Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: HTH AMPS on November 06, 2010, 02:43:53 PM
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Maaaaan!!! - this G&L Rampage ticks all the boxes for me and the price is right too...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/G-L-Tribute-Rampage-Jerry-Cantrell-Electric-Guitar-BLK_W0QQitemZ370451327135QQcategoryZ33039QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4762531522641335972#ht_4915wt_1139
Someone call the GAS police :lol:
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no G&L love on this forum?
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I ain't like their heastocks and think Kahler is the ugliest bridge ever, sorry :(
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I wouldn't go as Fernando, but it's not really for me neither :lol:
But I can see how it could be very desirable for someone else.
Incidentally, I don't actually think that bridge looks too bad (and I usually loathe "super-trems"). It looks nice and functional and fits with the rest of the geetar :D
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It's a cool-looking guitar, but superstrats just ain't my thing!
I certainly prefer the Kahler to the Floyd, feel-wise, but it did seem to kill the sustain a bit on my Hamer. I see they've sunk it into the body, which is a good idea to get a steeper string angle over the saddles.
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I'm still 50/50 on whether I like it in the black or Ivory finish, decisions decisions.
The G&L range in general looks really nice - like the Legacy alot.
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I hate strats, but the cream Cantrell always makes me think twice
just grab that and put a holy diver in :D :D :D
black one is meh
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I hate strats, but the cream Cantrell always makes me think twice
just grab that and put a holy diver in :D :D :D
black one is meh
the black one was what I first thought was the better one, now I'm slowly thinking the exact opposite.
the stock pickup would likely go too - something like a Cold Sweat would rule in that.
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the stock pickup would likely go too - something like a Cold Sweat would rule in that.
HD maybe? For a fuller sound, given the bolt-on neck and Kahler?
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the stock pickup would likely go too - something like a Cold Sweat would rule in that.
HD maybe? For a fuller sound, given the bolt-on neck and Kahler?
The Abraxas sounds nice and chunky too, worthy of consideration.
I'm starting to like quite a percussive tone these days - its the Tele's fault. You can always roll the tone back a bit to fatten things up.
I've got a load of things for sale at the minute trying to raise money for this (see seconds out).
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Not a sharp looker, but ok. I like classic G&L's better. Matter of taste.
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I don't like the Kahler, for the rest, I love the black one.
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To me it's £200 too expensive for what it is, what am I missing? :|
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To me it's £200 too expensive for what it is, what am I missing? :|
I don't really follow G&L guitars and I know it's their Far Eastern "budget" range, but it's regarded as a high-quality budget range isn't it? £560 doesn't seem a lot.
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It's essentially an indonesian built Cort with a very low spec. £550 on a korean made Cort would get you way more guitar. Indeed, look at what £550 will get you elsewhere and it doesn't seem so great (or indeed, as per my original post, look what £360 will get you)
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value doesn't come into it with such a guitar - its the AIC axe, I just love the vibe of the guitar and it does everything I'd want from a guitar to play the heavier side of things on - Kahler, humbucker, simple controls. my Mockingbird beats it hands down for 'value', but its not always that simple.
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I know what you're saying, and that certainly makes it more desirable, but do you have any evidence it's any good? Many people have bad things to say about the 4 series Kahlers, the pickup is an unkown quantity (and why? He used a JB for the recordings), and like I say, the rest is an indonesian Cort. If it was £400 maybe worth taking a punt on due to the enhanced desirability, but as it is I'd be more inclined to scr@pe together another couple of hundred and get warmoth parts and a 7 series Kahler.
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Anyway, for "the" AIC guitar I'd rather have a worn brown mahogany Les Paul 8)
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I really like all the G&L tribute guitars i've tried, the nice thing about them is that they use the same pups and bridges as the top end american built G&L's. This probably why they are a bit more expensive then a lot of the budget lines of other companies which use cheaper electronics and hardware for the asian built guitars
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Anyway, for "the" AIC guitar I'd rather have a worn brown mahogany Les Paul 8)
if you're referring to the "Would?" les paul, it's not a worn brown/faded/vintage mahogany model
it's an early 90's les paul studio lite
they had stock black hardware (apparently some had gold hardware), maple top, regular glossy lacquer finish and a much thinner body
the late 80's ones had floyd roses and dot inlays
they were made in several translucid and the older ones in some solid colors
I've seen the non-floyd versions in trans brown (this one varied from a light toffee brown to a dark chocolate brown), trans blue, trans red, trans black, trans amber, cherry sunburst, tobacco burst, honeyburst
Jerry uses mostly a black Les Paul Custom, anyway
(sometimes the cream cigarrette burnt and a wine red)
he uses the old G&L's to play Facelift's songs, but at studio, he always recorded everything with both the G&L and a Les Paul to fill the rhythms
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I could not spend that sort of money on an asian G&L! far better value buying a used jap axe!
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I know what you're saying, and that certainly makes it more desirable, but do you have any evidence it's any good? Many people have bad things to say about the 4 series Kahlers, the pickup is an unkown quantity (and why? He used a JB for the recordings), and like I say, the rest is an indonesian Cort. If it was £400 maybe worth taking a punt on due to the enhanced desirability, but as it is I'd be more inclined to scr@pe together another couple of hundred and get warmoth parts and a 7 series Kahler.
I have no evidence other than web reviews regarding how good it is, my point is that it looks cool and ticks all the boxes for what I'd want. I wouldn't buy without trying in any case, thats just asking for trouble - I don't have money to waste. It may very well suck balls, but thats not what got me excited about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hft_W3pA_bE
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hft_W3pA_bE
I like the glossy look of the ebony board in that clip.
(Oh, the sounds are OK too! :lol: )