Congrats, Kazz!
but....does it have to be C.C. Deville? So many other options...
I got email notification that the big brown G A S truck had been to my house so I rushed home for a late lunch. What showed up today? 80's Fender Strat Japanese Foto-Flame model with original to guitar Floyd Rose and a very very nice Epiphone Valve Junior Head and Cabinet.
Dug through all the styrofoam to find the head in one box and cabinet.....hmm did not find a power cord....good thing it takes a regular computer style power cord...I have tons of em.....plugged her in unpacked the Strat.....checked her out a bit....plugged in and jammed.....Fat Strat.....humbucker sounds very smooth and creamy.....singles wow....don't have the words yet......grabbed the Les Paul and OMG the Valve Jr really came to life with a the Les Paul....it was almost other worldly. No pedals yet....just Guitar, 6 foot cable.....Amp....short cable to cabinet. MAGIC. The Mrs. is making me take her out to dinner and to see the new Angelina Jolie movie "Salt" tonight and going yard selling tomorrow morning....so it will be early evening or Sunday before I can get engrossed again.....I promise pictures before the weekend is out and a more detailed review including plugging the pedal board in.
Long Live Tube Amps, Les Pauls and beautiful Strat's from the Hair Metal days.
I hope to channel my inner C.C. Deville and Frank Hannon later.
Kazz....out......gotta get back to the office.
Guitars: 2002 Les Paul Studio Limited Color's Edition | 2004 Greg Bennett Avion Les Paul Copy | S101 Telecaster project | 2004 Washburn D46 Acoustic
Amplification: Epiphone Valve Jr. Head and Cabinet | VOX AD30VT
Effects: Rocktron Delay | BBE Free Fuzz | Big Muff Pi | Boss Flanger | Bad Monkey | Jekyll and Hyde | Cry Baby Wah | Boss EQ | Behrenger TU300 Tuner |
Congrats, Kazz!
but....does it have to be C.C. Deville? So many other options...
Guitars: Gibson LP Studio, MIA Fender Precision, Carvin C350Originally Posted by Spudman
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Congrats, Kazz!
Post a pic!
And, if you could post a clip of you playing "Modern Day Cowboy" or "Heaven's Trail," I would appreciate it
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Cool stuff, Kazz. Glad to see you won't have to be learning the chord progression for "D.I.V.O.R.C.E."
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Be sure to use a speaker cable and not an instrument cable to connect your cab to the head! Otherwise bad things can happen to the amp
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Originally Posted by otaypanky
Thanks for pointing that out....I will make sure to head over to Guitar Center in the morning and get exactly what I need.
As soon as she tells me where she hid my camera I will get some pics posted. I really cannot wait to show the girls to you guys.....and the amp man...I know several here have them and I know it is ONLY 5 watts.....but to be able to dime it and have the sound be smoking from both guitars, but espeically the Les Paul was fabulous to me.....and we havent even gotten to play around with the pedals yet :-) Seems to me I read that I could use the speaker out from the AD30VT and connect to the cabinet too for an even raunchier time. I will have to look into that one.....but if I find even more tonal nirvana wrapped up in that Epiphone Valve Jr, The 19 year old might just get that VoX he has been lusting after......(might I said might LOL)
I have a lot to learn about a Floyd Rose setup and how to change strings and tune and all that fun stuff. Guitar did not come with the bar and locking nut for the Floyd....are those easy to round up? I will probobaly only play around with the floyd for a very little bit before I look into ways to block it off. Some Dime Darrell harmonic dives for fun a few times and then get back to the real world......I want to hear some Stevie Ray, some Jimi and some other great Strat Blues come outta this thing.
Guide a guy in the right direction folks. Pictures by the crest of the weekend I promise. Maybe even a sound clip or 2 of my terrible playing.....but if not next weekend Jordan is coming to spend a weekend before heading off to college......I may wait to record until there are some skills present in the house :-)
Guitars: 2002 Les Paul Studio Limited Color's Edition | 2004 Greg Bennett Avion Les Paul Copy | S101 Telecaster project | 2004 Washburn D46 Acoustic
Amplification: Epiphone Valve Jr. Head and Cabinet | VOX AD30VT
Effects: Rocktron Delay | BBE Free Fuzz | Big Muff Pi | Boss Flanger | Bad Monkey | Jekyll and Hyde | Cry Baby Wah | Boss EQ | Behrenger TU300 Tuner |
Check out Axecessories for the bits you need for the guitar. Is it an actual Floyd or Licensed-by? Fender itself might be able to help too.
