fatboy Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 wouldn't mind a blast some time, im in the market for a 6 string soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Man that zebrawood board is fucking gorgeous!Xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 So I just picked up a Fender Starcaster today at a charity auction. Plays similar to a Yamaha Pacifica, nice wee beast. Plain Black w/ white pearl scratcher. Anyone want to make me an offer....?xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Pearl scratchplate? I take it it's not one of these: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colb Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Starcaster by Fender is a Catalogue brand. Used to be sold as starter kits with a little amp in Argos and places like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 they are horrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Wow, according to google, people really hate those guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Some of them look pretty badassI'd take a white one. I don't care what the internet guitar mafia say about them. I'd fucking make it sing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 I was talking about the nastier-than-a-Squier-Bullet guitar.That white one is a beaut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 There's worse than a Bullet?!Why have Fender given them the same name? Leo needs a smack for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Haha, yeah I sobered up and had a wee google. It's the POS starter thing, fuck knows why it has the Fender title. Those two posted above are fucking beautiful though.Looks like I have a new project to rip apart and make good. She does play not-too-bad but yeah, thank fuck I only paid a small charity donation for it.xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 My home practice amp is knackered. So I bought a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeno Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 It looks like a toaster. Do report back on it though! I took a new pic of the siblings today. Made by the same guy so i guess I can call them that Just need to think of names now....Any word on the Verellen yet Old Gold? Dying to see what it looks like. By 'exact rebuild' is it going to look the same as the one in the video or just a rebuild of the electrics with a different finish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Any word on the Verellen yet Old Gold? Dying to see what it looks like. By 'exact rebuild' is it going to look the same as the one in the video or just a rebuild of the electrics with a different finish?It's out of the workshop and winging its way to Aberdeen at the moment, I believe. It's not going to be too dissimilar to the one in the video. Same light walnut stain. Logo will be in the bottom corner of the front panel, kinda similar to the photo you posted with the two cats. Same electronics etc.Hoping it will be available for collection as I pass through the airport next week. Very glossy photos to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 It looks like a toaster. Do report back on it though! I took a new pic of the siblings today. Made by the same guy so i guess I can call them that Just need to think of names now....Any word on the Verellen yet Old Gold? Dying to see what it looks like. By 'exact rebuild' is it going to look the same as the one in the video or just a rebuild of the electrics with a different finish?Names? Rocksteady and Bebop?You're right, the amp does look like a toaster, or some sort of table top heater. I like the 100% cosmetic "tube glow" they have included. I've not played one actually, but I watched a ton of videos and read reviews of this amp, and other amps around this price bracket, and went for this in the end, just due to how versatile it is. It has a dedicated channel for bass, and a flat EQ channel for synths, mic's other stuff. It has stereo output, so it doubles up as a high-end ipod dock, and isn't effected by the EQ, so I cank crank the gain and wail some solos over some power ballads. Acts as an interface for recording too, plugging straight into my laptop via USB. This thing does it all. Can't wait for it to arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 It looks like a toaster. Do report back on it though! I took a new pic of the siblings today. Made by the same guy so i guess I can call them that Just need to think of names now....Any word on the Verellen yet Old Gold? Dying to see what it looks like. By 'exact rebuild' is it going to look the same as the one in the video or just a rebuild of the electrics with a different finish?That headstock on the left is horrible, sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 I bet it sounds awesome to strum when you go "chugga chug. chug chug brriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeno Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 That headstock on the left is horrible, sorry!As much as I would love to get all butthurt about it - not my favourite either. Reverse headstocks aren't my favourite aesthetically or practically but I bought it when it was completed so couldn't be like 'change the beadstock' - so when buying the 2nd guitar. I did get him to change it I bet it sounds awesome to strum when you go "chugga chug. chug chug brriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing"I can't tell if the joke is directed at the headstock looking metulz (which it doesn't, it is basically just a modified reversed parker fly headstock and actually looks reasonably elegant compared to the weapons BC Rich put on their guitars) or a dig at the number of strings. I disapprove of both. Everyone who assumes 7/8 string guitars are just for chugging should go jump off a cliff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 I thought it was a compliment. Surely it must totally chug like fuck? and I thought the "briiiiiing" was a pinch harmonic, which I never disapprove of. I love a good squeeeeel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 As much as I would love to get all butthurt about it - not my favourite either. Reverse headstocks aren't my favourite aesthetically or practically but I bought it when it was completed so couldn't be like 'change the beadstock' - so when buying the 2nd guitar. I did get him to change it Yeah the guitar itsself is absolutely lovely, just dont like that head stock at all, its the cut away bit i dont really like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 As much as I would love to get all butthurt about it - not my favourite either. Reverse headstocks aren't my favourite aesthetically or practically but I bought it when it was completed so couldn't be like 'change the beadstock' - so when buying the 2nd guitar. I did get him to change it I can't tell if the joke is directed at the headstock looking metulz (which it doesn't, it is basically just a modified reversed parker fly headstock and actually looks reasonably elegant compared to the weapons BC Rich put on their guitars) or a dig at the number of strings. I disapprove of both. Everyone who assumes 7/8 string guitars are just for chugging should go jump off a cliff.I wasn't ripping the piss. I was talking about when you strum up at the headstock to get a high pitched squeely noise. It must be awesome on that thing. The chugs were there because that's normally when you'd do such an action surely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeno Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 I thought it was a compliment. Surely it must totally chug like fuck? and I thought the "briiiiiing" was a pinch harmonic, which I never disapprove of. I love a good squeeeeel.He basically just wrote out a generic -core riff though, and plenty of them put pinch harmonics in/after breakdown riffs. I just assumed it was that!It does indeed chug but a lot of the users are jazz or shred/lead stype players who want more range. Personally I just like effectively having a guitar in low tuned guitar and a standard tuning on one instrument (in normal tuning the it is BEADGBE so effecitvely B standard and E and very easy to change to drop A and E . Means less time fucking about with tunings plus you can play a versatile range of stuff on it. Bridge humbucker is coil tapped on it so can get some pretty good clean tones out of it.Anyone can tune a guitar low and make generic chug riffs, no matter how many strings are on it. Stick a baritone neck on a 6 and huge strings and it could easily tune to the same as standard tuning for an 8.I wasn't ripping the piss. I was talking about when you strum up at the headstock to get a high pitched squeely noise. It must be awesome on that thing. The chugs were there because that's normally when you'd do such an action surely.Maybe it is just me but I don't do that.... no offence taken though. But anyway here is some brutal 8 string metulz to conform to the stereotype and his equally heavy band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaneur Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Some of them look pretty badassI'd take a white one. I don't care what the internet guitar mafia say about them. I'd fucking make it sing.Definitely. Pull out the repro WRHBs and slap in some P90s......... and get someone else to do the PITA wiring:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 The Yamaha THR10 arrived last night. That thing pushes some serious air for a 10watt practice amp. It sounds mighty. The stereo output makes my bedroom feel like the tone is coming out of the walls. All the different channels are grand, especially the high gain one, which is ridiculous. I can do pinch harmonics without even trying. The dedicated Bass channel has a very surprisingly amount of low end. AUX input works a treat too, and my iPod sounds better than it does through my iPod dock. I can downsize my shitty guitar and bass combos and ipod dock and use the THR10 for everything.The onboard effects are good too, which I didn't expect. A nice decaying delay and OTT hall reverb. Bitchin! It comes with a copy of Cubase too, and the whole amp doubles up as a USB interface for recording my hot licks.I was blasting it this morning, playing Downset riffs at 7am. I didn't want to go to work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig9590 Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Sounds great! How much did that set you back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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