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Post by mirth on Feb 18, 2013 15:44:07 GMT -5
So I put the lowest bid on a guitar the other day just to satisfy a desire to put a bid down fully expecting to get outbidded...well I didn't. So I just got myself a new guitar. It's a Schecter Hellraiser with a floyd. It's original floyd rose special which means I need to put 80 bucks into a new block and saddles/ but otherwise is the same. It also has EMG 85/81 combo (totally metal dude) I actually used to have a strat with the DG20s (same as David Gilmour) and that was really nice but right handed. So I've never really been super opposed to them and there are a few guys who use them that I really like...so?? I guess we'll see. Was only 300 bucks so?? Can't really complain about that. I've wanted a metalmeister for awhile; the Carvin is the closest thing I have to a metal monster. So what the heck. I guess we'll see. Here's a pic.  Plus I kind of want to do a jazz gig with it! Could be fun! |
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Post by chrissh on Feb 18, 2013 15:58:43 GMT -5
Floyds have really come back in a big way in the last few years. I never got along with them particularly well but I'm glad to see they haven't been totally exiled to the lands of metal, if they are in fact a useful flexible tool.
Then again, that thing is called a Hellraiser? So I guess that's somewhat prescriptive.
I once had an EMG81 in a cheap strat that sounded eerily close to Brian May, into a Tube Screamer and a tiny amp. Weird discovery I wasn't looking for.
So yeah.
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Post by chromedinette on Feb 18, 2013 16:27:39 GMT -5
I have avoided Floyds over the years, but the 80's Ibanez I bought in a junk shop a couple of months back has me converted. If I break in the strings correctly when putting them on, it is super stable and I hardly have to move the fine tuners much before the next string change.
I used to really like EMG's, but I always felt that if I wanted to go back and forth between guitars, they were too different than the passive pickups in other guitars, so I am pretty much all passive now.
I don't think there is any reason you couldn't do a jazz gig with it.
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Post by Infinite Ego on Feb 18, 2013 18:00:38 GMT -5
Goddamnit all these new guitars. Stop!
LOL
enjoy. It looks fast.
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Post by mirth on Feb 18, 2013 20:14:18 GMT -5
I really had no intention of getting it; but what the heck. Haha.
I think I'm going to put a big brass block; new springs; saddles in it (which I'm tempted to buy now) but I'll wait till I get it first.
I guess I need to start buying 9 volt batteries.
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Post by chromedinette on Feb 18, 2013 20:23:03 GMT -5
As long as you unplug the cable from the guitar when you are nit using it, the batteries last a very long time.
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Post by aliensporebomb on Feb 18, 2013 22:11:57 GMT -5
No problem for jazz - neck pickup and roll half the tone back. Congrats!
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Post by mirth on Feb 20, 2013 22:44:01 GMT -5
Yippee!
UPS
Scheduled Delivery:
Friday, 02/22/2013, By End of Day
...Thought I was going to have to wait till Monday. ;D
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Post by mirth on Feb 22, 2013 20:27:06 GMT -5
Got the guitar today.
It plays really easy, the neck is nice and wide (I much prefer this) and the EMGs sound pretty darn good actually especially clean. Overall I think it will be fun. I'm a big whammy bar fan, so having a floyd should yield some interesting possiblities, you can really beat the shit out of that thing can't you??
Pretty sweet. Very nice looking too!
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Post by chrissh on Feb 23, 2013 20:38:20 GMT -5
Cool, Mirth. So what's it like? How does it compare to your other guitars? What can it do uniquely?
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