I bought a Les Paul Standard ‘60s model in late 2019 after hearing mostly good things about the uptick in quality after the new management took over, and I have absolutely zero regrets. Compared to the Gibson stuff I dealt with when I worked at a couple of larger retailers in the late 90s/early 2000s, there’s no comparison.
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i’ve decided it’s time for ONE pointy metal guitar in the pack. 
I have a Jackson RRXT coming soon. it’s all black and very metal, but i’m thinking if i want to go a little more 70s glam (being a Randy Rhoads V shape), i can always swap out the black pickguard and tailpiece (the boomerang) for a chrome one.
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The Iommi SG is a great instrument but IMO there are a few minor visual/finish flaws which I wasn’t expecting given the list price. Maybe it’s normal on Gibsons, I don’t have the experience to say.
However, it came set up extremely well and it plays and sounds fantastic. No criticism of it as an instrument, it’s wonderful. I’m having to use a suede-lined strap to combat the neck dive though.
Yes! The “expensive” Yamaha’s are very affordable and IMO better than the American fenders and Gibson’s. I have two on my shopping list. Together they cost less than any one of my fenders.
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I used to own two RR Jacksons when I was a kid. I didn’t even play metal, I just thought that they looked like a guitar out of The Jetsons or something. I had a gold one that was string through the body, and a black one with a gold Floyd on it. I really miss the gold one. I also miss my Jupiter 8 (you can see the silver side cheeks peeking out in front of me).
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what a beauty of a guitar! mine is all black, with all black hardware, super metalllllll 
i’m thinking of swapping the tailpiece, bridge, and control plate for either chrome or gold/brass, to make it a little less black metal, and a little more 70s Randy Rhoads. haha
also love the prophet in the photo!
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looking to change up my drive tone for a jazzmaster through a vox. currently I’ve been using an EQD Plumes on the 1 setting for drive, but am interested in mixing things up. I don’t go for high gain stuff, since i’m playing with an analog 4 as my drum machine/synth accompaniment. Any affordable suggestions worth checking out? thanks
I like the Boss Super Overdrive SD-1.
The MXR Il Diavolo is also nice, with the 3-position Hi/Lo switch adding versatility. Currently goes for about $75 used.
I got my Jazzmaster after I got my HX Stomp XL though, so I haven’t used it with those analog drive pedals.
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I figured I missed the immediacy of playing my acoustic guitar (Lag t200jce), which was sitting idle inside the case for years. I recently took it to a luthier for a complete overhaul and am pretty satisfied with the results. Sequencer, synthesis, VSTs, mixing etc, it all started to feel like a task lately. I feel like most of the time I just want some melody, some immediate organic loop to zone in on. I came to a conclusion that electronic music production cannot fully respond to my innate connection with music, which is rooted in my childhood. It has its own space and feel and I love that in a different way, but it’s not the same world to me. It really felt like a breath of fresh air to see that I don’t need OB or midi cables or hours of synthesis to be happy with creating music again. I don’t know if anyone can relate but wanted to share anyway.
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Oh yeah, this thread exists because there are a bunch of folks here who still love to play guitar despite access to electronic gear
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Barbershop is what you may need. Latest iteration of my PB has the Fairfield Barbershop back on it. I also use it for the jazzman; and jazz bass. The Barbershop is a very unique drive, very transparent all the way down to 20Hz, and can almost be used as a clean boost. Since all my sticks are passive, I like to pop a boost in front of the Barbershop for the times I do want it to sound like a more traditional OD. It will give a great OD on its own though. If you put your Plumes in front of it that’ll work nicely if you want to go full stage hero 
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nice, i’ll keep an eye on that. cool set up, love the triple chorus on a bass rig.
Two chorus pedals make a pretty good flanger, or chorus plus DC-2 for stereo flanging. My BF-2 is too noisy now, and the MXR flanger while excellent for six string just sucks all the bass out of a Bass.
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There was this guy on a guitar forum where I used to hang out who was such a Dumble fanboy. I thought of him and chuckled when I read this - he’s also a Robben Ford fanboy
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Barbershop through a Vox, but he’s not fully clicked yet with how to tweak the pedal
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Any very good polyvalent stereo flanger reference that’d do chorus too ?
I found Boss Super Chorus CH1 so deceiving that I’d go straight to flanger.
Are analog flangers better ?
I guess their behavior with max feedback is better.
Like a Hammond Ensemble, but in stereo? The H9 Tricerachorus and the just released stand-alone version are in that territory; probably. Though, the H9 completely digitises the guitar while in effect mode, don’t know about the new pedal.
In general, I find my CE-2w and CE-2B’s, BF-2 and BF-2B and MXR flanger all respond better to being overdriven and distortion than the H9 and Mobius ever did. Those two could handle lower levels, but when pushed, it’s total MP3 style break-up.
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Hey all.
Love this thread, so many interesting rigs, styles of play, and perspectives. Another reason Elektronauts is my go-to forum 
But enough blathering. As the seasons change (fall here now, winter soon), I’m wondering what everyone does in regards to maintaining appropriate humidity levels in their studios (or wherever you keep your guitars).
Obviously humidifiers and hydrometers are key. Tell us about the space you’re dealing with, and how you deal with the winter months.
Thanks!
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I don’t do anything. If a guitar cannot handle temperature and humidity changes, it is not worth keeping imo. And so far, I’ve had no issues with neck warping or anything like that. The right attitude to have toward guitars is that they should be like pickup trucks, not Ferraris. Change strings, get them set up by a luthier once a year if necessary, change hardware when it’s necessary. That’s it. If a guitar is so high maintenance that it needs its own special living conditions… come on. I am not running a museum.
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All I’ve done is rotate my guitars. I play a different one every day. In my area, I found if I leave any guitar alone for too long, then it’s more likely to require a truss rod adjustment.
Watching the hydrometer is more the domain of acoustic string instruments. I did have the habit of putting a Dampit into my acoustic cello, and my first acoustic viola. I’ve never bothered to do that with my nicer viola. I just play it regularly - if I leave it alone too long, the tuning pegs either get stuck or get too loose. Both of my acoustic guitars are kinda cheap - I don’t do anything special with either one, and so far nothing has happened. The nylon string one might need new frets soon but that has hardly anything to do with humidity.
I live in the mid-Atlantic region of the US. We get decent humidity during the warm months, but this is hardly a tropical area. We don’t get cold weather as extreme as Siberia either.
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