...I'm fixing to have a McIntyre installed in a mandolin and really cautious about drilling holes, etc. in it...
B-Band does the same as far as the saddle, under the saddle pickups and end pin preamp. If anything they (the luithier) would add a wood shim (so the saddle pick up don't move, shim is removable) under your bridge. You can control your volume through your amp or a clip on eq like the one L.R. Baggs offers.
Bootlegger.
last_rebel wrote:ok heres the story:
ive been playing for a while, first on a junky old pawn shop guitar i bought from my cousin and these days mostly on my dad's epiphone acoustic (and my strat but thats beside the point). Now my brother's wanting to play so we're planning on buying a couple of acoustics so my dad can have his back. TO get the money we're selling a couple of other instruments but we're pretty sure we'll have around 300-400$ a piece to spend....
So the discussion is, whats the best acoustic guitar for that price? We don't neccisarily have to have the same one since he's just started and i kind of know my way around more.
The epiphone my dad has is awesome but then its thirty years old and most of the ones ive seen dont seem as high quality as they used to be (or am i wrong?)
Your correct in saying that the new Epi's arn't as high a quality of your dads 30 yr old. If you are going to buy two guitars go and play afew at different store with your brother so you you both see what you like. If the sales person is cool and is seasoned (older and knows guitars not a newbie that thinks it's cool to work in a music store) he will cut you a deal for both guitars.
Good luck.
Bootlegger.
Roger Guppy wrote:Upon opening a new pack of D'Addario strings I saw an advert for 'The Ultimate Cutting Tuner' the web site link is:
http://www.planet-waves.com/ptoolsdetails.aspx?ID=5
The design seems great to me and I am considering changing to them. I am intersted if anyone has has any experience or comments on them please.
Thank you,
Roger
Roger,
I looked them up on the website link and they (the tuners) run about $60.00 american. I can buy a set of quaility dike's (diagonal cutters in U.S.A.) for around $8.00 american and use them on all my guitars to trim strings. The other $52.00 is a plus in my pocket. Just my way of thinking.
Bootlegger.
gitaardocphil wrote:YOU ARE 200% CORRECT: BOOTLEGER is the undisputable emperor concerning, not only guitars, but every single subject doesn't keep him away to know, to look, and more to give a decent answer.
I know a lot, but I can just reach his ankles about the rest.
HEY BOOT, have a nice day.
Everyone's opinion is valued. I just express mine on what has worked for me. I have to be budget minded when I build a guitar or hot rod one because I have limited finances to do such. That's why I do repairs to fund my building hobby.
Bootlegger.
Well Phil, it all boils down to economics. you can sell it as is and let someone else worry about finding the original year pickups on ebay or you could stress to find originals. You will not get top dollar for it but I bet someone will give you atlease 85 to 90 percent of the value. It all depends on on you, how do you feel? All or nothing? it's up to you to decide.
Bootlegger.
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