Guitars anyone???
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The reissue wide range are incredibly weak output with no real definition unfortunately. I love a good low output mid range-y pickup. On my Schecter PT the superrock ii pickups are incredibly for a range of sounds, so I wound up putting the Ceramic SD humbucker in the bridge on my Thinline. Made a huge world of difference for playing higher gain tones, but still has some sparkle for some softer indie and Midwest emo sounds. I believe it’s the SH-5 Custom from Seymour Duncan in case you’re in the market for some clear clear sounds!! Only downside is I believe ceramic pickups are more often than not Microphonic, so with the thinline it’s very noticeable— however, with the type of music I play, this just means I have the ultimate feedback-generating monster haha
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Neural DSP is great, a bit pricier, but superb quality on their plugins. I use the Archetype Tim Henson and Archetype Nolly plugins for recording demos or even doing early stage mixes for my current band. As for drum sounds make sure to check out GetGoodDrums. They have some great drum libraries that are either really huge and give you so many options, or you can go for their “mix-ready” options which I personally love as well.
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@Freeman great Tele shot! What's bridge the pick up in the white?
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Hell yea, I got the Gojira X with 50% off in their sale the other week and am using STL AmpHub for clean tones.
I tried GGD ages ago but couldn't get on with it so went for EZ Drummer 3 but will def checkout the new Modern and Massive 2.
Been chopping and changing guitars the last few months since I got back into it. First had a Schecter Tao 6 but had a neck pocket issue, then a Schecter Keith Merrow but HATED the Lundgren M6's and then THIS just showed up today - best guitar I have ever played and was an absolute STEAL on ebay. On a par with ESP Standard and Jackson USA select for sure which are probs the highest end guitars I have owned back in the day.
2nd Run with aftermarket BKP Juggernaughts which are perfect!
2nd run would make it 9 years old... and it is DEAD MINT!
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Great steal!!! Sorry you are left handed Graham, I’ll keep you in my prayers brother
. Very kick ass guitar though! Worth taking a dive into modifying your own guitars once you find one you really like the feel of. Pickup swapping is “easy” enough, just a bit of time and effort— well worth the trouble imo! -
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Hi there,
It’s Cocobolo. The top is Adirondack spruce, the neck is figured mahogany, fretboard is ebony and the binding is figured Koa. -
@SFMCfranky ahh I mistook it for rosewood. It’s a beautiful instrument and I bet it sounds amazing
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@SFMCfranky Wow, beautiful guitar. Santa Cruz makes incredible instruments. Love that figured mahogany neck. Is it a J-45 style spec wise?
I actually got a new Les Paul in last week. Will post some pictures later.
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@JunkPants said in Guitars anyone???:
@SFMCfranky Wow, beautiful guitar. Santa Cruz makes incredible instruments. Love that figured mahogany neck. Is it a J-45 style spec wise?
I actually got a new Les Paul in last week. Will post some pictures later.
Hi there! I just saw this question. The dimensions are similar to a J-45. But with a shorter scale length - like original Southern Jumbos.
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@SFMCfranky said in Guitars anyone???:
@JunkPants said in Guitars anyone???:
@SFMCfranky Wow, beautiful guitar. Santa Cruz makes incredible instruments. Love that figured mahogany neck. Is it a J-45 style spec wise?
I actually got a new Les Paul in last week. Will post some pictures later.
Hi there! I just saw this question. The dimensions are similar to a J-45. But with a shorter scale length - like original Southern Jumbos.
Even shorter than 24.75in? Every J-45 I've played/owned has been 24.75.
Enjoy it, it looks amazing and I bet it sounds and plays great! -
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@SKT Thanks! Sounds very, very good as well thankfully.
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@JunkPants amazing looking guitar! I have always wanted a 335 too. The finish on your Les Paul is one of the nicest I've seen in a long time
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@AdamJ Thank you! I bought it completely blind so I was quite happy, and surprised, when I opened the case. If you get a chance I would definitely recommend trying out the recent Gibson CS 335s. Whatever they're doing these days they seem to have really nailed it with these.
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@JunkPants said in Guitars anyone???:
@SFMCfranky said in Guitars anyone???:
@JunkPants said in Guitars anyone???:
@SFMCfranky Wow, beautiful guitar. Santa Cruz makes incredible instruments. Love that figured mahogany neck. Is it a J-45 style spec wise?
I actually got a new Les Paul in last week. Will post some pictures later.
Hi there! I just saw this question. The dimensions are similar to a J-45. But with a shorter scale length - like original Southern Jumbos.
Even shorter than 24.75in? Every J-45 I've played/owned has been 24.75.
Enjoy it, it looks amazing and I bet it sounds and plays great!I’ve not played a Gibson j-45. Santa Cruz makes three slope shouldered dreds: the VJ, the VS and the RS. The VJ has a 25.375 scale length while the VS has a 24.75 scale length. I always assumed the VS was based on the Vintage Southern while the VJ was based on a standard j-45 and they had those respective scale lengths. Guess I was wrong. I went with the VS because of the shorter scale length. I actually liked the sound of the RS even better. It’s based on the Roy Smeck model. But it was too large for me to hold comfortably. So I went with the VS.
Cheers,
