What is the best?

[Ben...]

Pink Hello Kitty for biker bars

Where's that video of RD playing Slayer on one of those?

[Flatpicker]

more Jacksons! Really I think that there's not a be all end all instrument for music genres. Guitars are like women, this is fact!

What do you mean?
The guitars are so much easier than women.

1. They don't complain if I plug in to it more than once a week.
2. They only scream when I make them.
3. They have a volume control.
4. They are cheaper to maintain.
5. If you get sick of one, you can get rid of it and not lose 1/2 your stuff.

[toejam]

You're memory is wayyyyyyyyyy to fucking good!

I don't know what you mean by "you're" and "to". :ROTF:

[markD]

eklipse - for your studio you may want to get a hold of a guitar or two that have P90 pickups. i have found my hamer special P90 to be indespensible for MANY recording sessions i have produced or played. it will do a killer smoky jazz tone on the neck p/u with the tone rolled back....it will do the leslie west-style "classic rock" crunch....it will do blues AMAZINGLY....shoot, i have even used it for several "surf guitar" sessions - it looked outta place, but MAN the tone was spot on when played through a 6G15 reverb unit and a blackface tremolux.

the key is having the right amps. i have a multitude of guitars for different styles, but i have found that without amps that are similar to the ones used to forge a genre, the guitar becomes useless to a degree.

for instance, back when i first started doing surf guitar sessions with my brother's band, i had the tube reverb unit, the hamer guitar...BUT i was using my rivera m100 1x12 combo. rivera is known for their KILLER fender style cleans...at the time that amp was loaded with a JBL speaker, so at least THAT part was right....but something was missing....

my bro was (is) playing a '57 strat through a blackface showman with 4x10 JBL speakers and using a fender tube reverb. his sound was (is) pretty accurate to the old dick dale sound....it wasn't until i got the tremolux that the "surf" sound TRULY emerged. then, regardless if i used a strat a tele of the hamer, the surf sound was there....

using the hamer through that fender amp rig allowed me a TON of tones just between tweaking the amp, switching speakers, volume position on the guitar, volume position on the amp....

for instance...if i want a realy good old blues sound - right on the edge of distorting, but not actually there - i use the hamer on both pickups, roll the bridge volume back to about 7 keep the neck volume on 10, put the tone on 7....plug into the fender amp - turn the volume to 10 (which is FUCKING LOUD) flip up the bright switch, put the treble on 6 and the bass 8. i plug the head into a weber 1x12 half back cab loaded with a weber vintage alnico 12 and let it rip. the amp is SO loud that the break up comes from the speaker....that poor speaker is being BRUTALIZED by that volume.

to record it, i put it into the walk-in closet with 2 mics in the room - an sm-57 in front, and a md421 in back about a foot up.

i could keep going, but i hope you get the idea...

[markD]

oh, allow me to elaborate on speakers. they make a huge difference too. in the storage area i have a few boxes of certain speakers that i use when recording and i need a specific sound. i already mentioned the weber and the JBL. i also have a V30, a G1275, a couple of JBL 10's, some carvin 10's, a few EVM12L's, a peavey sheffield 12, a line 6 modelling 12, old fender 10's and 12's....all of these are boxed and labeled. i don't have room for a bunch of cabs, so i will switch out speakers as needed for recording sessions.

here are some of my favorite combos i have used in certain styles:

fender 10's/12's: country, blues, soft rock, jazz

JBL 12's: country, surf, modern rock when high SPL's are needed but a bright tone is important, jazz

V30: most rock, some blues, occasional light metal

G1275: classic metal, hard rock, pop

line 6 modelling 12: anything requiring a flat clean sound, pop

EVM12L: most downtuned metal, metal, hard rock, jazz

sheffield 12: metal, hard rock, jazz

it might sound like a pain to switch out the speakers, but it only takes a few minutes. most of the 12's get loaded into a custom cab that allows front or rear loaded speakers and has a convertable back (open/closed). the 10's get loaded into a rivera C210 cab.

so in my studio, there are several heads and 3 cabs. the two i mentioned and a marshall valvestate 4x12. i used to keep a mesa lonestar 1x12 too, but found it redundant....

i know this thread is about guitars, but i have found amps and speakers more important than guitars.....

