Instruments Forum Off-Topic Discussion

Ravelleman

Mine cost €99.

Most of the clones on adverts are almost the same price as the real thing. It boggles the mind.

Squidgy Black

Quick demo of the Mooer Shimverb, I was just messing around with a chord progression on the jazzmaster. It's nothing fancy, just the J Mascis Jazzmaster>EHX Memory Boy>Mooer Shimverb>VHT Special 6 running through a Harley Benton v30 2x12.

http://soundcloud.com/iamtyrrell/shimverb-and-memory-boy

Ravelleman

Still recommending the VHT Special, stetyrrell? A friend of mine is looking for a practice amp and I said he should consider getting one.

zafo

Seen a pic on twitter of Dylan Carson unwrapping his new VHT Special 6. I'll be sticking with my Harley Benton Valve Jnr but I do really like those Special 6s. Have you tried bass into one at all?

Squidgy Black

Ravelleman wrote: »

Still recommending the VHT Special, stetyrrell? A friend of mine is looking for a practice amp and I said he should consider getting one.

Yeah I'm still 100% standing behind it as the best fender champ clone I've played. It desperately needs a tube swap from stock though, I have an EHX 6v6 in the at the moment and a 12au7 to bring down the volume for at home and clean headroom for pedals, it's amazing. 12ax7 gives it more gain and volume.

johnROSS

anyone have any experience with this baby? http://www.thomann.de/ie/jet_city_amplification_112rc.htm looks cool, anyway!

Squidgy Black

johnROSS wrote: »

anyone have any experience with this baby? http://www.thomann.de/ie/jet_city_amplification_112rc.htm looks cool, anyway!

I had one, they were alright, wasn't my kind of thing, found it to be very... grainy I suppose, and loose, if you know what I mean.

groovie

stetyrrell wrote: »

There's a guy selling clones of the Timmy on adverts, but at 100 quid they're not much cheaper than the real thing if you manage to get your hands on one.

That's Pyr0man isn't it? I have a pedal that he made for me, first class operator so he is.

I already have a Timmy (and a Tim), if not I would have gone for it. The Surf Green may be a reference to a limited edition Timmy that was made in the states, I think there was only 100 of them?

groovie

johnROSS wrote: »

anyone have any experience with this baby? http://www.thomann.de/ie/jet_city_amplification_112rc.htm looks cool, anyway!

I don't know about that but there's a Bugera V22 for sale in Limerick in Castleconnel, the ad is here. Worth checking out, Mick is very approachable.

http://www.adverts.ie/guitar-amps/new-bugera-v22-combo/2367864

Ravelleman

groovie wrote: »

That's Pyr0man isn't it? I have a pedal that he made for me, first class operator so he is.

I already have a Timmy (and a Tim), if not I would have gone for it. The Surf Green may be a reference to a limited edition Timmy that was made in the states, I think there was only 100 of them?

I don't for a minute doubt that his pedals are good but when I just got the real thing for €99, €100 for a clone is just too much.

Incidentally, my Timmy arrived today and it is absolutely fantastic.

Squidgy Black

groovie wrote: »

That's Pyr0man isn't it? I have a pedal that he made for me, first class operator so he is.

I already have a Timmy (and a Tim), if not I would have gone for it. The Surf Green may be a reference to a limited edition Timmy that was made in the states, I think there was only 100 of them?

I've no doubt his pedals are great and all, but it's the same price as the real thing. The whole point of a clone tends to be that it's a cheaper, more available version of the real thing, not a copy that he's charging the same price for. The surf green was only a limited paint job issued by Paul Cochran, no changes to the actual pedal.

groovie

The pedal that he made for me was a TODD, which is a spec published on runoffgroove in the states.
It's not a pedal in production as far as I can tell.

I suppose my first impression of clones is that they are for pedals no longer in production. Which isn't the case with the Timmy.

You did very well getting the Timmy for 99€, that's a great score.

zafo

groovie wrote: »

That's Pyr0man isn't it? I have a pedal that he made for me, first class operator so he is.

I already have a Timmy (and a Tim), if not I would have gone for it. The Surf Green may be a reference to a limited edition Timmy that was made in the states, I think there was only 100 of them?

Not sure about the surf green but the ones after that batch use a different taper for the treble pot.

