Cool axe man. Welcome to the fret. Enjoy.
aye everyone,
just found this site and think it's great, very friendly and helpful people here.
I've been messin' with the guitar for a few years now on an Ibanez X-series DT350.
Well recently I decided to get serious and built my first guitar, finished it 2 weeks ago, and it came out pretty good, personally I love it.
Here's a couple pics of it.
And the specs:
Body is walnut with an Avonite deck. String through(body) design.
Neck is Hardrock Maple, Ebony fret board, 22 Jumbo frets(6100 wire) White pearloid dots. Graphtech nut.
Body and neck are finished with 15 coats of Black and Clear stringed instrument laquer(except for the Avonite deck which is polished)
Sperzel staggered locking tuners, with black pearloid tuner buttons.
TonePros System II Locking TOM bridge.
Bridge Pickup- EMG 89 with switchable single coil mode, controlled by push/pull volume pot.
Neck Pickup- EMG 81
EMG-SPC (Strat Presence Control) basically a small equalizer, controlled with lower knob on stacked pot(upper knob is tone).
EMG-Pi2 (active phase reversal circuit), controlled by mini toggle switch.
Ernie Ball Super Slinky RPS 9 strings.
Anyhoo, enough about me, I'm just glad I found this place *bigsmile*
Cool axe man. Welcome to the fret. Enjoy.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
Wow, cool! I love that picture on that face plate thing!
Enjoy the Fret - you are among good people here.
How did you discover our little corner of the Net?
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Originally Posted by ZoSo65
Cool axe, and welcome to the frets ZoSo.
Greetings
Christian
Guitars: Fender Telecaster Standard, Squier Classic Vibe 50's Stratocaster, Yamaha Pacifica 412V, Dean Vendetta, J&D LS-1, Collins Stage Western
Amp: Vox Valvetronix AD50VT, Fame GX60R
Pedals: DIY Box of Rock Clone, DIY Linear Power Boster, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Regenerator, Digitech Bad Monkey, Harley Benton OD-100, Harley Benton DD-2, Behringer Hellbabe HB01 Wah, Boss DS-1, Boss TU-2, Boss DD-7, EXH Small Clone
Supercool guitar!
Welcome the the best forum on the web
I can't say that I've given up on a flanger cause I've never liked the effect either. I also can't say the same about Tremolo. I hate them both equally. - Tone2TheBone 2009
Zo,
Welcome to thefret....you will like it here!
Beautiful guitar....a real work of art. How does that baby sound?
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Guitars: Gibson 1998 Les Paul Special : Peavey Predator (Early 90's Fat Strat Copy) : Ibanez GAX30TROriginally Posted by just strum
Brownsville Reso - 101 Electric Reso : Fender GDO-300 Maple Quilt Top Acoustic
Amps: Fender Super Champ XD
Effects: Digitech RP250 Modeling Guitar Processor : DVM "Phased and Confused" Script Phaser Clone : Digitech Bad Monkey
Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus : Behringer Distortion Modeler : Ernie Ball Volume Pedal : Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
Welcome!!
I dub that guitar the...
Betty Page
Or perhaps the
Black Betty
Building your own guitar is an incredible idea!
Ahola,
How much does that baby weigh? Sweet axe.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz
Thanks guys.
I found the site through Google, looking for information on Vox amps, believe it or not.
Guitar weight I'm guessing is around 7-8lbs. I haven't actually put it on a scale. It's heavier then a Strat and a little lighter then an LP, if that helps any.
It sounds awesome, but I've only played it through a Roland track studio(forgot the model), and a Fender Deluxe 900 DSP, that's why that's one of my picks of the amps I'm looking at. I have a thread in the Amp forums looking for info on them.
I like the "Black Betty". I didn't think of that one yet,,heh
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Zoso, please upload some recordings so we can hear how it sounds!
I can't say that I've given up on a flanger cause I've never liked the effect either. I also can't say the same about Tremolo. I hate them both equally. - Tone2TheBone 2009
I'm will, soon as I get a real amp for it, see my thread in the Amps forum. Also I won't be able to get to our jam room for a week and a half, the only guy with a key,,don't ask, LOL,,, went to Key West for his honeymoon.Originally Posted by SuperSwede
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But you did put the Betty Page image there didn't you? Either that or the little goth elves got into your workshop at night...Originally Posted by ZoSo65
LOL,,yeah I put her there, I thought it would be a nice touch. It's photo-engraved in the neck plate using a "dot-matrix" type technology, I found it on ebay. It's actually pretty cool, different light gives it different characteristics, and at certain angles it looks like a negative.
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So you admit that you are a goth elf!!!Originally Posted by ZoSo65
jes as I thought
-Montana
But what I really want to know is have you shaved and can you spit?Originally Posted by tot_Ou_tard
This'll rawk the comics world....a hard boiled western anti-hero comic with a guitar playing goth elf.
The only thing that I don't understand is whether zoSo there plays the bad guy or the sheriff.
alriiIIIiight sheriff draw
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Ooowww! My shin, my shin!
LOL! You silly little man!Originally Posted by tot_Ou_tard
Doooode! You're the elph not me!Originally Posted by ZoSo65
I'm a tall rugged and muscular antihero!
You can tell by the way the moonlight glints off of my gold fillings when I spit.
..............spiiiit...........................
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Hey ZoSo, nice avatar. I like the color blue. How did you make it?
Guitars:
Electric: Washburn HB-30, Squier Tele Custom Deluxe, Jay Turser Strat.
Acoustic: Seagull S6.
AMPs: VOX AD30VT, Peavey Envoy 110.
Modelers: V-AMP 2, Digitech RP-100A.
Pedals: Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble, Digitech Bad Monkey, Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo, DOD VFX40B 7-Band Graphic EQ, Ibanez CS-5 Super Chorus.
Thanks Tim.
I used Photoshop, and created a neon effect for the text and just adjusted the colors till I got the one you see.