Members profgalen Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Actually I've had it for almost a week. Haven't stopped playing it long enough for pics. This is my third MM and I dig them all. As an older guitar player I can appreciate the thinner body and resulting lighter weight. They each have a sound all their own. The 59RI has my favorite neck. It has BG-MM90 pups and Badass bridge. The SG has a GFS professional Series Alnico II pup. The new one is cool because it doesn't have any Jonahs Brother's signatures on it. No really, the p90s sound great and I've become a big fan of baked maple FBs on the two newer ones. I like the more traditional head-stock. Just an all-around great guitar at an incredible blow-out price from Sam Ash. Maple FBgroup shot by the Bougainvillea bush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveGrima Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Sweet! HNGD. How do you like those MM90s? I was thinking of ordering some of those for my Melody Maker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members profgalen Posted December 15, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Originally Posted by DaveGrima Sweet! HNGD. How do you like those MM90s? I was thinking of ordering some of those for my Melody Maker. Worth the 10 week wait. They sound very good. More crunch than the originals. A bit hotter and hum cancelling in the middle position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjcarl Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 I'm another proudly satisfied Melody Maker believer Your assessment is spot-on! HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surfdude Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 I dig Gibson flat tops, 2 control knobs, and the full sized headstock.Surfy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dega500 Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Nice collection of MM's. That yeller one looks familiar to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Congrats on your newest addition. I've had one of those for some time now , which means before the killer Sam Ash blow-out pricing But they're cool n'nuff guitars for sure. I also have that dual single coil MM as well, it's maybe my fave. The newest model, i.e with the maple body and single HB is the only one I don't have there, but I do have a JJ MM which covers that territory. I'm surprised though that you would pull the ceramic Gibby 491T for GFS though . Isn't that Alnico II a bit bright on maple? But anyway, congrats on your fine collection of MMs. I agree that the thin bodies are cool, and it indeed does impart its own tonal character on the sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Very nice collection. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members profgalen Posted December 15, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Originally Posted by GAS Man Congrats on your newest addition. I've had one of those for some time now , which means before the killer Sam Ash blow-out pricing But they're cool n'nuff guitars for sure. I also have that dual single coil MM as well, it's maybe my fave. The newest model, i.e with the maple body and single HB is the only one I don't have there, but I do have a JJ MM which covers that territory. I'm surprised though that you would pull the ceramic Gibby 491T for GFS though . Isn't that Alnico II a bit bright on maple? But anyway, congrats on your fine collection of MMs. I agree that the thin bodies are cool, and it indeed does impart its own tonal character on the sound Not that I can tell. The original sounded good too. I'm just experimenting. I might switch back, but the GFS has a nice sort of vintage tone. I have to go against popular opinion here and say I really don't think that the maple body makes that much difference through an amp. Either way I do wish it had a tone control.I'm considering a stacked pot like Danelectro uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Originally Posted by profgalen Not that I can tell. The original sounded good too. I'm just experimenting. I might switch back, but the GFS has a nice sort of vintage tone. I have to go against popular opinion here and say I really don't think that the maple body makes that much difference through an amp. Either way I do wish it had a tone control.I'm considering a stacked pot like Danelectro uses. Yeah, I hear what you're saying. Generally I do subscribe to "the popular opinion about maple being bright", BUT!!! this was a recent acquisition of mine this year and it's one big thick slab of maple and it doesn't sound particularly bright or sharp. If I had been told it was mahogany, I would have never known the difference. This one does however have a ceramic p'up (which I generally regard as often having a bit of a flatter EQ) but it's my understanding that on the American version of the G&L Jerry Cantrell Rampage that they use the SD JB, which is also a fairly bright Alnico design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultraworld Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 A lot of great music was created using those 3 guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hubert Stumblin Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Those are some badass guitars there, Prof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyzsard Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 Three MM's with 3 unique tones. Dig it, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MorganB Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 They are very photogenic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richey888 Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 Nice!! MM's rule! Love the TV yellow! Here's mine: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tupelo Son Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 Sweet Melody Makers, nice variety! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metalrulez Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norcal_GIT_r Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 Very nice!!congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deadbeat Son Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 Awesome, love it! Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jpnyc Posted December 16, 2012 Members Share Posted December 16, 2012 That baked maple fretboard came out really well on your guitar. The maple grain starts to look like a big vine inlay, but classy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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