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t-rey wrote:I heart that color so much.

Glad the Hovercraft is working out for you - saw that they have a re-purposed 22h as well Model T on ch1 and high gain ch2, which definitely has my interest.

The only problem (aside from a wife who isn't incredibly understanding about gear purchases) is that there isn't even a Gibson dealer in town. I would have to drive like two hours away to hit a couple Guitar Centers and hang out with Crohny, which would be fun, but is more time and hassle than I can bother with right now. I do love the epi and it has some sentimental value to me - plus it's silverburst and looks really snazzy. It's just always been really muddy and dull sounding so I go long periods of time without playing it. I do hate the shape of the headstock though

I may do some upgrades and see if that gets me what I want. I was thinking Duncan Distortion in the bridge and a 59 in the neck? New pots, switches, tuners, and bridge wouldn't be a terrible idea either...

Yeah, it makes it difficult when there's not a dealer with decent stock nearby. And just to clarify, I wasn't ripping Gibson's whole line of LPs in regards to quality, there are many badass options to choose from. It's just those goddamn Customs cuz that's the only one I was after. The current production Custom line (black, arctic white, wine red, 3-color burst, and the limited Silverburst) is questionable when you're talking $3500+ for a guitar. That's what led me to the Historic line, fell in love with the '68 neck profile, then along came that color paired with my buddy's fatty GC discount, decision was easy.

SIlverburst rules tho, one of my favorite finishes by far. I had one originally, current production Custom, played like shit, exchanged for the green in the end.

Achtane wrote:That's still the best LP ever. Green and silver is shockingly underused.

Thanks dude. Your right, green and silver is always overlooked, especially this olive metallic color here.

Sort of a happy accident for Gibson tho. It's painted Pelham Blue to start with and the only way they could make it look aged or "Historic" was hit it with a yellowed lacquer which gave it the olive green hue. Real Pelham Blue ages differently, a brighter kinda aqua-green color. I prefer the look of this one.

Iommic Pope wrote:

Holy Schnikes wrote:

Oh crap that is sex.

pelliott wrote:Every time I see this guitar I have the exact same thought:

HNNNNNGGGGG i want to touch

Thanks dudes!

AngryGoldfish wrote:

samzadgan wrote:that is one beautiful guitar.

there are a lot great looking guitars in the world, but a nice Custom LP just has it all i think...personally if i had the money, i would get a vintage Silverburst Custom LP.

Same. 80's Silverburst Les Paul Custom is a dream guitar.

Agreed all around. I'm not usually one for ultra fancy guitars but the LP Custom is the perfect mashup of awesome playability/sound + solid weight/feel + classy appointments.

When my Custom search began, it was focused squarely on a late 70's to early 80's Silverburst. The current production look alright but I like how the old ones used that metallic paint prone to oxidation, get that green look goin. FUCK those are beautiful! The new ones will never age like that. I played quite a few but most were early 80's, a time when Gibson was changing owners and producing arguably some of the jankiest guitars they've ever released in terms of quality. It showed in those I tried and the prices were astronomical.

My uncle owns a late 70's Silverburst Custom that's perfection tho, couldn't ask for better. I had that in the back of my head the whole time, compared every other one to it and none came close. I'm next in line for that guitar, gonna buy it the second I can get him to give it up. Dude doesn't even play now days and he has no kids of his own to pass it down to so I'll bide my time on that one. Some day.....

Iommic Pope wrote:

Holy Schnikes wrote:


Speaking of Black Forests, I'm selling my original now that I have a sick fucking etched version coming this week. If anyone is interested, I'll go $110 Paypal'd and shipped in the CONUS. It's in excellent shape and functions flawlessly. Lemme know.

Hey man, I'm interested in that BF. That etching looks sick (all gear should be as cool as that). Would you be interested in shipping OS? Do you want me to PM you or you can shoot me a message if some one hasn't jumped on it and dry humped it to death already...not that I'd do that...

Hey man, Int'l shipping isn't a problems, just costs a little more. It's all yours if you want it, replied to your PM just now. I'll def hang onto it for a bit until I hear back from you.

CaptainBoxman wrote:

Phwoar

She's a beaut Matt! Sweet score!!!!