Squidgy Black

Anybody know of some cheap but cheerful humbuckers to replace the neck pickup in a blacktop jaguar? Stock pickup's as muddy as a bog.

wild turkey

Gfs, Tonerider, Dragonfire, Rose pickups, Irongear, Wilde Bill
Take your pick
or a used dimarzio on adverts

Never liked the GFS set i got seemed really cheaply built.
Rose are handwound in the states, got a fat 50 set for my strat & are very nice, cost about €65 for the set
Toneriders in my other strat are gorgeous
Wilde pickups ( Bill Lawrence ) are very reasonable also handwound as well
got a replacement set for my tele for about €60

I know your after humbuckers but it should be a good basis to get you going

roast

2 Guitars to re-wire, one bass to re-wire, and set-ups on all of them. Gonna be a fun weekend. :pac:

Squidgy Black

The new Fender Pawn Shop Bass VIs look pretty awesome, 30" scale, the normal single coils in the neck and middle, and a jazzmaster style humbucker in the bridge. Jazzmaster tremolo also.

Squidgy Black

Got a message at 2 o'clock saying that my powerplant was out for delivery, so I clocked off early and legged it home. No delivery, and the AnPost website states it as being 'in the depot'. Got the number of the depot and they say it's not there so I can't even collect it. So it'll be Monday now until I get it. Great.

Lightbulb Sun

Is it just me or could this forum easily be called the guitar gear forum?

Not suggesting a name change :P, it just seems like it's 95% discussion about guitars and bass guitars.

darrenw5094

Lightbulb Sun wrote: »

Is it just me or could this forum easily be called the guitar gear forum?

Not suggesting a name change :P, it just seems like it's 95% discussion about guitars and bass guitars.

Could almost have a guitar/bass forum itself, but then the instruments forum would be dead.

Anyone notice the price of US Strats on Thomann, €1349

Jaysus..........

Lightbulb Sun

darrenw5094 wrote: »

Could almost have a guitar/bass forum itself, but then the instruments forum would be dead.

Anyone notice the price of US Strats on Thomann, €1349

Jaysus..........

Have a look at the musicmaker sale list and see if theres one on the list, could be lucky.

Some insane deals on the list has to be said. I'd say the q's will be big enough though.

Squidgy Black

Lightbulb Sun wrote: »

Is it just me or could this forum easily be called the guitar gear forum?

Not suggesting a name change :P, it just seems like it's 95% discussion about guitars and bass guitars.

The instruments forum as it is tends to be dead most of the time, splitting it up intp subcategories for different instruments would makenit a ghost town for the most part.

Ravelleman

darrenw5094 wrote: »

Could almost have a guitar/bass forum itself, but then the instruments forum would be dead.

Anyone notice the price of US Strats on Thomann, €1349

Jaysus..........

I agree. I don't think it would be a good idea. There's plenty of space for all types of instruments. I don't think classical instruments are being discouraged by all the guitarists - guitars and basses are just more popular it seems.

Any change spec change is always just cover for a significant price increase. I wonder if the new pickups are actually made in the Custom Shop. The pickups which are on the Classic Players guitars are not, although most people infer that they are from the name. Different price point and all but the question remains. Or maybe they bought a new pickup winder. Regardless, it seems arbitrary as they are just as mass produced as the previous pickups were.

wild turkey

Great little free online magazine with some good interviews & reviews.
You can also get all the previous issues.

http://licklibrary.ceros.com/iguitarmag/issue15/page/1

noby

wild turkey wrote: »

Great little free online magazine with some good interviews & reviews.
You can also get all the previous issues.

http://licklibrary.ceros.com/iguitarmag/issue15/page/1

Warning: This is one of those annoying websites that plays sound when you click on it.

wild turkey

noby wrote: »

Warning: This is one of those annoying websites that plays sound when you click on it.

If you went past the 1st page you'd realize its not !

noby

I'll have a proper look later. It's just websites that hit you with sound straight off is a particular bugbear of mine.

zafo

wild turkey wrote: »

If you went past the 1st page you'd realize its not !

Eh it does play music when you click on it, can't really argue that point, but more importantly have a look at all those unplugged cabs on page 44.

wild turkey

I suppose a wall of unplugged Marshall's does make your presence felt a bit more, even if you are The Rev G.

zafo

Have you seen his Rig rundown? His tech Elwood is great.