Gear photos 2011

[marlonmm]

Hi guys! Long time I have not posted here.

Guitars acquired since 2007.

Chop Shop Fender Mustang

Squier Jagmaster - Vista Series

Squier Cyclone

Fender Mustang - 65 Reissue

RJ Les Paul copy

Some pedals I got. More or less this is my setup during those weekend gigs. Sometimes the Power Stack gets swapped with a Crunchbox.

 

[J.custom]

Nice and simple set up. You seem to like HBs in the bridge eh

 

[marlonmm]

Nice and simple set up. You seem to like HBs in the bridge eh

hehe. yup. HB tends to have fuller tone (when clean) and more growl (distorted).
but recently, just swapped back the single coil to the red mustang for a cleaner tone.

 

[relinquish69]

all the guitars are shorter scaled right? ( < 25.5" ). Shorter scaled instruments always make me feel weird. maybe cos I have fat fingers.

 

[marlonmm]

all the guitars are shorter scaled right? ( < 25.5" ). Shorter scaled instruments always make me feel weird. maybe cos I have fat fingers.

Yup. Mustang and Jagmaster are 24". Cyclone is 24.75" similar to a Les Paul.

 

[relinquish69]

any reason why the preference for shorter scale instruments? If there were a 24" Stratocaster, I wouldn't mind trying at all to hear the tonal differences. Longer scaled instruments are a lot harder to play compared to shorter scaled ones. I used to own an Ibanez RG1077XL. Tiring man. The tension on the bass strings was awesome but you have to sacrifice on the high notes a little. give and take but I wasn't liking the compromise.

 

[marlonmm]

any reason why the preference for shorter scale instruments? If there were a 24" Stratocaster, I wouldn't mind trying at all to hear the tonal differences. Longer scaled instruments are a lot harder to play compared to shorter scaled ones. I used to own an Ibanez RG1077XL. Tiring man. The tension on the bass strings was awesome but you have to sacrifice on the high notes a little. give and take but I wasn't liking the compromise.

I did have a strat copy back then as my first guitar but always struggle. I almost lost interest playing guitar until I got a Mustang as my "real" guitar. It's shorter scale increases playability and got me acquainted faster with the fretboard. But then you are right, it does not sound tight as longer scale guitars. Reason I installed HBs in them.

I also did experiment with string gauges until I settled with 10s. Just the right amount of tension. I tried 11s but with the way I play, notes does not ring well and yes it is tiring.

The Cyclone is the closest thing I have to a Strat. But with it's scale, it does not sound like one. I guess the sum of all parts makes a Strat a Strat. =)

 

[relinquish69]

whew! if thats the case, that was a good move indeed! keep playing!

 

[skipper53]

That Daphne blue is damn pretty! What kinda material do you play bro?

 

[skipper53]

yo ice-man.. in a few words, how would you describe the novaks on your jag? would i be able to push out sparklie janglie tones through say an ac-type?

 

[J.custom]

haha same here. I can't do without a HB or at LEAST a P90 in the bridge for my guitars. Love the fatness you get from them(although the p90 isn't THAT fat). nowadays can't do without a single coil in the neck position. One of my other favourite sounds from my guitar

 

[RicFreak]

NGD !!! Heeres Berlin ASP Custom Archtop

Just arrived today. Fresh from the Netherlands.
I can still smell hash from opening the case.
Kidding !!!

Here she is : (low-res images to reduce file size)

Mr Richard Heeres did a fantastic job building this archtop.

Sound clip available at link below if interested. Not played by me of course.

http://www.heeresguitars.nl/muziek.php?id=602&language=EN

 

[relinquish69]

^ wah. so different from the progress pictures. I wasn't expecting anything like that! awesome work of art.

 

[Tattoo_Guitar]

The ESP Sakura....

 

[ciki]

ah..nice to see a couple of off set guitars here..

heres mine...

not a fender, nor is it a "fendi"...something that i pick up during my holidays..at a fraction of the original price..

any recommendation for a single coil size humbucker that can handle distortion?? or i go for a route to fit in a full size hum.

 

[J.custom]

Dimarzio INJECTORRRR. Where did you order from? Sharing is caring

 

[ciki]

opps..let me re phrase it again, its somthing i pick up during my holidays at "the land of a thousand smiles"..
decent workmanship with decent sound. stilll trying to get used to the switiching though.

that injector is a single coil rite??

 

[J.custom]

oh cheyyy. It's a stacked s-coil! So not really true single coil la

 

[RicFreak]

Gave in to temptation !

Couldn't resist this hanging at the window.

Here are some specs:

•Hand-Selected 1-Piece Swamp Ash Body
•1-Piece Quartersawn Rock Maple Neck with Walnut Skunk Stripe
•1-3/4" Nut Width
•35,000-year-old Fossilized Mastodon Ivory Nut
•Warmoth 6105 Nickel-Silver Medium Tall Frets
•Custom neck profile to Seymour’s preference (combines best characteristics of vintage Telecaster necks)
•35th logo inlay at 12th fret in New Zealand White Mother-of-Pearl
•Tahitian Black Pearl Dot Neck Inlays
•TonePros Locking Stop Tailpiece
•Callaham medium-carbon milled stainless steel ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic style bridge
•Authentic “abandoned” Telecaster string-through holes with ferrules, consistent with the original guitar modification
•Seymour Duncan Original JB & Jazz “Concept” Copper-Wound Pickups
•Kluson Nickel-Plated Enclosed Tuners
•String tree on 1st & 2nd strings, uniquely placed to allow behind-the-nut bends
•Ultra-thin, fine instrument-grade high-gloss varnish finish, amber-tint, for maximum resonance and tone
•Varnished phenolic black pickguard, identical to 1950s era black pickguards
•Nickel Hardware

 

[carboxymoron]

Maaaaan. Tell us how the 35,000-year-old Fossilized Mastodon Ivory Nut sounds