Let's See Your Rig!

[passfan]

Nice!
What brand of kit is the PRS copy?


Some day I hope to own a Gibson LP. Or at least a high quality clone like an Edwards or Tokai.

It is from the Grizzly tool company. Their president started building guitars and offered some of the stuff. It plays like a 6 or 7 hundred dollar guitar, has crappy pickups and has a short neck just like a LP and I don't like playing it. I've never liked that short neck feel of the LP. The paint job on your saga looks nice, did you manage to get some gold flake for future builds? I think I do a top if I remember correctly with a half ounce or ounce. I found it in a 1 lb. can for like 45.00. Easy to shoot but the proof is in the prep.

[dehughes]

Nah, Tom, I sold the Bel Air maybe 13 years ago...probably even longer....maybe 1995 or so. I had a few Carvins before I realized there were Marshalls.

[selloutrr]

here is my current amp room from left wall around

ampeg reverb-o-rocket
roland jazz chorus 120 in the ata case
sundown SD1000H head w. matching sundown 4x12 cab celestion G12-50
ART SGX2000 Express fx pre
Marshall 1960a 4x12 cab
motion sound KB2 leslie cab owned by frank of tesla
"the Droid" my custom bass rig
SWR220 studio preamp serial #18
urei 1176LN
Avalon U5 DI
Peavey dual 15 band eq with lights "in bypass"
crown K2 power amp

Ch1 Ampeg 810e 8x10
Ch2 Ampeg 215e 2x15

Acoustic 470
Trace elliot V-type
Trace Elliot GP7 Preamp

Power soak
Pignose
Ampeg SVT skunkworks anniversary model with matching 8x10 cab

sovtek mig100h w/ Matching sovtek 4x12

Risson LTA120 w/ matching Risson 4x12 eminance squarebacks
Soundcity 120R
Sunn Model T reissue w/ Matching sunn 4x12 cabinet celestion G12-75

Soldano Decatone 2x12 combo #3 or 13
Custom Rivera 4x12 loaded with 30's on top and 75's on the bottom

My daughters firefly amp w/ matching 2x8 jensen MOD cab and stratocaster copy

Gibson les paul standard honeyburst 1989
Fender Stratocaster "made of 6 strats that were destroyed at gigs" with a mustang whammy bar.

oh and the ampeg iso vent SVT cab dual 10" and single 15"
and cigar box guitar w/ bottle cap pickup

I'll probably change most of it in a couple weeks i'll post an update

[passfan]

Wow, you've got your very own music store. I'm jealous.

[selloutrr]

that's how my wife feels about the whole house! lol

[Structo]

Nice!
What brand of kit is the PRS copy?


Some day I hope to own a Gibson LP. Or at least a high quality clone like an Edwards or Tokai.

It is from the Grizzly tool company. Their president started building guitars and offered some of the stuff. It plays like a 6 or 7 hundred dollar guitar, has crappy pickups and has a short neck just like a LP and I don't like playing it. I've never liked that short neck feel of the LP. The paint job on your saga looks nice, did you manage to get some gold flake for future builds? I think I do a top if I remember correctly with a half ounce or ounce. I found it in a 1 lb. can for like 45.00. Easy to shoot but the proof is in the prep.

Hi,
I'm not sure if you have ever heard of it but there is a online store that sells high quality nitro lacquer in the popular Fender and Gibson colors.
It's called Guitar ReRanch.
There is also a Guitar ReRanch forum paid for by the owner of ReRanch.
It's a great forum dedicated to restoration and also new guitar projects.
The store has a paint called Goldtop that is very very close to the Gibson goldtop color.
The color I used is Shoreline Gold which was a Fender color back in the day.
It's not really a gold color per say but yes, it is a very fine metallic.
http://www.reranch.com/

Nice collection selloutrr!

Which is your "go to rig"?

[CapnCrunch]

Wow.......

I'm going to get my wife right now. I want to show her your gear. This MIGHT get her to lay off me for a little while. She keeps harping on me that I need to sell some gear, while I'm telling her I just need to build one more amp. I've never built a Dumble style amp, and NEED to.

I'll let you know if it works. In other words, don't hold your breath. That is an impressive collection!

[passfan]

Nice!
What brand of kit is the PRS copy?


Some day I hope to own a Gibson LP. Or at least a high quality clone like an Edwards or Tokai.

It is from the Grizzly tool company. Their president started building guitars and offered some of the stuff. It plays like a 6 or 7 hundred dollar guitar, has crappy pickups and has a short neck just like a LP and I don't like playing it. I've never liked that short neck feel of the LP. The paint job on your saga looks nice, did you manage to get some gold flake for future builds? I think I do a top if I remember correctly with a half ounce or ounce. I found it in a 1 lb. can for like 45.00. Easy to shoot but the proof is in the prep.

Hi,
I'm not sure if you have ever heard of it but there is a online store that sells high quality nitro lacquer in the popular Fender and Gibson colors.
It's called Guitar ReRanch.
There is also a Guitar ReRanch forum paid for by the owner of ReRanch.
It's a great forum dedicated to restoration and also new guitar projects.
The store has a paint called Goldtop that is very very close to the Gibson goldtop color.
The color I used is Shoreline Gold which was a Fender color back in the day.
It's not really a gold color per say but yes, it is a very fine metallic.
http://www.reranch.com/

Nice collection selloutrr!

