I only spent £67 on a brand new Peavey Vypyr 15 and I LOVE it... BARGAIN!
(http://www.pmtonline.co.uk/media/vypyr15.jpg)
Oh and these....
(http://www.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/a4/9/AAAAAq9CS30AAAAAAKSSrA.jpg)
Man, that's a nice looking guitar, would love myself some goldtop action one day!
Les Pauls are easily the best guitar style :D
Les Pauls are easily the best guitar style :D
:o
Wrong, it's Teles!
Les Pauls are easily the best guitar style :D
:o
Wrong, it's Teles!
+1. I think I'd prefer creme soapbar p90s though.
Les Pauls are easily the best guitar style :D
:o
Wrong, it's Teles!
Les Pauls are easily the best guitar style :D
:o
Wrong, it's Teles!
Simple thread this. One item, and ONE ITEM ONLY to be posted. It has to have been purchased between 01 January 2009 and now, and guitar related. Guitar, amp, pedal, speaker, cable etc are all OK.
What is the single best piece of gear you've bought this year?
For me, it has to be this. Humbucker equipped guitars cannot get any better, so I've given up looking for them:
(http://www.doppelganger-rock.com/Twinfan/PRSi/Eagle.JPG)
What about you guys?
+1. I think I'd prefer creme soapbar p90s though.
2nd'd
How versatile is your modern eagle, Dave? I guess it totally fits your bill or else you probably would be looking for another humbucker equiped guitar, right? I would personally love a guitar that could cover anything from jazz to metal, but if such a guitar exist it's not in my posession (at least not yet). So for now I'll have to stick to different guitars. So all in all my question is: Can your Modern Eagle do alot of different styles or does it "just" (no offence) do the things you like overly well?
How versatile is your modern eagle, Dave? I guess it totally fits your bill or else you probably would be looking for another humbucker equiped guitar, right? I would personally love a guitar that could cover anything from jazz to metal, but if such a guitar exist it's not in my posession (at least not yet). So for now I'll have to stick to different guitars. So all in all my question is: Can your Modern Eagle do alot of different styles or does it "just" (no offence) do the things you like overly well?
That's an interesting question!
I think it covers everything very well. I've gigged it, and used the following tones:
1) Clean amp, coil split bridge pickup, chorus and delay - pseudo 12-string for Wanted Dead Or Alive by Bon Jovi
2) Clean amp, overdrive pedal, neck humbucker - rock rhythm for Wishing Well by Free
3) Crunchy amp, both pickups with coil split - funky rhythm for Crazy Bitch by Buckcherry
4) Dirty amp, neck humbucker - lead parts on Castles In The Sand by Thunder
5) Very dirty amp, bridge humbucker, chorus, delay and overdrive pedals - lead parts on Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne
Quite a range there from one guitar, and in my opinion they all sound superb. The split tones are compromised a little, as all splits are compared to a true single coil, but they're very useable. The pickups are stock and are a little hotter than an average PAF, more of a modern PAF sound if you will. The guitar is very slick to play, so you can go for shred metal with sweeps if you need to. I don't!
For clean stuff I would prefer to use my CS Tele, and for vintage LP tones I would use my McCarty Korina with PAF-style pickups, but as an all-rounder-do-anything the Modern Eagle is what I would use. It's also my favourite guitar as its soooooooo easy to play, leaving me to think about what I'm playing, not how.
MartinW, Shobet, Matt77 and Ian Price have all played it/heard it gigged so they may be able to give their views too.
If you're local, give me a shout if you want to try it.
Crazy Bitch?
Come now Mr Fan, you're a grown up, you don't really play that song! You're pulling our leg!
Oh, and by the way. May I be so bold to ask what you paid for the Modern Eagle? Not cheap I guess.
I traded a couple of other PRSs, so it wasn't a straight cash price. It was brand new, priced in the shop at £4299, and with the dealing I think it worked out that I paid around £4000.
The aurora, easily. Most of you have seen it by now, I imagine!
