Author Topic: Some vids of my BKP equipped guitars: Mule (Read 7414 times)

WezV · « **on:** December 30, 2007, 06:19:04 PM »

I had Nath my sprayer and cousin around today because i am guiding him through a guitar build of his own... Whilst he was here i though i would get some clips of him playing some of my guitars. Unfortunately its all done on my digital camera so the sound quality aint the best and it was all a bit 'on the spot' but it might be helpfull to someone.

First up we have my fanned fret LP prototype. Its a mahogany through neck with mahogany and redwood body wings. the pickups are a manhattan in the neck and mule in the bridge. All played straight into my matamp little rock

1st clip, dirty... starting off with the manhattan and switching to the mule after 20 seconds
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=406FLeqR62o

2nd clip, clean.. againstarting off with manhattan for about half the clip
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hACMNZzuclQ

naths only played the fanned fret once before for all those of you wondering how easy they are to play

WezV · « **Reply #1 on:** December 30, 2007, 06:25:23 PM »

next we have my black limba and maple burl guitar. it has a bolt on maple nect with ziracote fretboard and wilkinson trem. there is also a varitone switch on the guitar at the moment.. Pickups are a crawler in the bridge and as far as i can remember the single coils are mothers milk's

Clip 1. starts with bridge, then flips to middle and back to bridge
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qZv6iPjVggg

clip 2. little bit more gain and a play with the varitone switch. Mostly done with crawler except last few seconds
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lo2NhWYp-_8

WezV · « **Reply #2 on:** December 30, 2007, 06:35:58 PM »

Lastly we have 'THE VETERAN'. Korina/idigbo body with spalted maple top and a solid rosewood neck.

the pickups are a wartorn and aged set of miracle men. Naths also using a BYOC tri-booster on (not very) clean boost.

Just one long clip of this one. Nath starts with the bridge pickup, then goes to neck and turns booster off.... gets a bit lazy.... scratches his arse then comes back at the end

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M7GelTd6MwE

prozacbear · « **Reply #3 on:** December 30, 2007, 09:47:07 PM »

Awsome clips, they all sound so good, can't wait to get my hands on one (then it won't sound so good :) )

indysmith · « **Reply #4 on:** December 30, 2007, 09:56:49 PM »

All fantastic clips - obviously the sound quality lacks a bit (a LOT) but I can still hear that there's some real tone going on in the room; I'd love to try one of ur axes. Thanks to Nath too btw!

WezV · « **Reply #5 on:** December 30, 2007, 10:06:48 PM »

yeah, gonna try and get some proper recordings done at some point... i think nath has an old multitrack machine hanging around somewhere... this is just a taste!!

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #6 on:** December 31, 2007, 01:45:30 AM »

Sound great =)

Ted · « **Reply #7 on:** December 31, 2007, 11:03:38 AM »

Great clips.

Like the fact the guitars have an individual voice. The Mat sounds great too.

WezV · « **Reply #8 on:** December 31, 2007, 11:29:45 AM »

Quote from: Ted

Like the fact the guitars have an individual voice.

i do try and do different things with my own guitars for the benefit of my own experience.

The black limba one was originally going ot be a superguitar with piezo bridge and it even had a tremsetter to make it hardtail. untill guitar electronics let me down with the graphtech ghost system for a wilkinsonm trem and i never really got on with the tremsetter so removed it. I reckon this guitar fits me best though. I tend to try out new wiring on it occasionally - at the moment it has a varitone switch, last month it had a little distortion circuit. Its an easy guitar to make sound good and i plan on holding onto it for a long time because there are a few errors i would rather not expose to the world!!

I dont really get on with the fanned fret very well. It does play really easily, the fannedness doesnt alter that.. but i dont get on with the sound of it. I know the guitar sounds good but i cant make it sound good... i dont think redwood suits my nature.

I tried to get nath to do all of them straight into the matamp but he insisted on using the BYOC tri-booster with the veteran - the guitar is actually quite versatile but it does inspire a certain kind of playing!!

MrBump · « **Reply #9 on:** December 31, 2007, 06:13:31 PM »

Really great tone from all of those guitars, but very different.

Very much like the Black Limba... That's a very special looking guitar...

Mark.

WezV · « **Reply #10 on:** December 31, 2007, 06:28:38 PM »

i dont like the way it looks, dont think the shape quite worked out right and it has some cosmetic flaws that bug me

Thats why i keep that one for myself - i couldnt cope with it being out in the world showing me up!!

MrBump · « **Reply #11 on:** December 31, 2007, 06:31:46 PM »

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i dont like the way it looks, dont think the shape quite worked out right

Seriously? Looks hot to me. Reminds me of a bass that I saw years ago, the make escapes me. But a good looking geetar.

Mark.

WezV · « **Reply #12 on:** December 31, 2007, 06:41:39 PM »

this is the original version i did with that shape.... i think it worls a hell of a lot better with pointy horns, in fact i was just lying in the bath considering doing a new one with a walnut and flamed maple body

MrBump · « **Reply #13 on:** December 31, 2007, 07:10:14 PM »

Yeah, I can see that - I think that rounding off the horn makes the guitar less symetrical, in it's asymetrical way... I do like the pointy one - looks like Tony Iommi might have tripped over and squashed his SG on stage.

As cool as your guitars are Wez, you should probably not be dreaming about them in the bath. That's bordering on the obsessive...

Mark.

WezV · « **Reply #14 on:** December 31, 2007, 07:22:55 PM »

:lol:

think i am at the stage past obsessive now - anyway, you havnt see the walnut and maple i was thinking about using!!!

Truth is it might not happen, i dream up a few new guitars a day and there just aint enough time!!