So... I did a thing..

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I finally sold my Pelham blue epi-sg with lyre vibrola... I don't feel bad about it either, got some good money due to it being a Limited Edition... but now my arsenal is one less....for a few days...because!

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This will be arriving soon!!
 
That's one of the things I like about it, it uses a Buzz Feiten Tuning System, the active blackouts which is reversed which going through interviews Michale found he liked by accident when he installed the neck pickup in the bridge and the bridge pickup in the neck, its an 80's looking guitar while still having a modern V shape. Understandably it's not everyone's cup of tea but as soon as I saw it, like my other V, I had to have it. That and I really like Stryper and his solo albums :)
 
Metal89 said:
That's one of the things I like about it, it uses a Buzz Feiten Tuning System, the active blackouts which is reversed which going through interviews Michale found he liked by accident when he installed the neck pickup in the bridge and the bridge pickup in the neck, its an 80's looking guitar while still having a modern V shape. Understandably it's not everyone's cup of tea but as soon as I saw it, like my other V, I had to have it. That and I really like Stryper and his solo albums :)
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Nice score metal.
Post up a thread when you have had a chance to become aquatinted with it.
Cheers Mitch
 
eSGEe said:
TO HELL WITH THE DEVIL....horns...that is ;) AND CONGRATS
1. love the look of that thing
2. Loves me some Stryper!
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Thanks!! I’m a sucker for 80’s looking guitars. Might of gotten the Satchel Charvel but I think those were discontinued.

I love Stryper, and the two Sweet solo albums I’ve listened to are really good, very stryperish.

I’m just trying to decide if I want to leave this in standard E or use it to drop down to C. I know that the pickup that’s voiced for the neck position is in the bridge so it’s going to sound fat already..just something I’m going to decide afterI spent some time with it.
 
eSGEe said:
I have a neck pup in my bridge position on a DC Jr....gives it a rounder fatter bottom and smooths out the "ice picky" ;)
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I had the opposite experience with a SD Jazz I put in a EPI G400, the pickups were part of a hot rod set I had purchased and I had already used the JB in another guitar.
I quickly pulled it and purchased another JB and all was good.
Cheers Mitch
 
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eSGEe said:
I have a neck pup in my bridge position on a DC Jr....gives it a rounder fatter bottom and smooths out the "ice picky" ;)
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Before I pushed the "Take my money" button, I went on youtube and listened to the comparison videos of the Seymour Duncan blackouts and EMG 81-85 sets. the blackouts have a bit of a fatter sound already. On top of that, I already have two floyd rose equipped guitars equipped specifically for drop D so I want this guitar to fill the role of another tuning. Michale Sweet says that the swapped pickups gives his guitars a fat "Les Paul" Tone. Either way I'm excited to play with it.
 
Metal89 said:
Before I pushed the "Take my money" button, I went on youtube and listened to the comparison videos of the Seymour Duncan blackouts and EMG 81-85 sets. the blackouts have a bit of a fatter sound already. On top of that, I already have two floyd rose equipped guitars equipped specifically for drop D so I want this guitar to fill the role of another tuning. Michale Sweet says that the swapped pickups gives his guitars a fat "Les Paul" Tone. Either way I'm excited to play with it.
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Looking forward to hearing your review ;)
 
Metal89 said:
I finally sold my Pelham blue epi-sg with lyre vibrola... I don't feel bad about it either, got some good money due to it being a Limited Edition... but now my arsenal is one less....for a few days...because!

Washburn Michael Sweet Parallaxe PXV Electric Guitar | zZounds

Show off your appreciation for Stryper with this Michael Sweet signature Parallaxe! A set of Duncan Designed active humbuckers produces bone-shaking tones.
www.zzounds.com www.zzounds.com

This will be arriving soon!!
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Dude,

That is too cool!

I didn’t know his signature guitar was a Washburn!

Very nice.

I gots me a few Stryper cassettes and CDs around here someplace!
 
smitty_p said:
Dude,

That is too cool!

I didn’t know his signature guitar was a Washburn!

Very nice.

I gots me a few Stryper cassettes and CDs around here someplace!
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Yea, he went from Jackson, to Charvel, to something else, then around 2015-2016 he contacted Washburn and he said that they were super nice which was a big selling point for him so he decided to go with them. He also had a firebird/explorer type model with the only other thing it had that the v doesnt is locking tuners, which he did because it cuts down on winding up the string.
 
Metal89 said:
Yea, he went from Jackson, to Charvel, to something else, then around 2015-2016 he contacted Washburn and he said that they were super nice which was a big selling point for him so he decided to go with them. He also had a firebird/explorer type model with the only other thing it had that the v doesnt is locking tuners, which he did because it cuts down on winding up the string.
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They‘ve done some cool covers, too. Here’s one from “The Covering” album:



And Rob Halford‘s positive reaction to Stryper covering Judas Priest:

 
HEY METAL!!!! you should put some SKULL BUSTERS on that thing!!!
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I have the BASS version on my jazz bass----- LOVE them -- I was about toi up grade the pickups -- but I got the strings for free (from a friend who knows the band and also got my Jazz Bass SIGNED by Doyle and the Gang----- anyway--
they were free I tried them-- WOW -- very happy with the bass tone -- and I only have ROUND wounds on 2 basses---
 
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