Jeremy

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@miradasurfs Big Red has never let me down in over 30 years!

Same old black Strat, same old magic. We’ve been through countless jams, moves, and late-night sessions together. Still my favorite… I’m sure all my guitar buddies have a loyal guitar just like this #guitarist

@BriansElectro Nah, I think you're right. With the reliability of CNC machining tolerances and repeatability are tight. An instrument is a tool to me, and a precision tool gets the respect and care but it's still just a tool. Reliability and quality mean more to me than 'a name'.

Don't get me wrong, I've seen some cool shit come out of the fender custom shop, but the fact is, for the most part it's a way to increase the price and collectabillity of specific instruments. And if you compare them to other fender guitars for quality and playability, sound etc. "which I have" There's no real difference other than esthetics and lower production numbers. Take custom shop reissues of their 50s stuff. There's not an easier fender to make than those, but they go for 4k plus new because the custom shop name. Those 50s specs don't have near the stuff and work required to make them like a new elite, ultra or any modern high end fender. OK, start throwing rocks! 😆🤘 #Guitar #RocknRoll

@miradasurfs It's a cross between balance and readiness. I run rackmount Pods for bass and guitar but also keep a GSP2120 Artist and a GSP2101 Studio connected to the recording rack. [and surprisingly a GSP21 in the closet - forgot about that one]

I did this so many times. Now I use both 😂🤘

@BriansElectro I'd love to see how he did the circuits. SGs are relatively thin already, aren't they? Not much material to hog out and fit stuff.

1964 Gibson SG Standard, John Birch modified. 1964 Gibson SG Standard that was sent to John Birch in 1974 for some customisation - JB added a fuzz and a treble boost circuit-He installed his own set of Hyperflux humbucking pickups. #Guitar

@19challenger19 Nice! I have a Carvin 5-string fretless I built from a kit, and somehow ended up with 2 full Carvin bass stacks each with a 1000w biamp head. Good stuff!

#NGD Can’t wait to get done work and plug this baby in 🔥🤘🏻

@BriansElectro In all honesty, I think it's only gonna be there temporarily... 😁

STOP!!! This is not where you put your strap on an SG! FFS! 🤘 #Guitar #RocknRoll

@deesnider When I mentor budding musicians, I point out that if one wants to put *that much effort* into emulating another group, you may as well channel that energy into finding your own thang. At least then it's yours.

I hate them. Tribute acts are non creative garbage. And you are correct about the compensation.

@atrupar Idiot sounds like an outboard motor. "but...but...but..."

TUR: It appears the president is more desperate in this moment. Do you not agree? MIKE LAWLER: Well, let's look back. Barack Obama engaged in a 7-month conflict in Libya-- TUR: We don't need to go back to Obama. Let's stick with President Trump LAWLER: Excuse me, excuse me. Yes we do. TUR: How does that make this war okay?

@guitarhawg @BriansElectro Jason - have you had a chance to examine that BL-like humbucker? I'm curious how close to original they got... (I run a lot of OBL and Wilde pickups)

@BriansElectro My cheap-o Korean made Memphis (as you and I discussed a while back). Note the Bill Lawrence-esque blade pickup!Identical model to my first electric guitar! Bought again for nostalgia’s sake.

