Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: gwEm on January 26, 2011, 02:55:44 PM
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(http://www.arkay.de/soldguitars/yamaha/sgv300_01.jpg)
tasty!!
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really?
I mean... really??
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Yeah man. I like that.
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I have one for sale! It is pearl white with gold hardware and is a 1986 'Blue Jeans' model SG-7.
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Yeah, I like it!
Is that an old one in amazing condition, or have they reissued it?
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Yeah, I like it!
Is that an old one in amazing condition, or have they reissued it?
that particular image is of a reissue. seems like they've reissued them occasionally over the years.
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I have one for sale! It is pearl white with gold hardware and is a 1986 'Blue Jeans' model SG-7.
oo..
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I've always liked the look of these as well. Never played one though.
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I've always liked the look of these as well. Never played one though.
I played a load of them today (including a late 60s one), bizarrely! They are sort of Squier level playability wise. The trem is quite nice though, as is the fadeable coil humbucker.
edit: trem feels a bit like a kahler
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I played a load of them today (including a late 60s one), bizarrely!
Where did you find them?
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I played a load of them today (including a late 60s one), bizarrely!
Where did you find them?
Denmark Street - the shop at the end on the left which has 3 floors near the 12 Bar Club. They seem to have a few 60s, 70s and 90s ones.
(naturally they were all overpriced)
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really?
I mean... really??
i agree.
I really dont see the appeal of this.
but i will say that the bridge dual single/weird humbucker looks interesting
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looks cool, not sure it would suit me though. still, nice to look at.
theres two on ebay...
http://cgi.ebay.com/YAMAHA-SGV-300-SURF-GUITAR-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/280618735667?pt=Guitar&hash=item41562e1833#ht_1575wt_1139
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YAMAHA-SGV-300-Guitar-YELLOW-w-Hard-Case-not-fender-/150554175742?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item230dba68fe#ht_1296wt_1139
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theres two on ebay...
shhhhh ;)
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I played a load of them today (including a late 60s one), bizarrely!
Where did you find them?
Denmark Street - the shop at the end on the left which has 3 floors near the 12 Bar Club. They seem to have a few 60s, 70s and 90s ones.
(naturally they were all overpriced)
What used to be Musicground I suspect.
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I played a load of them today (including a late 60s one), bizarrely!
Where did you find them?
Denmark Street - the shop at the end on the left which has 3 floors near the 12 Bar Club. They seem to have a few 60s, 70s and 90s ones.
(naturally they were all overpriced)
What used to be Musicground I suspect.
thats it
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I tried a guitar in Music Ground recently. They told me it was new and the knocks it had were from storage. However I had photos on my phone from a forum where someone had the same guitar listed for sale... the serial numbers matched. No explanation about that one.
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I played a load of them today (including a late 60s one), bizarrely!
Where did you find them?
Denmark Street - the shop at the end on the left which has 3 floors near the 12 Bar Club. They seem to have a few 60s, 70s and 90s ones.
(naturally they were all overpriced)
What used to be Musicground I suspect.
Is that the same place which used to be Andys?
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I think I'd have to buy a lefty and play it upside down though
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I think I'd have to buy a lefty and play it upside down though
I wonder what a custom 'Fireman'-style version of the SGV would be like?
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I tried a guitar in Music Ground recently. They told me it was new and the knocks it had were from storage. However I had photos on my phone from a forum where someone had the same guitar listed for sale... the serial numbers matched. No explanation about that one.
Nice to see they've kept the old tradition going with the newly formed pheonix that's risen from the musicground ashes. Funny what you can do by adding an inc. to the end of the biz name.
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Be funnier watching them explain how they get their stock to Leeds magistrate.
http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/news/31771/Harrisons-accused-of-handling-stolen-goods
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Be funnier watching them explain how they get their stock to Leeds magistrate.
http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/news/31771/Harrisons-accused-of-handling-stolen-goods
I was pmsl when I saw that. Couldn't happen to a nicer pair.
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Aw that thing's beautiful, Gwem. Kinda like the offspring of an Iceman and a Rickenbacker 4003. I'd really love one in white with a red tortoise-shell pickguard or sunburst with a black pickguard and gold hardware.
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I like it. Something different. Not chic, but cool in it's own way.
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I played a load of them today (including a late 60s one), bizarrely!
Where did you find them?
Denmark Street - the shop at the end on the left which has 3 floors near the 12 Bar Club. They seem to have a few 60s, 70s and 90s ones.
(naturally they were all overpriced)
What used to be Musicground I suspect.
Is that the same place which used to be Andys?
I think we've established the place :) Couldn't remember all the names..
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I know someone who has bought a Fender Precision Bass from musicground leeds in the past and it turned out to be a fake with a waterslide logo under the varnish on the neck.
The first thing that made him spot it was the fact that he checked the serial number online and it came back saying it was from 1981 when this thing looked brand spanking new.
upon closer examination the headstock was quite badly cut and very rough around the bottom edges where it had been cut from a blank and then just varnished over.
i personally wouldn't have made this mistake as i refuse to give them any money since the staff are complete dicks but i guess its easily done when they rush you in and out in 5 minutes not giving you a chance to play anything.
