Members notjonahbutnoah Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 Well first off, it was sunny the other day so I hauled the Charvels outside and got a couple with some decent lighting: Fun fun. I also got another practice amp to use. I had been playing my room mate's Fender FM25, which is OK, but I didn't care for the drive. Way back when I first was switching from guitar to bass, I got this Drive G65 112 combo, and I liked it, but blew out the speaker. Recently a friend gave me an old busted Fender Performer 1000 and it was shot, so I stole the speaker out of it and put it in the Drive. It's not a bad sounding amp. I find that with solid state practice amps, usually the eq requires a strange setting for it to reveal the most natural tone. With this one, everything on 10 is a really nice, full clean. Plenty of bite AND warmth. Heh, with the FM25 the best clean came from the bass all the way down, treble all the way up, and mids aaaaaaalmost all the way up. Anyway, it's a fun amp, very Marshally drive, and plenty on tap, all my guitars sound different through it so it's pretty responsive to pickups etc. Great for home use, or even some quieter jam sessions. Next up is a NEW STAND!!! Been wanting one for a while now, used some Christmas gift cards and picked one up a few days ago. Having a handful of guitars is nice, but they don't get enough use when I have to lug the case out and whatnot. Now here they all are, right at my fingertips. Been playing a lot more since I picked it up. Any danger to keeping guitars in these? I shouldn't think so... But yeah, minus my XV900, and Yamaha FG Jr, this is my updated family pic. I've offed a lot of guitars. Went from 11 to 7, which is about as low as I can go because other than the Charvels, which are my main gigging guitars, nothing I have is valuable... well except the bass but that's my oldest instrument so unless it's a matter of life or death, it stays. So yeah, I'm as downsized as I can be. Here's a few more angly fun shots: OH, and I decided to put the little allen wrench holders onto the Charvels. They don't give any instructions so I just went at it. Felt around for a long tie before deciding on the spot, I tried to make it so you can adjust that tension screw without removing the thing. Good spot or no? But yeah, I don't really know what the point of this thread is, just an update on what I've been up to, gear-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 very cool charvels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 7PlaGues Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 I have three of those stands (7 guitar stand) and they work nicely. I love the charvels, especially the green one. Nice pics man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 I like this thread. I don't like those stands because it just seems like one bad bump and all your guitars fall in one giant kaboom. I have these stands instead: Yeah, even with my four new guitars, I've downsized to 8 instruments total this month. I'm really happy I managed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members animalwithin Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 You got a nice collection there man! I didnt know there was a way to latch on a holder for the FR tools on the back of the headstock, thats really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Larry David Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 That p bass looks really nice, I've never seen one in that color combo before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted December 30, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 You got a nice collection there man! I didnt know there was a way to latch on a holder for the FR tools on the back of the headstock, thats really cool. Thanks. Yeah, The Charvels come with the wrenches, the holder, and a screw. I wasn't gonna put em on at first, but then decided "what the hell." It is nice having em right there, like if a fine tuner bottoms out at a show, it's only an extra minute as opposed to 5 or 10 looking through my bag of crap for the wrench. Still wondering if I chose the best spot for em though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted December 30, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 That p bass looks really nice, I've never seen one in that color combo before. That's actually a Mark Hoppus bass. It's Jazz shaped body, P pickups and neck profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members animalwithin Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 Still wondering if I chose the best spot for em though. I think its the perfect spot, out of the way from anything, can't see it from the front. Looks real cool from the back too haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 I'm not a huge Blink fan but that bass is {censored}ing sweet. Looks like you replaced the Quarter Pound pickups with DiMarzio. I love me some hot DiMarzio bass pickups, mmmm mmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OU8124ME Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 Cool Nice Pics ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted December 30, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 I'm not a huge Blink fan but that bass is {censored}ing sweet. Looks like you replaced the Quarter Pound pickups with DiMarzio. I love me some hot DiMarzio bass pickups, mmmm mmm. Yep, I got that when I was 15 and thoroughly abused it. Little by little I ruiend this and that on it, in it's lowest state it looked like this: MIM Strat pickup taped in with double sided exterior mounting tape. You can also see the remnants of an electrical tape racing stripe. {censored}ing fancy. Then I decided to get it back in shape. Plays like an absolute dream and that DiMarzio is delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members genesis3 Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 The original super strat....nice guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 Yeah, if it fits, I sits. Yep, I got that when I was 15 and thoroughly abused it. Little by little I ruiend this and that on it, in it's lowest state it looked like this: MIM Strat pickup taped in with double sided exterior mounting tape. You can also see the remnants of an electrical tape racing stripe. {censored}ing fancy. Then I decided to get it back in shape. Plays like an absolute dream and that DiMarzio is delicious. That looks like one of those $20,000 Fender relics! You should have kept it like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted December 30, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 That looks like one of those $20,000 Fender relics! You should have kept it like that! Hmmm, yeah, it does look like that Jaco P relic a little. I could've made some serious bank on CL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 You know, guitar pickups sound great on bass, that's why I love my Bronco Bass so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 7PlaGues Posted December 30, 2011 Members Share Posted December 30, 2011 I like these stands...I'm a guitar junkie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted December 31, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 31, 2011 I like these stands...I'm a guitar junkie. Wow. That's a lot of guitars man. Sheesh. Lots of fun colored strats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deadbeat Son Posted December 31, 2011 Members Share Posted December 31, 2011 Did you sell your LP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted December 31, 2011 Members Share Posted December 31, 2011 I think we need to see a pic or two of that tele... as time allows. Sure looks like a nice neck. We still need to all get together at some point, either at your place or at Doc's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 7PlaGues Posted December 31, 2011 Members Share Posted December 31, 2011 Wow. That's a lot of guitars man. Sheesh. Lots of fun colored strats! thanks man. The LPs and tele's are all mixed in. The rest are in cases and hidden. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted December 31, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 31, 2011 thanks man. The LPs and tele's are all mixed in. The rest are in cases and hidden. lol Heh, I could spend weeks at your place probably. Very cool. I just love that a good portion, if not most, are out like that. They're meant to be played and you seem hip to this fact, which is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted December 31, 2011 Members Share Posted December 31, 2011 Hrmm... might have to get lowbrow on the job to fix that fret! But... Drop B? Holy hell! I'd have no idea what to play on that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted December 31, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 31, 2011 Hrmm... might have to get lowbrow on the job to fix that fret! But... Drop B? Holy hell! I'd have no idea what to play on that! Yeah, it's not the bad, just some string slots punched into the 7th. Heh, I kinda live out my middle school fantasies in drop B. All that Family Values crapola. Sometimes C# Standard. Don't make fun of me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted December 31, 2011 Members Share Posted December 31, 2011 Not making fun at all, brah... In fact, for a while, I had a strat set up in C or C# standard with 13s... not for the chuggaz or the brootz at all, but for fuller sounding jazzy stuff. That ungodly ugly one I had for a while... I bought it from a kid that was all about the brootal stuffs. He mentioned a couple bands and I mentioned that my oldest daughter was into Slipknot and Korn and a couple other similar bands and he just laughed as if to say, 'that fine for panzy-ass momma's boys folk'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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