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Jackal

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For the guitar gear junkies among us
« on: November 02, 2011, 01:01:02 PM »
Just thought I'd start a thread were the guitar playing gearheads among us can let out the geek in us without annoying "the others". We could also discuss various solutions, how to get certain sounds, how to solve noise problems, etc.
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Love Expresso

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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2011, 01:09:07 PM »
You mean you will also post nice pictures of this shiny new blue guitar that Mark has? With the greenish colour, you know the one he used in Oberhausen??


 ;D

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Jackal

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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2011, 01:15:20 PM »
Well, why not? :)

Thought more about the gear we use ourselves.
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Love Expresso

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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2011, 01:20:32 PM »
I was just making fun. After my last "stupid question from an untechnical person" thread i thought I scare you all by turning up here! I will better leave you alone and follow your "Junkie Gear" with a lot interest! Might be that I learn something!

LE
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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2011, 09:13:39 PM »
I've been wanting to ask about a guitar section too. As the mkguitar site is dead!

I'd love to discuss geeky guitar stuff, at the moment I get my fix from Ingos wonderful blog.

If anyone cares, I'm playing a posh restaurant on Fri night, live to radio (I think). Using Strat into Deville via Boss CS2 compressor and maybe some chorus... Can't wait!!! Very excited.
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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2011, 09:45:11 PM »
Quote from: Love Expresso on November 02, 2011, 01:09:07 PM
You mean you will also post nice pictures of this shiny new blue guitar that Mark has? With the greenish colour, you know the one he used in Oberhausen??


 ;D

LE

I noticed in Glasgow, and you can see in the pics on Guy's diary, that MK's guitar has a black cover on the back of the headstock.

It also has two serial numbers - Les Pauls usually just have one.

From this info we can deduce that it is part of the "Stinger" series made for a shop called Music Machine in 2003.

More info here:
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94243
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Jackal

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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2011, 08:14:38 AM »
I don't know much about Gibsons, but this is interesting nonetheless. Here are some photos:







Truly beautiful instruments, but I never was much of a sucker for that mid-range honk that mahogany produces.
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Rollergirl

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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2011, 08:22:19 AM »
Quote from: Love Expresso on November 02, 2011, 01:09:07 PM
You mean you will also post nice pictures of this shiny new blue guitar that Mark has? With the greenish colour, you know the one he used in Oberhausen??
 ;D
LE

well, if you are gonna go all technical on us, I have to say the red one is best
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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2011, 08:26:27 AM »
Do any member use a compressor live? I'm a BIG fan of the old CS2, it gives nice squash and a lovely warm feel. I've heard that the newer models aren't as great, so if you need a goody, check out eBay....
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Jackal

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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2011, 10:04:37 AM »
No, I've steered clear of compressors so far. They are great for that country chicken picking thing, though. But I feel they "quash" the sound a lot.
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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2011, 09:40:03 PM »
Only on my 12 string or for certain tele tones.
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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2011, 02:07:20 AM »
Quote from: Fletch link=topic=2105.msg40460#msg40460 date=[quote author=Fletch on November 02, 2011, 09:13:39 PM


If anyone cares, I'm playing a posh restaurant on Fri night, live to radio (I think). Using Strat into Deville via Boss CS2 compressor and maybe some chorus... Can't wait!!! Very excited.

Photo of our fri night action. I'm on the sunburst Strat, but some of you won't look that far.... ::)

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150385728539015&l=9285a2adfe
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Jackal

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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2011, 06:33:57 PM »
Fletch, the tele the other guy in the band is playing, is that a Peavey tele? It looks a Peavey Falcon Custom strat I had back in the 90s. Excellent guitar with great specs! I saw it in the shop, it was kind of transparent yellow, like the one on the pic. It was "almost" like Mark's Pensa Suhr, and I just had to buy it. Borrowed money from my dad, and delivered newspapers in the night to pay him back. Those were the days ...

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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2011, 06:46:29 PM »
Very nice guitar Jackal. Must be a great neck to play? Rosewood is the best you can get for the MK tone!
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Re: For the guitar gear junkies among us
« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2011, 06:58:34 PM »
Quote from: Fletch on November 05, 2011, 02:07:20 AM

Photo of our fri night action. I'm on the sunburst Strat, but some of you won't look that far.... ::)

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150385728539015&l=9285a2adfe


Yeah, Fletch the other guitar (and guitarist)  looks so much better and is right in front of us. Too bad the singer blocks the view, for your guitar!  ;D   No other photos, whatsoever?
I also have a sunbursts squire one.  :'( 
Anyway, how about giving us some kind of link to actually listen to your guitar cry or sing? Always fond of listening to music from fans. :D .

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