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Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:30 am
by Jero
Chankgeez wrote:Also, off topic, but I love Howard Roberts' black guitar:


Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:50 pm
by Harry_Manback
HAVN wrote:Harry_Manback wrote:That's a good looking guitar.
Thank you sir.

Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 2:43 pm
by HAVN
Chankgeez wrote:Nice. Some of those Artcores are pretty groovy too.
Your thread inspired me to put this guitar up for sale.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/msg/5365950902.html
Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 3:21 pm
by Chankgeez
That does look pretty nice, HAVN, pretty nice:
I wish I had more money.

Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 3:33 pm
by HAVN
Harry_Manback wrote:HAVN wrote:Harry_Manback wrote:That's a good looking guitar.
Thank you sir.

So what's the scoop on those? Are they actually made in Sweden?
Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 8:44 pm
by friendship
Chankgeez wrote:Also, off topic, but I love Howard Roberts' black guitar:

fuck that's tight
Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 7:25 pm
by HAVN
Chankgeez wrote:That does look pretty nice, HAVN, pretty nice:
I wish I had more money.

Must've been priced pretty well--did a straight trade with a guy for an almost new Voodoo Lab Pedal Power Plus 2. Bye bye, messy adapter cables. Hello, order.
Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 7:28 pm
by Chankgeez
Nice. Yeah, I just picked up a PP2+ recently too.
Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:29 pm
by PeteeBee
Tone question: some electric guitars have, to me, a woody tone to them. I regretfully don't know how to describe it other than that. I guess I'm thinking of jazz tones mostly, like Julian lage or somebody like that. Is a big hollowbody the way to get this? Somehow I associate this tone with hollow bodies, jaguars, and jazzmasters, which collectively have nothing in common.
Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:47 pm
by Chankgeez
Well, that's sort of a complex question. (In addition, Mr. Lage has recently been playing stuff that's not quite as overtly jazzy.) So, it kinda all depends on what you'd consider to be a "jazz tone". Traditionally, that'd be a hollowbody with a humbucker in the neck position. Tone rolled off a bit. Flatwound strings also help things get woody. Yeah, Fender hoped the Jazzmaster would appeal to jazzers, hence the name. So, yeah, you could also say that those Fender models could achieve jazz tones. Teles are another popular choice amongst jazz guitarists. Not much in common there either.

Hollowbodies are a good way to start getting that tone though.
Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:57 pm
by waltdogg
Just roll your tone knobs off. I think what you're hearing though is the difference between symmetrical/asymmetrical bodies and poly vs. nitro finish.
Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 5:04 pm
by PeteeBee
I don't have a guitar with a tone knob hahaha
Yeah I don't really intend on playing tradititional jazz, I just dig that tone and would love to bring it into what I'm doing. Might look at teles too. Always liked them. All I have now is a melody maker sg so pretty much any guitar will bring some major variety haha
Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:12 pm
by HAVN
Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:18 pm
by Chankgeez
Wow, that looks amazing, HAVN.
waltdogg wrote:Just roll your tone knobs off. I think what you're hearing though is the difference between symmetrical/asymmetrical bodies and poly vs. nitro finish.
It's definitely the asymmetrical/nitro though.
PeteeBee wrote:I don't have a guitar with a tone knob hahaha
Yeah I don't really intend on playing tradititional jazz, I just dig that tone and would love to bring it into what I'm doing. Might look at teles too. Always liked them. All I have now is a melody maker sg so pretty much any guitar will bring some major variety haha
Don't be fooled, PeteeBee, I almost always have my tone rolled all the way off and I rarely sound like I'm playing jazz.
Check this bad boy out:

Re: please, post photos of cheap hollowbodies w/ humbuckers
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:46 pm
by waltdogg
Chankgeez wrote:
waltdogg wrote:Just roll your tone knobs off. I think what you're hearing though is the difference between symmetrical/asymmetrical bodies and poly vs. nitro finish.
It's definitely the asymmetrical/nitro though.
PeteeBee wrote:I don't have a guitar with a tone knob hahaha
Yeah I don't really intend on playing tradititional jazz, I just dig that tone and would love to bring it into what I'm doing. Might look at teles too. Always liked them. All I have now is a melody maker sg so pretty much any guitar will bring some major variety haha
Don't be fooled, PeteeBee, I almost always have my tone rolled all the way off and I rarely sound like I'm playing jazz.
Check this bad boy out:

Thin nitro finishes for lyfe.
If anything you get a really fuzzy/warm tone with your tone knob rolled off.
Pete I can mod your SG to have one, my friend and I did the same to his Melody Maker.