A controversial but mostly correct video.

EVH could tell the difference in materials I recall reading something about his cabinets, the braces or something said it didn't sound right

Quote

Eddie demanded that the 5150 be made of Baltic birch and Hartley was glad to oblige.
When the development team delivered the test model to Eddie he took it apart. Because that's apparently what he did with everything.

So he takes the test cabinet apart and says, "Hartley, I thought we agreed this cab was going to be made of Baltic birch? What's with these little blocks of plywood down here?" Now, he's talking about some block inside the joints of the sides that was just there to give more space to join them or glue them or whatever. Hartley says, "well we decided that would raise the price by ___ dollars and it wasn't worth it because those little pieces aren't going to change the tone at all."

Eddie's not having it. He says it will change the tone and they get into an argument about it.

"Alright Eddie, tell you what. I'm so convinced that not even you can tell the difference of the woods on those little blocks, let's do a listening test. I'm going to build sixteen of these things, and in one of them I'll use your Baltic birch on those little blocks. If you can play through them and tell me which one it is then we'll go with it."

The cabinets are built and Eddie comes back down to the factory, plugs in and let's just one blistering high sustain note rip and vibrate everything until it dies out. Then he unplugs and goes to the next one, all down the line like that until he gets to one and let's the note rip... "That one."

Of course he's right, or there wouldn't be a story.
 
Stone said:
EVH could tell the difference in materials I recall reading something about his cabinets, the braces or something said it didn't sound right

Quote

Eddie demanded that the 5150 be made of Baltic birch and Hartley was glad to oblige.
When the development team delivered the test model to Eddie he took it apart. Because that's apparently what he did with everything.

So he takes the test cabinet apart and says, "Hartley, I thought we agreed this cab was going to be made of Baltic birch? What's with these little blocks of plywood down here?" Now, he's talking about some block inside the joints of the sides that was just there to give more space to join them or glue them or whatever. Hartley says, "well we decided that would raise the price by ___ dollars and it wasn't worth it because those little pieces aren't going to change the tone at all."

Eddie's not having it. He says it will change the tone and they get into an argument about it.

"Alright Eddie, tell you what. I'm so convinced that not even you can tell the difference of the woods on those little blocks, let's do a listening test. I'm going to build sixteen of these things, and in one of them I'll use your Baltic birch on those little blocks. If you can play through them and tell me which one it is then we'll go with it."

The cabinets are built and Eddie comes back down to the factory, plugs in and let's just one blistering high sustain note rip and vibrate everything until it dies out. Then he unplugs and goes to the next one, all down the line like that until he gets to one and let's the note rip... "That one."

Of course he's right, or there wouldn't be a story.
Click to expand...
Who knew toan was in the Baltic blocks?!
 
Sascha Franck said:
Oh, weird. Are they possibly using different neck profiles? Because out of the guitars I own, it's at least a tad more on the "meaty" side.
Fwiw, I have constantly varying love affairs with pretty different neck profiles. ATM I absolutely dig the pretty slim profile of the Anderson - but that might change again (as it has before).



Which I always hated. My Anderson is now down to 2 pickups (Duncan mini humbucker in neck, DiMarzio Bluesbucker in bridge position) and a 3-way blade switch. Just as I like it.
Sure, for recording and such, the Switcharoo scheme is useful, but back when I bought the guitar, their pickups were anything but great, so I didn't get too much use out of it anyway until I changed the pickups in favour of some that couldn't use all the switching options.
Click to expand...
I guess it’s all relative, the original Beck Strat neck, the 1 inch at the first fret on my Baker and the .880 on the Tyler is my comfort zone.

I never had any use for parallel in the past, that said I do really like switching off the dummy coil in Tyler’s.
On the 3 one has all the switching options and that’s the one I use most.
 
I’ll play lol

Ca 81 or 81 Germany…
IMG_5260.jpeg

87 or 88 LA
IMG_5259.jpeg

2011 India
IMG_2246.jpeg

2017 EU tour
IMG-20170707-WA0000.jpeg

Hungary 2023
4B77CE09-619C-47BA-BE33-E549FEC13955.jpeg
 
In my mind the best quality/cost balance going forward will be outsourced production to the lowestlabour cost countries…by companies with their own retail channel + expertise how to spec a guitar.(HB model, importers and brick and morter bypassed). Not sexy, not good for Brick an mortar, not good for niche builders.

Whatever you buy outside of the above model, you know you are paying for stuff that does not translate to a better instrument per se.

Obviously not everything is available in that model. There is offcourse the element that top brands, keep production of top models on their own shores…for now.

Personally I’m convinced that top Q can be manufactured anywhere. I got an Eastman sitting in my otherwise “enriched with the odeur of corck collection”, that’s definitly not the black sheep of the bunch. I’ve been very impressed with the Sire strats also, don’t own one, but if I was in the market, I’d consider these, not even driven by the pricetag.
 
JiveTurkey said:
People can dislike KDH all they want but he ABSOLUTELY poisoned that well of perception of Chapman in my mind. I have not been able to watch anything from that point forward with this dude.
Click to expand...

SillyOctpuss said:
Rob Chapman did that to himself for me. I've never seen the KDH Chapman videos because I was already on the Rob Chapman is an intergalactic douche train by the time he released them.
Click to expand...
I know nothing about this, can I get a quick history?
 
Please don't support that dickhead. Everyone would be better off if they never watch another second of KDH making up a new scandal based on more misinformation or crap he doesn't understand at all.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top