What Have You Bought Guitar-Related In The Past 48 Hours?

[mikesr1963]

Nice one, Mike--what do you think about it?

The 63 model is one I wanted as soon as it came out, hence my screen name Mikesr1963. Just couldn't pony up $299. I don't have any other Dano's and have never played them before. What I knew about them was they had a jangle in the sound and were made of weird products. Saying that when I play it I have to say I sound like me. Chords can have a jangle sound but playing lead lines they can sound much more between Strat single coil and Les Paul humbucker tone when I'm using reverb and a klon clone. Add to that some Boss SD1 or Mojomojo and it's really pleasant sounding.

It has a nice neck with a rosewood fretboard and the volume and tone control give a wide adjustment and not just zero to 100.

[ch willie]

I’m glad you like it. I’ve never had one, but plenty of great players and artists have played them or still do.

[Don]

That's awesome! It's like mine!

[ch willie]

Don, that headstock with the strings coming from one side blows my mind. Does it make any difference? I've just never noticed a (sort of) rectangular headstock with the pegs all on one side.

[mikesr1963]

That's awesome! It's like mine!

Oh know Don, mine is a 63 reissue and not an original from 1963.

[Don]

Don, that headstock with the strings coming from one side blows my mind. Does it make any difference? I've just never noticed a (sort of) rectangular headstock with the pegs all on one side.

The mind blowing thing is that the tuners TURN BACKWARDS compared to traditional tuners!!!

[Don]

Oh know Don, mine is a 63 reissue and not an original from 1963.

I picked this up cheap in the last year or so. The neck pickup didn't work when I bought it. I took it apart and fixed it. It was an easy fix- a wire had become disconnected. You ain't seen nothin' until you've opened up an original lipstick tube pickup! Weird! Even weirder, is that this is a great sounding, nice playing guitar!

[mikesr1963]

I picked this up cheap in the last year or so. The neck pickup didn't work when I bought it. I took it apart and fixed it. It was an easy fix- a wire had become disconnected. You ain't seen nothin' until you've opened up an original lipstick tube pickup! Weird! Even weirder, is that this is a great sounding, nice playing guitar!

Totally agree they sound good.

[ch willie]

Well, I dig both of those Dans.

[BrianKelleher]

I went a bit nuts and bought an Ibanez RG7321 - a 7 string shredder.



I'd been researching 7 strings for an article for my website having not owned one in a few years, and came across a silly deal on it, so I put down the money on what at worst scratches an itch.

So far it's... Interesting. It's been a long while since I owned one so getting used to it again. Needs a truss rod adjustment and some frets cleaned up, but I'm enjoying the change.

[pc]

Vox AC15CH, to complete the flavor-rack in the studio.



Still waiting on the last piece, which is a Kruse amp-switcher so I can route them to the cabinet in the "amp shed" on the fly. Should arrive in a couple more weeks, hopefully.

The flavor-rack:

[DanTheBluesMan]

I see you have some Meeseeks to change the knobs for you. good tone management decision

[pc]

I see you have some Meeseeks to change the knobs for you. good tone management decision

Wasn't sure if anyone would know what they were. Good eye!

[ch willie]

I was looking at the amps, and I totally missed the Meeseeks.

It's Summer's fault. Get out of here, Summer! Yeah, Summer, you b****!

[pc]

I was looking at the amps, and I totally missed the Meeseeks.

It's Summer's fault. Get out of here, Summer! Yeah, Summer, you b****!

[Don]

[OldStrummer]

Oh, dang. That's a TEASE!

[S. Cane]

A bit delayed, it’s been more than 48h but my latest gear aquisition was a handful of pedals... A new TS808 and two used EHX boxes

[Don]

[mikesr1963]

Didn't buy anything but made a couple slides.

[S. Cane]

Didn't buy anything but made a couple slides.

Very cool! Your post reminded me that I have to practice slide!

[Don]

Didn't buy anything but made a couple slides.

What did you cut them with?

[DanTheBluesMan]

Got a big headstock CV70 strat in natural trying to whisper seductive nothings in my ear. I really shouldn't, but it has a surprisingly dark Indian Laurel fingerboard that could pass for rosewood. Unh ...

[OldStrummer]

Well, it's not as fancy as Don's new Heritage, but oddly enough, this is something I've wanted for a while.

[mikesr1963]

What did you cut them with?

I use a glass cutter like pictured. It just scores the glass and does not cut it all the way through.

This is what I do: I wrap a piece of electrical tape around the bottle neck and use it to guide me all the way around, scoring about an inch at a time; turn and repeat. Once the glass is scored all the way around, I remove the tape and go to the kitchen and fill a tea pot with water and boil it. Prior to that I prep a gallon juice container with water and ice and place it in the refrigerator so it's been in there about an hour. I have a bar stool I sit on while at the sink to steady me. I put a dish towel in the bottom of the sink to catch the slide when it drops. On top of the dish towel I have paper towels to use to filter any slivers of glass so they don't get caught in my cloth towels.

I sit the ice water to the side and have the boiling hot tea pot to the other. (Protect the counter top) I position the bottle on the corner of the sink so I can turn it slowly with one hand and with the other hand slowly pour the hot water along the score line of the bottle. I pour the small stream of hot water for about a minute to the side of the neck and not straight down where it rolls all over the tip of the bottle. Then I sit the tea pot down and take the ice water and do the same thing, slowly pour and turning the bottle.

When pouring the cold water you can hear the glass crack under the scoring. After the cold water, do the same thing again with the hot water. The slide with then just fall into the sink or it may fall when you pour the cold water the second time.

