JimboMansonMB-1 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 The powerbridge is alright, piezo in a solid body is never going to be perfect but you can get a usable live tone out of it. One big thing with any piezo is to get the preamp as close to the bridge as possible since there is so little output and the impedance is so high. The closer the preamp the less tone loss. After that something like a Boss Acoustic Sim Pedal or a Fishman Aura modeller goes a long way to helping the tone. I use a Sans Amp Acoustic DI most of the time and then EQ it. The bridge itself is excellent. It's very gentle on strings and has a great tone to it, it's very similar in build and tone to a Gotoh 1088 with solid saddles, which is now my favorite bridge since the fishman standard is no longer made. JT Sweet, thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bs Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 So you're a JimboMansonMB-1 fanboi? Not as such, but you do get credit for opening my mind to the Z.Vex probes! It's those MN3005s. Mine's got them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 It had two passive singles and a Dimarzio humbucker. I can't stand most Dimarzio's and all three of these sucked. Big time. The source audio stuff is cool as hell. Great pedals for the seeker of weird. JT PS here are my strats. I've posted this picture so many times I feel guilty throwing it up there again. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/EMGguy/Strats.jpg The total list of mods to the Blue Strat is too long so here are the highlights. Warmoth Compound radius neck, 1 5/8 nut width, bone nut, 6105 frets. Maple/Rosewood Sperzel trim-loc tuners. EMG S-neck, SA-Middle, 89R-Bridge. EMG EXP Active EQ EMG SPC Active EQ Fishman Powerbridge Piezo Trem Fishman Powerchip Preamp Cool. What's the body made of on the hot rod reissue? and also, did installing that EMG require any routing? and yeah, generally I'm not a fan of dimarzios...well, most of the ones I've tried. How long have you been waiting for that suhr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Suhrs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulse 101 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 I think that I ordered my new one in June or July. They just moved to a new factory so things were delayed. John and crew have been extremely good at letting people know what's up. They will start building it in January some time and I'll get it around April. The hot rod reissue is Basswood, but it's not the crap basswood that Ibanez uses. It's very close to alder in tone, just a little lighter. I didn't have to route out the Hotrod, it fit right in. The 62 is missing half the wood that it came with for all of the electronics cavities. JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 I think that I ordered my new one in June or July. They just moved to a new factory so things were delayed. John and crew have been extremely good at letting people know what's up. They will start building it in January some time and I'll get it around April. The hot rod reissue is Basswood, but it's not the crap basswood that Ibanez uses. It's very close to alder in tone, just a little lighter. I didn't have to route out the Hotrod, it fit right in. The 62 is missing half the wood that it came with for all of the electronics cavities. JT that's interesting. when I was looking for a japanese strat recently, I saw that a lot of them were made of basswood. I ended up paying extra for an alder one, but that's good to know that they don't use cheap stuff. i might get one of their entry level ones at some point to mod. what's the spec of this new suhr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulse 101 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 It's a Tele shape S/S/H/ Landau Singles DSH+ Humbucker Floyd Rose Red Sparkle Drip Finish with matching headstock Sperzel standard tuners Roasted Maple Neck Plain Maple Fretboard 6105 Stainless Steel Frets No Markers Single Volume Single Tone Blower Switch (Bridge humbucker wired directly to output jack when engaged) Series/Parallel Switching for humbucker instead of coil tap or split 1 11/16" nut width 10"-14" Compound Radius Fingerboard 60's C Standard neck shape - .810" (1st fret) to .930" It will be my stunt guitar. Between the two Suhr tele's and my Blue Strat in Drop D, I will have an amazing arsenal of stage guitars. JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 It's a Tele shape S/S/H/ Landau Singles DSH+ Humbucker Floyd Rose Red Sparkle Drip Finish with matching headstock Sperzel standard tuners Roasted Maple Neck Plain Maple Fretboard 6105 Stainless Steel Frets No Markers Single Volume Single Tone Blower Switch (Bridge humbucker wired directly to output jack when engaged) Series/Parallel Switching for humbucker instead of coil tap or split 1 11/16" nut width 10"-14" Compound Radius Fingerboard 60's C Standard neck shape - .810" (1st fret) to .930" It will be my stunt guitar. Between the two Suhr tele's and my Blue Strat in Drop D, I will have an amazing arsenal of stage guitars. JT red sparkle? I'm guessing you mean more like those finishes the gretsch jets have. Sounds cool anyway. Do you think the roasting is necessary since it's plain maple? I haven't really had any issues with figured maple before...the Manson necks (either flame or birds-eye) are pretty stable. A few do have some small abnormalities, but nothing that really affects how they play. Wouldn't be surprised if it was my fault...but I won't go into that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa_man Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 How do i upload photos but hide them until you press the drop down arrow ? like James does :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 How do i upload photos but hide them until you press the drop down arrow ? like James does :-) [ hidden ] (picture url) [ / hidden] without the spaces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don'tPostThePear Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 [ hidden ] (picture url) [ / hidden] without the spaces is there a difference between that and spoiler or NSFW tags? (ok, nsfw does not load the picture until you click on the arrow but what about the others?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 is there a difference between that and spoiler or NSFW tags? (ok' date=' nsfw does not load the picture until you click on the arrow but what about the others?)[/quote'] nah there isn't a difference. they just hide whatever you want them to hide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa_man Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 is there a difference between that and spoiler or NSFW tags? (ok' date=' nsfw does not load the picture until you click on the arrow but what about the others?)[/quote'] nope can't get the thing to work, is there a problem linking from flickr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 nope can't get the thing to work, is there a problem linking from flickr? Sometimes. Did you get the correct URL? You still have to use the tags inside of the tags as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa_man Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Sometimes. Did you get the correct URL? You still have to use the tags inside of the tags as well] http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6481652205_51a907d3ac_b.jpg thats the url, when i do it the url code just shows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Here you go You can quote this post to see how the tags work Looks great either way, how does it sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa_man Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 no idea as ups have damaged it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 What?? What happened? Is it structurally damaged or did something fall apart with the electronics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa_man Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 What?? What happened? Is it structurally damaged or did something fall apart with the electronics? its just the pickup switch, the bridge wire has come loose, there a bitch to get at though! ill take it to get sorted next week, plays nice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 EX-7 > SD-1 > LBM > Echohead Fairly happy with this board right now. Taken the FF, Vibratrem and Kaoss Pad off because they just didn't get enough love Wouldn't mind adding a TR-2 and another delay to the mix. I actually had a DD-7 for a month or so, but sold it because I wanted a proper looper, and needed moniez. Borrowing this off a friend lavely guitar. Gonna have to invest in one in a year or so. As for other guitars, I use a Spalted Maple Fender Tele, Washburn X50PRO-Q or whatever it's called, and erm....this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowella Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Pics of the Res or it's a Soldano? If it's as nice as that epiphone is, then yum For some reason, I've found only two pedals I'm using so far in my bass rig for my new band. If only that tremolo had just a hair more depth on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentley Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 For some reason, I've found only two pedals I'm using so far in my bass rig for my new band. Muff. Use a big muff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowella Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Muff. Use a big muff There isn't anything heavy in this band so I don't need it I do have one though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don'tPostThePear Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 ugly morning wubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowella Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 That Arion is so tasty So explain the unlabelled and the pots there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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