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Big Boss Man
Gold Member
USA
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 Posted - 10/21/2006 : 01:46:57
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Originally posted by diggum12
Big Boss Man, is that G&L using the Commanche pickups? I hate those. Changing those out might give you that guitar you've been looking for. 
Actually I bought the guitar used and it came Kinman pickups. A little bit bright although I generally feel that way about most single coil pickups. I just turn down the tone on the guitar. |
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ronster
Gold Member
Australia
645 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2006 : 16:13:40
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Great topic Dr. Bob!
My favourite guitar must be my Maton 225. I've had it a while now and I'm sure it just keeps getting better with age. I put in a pick up system by some guy named West and now I can play it even louder! 
Mind you I don't get a chance to plug too many pedals to play with my Maton but that's what my SG is for I guess!!!
Cya
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2006 : 17:50:15
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Originally posted by ronster
Great topic Dr. Bob!
My favourite guitar must be my Maton 225. I've had it a while now and I'm sure it just keeps getting better with age. I put in a pick up system by some guy named West and now I can play it even louder!
Mind you I don't get a chance to plug too many pedals to play with my Maton but that's what my SG is for I guess!!!
Cya
Hi Ronster
The 225 is a very nice Maton, did you buy it New?
I've played many Maton's that belonged to friends & other Muso's
The pickup from West, is it a piezo under bridge?
I have days & weeks, where I just play my acoustic.
I gig with a Fender cutaway - I played a brand new $4500 Martin
last night, that belonged to another muso, & as much as I love my Fender, Sonically, the Martin didn't cut it for me, don't get me wrong, I would love to own a Martin Acoustic, & I have played some 25-30 year old Martin's that just sounded & played wonderfully.
But I would rather play my Fender cutaway with Fishman Piezo pickup, any day, over the Martin I played last night.
I am not one of those Fender Only Guys, & I'm not looking to get flamed over my choice, it's just that, his particular Martin was very bland sounding, it did play very well though.
Have you tried playing your acoustic into the newer Boss Bass 30 amp? the speaker has what we call a wizzer cone on the main speaker, it acts as a type of tweeter-midrange.
Lots of guys I know use this for their acoustics instead of a dedicated acoustic amp, it heaps cheaper & sounds way better.
It's one of the better kept secrets, that acoustic players won't tell you. ( now don't go telling anyone else in this forum  )
Hey Maybe Boss will donate me, a Boss Bass cube 30?
for all the plugging I do for them, I'll bet you that even Boss don't know why they're selling so many of these here in Aust. 
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starr36
Platinum Member
Canada
1172 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 05:34:07
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My first guitar was a throw-away department store harmony acoustic which, (i dunno around maybe 10 at the time) sounded OK and its intonation was right. Had a nice medium brownburst finish that blended to black on the edges. Fully binded too! I thought I invented distortion when I jammed a microphone in it and played a two string cord, using a Cassette tape recorder as an Amp. BUT< for you BTO fans out there, I also thought that RANDY BACHMAN invented playing guitar solos in pop music (I'm Canadian EH?). I have no idea whatever happened to the guitar - we moved once and I never saw it again. Around that time, my parents bought me a really cheap nylon string acoustic. No idea at all where it is what happened to it.
Through the 80's I bought a VERY NICE IBANEZ MIJ HSS with a tapped humbucker and individual switches for eachpickup so you can do any compbination of pickups. NExt, I went through maybe 3-5 MIJ Squier Stratocasters (loved em) and they were SO CHEAP (EASILY FOUND for $150-$275 with a genuine fender hs case!!! but sadly these were not the JVs but the ones RIGHT AFTER with the small "STRATOCASTER" LOGO AND TWO STRING TREES. I PLAYED THEM, PAINTED THEM, ROUTED THEM, PUT IN HUMBUCKERS. REALLY RUINED THEM, MY FRIENDS. Except the Legit JV I found in Wisconsin in May 1990.
NOW, I still use that JV and also use a '91 76 Explorer Reissue. Last week I found a Nice Les Paul Studio from 2002 and that guitar just sings glory. I dunno, but I used to be hooked on "strats" but methinks I'm changing flags to Gibson now. The JV and EX are both BLACK with white pickguards, rosewood fingerboards, the Studio is all black with Rosewood fingerboard. The Alnico 498/496 pickups are pretty frigging amazing sounding compared to the Explorer's original Gibson patented humbuckers. I know these aren;t exotic or nothing, but sheeze, they all sound really good through a few boss pedals and Mesa Boogie Amplification! |
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ronster
Gold Member
Australia
645 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 15:23:39
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Hey Dr Bob
Yes I bought it new a few years ago. I saved pretty hard and was so stoked to get it! 
