Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Lew on January 30, 2014, 03:56:51 PM
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First one in three years (sounds like an AA opener). It's not something I'd usually go for as it's kinda trad but what the hell. If I go to bed now it'll come quicker!
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Just like Christmas!
Night night! :lol:
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It's here and it's lovely :-)
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Pics or it don't exist.....
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(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/LhOYflyfOPM/maxresdefault.jpg)
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Pics or it don't exist.....
+1 Do tell old sport!
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Well, here's two pictures of it!
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-T2OEPV9x6HM/Uuuhvx_jyaI/AAAAAAAAA9w/zJ8qkIlHobE/w758-h505-no/IMG_0461.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-URtVq3LoPkQ/Uuuj9hbbcNI/AAAAAAAAA-M/ZmOqN_VGK7Q/w758-h505-no/IMG_0469.JPG)
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Custom binding and standard inlay... hmmmmm
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A Les Paul Custom?
Cheers Stephan
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It"s an Eddie Wolfgang hardtail, who can blame you with richtones offer. Sorely tempted myself.
I think they look great, let us know if it plays as well as it looks.
Have fun.
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No flies on you gordiji 8) EVH Wolfgang Custom made in the Jackson/Charvel custom shop. It's basically a LesPaul Custom with a compound radius of 12"-16"
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W4mtg9M50Vk/UuvA4zk9ONI/AAAAAAAAA-o/SBSfv6sTcZs/w958-h639-no/IMG_0488.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wPY-ZOW9dKY/UuvBtY-RkNI/AAAAAAAAA_0/_bFUOlKW7G4/w958-h639-no/IMG_0476.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lgnUFr8xwHI/UuvA5iLnFbI/AAAAAAAAA-w/Zc-_GZJzMDY/w958-h639-no/IMG_0491.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z7GELLL9eL4/UuvA8JPSboI/AAAAAAAAA-4/8m-8URMWPh0/w539-h809-no/IMG_0493.JPG)
It plays very very well. I've played it for about two hours now. It sounds lovely even with the 9-42s on. I'm not sure what the pickup spec is but bridge is a teeny bit microphonic. I'm guessing they're a hot PAF.
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It"s an Eddie Wolfgang hardtail, who can blame you with richtones offer. Sorely tempted myself.
Crikey, that was a good spot from those two picture clues! :o
It is a cool looking guitar, and a mad bargain price. I was almost tempted for a second, but it's not my kind of thing really.
What's the neck like, Lew?
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Looks fab! Congrats!
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I wanted to get a ruler out to give you measurements but I can't find it and I'm off out now. It's asymmetrical. It's not thin by any measure but it aint huge either. I would guess it's about .85-90 at the first fret, maybe a bit less and going up to an inch at the top. That's a total and utter guess though and may be totally wrong. It's a gentle taper and very comfy.
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That's a pretty detailed bit of guesswork! :lol:
It sounds like it might be pretty similar to the old Ernie Ball EVH/Axis neck, in which case I remember exactly what that was like.
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Nice :D
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Very impressed with gjordi's guess!
Cool guitar
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Looks nice. Congrats on the NGD! :D
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And for inspiration here he is playing it (with trem)
http://youtu.be/zuKZMzW5rzA (http://youtu.be/zuKZMzW5rzA)
He's still great.
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That's a pretty detailed bit of guesswork! :lol:
It sounds like it might be pretty similar to the old Ernie Ball EVH/Axis neck, in which case I remember exactly what that was like.
hmmm the EBMM has a narrow nut width? This one is Gibson width and it feels alot chunkier than the EBMM Axis I owned (could be down to nut width). I think if you took a standard '59 and shaved off the sides making it asymmetrical you wouldn't be a million miles off.
And for inspiration here he is playing it (with trem)
http://youtu.be/zuKZMzW5rzA (http://youtu.be/zuKZMzW5rzA)
He's still great.
It's nice to see him looking clean again.
Anyone remember the Fender Esprit model Robben Ford used? Reminds me of that.
(http://www.12fret.com/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/fender-robben-ford-1993-cons/Fender-robben-ford-1993-cons-full-1.jpg)
It's got two carbon wotsits that go through the neck and into the headstock apparently. It also has stainless steel frets and 'bourne'? pots. The volumes have no resistance at all where as the tones are really stiff.
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i had a wolfgang a while back. eventually sold it because i hated the floyd on it. but other than that it was a nice axe
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That's a pretty detailed bit of guesswork! :lol:
It sounds like it might be pretty similar to the old Ernie Ball EVH/Axis neck, in which case I remember exactly what that was like.
hmmm the EBMM has a narrow nut width? This one is Gibson width and it feels alot chunkier than the EBMM Axis I owned (could be down to nut width). I think if you took a standard '59 and shaved off the sides making it asymmetrical you wouldn't be a million miles off.
And for inspiration here he is playing it (with trem)
http://youtu.be/zuKZMzW5rzA (http://youtu.be/zuKZMzW5rzA)
He's still great.
It's nice to see him looking clean again.
Anyone remember the Fender Esprit model Robben Ford used? Reminds me of that.
(http://www.12fret.com/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/fender-robben-ford-1993-cons/Fender-robben-ford-1993-cons-full-1.jpg)
It's got two carbon wotsits that go through the neck and into the headstock apparently. It also has stainless steel frets and 'bourne'? pots. The volumes have no resistance at all where as the tones are really stiff.
I like those Esprits. Very elegant. They don't come around much, just like the Heartfield Talons.