The aurora, easily. Most of you have seen it by now, I imagine!
the legra for me as well, I finally got it today, my coworkers were rather surprised to see it. still trying to figure it out, some bar-steward obviously dropped it between here and the UK cause the box was gouged and the case fractured, the guitar was thankfully in one piece but all the tremol-no screws got knocked out of place.
this is what immidietely comes to mind-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo)
aarrrgghhhhh
(its $%&#ing amazing besides the point)
It's a tough call for me between a VHII set, brass blocks from Floydupgrades.com and a Peterson Strobostomp 2.
If pushed I think I'd choose the Peterson, as playing really in tune feels and sounds so much better than nearly in tune.
It's a tough call for me between a VHII set, brass blocks from Floydupgrades.com and a Peterson Strobostomp 2.
If pushed I think I'd choose the Peterson, as playing really in tune feels and sounds so much better than nearly in tune.
You're never in tune in western music. Guthrie Govan told me that so it must be true as he has a beard.
I keep thinking of getting an interface and attempt recording again
what's so special about the fireface since the price difference is huge!!!
My beard is much neater than his and I don't live in the west, so Govan can shove it ;)It's a tough call for me between a VHII set, brass blocks from Floydupgrades.com and a Peterson Strobostomp 2.
If pushed I think I'd choose the Peterson, as playing really in tune feels and sounds so much better than nearly in tune.
You're never in tune in western music. Guthrie Govan told me that so it must be true as he has a beard.
I keep thinking of getting an interface and attempt recording again
what's so special about the fireface since the price difference is huge!!!
Congrats on the legra, captain. Great stuff, innit! Shame about the shipping damage but at least the guitars OK and the case did its job!
Classy Derek, very classy. Glad to see you're still enjoying the world of Jazz :)
Classy Derek, very classy. Glad to see you're still enjoying the world of Jazz :)
Cheers Dave ! :)
It's the reason I have been away from the B.K.P family / forum recently ; as there is so much great stuff to absorb and practice. Jazz is providing the most fun, creative absorbtion and development I have experienced for many a long year. As another student of Jazz guitar once commented on the internet :
" With Jazz, G.A.S quickly becomes K.A.S "... ( Knowledge Aquisition Syndrome ) .
Humbucker equipped guitars cannot get any better, so I've given up looking for them:
Humbucker equipped guitars cannot get any better, so I've given up looking for them:
LOL, when are you going to stop posting ridiculous blanket statements which make you look silly when you change your mind? ;)
Classy Derek, very classy. Glad to see you're still enjoying the world of Jazz :)
Cheers Dave ! :)
It's the reason I have been away from the B.K.P family / forum recently ; as there is so much great stuff to absorb and practice. Jazz is providing the most fun, creative absorbtion and development I have experienced for many a long year. As another student of Jazz guitar once commented on the internet :
" With Jazz, G.A.S quickly becomes K.A.S "... ( Knowledge Aquisition Syndrome ) .
How I wish that were the case more often!
I know I'm as GASy as anyone (well, mabye not Dave :lol:) but thinking you can just throw gear and money at sound and tone and it will automatically magically improve is, I'm coming to think more and more, bollocks! Knowing how to use your gear (the strings on the guitar included!) will get you much further in everything, not just jazz.
Well, maybe not indiee
Or punk
But most things!
Oooh, pistols at dawn! :lol:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/theonlywarlock/HiConLoCol006.jpg)Nice....think mine is my duesenberg 49er(think was this year)(http://www.oasismusicalinstruments.ltd.uk/acatalog/NewDuesenberg49erBlueSparkle.jpg)
This guitar! Love it!
LOL, when are you going to stop posting ridiculous blanket statements which make you look silly when you change your mind? ;)
Kramer Baretta - my only Floyd equipped guitar
If anything, I'd be selling the Baretta.....
Steady on there Dave ;)
Simple thread this. One item, and ONE ITEM ONLY to be posted.