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Are you still married? If you are, maybe I can use your post for some leverage…
Ceriatone British Style Plexi 20
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SG John
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+1 for the 335. I don't know why it took me so many years to buy one other than they were always just a tad out of my affordability range. If I bought one forty years ago, I'd probably have less guitars now.
Every now and then, Gibson will do a run of 330/335 hybrids like the Luther Dikinson model. Full 335 specs like the neck joint and solid maple center block, but with P-90s. The singer for Graveyard was playing one when I saw them, and I loved his tone. It also looked easier to play than a 330 because it has the 335 neck joint. That's one that is now on my watch list along with an ES-345.
Because I always want to support GAS, here's a photo.
Ampeq
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I’ve done a lot of crazy things in my life, but getting married is not one of them. You don’t buy a cow if all you want is a glass of milk . Ha,ha,ha…Are you still married? If you are, maybe I can use your post for some leverage…
Came close a couple times, but freaked out at the last minute and ran. My bad not theirs, I like my freedom I guess.
Ampeq
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Very nice goodies, what is that 335? Great color and block inlays. I bought one called a figured model, nice flame maple, block markers, nickel hardware, plek’d frets, great guitar.
SG John
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It's a 2016 ES-335. The spec page says it's a "Faded Lightburst", but it is full gloss. I think faded means it's not a "Full Burst."
Here's the spec sheet from their archives:
Gibson.com: ES-335
Ampeq
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Very nice, love that color. (Heritage has a color somewhat like it) The neck size is similar to mine. I love mine, these days I play it and my custom guitar 90% of the time.
SG John
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Along with that 335, the homemade Flying V and Eric Johnson Strat in that photo along with my homemade Billy-Bo get most of my playing time. I try to keep several others in rotation just so that they are not neglected. The 335, V, and Billy-Bo are my main gigging guitars when we have gigs. We've been on a bit of an extended break due to life getting in the way. C'est la Vie.
Ampeq
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I only have 4 guitars right now, and plan on adding 1 or 2 more. Both will be P90 guitars, a solid body for sure and possibly a hollow body down the road. I will sell my ‘77 LP at that point. It’s been with me since 1979 and is the best playing LP I ever played. The E2 could also go really, I only bought it for taking places where I didn’t want an irreplaceable guitar to go. I don’t speak Strat, just can’t make them work for me. I had a Nick Johnson by Schecter Strat, awesome guitar if you want a real good Strat, the wenge neck was great. But the single coil sound of the P90’s is what does it for me. You sure have a nice setup of amps to complement those guitars, very nice tones across the board. I like a variety like that, although I only have 3 amps right now there is nothing I can’t do with them. I have no plans on buying any other ones, if I did it would have to do something different / special.
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DirtySteve
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I talked to Nik last night, he said it's 5 amps away from the builder. I guess that's good because he said it won't be long.
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DirtySteve
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Can anyone explain to me what these features actually do? These are 3 of the features this amp has that I have no idea what they are or what they are doing. I've watched the video several times and about 5 minutes in he tries to explain the switches on the back, but he fumbles around so much I don't really think he knows what they do. He was saying something about one of these switches make the amp go from 68 plexi/JTM type low gain to louder higher gain and saturation, but that's all I got out of it and I'm not even sure which switch he was talking about.
– Fat switch (V2A cathode capacitor)
– Split/Shared V1 Cathode Switch
– 3 way Negative Feedback switch
There's no manual on the website for this amp, just a layout. I don't know if these amps ship with a manual, I bought my King Kong used so it didn't have one, but there was a download for it on the website.
– Fat switch (V2A cathode capacitor)
– Split/Shared V1 Cathode Switch
– 3 way Negative Feedback switch
There's no manual on the website for this amp, just a layout. I don't know if these amps ship with a manual, I bought my King Kong used so it didn't have one, but there was a download for it on the website.
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DirtySteve
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I know it is, but it's also a big ass guitar that won't sit in any of my stands.
Actually, now that I think about it. I'm kind of thinking a wiggle stick might be fun to have again, but I'm not sure if I would get on with it like I did 30 years ago. I might go back to my plan to get the ESP I've talked about before, I'm still curious about an active pickup.
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I've changed my mind (actually didn't know they made this one until I was looking around on the ESP website today), this is cool and will probably be my next guitar.
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fitz
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That one's got a wiggle stick, but not the EMG.I've changed my mind (actually didn't know they made this one until I was looking around on the ESP website today), this is cool and will probably be my next guitar.
EC-FR BLACK METAL
The LTD Black Metal Series is comparable in build quality to our LTD Deluxe “1000 Series” instruments, but with a dark and menacing design theme of...
I thought you were looking to try the active pup.
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DirtySteve
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Well, I'm not really sure how I feel about that bright white. I went to look at the black version again and I like the look of the black better so I went looking around to see if they had a version with an active pickup when I stumbled across this one. I think the wiggle stick outweighs the active pickup. I can always change it over to active if I want to try it, it's only got a volume knob in that huge cavity so I'm sure there's enough room for a battery in there.
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DirtySteve
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And I can hardly wait! I'm really getting antsy for it now, the rest of the wait is going to be hell!
fitz
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Floyd's can take a little while to set up, but once they're dialed in the way you want, they're nice to have.
EMG conversions are a piece of cake. I'm in the process of doing that to my Studio. Got the wiring kit today and it went in as fast as the Gibson quick connect PCB came out. Pups are due here Monday.
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DirtySteve
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I've had floyds, piece of cake. And I will have to set it up because I doubt I can live with the 9s it comes with, but that's no problem, been there done that. I'm more worried about how to buff out the Satin finish so it shines up everywhere and doesn't just get shiny spots around the volume knob and under the strings where my pinky rides like the last black satin guitar I had did. I hate that.
Can't wait to see how your conversion goes. It might just help me if I decide to go active. It's one of those things where I just don't know if I want to go there. I've never even played a guitar with actives.