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Posted: 9/5/2005 8:44:18 PM EDT
 Missing in Action: My Charvel Bass (just like the red one in the pic but, Pearl White with a Kahler tremelo... YES A BASS W/ A TREMELO!!) That one is at the studio. Why do we have a "collectors mentality?" Collect guns, musical instruments, etc? ETA: I changed the title ... Show your axes and rigs if you got em!!! |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 9:01:15 PM EDT
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I dont see any Martins or Rickenbackers in there
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Posted: 9/5/2005 9:03:54 PM EDT
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Nice spread, but why look at instruments when you can hear them play?
www.myspace.com/orangedimension That is the webpage for my band, Orange Dimension, and if you have a Myspace account you can see the band photo of us with our instruments. I am playing my electric blue Ibanez SGR200 bass through a Fender Rumble 100, with a Rocktron Austin Gold distortion pedal occasionally used for a little extra growl and volume. Ha, a hijack to turn this into a music techie and band thread!  BTW, are the Playschool toys in the background to keep the drummer happy during set breaks?  [ETA] OK, to get things back on track...how long have you been playing bass/guitar? what style of music do you play? [EAT2] fixed link to band... |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 9:05:40 PM EDT
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You're right!!! You DONT! Fender and Charvel!! |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 9:06:01 PM EDT
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Not too bad... but yeah, you need a Martin in there... every good axe slinger needs a Les Paul, too.
When I was doing a little bass work, I had a nice Ibanez 5 string... I loved it, but didn't get into the groove, and didn't try to find a band. I wish I would have... |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 9:07:28 PM EDT
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Where is your amp?
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Posted: 9/5/2005 10:02:02 PM EDT
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GREAT PICS!!! KEEP EM COMING!!!!! (Im gonna change the title too!!!)
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Posted: 9/5/2005 10:14:17 PM EDT
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dfridge has more invested in guitars then i do in guns, sad day it truely is
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Posted: 9/5/2005 10:17:34 PM EDT
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Hey -
isn't that the guitar Eric Clapton wanted to buy? 
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Posted: 9/5/2005 10:26:08 PM EDT
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Here is my line up:
 Not shown are my two acoustics, but they are not interesting anyway. Brian |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 10:30:52 PM EDT
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First I clicked that link and there was a punk band that all had black shirts on and the drummer had a beard... Is that you? Second. Playschool toys are TOO advanced for drummers Third Playing bass since Sept 1980... I like ALL styles EXCEPT for hip hop, rap. I play Jazz, funk, Heavy metal, Rock... Oh and NO speed Metal... even play country too. Guitar is NOT my specialty, i just always wanted a Strat so i can mess around with the guitar. I just started playing Layla and Sunday bloody Sunday tonight... Sounds OK... I wouldnt put me on stage or record with a guitar... Bass yes, Guitar..... Nooooooooooooot yet. 
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Posted: 9/5/2005 10:33:16 PM EDT
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Youre name isnt Brian... its James... James Hetfield!!!
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Posted: 9/5/2005 10:33:45 PM EDT
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Holy shredding metalhead, Batman!!! Here's my toys, well, at least a few of them. Have more but these are the ones I gig with.  The strats and teles are home made, btw. |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 10:34:42 PM EDT
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Yes, when I was teaching him.... Yes I WISH I had the just enough talent to even THINK like that. |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 10:41:29 PM EDT
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Bah! You got me! Yes, Hetfield, my one inspiration to pick up the guitar!
Yes metal is my forte, though, like DrFrige, I enjoy playing many types of music. These days I mostly just play my baritone (the one with green flames) to play Swedish "melodeath," ie Soilwork, Dark Tranquillity, et al. Brian |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 10:42:25 PM EDT
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I ACTUALLY was himmin and hawin between the Strat and a Gibson Explorer today like the black one in the pic you have. I had a Les Paul back in 1980 when I decided to give up on the guitar and get into bass. (Actually I SUCKED as a guitar player and was replaced in the band by this GREAT guitar player) I showed up to the studio and was CRUSHED when I saw my replacement standing there... He was SO cool though, he said "Dude why dont you play bass instead" and CUT my B and E strings and just had my E A D G strings
Rest was history. I played pass ever since. I digress though... Is that REAL diamond plate on the explorer or is that a custom job?
