In a message dated 10/17/99 2:46:53 PM,
synth1@... writes:
>One MOTM user, Robert Poss of the old NYC "noise band" Band of Susans
>recommended
>a G&L ASAT guitar. These are supposedly a "Strat done right": better
>pickups, key & bridge hardware,
>wood.
Now that hurts! Though it may be true.
>sort of like the tone of the Wes Montgomery/Joe Pass/Eric Gale Gibson 335ES
>(?) but not
>really going to learn to play in that style. Les Pauls are too &#$#& heavy
>and the good ones are $1700.
Customs are MUCH heavier than Standards (or whatever they call them nowadays)
but the Standards still have GREAT sustain. I've heard good things about the
Epiphone line of Gibson rip-offs that have been out for a few years --
haven't played one though.
>What sort of spurred this on is that my uncle is giving me (for postage)
>a
>dead mint 1972 Fender Dual Showman
>amp+ 4X12 cabinet. Has about 10 total hours, been in a closet last 25 years,
>never turned on. I'm
>told this thing is worth about $2000. And it's a loud Fender amp that is
>good for Strat/Tele type playing.
It seems that Fender took the zing of their guitars into account when they
built their amps. Humbuckers still sound great, but single coils (P90s
included) are much less out of control than on other BIG amps. And a Dual
Showman is a BIG amp -- short of a rehearsal space, or a divorce, you won't
be able to play that over 2.
>Which brings me to myself, the King of Electronics Trivia: The 2 designers
>of the aforementioned POD effects
>unit also designed what famous analog synth?
Damn, I don't even now what POD effects are.
John "Haven't needed anything bigger than my Deluxe Reverb in an embarrassing
number of years!" Barlow