Wield your axes!

**underscoreMike** · 11-25-2010, 03:13 AM

Not that kind of axe, I'm talking about guitars!

(Gear is a plus)

I've been playing on and off, repeatedly, for 5 years now.
Seems like everytime I come back I have something more to offer so I cant complain that much.

I picked this piece up at a local music shop called Express Music.
This place had something I've never seen or knew about which had me like "WHOA!" because I didn't know any better and you probably did.
Every single guitar for sale brand new had these installed:
A push/pull potentiometer "Coil Tap or Split"
(If you'd like more info on this, just ask!)

I bought this thing last year and I'm still loving it.
I can't wait until I get an amplifier, some better pickups, and an overdrive pedal. Don't get all confused now, I use a Behringer V-AMP2 with mathcing headphones. This setup is alot of fun for the time being.

Anyway, on to the pictures!
This is a Schecter Diamond Series Omen Extreme.
Picked it up for $400 and I take very good care of it.

One day I think I'm going to trade it in with cash for an ESP.

**Malt** · 11-25-2010, 06:19 AM

nice guitar underscoreMike I have a couple guitars the ones i use the most is les paul and sg. You should get a tube amp and some pedals, i make my own tube amps nice little hobby.

les paul

sg

And some amp porn, home made amp

inside

outside

**underscoreMike** · 11-25-2010, 10:05 AM

OMG

I think amp porn is my new thing!
Most impressive Malt. I am eager to have a tube amp hence its wide versatility.
I'd be even more stoked if I built one! Now would be a good time since I'm learning about all these electronic parts and circuits. Do you have any documentation I can follow in order to make these kinds of products?

Nice Gibsons bud.

**Malt** · 11-25-2010, 10:35 PM

Warning!!!! Amp building is wherry addictive

a god place to start is whit a smaller amp around 5w you can get amp kits whit instructions all over. If you check out trinity amps they have nice amp called "tramp". 5 watt may seem to little , but whit the right speaker i can be very loud.
her i a link to the trinity forum http://www.trinityamps.com login have a look around. If you have any questions just send me a pm, cheers

**Gtrtech** · 11-26-2010, 02:49 AM

A couple of crappy pics from my shop.

A Fender standard strat with Seymour Duncan antiquity pickups,a Fender set neck strat don't remember the model,a Fender jazz neck on a p-bass body with a Dimarzio Gibson humbucker and Leo Quann Badass bridge ala Billy Sheehan, a Samick PJ bass with 2 P-bass pickups ala John Entwhistle, a cheap mandolin I picked up in Juarez, and a old round back mandolin.

A Manuel Rodriguez model b classical, a Ibanez Artwood,a Fender Resonator,the 1st 2 on the bottom are pieces parts put together,a Danelectro reissue longhorn 4 string bass modded into a 6 string, and a cheap gibson bass copy.

**sled** · 11-27-2010, 10:23 PM

Malt -What year is that SG? Had one from late 60's early 70's - sold it for 200 and a case of beer. Wish I had it now.

**OilMan** · 11-28-2010, 10:09 AM

Had a guitar as a kid, a Fender Strat, but never really did anything with it. Figured I sit around alot watching movies and wasting time now so it would be more productive to do something so I went and picked up a Jackson JS22R and a Peavy Vypyr amp a couple of weeks ago and then a Gibson/Epiphone Les Paul NightFall on a recommendation from my brother who is in the music biz. (Designing equipment for Alesis and now Line 6) Someone at the store asked me if I had learned to play the Jackson already because I was back so soon for the second one and I was like, "you'd never make it in the custom knives world."

Any tips for a re-beginner? I picked up an ACDC tab book because I figured that'd be some of the easier stuff to play and downloaded some free lessons off of the net but I think I'm still in the finger stretching phase. It's funny how much my left arm muscles hurt after an hour of some really basic fretting.

**underscoreMike** · 11-28-2010, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by OilMan

Had a guitar as a kid, a Fender Strat, but never really did anything with it. Figured I sit around alot watching movies and wasting time now so it would be more productive to do something so I went and picked up a Jackson JS22R and a Peavy Vypyr amp a couple of weeks ago and then a Gibson/Epiphone Les Paul NightFall on a recommendation from my brother who is in the music biz. (Designing equipment for Alesis and now Line 6) Someone at the store asked me if I had learned to play the Jackson already because I was back so soon for the second one and I was like, "you'd never make it in the custom knives world."

Any tips for a re-beginner? I picked up an ACDC tab book because I figured that'd be some of the easier stuff to play and downloaded some free lessons off of the net but I think I'm still in the finger stretching phase. It's funny how much my left arm muscles hurt after an hour of some really basic fretting.

I actually have a dvd on how to play ACDC.
Its easy and very good to learn from. I like Hells Bells

Ill be back for you next, Gtrtech!

**Malt** · 11-28-2010, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by sled

Malt -What year is that SG? Had one from late 60's early 70's - sold it for 200 and a case of beer. Wish I had it now.

The sg is around 10 years old, would love to have a sg from the 60 70 era.

**underscoreMike** · 11-28-2010, 10:59 PM

Gtrtech thats a sweet collection you got there.
I also have an Ibanez acoustic, love the sound I get from that.
Do you ever pick any instruments up at pawn shops?
And I need advice on purchasing my first set of pickups..

**Gtrtech** · 11-29-2010, 08:26 PM

Thank You, just my little pile of junk.
In 25 years of messing with guitars, I've only bought one guitar from a pawn shop and it turned out to be stolen.
That and most of the pawn shops around here want premium prices for their stuff.
I'll offer what advice I can, it's been a few years since I've worked for , or have been in a music store.