Which is your "go to rig"?

I've been to reranch and it's a great site. I just bought the flake because I found a place close to home that sells the exact stuff that gibson used. If you look closely where my arm crosses the top of the body you'll see the green hue. That is from the bronze flake which is what gibson actually uses to create their gold. Reranch sells the same stuff and I believe they have it already mixed in the can don't they? I don't know how they do this as my leftover rarely lasts beyond a day before the bronze flake starts turning the whole mixture green. As for shorline gold it is a nice looking color and you did a nice job shooting it.

[Structo]

Yes, Goldtop in a can.

I believe Bill the owner uses the bronze flakes in his paint.

So you're saying the bronze oxidizes pretty fast if left out in the open?

I haven't used the RR Goldtop yet but soon.

[Andy Le Blanc]

I've used bronze powder in a completely different application.
Just a tiny bit will work well to add a fine extra sparkle, a depth.
Not sure I'd want to use it as the primary flake.

[Noel Grassy]

selloutrr,
Your daughter's gear looks boss! I trust she has some
little riotgrrrrl friends that are starting their first band. I wish I
had a short scale to start with. A kid's hands can't really function
on a full-sized guitar.

I like your gear too. What's a bottlecap pickup? A Piezo mic?


NG.

[selloutrr]

YEAH she rocks the metal! her friend plays the drums they are pretty bad ass a wall of noise!

my go to rig as of late has been the sunn model T half stack running the distortion ch. with the les paul honeyburst in middle position with treble pots at full the bridge at 1/3 volume and the neck pickup at full. I'm not much of a pedal guy I have a nice colection but honestly i've never been a fan. The other way i run the rig is with a morley active A/B/Y switcher out to the sunn and the risson both equal volumes then i can pull three voicings. or kick in the risson to give a bit of a mid crunch to the tone and add energy.

some of the pedals i've dabbled on from time to time. Roland space echo RE201, fuzzface, big muff, morley volume pedal/wah, mxr phase 100, vox mcCoy, purple dunlop wah, stevens hyper drive, ibanez delay pedal, flying pan, soldano surf box, marl martin boost, ross compressor, demeter opto comp, small stone, octavia, and the boss octave pedal.

I need to get back to playing bass, my rig is the swr and ampeg cabs huge head room and total control. teamed up with a musicman stingray, fretless jazz bass with custom electronics, gibson rd artist bass, warwick thumb 5, pedulla, rickenbacker 4001, gibson ripper, thunderbird or '67 p bass. I would set up a good sound for the room on the head and used the tone controls on the bass to give the voicing for the song.
the down side was the rig weight in at almost 1000lbs when i was running 4 cabs but damn IMO it looked and sounded GOOD!

best of luck with convincing the wife

I'm getting ready to pull all the gear out next month and put in hardwood floors and studio baffle the walls as well as add earth quake straps so i can go taller. I'm leaning toward a british theme. old vox ac30's marshall plexi and super lead stack. maybe an orange stack and laney super group. not sure what bass rig really says british. super beatle or hiwatt maybe. though i'm sure the 60's SVT stack will get along. I really want to make room for a purple suede love seat!

[Structo]

Not sure if you have a handle on the sound proofing and I'm sure the internet has all the info you need but,
I'm a journeyman plasterer by trade and I have worked in a few home studios and home theater systems.
On a lot of projects we deal with sound dampening materials.

There are a few different ways you can go at it.
One is to simply double the sheet rock by screwing another sheet over the existing.

There is a metal piece called RC-11 (Resilient Channel) that you first attach to the wall horizontally to the existing wall.
You screw into the studs.
Then you screw the new rock to this channel. It's like a floating wall.
The sheet rock is hanging on the metal that lifts it about 1/2" or so away from the existing rock.
They use this a lot in apartments to cut down the noise.
Works well on the ceiling as well.

[img:650:300]http://soundproofing.org/images/RC-1-wi ... _proof.jpg[/img]

If you are going to strip the walls to the studs so you can insulate the spaces between the studs even better.

http://soundproofing.org/infopages/channel.htm
Here is a good article about sound proofing.

Hope this helps,
Tom

[jaysg]

I just rebuilt my recording studio:

[passfan]

Yes, Goldtop in a can.I believe Bill the owner uses the bronze flakes in his paint.

It's the primary color in Gibsons gold top recipe. You mix it straight with gloss laquer using a ratio and voila'. Yes once you mix you must shoot as the flakes start to settle back to the bottom and you must constantly shake in between shots. It won't last more than a day and I only mix what I need and throw out the leftover. It comes in a dry powder form and will sit on the shelf forever (unless you get it wet)

So you're saying the bronze oxidizes pretty fast if left out in the open?

Yes, once it's mixed with nitro. I don't know how Bill gets it to sit right in the can But I've seen some beautiful jobs at his site.