Members currynoodles Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 Tried one the other day. It's Mjolnir heavy with a huge chunky neck. Didn't get to play it though an amp because the Laney Cub they had inside the room wasn't working for some reason. Played nice acoustically though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 love mcgeogh... ive played several vintage ones, and i always feel the same: the balance is weird (and I play a firebird!), its heavy as nuts,and I dont like the pickups. theyve always been too reedy for me. That said, its really well made and pretty. I know a few players in Japanthat share my opinions, so its not all love and praises... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 love mcgeogh... ive played several vintage ones, and i always feel the same: the balance is weird (and I play a firebird!), its heavy as nuts,and I dont like the pickups. theyve always been too reedy for me. That said, its really well made and pretty. I know a few players in Japanthat share my opinions, so its not all love and praises... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RadioSilence Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 Wow, this was awesome. Those lo-fi vocals are amazing. Around '99/2000 it seemed every band I saw live had these guys supporting. Saw them a couple of times at festivals too. Super hard working band but they split up after the first album. Muse's first album came out at the same time - if you'd have asked me then which would go on to success based on those first albums, I'd have said Dark Star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I've got an oooold one. I think its a '74, (cant, for the life of me, remember the model and the only numbers i could find are on the back of the pups). The pickups are absolute thunder, though they need re-potted. The wife and I call it the Old Man. It has the most singular tone of any guitar Ive ever owned, just howls. Its beat to {censored}. I think I paid 170 for it with a similarly beat to {censored} hard case. The Old Man dosen't give a {censored}, it just plays. The Old Man is one bad guitar! :phil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Folky_Grunge Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 I've always liked them, but have never gotten to play one. I probably associate them most with Big Country: [video=youtube;NeX5cRjvFR0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duderanimous Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 he is the reason why I always wanted one. Some day I will have one... some day Rik Emmett of Triumph played one in the 80's. My guitar teacher had one as well in that era. They were pretty pricey as I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duderanimous Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 ugly as {censored} NOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members highwayone73 Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 The Old Man is one bad guitar! :phil: Sure is. Hasn't been getting as much use as I'd like lately, but this thread has pulled it off the rack. Back when I worked at a guitar shop, we had a couple great Yamahas come through, fortunately I got to keep the old man. The other one was a really beautiful black 1000 (I think, its been a couple years). It was a little out of my price range at the time, but I'd buy one in second if I saw another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 Yep - came in here to post this. Cool guitars - really heavy, but play great. I like the Ibanez Artist models from that era too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members k tone Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 My brother-in-law's favorite guitarist. We were listening to / talking about Rik just a couple of days ago. Great player. I saw Triumph many many times as a lad (and later Rik when he went solo). Great live band. Dude brought it every time he took the stage. A true musician who was not caught up in the whole 80's rock star thing. I used to learn some things from his monthly Guitar Player lessons as well. He must cringe when he sees some the shots of himself from that era. :facepalm:Those pants uhg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members k tone Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 My brother-in-law's favorite guitarist. We were listening to / talking about Rik just a couple of days ago. Great player. I saw Triumph many many times as a lad (and later Rik when he went solo). Great live band. Dude brought it every time he took the stage. A true musician who was not caught up in the whole 80's rock star thing. I used to learn some things from his monthly Guitar Player lessons as well. He must cringe when he sees some the shots of himself from that era :facepalm:Those pants:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members highwayone73 Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Yep - came in here to post this. Cool guitars - really heavy, but play great. I like the Ibanez Artist models from that era too. +1 Also on my "highly underrated" list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 I saw Triumph many many times as a lad (and later Rik when he went solo). Great live band. Dude brought it every time he took the stage. A true musician who was not caught up in the whole 80's rock star thing. I used to learn some things from his monthly Guitar Player lessons as well. He must cringe when he sees some the shots of himself from that era. :facepalm:Those pants uhg. I saw them on their first headlining American tour supporting Just A Game in 1979. They ran through both albums worth of songs (JAG and Rock And Roll Machine), so they played a bunch of Zeppelin covers including Rain Song which KILLED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 +1 Also on my "highly underrated" list. There was a GP article in 1994/5 call 'Pawnshop Prizes' - their first installment was an Ibanez Artist and an early '60s Gibson Falcon amp. A couple weeks later, I'm in my local pawnshop in Montrose, CO and I come across a Falcon and thought "WTF I'll try it - GP says it's good." I plugged in, shat my pants, slapped down the $225 asking price and ran out the door before he asked for more money. It's been my #1 ever since. CSB'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members we_are_responsible Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 My 70s SG1500 is my main guitar - love that thing. It's got any number of scars, and I don't think there's a single bit of original hardware remaining on it, and there are some weird electrical problems... Really a nice guitar despite all the abuse it's taken. Super-heavy, probably the heaviest guitar I've ever played. No small feat considering some of the plywood abominations I've taken on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Moustache_Bash Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 What a provocative art piece in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreaserMatt Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 I NEVER SEE 'EM 'ROUND THESE PARTS (Seattle,,,) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 I love these guitars, especially that 2nd one you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 First Act make a guitar that is remarkably similar - the DC Lola or DC6. It's rad. I do love an SG2000 though. Here's some of them: Brent Hinds' 12 string Matt Pike's 9 string Baizley's double neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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