NOTE: The edges are razor sharp. You can wet sand the edges (wrap the sand paper around a wood dowel and NOT your finger) and take the edge. I do it old school. I go out to my front steps and shape the edges on the cement porch floor. Then I have a stone that I use on the inside to round it off. I work the glass a bit and wet to see where it's at and then continue until I have it safe to play. Pay close attention to crack inside the glass. If you have them throw the slide away and start again. A cracked slide that finishes breaking while you're playing can cut literally cut your finger to the bone in the blink of an eye. I can't stress how important safety is.

The slides don't break even all the time. I take the ball end of the glass cutter and tap the remaining pieces off. Depending on the size it may need another hot and cold water pour. In the photo of the slides, the slide on the right is one I used for an hour or so and the oils from my skin darkened the glass. The slide on the left I only used for a few minutes after cutting. You can work the glass with water sanding to polish it pretty, but pretty wasn't my goal. Be safe.

[Don]

Thanks for that info! I'll try it!

[mikesr1963]

Thanks for that info! I'll try it!

However you round the edges off, wear a mask because fine glass dust floats everywhere when the water starts drying out. Keep wetting it.

[DanTheBluesMan]

Got a big headstock CV70 strat in natural trying to whisper seductive nothings in my ear. I really shouldn't, but it has a surprisingly dark Indian Laurel fingerboard that could pass for rosewood. Unh ...

"That's a negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full"

my new sales engineer didn't exactly fulfill my expectations for the quote and took so long to respond to my reply that somebody scooped the specific guitar I wanted. Oh well. Maybe some other time.

[DanTheBluesMan]

semi-music related, a CD wallet and jewel cases. Now that I don't have a cassette deck, I'm going to burn my demo tracks to CD to listen in my car. I've found both Bluetooth and USB to be wanting, which is a damn shame.

any recommendations for re-writable CDs?

[waxbytes]

I bought 1.5 CC of Big Bends Nut Sauce this afternoon.

[ch willie]

I bought 1.5 CC of Big Bends Nut Sauce this afternoon.

It's important for adding flavor to mountain oysters. ........

[OldStrummer]

It's important for adding flavor to mountain oysters. ........

LOL!

[pc]

Kruse custom amp switcher. Handmade by Jens Kruse -- http://www.krusekontrol.com

I can route any of my five amp heads to any of five cabs. I only have the one 2x12 cab in the "amp shed" in another room, but, I'm also going to send a second cabinet feed to a smaller guitar speaker cabinet in the studio room itself, on the rare occasions when I might want the live sound in the room.

All the amps see a load if they're not routed to a cab, so there's no worries about burning up a transformer. You can even route to two cabs at once, as long as you make the proper ohm calculations.

It's beautifully designed and well crafted. Couldn't be happier!

[DanTheBluesMan]

woah, there's a lot of people at TGP who want this kind of device

[pc]

woah, there's a lot of people at TGP who want this kind of device

I tried a couple different ones. The Kahayan gets a lot of press, but it was surprisingly flimsy and was not impressive. I have one from De Lisle in Indiana, and theirs is a great little unit, but it only does cabinet selection--it doesn't have jacks to also plug in the guitar and send the signal to the fronts of the amps. I'm so glad I happened upon the Kruse in my searches.

I'll be doing a YouTube vid as a demo so people can see how I'm using it, and I'll post it here of course.

[DanTheBluesMan]

I tried a couple different ones. The Kahayan gets a lot of press, but it was surprisingly flimsy and was not impressive. I have one from De Lisle in Indiana, and theirs is a great little unit, but it only does cabinet selection--it doesn't have jacks to also plug in the guitar and send the signal to the fronts of the amps. I'm so glad I happened upon the Kruse in my searches.

I'll be doing a YouTube vid as a demo so people can see how I'm using it, and I'll post it here of course.

I'll be looking forward to that. You make some awesome videos

[pc]

I'll be looking forward to that. You make some awesome videos

Video posted in Amplifiers section!

[Offshore Angler]

Very cool Pete. I have a Bogs Loooper which is kind of neat because it includes a blender circuit, so I can do the clean/mean thing and taylor the clean to get the cut I need. I used to run a stereo delay and a Classic 30 (gain channel) on the mean side only and it would make you sound like Slash in 50 person capacity room, lol. You might want to try that with your rig. The DRRI did the heavy lifting and the hi gain amp paired with it added the sustain and ambience.

These days I'm a lazy slob and do all this on the PODxtPro, but I totally get it. There's a rewarding feeling from going analog from front-to-back and getting just what you were listening for through sexy gear. If you have a studio situation where you can run and amp farm it's amazing fun - jelly!

Chuck

[pc]

The other nice thing is that when we play live (in normal times) the cartage company will bring a separate cabinet, pedalboard, and "case of guitar stuff" to the gig. All I have to do is pick a guitar or two to bring, and pick one of the amp heads off the studio rack and pop it in a amp-head case. I'll still use a hand truck for those two things, because I'm old, but, it's nothing like having to haul the whole rig around. My live pedalboard is this, now:



I definitely can't crank the Jubilee or Budda at a gig without slaying people, so I still rely on the OCD for dirt, so I can keep the amp volume manageable. The looper is not unlike what you describe. It's one touch clean or dirty. I can leave the delay on so it's always there when I select the OCD side, but gone when I'm playing clean. The EQ pedal is for when I use the LP, so I can make the neck pickup a bit more Strat-like when the clean side is selected.

[Don]

Hmmm... What have we here???