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No doubt Gibson’s stuff was top of the line back in the day, but I have to agree with Randy Jane. Gibson’s quality control is sliding into the toilet and they’re coasting on their reputation right now. It’s been said that an Epiphone is 90% of a Gibson, and from what I can tell, that gap is closing… Besides, most of your sound is in the tips of your fingers, and not as much in the price tag on your gear.
Don’t let me discourage you though… If you have the extra $$$$ to buy Gibson’s overpriced stuff, and you feel that it makes you more ligitimate, then that’s your perogative. Just beware that you’re likely getting a limited return on your investment. Oh well, I’m a guitar player, not a guitar collector…
One more thing.. I don’t really understand what you mean when you say "i dont have to defend any of it against others". Since it’s obvious by your post count that you signed up on this forum for the sole purpose to post in this thread, it seems much more likely that you’re doing the attacking. If I’m wrong, please clarify…
Damn Rich, I didn’t think a GNR reunion was completely out of the question, but that takes things to a whole new level!
Anyway, Pics have been posted.
Wow, that’s an impressive paint job, RJ!!!
Having a cheap guitar to make your own is pretty cool. I did that with my Mex Strat. New tuners, pickups, pick guard, electronics, etc… Basically made it like an original ’54 Start, and came in way under what a reissue would cost.
The next project I’m thinking of undertaking is building a "Partscaster" (Tele style) from stuff I find on ebay. A neck here, a body there, you get the idea…
I tabbed out Repulsion a long time ago. It’s on my site:
Here’s a link to a blog that a guy is keeping updated from within NOLA. He and some others are hold up on the 10th and 11th floors of the office building where they work (DirectNIC webhosting) trying to keep the servers going on generator power, so that their company doesn’t go under from this…
He’s not sanitizing this like the media is. It’s like a warzone in there and they have to worry just as much about securing the building from armed looters as they do for supplies, etc. To make things worse, the authorities are being extremely hostile toward the survivors…
They’ve got a webcam feed pointed at the street and plenty of pictures from the last few days. It’s absolutely facinating to be able to read an ongoing first person account like this.
In other news, my roommate works for the local sherrif’s office with emergency management. She said that she received many calls today from angry people claiming that the local Red Cross reps are very rudely turning away people who are offering help. One of the more noteable among them was a business owner in near by Gadsden county that offered a small fleet of large trucks, a full sized semi rig among them, gassed up ready to roll out to where ever they’re needed. The local Red Cross turned them down! My roommate gave the guy the numbers for some other organizations that may be more cooperative, but we don’t know if the guy found anyone or not. I’m not trying to slam the Red Cross here, they are a wonderful organization, it’s just that this local problem is part of a larger issue that I’ve been hearing about during this crisis… I’ve heard several accounts of people offering help, and being turned away by the authorities. Even so far as people standing outside of the Astrodome in Houston with food, water, blankets, etc., all of which are in short supply, and these people are being turned away by the Feds while there are people, cold and hungry, sitting right there inside the facility…
It seems that there is no shortage in goodwill and help, but the Feds are so mired in bureaucracy that they’re making things worse…
An entire, major US city has been effectively destroyed and our government is seriously dropping the ball. You can’t completely prepare or protect yourself or your city from a Cat. 5 hurricane… anything in it’s path is fucked, plain and simple, but it didn’t drop out of thin air. They knew it was coming a couple days in advance, and they’ve known for years what would happen in NOLA got hit by a major hurricane. There should’ve been a plan in action, supplies already gathered and ready to roll out *before* the thing even hit!
Sorry for the rant… I really only meant to post the link the the blog above, but I guess I need to get this off my chest…
Cool pics!
I like how they have Murph more out front with J and Lou, instead of stuck in the back like drummers usually are.
Oh yeah, if you’re fairly confident with a soldering iron, and know how to work in a high voltage tube amp without electrocuting yourself, Ted Weber is about to start selling a kit for a Twin Reverb with several speaker config options. It’s the 6a80 kit (or the 5a80, if you want it in a 50’s style tweed cabinet with the control panel in the top-rear). His kits are pretty cool, and affordable. I’ve built a 5e3 (early 50’s Deluxe) and I’m loving it! These aren’t for beginners though, because you only get the schematic and layout from the website, no step-by-step instructions, and a "blackface" era amp is pretty complex compaired to the 50’s "tweed" era amps.
Hey Javro, sorry I never got back to you about this. It turned out that time was not so permitting for me after all. I’m glad RJ was able to step up to the plate and deliver.
Hey RJ, if you’re wanting a Twin Reverb in a head configuration, keep an eye out for a Dual Showman Reverb, because that’s exactly what it is. On the flip side of that, if you find a Twin Rev. that you like, look for an empty Dual Showman Reverb cabinet (they pop up on ebay sometimes), and the Twin Rev. chassis will fit right in. Note that this only applies for the Dual Showman Reverb, the regular Showman and Dual Showman aren’t the same size.
The same rule also applies with Super Reverbs and Bandmaster Reverbs. I’ve got a Super Rev. cab on it’s way for my Bandmaster Rev., because I decided that I’d like a combo better after all.
Impedence matching doesn’t really come into play as far as pickups are concerned. As long as you can physically fit the thing on the guitar and wire it up correctly, it’ll work. Just be aware that different pickup types have different output levels (humbuckers are hotter than single-coil, etc.).
Well, if it makes you feel any better, I’m thinking of looking into an Epiphone Dot… A decent semi-hollow at under $500, yes please!
If you want a decent Fender guitar, buy a G&L. They’re affordable and generally better quality than most of Fender’s lower and mid-price stuff. Even the Korean assembled Tribute series stuff is excellent… and you’re still technically buying a Fender, because G&L is the company that Leo Fender started in the early-80’s after he sold Fender to CBS in the mid-60’s.
I agree with RJ, you just about couldn’t hand me a modern Gibson. I think we’re seeing with them the same thing that happened to Fender in the 70’s. The bean counters are running the company at the expense of quality, and they’re coasting on the company’s past reputation.
Hmm… This makes the big guy 31. Is it a little too early to start the countdown to 40?
Maybe we should let him enjoy being in his 30’s for a while… Wouldn’t want him to feel old
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BIGOLDBIG GUY!!!Rosa, you’re ever so slightly younger than me, so I can’t pick on you about your birthday…
You’ll have to settle with me sending my love and best wishes all the way across the country to you!
I hope you have the best birthday EVER!!! (Until next year, which I hope is even better!)
-Mattman, AKA "Mantis"… Still firmly rooted in his (late) 20’s.
Wireless comes in USB form now, ya know…
