What guitar gear have you bought/are you buying/will you buy?
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 11001 posts since 15 Apr, 2019 from Nowhere
Even after ordering the pedal I linked to above I’m thinking of getting their Mk. I Tone Bender clone as it sounds so good.
...and I said I only needed the one pedal from them...
...and I said I only needed the one pedal from them...
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- KVRAF
- 1858 posts since 26 Nov, 2018
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- KVRer
- 12 posts since 7 Jun, 2019
Bought a Duo-Sonic HS on sale at adorama couple weeks ago. It's got a cheap feel, very easy to bend the neck, I'll probably snap it some day. Makes for fun playing though, maybe a bit my bloody valentine. Had to redo wiring on the switch and will probably replace the tuners eventually, the saddles too but I kind of like where the sustain is at. I really like the sound, the humbucker split is well done, and the sound extends to places my start won't go. All in all a good $280 with minimal work.
- Rad Grandad
- 38044 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
I think I'm gonna keep my eyes open for a crap little practice amp like come in starter packs...next time I see one online for under 30 bux (which I do often in the fb marketplace here) I'm gonna grab it. I'm gonna bring the hello kitty guitar to work sometimes for the kids to "earn"...they get earn time and what they can do depends on their behavior...we have an acoustic that another staff member brings (a 5 dollar yardsale special)
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 11001 posts since 15 Apr, 2019 from Nowhere
Dammit! I wish I lived nearer to you and I would give you one of mine. I have a couple of small amps that I never use!Hink wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:50 am I think I'm gonna keep my eyes open for a crap little practice amp like come in starter packs...next time I see one online for under 30 bux (which I do often in the fb marketplace here) I'm gonna grab it. I'm gonna bring the hello kitty guitar to work sometimes for the kids to "earn"...they get earn time and what they can do depends on their behavior...we have an acoustic that another staff member brings (a 5 dollar yardsale special)
- KVRAF
- 6049 posts since 16 Aug, 2017 from UK
Nice to hear, first time I've come across that model.mxjohn wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2019 7:30 pm Bought a Duo-Sonic HS on sale at adorama couple weeks ago. It's got a cheap feel, very easy to bend the neck, I'll probably snap it some day. Makes for fun playing though, maybe a bit my bloody valentine. Had to redo wiring on the switch and will probably replace the tuners eventually, the saddles too but I kind of like where the sustain is at. I really like the sound, the humbucker split is well done, and the sound extends to places my start won't go. All in all a good $280 with minimal work.
Regarding the coil split, I wonder if it's a partial split like some PRS guitars, these have a resistor between ground.
Values can vary, installing a trimpot to test/use could be an option, others have mentioned using a resistor the 3rd of the pickup's output as a starting point.
https://www.fralinpickups.com/2018/10/1 ... itars-101/
- KVRAF
- 10768 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Somewhere near the Morgul Vale.
This is somewhere between The Netherlands and Germany, making its way here:
https://www.tfoa.eu/en/eastman-eastman- ... mahog.html
https://www.tfoa.eu/en/eastman-eastman- ... mahog.html
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- Rad Grandad
- 38044 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
do you have any seagull guitars?
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
- KVRAF
- 10768 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Somewhere near the Morgul Vale.
You've seen my collection, no.
I did. Two Seagulls, Gertrude and Heathcliff. Couldn't stand the headstock after a while, the S12 smelled like freshly sawn timber, not in a good way. The other, Heathcliff, I sold because it just sounded tinny to my ears. My fave guitars from Godin were Normans.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
-Martin Luther King Jr.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
- Rad Grandad
- 38044 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
I'm sorry I can barely remember my own guitars, memorizing other's would short circuit something...I'd probably spend a month searching my house for one of your guitarsBombadil wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2019 3:34 pmYou've seen my collection, no.
I did. Two Seagulls, Gertrude and Heathcliff. Couldn't stand the headstock after a while, the S12 smelled like freshly sawn timber, not in a good way. The other, Heathcliff, I sold because it just sounded tinny to my ears. My fave guitars from Godin were Normans.
I sold Seagulls at two different stores, I know what you mean about the smell but that's the cedar. When I was at ft hood in Texas cedars were everywhere, the medic actually explained to me after complaining about headaches when we were in the field that cedar messes with some people's sinuses, I know I cant stand a cedar closet.
I think some of the seagulls sounded great and I liked the necks a lot, in this area at that time it was by far the best value for a new solid top imo, especially with the exchange rate then between canada and the u.s. I could make more money selling seagulls then martin or taylors, the latter were awesome for getting my sales total up to make my draw but the PM on the seagulls was fantastic (once I made my draw commission % was based on PM, do you want fries with that).
You're far more of an acoustic player than I am so it's more critical to you, my acoustic will likely get far more lost in a mix. I am hoping to stumble on a Daion acoustic used in a pawn shop or in classifieds because very few people really knows what they are, but I wouldn't be surprised if one day I pick up a seagull, without electronics.
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- addled muppet weed
- 106511 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
- Rad Grandad
- 38044 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
and Christian Frederick Martin is dead...what's your point?
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- addled muppet weed
- 106511 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
- Rad Grandad
- 38044 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
the founder of martin guitars and who martin guitars are named for
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.