What Guitar Are You Playing At This Very Moment...

[metropolis_4]

Gave this a good cleanup, changed strings and set it up in Drop-C# for the band.

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I brought my Edwards today but was wishing I brought this instead. I’m focusing more on the lead side of things and this is way, way more fun to play from that perspective and a live setting than a Les Paul just due to the neck joint/fret access. I can hang it down to my frickin knee caps and still reach the 22nd fret.

Two questions:

Are you playing that guitar in drop-c# into that Fender Stage 112?

What is the story with the “shit fuckin hell” box?

 

[gearJunkie]

Gave this a good cleanup, changed strings and set it up in Drop-C# for the band.

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I brought my Edwards today but was wishing I brought this instead. I’m focusing more on the lead side of things and this is way, way more fun to play from that perspective and a live setting than a Les Paul just due to the neck joint/fret access. I can hang it down to my frickin knee caps and still reach the 22nd fret.

Is that an Evertune bridge? I've been wanting to try one of those. How do you like it?

 

[FuzzyAce]

It’s my “Theatercaster” I built. Walnut body, Goncalo Alves neck with ebony fretboard and SS frets, Gotoh 510, PAF Pros and a True Velvet.

I talk about it more here: Thread 'NGD! This one is really special'

That link doesn't work, but I vaguely remember that thread now. I like the specs you picked!

 

[DrewJD82]

Is that an Evertune bridge? I've been wanting to try one of those. How do you like it?

Yep, it’s an Evertune.

I dig it, when set up properly and it’s understood by the user, it does exactly as advertised and even a little more. Evertune doesn’t talk up how it improves intonation across the neck as much as it does, outside of a basic “improved intonation”.

There’s a caveat with sustain, past the 12th fret notes don’t ring out quite as long as other guitars with different bridges, but I’ve yet to run into a situation where I’ve had a note die out faster than I’ve needed it to in practical use, IE- while actually playing it in a song. It might just be that the drop off in volume is immediate rather than a subtle fade. I have a hunch it’s a result of the dampening system used in the back cavity that dampens the springs used to do the actual function of the bridge.

It’s a treat when recording if you’re the type that checks the tuning between every take. Or in situations like yesterday, where I showed up to an audition without my pedalboard as I just needed an amp, forgetting my tuner is on my FM9. Had I showed up with this, I wouldn’t have even questioned my tuning nor had an issue with it during the audition, having to ask the other guitarist for his tuner.

 

[la szum]

Gave this a good cleanup, changed strings and set it up in Drop-C# for the band.

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I brought my Edwards today but was wishing I brought this instead. I’m focusing more on the lead side of things and this is way, way more fun to play from that perspective and a live setting than a Les Paul just due to the neck joint/fret access. I can hang it down to my frickin knee caps and still reach the 22nd fret.

Damn I love that guitar. With my reintroduction to Metal and the Shreddy Shredersons
I may need to check out a Solar sometime.

And at least you didn't have to solder anything today, right?

 

[jimmy Biter]

 

[DrewJD82]

Damn I love that guitar. With my reintroduction to Metal and the Shreddy Shredersons
I may need to check out a Solar sometime.

And at least you didn't have to solder anything today, right?

My pile of cheap Amazon cables has gotten pretty big, to the point I’ve got like 4 working cables and about 10 that need the ends re-soldered. I attempted to do it quickly yesterday so I had plenty of functioning cables but the exact thing occurred that caused me to write that on that pacemaker box 20 years ago, I got frustrated in 3 minutes.

My buddy, Mad One, is a surgeon’s assistant, the first time he assisted on a pacemaker surgery someone asked him how he felt about it and he said “Can we take these boxes the pacemakers come in? These will be perfect for holding CD’s”…….one of the several reasons I named him Mad One almost 25 years ago.

 

[la szum]

Fender MIJ Aerodyne Strat. If I only owned and played Made In Japan guitars for the rest
of my meager existence I would not complain. Not even a little. Just a big fan of the Japanese
aesthetics and attention to detail. I swear you can feel it in your hands the instant you touch it.

Does need a slightly hotter/better PU in the Bridge, though.

 

[Stone]

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Fender MIJ Aerodyne Strat. If I only owned and played Made In Japan guitars for the rest
of my meager existence I would not complain. Not even a little. Just a big fan of the Japanese
aesthetics and attention to detail. I swear you can feel it in your hands the instant you touch it.

Does need a slightly hotter/better PU in the Bridge, though.

Wow love it and yes all Fenders should be made in Japan

 

[FuzzyAce]

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Fender MIJ Aerodyne Strat. If I only owned and played Made In Japan guitars for the rest
of my meager existence I would not complain. Not even a little. Just a big fan of the Japanese
aesthetics and attention to detail. I swear you can feel it in your hands the instant you touch it.

Does need a slightly hotter/better PU in the Bridge, though.

I love those aerodyne models!
That's a beauty.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Back to some tele action tonight. The colour is translucent purple over silver and it's a really hard guitar to photograph. The colour changes a lot in different lights.

This is probably my favourite guitar.

 

[la szum]

I love those aerodyne models!
That's a beauty.

Pretty sure at @TheTrueZoltan! pushed me over the edge after seeing his. I owe that guy something
at this point. Geesh!

I loved for a long time the matching headstock and lack of pickguard. Also, the body doesn't have
the traditional Strat contours. More like a PRS Core with a bit of a Violin top on it.

 

[la szum]

Back to some tele action tonight. The colour is translucent purple over silver and it's a really hard guitar to photograph. The colour changes a lot in different lights.

This is probably my favourite guitar.

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Sweet! I played my Tele this morning for a bit.

Tell me more. Is it your build?

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Sweet! I played my Tele this morning for a bit.

Tell me more. Is it your build?

No it's not my build but it is a fancy partscaster though. I wanted it to turn out nice so I had it put together by Feline guitars in London. It's a USACG neck and allparts alder body, both sprayed by Golden Era Guitars in nitro. An earvana nut, gotoh hardware and a '59 tele set from Mojo pickups in the UK. I've had it for about three years now.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Still this
←
I'm boring.

But it

And has a bit of wear now, after...., , 6 years! Wow. Time flies.

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

[…] I loved for a long time the matching headstock and lack of pickguard. Also, the body doesn't have
the traditional Strat contours. More like a PRS Core with a bit of a Violin top on it.

Yes, you've described it well. And as much as I like my other guitars (especially my Edwards LP, which gets the most playing time at the moment), I'd choose my MiJ Modern Strat any day if I could keep just one guitar. No doubt about it.

 

[Fat Lizzy]

 

[spawnofthesith]

New day same shit

 

[Fat Lizzy]

Feels like a WM45 kinda night

 

[greatmutah]

My KH-602. The American Dad episode with James Hetfield was on so I grabbed it out of my music room to mess with while I watched TV.