SpoonyBard said:Personally I have never found a Gibson to be neck heavy. Epiphones and Tokai models yes, but Gibsons are generally made of lighter woods. Anyway, I recently bought a Gibson Les Paul Standard DC+, which looks something like this:
http://doghouseguitars.com/includes/images/Guitars/DC/1.jpg
24 frets, which is two more than what I need, but otherwise it's great.
Ducky_McGee said:It's hard to gauge if Gibson uses lighter woods or not because of how almost everything they make is weight relieved in some way. Even the top shelf historic models are weight relieved in some way.
SpoonyBard said:Necks are not weight relieved. Obviously the weight relief chambers or holes should in the body make the guitar more neck heavy, but because the neck woods are lighter that doesn't happen all that often. I think all manufacturers use some kind of weight relief these days, when it comes to Les Paul style guitars... I used to have a Gibson LP Custom from late '70s weighting over 4.5 kilos, and that was too heavy to be comfortable, at least for me
Firebirds have different type of neck than SG's, and also heavier tuning machines, so they tend to be more neck heavy.
Ducky_McGee said:Jazzmaster and Jaguar bridges are made of fail however. This is a well known fact. The Japanese models are worse because the grooves in the saddles are more shallow. Well made instruments but it's a pretty shitty design.
Ducky_McGee said:Have you ever played an SG whilst standing up? You cannot take your hand off the neck without it taking a dive for the floor.
Ducky_McGee said:I REALIZE necks aren't weight relieved. The fact of the matter is the placement of the strap button and the mass of the neck compared to the body makes the neck dive if you're standing up with a strap and you take your hand off of it. It's weird I'm even arguing with someone about this since it's such a well documented issue.
Have you ever played an SG whilst standing up? You cannot take your hand off the neck without it taking a dive for the floor. Will it impede your playing? Not really, especially if you're sitting down. Will you want to invest in a good wide strap? Yes.
Ikopi said:Yes I have an SG (not a Gibson sadly, but cheaper model) and it dives to the floor straight away if I take my hand of the neck. Does a wider strap makes that much of a difference? I could try getting another one then. I should get strap locks too.
SpoonyBard said:It helps a bit, especially if the strap is made of material that adds some friction. You could also try moving the strap button to the tip of the horn.
Personally I have never experienced neck heaviness with a Gibson, even my Thunderbird bass is well balanced. My old Washburn DC model was a bit neck heavy, it could take a dive towards the floor if you weren't careful, but that thing had a very thick and heavy maple neck.
monchi-kun said:One more pedal to add to my collection:
Blackout Effectors A Special Twosome
monchi-kun said:Speaking of pedals, what are you guys rockin'?
The problem isn't the design of the bridge itself but the general transition from fatter strings to thinner strings. My strings don't jump if I use 52s, and after I filed the grooves down a bit I wasn't having problems even with 49s. If you're lazy/like really thin strings, mustang bridges are a drop-in replacement.Ducky_McGee said:Jazzmaster and Jaguar bridges are made of fail however. This is a well known fact. The Japanese models are worse because the grooves in the saddles are more shallow. Well made instruments but it's a pretty shitty design.
I love me some Vox chimey sounding amps, as I love U2.monchi-kun said:I'm still jonesin for an Orange TT....but the new handwired Vox is keeping me at bay. I used to hate chimey sounding amps but Vox is really growing on me
Vox AC15 Handwired
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx1tb8Aifjk&feature=channel
Fusebox said:Made a little tune on the weekend, its rough but the riff is kind of cool:
http://users.tpg.com.au/djfusion//7-8.mp3
monchi-kun said:very sweet...man, we should do something like the GAME project for guitar players....
monchi-kun said:Man, I need to learn my scales
I've been playing for about a year without lessons and I guess I need to learn this too. Can you point me in a direction?Horsebite said:Well, I've been getting deep into blues/delta blues and blues rock and the like, and I figured I needed to learn a pentatonic blues scale or two and OH MY GOD.
Me too.Shin_Kojima said:I've been playing for about a year without lessons and I guess I need to learn this too. Can you point me in a direction?
Apparently, Sam Ash is blowing out PRS Miras for $999 on Black Friday this year... that's a spectacular deal on a killer guitar!MotorbreathX said:On another note, are there any killer black friday deals out there for guitar stuff? I'm open for anything but am contemplating a new amp.
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Play-Blues-Guitar-Scales-2459108Shin_Kojima said:I've been playing for about a year without lessons and I guess I need to learn this too. Can you point me in a direction?