Your 'Weapons of Choice' for today....[pics preferred]

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my toys for today
 
I got my Hot Rod Deluxe back from the repair shop so it'll be getting a workout today.


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BGood said:
Thanks. Monoprice 15W, before and after visual mods.

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It does sound better that color. I play it through a 2X10" cab.
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Oh wow. I didn't realize you had a 1st gen MP15. Nice!

The current model just jumped in price by $100 in the last couple of weeks. From 2019 to 2024, it went up a total of $30, from $249 to $279. I actually got mine for $200 on sale in 2020. It was $249, on, sale for 20%(or $50) off.

Then it took basically 1 day to jump another $100. That's messed up.
 
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My weapons of choice for today:
FGN J-Std Iliad HH in KoaNaturalBurst
& Laney VC 15-110

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Finished the latest assembly.
Strat 12 string. Warmoth Soloist body in ash-trans black on the back-trans brown on the front, Musickraft roasted flame neck-V profile-ebony board-mop dots-brown and amber stain, Rose vintage style pickups-blender mod, Schaller tuners-Schaller knobs, Gotoh bridge.

I’ll be playing this for the next few days. Three amps in unison.

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GrooVey said:
Finished the latest assembly.
Strat 12 string. Warmoth Soloist body in ash-trans black on the back-trans brown on the front, Musickraft roasted flame neck-V profile-ebony board-mop dots-brown and amber stain, Rose vintage style pickups-blender mod, Schaller tuners-Schaller knobs, Gotoh bridge.

I’ll be playing this for the next few days. Three amps in unison.

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I like it.
And of course the amp in the middle...but you know that already. Those other two? Good for clearing out the ear wax I suppose.:unsure:
 
rolandson said:
I like it.
And of course the amp in the middle...but you know that already. Those other two? Good for clearing out the ear wax I suppose.:unsure:
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I’ve been A/B testing between the TM Twin and the Super. The Twin sounds a bit sterile. The Super more full. And it seems when I engage the Marshal, it just takes away from the character of the Super. Subjective terms, I know. But such a nice tone from the Super.

The Twin, of course does the Fender clean tones very well. The Marshal, very versatile, warm, clean to mean. And the Super has a punch. I think the four speakers helps.

So glad to have the Super. :D
 
The Super has a sound like no other. And its growl is spectacular.

I too have noticed that when using an ABY or ABC to send to multiple amps, whenever I engaged two or three at once I'd get a change in the flavor of them...and because the Super's flavor is so unique, it was the change I felt the most.

In big shows, I was often run through a thing called Whirlwind. Apparently it was very good at separating signals. And priced accordingly.

Both Radial and Lehle make devices that are good at cleaning up and isolating cross-feeds too, and I think they're a bit more realistically priced.
 
I was poking at this for a bit today...I suppose it's only a brief interlude before I put it on the market too...20230427_131648.jpg

...it deserves to sing as intended...
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GrooVey said:
Such a beauty.

Is there a story behind the flipped bridge pickup?
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just a failed attempt to mitigate the highend. hoped that moving the "pole pieces" a bit further from the bridge might smooth out what, to my ear, is a shrillness that adds nothing but tears to ....

i digress

I've never been a fan of the sound of the bridge pickup on any guitar...

unlike single coils, the field of a paf is both more intense and unidirectional. to achieve what I wanted would require moving the entire pickup closer to the neck. and, there's already a pickup there.

So in the unlikely event I were to use the bridge pickup, the tone and volume would be such that it remained inaudible.
 
GrooVey said:
Ooh! Very nice. Newish? Seems to me we were talking about these not too long ago.
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I've got it used some weeks ago,
could not resist at half the regular price, including an original hardcase

Sigma Guitars

Anybody has experiences with Sigma guitars ? https://www.sigma-guitars.com/all-models/
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Dang. Don’t know how I missed that. I just caught up on the Sigma thread.
 
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