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Post by RandomHero on Oct 24, 2006 21:35:20 GMT -5
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Post by ChrisK on Oct 25, 2006 18:03:48 GMT -5
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Post by UnklMickey on Oct 26, 2006 14:57:24 GMT -5
hi RH,
sorry i can't be more supportive, but as you know Unkl Symmetry could never get too excited about that one.
and the tuners on the bottom side of the headstock must be an acquired taste.....i guess i haven't acquired it.
the finish does look nice.
and i DO like the "bridge and middle" configuration.
would be a real nice spacing to do inners and outers on the split pairs.
can you split those active EMGs?
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Post by RandomHero on Oct 26, 2006 17:23:04 GMT -5
The EMGs are all or none, unfortunately, although they do offer a circuit that replaces your tone control to make their HBs sound more like SCs. The bottom of the headstock tuners were new to me as well, but I just recently tried a Jackson with them at the GC... it's rather nice to tune and check, you don't even have to reposition your fretting hand to go from harmonics to the keys. I still don't like the way it looks, but I'll get over it. The coolest things about it in my opinion are the 27" scale length and the maple neck-through construction with the mahogany body wings! I anticipate those two features to be key to my taste for down-tuning and -solid- tone. PS: Chris, that thing looks gorgeous. I might recommend it to my 6-stringer buddy.  |
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Post by dunkelfalke on Oct 27, 2006 4:58:32 GMT -5
can you split those active EMGs? unk only emg 89 is splittable. |
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Post by RandomHero on Oct 27, 2006 7:35:53 GMT -5
can you split those active EMGs? unk only emg 89 is splittable. Yes, and an 89 may very well be going into the mid position as an aftermarket touch-up. It comes stock with two 81's, which I love the sound of in the bridge, but haven't heard anywhere else. |
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Post by jeremyo83 on Oct 30, 2006 12:11:44 GMT -5
my buddy just picked up an ESP.. it was only a mid-price range guitar, but it plays like a dream. he works in a music shop and has been trying to get his boss to deal esp for months, to no avail. but he brought his new guitar in to show, and after playing it, his boss has decided to deal them. i want one. i wonder what they make left handed... curse of the southpaw  |
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Post by RandomHero on Nov 3, 2006 10:02:11 GMT -5
Hah! One of my buddies that worked at GC was a southpaw, and he started getting more and more lefties in there as the weeks went by after his hire. He picked up and played a Gibson Explorer the wrong way once... he was a tall lanky dude so it actually looked kind of cool! I've decided the ESP is a second to Soloway guitars, which are a bit more conservative in style but -all- of them have that 27" of string from nut to saddle. They have shredder-friendly thin, flat necks and they make 7-strings... I might go with a diddy along these lines, 'cept with a hardtail. www.jimsoloway.com/CompletedSwans/E086-Bubinga7Wtrem/GalleryE086.htm |
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Post by jeremyo83 on Nov 5, 2006 23:11:42 GMT -5
ooOOoooo... pretty!
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Post by UnklMickey on Nov 6, 2006 9:43:10 GMT -5
... He picked up and played a Gibson Explorer the wrong way once... and here i thought all Explorers WERE left-handed. .:lol:. |
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Post by jeremyo83 on Nov 6, 2006 13:03:42 GMT -5
i want one. i wonder what they make left handed... well, they make some lefty models, but here's my beef with them: one thing I like about the ESPs is the Earvana compensated nut that comes with them. none of the lefty models come with the earvana nut. I checked out the Earvana website, and I don't see anything about any lefty nuts available. I'm still waiting to hear back from their support to say for sure, but it doesn't look promising. I suppose I can't really blame ESP though. |
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Post by ChrisK on Nov 7, 2006 20:46:45 GMT -5
So why are left-handed folk southpaws?
Does that mean that right-handed folk are northpaws (I've never been called one)?
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Post by jeremyo83 on Nov 8, 2006 11:14:54 GMT -5
So why are left-handed folk southpaws? I have no idea. It's probably something derrogatory that caught on as a catchphrase. ya know, us leftys have had it rough through the ages... we demand restitution!!  (or not.. whatever) ps. earvana doesn't make a lefty compensated nut  |
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Post by RandomHero on Nov 8, 2006 16:57:08 GMT -5
Sinister derives from Latin "sinistere" and in translation from its' earliest English roots means "left handed."
Left handed catholic children in the dark ages were beaten into using their right hand, as being "sinister" was believed to be linked to demonic influence/posession.
Today's lefties are lucky to get away with nothing but a silly nickname! =o
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Post by ChrisK on Nov 8, 2006 18:40:07 GMT -5
What do ya expect, you eat with your dishonorable hand! ;D ;D  Q.E.D. |
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Post by gumbo on Nov 9, 2006 7:12:55 GMT -5
...they only do it so that when they look at themselves playing in the mirror, it actually looks OK.......
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Post by jeremyo83 on Nov 9, 2006 10:10:57 GMT -5
ba-zing! oh now look what you did! i've gone and whipped myself for being a lefty i have a friend who works in a local music store. he has gotten me very used to the lefty ribbing.. i'm sorry, that pedal doesn't come in 'lefty'... the left handed model of that amp is $50 more... that sort of thing. just a day in the life of a lefty, i guess. it's okay.. i just tell people i got bored playing right handed, so now i play backwards just for kicks. |
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