Thread: What kind of guitar ya got?

I've got a 1994 Ibanez Atk 4 string made in the U.S. ( first year model), a Michael Kelly ST-AB5 5 string acoustic electric, and a marshall 7200 dbs head with matching 4x10 cabinet. Love my marshall amp, its rated @ 200 watts constant with a 2,000 watt peak. It's also a first year model, part of the heritage series. I have cut my collection back a bit since getting out of high school 10 years ago, I had a fender jazz, a five string Ibanez trb, and an Alvarez something or other.

Hello James,

Are they using the King Billy Pine for the sound board only or for the backs and sides as well? Do you have other local woods that are commonly used ? One more question, never heard of Maton --I guess this is a make?

Justin

Originally Posted by jaegerhund

Hello James,

Are they using the King Billy Pine for the sound board only or for the backs and sides as well? Do you have other local woods that are commonly used ? One more question, never heard of Maton --I guess this is a make?

Justin

Hey Justin,

Sound boards only, I think. Happily, I can answer your other two questions with one link (but yes, Maton is a make):

http://www.maton.com.au/main/timbers.html

James.

Thank you, mate , appreciate it.

Justin

Originally Posted by jaegerhund

I'll let superfly (if he wants to) discuss the whole amp thing ---though I do like the sound of most tube amps --kind of a humid, wet sound.
Justin

Well, the point is there is not much to discuss... A good (conditioned) tube amp is like Maestro's razor, honed by real honemaster. Nothing else comes close.

My friend is the best tube amp repair man in my country. And since he has no guitar playing abilities, he uses my modest chord chopping experience as a test tone for his repairs. Thanx to him, I have played virtually every tube guitar amp model out there in the past 10 years, virtually hundreds of them... Fenders, Marshalls, Ampegs, Orange, what not, down to the modern ones, MesaBugies, e.t.c. I have played through the most sought after amps, like Fender DeLuxe Blackfaces from 60's, Marshalls JTM45, all kinds of candy. (Trace Eliot is one I have not played, though I want to...) This kind of experience made me sell all my solid state amps.

He finally custom made amp for me, with a preamp from the Bassman, combined with mosfet power amp. Good, but not the best. I finally gave up, and got me the best little amp in my opinion, Fender Vibrolux Reverb. It's a mighty little amp, only 40wats, but coming through 2 10 inch speakers! sweet... The sound is much more dynamic than from single 12, or Twins 2 12's, which is hilariously loud. The only way to get good distorted sound is to cranck up the volume, which is ear splitting with the Twin... The power transformer under wound, and some other mods too...

The only stomp box you need is some modest signal boosting, only a little, like Tube screamer, or the Fuzz face (from the good ones...)


I forgot to mention Derek Trucks, awesome tone too...


cheers,
Nenad

Originally Posted by superfly

You can tell by the gear, I enjoy playing mostly blues, and like listening to blues, funk, jazz, rock and all combinations between them... SRV, Bramhall I and II, Jimi, Ronnie Earl, Collins, King, e.t.c...


cheers,
Nenad

The wife and I were down at Buddy Guy's Legends last weekend to see him play. The show was awesome and I'm glad I got there before it closes! If anyone here ever has a chance to see him, make sure you do it as he's one of the originals and he isn't getting any younger. My only complaint is that his set was too short. Also, it was pretty cool being in Chicago during the Bears NFC victory, even if I'm a die-hard Packer fan.
-Fred
PS-I hope I'm not hijacking the thread

I have two acoustics. One is a higher end Yamaha I bought about six or seven years ago. The other is an early 1970's copy of a Gibson Dove, which was given to me by my uncle.

I've also got a 1998 Sunburst Stratocaster. The white pickguard, pickup covers and knobs were replaced with black, which gives it a pretty cool look. I've also got an early 1970's Telecaster copy, and an early 1970s Univox Hi-Flyer, which was in pieces when I got it. I had it custom painted and I reassembled it. Now it's a beauty. I'll try and find a picture. I've also got a bass.

For amplification I've got a 1981 Fender 75...and a new Fender Blues Jr.



Here's the Univox and my Fender 75 in the background. The picture's at a bad angle and doesn't show off the glossy paint job.



And there's the Gibson Dove copy.

Nice gear Mr. Wielder. I suppose that is you at the bottom--thanks for the photos.

Justin