Guitar Talk and BS

I am a part of many of the suspension threads and frequently talk on that stuff. Getting away from the hobby and sport and more into that of my personal life, not to mention I haven't really found a dedicated thread for this, I figure why not make one?

My respect goes out for a person who can actually create music using real instruments, a lot of the stuff out there nowadays is all digitized and computerized. As a fanatic of music, I also know that an artist would be fairly worthless without a quality tool to back them up.

I just picked up this guitar in brand new condition and am beyond excited to start modding it to get some better sound out of it. I started playing a very basic Squire P-Bass guitar and after some time, realized a 6 string would be better for me because of how much I wanted to grow. So this is my very first 6 string, and can't wait to get started playing, and shredding.

I'll kick off the thread by posting what I got:

'99 Ibanez RG520GP
-MIJ model (Japan)
-Original Super Wizard neck
-Original Edge tremolo (Very sought after apparently)
-V7 neck/V8 bridge Humbucker pickups (Changing out to gold plate Dimarzio Titan pickups soon)
-Basswood body
-Maple/Bubinga neck
-24 Frets
-Gray pewter matte finish
-Autographed by Todd McFarlane of Korn











Please, feel free to contribute to the thread and show off what you are proud of. All side talk is open and welcome!

 

#1 ~ needs a hard case

#2 ~ cool

 

Badass! That Todd McFarlane sig is fucking sweet, but I feel he should be credited to something more than just the album artwork for Korn

<cough,cough Spawn, cough, Image, cough>

I will take the lazy 'Murican route and repost my setup from a different thread

Here are some pics/specs of my current Setup. Just like my truck, I tend to be very frugal with the money I spend on music gear (hence the amount of Peavey and other "cheap" gear)



Guitars:

2001 Ibanez RG320 (made in Cort Factory, Korea)
- Gotoh GE1996t Bridge (33mm Brass Block)
- Gotoh GHL-1 Nut (43mm, through neck, 400mm radius)
- V7 Neck humbucker with Ceramic-8 Magnet
- V8 Bridge humbucker w/ AlNiCo-8 Magnet
- New 500k-B Volume pot w/ 440pf Cap.
- New 500k-A Tone pot with .022uf Cap.


Ibanez RGT6EXFX Neck Through *project guitar*
New parts to install:
- Gotoh GTC101 bridge (Black)
- TusqXL graphite nut
- GraphTech Classic saddles (Black)
- Gotoh SGS-510z MG-T Locking Tuners (Black/Cosmo Black)
- Mighty Mite metal rings (Black)
- EMG 81/85 w/ 18v Mod
- New hardware all around
- Will be stripped to bare wood, and refinished with Transparent Black aniline dye and clear semi-gloss poly coated



Still in the middle of the refinishing:




B.C. Rich Bich 10 Neck Through
- Rockfield Mafia Humbuckers
- Schaller 456 Bridge
- Planet Waves Locking tuners



Amps & Other Gear

Bugera TriRec 100w Tube Head: - all tubes replaced
(2) Tung Sol 6L6 GC-STR (re-issue, matched set)
(2) Tung Sol EL34b (re-issue, matched set)
(2) Tung Sol 12AX7 (gold-pins, used in V1 and V5 pre-amp positions)
(2) Tung Sol 5U4GB (NOS, matched set, same mfg/date code)
(3) Shuguang 12AX7B's (used in V2, V3, and V4 pre-amp positions)

Peavey 412MS Cab - loaded with (1) Celestion UK Vintage 30, (1) Celestion UK G12-H100, (2) Celestion UK MC-90s
Peavey Transtube Special 212 - loaded with Sheffield 1230s. My first amp - floor model I bought used from GC over 13 years ago, and still sounds great!
Peavey XR696f PA - 8ch./1200w PA (for Live shows)
(3) Peavey 1210 HS Monitors - for Live shows
Tascam DP01 FX/CD - Digital 8-Track Portastudio
Behringer MS40 Monitors (just upgraded to Event TR8s)
Takstar Pro-80 Headphone Monitors
Lenovo T61 Laptop
AKAI LPK25 Keyboard and LPD8 Pads (used with Reason)
Roland SP-808ex
Tascam MP-GT1 (awesome practice/rehearsal tool!)

Pedals
- Digitech RP355
- Electro Harmonix Metal Muff
- Guyatone FLIP Metal Monster
- Guyatone FLIP Compressor
- TC Electronic Ditto Looper
- Boss RC-20XL Loop Station
- Boss MZ-2 Metalizer
- Boss HR-2 Harmonist
- Boss PS-5 Super Shifter
- Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
- Boss TU-3 Tuner
- BBE Opto Stomp
- Dunlop 535q Wah

 

I have an Ibanez RG570 , ESP Horizon and a Gibson SG Reissue

 

Can't find the link but we have a pretty cool guitarist thread thats been dead for a while. Time for a revival?

 

Heres another guitar thread that has some nice guitars in it

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/build-to-order-guitar-specs-thread.281784/

 

I havnt picked my ibanez roadstar 2 up in 6 months. I wish I had more time to play.

 

I've neglected my guitars for quite a while , basically since we started to build our house and I stored all my gear . Still haven't got back on track

 

My junk is in the same place it was 3 yrs ago. All my tascam stuff is in the closet. I guess we go thru phases.

 

I've been playing a lot more this last year. Took a break for a couple years after playing strictly "metal" and have gotten back into more eclectic styles and original tunes.

It's good for the soul!

 

Been a while since I've taken a picture, takes a lot of time. These are my favorite pieces. Now have added a custom prs 24 in a deep blue with a cloud looking quilted maple signed by prs, and a fender acoustic in zebrano wood. If you want to see a beautiful guitar, that's it. I used to work as a luthier at Zither USA here in Brenham, Texas.

 

You guys all have a really nice collection of axe's down to the acoustic's! Very nice! I need to re-string mine, as I was tuning it yesterday the strings were so out of tune my high E string snapped clean off. I gotta head over to Guitar Center and buy some Ernie Ball Super Slinky in 9 gauge then get to restring, then retuning this beast. I still played with it yesterday and it sounds great!

I saw that one in the search actually, but it looked like it was started, commented on some, then it just simply ran out of gas at some point. I think it was 2 or 3 pages long? I definitely want one where we could all chime in and just keep it going.

 

My half stack. Don't think I have turned it on in over a year.

 

All I'm using is a Line 6 Spider IV 15W amp.

It actually kicks some ass for what it is, but it is not by any means as intricate as yours is.

I need to fix this weird popping sound that it has right now. I think it's the cable? I'm not sure right now but it's making the guitar sound horrible.

 

Could be dusty pots or bad connection in the input.

 

Well the amp sat for about 6 years or so just gathering dust so I think the pots themselves may be dusty. Maybe I should give it a huge clean up. Prior to this it worked awesome.

 

I have a Mesa Boogie 50 watt Rectoverb head I've never turned on and it was bought brand new

 

Dusty too I'm guessing? Lol.

 

No , it has it's fancy Mesa Boogie cover on it

 

Mesa

I was trying to save for a Mesa Dual Rec. but I ended up with the Bugera. For $500, I think its a decent choice for my 1st tube head.