Members Virgman Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 The clear acrylic guitar bodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jds22 Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 Plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JimAnsell Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 i can't imagine them sounding good. i know they weigh a {censored}ing ton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 I've played a bunch of those Dillon acrylic's and also a few of those acrylic guitars that Keith Richards used to play back in the seventies (Dan Armstrong?). I've never play one cranked with a band though. They tend to sound on bright, you don't get any wood resonance so the sound is pretty much pure pickup. I saw a video of the Stones (Sticky Fingers era) doing a small club gig and Keith was playing one, it sounded like crap next to Mick Taylor's SG. Though I've read that Mr. Richards was in some miserble mood during that taping due to a recent drug bust or some such trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Switch Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 I hear the tone is quite... transparent . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darkstorm Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 Overly bright Like maple body but without any woodyness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cloudnine Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 Ask Kirk Hammett... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members silverkw Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 i'd imagine the low end ones sound crappy. but higher end artificial material could sound good as well, i don't know if they are gonna be transparent. examples include Joe Satriani's certain Chrome Boy, Parker, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L6Sguy Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 stones' 1969 tour had Keef on the Armstrong, bootlegs are widely available (fileshare, etc) to hear it in action. grohl used one quite a bit for the promo/tour work behind the record before this last one. again, plenty of material available to hear it in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andy6789 Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 Originally posted by silverkw i'd imagine the low end ones sound crappy.but higher end artificial material could sound good as well, i don't know if they are gonna be transparent. examples include Joe Satriani's certain Chrome Boy, Parker, etc. i always thought satchs chrome boy was just plated not actually made of chrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoozeBooze Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 I had an acrylic BC RICH.... it sounded fine for metal applications (didnt use it for much else). I bought it mainly as a novelty thing I thought would look cool onstage. Yes believe the hype. acrylic ISSSSSS heavy. But you guys that pump weights every day won't have an issue with this. That's more of a girlyman complaint. Unfortunately I'm a girlyman. I traded it away. But soundwise... its a guitar. It makes guitar sounds. What more were you looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ScarredForLife Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 Originally posted by andrew7896 i always thought satchs chrome boy was just plated not actually made of chrome I think he meant to say Satch's Crystal Planet guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wezman2k Posted September 18, 2005 Members Share Posted September 18, 2005 i'm not sure, but they look pretty damn cool. i like dave grohl's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roygbiv Posted September 19, 2005 Members Share Posted September 19, 2005 I had a Dan Armstrong for a while. It was fairly mediocre. Didn't sound terrible, but didn't have any distinguishing tonal characteristics. Without any wood, it just sorta sounded like the one pickup it had. (It was cool that the pickup popped right in/out, but I could never find any other pickups for it.) I traded the thing because I got bored with the one-dimensional sound, and it would never stay in tune. It did look cool as hell, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AbrahamLendechy Posted December 29, 2013 Members Share Posted December 29, 2013 They look pretty cool, aldo clen sound, but heavy as **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted December 29, 2013 Author Members Share Posted December 29, 2013 Adam, are you real or an HC employee trying to bring activity to this forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted December 29, 2013 Members Share Posted December 29, 2013 Come on HC its getting a bit boring now. If you wanna kill the place just pull the plug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted December 29, 2013 Members Share Posted December 29, 2013 I put together an acrylic strat. It sounded good. Great sustain. Lots of attack. It didn't sound exactly like my other strats, but still retained a strattish sound. It weighed 14.5 pounds. I sold it mostly for that reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeatherAnnePeel Posted December 30, 2013 Members Share Posted December 30, 2013 I have two Ampeg Dan Armstrong Plexi guitars (1970 & 2006). Very strong midrange bite. Total "Ya-Ya's" era Keith. My favorite guitars! " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://s46.photobucket.com/user/SexyHeather2006/media/Guitars/HPIM1860.jpg.html][/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Mr.scary96 Posted December 30, 2013 Members Share Posted December 30, 2013 I had a Univox Lucy that sounded nice but after having back problems I had to sell it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted December 30, 2013 Members Share Posted December 30, 2013 Wow. 2005? Somebody used the way back machine to dig this one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted December 30, 2013 Members Share Posted December 30, 2013 Elias Graves wrote: Wow. 2005? Somebody used the way back machine to dig this one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wasko Posted August 16, 2017 Members Share Posted August 16, 2017 Page Hamilton (Helmet)played a Dan armstrong before he payed ESP's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheForkWigger Posted August 17, 2017 Members Share Posted August 17, 2017 hmm http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dan-acrylic-electric-guitar-crystal-electric-guitar-Quality-assurance-green/222366927819 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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