New toy....

Post by **Geebs** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:17 am

Nice, huh? Got it secondhand for 400 quid, going to use it for gigs. For the guitar nerds, it's the late nineties japanese model.

Post by **Captain** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:25 am

90s eh? That's before all the shit-smearing started. Cool guitar.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:41 am

that's sick.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:26 pm

Nice stick.

Post by **Survivor** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:27 pm

Looking slick.

Post by **Scourge** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:35 pm

Had one very similar. Nice choice. :icon14:

Post by **tnf** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:15 pm

How much time does your job leave you for practice and gigs geebs? Have you ever had to leave in the middle of a set because you got called into the emergency room for something?

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:42 pm

He's not really a doctor. He just plays one on the internet.

Post by **CrinklyArse** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:56 pm

Nice. I'm Jealous.

Post by **Geebs** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:07 pm

tnf wrote:How much time does your job leave you for practice and gigs geebs?

It's easy to acommodate, I just sleep 5 hours a night :icon25:

I've just bought a couple of "temol-nos" for this and my old JS-100 which I gave to my singer - should sort out tuning problems at gigs when I get them installed

Post by **tnf** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:46 pm

Geebs wrote:
tnf wrote:How much time does your job leave you for practice and gigs geebs?
It's easy to acommodate, I just sleep 5 hours a night :icon25:

I've just bought a couple of "temol-nos" for this and my old JS-100 which I gave to my singer - should sort out tuning problems at gigs when I get them installed

I think it would be funny if your pager (do docs even use those anymore?) went off mid-solo or something and you were to come busting into the ER with your guitar still over your shoulder.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:52 pm

Looks nice

. I keep thinking about getting a new guitar, I love the Les Paul look but then I wonder if it's actually worth it

.

Post by **Lieutenant Dan** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:55 pm

That's an awesome looking guitar.

Post by **R00k** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:17 am

Nice one, I like the bridge/trem system. :icon14:

The Tremol-no's website doesn't have a lot of info on it. I'm curious about it though.

Post by **R00k** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:19 am

PhoeniX wrote:Looks nice . I keep thinking about getting a new guitar, I love the Les Paul look but then I wonder if it's actually worth it .

I can't stand to play Les Pauls. They look great, but they're heavy and not balanced very well. They're really awkward to play sitting down, IMO.

Post by **mrd** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:21 am

Cool axe mate. I've never been a super huge fan of Ibanez but they are still great guitars. I always find their necks are too thin and bodies too light.

I just bought myself a $1300 7-string guitar on Saturday, I've been thoroughly enjoying that this weekend

Now that I have that, I can put my other 6-stringer back into a tuning that's semi-normal so when buds come over to jam I don't have to constantly transpose everything I play up like 5 frets or whatever. :icon32:

Post by **mrd** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:21 am

R00k wrote:Nice one, I like the bridge/trem system. :icon14:

The Tremol-no's website doesn't have a lot of info on it. I'm curious about it though.

It basically turns a floating bridge into a solid one. I can't recall how it's done, but theres a small metal rod that you have to install I believe.

EDIT: It probably just replaces the springs in the bridge with a solid metal rod.

Post by **R00k** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:29 am

It says it lets you switch between modes (dive-bomb only, hard-tail, solid) easily while you're playing.

I just can't figure out how it works from the pics. If it just replaced the springs with a steel rod, then you wouldn't be able to use the tremolo at all would you?

Post by **mrd** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:35 am

Hmm.. not sure then. I remember reading about how they worked a year or two ago but I'll be damned if I can remember :icon32:

Maybe there's some sort of latch that you can connect/disconnect to engage the springs when needed or something.

Post by **R00k** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:43 am

Well, it seems more like a bar locks in place, so the trem won't move. But by loosening a couple of thumbscrews, the trem is functional again.

I just can't tell exactly how it installs and works...

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:44 am

i'd like to see it installed. i can't see it NOT looking a bit goofy.

Post by **mrd** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:02 am

Check out the demo video... I'd take a screen dump but WMP is a faget and won't let me and I can't be arsed to find some software to do it just for this.

It sits in the back of the bridge with the springs. It looks like the hooky lookin' things on the right in the pic attach to the bridge near the strap peg on the body, and the other piece hooks up on the neck side.

I assume you'd just unscrew one of those knobs and it disengages the whole deal and goes back to your spring setup.

Looks pretty slick to me.

Post by **R00k** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:06 am

Nah, it goes in the back with the springs:
http://www.guitarristas.info/portal/ind ... &pageid=50

They claim it's tool-free to change back and forth, but I guess you need to play with the back cover off to do that.

Still pretty slick.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:25 am

R00k wrote:
PhoeniX wrote:Looks nice . I keep thinking about getting a new guitar, I love the Les Paul look but then I wonder if it's actually worth it .
I can't stand to play Les Pauls. They look great, but they're heavy and not balanced very well. They're really awkward to play sitting down, IMO.

Im with you on that..

Only exception is a friend had a "new wood" les paul. Oddly played ALOT better than some of the others ive dicked around on.

Post by **Geebs** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:32 am

mrd wrote:Cool axe mate. I've never been a super huge fan of Ibanez but they are still great guitars. I always find their necks are too thin and bodies too light.

My experience of gigging is that usually my back's utterly fucked by lugging the PA and drum kit, so the lighter my guitar, the better :icon32:

I agree, the original Wizard neck on the RG and S series is a bit on the thin side (although this one feels a bit fatter than my old RG, that was ridiculous); my main guitar's an Ibanez JS and that feels a lot more "Stratty" - thinner fretwire and more of a radius on the fretboard. The neck on the JS is absolutely perfect, fits the hand comfortably while never getting in the way.