This!
I have 2 originals from '81 and a Heritage RI (which sounds fairly close), but for home noodling (living room volumes, not talking about a -50dB+ isolated basement), these are a dark-ish sounding speaker.
The vented (or non-vented, but serifed font label) T75 are better in that regard...
I'm definitely aware of that, and that's one of the reasons there's NO PAF Pro in any of my guitars nor in my spare pickup drawer.
But ya gotta try the Breed Neck in a mahogany/ebony guitar, the Norton, the 36th Anniv PAF neck, heck or the Super D in a Les Paul...
Based on you liking Schaffer's...
Yeah, they're pretty cool. 🤘
And for once a band where you can actually hear that the guy is playing an SG (that reedy, kinda bitey crunch).
We have an older song "Heartless Scat" of theirs for years on a special Spotify playlist.
Totally with you on the first 3 points. :cheers:
So-so on the fourth (I sorta make 'em work when I have too...playing EVH covers in a band for instance, but I naturally gravitate towards fixed bridges) and I installed a Dimarzio Vintage Heavy Blues II on my strat for exactly that reason; more...
As I've said before,
either Klotz LaGrange (high quality, but a tad stiff) or Sommer Spirit XXL; very flexible and high quality. Both have a low capacitance.
I used Mogami, various Tasker, Belden, Cordial and Monster (rock) in the past. Still have some of those.
So good quality, but nothing too...
Owned and sold the V3M (smaller, 4xEL84 version). Mine came with a scratched top cover, so I spray painted it black myself. Came out nicely, I think.
I was hoping too that it would be the ultimate 3-channel lunchbox amp for small gigs, but like @MadAsAHatter said, there was a certain fizziness...
@the rossness allow me to add my 2ct:
Years ago, I helped a buddy pick out a 100W tube head at a store, that had the nicer heads around, including some Diezels and the SLO100, alongside some Engls and Mesa's.
We played a whole bunch and in the end he settled for the Invader 100 like I have...
They're awesome. Well, the RR LPC and the honeyburst standard are a bit moreso. I had the black LPC refretted and even though I did the same upgrades on both LPC's (Tusq nut, Grover 18:1 tuners, Gotoh bridge), the black one doesn't stay in tune as much. It's an '87, while the Randy Rhoads is an...
I assume you mean 'Burny'?
For aesthetic reasons, I preferred them to Edwards, because of the logo. My suggestion would be to at least check Burny, Greco, Tokai, Orville (by Gibson) and Edwards.
Be aware that Greco was doing guitars in the early 70's already, but a lot of their LP models had a...
Agreed!
My band played a few Sabbath songs for a while and I had to do copy/tribute the leads in Neon Knights and Mob Rules. Felt like directionless noodling to me, opposed to a well thought-out, nicely phrased solo.
Agreed. It reminds me of early Venom in a sense, that they were trying to play something slightly above their level, and therefore sounding rough and sloppy because of it. I mean, IMO, Ace's best lead work are on songs like Deuce, Firehouse, Black Diamond and Shock Me. There, he works within his...
Yes, I've got my Engl Pro 4x12 loaded with 2x V30 and 2x G12K85 (the predecessor of the G12K100); smooths a bit of the highs, broadens the mids and adds thump. Also had that combo in a 2x12 that I sold, to make room for something else.
Otherwise, I second the (vented) serif font label T75's and...
Same shit in Europe.
You could buy JB's, '59s, etc. all the time for €50-60 tops and since Covid everyone thinks their used Duncan is suddenly worth €90-100 nowadays.
Even the €40-50 Dimarzios are €75 or more.
Don't complain if you sit on it for months then. I recently sold a Super D for...
Looks like 'Wolverinekills' lets AI handle the art-work. I mean, I can get past the incorrect guitars (a star on a black Les Paul...wrong Kiss-member...), if you're not in the know, but why does Ozzy have 2 right hands (or does Ed just have 1 black sleeve on a grey suit?) and WTF is up with...
Triumph - folks that gush over Kiss - Alive II or Priest - Unleashed in the East should really give Triumph Live at the US Festival a listen; huge sound, great performance.
Styx - I knew a few hits for years, but once I heard Miss America on the radio a few years ago, I did a deep dive.
Demon...