Love the new gold top! The inlay on the headstock does wonders for that guitar. Where do you get the pickguard from? I'd love to get one of those on my h150.
I use an old line 6 g50. I've only had it cut out when I went really far away. The battery door is a common complaint but it works great if I use regular non rechargeable batteries. Otherwise it's been pretty solid for years now, especially for the $100 I paid for it used.
Fantastic guitar and hard to beat with new pickups. Love the green Dimarzios. I did a Seymour Duncan JB/ quarter pounder/ Jazz in my 1570. Best upgrade I did was a Red Bishop trem bar. It's super solid now. Happy New guitar day
I've had a goldtop h-150 for a few years and I really prefer it to the 83 Les Paul Custom and the 98 studio that I had. The neck is a little bigger than I usually go for but it feels good. A lot of people complain about the weight of the the h-150 but I don't find it a problem. Solid guitar that...
There's so many awesome strats in this thread. Mine is a Carvin Bolt. Ebony board with stainless steel frets and a swamp ash body with quilted maple top. The Wilkinson trem works well enough and I added Sperzel locking tuners. Swapped the pickups to some 90s Fender American standards. For the...
My brother showed up with a ltd ec-401fmv. I had found it at a pawn shop and debated getting it. He swooped in behind me a picked it up for a steal. It has a set of DiMarzio 36th anniversary pafs and sounds great. Just had to install a new tone pot
I am really happy with my Helix and won't be going back to amps for gigs ever again. Currently I'm using the Orange Rockerverb amp with an Ownhammer v30 ir. The thing that made the Helix sound better to me was using the Mesa 5 band eq in a V pattern between the amp and cab. It tightens...
Awesome reading everyone's answers. Great post.
My first rig was a BC Rich Warlock NJ into a Crate gx40c that had the world's worst celestions.
By time I had my first gig it was a Gibson Les Paul studio into a slime green Krank Chadwick combo that was mounted upside down. World of difference...
Mine was a 90s era BC Rich Warlock NJ series. It was an awesome guitar to learn on but man was my first string change a long process. I had no idea what I was doing with a Floyd rose at that point in my life. Traded the guitar for a 4x12 that ended up being junk. Oh well, live and learn.
I started with an Hx stomp and ended up getting a Helix LT. I use an ownhammer Mesa V30 IR for most things. My bass player uses my old stomp now and we both go direct. Load in and set up is now much faster and the audience would never know the difference. I will say it doesn't sound 100% as good...
I have used Dean Zink for amp repair before and he was great. For guitar issues I have used Dave Collins from Ann Arbor Guitars. Both top notch people to work with.