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multree · Post by **multree** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:46 pm

my next guitar will have to wait since I just recently bought a Taranaki P-Type in Tobacco Sunburst.
lovely guitar with three p-90 pups.

And seeing your guitar pedal discussions my five favorite pedals right now are:

OKKO Diablo, OKKO TwinSonic, IBANEZ TS808HW, OKKO CocaComp, MADPROF Snow White Auto Wah - if I had to choose one of the dirt pedals I'd choose the handwired Tube Screamer... it's simply an awesome pedal... although the Diablo is more versatile (ask me again next week and I'll say something different though)

aradaz · Post by **aradaz** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:55 pm

Hopefully...

REI-TELECASTER TYPE02

http://www.fender.jp/evangelion/spec.html

Dean Aka Nekro · Post by **Dean Aka Nekro** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:25 pm

@ aradaz there is always hope

and to all other lifer's looking for the unholy grail
of tone to a point where you think 'im never gonna buy
anything again, i am 100% happy, it can not get any better
than this!' remember this one below as it always helps me
when i got to have something regardless of the fact i may
or may not really need it:

Death Is The Satisfaction Of Desire

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:54 pm

guitarzan wrote:Have you tried the Blonde and Liverpool character pedals, etc?

The Blonde and Liverpool are actually fairly similar in that they both excel at low gain tones. I'd recommend the Liverpool first, particularly since you can run it through your MTI to make it more Fender-y. All that said, if you also intend to use these pedals live, you might want to try the newer Character pedals first since they can bypass the speaker emulation.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:57 pm

Ian B wrote:What's the betting it's soulless and plays awfully tho'?

You know, I wouldn't at all doubt it. If money were no object, I'd take a good PRS over it.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:05 pm

multree wrote:if I had to choose one of the dirt pedals I'd choose the handwired Tube Screamer

Yeah, that's definitely the best pedal Ibanez has made in a long time. It's excellent. You might want to try out the Home Brew Electronics Power Screamer, it's right on the same level but with a different vibe.

Ian B · Post by **Ian B** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:15 am

Uncle E wrote:
Ian B wrote:What's the betting it's soulless and plays awfully tho'?
You know, I wouldn't at all doubt it. If money were no object, I'd take a good PRS over it.

Being that age and in that condition means it's had little or no playing, and any buyer is unlikely to play it for fear of dings and scratches ruining their investment. The market for guitars like that must be very, very limited. I just don't understand the mentality in buying then not regularly playing any guitar as it takes time and use for one to develop it's own character.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:29 am

See, I'd have to play it. I can't think in terms of "the collector". But chances are it's going to need a good setup and all and I wouldn't have a clue.

Right now, 325 grand would go into some house repairs and a new car

Ian B · Post by **Ian B** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:06 am

hibidy wrote:See, I'd have to play it. I can't think in terms of "the collector". But chances are it's going to need a good setup and all and I wouldn't have a clue.

Right now, 325 grand would go into some house repairs and a new car

Exactly, spending that amount on a guitar is fantasy land to me, but I'd have to play it. As for a setup, as good as my tech is, I don't think I'd trust him with a guitar of that value

xtp · Post by **xtp** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:44 pm

Ian B wrote:My next guitar............will not be this one http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1960-GIBSON ... 2a089948c9

What exactly makes that LP worth that amount of money.

Thats crazy. Its not even a 50's gold top, just a standard sunburst with scumbuckers.

guitarzan · Post by **guitarzan** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:02 pm

Uncle E wrote:
guitarzan wrote:Have you tried the Blonde and Liverpool character pedals, etc?
The Blonde and Liverpool are actually fairly similar in that they both excel at low gain tones. I'd recommend the Liverpool first, particularly since you can run it through your MTI to make it more Fender-y. All that said, if you also intend to use these pedals live, you might want to try the newer Character pedals first since they can bypass the speaker emulation.

It would be nice to bypass the speaker emulation even for DI since the signal would pass through the Tubes pedal after the character pedal and then get the cab IR treatment in the computer...hmmm...maybe that Leeds pedal? Actually, I keep going back and forth ... I might just go with my vintage Thomas Organ stereo fuzz wah into the Tubes pedal into the computer. The germanium fuzz is all kinds of touchy-feely and guitar volume sensitive, it's compact and simple - plus I have a backup. Maybe "simple but extremely touch responsive" is what I'm really after over super diversity. I still want to check out the character pedals soon, though.

NEKRO.MACHINE wrote:
guitarzan wrote:
Uncle E wrote:
How about soft clipping blackface-like OD?
I haven't found anything good for that yet but that Les Lius might be cool. tbh, I always dial that sound out of my amps so I'm never looking for a pedal to do it.
Yeah, me too - I've just been thinking of going with all pedals into the computer and then using VSTs for compression, speaker IRs, and ambiance.
Its a good route to go IMHO guitarzan, it works well not just with pedals acting as pre-amps but also if any of your amp heads and/or combos have an FX Loop man or in some cases a dedicated pre-amp output...

Yeah...I started with all hardware for DI and then began transitioning to software only over the last ten years...but the hybrid approach (hardware pedals, pre-amp/attenuated amp into software cab/room sim) has seemed like the best solution to me for most of the last five years and I just want to stop experimenting and settle down for a while. Really, I think I could probably be happy with just Vandal - but I like the unique character that analog gear can add.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:48 am

guitarzan wrote:Maybe "simple but extremely touch responsive" is what I'm really after over super diversity. I still want to check out the character pedals soon, though.

As much as I love the sound of the British pedal, it's the least touch responsive of the Character pedals. The Leeds is the only one I haven't tried yet but I'll let you know when I finally do.

Ian B · Post by **Ian B** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:36 am

xtp wrote:
Ian B wrote:My next guitar............will not be this one http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1960-GIBSON ... 2a089948c9
What exactly makes that LP worth that amount of money.

Thats crazy. Its not even a 50's gold top, just a standard sunburst with scumbuckers.

The only thing crazy about it is there might just be someone crazy enough to pay that much.

aeonsound · Post by **aeonsound** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:49 pm

i'd love to get a fretless bass for big fatass dub slides

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:20 pm

I knew I shoulda kept my 59 LP.

Les Pauls of that era are not considered musical instruments although you can play them. They are considered investment collectables. They have only increased in value over the years. If you had made a purchase investment in the instrument at it's price in lets say...1995 and you sold it today you would have gained more then investing with the same amount of money in Microsoft stocks and tried to sell them today.

Back in the late 70's and early 80's I would frequent local guitar shows. Japanese investors would set up booths and anyone with a high quality early Les Paul or Broadcaster could get twice to three times the amount for there instrument selling to these investor types. They would take it back to Tokyo and lock it in a vault for 20 to 30 years and use the investment as a tax shelter.

Your next guitar?