Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Keven on May 07, 2013, 02:06:00 AM
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So i finally managed to get all my axes in the same room and shot a few pictures.
most are bkp'ed, some not, most are fantastic players in their own right either way.
have a look!
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Blimey, you have a lot of variety there. Impressive collection you have there.
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Thanks! it's been growing in the past ten years but slowly i'm feeling the lack of gas. these aren't top dollar guitars but they're good enough for me either way.
a little description from left to right:
Jay Turser Jazz Bass, cheap thing, works fine for recording with a bunch of processing.
Schecter Jeff Loomis 7. fitted with a black dog bridge and a mule neck. godly guitar!
Godin Exit-22, was sanded and cut to a new shape, and have 3 dimarzio stacked singles, likely to be swapped with Trilogy suites (they're virtual vintage heavy blues, area 67 and virtual vintage blues)
Warmoth Tele, that one's great, especially with the blackguard flat 50's set :) pure tele heaven
LTD H-1000, my first proper guitar, that one dates back to 2003 and still works fine, it needed a fret dress and had numerous hardware changes but it's still great. fitted with a C-Bomb bridge and A-bomb neck in tygyr finish, they're grrreat.
Epiphone LP custom. that one's heavy as hell, a proper backbreaker LP, has a HolyDiver set in battleworn camo
Jackson RR24. killer metal guitar so far, especially with the blackhawk bridge. has a blower switch for direct to the jack wiring + parallel*split*series switch.
bar-steward partscaster, that one has the body of a jay turser, with a warmoth neck, and dimarzio injectors. sounds great but the injectors don't work so well with the really fat neck contour. this guitar needs '63 veneer boards.
Godin Exit-22, good things come in pairs, another sanded and recut body. routed that one for a hum in the neck, currently has dimarzio PAF 36th anniv pickups. waiting to drop a set of Emeralds in there
Crafter FEG-700 jazzbox. does the trick, has 12-68 strings in standard and works great for my jazz practice. waiting to pop a set of manhattans in there.
Schecter Blackjack ATX-8. has a black dog bridge and riff raff neck. a bit short on the scale but i can manage. i long for a 28'' though.
and the little crafter travel guitar, solid sikta spruce and laminated mahogany back. great volume, perfect for traveling.
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Ah, I was curious about the Godins - I recognised the headstocks but not the body shapes.
It is a very diverse collection! :D
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You had to know this question was coming, but...
Which one's the favorite?
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to be honest the most unique of these is my schecter jeff loomis, amazing wood and tone and can play just about anything. my go to guitar for recording and riffing.
but as far as the most played, my tele and my jazzbox are my practice guitars. i usually jam and improvise on the tele, and i practice scales/chords arps on the jazz box as the huge string gauge is pretty unforgiving and makes the other guitars play like butter. but basically each guitar has its use
the loomis, the ltd and the 8 string are pretty much a trio for metal/shred/prog songwriting
the les paul is my "iced earth" guitar
the tele and strat are, well, teles and strats, so they see use pretty much anywhere
the godin's are my fusion guitars, short scale and mahogany bodies tend to do that...
the V is used with my current sabaton cover band, no frills metal.
and the jazzbox is the finger killer :)
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nice to see some group shots :) tell us something about your musical taste too!
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yeah, i'm quite the varied guy, but i think this collection shows overall my love for guitar lore i think.
missing pieces in there is a proper ES-335 and maybe an SG but i don't like these so much.... also a standard flying V like a king V or a gibson V is needed, and on that topic, an explorer type is also needed! god, so much stuff missing XD
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You could kinda cover a good portion of ground by getting a Dime guitar, I always saw them as a V/Explorer hybrid.
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Nice, stretched collection you've got there! Good to see a tele there too. :)
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very nice collection :D
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missing pieces in there is a proper ES-335 and maybe an SG but i don't like these so much.... also a standard flying V like a king V or a gibson V is needed, and on that topic, an explorer type is also needed! god, so much stuff missing XD
To be honest I think Vs, Explorers and SGs are really quite similar, although the body shape and additional body mass does make some difference.
Vs and Explorers aren't so suitable for the smaller player, though (neither are 335s, for that matter, but I love the smaller-bodied ES style guitars :) )
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Nice pic!
I keep meaning to do that, but never get round to it (I have far less guitars than you do).
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it's a fun experiment, basically i told the missus we're clearing the kitchen and you're taking pics of my other misses :)
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missing pieces in there is a proper ES-335 and maybe an SG but i don't like these so much.... also a standard flying V like a king V or a gibson V is needed, and on that topic, an explorer type is also needed! god, so much stuff missing XD
To be honest I think Vs, Explorers and SGs are really quite similar, although the body shape and additional body mass does make some difference.
Vs and Explorers aren't so suitable for the smaller player, though (neither are 335s, for that matter, but I love the smaller-bodied ES style guitars :) )
I feel the same; the big mahogany-slab guitar, essentially.