Author Topic: Introducing CRISS ... (another parts guitar) (Read 6116 times)

TwilightOdyssey · « **on:** March 30, 2007, 01:23:57 PM »

Picked up my Criss Oliva replica guitar last night!

Pics =

Specs:

Body is solid mahogany (yes, this is another heavy guitar)

Neck is maple, ebony fingerboard, reverse Jackson headstock, Tele heel

Nut width, 1.75"

Tusk nut

6100 fret wire

Bridge pup is a VHII, neck pup is a Trilogy Suite

Tone:

This guitar sounds AMAZING! It doesn't have as much attack as my usual fare, but has a great warm compressed tone that just drinks up the distortion from the Splawn and gives you a creamy overdrive that 100% nails vintage White Lion and RATT.

I will need to play the guitar more to get a better lock on the tone, as I only played it for my morning warmup this morning, at very low levels. Well, low for me, anyway ...

Family portrait of my current guitars with full specs coming soon!

samoth2 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 30, 2007, 01:49:47 PM »

Looks great, i really like the tele-style body :D

horsehead · « **Reply #2 on:** March 30, 2007, 01:59:15 PM »

mmmmm tasty

Kepu · « **Reply #3 on:** March 30, 2007, 02:08:24 PM »

Ohh, didn't know Jackson style headstock + Tele body would mix up so damn well

can we expect Savatage clips with that baby?

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #4 on:** March 30, 2007, 02:12:36 PM »

YUM!

Love it :D

Sifu Ben · « **Reply #5 on:** March 30, 2007, 02:24:02 PM »

Very cool, I quite fancy doing an "80s metal tele" kinda like Izzy plays in the Sweet Child.. video.

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #6 on:** March 30, 2007, 02:26:37 PM »

My guitar teacher has a funky tele made by Doug from Black Machine.

Scalloped all the way down the neck, and the pickups seemed to be BKPs.

indysmith · « **Reply #7 on:** March 30, 2007, 02:30:24 PM »

FIT TELE DUDE. i want it

Davey · « **Reply #8 on:** March 30, 2007, 02:42:58 PM »

sexy

loving the headstock

gingataff · « **Reply #9 on:** March 30, 2007, 03:02:52 PM »

Wait, you mean to say Ben has another guitar without a maple fingerboard? What's the world coming to! :D

Philly Q · « **Reply #10 on:** March 30, 2007, 03:25:30 PM »

I thought it was going to be something to do with Peter Criss at first.

Nice. Does it have a tone control? Hard to tell against the black plate. I'm guessing "no".

TwilightOdyssey · « **Reply #11 on:** March 30, 2007, 03:38:53 PM »

Glad you all like the gtr!

Yes, it is a non-maple non-super strat! Check the weather forecast, hell might have frozen over!

My favourite BK pickup, the VHII, now sounds even better than before. All of the frequencies have the same 'speed', but now the guitar has a sledghammer heaviness (thanx to the mahog) that I wasn't expecting. The maple/ebony combo brightens things up, too.

Philly ... I thought we were friends! How dare you use the 'T' word?!
I know it's hard to see the controls (that was my intention), but it's a single master volume (which is bad enuff) and a 2-way mini switch.

dave_mc · « **Reply #12 on:** March 30, 2007, 04:46:58 PM »

very nice! I'd prefer fretboard inlays, but other than that, it's rockin'. so the VH2 sounds nice in mahogany too, then? :D EDIT: the pickup covers match very well too to the guitar colour.

TwilightOdyssey · « **Reply #13 on:** March 30, 2007, 05:25:56 PM »

Quote from: dave_mc

very nice! I'd prefer fretboard inlays, but other than that, it's rockin'. so the VH2 sounds nice in mahogany too, then? :D EDIT: the pickup covers match very well too to the guitar colour.

Yeah, it sounds killer in mahogany!

Fret markers? Nah, they are a waste. They can save all those fretmarkers that I don't use and give em to some unfortunate fret-knowledge deprived soul. PDT_008

Sifu Ben · « **Reply #14 on:** March 30, 2007, 05:27:44 PM »

Quote from: TwilightOdyssey

Fret markers? Nah, they are a waste. They can save all those fretmarkers that I don't use and give em to some unfortunate fret-knowledge deprived soul. PDT_008

Pwn3d LOL :D (look, I couldn't help myself, OK?)