Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Brow on February 11, 2012, 05:48:28 PM
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Hey guys.
Just thought I'd post a pic of a guitar I picked up today:
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After I took redundancy from my job on Christmas Eve last year due to years of breakdowns etc I thought I'd treat myself :lol:
I'm actually really enjoying the EMGs too, makes a nice change of pace from what I usually use.
EDIT: Just realised I didn't actually put what it was for those that may not know :lol: It's an LTD EC 401. Far Eastern made somewhere around middle of the range I think. Comes stock with EMG 81 (b)/60 (n) and Earvana nut.
Craig
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nice :)
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Nice! I was looking at these.
I had a black EC-1000 Ltd Deluxe back when they first came out, imported it from the States.
Always regretted selling it on and i fancy another.. this model is also appealing. What is the neck like?
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Enjoy it mate!
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congrats looks a nice one.
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Nice one Craig, looks just as good here as t'other place! 8)
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I'm really into the Esp Eclipse II Vintage Black. The ones that I played where really nice. I had an LTD-1000 deluxe in the silver burst for about a week. It was cool, but I sold it. Played like butter. Allot of the Korean built guitars that I have played, play pretty well, and they seemed consistent.
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Nice, I think it's a cool variation on the LP concept.
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Cheers guys!
I'm hopefully throwing it through the Splawn tomorrow so will be able to post back in more detail about tones etc.
As for playability, I'm really rather impressed! Without sounding snobby with it being Indonesian made I was expecting having to take it for a setup pretty much straight away but I'm not really feeling the need.
1 thing I may do though is go upto 11s on it as I seem to be overbending the 10s, even though I use them on all my other guitars in standard tuning and don't have that issue.
What is the neck like?
It's 43mm wide if I recall, and it does seem quite narrow compared to my LP Standard or my CU22. I'm getting used to it though.
As for thickness I'd put it on the slightly chubbier side of thin. It's thinner than a 60s carve LP neck, but not as thin as the neck on my Ibanez S470.
Nice one Craig, looks just as good here as t'other place! 8)
Cheers Don! Thought I'd might as well post it on the only 2 forums I go on 8)
Nice, I think it's a cool variation on the LP concept.
Thanks. I've pretty much always been a LP player, so I fancied something in a similar vein but a bit different. Hence going with actives too.
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Congrats. Thats a nice one.
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Nice axe! I think everybody should have one axe with EMGs - they are definitely a different animal, but you grow used to them over time.
BTW I think ESP uses 42mm nut width most of the time; not sure if the LTD's are the same. To be honest I don't notice a difference to my Gibsons. The thickness of the neck though definitely makes a difference.
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Congrats. Thats a nice one.
Cheers!
Nice axe! I think everybody should have one axe with EMGs - they are definitely a different animal, but you grow used to them over time.
BTW I think ESP uses 42mm nut width most of the time; not sure if the LTD's are the same. To be honest I don't notice a difference to my Gibsons. The thickness of the neck though definitely makes a difference.
I must've read somewhere that the nut wid of my LTD is 43 mm, as I haven't measured it :lol:
It does feel narrower than my Gibson and Tokai LPs though.
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Are you gonna BKP it?
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Nice one- I like the clean lines of that guitar. They always look great under stage lighting.
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Yeah, I was going to comment on the clean lines... but 38th beat me to it!
Nice one :D
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Congrats on the new purchase. Looks good to me. White guitars always looks sexy. Don't know about the EMGs, but I have never owned a guitar with active pickups so I wouldn't really know.
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Are you gonna BKP it?
Nah, I don't think so. I pretty much have everything from the BKP range that interests me. I have 15 other guitars with BKPs so I'm covered for the most part :lol:
Nice one- I like the clean lines of that guitar. They always look great under stage lighting.
Yeah, I was going to comment on the clean lines... but 38th beat me to it!
Nice one :D
Cheers!
I tend to not notice stuff like that tbh, I don't have that great an eye for detail I guess :?
Congrats on the new purchase. Looks good to me. White guitars always looks sexy. Don't know about the EMGs, but I have never owned a guitar with active pickups so I wouldn't really know.
Thanks!
This is the 1st guitar I've owned that has EMGs too. I've used EMG SAs (I think) Strat pickups before and liked them, but I had very limited experience of the humbuckers.
After putting the guitar through it's paces for an hour last night I really don't know why EMGs have such a bad reputation with anyone that doesn't play metal. Yeah the 81 in the bridge is a little bland and brittle clean, but then again so is a Miracle Man. The 60 in the neck has a really nice clean tone when mixed with the 81 in the bridge. The neck alone was a little boomy for cleans lower down the neck, but really good for overdriven solos and single note stuff.
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After putting the guitar through it's paces for an hour last night I really don't know why EMGs have such a bad reputation with anyoen that doesn't play metal. Yeah the 81 in the bridge is a little bland and brittle clean, but then again so is a Miracle Man. The 60 in the neck has a really nice clean tone when mixed with the 81 in the bridge. The neck alone was a little boomy for cleans lower down the neck, but really good for overdriven solos
I think it's just that they do their "EMG thing" and you either like it or you don't - or you like it for a while then get tired of it.
Whenever I've tried them (not for a long time now) I really liked the sheer power of the things for a while, but I just got fed up of them very quickly. So much so that I even sold a guitar I really liked instead of just taking the EMGs out - and I've been kicking myself ever since.
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I think it's just that they do their "EMG thing" and you either like it or you don't - or you like it for a while then get tired of it.
Whenever I've tried them (not for a long time now) I really liked the sheer power of the things for a while, but I just got fed up of them very quickly. So much so that I even sold a guitar I really liked instead of just taking the EMGs out - and I've been kicking myself ever since.
