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A link to Myka's Spruce topped guitar page.

http://www.mykaguitars.com/instruments/015/default.htm

Myka made a guitar with a spruce top, so ask him, or check out his website. I think it was semi hollow, but an electric none the less.

If you use an on-board booster, like EMG's Afterburner, you can achieve the same effect. Although I suppose it may not have to be an on-board booster, but it would have to be first in the effects chain. Wait for someone in the know to correct me...

I remember that! Man that was bad.

Or am I missing something...?

A good clamp?

I know this smilie gets over used, but a picture is worth a thousand words, so...

That is, in a word, fabulous. In every way. If I saw someone strapping that on, I would go "Wow, nice guitar. Must be a piezo system in the saddle." Once the playing starts though, it would go like this.....

I prefer 24 frets, for a lot of reason, the most important being, the rhythm pickup has to be installed off axis where the 24th fret would normally fall.  On a 22 fret neck the pickup sits directly over the 24th fret harmonic node. Simply explained a node is a dead spot or a massive phase cancellation.

These nodes occur on the 7th fret, 12th fret, 19th fret and 24th fret. If you place a pickup directly on a node the midrange frequencies will cancel themselves out. Make sure you avoid a guitar that the node falls on the pickup.  Unless of course you want a muddy distorted rhythm sound like you would normally experience with a Les Paul or any Les Paul type guitar.  Most intelligent people will agree on the fact that a Les Paul has a nice meaty lead tone but chords sound like dung.

Taken from the linked article.

Unless I'm very much mistaken, harmonics change as soon as you stop playing open strings, and so the "problem" dissappears one you fret a note. And as for the "muddy distorted rhythm sound", it seems that our Ed is using the neck pickup for his chords. Silly boy.

In my opinion, I wouldn't say that the linked article was a good "22 vs 24" discussion, just another Ed Roman rant about how everyone is crap, except his guitars i.e. advertising.

usually its 40 watts of tube power is equal to 100 watts of solid state power

MzI

I was under the impression tube amps are 3 times louder (or given what's been typed above, "louder"), so your example of 40W tube would be about 120W SS.

I know, Lord of The Rings!! Sorry chaps, back to your regularly scheduled guitar related trickery...

Ok, now I'm sorry to go off topic, but who said that thing in your signature again dave??

I don’t know half of you as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve

It's bugging me!!

Excuse for being slightly off topic, but holy hell!! 17 posts and a VIP!!!

What they have done is forced the long time members, and knowledgable people to form their own forum.

What forum? May I join?

I too am interested. PM me. That is, of course, assuming I'm wanted/welcome.

Rubbish. I don't claim to be an expert, but from what I have learned here, a good set neck transfers tone as well as any neck.

I have them on my LP just now. Tuned to standard!! I'm harder than Zakk Wylde!!

hmm... I like it... its like an Iceman design just streached out... pretty funky... really like it...

here's my Iceman-ish design that I'm working on

Just an Iceman with an extra horn

Your guitar looks like that Icefly someguy is making. Say it on some site a while back.

Bingo

yes. bananas go good in sandwiches.

If it hadn't been said, I would have said "Can anyone say 'Fernandes Ravelle' ?"

The longer scale length will have higher tension (will be less floppy) at the same notes.

while we have some knowledgeable members who shall be able to help you, the ampage forum may suit your needs better...

Well, I am willing to BET that it is a zvex (www.zvex.com). I know for a fact that JF uses them. listen to the samples at the site, and you will find what you are looking for.

Luke

If this hadn't been said already, I would have said it.

I play them.

Guitar Ed

Is this Ed Roman from Ed Roman guitars Las Vegas?

I shall answer for him:

No it bleedin' well isn't!!

Son of a bee-hutch! I take back what I said ealier about the lower horn! That is one fine guitar! You are truly great!

*Bows down at LGM's feet*

Hokey Cokey. Just to let you know though, "You've got mail"