Sun Feb 24, 2013 11:11 pm
Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:10 am
Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:46 am
louis cyfer wrote:i'll take an asat special with no pg, 3 mfd pups, highly figured light weight swamp ash, honey finish, quartersawn medium roasted #3 maple neck with maple fretboard and satin finish. ss medium jumbo frets. dfs tremolo, control plate flipped with slanted 5-way super switch. arm contour, belly cut, neck heel contour, cutaway contour. locking tuners, delron 500 cl buzz feiten nut. fully shielded with copper plate. suhr silent sc backplate. internal villex unit wired to bridge pup only. push push tone pot to activate.
reading: anything by asimov especially asimov's guide to the bible. p. howard, julian jaynes, malcolm gladwell. lots of science and philosophy.
Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:39 am
Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:40 am
Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:00 am
Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:07 am
louis cyfer wrote:it's tone, playability, comfort, functionality. that is what i am looking for. i think, it would be about as flexible as a guitar can be as far as covering musical bases. the aesthetic is secondary, only the ash and the finish color are aesthetic considerations.
Greenblues wrote:Nice lunch. My friend's wife is from the Philippines. She made us pineapple chicken and fried spring rolls last night for our poker game. I lost all my money to her, but it was worth it for that food.
My G&L Legacy has always been versatile enough to cover nearly every style I want to play, so I'd have another one made with some enhancements like:
-Wider, fatter neck with a compound radius to accomodate chords and finger-style, and bends in the upper frets
-Semi-hollow construction so I can play it unplugged, and get more acoustic-like attack and warmth
-DFS vibrato with four Raw Vintage springs for more resistance and fatter tone
-Schaller M6 Locking Tuners for tuning stability and quick string changes
-Aluminium pickguard for less hum
-Bill Lawrence L-280/298 pickups with Q-Filter (push-pull pot on bridge) for a wide range of clean and lead voices
-Custom TBX pot for neck pickup so I can use it for jazz or blues
-Strap locks so I don't drop the thing
-Tobacco Sunburst finish because it ages well
I haven't read many books since the summer, but when I have time I'd like to read more Chuck Palahniuk, Haruki Murakami, Cormac McCarthy, Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick and Mark Twain.
Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:34 am
The Black Page wrote:My G & L dream machine is currently in the factory up on blocks besides Pat's weapon of mass destruction....
Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:11 am
Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:08 am
blargfromouterspace wrote:Hey BP, good to see more newbies taking the LR dutiesThe Black Page wrote:My G & L dream machine is currently in the factory up on blocks besides Pat's weapon of mass destruction....
Mine too! I wonder how many other GbL members have them on order at the moment?!?! Mine isn't my dream machine, but it is something I've wanted for a long time - an SC2. I've not seen one in the flesh before, let alone played one, so it will be interesting when it gets here.
glvourot wrote:I saved this a while ago, I don't know if I would keep the matching headstock, might change it to black.
This is what I have
The SC-2 has become my favorite. It has been awhile since I have taken the S-500 out of the case. Truth be told I would take my acoustic if I could only have one guitar.
Right now I am reading "Inside the Third Reich" by Albert Speer. I am also a big Carl Sagan fan, Kurt Vonnugut, lots of military history. The list goes on....
Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:20 am
glvourot wrote:
The SC-2 has become my favorite. It has been awhile since I have taken the S-500 out of the case. Truth be told I would take my acoustic if I could only have one guitar.
Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:21 am
Mon Feb 25, 2013 12:05 pm
The Black Page wrote:I'm "assuming" here sorry but at a guess the SC-2 has got that bite in the top E string that a lot of strat players envy in a tele?
Mon Feb 25, 2013 12:40 pm
louis cyfer wrote:i'll take an asat special with no pg, 3 mfd pups, highly figured light weight swamp ash, honey finish, quartersawn medium roasted #3 maple neck with maple fretboard and satin finish. ss medium jumbo frets. dfs tremolo, control plate flipped with slanted 5-way super switch. arm contour, belly cut, neck heel contour, cutaway contour. locking tuners, delron 500 cl buzz feiten nut. fully shielded with copper plate. suhr silent sc backplate. internal villex unit wired to bridge pup only. push push tone pot to activate.
Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:37 pm
meowmix wrote:louis cyfer wrote:i'll take an asat special with no pg, 3 mfd pups, highly figured light weight swamp ash, honey finish, quartersawn medium roasted #3 maple neck with maple fretboard and satin finish. ss medium jumbo frets. dfs tremolo, control plate flipped with slanted 5-way super switch. arm contour, belly cut, neck heel contour, cutaway contour. locking tuners, delron 500 cl buzz feiten nut. fully shielded with copper plate. suhr silent sc backplate. internal villex unit wired to bridge pup only. push push tone pot to activate.
No EVO Gold? I heard from internet, push-push is a great idea but breaks.
Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:39 pm
The Black Page wrote:G'day mate! & Cheers..how'd tamworth go blarg? If there's a thread regarding it here anywhere point me in the right direction please bro would love to read it,thanks.
As far as how many the guys have got on order over there it'd be pretty safe to say plenty mate as that's often the case more than not
Are you at liberty to talk shop with the budding acquisition blarg or you keeping it close to the chest?
Thanks for stopping in mate & hope to catch up summor through the week,cheers..
Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:41 pm
Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:22 pm
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Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:28 pm
The Black Page wrote:I gather you'd be on a rosewood board as well is that right mate?
I'm reading your "4 spring theory" you'd like to dress your beast up in 10's?
Would like to know more about the bill Lawrence & TBX dude what's the scoop with them?
Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:16 pm
Goat wrote:
For reading: ESV Study Bible, Old Testament Today (John Walton & Andrew Hill), Knowing God (J.I. Packer), Systematic Theology (Wayne Grudem), Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes (Kenneth Bailey), KODO - Ancient Ways (Kensho Furuya), Book of 5 Rings (Miyamoto Musashi), Art of War (Sun Tzu). And a few guitar mags...
Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:26 pm
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Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:02 pm
Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:11 pm
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Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:52 pm
KenC wrote:- Slab SC-2 body shape...
Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:33 am
cuzwilly wrote:The more I play my Will Ray tribute the more I like the Z coils I do miss the PTB tone controls that I am really used to on my Nighthawk. Thinking about ordering a custom Will Ray as long as I can get a slimmer neck profile. Short fingers.
gitman001 wrote:Hey BP thanks for stepping up to the plate!
G&L
I am very fortunate to have some fine examples of BBE era G&L's...I would take my SC-2 as well ( plus i wouldn't want anything to hold up production of all the fine guitars on order )The Black Page wrote:I'm "assuming" here sorry but at a guess the SC-2 has got that bite in the top E string that a lot of strat players envy in a tele?
Oh yeah, It has lots and lots of bite!
Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:44 am
blargfromouterspace wrote:Tamworth was successful - I went through it in my most recent stint as LR, about a month ago, should all still be there. The SC2 is in shoreline gold, rosewood board, matching headstock, DFS vibrato and locking tuners. I've always loved the look of a Jazzmaster with this scheme, but the SC2 has an infinitely better bridge, more sensible wiring, is cheaper AND is a G&L so you just know it'll be good
ribeye1974 wrote:Swamp ash, 3 pup ptb system, maple fingerboard, locking tuners, maybe semi hollow, since electricity for my amp might be a problem on this island... and a 2nd neck, rigged up for the Bohlen-Pierce scale, for when I got bored of the octave repeating, 12 note tuning of "regular" instruments. For anyone who doesn't know, Bohlen-Pierce is a non octave repeating scale. That's right, there are no octaves, you'll never hear the same note twice... it is.... odd. I was told a Bohlen-Pierce guitar would cost me over $3000, so this deserted island scenario would be the perfect opportunity to get me one, and provide the time to learn how to play it!
Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:02 am
Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:29 am
Goat wrote:I'll take Louis axe but in natural gloss with an ebony fretboard on a clear satin quartersawn neck, bone nut and standard wiring. He nailed most of what I'd want in a 'one only' axe.
I'm getting bad GAS.... pass the pepto-bismol!
For reading: ESV Study Bible, Old Testament Today (John Walton & Andrew Hill), Knowing God (J.I. Packer), Systematic Theology (Wayne Grudem), Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes (Kenneth Bailey), KODO - Ancient Ways (Kensho Furuya), Book of 5 Rings (Miyamoto Musashi), Art of War (Sun Tzu). And a few guitar mags...