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Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
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Ayh Valve J is a fun amp...and very easy to mod even better! Sometimes I regret selling mine. Oh well...
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Rev it says "Floyd Rose II" on the actual trem and on the headstock it says Stratocaster with Synchronized Tremolo" "Floyd Rose Squier Series"
Guitars: 2002 Les Paul Studio Limited Color's Edition | 2004 Greg Bennett Avion Les Paul Copy | S101 Telecaster project | 2004 Washburn D46 Acoustic
Amplification: Epiphone Valve Jr. Head and Cabinet | VOX AD30VT
Effects: Rocktron Delay | BBE Free Fuzz | Big Muff Pi | Boss Flanger | Bad Monkey | Jekyll and Hyde | Cry Baby Wah | Boss EQ | Behrenger TU300 Tuner |
Stew Mac has parts that they say will fit a Floyd II. Here's the page. You should be able to get everything you need.
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,...and_parts.html
Apparently a Floyd II is a cheaper version put on mid-range and import guitars back in the day. Assuming the knife edges haven't worn down at all, it should work well.
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
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Thanks Matt.....wasn't there something that you bought for your Floyd that helped with string changes and intonation issues? I really know nothing about locking trems or Floyd set ups at all. Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated. Sorry to say that the "Floyd" was not any part of the reason I bought this guitar. It had all to do with it being a beautiful Strat.
Guitars: 2002 Les Paul Studio Limited Color's Edition | 2004 Greg Bennett Avion Les Paul Copy | S101 Telecaster project | 2004 Washburn D46 Acoustic
Amplification: Epiphone Valve Jr. Head and Cabinet | VOX AD30VT
Effects: Rocktron Delay | BBE Free Fuzz | Big Muff Pi | Boss Flanger | Bad Monkey | Jekyll and Hyde | Cry Baby Wah | Boss EQ | Behrenger TU300 Tuner |
Yeah, it's the trem stop that Axcessories has for sale. You can get it other places, but they have it the cheapest. Put it on the body between the springs. You can move the allen screw until it touches the block to keep it stable during string changes. Then move it back when you're done or keep it there to "block" the trem and make it dive-only.
As far as general Floyd care and feeding goes, check out these four videos, especially #1 and #3. The first shows you how to install the trem stop and how to block the bridge. The third is all about tuning, intonating, and floating the bridge. I also really like following Spud's method of restringing Floyds.
Floyds require a little extra work but once you've spent a little time with it, it will become second nature.
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
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Congrats!
And you know what they say about pics.
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Yeah I know Krash......the wife had a honey do list about 3 miles long....guess that is what I get for getting 2 new guitars and an amp this weekend.
Guitars: 2002 Les Paul Studio Limited Color's Edition | 2004 Greg Bennett Avion Les Paul Copy | S101 Telecaster project | 2004 Washburn D46 Acoustic
Amplification: Epiphone Valve Jr. Head and Cabinet | VOX AD30VT
Effects: Rocktron Delay | BBE Free Fuzz | Big Muff Pi | Boss Flanger | Bad Monkey | Jekyll and Hyde | Cry Baby Wah | Boss EQ | Behrenger TU300 Tuner |
Originally Posted by Kazz
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The wife hid my camera. Soon I promise.
Guitars: 2002 Les Paul Studio Limited Color's Edition | 2004 Greg Bennett Avion Les Paul Copy | S101 Telecaster project | 2004 Washburn D46 Acoustic
Amplification: Epiphone Valve Jr. Head and Cabinet | VOX AD30VT
Effects: Rocktron Delay | BBE Free Fuzz | Big Muff Pi | Boss Flanger | Bad Monkey | Jekyll and Hyde | Cry Baby Wah | Boss EQ | Behrenger TU300 Tuner |