Dannyalcatraz
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Koolest story I"ve heard in a while!
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Hey Danny, I did some Big Band/ Broadway arrangements of some AC/DC tunes about a decade ago. A great song works in almost any setting!
I agree!
Check out the aforementioned Alex Skolnick Trio, as well as Two Cellos, Rodrigo Y Gabriella, Brass Against, Orkestra Obsolete, and Postmodern Jukebox. Not to mention Johnny Cash"s epic cover of NIN"s 'Hurt.' Or Devo"s take on their 'Head like a Hole'. Judas Priest"s 'Green Manalishi'.
Etc.
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Not if, as the joke was going, he was trying for a jazzier tone.
Still...imagine Malcom Young following Alex Skolnick"s (Testament) example, and reinterpreting his band"s biggest hits as jazz tunes. 'Highway to Hell', 'Jailbreak', 'Dirty Deeds', 'Rosie', Hell"s Bells', 'Thunderstruck'- it makes me all giggly!*
* Not giggety.
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A late but heartfelt welcome aboard! And good luck with your band!
About me:
I like a lot of the bands you mentioned. My tastes are pretty broad. Jazz, rock, metal, surf, etc.
I am one of those dabblers, primarily a vocalist but I really like guitars. So I have stupid amounts of guitars & pedals considering how much I ACTUALLY play.
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I"m watching a lot of used G&Ls on Reverb and eBay. But the OP was really looking for new guitars.
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I met Mr. Jones at the Dallas Guitar show several years ago. Seemed to be a very nice, helpful sort. Class act.
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Did he use those? I never really looked at his rig.
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A side note on guitars with FillerTron style pickups: although they"re usually associated with 'twangier' music like country or rockabilly, they can be surprisingly versatile. Rival Sons" Scott Holiday uses a lot of guitars with TV Jones" take on these classic pickups, and their sound ranges well into classic rock/hard rock territory.
They"re a good option for players who like a brighter tone than your typical humbucker, but want/need to avoid the hum issues associated with singlecoils (of all kinds).
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Which reminds me...
Gretsch"s Electromatic line and Ibanez Artcores are also good options to consider.
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I can"t believe I forgot to mention G&L"s Tribute product series! For the unfamiliar, G&L was Leo Fender"s third (and last) guitar company after Fender and Music Man.
Basically, Tributes are G&L guitars made in Indonesian factories, but using many of the same parts as their USA made guitars. They"re typically priced in the $400-700 range, depending on model and where you live. Really good bang for the buck.
For that matter, Sterling by Music Man ain"t no slouch, either. One nifty thing about Sterling is that they do have some interesting and unconventional designs in their lineup.
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New bands?
Deep Sea Diver... I'd noticed Jessica Dobson over the years playing guitar for Beck and The Shins... don't know how I'd missed her band but a rig rundown prompted me to give them a listen. Great indie pop with some 80s new wave (Pat Benatar, Quarterflash, Missing Persons, Divinyls) undercurrents and great guitar parts and tones. Ordered all the vinyl from them I could find.
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That"s a great find! I looked up a couple their other videos so far, and I like what I hear.
To my ear, though, they have less in common with those (great) 80s bands, and more with bands who followed them, like Radiohead, Yeah, Teah, Yeahs or Band Of Skulls. Maybe Khruangbin? DSD"s song 'Wide Awake' is REALLY pushing some buttons in my head that remind me of the baseline and drums of another later-era indie song that"s currently escaping me.
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Edit: remembered what it was- Death Cab For Cutie"s 'I Will Possess Your Heart'
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Teles are...interesting. I have a Teleclone made by Jon Kammerer, but the bridge pickup is a modified Charlie Christian. Can deliver some nice raw singlecoil goodness...
And a lot of builders try their hand at reinterpreting them. Reverend has a few takes on the Tele, as does Godin. But one of the most unusual ones I ever saw was the Parker P-36:
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On the semihollow Reverend front*, you might dig something like a Manta Ray. They"ve made them as HH, 290 and 390 forms. Reverb has a few.
https://reverb.com/marketplace?query=reverend%20mantaray
And their Club King would be another good option. They"re made with P90s or RevTron miniHBs.
https://reverb.com/marketplace?query=reverend%20club%20king
Here"s a bit of personal take: Joe Naylor, the owner of Reverend, is also the guy behind their in-house pickups. I think his P90s rival some of the boutique brands I"ve tried, and his RevTrons are an excellent take on the classic FillerTrons pickups as well. And those RailHammers? That"s his company, too.
* I promise, promise, promise I"m not a shill! ð
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There"s a guy I know on another board who has quite an impressive collection of guitars, including some classic, VERY EXPENSIVE Gibsons, Fenders and the like. And he is a HUGE fan of Agile guitars.
I had an Agile Les Paul for a while. It was OK. I now have an Epiphone Les Paul. It is also OK. Neither one were so great that I have really wanted to play them.