[Robert Burns]

GMW...PRS... McNaught... Lentz... Suhr... Tom Anderson...
These are just a few fantastic quality builders...imo

[nor]

McD said playing anything but metal on a Jackson voids the warranty.

[SEEGERMANY]

I don't know what you mean by "you're" and "to". :ROTF:

Oh lord, I'm almost afraid to type a response! I'm usually pretty fanatical about those two words.

[triplehold]

markD- really great info. You're right on with the P90 suggestion. A blackface Tremolux- nice, really nice!

[Eklipse]

What do you mean?
The guitars are so much easier than women.

1. They don't complain if I plug in to it more than once a week.
2. They only scream when I make them.
3. They have a volume control.
4. They are cheaper to maintain.
5. If you get sick of one, you can get rid of it and not lose 1/2 your stuff.

Holy words

[Eklipse]

oh, allow me to elaborate on speakers. they make a huge difference too. in the storage area i have a few boxes of certain speakers that i use when recording and i need a specific sound. i already mentioned the weber and the JBL. i also have a V30, a G1275, a couple of JBL 10's, some carvin 10's, a few EVM12L's, a peavey sheffield 12, a line 6 modelling 12, old fender 10's and 12's....all of these are boxed and labeled. i don't have room for a bunch of cabs, so i will switch out speakers as needed for recording sessions.

here are some of my favorite combos i have used in certain styles:

fender 10's/12's: country, blues, soft rock, jazz

JBL 12's: country, surf, modern rock when high SPL's are needed but a bright tone is important, jazz

V30: most rock, some blues, occasional light metal

G1275: classic metal, hard rock, pop

line 6 modelling 12: anything requiring a flat clean sound, pop

EVM12L: most downtuned metal, metal, hard rock, jazz

sheffield 12: metal, hard rock, jazz

it might sound like a pain to switch out the speakers, but it only takes a few minutes. most of the 12's get loaded into a custom cab that allows front or rear loaded speakers and has a convertable back (open/closed). the 10's get loaded into a rivera C210 cab.

so in my studio, there are several heads and 3 cabs. the two i mentioned and a marshall valvestate 4x12. i used to keep a mesa lonestar 1x12 too, but found it redundant....

i know this thread is about guitars, but i have found amps and speakers more important than guitars.....

No problem, the informations you give me are really important, thanks!!!
next time I go to my favorite store I'll try an hamer!!

PS:I've got a les paul classi with P90 and it's true, they have an amazing sound!!!!

[JACKSONFREAK]

Lets not forget. hendrix played a Gibson V, as did Albert King, Plus Johnny winter plays blues on a Gibson firebird. Bot to mention the countless guys who play metal on Strats. (ie Yngwie, Blackmore, EVH played a strat for a few years before they got signed as wel as an ES335 a Les Paul and an Ibanez Destroyer.) So my opinion is what ever gives you the sound and feels right play it. Who cares if its a flying V or a Rhoads in a Jazz quartet. Its not the guitar shape so much as it is its tone and its player.
Gil

[metalchurch79]

I play only old school metal like Sabbath,Ozzy, Maiden,Priest,Dio, Slayer,Sabbat,Mercyful Fate/King Diamond,etc...I dont listen to anything else but the old stuff.
My King V's get me where I need to go.

[toejam]

Lets not forget. hendrix played a Gibson V, as did Albert King, Plus Johnny winter plays blues on a Gibson firebird. Bot to mention the countless guys who play metal on Strats. (ie Yngwie, Blackmore, EVH played a strat for a few years before they got signed as wel as an ES335 a Les Paul and an Ibanez Destroyer.) So my opinion is what ever gives you the sound and feels right play it. Who cares if its a flying V or a Rhoads in a Jazz quartet. Its not the guitar shape so much as it is its tone and its player.
Gil

Yngwie played a Gibson V, too! He modified it with single coils, a scalloped board and an original non fine-tuning Floyd.

[metalchurch79]

I have a poster of Yngwie and all of his guitars, and that one is there too. I always thought it was neat looking. Like a Fender and a Gibson combined.