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Posted: 9/5/2005 10:56:05 PM EDT
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Yes it is real diamond plate. I built that guitar myself for my Senior Project in High School, I ordered all the parts from Warmoth, except the pickups which I had to get elsewhere. So I went down to a local warehouse where they build boats and I asked if I could have a peice of scrap aluminum diamond plate for my project, so I got a peice and spent about 20 hours in my schools metal shop cutting and shaping the plate to my guitar. I mostly used a plasma cutter, router, and belt sander for the job, then I polished it all up and screwed it onto the face of my guitar. It was a lot of fun, but I never play it because 1. I don't really care for tremelos as I use the bridge as an anchor for my hand, 2. the neck is not to my liking (it has stainless steel apex frets, kinda strange) and 3 the tone is so unlike my other guitars. So it just not so suitable to me, but it looks sweet and has sentimental value. You can check out my little page on the Warmoth website if you want: www.warmoth.com/gallery/guitar/misc/brianhames.htm Brian |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 11:11:05 PM EDT
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Yeah baby.
 In all seriousness I'm a pianist. Not a great one, but I enjoy it. You can see it somewhere in there behind a bunch of christmas stuff and Brandi (who, OT, almost caught a roadrunner today). Oddly, this is just about the only picture I have of an exceedinly nice grand piano that cost more than most cars.  |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 11:20:19 PM EDT
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Oops.
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Posted: 9/5/2005 11:37:09 PM EDT
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The piano... ahhh another GREAT musical instrument... One I took lessons to but didnt grab hold of... now regretting I still now how to play "Tarantula" (how ironic)
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Posted: 9/5/2005 11:58:12 PM EDT
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Bet you can bang out some mean "Puppets" riffs on those axes. I always wanted an Explorer.
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Posted: 9/6/2005 12:18:19 AM EDT
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Oh yes, some of the grestest riffs in rock history on that record, IMO. 
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Posted: 9/6/2005 5:27:15 AM EDT
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No, that is not us. I fixed the link, here it is again: www.myspace.com/orangedimension |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 5:29:12 AM EDT
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What kind of tone does it have- real tinny and metallic? Lots of harmonics? |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 5:38:37 AM EDT
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Now that's varying your sound a tad!
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Posted: 9/6/2005 7:12:16 AM EDT
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Here is my stack and Les Paul:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/billyw9/de031bb4.jpg |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 10:38:48 AM EDT
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Here's a couple of mine...
 '83 American Standard w/ Seymour Duncans all the way around, and a Warmoth scalloped neck  2000 Yngwie Malmsteen Signature model, once again w/ Seymour Duncans. I've got a '73 Les Paul, an HR series strat, and a Jackson that I don't have pix of. The rig: 
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Posted: 9/6/2005 11:05:04 AM EDT
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Ok, my floor-shakers.......
 From Left to Right: 1989 Peavey Dynabass Unity Series; Peavey Cirrus, Bubinga top; Carvin LB 20 fretless, all koa wood with Sperzel tuners and Wilkinson bridge. Sorry, no pics of the amp stack, but they all sound fabulous through my Hartke 3500 head and Hartke 2200 cab! |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 11:39:03 AM EDT
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spinal ta
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Posted: 9/6/2005 11:49:04 AM EDT
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I don't use an acoustic kit for practice anymore 'cause it's WAY TOO LOUD. With the E-Drums, I just slip a pair of headphones on and the sounds I hear are fantastic. Additionally, I can play also with CDs in my headphone mix. That's great fun. Finally, the electronic 'brain' has 99 pre set drum kit sounds. Some are very, very good while others are just for fun. The set is very versitle; much more so than my acoustic set.
  And My Acoustic Kit at a Gig...  PS... Drummers Rule! |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 12:36:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/6/2005 12:56:25 PM EDT
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Some amplification and speakers...
 A Washburn strat that I did a boatload of custom work on and sprayed with BMW paint... And my Ibanez JS1000 - custom wired the push/pull pots, didnt like the stock circuit...  American Texas Special strat - picture sucks, it looks a lot nicer than this... 
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Posted: 9/6/2005 1:06:45 PM EDT
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1977 Wal Pro1e
 1992 Wal Mach II  80's Spector w/upgrade EMG's  Live/Tour: Mesa 400+, Korg DTR 1000, Furman, Ampeg 8x10  Backup amp: Ampeg SVT III pro, korg tuner  Pedalboard  Various amps, Mesa DC-5, Marshall Lead 12, Fender bass, Yamaha keyboard amp, etc  Kurzweil 88 key PC2  Action shot : Me on tour a couple of years ago, with G&L ASAT: Sorry for the crappy pics, my camera-fu is weak. |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 1:49:36 PM EDT
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Some of you guys have some serious coin invested!!!
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Posted: 9/6/2005 2:53:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/6/2005 4:08:46 PM EDT
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I NEVER understood how you can play the bass so low ... almost at your kneecaps!!!
Then again I never understood John Entwistle with his bass in his armpit either!!! for some reason you remind me of Nikki Sixx. Thats NOT an insult BTW!
