Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
you're kidding me right?It's just a simple little mod.
Is that the actual mod?
Seriously?
Tell me you're kidding ....... I wouldn't do that to even a cheap guitar.
Is that the actual mod?
Seriously?
Tell me you're kidding ....... I wouldn't do that to even a cheap guitar.
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Greg_L
Banned
Well that one is supposedly Ace's actual guitar, so it has smoked it's way through about a thousand shows before it got retired. But yeah, every pic I could find of the mod involves serious routing on the back to house all the battery packs and lights and wiring and shit. It had a big cover over it though. The metal plate is a "combustion chamber" built in under the neck pickup to house the smoker unit. It gets smoldering hot so it's literally a metal box fitted into the guitar to keep from melting the middle pickup - which didn't work anyway on Ace's guitars. The original plan involved an XLR cable plugged into the guitar right next to the standard guitar cable. When it was smoke time, Ace would poke the fake neck pickup out with his pick and the sound guy would apply phantom power to the guitar to turn on the halogen light and get the smoke going. Later he had it modded to be self-powered with batteries and he'd activate the whole thing with the neck tone knob. He'd twist the knob, the fake pickup would flip out of the way, and he'd let the smoke out. I think it's pretty awesome.
You can clearly see the two cables plugged in in the bottom pic.
rayc
retroreprobate
Cool prop & the original didn't sound too bad either.
Now, I wonder whether folk will argue about the influence of the density of the wood on the tone?
Now, I wonder whether folk will argue about the influence of the density of the wood on the tone?
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Greg_L
Banned
Well to me the open lid sound is the best, but they all have a boxy quality to them. The closed lid sounds seem really choked off to me. I'm afraid it's true - that iso cab sucks. Your 4x12 sounds, and even your old iso box sounds, are vastly superior.
Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
yep ..... live and learn I guess.
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Greg_L
Banned
They can try, but it doesn't matter with Ace's sound, style, and stadium rock volumes.
rayc
retroreprobate
I thought these things were indestructibel...
I had my Marshall Superbass & a Jade Clubman amps stacked on top of this crate which was stacked upon a similar crate.
I noticed they were leaning a little today.
Upon closer investigation I removed the amps to forstall a disaster.
The 2nd crate is still in good nick!
Could've been unpleasant - not for the amps - they're made of tough stuff but the gear it was leaning towards - EVERYTHING on my mixing desk!
I had my Marshall Superbass & a Jade Clubman amps stacked on top of this crate which was stacked upon a similar crate.
I noticed they were leaning a little today.
Upon closer investigation I removed the amps to forstall a disaster.
The 2nd crate is still in good nick!
Could've been unpleasant - not for the amps - they're made of tough stuff but the gear it was leaning towards - EVERYTHING on my mixing desk!
Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
disaster averted!!
minerman
Tonetard
No toans today guys....tomorrow's my birthday, so I'm going out to celebrate tonight....won't be back until tomorrow, gonna make an all-nighter out of it...big 44 tomorrow......
On the gear side, GAS has struck again...I'm thinking of making my strat into a S-S-S, instead of the H-S-S, so I'll have true strat tones with it....I could put a coil tap on it, but in my experiences, it just isn't the same (on the guitars I've had anyway...)....it's close, but still not quite there....anyway, I'm looking at this guitar pretty hard:
Jackson DK2MQ Pro Series Dinky Electric Guitar
I almost bought this guitar last year, but chose the LP instead...and yes, I've still got the Ibanez which is pretty much the same thing, but IMO this thing looks fuckin' killer....I love the color, & love the maple fretboard....Duncan JB in the bridge, & a '59 in the neck, with a 5-way switch....This could be my Christmas present to myself this year.....
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.On the gear side, GAS has struck again...I'm thinking of making my strat into a S-S-S, instead of the H-S-S, so I'll have true strat tones with it....I could put a coil tap on it, but in my experiences, it just isn't the same (on the guitars I've had anyway...)....it's close, but still not quite there....anyway, I'm looking at this guitar pretty hard:
Jackson DK2MQ Pro Series Dinky Electric Guitar
I almost bought this guitar last year, but chose the LP instead...and yes, I've still got the Ibanez which is pretty much the same thing, but IMO this thing looks fuckin' killer....I love the color, & love the maple fretboard....Duncan JB in the bridge, & a '59 in the neck, with a 5-way switch....This could be my Christmas present to myself this year.....