Great LR. Thanks.
darwinohm wrote:BP, it would be difficult for me to pick my perfect guitar. Of the 15 G&Ls that I have, there isn't a bad one in the bunch, not even one that could be considered marginal. I also had ideas on what I liked only to discover later that I preferred something else. I started out as a Strat type guy and couldn't understand why anyone would want a Tele type--until I bought one. I am a trem guy and bought that first Tele with the intent of installing a Bigsby on it. I did , now that was a perfect guitar. Then I see a G&L f-hole Asat with a Bigsby and the Tele was down the road, to the same guy who had tried to buy it two years earlier and I told him it would never be for sale. Anyway, you get the point on my idea of a perfect guitar. I am now a T type convert.
Glad you WR is closer to completion and no doubt it will be a fine one. I wish I was even close to the average age that you estimate of the people on this beard -- Darwin
willross wrote:I don't know about perfect guitar, but a double bound ASAT Deluxe semi-hollow with a toasted maple neck & ebony would maybe fit the bill...
Cheers,
Will
Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:27 am
KenC wrote:Dream G&L:
A slab SC-type body in maple, one large MFD at the bridge, single volume and tone control, SaddleLock bridge, quatersawn maple neck, 7.5" maple board...
OK, maybe not an SC-1 clone, but at least I would want the large MFD bridge running through the original SC-1 circuit to get the interplay between the tone and volume controls that I don't quite have on any of my other G&Ls. So on second thought:
- Slab SC-2 body shape, scaled down to the early 80s dimensions.
- Maple body, because they worked so well with large MFDs.
- SaddleLock bridge. The DFV is the best vibrato system I've owned, but I rarely use the whammy bar and like the extra body contact of the hardtail. It's also more convenient when I remove the strings to oil the fretboard - no need for shims or worries about dinging the finish.
- Large MFD bridge pickup running through an SC-1 circuit.
- Large MFD neck pickup with it's own volume and tone (or maybe a PTB circuit using stacked tone knobs).
- Stereo output jack.
- A neck profile like the Leo-era #2 necks, just because they're my favorites.
- Quartersawn neck, for appearance and stability.
- Black hardware.
- Serial number on the bridge, where it belongs!
I'd really have to think over the cosmetics. My all-time favorite G&L finish is Belair Green, but I'd also be inclined to go with the Salmon finish that went out on a prototype last year. Then again, selecting a body blank with lots of flame and finishing it in Honeyburst would be nice too.
Reading:
I've been plowing through all of Hunter S. Thompson's writings over the past six months or so. I finished "Generation of Swine", a collection of his newspaper columns from the 1980s, on the bus this evening. I'm not sure whether I will move on to his next book or take a break. I tend to get stuck on a single author or topic for long periods of time. Over the past twenty years I've run through all of Vonnegut's books, Tom Robbins's novels, a lot of Roman history, firsthand accounts of the Western Front in WWI, Buddhist sutras and commentaries, and generally more topics than I can recall at the moment.
Last fall and winter some issues at work required me to plunge into the scientific literature in my field. I haven't had the opportunity to do that in several years, and really enjoyed having the chance to get back into that frame of mind.
Ken
JagInTheBag wrote:My idea of the perfect guitar is evolving. I am interested to see what my WR will be like once it gets here. They batch produce the neck inlays. So TheBlackPage and I will likely get ours at the same time, even though I placed my order sooner. I am excited!
Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:58 pm
blargfromouterspace wrote:KenC wrote:- Slab SC-2 body shape...
I tried to get that on the one I ordered but was told that it won't happen
Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:25 pm
Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:32 pm
JagInTheBag wrote:Ken,
You bring up a some interesting observations. I guess I am going to have to bring my jag and the skyhawk over the the store and line it up "Nut to Nut" with the Sc-2 and see how they size up!
Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:08 pm
KenC wrote:I used to think I'd live happily ever after with my old Jazz Bass and a beater Epiphone Genesis, but then I just had to go and pick up that G&L hanging on the shop's wall...
Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:26 pm