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

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Needed a post-Winter Heating Season Setup. This could easily be my Number 1 if I wasn't such an
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It's been a whiiiile since I've picked this up. It needed new strings and I knew once I changed them I wasn't going to put this down for a few weeks. I want to take it to my next band practice so I can hear the Aldrich in a band setting so I restrung it. I gotta say, as annoying as it is to have those bridge post thumbwheels turn on their own while restringing, making action adjustments is a fucking breeze.

My singer just put a Nazgul in one guitar and he's got the Devin Townsend Fishmans going in a sick LTD he just ordered. I was already starting to question the Nazgul in my Solar for the band, I love it for trem-picking/tight metal, but I'm not doing any of that in this band and think the Aldrich will suit me far better.

I've been leaning towards putting Aldrich sets in both my Edwards and the Solar and just dipping out of any pickup rabbit holes before I get into one. I'll keep the Nazgul on hand if I ever want to switch it back.
 
DrewJD82 said:
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It's been a whiiiile since I've picked this up. It needed new strings and I knew once I changed them I wasn't going to put this down for a few weeks. I want to take it to my next band practice so I can hear the Aldrich in a band setting so I restrung it. I gotta say, as annoying as it is to have those bridge post thumbwheels turn on their own while restringing, making action adjustments is a fucking breeze.

My singer just put a Nazgul in one guitar and he's got the Devin Townsend Fishmans going in a sick LTD he just ordered. I was already starting to question the Nazgul in my Solar for the band, I love it for trem-picking/tight metal, but I'm not doing any of that in this band and think the Aldrich will suit me far better.

I've been leaning towards putting Aldrich sets in both my Edwards and the Solar and just dipping out of any pickup rabbit holes before I get into one. I'll keep the Nazgul on hand if I ever want to switch it back.
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What is that dude?
 
SillyOctpuss said:
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What is that dude?
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A 96’ Orville, Gibson’s MIJ offering. They made them in a few different plants but this one came from Fujigen.

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Easily my best sounding humbucker guitar. Last time my uncle was over I had him going through all my guitars to check them out, as he was putting this one around his neck he asked “So which one is your best sounding one?” ::strums and A chord:: “OH! IT’S THIS ONE!!! I already know!!!” It just sounds huge, the sustain is ridiculous. At some point I’ll get it refretted with some med/jumbos as the tiny frets aren’t my thing.

It’s a Fotoflame, so once it cracks, if it ever does, I’m going to send it to MJT and have them turn it into a goldtop.
 
DrewJD82 said:
A 96’ Orville, Gibson’s MIJ offering. They made them in a few different plants but this one came from Fujigen.

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(only pic I have with the headstock is this one)

Easily my best sounding humbucker guitar. Last time my uncle was over I had him going through all my guitars to check them out, as he was putting this one around his neck he asked “So which one is your best sounding one?” ::strums and A chord:: “OH! IT’S THIS ONE!!! I already know!!!” It just sounds huge, the sustain is ridiculous. At some point I’ll get it refretted with some med/jumbos as the tiny frets aren’t my thing.

It’s a Fotoflame, so once it cracks, if it ever does, I’m going to send it to MJT and have them turn it into a goldtop.
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What pickups are in it?
 
SillyOctpuss said:
What pickups are in it?
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Bridge pickup is the Suhr Aldrich and the neck pickup is stock. I want to say they used actual Gibson pickups in these but I can’t remember for sure. That might have been Orville By Gibson. I’m most likely going to put another Aldrich in the neck, they’re a little too imbalanced right now. But I’m also nervous about changing anything because in the middle position I get that cool out of phase sound, despite everything being wired in properly.
 
DrewJD82 said:
Bridge pickup is the Suhr Aldrich and the neck pickup is stock. I want to say they used actual Gibson pickups in these but I can’t remember for sure. That might have been Orville By Gibson. I’m most likely going to put another Aldrich in the neck, they’re a little too imbalanced right now. But I’m also nervous about changing anything because in the middle position I get that cool out of phase sound, despite everything being wired in properly.
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I know what you mean. I've still got the stock pickups in my tokai and a drawer full of really nice pickups which FOMO makes me want to try but it sounds so good as it is I'm scared to mess about with it.
 
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SillyOctpuss said:
I know what you mean. I've still got the stock pickups in my tokai and a drawer full of really nice pickups which FOMO makes me want to try but it sounds so good as it is I'm scared to mess about with it.
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Hahaha I got a scratchy pot in it, sometimes I need to turn the volume knob a few times to get them full signal out, but I don’t want to fuck with it in case it’s lending itself somehow to the sound of the guitar!

I know it’s a stupid thought and I’m going to change it all eventually, but man, if something changes the sound of that guitar I’ll be massively bummed out. I’m pretty certain it’s just the right wood/setup/pickup choice for what I want to do with it, but there’s still a teeny amount of superstition in there.
 
DrewJD82 said:
Hahaha I got a scratchy pot in it, sometimes I need to turn the volume knob a few times to get them full signal out, but I don’t want to fuck with it in case it’s lending itself somehow to the sound of the guitar!

I know it’s a stupid thought and I’m going to change it all eventually, but man, if something changes the sound of that guitar I’ll be massively bummed out. I’m pretty certain it’s just the right wood/setup/pickup choice for what I want to do with it, but there’s still a teeny amount of superstition in there.
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I totally get that.
 
la szum said:
I have heard tales fraught with woe and misery where some chap wanted to improve a great guitar,
changed something, then went back to how it was originally, but the apple cart was already upset and
it was never the same. :(

Or we all just weird as F! :LOL:
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And the 100% this post deserves.

@DrewJD82 we need a combo laugh and 100% reaction.
 
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