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Greg_L
Banned
Haha, happy birthday. Hideous guitar, but whatever floats your boat dude.
Ray, come on dude, milk crates?
Ray, come on dude, milk crates?
rayc
retroreprobate
Dinky? DINKY? IN Oz that was a very popular brand of caste metal minature toy cars as well as the generic name for a toddler's front wheel pedalled trike.
Greg, Milk Crate - yes, I know but I had my amp heads stacked on one side of the room and the cabs on the otehr so I could tweak without feedback and also reach the DAW consol stuff with guitar strapped on.
Now I'll have to re consider - that was one quite robustly constructed crate too.
Greg, Milk Crate - yes, I know but I had my amp heads stacked on one side of the room and the cabs on the otehr so I could tweak without feedback and also reach the DAW consol stuff with guitar strapped on.
Now I'll have to re consider - that was one quite robustly constructed crate too.
Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
I kinda like my cabs on the floor ..... that way I can mic a bottom speaker if I want the 'boundary effect' and a higher one if I don't. That eliminates the need for any stand.
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Greg_L
Banned
My cabs just stand on their wheels. I've never noticed any significant difference between the lower and upper speakers. I usually mic the upper speakers just because it's easier.
Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
well, and in fairness it's been years since I've had a 4x12 cab.
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Greg_L
Banned
I think it might have a lot to do with close miking. I do everything loud as shit and right up on the grill. That probably negates any floor effect. If I pull the mic back the floor reflections will probably make a difference.
Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
I go back and forth with that ...... I feel like a mic back a foot or two allows the sound to develop and it helps tame any spikey freqs ....... but close micing is so much easier ....... just eliminate the hell outta any variables and you have a rock solid sound to manipulate as you wish. In the last decade or so I've really had less interest in experimenting with sounds and just close mic. Maybe that's why I don't have fun recording anymore ............ maybe I need more playing around like that.
It did use to be fun just trying things for the hell of it.
It did use to be fun just trying things for the hell of it.
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wavewarrior
New member
No toans today guys....tomorrow's my birthday, so I'm going out to celebrate tonight....won't be back until tomorrow, gonna make an all-nighter out of it...big 44 tomorrow.....
On the gear side, GAS has struck again...I'm thinking of making my strat into a S-S-S, instead of the H-S-S, so I'll have true strat tones with it....I could put a coil tap on it, but in my experiences, it just isn't the same (on the guitars I've had anyway...)....it's close, but still not quite there....anyway, I'm looking at this guitar pretty hard:
Jackson DK2MQ Pro Series Dinky Electric Guitar
I almost bought this guitar last year, but chose the LP instead...and yes, I've still got the Ibanez which is pretty much the same thing, but IMO this thing looks fuckin' killer....I love the color, & love the maple fretboard....Duncan JB in the bridge, & a '59 in the neck, with a 5-way switch....This could be my Christmas present to myself this year.....
Happy Birthday Minerman!
Yeah, straight singles on the Strat is a great way to go; if you have humbucker guitars already, might as well have the tone option of a tilted single in your tone toolbox.
Your "Chupa" sounds awesome, congrats on that.
Forget the whole "iso" thang, the DSL1 sounded pretty monster thru the 4x12's; that's how I always run my JVM1 too.
The Jackson is cool, you know I dig them pointy guitars, but that 3 bolt neck looks like a nightmare waiting to happen Bro. If you like the blue finish and maple the new Charvel ProMod's are very nice too. I would seriously check them out. Same compound radius necks, Strat headstock, same pups & Floyd Rose, but we're talking 4 bolt necks there.
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wavewarrior
New member
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Greg_L
Banned
That 2x12 I had seemed a lot "bassier" when it was on the floor. But that was the sound out in the room. The mic on the grill didn't care if it was on the floor or on top of another cab.
Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
yeah, that's the blessing of close micing and why the people here that freak out about room treatment in your tracking room are wrong.