ATTENTION SAU Vic Musicians

[jezza boii]

I would've been down for that, but I haven't touched an electric guitar in about 2 years now.

These days I only really strum a few chords on my acoustic on the rare occasion. Full time work + cars = little time for music now.

[Birds]

Hahaha tell me about it. I still manage to keep my hands loose with a strum and a solo every night.

[jezza boii]

I actually bought a brand new ESP bass last year with the intent to play it. In 14 months, I have played it a grand total of 3 times I think Trying to sell it now... to fund car stuff.

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Don't need one

Benefits of having a strat copy with a 5-way pickup selector and no humbuckers! On the 2nd and 4th positions most people can't tell my guitar from a recorded accoustic!

I reckon all the guitarists on here should have a solo/riff competition, where you record 15 seconds of sound and post it up. Don't know how judging would work though :S

No humbuckers eah... Custom made?

Is your Strat copy (Fender) USA, JAP or MEX made?

I would've been down for that, but I haven't touched an electric guitar in about 2 years now.

These days I only really strum a few chords on my acoustic on the rare occasion. Full time work + cars = little time for music now.

Your too busy chasing skirt

[Evil]

I actually bought a brand new ESP bass last year with the intent to play it. In 14 months, I have played it a grand total of 3 times I think Trying to sell it now... to fund car stuff.

lol, i'm in 2 bands and don't get to practice as much as i'd like... and i have a baby on the way in the next 4-5 weeks! i won't get a chance at all!

[Birds]

No humbuckers eah... Custom made?

Is your Strat copy (Fender) USA, JAP or MEX made?

Not sure where it was made, it's a Monterey Stage Series which I've had for about a decade and bought it new as one of those cheap guitar/amp packs. Nothing custom, just shitty single coils! Strats are setup for blues and jazz so that contributes to a better accoustic sound. I have Blue Steels on it, which are just the best strings IMO. Takes forever to fall out of tune and haven't busted an E string since. I've long held the belief if you can make a crappy instrument sound good then you must be half good hahaha.

[jezza boii]

I had a "Monterey Stage Series" once too, as my first electric Was pretty shocking to be honest.

I upgraded to my Schecter Omen-6 and the difference was amazing

It's still a fairly cheap guitar though.

My dream guitar was always an ESP F-400 FM.

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Not sure where it was made, it's a Monterey Stage Series which I've had for about a decade and bought it new as one of those cheap guitar/amp packs. Nothing custom, just shitty single coils! Strats are setup for blues and jazz so that contributes to a better accoustic sound. I have Blue Steels on it, which are just the best strings IMO. Takes forever to fall out of tune and haven't busted an E string since. I've long held the belief if you can make a crappy instrument sound good then you must be half good hahaha.

Ah ok, single coil pic ups... I get it

Yeah your right, Fenders are very "Bright" sounding guitars. Perfect for the high Jazz and Blues solos.

I have been thought so many sets of strings, I have used Erin Ball, D'Addarios, Fender Bullets, Dean Markley, Yamaha and back to Erin Ball and D'Adarrios.

True if you can make a crappy instrument sound good, you must be doing something right. LOL!

But having top quality made guitar just feels a lot better.

[Evil]

i hot rodded my strat with EMG SAs... sounds fantastic with no noise!

although i am looking a new EMG 81TW active humbucker which has a coil tap for my MH-400

Edited July 2, 2009 by Evil

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

^^Oh shiny pearl!

I see you got the whammy bar in... It is a different size then my Yamaha whammy bar, the Fenders diametre is thinner to screw in.

[Evil]

^^Oh shiny pearl!

I see you got the whammy bar in... It is a different size then my Yamaha whammy bar, the Fenders diametre is thinner to screw in.

yeah that black pearl scratch plate was a pain in the butt to get... i wanted all genuine fender parts (except for the pickups)... that was a custom order from the US. the volume and tone knobs were a catalogue item and the whammy bar end and pickup selecter knob were also from fender in the US...

oh yeah, for any metal heads here, is anyone from here going to see arch enemy in november?

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

yeah that black pearl scratch plate was a pain in the butt to get... i wanted all genuine fender parts (except for the pickups)... that was a custom order from the US. the volume and tone knobs were a catalogue item and the whammy bar end and pickup selecter knob were also from fender in the US...

oh yeah, for any metal heads here, is anyone from here going to see arch enemy in november?

Yeah lead singer of Arch Enemy is hot as!

Not going, but.

