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  7. Living Colour

    in Players Corner

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    I've just came back from the Living Colour gig. Man, they rock B):D ! They gathered again in 2001. and made excellent album last year: Colleidoscope. For younger forum members, Living Colour is a hard rock band of black musicians extraordinaire that rocked the world from late 80's till 1995: Vernon Reid, Doug Wimbish Will Calhoun and showman-singer Corey Glover. Unbelievable energy! Currently, they're on European tour so, if you can catch them in your town, do not pass this band.

    Living Colour

    mullmuzzler | OSSMT

  11. what kinda wood for a neck?

    in Solidbody Guitar and Bass Chat

    Posted

    Personaly, I would opt for maple or ebony. But, if you're looking for something different, here's qoute from Tom Anderson Guitars:

    Tone Reference Library: Neck Woods

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    Neck wood lends color to the guitars tonal character which is primarily defined by the body wood.

    The most frequent topic in the neck wood debate is Solid Maple vs. Maple with a rosewood fingerboard : Most people who are interested in the sonic influences of wood have heard it said, a maple neck produces a brighter sound than that of maple with a rosewood fingerboard. However, allow us to elaborate. Solid maple doesn't seem to chop off the bottom end of the sound as much as it seems to tighten and control that bottom. So, a maple neck does have a good bottom end but with clarity, definition and control. Rosewood on the other hand has a looser, louder bottom end sound to it. As far as the high end is concerned, maple does the same thing up here. It tightens and controls the high end so you don't really hear the sparkling upper end that the rosewood makes. (Something like the sizzle of the drummer's high hat cymbals) In the midrange, solid maple is clear and present without sounding hard, while rosewood is breathy and scooped in the mid to upper mid range area.

     

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    Hard Rock Maple

    Maple produces a wide, clear mid-range tone that has a tight bottom end with not a lot of very high highs.

    Hard Rock Maple, African Rosewood Fretboard

    A bit more clear and pronounced. Medium to lighter brown in color. The sound is still full and rich but a bit more clear and pronounced. This is the rosewood primarily used on Cobras. It also sounds great with many woods, including swamp ash.

    Hard Rock Maple, Madagascar Rosewood Fretboard

    Rich full sound with a dark reddish brown color which turns very dark with time. The sound is rich and full as well, with perhaps a bit less sparkle.

    Hard Rock Maple, Palisander Fretboard

    Hard Rock Maple, Pau Ferro Fretboard

    The color of this board is from medium to lighter brown. It has very tight, small pores. The sound is a wide mid-range tone which is pronounced in the upper mid-range area.

    Hard Rock Maple, Rosewood Fretboard

    A Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard has a full sounding tone wih a bigger, looser bottom end, a softer breathy middle and a sparkling high end. Indian Rosewood is medium to dark brown in color. The sound is full and rich.

    Mahogany, Madagascar Rosewood Fretboard

    Mahogany, Rosewood Fretboard

    This is the Cobra's neck wood combination. The sound is full and thick but is offered only on the shorter scale Cobras.

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    mullmuzzler | OSSMT

  13. EMGs...

    in Solidbody Guitar and Bass Chat

    Posted

    I saw on Warmoth that there is an option for routing bodies for EMG pickups that is somewhat different than the standard route (as far as the single coils go). What's the difference between, lets say, DiMarzio single and EMG single p-up route :D ?

    THX

    mullmuzzler | OSSMT

  14. Black Limba Dinky

    in In Progress and Finished Work

    Posted

    I changed the body a bit. It's not really a Jackson Dinky Shape. It was actually modeled after a Tom Anderson

    Really nice body. In fact, I can see some resemblance to Suhr guitar body (the down-sized strat body shape). I really like it, especially with the black hardware & reversed headstock (it goes hand in hand, rev h-stock + BLK h-ware, I mean :D ). How did you come up to do that body shape? Do you have an Anderson Drop Top? Again, I really like it, in fact, it is quite catchy combo of the hardware and wood. You proved yourself once again, man! Excellent job.

    mullmuzzler | OSSMT

  17. 1960 Vintage Strat Project

    in In Progress and Finished Work

    Posted

    Hey, Lex, man,

    could you (or anybody who has strats - tsl :D ) post EXACT dims of the strat body, please? I need W and L of the strat body cause I'm working on a blueprint of something like Pensa Suhr which has reduced strat body shape.

    I like strats very much. I'm very interested how your relic will come up. Have you seen Sambora's relic custom shop strat with stars inlays? Very nice.

    Thanx in advance

    mullmuzzler | OSSMT

  19. My RG550 rebuilt

    in In Progress and Finished Work

    Posted

    Yeah! The very beginning of the production, I think. I love what you did to your 550. BTW, couple of days ago I saw at the local shop a 1997 RG 505 DSY finish with green mirror pickguard. Mint! Very similar to your axe, but with a AANJ and newer p-ups (V8/S1/V7). I felt the neck was kinda fatter than on mine RG 550 (I think it's a Wizard II) and no skunk stripe. Oh, well...

    mullmuzzler | OSSMT

  24. GOTM gallery

    in In Progress and Finished Work

    Posted

    How about that? Making a pinned gallery topic with guitars that won the award +

    builder's comments! It would be nice to have all guitars in one place... Sort of

    refference point for future nominations and criteria. It would be wise to lock the

    topic for posting & replying cause it will be a GALLERY!

    Wha' do you think, guys?

    mullmuzzler | OSSMT

  25. Gotoh site

    in Solidbody Guitar and Bass Chat

    Posted

    Hey, Derek,

    I came with something that Gotoh reffers as "Willkinson VS100C"

    Here's the qoute from some guy on the net (this is pretty old, from 1993 or so):

    The Wilkinson VS100 is a new vibrato system from the

    guy who brought you the roller nut you see on modern Strats, and

    various other products. (Yes, "vibrato". Tremolo is variation

    in volume, vibrato is variation in pitch.) It comes in four

    variations: two-stud or six-screw mounting, and "locking"

    or "non-locking" arm. I put "locking" in quotes because

    it is not locking in the sense of "double locking Floyd"

    as we usually call it, where the string is clamped or locked

    at both the nut and at the bridge. Rather, the Wilkinson

    bridge optionally "locks" into place to prevent it from pivoting.

    The term Wilkinson uses for this is "convertible".

    The model designations are as follows:

    VS100 - two stud mounts, non-locking

    VS100V - "vintage", i.e. with six screw mounting, non-locking

    VS100C - two stud mounts, convertible

    VS100CV - six screw mounting, convertible

    Do you know if this VS100C variation is available (StewMac doesn't have any designation after "VS100" like "C" or "CV")?

    Thanx in advance

    mullmuzzler | OSSMT

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