Anybody can make a lemon or a gem.
Back in 2013 or so, I went into a higher-end music store that had a whole room devoted to Gibsons, mostly Les Pauls. I had gone there to satisfy some GAS, and over a few hours, tried out G&Ls, Gibsons, Reverends and so forth. There was not a Gibson in the store you could have paid me to own. All were badly flawed, with sharp fret ends, dead spots, etc. Not what I"d expect from a new $3k guitar, and completely absent in the G&Ls.
(I eventually bought my first Reverend instead.)
Not knocking the brand as a whole though. I found a trio of SGs at another store I"d have loved to own. Each one was a metal flake finish- one emerald, one sapphire, one ruby. I went home to sleep on which one I"d get, and when I returned, someone had bought all three. I don"t remember the particular edition- I"ve never even seen pix of anything like them online since.
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I have done biz with these folks, Rondo Music, and the guitar I bought from them is an Agile Strat Clone I paid 300 bucks for it, and it is as good as any Strat I have ever played. I still have it after 10 or more years of playing.and it one of my all time favorite guitars
There"s a guy I know on another board who has quite an impressive collection of guitars, including some classic, VERY EXPENSIVE Gibsons, Fenders and the like. And he is a HUGE fan of Agile guitars.
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You said you didn't want to buy used, an alternative is blemished. I got $100 off my Fender Deluxe Player. Just small chip on the horn. If look really close at my avatar you can see it. Just another route to consider.
'Seconded!'
Factory seconds and B-stocks are a good way to knock a couple hundred off of a price tag. They"re fully functional, but have cosmetic flaws that make them 'unsellable' at the usual price for a given product.
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Godin is another brand to have on your radar. Canadian company, excellent QC. They tend to make their version of iconic guitars- Teles, Strats, Les Pauls- but will occasionally create 'chimera' guitars that combine the features of different axes. Downside: few of those fare well in the market, so they get discontinued quickly, but they"re readily available used. I own a couple Godins, and would love to own more. I would, but I"ve hesitated and lost them to other buyers.
Re: Reverend
They"re a small company- I think there"s only 7-10 people, not including the Korean factory workers- and they"re still kinda niche, so don"t expect to find them nearby. I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and AFAIK, there"s only one music store that stocks them. If you DO find one to try, keep this in mind:
1) all Reverends feature their Bass Contour control. This is essentially a Tone control, but for the lower end of the register. That means you can get a Humbucker equipped guitar to sound very twangy.
2) all Reverends except some special models have the exact same neck profile. IOW, if you"ve played one Reverend, you know what the neck shape will feel like for 99% of their company"s production history. (Finishes will differ, of course, but the longer scale ones are just logical extensions of the shorter ones. No surprises.)
3) most Reverends use Korina as the main body wood.
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Re: Yamaha
Besides the RevStar line, their Pacifica models have a pretty good reputation for delivering a lot of value for the money. And some are just flat-out good. Personally, I"ve got a 611 on my radar. Hal-ca, lead guitarist for the rock/metal trio Asterism, plays Ibanez and Yamahas almost exclusively. Here she is playing her 611 (with a Revstar hanging behind her):
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Next thing I"ll say about your search is that what you want to play should help guide your axe & amp choices. So any info you can give us about that will be rewarded with a bunch of solid options.
After that, I"ll say that the Robin Finck is essentially a Sensei RA with slightly simplified controls...for $100 more because its a signature. My RA is the purpleburst in the family picture, above, but it does come in silverburst and black as well.
https://www.reverendguitars.com/guitars/robin-finck
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Hard to go wrong with a PRS. Very consistent QC.
I really like the Revstars, but haven"t gotten one yet.
As for Reverend? Well...I own 5, covering @7-8 years of production. Ask me anything!
Edit: found the family portrait!
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No piercings, no tattoos. Probably won"t get any.
If I had to choose, I"d probably go for a good tattoo of something that meant something to me. Those who know me personally may be surprised by that, given my love of jewelry. But the personal appeal of earrings, etc. to me is minimal at best.
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I remember those!
...but can"t recall who made them.
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Dungeness may be my favorite crustaceans, but not by much.
I always wanted to try a particular recipe I saw on a travel show ages ago, but I never have all the ingredients at the same time. There"s a high-end restaurant in a skyscraper in Tokyo that has a street-vendor by the door as their only ground-level announcement of their presence in the building. All he sells (as I recall) are king crab legs, split in half lengthwise, drenched in a beer & butter mix, and grilled over coals. As I recall, back when I saw that show, they were selling them for something like $8/leg.
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I love fish, mollusks, and crustaceans of all sorts. Clams aren"t my fave....but I still love them enough that they get my immediate attention when available.
As for the guitarry kind? Well, there are times I ought to be called 'Eric Clam-ton.' Probably contributes to my aversion to actually joining a band.
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Literally stumbled on this a few minutes ago
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