Once i was going in to buy a LTD dave mustaine V and they demanded to see cash before letting me try it (i had it) so i refused on the principle that they thought i was just coming in to piss around when i had phoned them an hour earlier asking if they still had it in and asking them to put it to one side.
If you can't tell im not fond of the company....
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well, soon after i posted this i was able to pick one up for a pretty nice price in an out-of-ebay deal.
i straightaway found i'd got a really nice one. standing up and sitting down the guitar has really nice balance and a friendly neck.
i worked out some modifications with Jonathan at Feline Guitars and I used it on my recent tour:
(http://www.musikfladen.de/picture26.jpg)
(http://www.musikfladen.de/picture107.jpg)
there is a new pickguard with rearranged controls and DiMarzio pickups - an Area 67 in the neck, and a Paul Gilbert Injector in the bridge. no regrets about the dimarzios - its true they aren't like real single coils, but they've done a really nice job on them anyway. i think tim should definitely look into doing some.
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Cool! :D
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Cool! :D
yes, i think so too :) its a very comfortable live instrument, capable of many styles.
but still everyone i met on the tour was asking where the V was... ;)
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It's a cool guitar, there's a nice visual balance about the shape I think. And interesting choice of pickups!
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It's a cool guitar, there's a nice visual balance about the shape I think. And interesting choice of pickups!
thanks philly!!
the area 67 was in a way a no-brainer, i wanted some hum cancelling single coils and i liked all the clips of that pickup i've heard. its certainly a hum cancelling single coil that gets pretty hendrixy - like dimarzio say.
you've probably tried a few hum cancelling single coils in your time philly. these are my first set. they do react very strangely, but the tone and note definition is good.
with the injector, i just took a gamble. jonathan had an area 67 lying round, but neither of us were sure what would be the best in the bridge. even if i don't like the injector clips on the net too much, it was clear it could definitely do metal and hard rock. if i'd have had more time i wanted to experiment further. they've done a good job on the injector. its good and gutsy, its almost like they've played up to the slightly weird character of the hum cancelling single coil design and just made a cool pickup out of it. was worried it would be too thick, but its just right. both pickups are good and bright, and cut through my electronics without problems. i wonder about an injector in the neck too, but this combo is fine and i see no reason to change it.
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you've probably tried a few hum cancelling single coils in your time philly. these are my first set. they do react very strangely, but the tone and note definition is good.
I have tried loads!
I do get what people mean about them not sounding like "real" single-coils, but (as I've said many times), a pickup can sound good without sounding exactly like a '57 Strat.
How would you describe the "strangeness"? To me, they sound pretty much like single-coils clean, but with distortion they seem to get a bit more humbuckerish. Which is good, IMO.
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there's a nice visual balance about the shape I think.
theres physical balance too.. first show I used it, i put my foot on the monitor during my solo, and slipped on some beer. i fell off the stage completely and landed on my ar$e in front of it! the guitar was still the in perfect playing position, and whats more the note i'd played just before was still ringing out. i took this as a good sign!
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you've probably tried a few hum cancelling single coils in your time philly. these are my first set. they do react very strangely, but the tone and note definition is good.
I have tried loads!
I do get what people mean about them not sounding like "real" single-coils, but (as I've said many times), a pickup can sound good without sounding exactly like a '57 Strat.
How would you describe the "strangeness"? To me, they sound pretty much like single-coils clean, but with distortion they seem to get a bit more humbuckerish. Which is good, IMO.
well, for me i think they don't sound that single-coily, or even that nice when completely clean. they are good to go though. however, with the merest whiff of overdrive they start to sound very convincing - the area 67 in particular is very hendrix like as i mentioned before. then with more hard rock or metal levels of drive they change again - the top end rolls off, and they fatten up, but with a tight low end, and very good note definition - ideal for power chord work and cutting leads. humbuckerish as you say, but i think they have their own thing going on too. its like theres three 'modes' to them if you see what i mean - an 'ok' clean, convincing vintage like breakup tones, and rich medium to high gain sounds.
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That's a good description!
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heres a better picture:
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What's the tremolo system like? Much as I dislike trems, I think it looks cool as hell! :)
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What's the tremolo system like? Much as I dislike trems, I think it looks cool as hell! :)
the tremolo systems not quite the same as on vintage models - it is a bearing based trem like the originals, but this reissue has a strat-like trem cavity, which the originals didn't have. the feel is light, like a kahler.
the other SGVs (vintage and reissue) I've tried had trem systems which returned very well to center. thats the one bad thing about this particular example, because even though it plays very nicely the trem system was pretty gunked up and so it didn't return to true.
anyway, i cleaned it all out, but due to the design of this reissue, it only has 2 strat type springs, so its not enough for the 11s i play with. i'm sure if i put a lower gauge on it then it would work well though.
honestly, i'd prefer a fixed bridge of some kind - but the trem /does/ indeed look very cool :D
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in case people wonder what happened to this one, here you can see a complete set recorded with my charming lady collaborator and me playing said guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL58E6D15E6E74EC74
some (very) shonky playing and blatant uli roth lick theft, but you get the point :)
...i kind of prefer it to a V :o
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Tried one of these in electromusic (think is still for sale) love the odd look hated everything else. But each to ther own.