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#1461 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash and Axl friends again? » 582 weeks ago
Isn't that East side?...lol
#1462 Re: The Garden » US has the right to demand the emails of anyone in the World » 582 weeks ago
Why would they want to read my wife's facebook updates, my trash talking with my friends or all my junk mail from various retailers that i haven't gotten around to unsubscribing from? Seems like a bad use of manpower to me but who am I? 
#1463 Re: The Garden » Gibson Guitar Is a Remarkably Unpopular Company » 582 weeks ago
Try the g&l asat series...u prolly know, but it was Leo fenders company after he sold fender to cbs
The asat is the tele...legacy series is the made in Korea version or there is usa made...the legacy's are just what u get. ...the usa ones have a ton of options and I think they even have an ibanez wizard style of neck...if u go usa it's similar prices to usa fender buy if u find used they are less resale...just hard to find ur specs cuz basically everything is custom shop...albeit at fender production guitar prices
#1464 Re: The Sunset Strip » monster truck » 582 weeks ago
It's hard to find them up here too...I went to hmv for the brown ep and a used cd store called the beat goes on for furiosity
#1465 Re: The Garden » Gibson Guitar Is a Remarkably Unpopular Company » 582 weeks ago
I was actually looking to buy a Gibson Les Paul Standard when I bought the LTD but after playing both in the store the LTD played and sounded nicer to me. I payed about 600 EUR for it (so around 800 USD in those days), including tax. The Gibson would've set me back twice as much and actually comes with the exact same hardware (Grover) as the LTD. The EMG's in my LTD typically retail for 20$ more than the Seymour Duncans in the Gibson.
If it pays and sounds how u want then that's all u can ask for really...but i cant let a cost savings detour me...I need to be happy with the purchase or i will end up getting rid of it and trying new stuff til im happy...otherwise i waste money by selling trading buying...for instance. ..i was set on a marshall amp..ended up with a mesa. ..cuz that was the sound in my headup til that point i had gone thru 3 Marshalls 3 fenders a black star and a vox...I avoided mesa cuz of price...I coulda avoided owning 8 other amps and just trying and getting a mesa in the first place
That's kinda my point though, I think those are overpriced as well. The only reason they are so expensive is because the production process is more expensive and they are produced in more expensive places (US and Japan respectively), not because there' anything inherently better about them.
I fully agree with that, but I'm not really about buying a brand, I just want to buy a great guitar with the features that I'm looking for. For me that's a not too aggressive looking set neck or neck through guitar without tremelo and two aggressive-as-fuck sounding humbuckers. I should clarify, I love Gibsons, I have a 1979 Gibson The Paul (sort of a cross between a Les Paul and an SG) that for the longest time was my absolute favorite guitar. But honestly, with the price hikes in recent years, the difference between US made guitars and others is simply not worth it.
This is a tough one...gibson and fender use premium wood...one peice necks perhaps 2 peices of wood for the body...instead of 3 peice necks and 7 or 8 peices for the body...gibson uses mahogany and fender uses alder where another company may use basswood or Agatha...plus there is still an element of hand workmanship on usa guitars where each peice has it's own unique character. ..all lp std are similar but each has a quirk or 2 unique to the guitar...for instance I had a les paul studio with slightly scalloped fretboard...shoulda kept that one cuz I've never played another like it...I was hound and determined to get the standard tho
I'm not a Fender guy to begin with, they don't really make guitars that meet my preferences. The radius of the fretboard is too big, the width of the fretboard too narrow and the neck itself too think. Plus, that neck joint man... way too much wood down there for comfortable soloing in the high registers.
Depends in the model...that's he thing aboit strats....there are a ton of different neck profiles and a few neck pockets...the neck on my american standard strat neck is really nice...and it has an ebony fretboard 
but I get that u don't like the heel...I'm a rhythm player so I don't go down there too much...15th fret is my limit...lol
I almost had a usa G&L legacy built...but by the time I had it with the spec I wanted it was more expensive than a strat...and all I wanted was usa std specs...then it dawns on me...just buy a damn fender, that's what I want
#1466 Re: Guns N' Roses » Dissecting Chinese Democracy: Track 9 - Riad N' The Bedouins » 582 weeks ago
Re: Schnausson @ Atari
There is no doubt that the clips are taken from these songs...but it all comes down to whether the producer/artist/engineers obtained the correct copyright agreements
#1467 Re: Guns N' Roses » Dissecting Chinese Democracy: Track 9 - Riad N' The Bedouins » 582 weeks ago
^ Image from troccoli's website which has a little more background info on Riad
Nice find!
#1468 Re: Guns N' Roses » Dissecting Chinese Democracy: Track 9 - Riad N' The Bedouins » 582 weeks ago
Prodigy neemo? Silkworms always reminded me of Prodigy. Riad sounds like Praxis.
Yea silkworms is a more direct prodgidy influenced track...but some of the electronica portions still reminds me of a Mashup of prodigy and nin...the sub bass portions remind me of the beginning of a rave...praxis is like primus without Claypool vocals...I could see the cross reference but riad is not nearly funk bass heavy enough...which makes me wonder what tommy contributed to the track...lyrics melody bassline? I dunno...like u I wonder if this song was the beginning of the bh feud with stinson
I think an instrumental song on CD would've caused a riot...lol...A SONG WITHOUT AXL AFTER 14 YEARS!!! Lol
#1469 Re: The Garden » Gibson Guitar Is a Remarkably Unpopular Company » 582 weeks ago
Well, of the famous brands ESP/LTD for one make absolutely excellent guitars and none of them are made in the US. PRS' SE series (made in Korea) beat the pants off of PRS' S2 series (made affordably in the US). Both are as reliable as their custom shop counterparts if you buy a version with proper electronics.
I used to have an ltd mh1000 and it was a great guitar...but had fret issues. .odd that a 2010 guitar had frets wearing out within 4 years ...was still a $1000 guitar...still imo has a bit of a cheasy metal syltyle to them...never been a fan of the prs stuff the ones I have played haven't been all that great...granted my experience with them is limited...but again high end se guitars are still over $1k
Additionally, both PRS and ESP have guitars that match or exceed gibson and usa fender prices...so I'm not sure how valid your argument is
I'm of the opinion that if u want a gibson, get a gibson , don't get a prs cuz u think it's close to a gibson...I went thru so many guitars to save money...in the end I just should have save myself the time and money and got a fucking gibson lol...plus if u decide to resell, guess which brand hold the highest demand and prices on the resell market, or if u hold onto it what brands have highest vintage price points?
On topic gibson 2016s have been announced...prices have dropped about $400 and the mini tune and brass nuts are gone...people seem to be happy for now
#1470 Re: The Sunset Strip » Fear the walking dead » 582 weeks ago
I just watched the 2nd episode...I'm diggin it so far...society is quickly deteriorating, the police behaviour shows that the authorities know more than the civilians...the mother is quickly doing what it takes to keep her family alive