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Yeah, the Esprit was cool. There should be more doublecut LP types (the Yamaha SG, Ibanez Artist, Tokai Love Rock II and even those lovely Martyn Booth guitars spring to mind).
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Ha, actually that would have been my guess too from the first two pics. Nice guitar man, big congrats!
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Looks great- congrats.
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Feels weird saying thanks in these kind of threads as it's not like I did anything. Just showing off, really.
I put some D'Addarios on earlier. Better than the old EVH branded strings that it came with. The set-up is excellent. I may even leave it in standard tuning as I've got the low stuff covered elsewhere. Though, I'm sure the temptation to drop it to C with 12s and pretend I'm Matt Pike will creep in at some point.
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oh and I noticed that the knobs go to 11. It's one louder.
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That is a very nice looking guitar
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haha I measured it, Philly. 0.905" I wasn't far off.
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haha I measured it, Philly. 0.905" I wasn't far off.
Your guess was good! Sounds reasonably chunky, then.
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Well that didn't last long. Threw some 11s on it and took it down a step.
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F yeah ! :P
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So, I'm not one for 'reviews' (and this isn't one) but I've had it for 10 days now so I'm a bit more familiar with it and I've put in ALOT of hours playing it at high volume.My neighbors have moved out and next door is empty :D
The poor thing has been going through a Goldilocks with strings and tuning to find out where I want it to live.It came with 9/42 which I thought was a bit strange for a 24.75" guitar but it played really well with no buzzes and the tension was good (even if I was bending stuff out of tune). I thought it was amusing that it could go down to C# without any buzzes. Iommi uses 8's, right? :-p
Anyway, I've tried it with 9/42 in standard, 12/5x in Cstd, 11/49 in Dstd and finally and surprisingly settled (for now) with 10/46 in Dstd.The heavier strings just didn't jive with this guitar (me).
It's bizarre because it's 24.75" and I've been using 11-49 in Dstd on my 25.5" for quite a while. I wonder if it might be because of the super small vintage frets? The tension is great, though and I really dislike floppy strings but I do like a low action. The stainless steel frets are great, very very smooth for vibrato and bending. I actually had SS frets on a guitar before and didn't think much about it either way but these feel noticeably different in a good way.
I'm no good at describing sounds but I don't need to be because it sounds like a really great LesPaul. It sounds exceptional, actually and it's the perfect match with my Morgan (Plexi with more gain) but it's not all roses dum dum duuuum. Whilst the pickups do sound great there is a bit of squeal going on now and then. I'm sure it's not feedback, it's a set pitch squeal and happens at any volume. It gets worse when I turn the Tubescreamer on, though. I'm guessing that probably means they aren't very well potted? Which is a shame especially as they sell the pickups for £130 each. I'd probably moan about it more if everything else about the guitar wasn't so good. And I imagine that at some point down the road I'll be buying a set of Mules or something similar for it, anyway but it's still early days. Maybe it's something else, though?
The pots are interesting too. The tone knobs are really stiff to turn and the volume knobs are really easy to turn. It makes sense on the proper Wolfies that EVH uses with the volume being in reach for your little finger but on this LesPaul layout I reckon low friction pots for the lot would have been good. It's not like you're going to knock anything mid playing with them being so far back. Oh, and the 3-way is backwards - up is bridge and down is neck!
I saw some pics and I'm not sure if it's a slightly different version or just an update to this one but the neck joint was contoured where as this one is square. There might have been a few revisions to the model as this one has a low serial making it the 359th one made.
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Now with 100% more pink!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-G-R_hRfG0bo/UwjgfhREYCI/AAAAAAAABEI/CAXJ7u2DYFg/w462-h693-no/IMG_0667.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pAr-4w_5Wl8/Uwjgf_FmXfI/AAAAAAAABEQ/V4D2Iy688eQ/w558-h372-no/IMG_0670.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-m1vlPEM84FE/UwjgfvnmIzI/AAAAAAAABEY/bsjEhFR6kLE/w958-h639-no/IMG_0673.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hH6qeBkEAqI/UwjgjkUyIGI/AAAAAAAABEg/Vqz9wmRCyUc/w539-h809-no/IMG_0685.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ggxGmmLXeHk/UwjgjbvGHAI/AAAAAAAABEo/_4w71ls-TC8/w958-h639-no/IMG_0689.JPG)
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It actually looks quite cool with the pink strings. It add some of the same vibe that Steve Steven's signature Knaggs has :D
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Yea, I thought that too 8)
Shame they don't feel or sound as good as they look, though! They feel and sound horrid.
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It actually looks quite cool with the pink strings. It add some of the same vibe that Steve Steven's signature Knaggs has :D
You're spot on!
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I recorded this soon after I got it. It was in std tuning and had 9's on - that's the excuse for bending everything out of tune ;)
Morgan MV45/EVH Wolfgang Custom (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqlqGpfUh1Q#ws)
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Sounds good, but I hate commenting on clips, I'm a poor judge of them - it's so hard to know how much is the pickups, how much is the guitar, the amp, the mic.... the player!
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You're probably over thinking it old chap 8) but I wont take it the wrong way :lol:
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You're probably over thinking it old chap 8) but I wont take it the wrong way :lol:
Oops, I suppose my comment did come across as "sounds good to me, but for all I know it's probably shite..." :lol:
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:lol:
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Look ace with the pink strings!
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I just read that the pickups aren't wax potted by design which explains things! 8)