I am going to August Burns Red + Parkway Drive and Cannibal Corpse.

[rs73]

In addition I got an Epiphone arch top Emperor Joe Pass sig series... got this 2nd hand, still in good condition...

Found out my guitar is made in one of Epiphone's Korean factory from pre-Chinese era... (year 2000)...

The later 2003-2004+ issue of the Emperor II are all made in China (QingDao factory), which I read from most people who tried them, the later quality are not as good as the korean ones... Even harder to find / more valuable are early 80s epiphone which were still made in Japan (Fuji / Tereda factories) which are hard to get these days...

Anyway, the action on this one is quite good, and since the previous owner 'polished out' the original gold finish, I'm ordering some replacement parts from US to restore the tailpiece, pickguard bracket all back to its original gold colour finish, and I've ordered some gold Grover tuner machine to upgrade those generic tuners, and a pair of Seymour Duncan gold SH-1 '59 pickups for that vintage 60s Jazz/blues tones...

Can't wait for the mods parts to arrive!

[Evil]

Found out my guitar is made in one of Epiphone's Korean factory from pre-Chinese era... (year 2000)...

The later 2003-2004+ issue of the Emperor II are all made in China (QingDao factory), which I read from most people who tried them, the later quality are not as good as the korean ones... Even harder to find / more valuable are early 80s epiphone which were still made in Japan (Fuji / Tereda factories) which are hard to get these days...

Anyway, the action on this one is quite good, and since the previous owner 'polished out' the original gold finish, I'm ordering some replacement parts from US to restore the tailpiece, pickguard bracket all back to its original gold colour finish, and I've ordered some gold Grover tuner machine to upgrade those generic tuners, and a pair of Seymour Duncan gold SH-1 '59 pickups for that vintage 60s Jazz/blues tones...

Can't wait for the mods parts to arrive!

nice guitar... i started to hot rod my old epi but it's been sitting around for a while. grover tuners are really, really good! i have a set on my ESP-LTD... gotoh are also really, really good (the magnums are sick!)... and the '59 are a great pickup, i have one in my ESP horizon... is the tailpiece post width metric or imperial?

[rs73]

no idea

still waiting for seller reply, but at such cheap price under $20 might worth taking a chance

[rs73]

Finally had a reply, the bolt hole would match the guitar. the the replacement tailpiece was made in Korea and was used in Epiphone factories there...

I'm getting it as well with a replacement rosewood bridge. I think the previous owner had the current rosewood bridge notched too deep to mark the G string position, causing a little bit of fret buzz... and I don't want to raise the bridge as it will bring the action higher on the other strings as well with such a solid single piece bridge setup.

[seraphyn_r33]

I went to parkway/ABR, how good was it!!

I have been playing guitar for about 8-9 years. "sing" in the band im in now haha.

This is my band www.myspace.com/hollowpointhc. name change now, and new members. the stuff on there is over a year old. we jam flat out at kindred studios in footscray, will be back in the studio and playing live/touring again soon, so all SAU VIC guys should come for sure

[Evil]

I went to parkway/ABR, how good was it!!

I have been playing guitar for about 8-9 years. "sing" in the band im in now haha.

This is my band www.myspace.com/hollowpointhc. name change now, and new members. the stuff on there is over a year old. we jam flat out at kindred studios in footscray, will be back in the studio and playing live/touring again soon, so all SAU VIC guys should come for sure

i saw parkway a year or so ago... very, very good live...

your band sounds quite good... nice and heavy... i used to practice at kindred like most rehersal rooms it's a s**t hole... i can't talk though, my band practices at what used to be danes in brunswick...

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

I went to parkway/ABR, how good was it!!

I have been playing guitar for about 8-9 years. "sing" in the band im in now haha.

This is my band www.myspace.com/hollowpointhc. name change now, and new members. the stuff on there is over a year old. we jam flat out at kindred studios in footscray, will be back in the studio and playing live/touring again soon, so all SAU VIC guys should come for sure

Good solid voice you got for the grows and screams.

i saw parkway a year or so ago... very, very good live...

your band sounds quite good... nice and heavy... i used to practice at kindred like most rehersal rooms it's a s**t hole... i can't talk though, my band practices at what used to be danes in brunswick...

Ah yes the Dane Centre in Brunswick... I remember that.

It was a pretty cool place.

[seraphyn_r33]

cheers guys.

yeah its a total dump, and they charge astronomical rates. I should open up a rehearsal studio, would make an absolute killing.