Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: TwilightOdyssey on April 13, 2007, 02:27:12 AM
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Finally got around to snapping some pics of my current guitars. Here they are:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/TwilightOdyssey/Guitars.jpg)
From left to right they are: Kami, Blue Meanie, Yoshi, Criss
KAMI
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/TwilightOdyssey/Kami-1.jpg)
Maple body, neck and fingerbaord.
1-3/4" nut, tusk
OFR, locking nut behind the standard one
6100 fret wire
Miracle Man bridge pickup, Irish Tour neck
No tone or volume controls
BLUE MEANIE
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/TwilightOdyssey/BlueMeanie.jpg)
Mahogany body, quilted maple top
Maple neck, rosewood fingerboard
1 - 5/8" nut, graphite
Riff Raff bridge pickup, Stormy Monday neck
Master volume, series/parallel for both pups, selectable tone circuit
YOSHI
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/TwilightOdyssey/Yoshi.jpg)
Ash body, flame maple neck & fingerboard
1-3/4" nut, graphite
6100 fret wire
Cold Sweat bridge pickup
Roland GK-2A synth pickup
No volume or tone controls
CRISS
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/TwilightOdyssey/Criss.jpg)
Mahogany body
Maple neck, ebony fingerboard
1-3/4" nut width, tusk
VHII bridge pickup, Trilogy Suite neck
No volume or tone controls
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I love Kami a lot me does... that's one of the hottest axes I've ever seen.
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Quite a brood you've got there Ben. But where's Wayne?
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i loved all but the Tele
Q:p
i really donīt understand that Nut measurements.
which one f the 4 has the wider nut!?
Hails and $%&#ing nice collection
i thught you had 2 more guitars no?
JP
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Nice stuff Ben-I notice you say "current"-are you thinking of adding? I keep hearing about the Agiles-all positive.
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Which company made Kami? I've asked this before but the name has slipped from my mind.
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ESP make Kami.
And erm - I still absolutely love your collection - Especially the reverse headstock on Criss :D
You given your Yoshi Splawn a name?
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lovely lot, Ben!
i especially love Blue Meanie, lovely finish
and Yoshi, that's crazy!
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ESP make Kami.
And erm - I still absolutely love your collection - Especially the reverse headstock on Criss :D
You given your Yoshi Splawn a name?
It's true that ESP make a model just like that one, but this particular guitar isn't an ESP. It's from an independant company here in the UK.
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Ummmmm tasty
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ESP make Kami.
And erm - I still absolutely love your collection - Especially the reverse headstock on Criss :D
You given your Yoshi Splawn a name?
It's true that ESP make a model just like that one, but this particular guitar isn't an ESP. It's from an independant company here in the UK.
I'm pretty sure TO said it's a Limited Edition ESP made one, think he might have changed the neck though.
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interesting. glad it's not just me who likes big nuts...
er...
:oops:
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ESP make Kami.
And erm - I still absolutely love your collection - Especially the reverse headstock on Criss :D
You given your Yoshi Splawn a name?
It's true that ESP make a model just like that one, but this particular guitar isn't an ESP. It's from an independant company here in the UK.
I'm pretty sure TO said it's a Limited Edition ESP made one, think he might have changed the neck though.
http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7509&highlight=kami+esp
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ESP make Kami.
And erm - I still absolutely love your collection - Especially the reverse headstock on Criss :D
You given your Yoshi Splawn a name?
It's true that ESP make a model just like that one, but this particular guitar isn't an ESP. It's from an independant company here in the UK.
The body is ESP, the neck is Gajic.
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Nice guitars.
Interesting choice, taking direct wiring to jack. Trying to get the purest tone possible?
I'd like to philking do this. One guitar at a time :twisted:
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Nice guitars.
Interesting choice, taking direct wiring to jack. Trying to get the purest tone possible?
I'd like to philking do this. One guitar at a time :twisted:
I've got a guitar with a mini switch that can bypass the volume & tone circuit and I have to say I generally prefer the tone in bypass mode (but its also nice to roll the tone or volume down and then use the switch like a pickup selector)
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^ So - tonally speaking - what's the difference, anyway?
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It's like turning everything up up to 11.
:wink:
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Thanks for all the replies.
To clear things up re: "the Kamikaze Controversy"
The guitar was originally a bone stock ESP Kamikaze 4 Limited Edition. Hardware was swapped from black to chrome, push-pull pot was replaced with a mini-toggle for pickup selection, and the neck was replaced with a Gajic J Frog replica. That neck had a birdseye maple fingerboard. The neck developed a twist and the guitar now has a Warmoth all-maple neck on it with a both a standard tusk nut as well as a locking nut. That greatly impoved the tone!
To clear things up re: "The Tone Control Controversy"
I'm not anti-volume control or anti-tone control. In most cases, however, I've found that adding pots to the signal robs the guitar of tone. I now strive for the purest signal chain I can get. Oftentimes this results in the pickup being soldered directly to the output jack. There is "zero" resistance to the tone when you play this way and takes some getting used to it, as you can't mute, roll off, or otherwise do anything short of shunting the signal if you don't want to feedback, remove handling noise, etc.
Re: "Where's Wayne?"
You might also ask: where's my JEM, M1 Tiger and '79 Strat. They are all gone due to one reason or another. I am 10x happier now that all my guitars (less the Blue Meanie) have the identical neck.
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To clear things up re: "The Tone Control Controversy"
I'm not anti-volume control or anti-tone control. In most cases, however, I've found that adding pots to the signal robs the guitar of tone. I now strive for the purest signal chain I can get. Oftentimes this results in the pickup being soldered directly to the output jack. There is "zero" resistance to the tone when you play this way and takes some getting used to it, as you can't mute, roll off, or otherwise do anything short of shunting the signal if you don't want to feedback, remove handling noise, etc.
Could have a mini toggle SPST inbetween the pickups and the input as a literal "Switch off pickups" switch. Or even put the middle selection of a 3 way as no pickups, which I've been thinking of doing since I never use middle.
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^ I have that on Blue Meanie. The 'pickup selector' is actually a selectable tone circuit (Fender & Gibson) with a bypass. The pickup selector is a mini toggle on the bottom bout of the guitar. (I rarely switch pickups when I'm playing live)
HOWEVER, you can hear a difference between direct-to-jack and through the bypass, at least through my rig.
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I've got a guitar with a mini switch that can bypass the volume & tone circuit and I have to say I generally prefer the tone in bypass mode (but its also nice to roll the tone or volume down and then use the switch like a pickup selector)
interesting, i must try that. I use the volume (and to a much lesser, i.e. no, extent the tone control, but i'm too much of a wuss to remove it, just in case i might use it in like 2014) too much to take it off, but a bypass switch might be cool.
I know the little cornell romany amp i tried a while back had a switch to defeat the tone controls, and the difference in tone was palpable (for the better).