As this is the only set of EMG humbuckers I've spent any time with I can't say if they'd sound the same in every guitar, or if they let much of the guitars natural tone through. I know what you mean though.
Maybe because I use other guitars with MMs, NBs, HDs etc I don't seem to find them anymore powerful than those for example.
What guitar did you have yours in?
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They spent time in various guitars - a home-made Superstrat, my Hamer Special and finally my Hamer Vector, which was the one I sold. :(
I think there's some truth in the idea that they impose their own personality on the guitar, but it must make some difference what they're fitted in.
Of the ones I tried, I think I liked the 81 and 89 best. The SAs were pretty ropey and sounded nothing like "proper" single-coils. And I couldn't see the appeal of the 60, for me it's too bright as a neck pickup. If I was buying some now I'd go for an 81/85 set - it would be quite cool to have one "EMG guitar". :)
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...finally my Hamer Vector, which was the one I sold. :(
fuuuuuc
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...finally my Hamer Vector, which was the one I sold. :(
fuuuuuc
Tell me about it. Worst (guitar related) decision I ever made. :(
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They spent time in various guitars - a home-made Superstrat, my Hamer Special and finally my Hamer Vector, which was the one I sold. :(
I think there's some truth in the idea that they impose their own personality on the guitar, but it must make some difference what they're fitted in.
Of the ones I tried, I think I liked the 81 and 89 best. The SAs were pretty ropey and sounded nothing like "proper" single-coils. And I couldn't see the appeal of the 60, for me it's too bright as a neck pickup. If I was buying some now I'd go for an 81/85 set - it would be quite cool to have one "EMG guitar". :)
I've always been quite curious about Hamer guitars myself. I've never really come across any other than the odd 1 to try out though.
It's strange you say you found the 60 too bright in the neck, I thought it was a bit too boomy on the lower notes myself!
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It's strange you say you found the 60 too bright in the neck, I thought it was a bit too boomy on the lower notes myself!
Well, it was a long time ago! :lol: I certainly remember not being able to get the kind of warm, singing neck pickup tone I like.
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It's strange you say you found the 60 too bright in the neck, I thought it was a bit too boomy on the lower notes myself!
Well, it was a long time ago! :lol: I certainly remember not being able to get the kind of warm, singing neck pickup tone I like.
No worries mate! I'm not arguing, just saying I hear it differently :lol:
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Are you gonna BKP it?
Nah, I don't think so. I pretty much have everything from the BKP range that interests me. I have 15 other guitars with BKPs so I'm covered for the most part :lol:
Some people have all the luck! :lol:
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Some people have all the luck! :lol:
Nah, just years of having no other hobbies or interests nor anything else to spend my money on :lol:
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I only have seven... :(
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I only have seven... :(
That's good.... in a way. I wish I could get down to seven, but I can't!
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I only have seven... :(
That's good.... in a way. I wish I could get down to seven, but I can't!
How many now Philly, cause I remember you sold a few? Anyway there are still some guitars on my wishlist:
Les Paul with p90's, LP Junior, Tele with with P90's, Tele with TV Jones, Gretsch/Duesenberg, James Trussart Steelcaster, Fender CS 52 relic with Bigsby........etc. It's good to dream... Sorry, a bit off topic.
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I only have seven... :(
That's good.... in a way. I wish I could get down to seven, but I can't!
How many now Philly, cause I remember you sold a few? Anyway there are still some guitars on my wishlist:
Les Paul with p90's, LP Junior, Tele with with P90's, Tele with TV Jones, Gretsch/Duesenberg, James Trussart Steelcaster, Fender CS 52 relic with Bigsby........etc. It's good to dream... Sorry, a bit off topic.
Yeah, I sold quite a lot last year, but bought a lot earlier in the year.....
Depending on whether I include things which are in bits, and Warmoth stuff (which has never been anything but bits), it's somewhere between 20 and 30 I'm afraid.... :oops:
I like your wishlist - I've got Juniors and LP Specials, and I'm going to put together a Thinline Tele with TV Jones pickups. :D
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I only have seven... :(
That's good.... in a way. I wish I could get down to seven, but I can't!
How many now Philly, cause I remember you sold a few? Anyway there are still some guitars on my wishlist:
Les Paul with p90's, LP Junior, Tele with with P90's, Tele with TV Jones, Gretsch/Duesenberg, James Trussart Steelcaster, Fender CS 52 relic with Bigsby........etc. It's good to dream... Sorry, a bit off topic.
Yeah, I sold quite a lot last year, but bought a lot earlier in the year.....
Depending on whether I include things which are in bits, and Warmoth stuff (which has never been anything but bits), it's somewhere between 20 and 30 I'm afraid.... :oops:
I like your wishlist - I've got Juniors and LP Specials, and I'm going to put together a Thinline Tele with TV Jones pickups. :D
Warmoth or Allparts?
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Warmoth or Allparts?
The Thinline? It'll have a Warmoth body and scratchplate, Fender neck and hardware. Eventually. :lol:
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I still want a LP Jr or Special or just generally something with P90s :lol:
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I still want a LP Jr or Special or just generally something with P90s :lol:
Me too. Mind you, considering I want "one of everything", and only have a tele, this is not much of a surprise.
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Warmoth or Allparts?
The Thinline? It'll have a Warmoth body and scratchplate, Fender neck and hardware. Eventually. :lol:
Good stuff!
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I still want a LP Jr or Special or just generally something with P90s :lol:
Me too. Mind you, considering I want "one of everything", and only have a tele, this is not much of a surprise.
I'd normally try to sell you one, but I'm down to two Juniors and two Specials now. :lol:
On the lookout for a DC Junior, but it has to be a really good one. In white.
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I'd love to have one of those Martyn Booth specials; they have some fairly affordable prices too.