AxAxSxS wrote:Sorry for posting this again, just want to share it wih the day crowd. It'd be nice to hear what you all think. Especially regarding the levels and overall volume.

AxAxSxS wrote:my first attempt at multitrack recording with the band

edit: just realized you can put the track here-
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/infinite_flux/teotwayki[/soundcloud]

Sounds good through my laptop speakers! I would make some mixing comments but not after only listening to it through this shitty laptop. If I get a chance in the next few days I'll listen at home and leave ya some feedback. Looking at the wave file in sound cloud though it looks that the overall volume is decent, did you do any mastering to it at all?

guys...what are your thoughts on the Morley Wah's and which one is a good one in their range?

Thanks skip, i'd appreciate that. Only "mastering" I did was to eyeball the waveforms, and adjust till it sounded ok. I'm using the pa for monitors so maybe not ideal there I also added some reverb to the vocals. Everything is basically one take one track though. I'm still learning how to put it all together.

Sam, tony just tried out a morley wah for his bass board and didn't like it. He lost to much low end. IMO most wahs are like that though.

AxAxSxS wrote:Thanks skip, i'd appreciate that. Only "mastering" I did was to eyeball the waveforms, and adjust till it sounded ok. I'm using the pa for monitors so maybe not ideal there I also added some reverb to the vocals. Everything is basically one take one track though. I'm still learning how to put it all together.

Gotcha, what DAW are you using? From what I've heard through the laptop I would suggest bumping up the guitars a bit, and putting a compressor on the Master track (1.2-1.4 ratio, fast attack, long release, watching output so it peaks out around -1db) followed by a limiter set for threshold of right below -1db and a final output of -.2db. That will net you a demo with a bit more cohesive sound and an overall volume that should compete with most pro cd's. If you do that and the overall volume is still a bit quiet adjust the threshold of the limiter down until you notice a decent volume bump but make sure to leave the output at -.2db so you don't blow your speakers.

Just a 2i2 into pc with ableton 8. I'll give that a shot when I get home. This is exactly why I love this place thanks man

Holy Schnikes wrote:Yeah, it makes it difficult when there's not a dealer with decent stock nearby. And just to clarify, I wasn't ripping Gibson's whole line of LPs in regards to quality, there are many badass options to choose from. It's just those goddamn Customs cuz that's the only one I was after. The current production Custom line (black, arctic white, wine red, 3-color burst, and the limited Silverburst) is questionable when you're talking $3500+ for a guitar. That's what led me to the Historic line, fell in love with the '68 neck profile, then along came that color paired with my buddy's fatty GC discount, decision was easy.

SIlverburst rules tho, one of my favorite finishes by far. I had one originally, current production Custom, played like shit, exchanged for the green in the end.

Oh yeah, I get what you mean - if I'm paying more than $1000 for a guitar it better damn well be perfect in my mind. It's much easier to forgive stuff on a cheaper guitar.

And silverburst is just about the best thing ever. Green is horribly underused in guitars - if I ever have something custom made (which I won't) it will be a dark flaked out green I'm actually tempted to pick up one of the Squier Jazzys and refinish it in green.

AxAxSxS wrote:Thanks skip, i'd appreciate that. Only "mastering" I did was to eyeball the waveforms, and adjust till it sounded ok. I'm using the pa for monitors so maybe not ideal there I also added some reverb to the vocals. Everything is basically one take one track though. I'm still learning how to put it all together.

Sam, tony just tried out a morley wah for his bass board and didn't like it. He lost to much low end. IMO most wahs are like that though.

thanks mate...i'm really struggling with this Wah thing...I sold mine because it was rubbish, but i can't decide on what to get, and i don't really want to spend much money on it as its not something i use all the time. I'm half thinking of skipping the Wah on my current board re-build and see if i can live without it!

AxAxSxS wrote:Just a 2i2 into pc with ableton 8. I'll give that a shot when I get home. This is exactly why I love this place thanks man

No Problem!!! If you have any problems / questions send me a PM and I'll help you through them, I use Ableton all the time (its my preferred DAW after PT).

Reaper! and I got a Firepod (so so)

new05002 wrote:Reaper! and I got a Firepod (so so)

Thats not a bad combo, at the studio we have a DIGI003 and PT10, at home I use a Tascam 10 channel interface and Ableton 8.

Firepod is ok but i love reaper