Super Turbo Deluxe Custom
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Gasing for the sound of guitar you see on YouTube, well, it doesn't mean that's what the song was recorded on.
GAS Alert!!!!
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arty07:Ace Flibble
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Especially when talking about Warmoth builds, I think it's silly to even think about the sound at all. There are so many woods, pickups and amps out there that you can make pretty much any style of guitar sound like anything. When I see a guitar in a video and want one it's because I like the look of it. GAS for the look, tone can be sorted out later. Hell that's how my second Warmoth Tele came about, I bought a showcase body just because I liked the look of it and it wasn't until it arrived on my doorstep that I bothered to work out what kind of tone I wanted to get from it. End result was it both looked and sounded exactly right. You can always change the electronics around in a guitar, you can't go back and change the finish (at least not without wasting a lot of time and money - and frankly not all of use have our own spray shops or the time to do that sort of thing). That's why I always go after guitars I like the look of first. I pretty much ignore tone until the guitar is in my hands.Super Turbo Deluxe Custom said:
That said, when it comes to the sorts of bands we're talking about, a lot of them do use the same guitars and amps in their videos and on stage as they do in the studios. It's a little different for a mainstream band that usually has the backing to pull out whatever guitars they want for a recording and be handed whatever to promote in videos and at shows. When you get into alternative genres you're usually talking about bands that pay for damn near everything themselves and don't have much income to begin with. These guys don't have a fraction of the money that people in standard rock and country have.
However I would argue that YouTube's sound quality is so crap that you can't judge tone on it anyway.
Ahem. All that said, I just got done watching a solid two hours of videos of Orianthi live and I gotta say, now I'm really keen to build a VIP again. I'm thinking yellow dye on flame maple, or maybe tigers eye if I can somehow convince Warmoth to not go quite so heavy on the brown as they usually do. I have such little willpower and am so easily swayed it's pitiful. It's a good job I'm not rich or I'd be buried under a pile of guitars by now.
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That picture shot brings back memories. I had a '61 Melody Maker that came from the factory with an opaque bright red lacquer finish. It was all spiderwebbed and chipped, so I stripped it and found mahogany underneath. I added another humbucker, some new tuners, a better bridge, and I shot the body with clear polyurethane. That didn't last long, though. After a year or two I stripped it again and shot it with white Imron (catalyzed enamel).
I love SGs, the only pointy guitars I'm a big fan of. Also the only guitars I go crazy for with a white finish. I will have one someday! Although, I'll probably go with a black dyed quilt or wild top. Kind of like this, but with chrome hardware. And the top will probably be better looking because it will be a Warmoth.
Last I checked, The Birthday Massacre has a collective 5 guitars, a Silver SG, A Root Beer SG, another one I can't remember, a black strat and a black jaguar.
The 2 SG's and the Jag are what the bulk of the album is recorded with.
And whats funny is... I avoided The Birthday Massacre for ages. because I thought "WHAT A STUPID EMO NAME." but once I gave them a chance, I was sold. really an inventive little band.
I also love the horrorpops.
I particularly love at shows, when people realize that they aren't an american band.
The 2 SG's and the Jag are what the bulk of the album is recorded with.
And whats funny is... I avoided The Birthday Massacre for ages. because I thought "WHAT A STUPID EMO NAME." but once I gave them a chance, I was sold. really an inventive little band.
I also love the horrorpops.
I particularly love at shows, when people realize that they aren't an american band.
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hannaugh said:
Same here. A white SG and a Goldtop LP are the Gibson models I lust over. Mmmmm...
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I've also been gassing over a powder-blue Tele I saw online somewhere, as well as the new La Cabronitas. Then I saw this:
And the peasants rejoiced.
And the peasants rejoiced.
Which manufacturer? :icon_scratch:hannaugh said:I love SGs, the only pointy guitars I'm a big fan of. Also the only guitars I go crazy for with a white finish. I will have one someday! Although, I'll probably go with a black dyed quilt or wild top. Kind of like this, but with chrome hardware. And the top will probably be better looking because it will be a Warmoth.
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Big V - AKA "The other guy from Norway" said:Which manufacturer? :icon_scratch:hannaugh said:I love SGs, the only pointy guitars I'm a big fan of. Also the only guitars I go crazy for with a white finish. I will have one someday! Although, I'll probably go with a black dyed quilt or wild top. Kind of like this, but with chrome hardware. And the top will probably be better looking because it will be a Warmoth.
The photo URL (http://images.miretail.com/products/optionLarge/Epiphone/544909.jpg) suggests it's an Epiphone.
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The Epi Prophecy guitars are actually pretty damn good just as they are. It's rare you get a MIC guitar worth a damn but those actually kind of are, at least if you're into heavy tones of course.
God damn it, now that's bought it all back for me.
I first came across Warmoth because I was trying to find what companies would be a blue burst finish, to replicate that only with a weighter body. Maybe this should be my next build. A really bright blue burst over quilt maple, maybe?
God damn it, now that's bought it all back for me.
I first came across Warmoth because I was trying to find what companies would be a blue burst finish, to replicate that only with a weighter body. Maybe this should be my next build. A really bright blue burst over quilt maple, maybe?
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"Thick necks have great tone!" is giving me gass
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JaySwear said:
Oh no, just anecdotal fun. I know we usually gas for the look, and tone can usually be modified. I was just re-thinking of other forums where a kid might say, "I love this guy's sound" then show a youtube video which has his rig in it, never mind it's a studio recording with live footage. Just saying, what you're hearing and seeing aren't always the same thing.