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    Epiphone Les Paul SL

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted · Edited by Ice9

    That's a great looking guitar. I might even spring for one of those if I see one pop up on ebay. I think they're great guitars. The only disappointment for me was the tuners but that was easily sorted with an inexpensive set of Wilkinsons. Such good fun to play :)

    I have a bit of a thing for lower end guitars. I love to tweak them until they're awesome. Something I'd be very reluctant to do on a $2000 Gibson.  I can see myself acquiring one of those SL's actually. I reckon it would be great with some P90s in it. :P 

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    Epiphone Les Paul SL

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted · Edited by Ice9

    This summer I'm getting involved in some open mic jams and I wanted an inexpensive lightweight guitar to take to them, so I recently bought an Epiphone Special ii LP. It did need a little work so I swapped out the tuners (which admittedly are useless) and the nut. I also levelled and recrowned the frets but that's something I do on nearly every guitar I buy. I had a set of pickups ready to install in it but decided not to in the end as the stock ones were actually pretty good. These low end Epiphones are great for the money they cost. 

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    Taylor T5

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

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    47 minutes ago, Mike Hoodenpyle said:

    Those are some really nice sounds. Great playing and productions, too. Thanks for sharing. 

    I have a Fishman Loudbox Artist for acoustic and a Fender Super Champ for electric. I could plug in to both with an A/B switch. As you said, I would need to do the same with the T5. I was just hoping to avoid carrying two amps. 

    I like the altered tuning option, too. I play fingerstyle in DADGAD sometimes, so that could be a great feature. The only negative I see so far is the string spacing at the nut is narrow, only 1 5/8", so fingerstyle may be a challenge. 

    I've definitely got to try one of these out. Looks like lots of fun and practical as well.

    Thanks again!

    I believe the spacing on the JTV 59 is a little wider but I could be wrong. I actually sold mine a short while ago as the neck was too chunky for me. I'm going to be replacing it with the standard model within the next month or two

    Taylor T5

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted · Edited by Ice9

    Yes the acoustic settings are very authentic when played through an acoustic amp. I use mine through a line6 pod with an acoustic amp model. They don't sound so good through an amp that's meant for electric guitars however. I think Line6 make amps designed with the  variax in mind and allow you to change from electric/acoustic sounds on the fly but you might need to look into that. You definitely would need an amp designed for acoustics to get the best from the Variax acoustic models but I'm pretty certain that would be the same for the taylor too.

    There are also other interesting models such as a banjo, sitar and resonator guitars which are great fun. Also its very useful to be able to change tunings with the twist of a knob. Open G with a dobro setting for example is a lot of fun :)

    I have some demos of some stuff I've done with my Variax's ...not great quality but it might help

    This is the Variax on a Strat setting

    This is Pink Floyds "Mother played to a backing track. The acoustic part was done on my Variax and the solo on a PRS SE

    This is my JTV 59 Variax on a 12 string setting. Not great quality I'm afraid

     

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    Taylor T5

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    I have no experience with the Taylor, but plenty with the Variax which has some great acoustic models on it including 12 strings, not to mention the alternate tunings. Well worth checking out. The Variax Standard is now built around a Yamaha Pacifica and its a decent guitar in its own right.

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    Strat Trem Set-up

    in Guitar Care, Repair & Building

    Posted · Edited by Ice9

    I still suspect that the nut is to blame. It might be worth putting the original  guage strings on just for an experiment to see if it cures it. If it does then its just a 10 minute job for a luthier to adjust it for heavier guage strings. My favourite guitar is an 89 squier with a floating trem and it stays in tune very well. One thing i find helps quite a lot when im tuning it is to pull/push the trem a few times ... and also a few bends on the G string before I start to tune. Once its dialled in it tends to stay pretty stable.

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