Memphis Guitars and Gear. This is kind of a long read but worth it and shines some light on Asian manufacturers. I gleaned this info from the Wiki article. 🤘#Guitar #RocknRoll Memphis"-branded guitars and signal processors were affordable music gear imported from Asia and distributed in the United States from the mid '70s until the mid '90s by C. Bruno and Sons - which by this time had become a subsidiary of Kaman Music Corporation. The product line included Fender- and Gibson-styled instruments. The Memphis name also appears on various guitar-effects pedals, including delays, reverbs, overdrives, and the Memphis Fuzz. One notable pedal is the Memphis phase shifter, named "Roto Phase", a stompbox featuring single monophonic input and output jacks, and a single knob that controls the speed of the rotating-speaker effect. As with a number of the Western contract-manufactured brand names, firm evidence in determining the actual factories used to manufacture Memphis guitars is highly challenging. Little to no hard evidence or authoritative testimony from individuals is available. Some Memphis models - particularly early and/or high-end examples - are indeed marked "Made In Japan", and contain Japanese electronic branded components. However later models, although missing country of origin markings, include Korean components like potentiometers, and some instruments were equipped with copies of Bill Lawrence rail humbucker pickups that are known for use in Korean-origin guitars. In the absence of any factual data, virtually all hearsay conclusions and assertions on guitar forums and groups are based on comparisons to other known-provenance brands and the factories where those brands and models were known to be manufactured. Evidence from model-similarities and hardware component inspection makes it highly likely that multiple contractor factories were used in for various models over time, as it was extremely common for brands like this to make the high end high quality models in one contractor/factory, and to make the cheap low-end student models in another. Inspection of examples suggests strongly that over time manufacture shifted from Japan to Korea, as was the case for many other Western 'house brands'. This theory would be supported by the brand of potentiometers found in varying guitar models. A common assertion is that early years, Memphis was a house brand manufactured by Matsumoku Industrial of Nagoya, Japan, and/or Matsumoku was contracted to produce Memphis models. There is no evidence - no examples of guitars, or existing catalogs have been shown or cited to support the "house brand" theory. However, a few of the very top-of-the-line "Pharaoh" guitars seen in the 1977 Memphis catalog can be found marked "Made In Japan". Further more, some of these models have unique identifying features (examples: a double cutaway solid body with 'Flying-V' headstock, and a premium Les Paul copy with an ornate mandolin-like headstock) which appear identical to Aria Pro II models which were known to be manufactured at Matsumoku. The bulk of Memphis models however, would be inconsistent with Matsumoku manufacture, both from construction quality, and other tell-tales like style of neck plates, so if some guitars were made by Matsumoku certainly they certainly all were not. It is also often suggested that original designs were built by Yamaki [which also built guitars under its own Daion brand, as well as for Washburn and other guitar companies]. There are also suggestions based upon the strong similarities between certain Memphis models and other guitars bearing the Washburn brand, that both brands were built at least for a time by Yamaki Gakki. This conclusion is quite debatable, as many of these models also closely resemble guitars built by the Korean manufacturer Cor-Tek (or Cort). Cort is known to have built Washburn copies for the Lotus brand that were long mistaken for Yamaki builds.

Man, I got a SCREAMING deal on those pickups. NIB for about half price. The Affinity has a 70/74 string spacing, which makes it harder to find replacements. These would be one of the more expensive options normally. Thank you seller! (on Reverb)

Duncan Apollo 5-string JB set? yep Dunlop Super Pots? check Orange Drop cap? sí Pure Tone jack? done It is time.

So it starts with this. 3 coats nickel shielding with a paint-soaked Q-tip pulled through the wire channels to ensure continuity. Note the wings at the ctrl plate screw holes for grounding.

Next time - there's always a next time 😎 - I'm going to try stacked pots so each pickup has separate vol and tone, with the third pot a sweep between the two.

@miradasurfs ¿Porque no los todos? I only go as deep as the physics of mass, and at some point (read: retirement) I'll look at the resonant frequency of the various tone woods. But I'm a geek that way. 😁🤘

The tonewood argument: It’s the wood Another-It’s the pickups Another-It’s the hands Another-It’s the amp #guitarist

@OregonCoastBuzz Hey, I know of a way they can dispose of it. 😆

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@NSReicher I don't know the lineage of my single cutaway but - like you say - it plays nice and sounds great. That's all that matters. And a nice quilt.

My Chibson LP Custom. Go ahead. Make your snotty comments about inferior mahogany. It plays well, sounds good. I play it a lot. I love it, one of my favorites right now. Pickups are Guitar Madness 70's.

@19challenger19 Yes, this is the way. Warms the cold, cold cockles of my heart to hear "hydrate the fretboard". 😎🤘

Going to put a SD Distortion in the Headless Horseman. Hydrate and polish fretboard. 🔥🤘🏻

@AriFleischer You and your ilk are genetically incapable of taking responsibility, aren't you?

When this is over, the western part of NATO will never be the same. Spain, England, France and Italy have sold us out, as they too often have a history of doing. Eastern European nations are the heart of NATO. They spend money on defense, know how to fight and love the US. France particularly deserves fault and blame. From supporting China and Russia at the UN to denying Americans overflight rights, they’re doing what they’ve always done - showing weakness, while cutting deals with terrorists. (The reason the US has a Marine Corps and Navy is unlike France, we refused to pay a ransom to the Barbary Pirates. France is always happy to cut a deal.) Wars have unintended consequences as nations show their true colors. NATO will never be the same, and Western European weakness and acquiescence is the cause.

@BriansElectro Makes the roadies happy, though. 😁

Bogus! #RocknRoll

@JamesLeonDavid1 One of our better exports. And you're welcome here any time.

I treated myself and ordered my special mustard I like bc they don't have it here and it just arrived I'm so excited!