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Posted: 9/6/2005 4:11:40 PM EDT
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< ---- hey, i'm not bad at it. |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 4:17:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/6/2005 4:19:17 PM EDT
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Verrrrry nice...gotta respect a man who is professional enough to know a backup rig is always necessary. What kind of pedals you running there? The purple and green rectangular ones look familiar. Man, I never could get into that playing "low slung" style, always made it impossible for me to play anything but muddy and bangs the bass against my bad knee. Everyone says I play more like Entwhistle- high up with with precision and a few jumps and hops for show.
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Posted: 9/6/2005 4:54:23 PM EDT
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Wife's Yamaha and my Fender Acoustics:
 My Peavey Falcon and Peavey Backstage 110 practice amp:  Wife's Peavey Nitro I with my Seymour Duncan 84-40 tube amp (I never use the peavey amp unless my wife and I are playing together):  ETA: Here I am half a lifetime ago playing in a college party band:  Kent |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 4:58:45 PM EDT
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Me and my archtop:
  Check out THAT back! Others:  As nice a flame top as anything Gibson ever put on one of their own LPs, and personally, I like my sunburst better. I never liked lemon yellow in the middle.  I really loved making this one....too bad my guitar teacher, who it was built for, couldn't buy it due to a money emergency. So somebody else bought it. This one has my best top carve of any guitar I ever made to date. I declare it to be perfect. Equal to a PRS Private Stock model, at least.  It began here. 1987 and my first scratch-built guitar. It's STILL one of my best playing instruments. Tonally, this is heavy metal as it should be.  (I need to find a pic of this after completion.)(Here's one!) I really loved the way the top carve came out on this one. To me, it's BEYOND classic.  I built this for my then-13 year old nephew. Chambered, with a carved mahogany top in addition to a mahogany body. Ebony 'board. KILLER guitar. It's one of my favorites.  Back of the above blue LP.  The unique thing about every guitar pictured here is, I made every one of them. From scratch. Raw lumber. No kits, no pre-made parts except for hardware and electronics...and I even make SOME of the hardware. The tailpiece of the green V, for example, was machined by me out of solid brass, then hand polished and then professionally chrome plated. The green V did not keep those AWFUL Rick Derringer model DiMarzio pickups. It has a set of '57 Classic Pluses in it, and now it looks and sounds right. My amp is not pictured, but it's probably the most massively hot-rodded '73 Fender Pro Reverb on the planet. Only the chassis and a few parts are somewhat original. Extra preamp tube, fully buffered FX loop, seven of the nine knobs have pull functions, it lives with a 1/3 octave EQ and a Peavey Deltafex 130 in it full time, and it gets that authentic 80's metal muncher tone through an EVM-12L. And EVERY other tone you would ever want as well. Some of Howard Dumble's circuits are inside it. The key is the 31 band, 1/3 octave EQ. Put one of THOSE in your loop, and your tone is WHATEVER you want it to be, within limits. It can't compensate for TOO much suck factor, but if your basic tone is good and you have enough gain, a 1/3 octave EQ will set your tone on fire after you mess with it a bit. CJ CJ |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 5:06:27 PM EDT
[#42]
CM you make some AWESOME guitars... I have seen your pics before... Beautiful stuff!!!
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Posted: 9/6/2005 5:08:21 PM EDT
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Didnt Geddy Lee use a Wal on the Big Money video?? or am I wrong here?
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Posted: 9/6/2005 5:10:30 PM EDT
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Thanks Doc...I grew up listening to punk and speed-metal, so it kinda went with the territory...plus, it just seems natural to me! |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 5:11:42 PM EDT
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Beautiful guitars CM. I think I'm in love with the the green V.
How many hours do have in the creation of those guitars? Kent |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 5:14:44 PM EDT
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You are correct. Geddy used Wals [and still does]. He uses Mach I models, a Red one w/gold hardware and a Black one w/ gold hardware. Other Wal players include John Entwistle [who was instrumental in the early designs], Justin Chancellor, Paul McCartney, Justin Meldal-Johnson, Mick Karn, etc etc. More Info Here |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 5:15:54 PM EDT
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+1 Killer stuff. |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 5:21:40 PM EDT
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Not up to the abilities of CM but here is a Wammoth Tele I put together,
  I'm happy with it. |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 6:47:20 PM EDT
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Thanks man! Pedals: Ernie Ball Volume Dunlop Bass Wah Line 6 delay modeler [the green one, highly reccomended] Line 6 synth modeler [purple one] Line 6 filter modeler [blue one] Digitech Whammy Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer [original, not re-issue] Boss Bass EQ [for shits and grins] |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 8:22:53 PM EDT
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I AM LOVIN' THIS THREAD!!!!
Glad to see lots of ARFCOMMERS with musical talent... this is awesome stuff!!! Keep em comin!!!! |
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