I had the pickup retro fitted and its a piezo under the bridge. It was called an AGA pickup and now I think they guy calls them West but I think they sounds heaps better than Maton's own AP pickups. I quite liked the Fishman ones too but thought this was better value for money.
What I love about Matons is that they just sound fantasic for the price you pay. I too would love a Martin but to me I think you can get a Maton that sounds as good but at a much cheaper price.
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 17:44:48
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Hi Ronster
If your playing the Maton & West Pickup into an amp during your live sets.
Do youself a favour, and go try it out, into a Boss Bass Cube 30, the new ones, they are about $400 Aust & about $295US, but Boss just dropped the price of their pedals, & maybe they dropped the price of their amps as well.
You will be stunned as to how good these amps sound with a piezo fitted acoustic. 
Here is a link if you want to have a quick look.
http://www.instrumentpro.com/P-BOSCB30.html
Christmas is just around the corner
Maybe Santa will bring you one? But only if you're a good boy.
Don't shell out your hard earned cash, for a dedicated acoustic amp, we all have some pedals lying around, else we probably wouldn't all be hanging out around here.
Use your pedals to augment the Boss Bass 30, but it does have some excellent built in effects & COSM amp modeling. see the exerpt below:
Compact bass amplifier with 30-watt/10-inch coaxial 2-way speaker design
6 types of COSM bass amp models including octave bass sound
Convenient Shape switch for easy tonal variation
5 high-quality DSP effects: reverb, delay, chorus, flanger and T-Wah
Onboard 3-band EQ and compression with simple knob-based controls
Auxiliary and Footswitch inputs; Recording/Headphones output
I already wrote to Santa about 6 months ago about this amp, well you have to get in early, if you want the Elves to build you one on time.  
Maybe I should be posting this into the Favorite All Around Amp Topic that Diggum12 started.
Have you been reading this Diggum12? & Hi Diggum12
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diggum12
Silver Member
USA
282 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 19:15:49
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Hey Dr. Bob,
Yes I think this is still the appropriate thread. While that's not my favorite all around amp() it's a very good recommendation and I'm glad you brought it up.
A friend just purchased the standard Boss cube and he really loves it for acoustic, "one-off" type of gigging. It's just as good as his old Carvin amp that died, but weighs several pounds (and inches!) less. It's great for small live stuff, practicing, testing and so on. I'll try to post the specific model.
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2006 : 16:04:04
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Originally posted by diggum12
Hey Dr. Bob,
Yes I think this is still the appropriate thread. While that's not my favorite all around amp() it's a very good recommendation and I'm glad you brought it up.
A friend just purchased the standard Boss cube and he really loves it for acoustic, "one-off" type of gigging. It's just as good as his old Carvin amp that died, but weighs several pounds (and inches!) less. It's great for small live stuff, practicing, testing and so on. I'll try to post the specific model.
Later!
Hi Diggum12
It's the Bass version of the Cube 30 that makes all the difference.
It has to do with the lower bottom end on the Bass Cube versus the Standard Guitar Cube 30.
I'm pesonally a Fender All Valve kind of guy, but the Bass Cube really sounds great with a Piezo Acoustic.
Don't get me wrong though, I still gig into my Fender Valve amp with my acoustic, I have learned how to trim it, so it hits that sweet spot,
I use a secret combination of Boss MIJ pedals.
I don't gig the acoustic much, it's just for a song or two.
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diggum12
Silver Member
USA
282 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2006 : 17:31:48
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I guess I could see using the Bass version for Piezo's. My problem is I don't like piezos.
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ronster
Gold Member
Australia
645 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2006 : 02:45:35
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Hey Dr Bob
Great tip and I have heard the Roland amps. I think they are great for the price! Unfortunately, santa is already bringing me a Fender Blues Jnr tweed reissue.
Might try for a birthday or something!
Cya
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2006 : 08:48:03
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I�m to 95% a Fender man. Back in the early 70�s I badly wanted a Les Paul just like my idols at that time, Peter Green, Rober Fripp, Early Clapton etc.
But the LP�s was hard to get and expensive so I got me a 1962 Tele really cheap and later bought a 77 Strat. When I found and had the money for a Les Paul I didn�t like it at all, the sound was too muffled.
So it has been mostly Fenders since that, my favourites at the moment are:
Fender Custom Shop Strat
52 RI Tele
Highway 1 Tele
MIJ 62 Strat
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2006 : 17:21:29
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Hi Goran
Yes a Telecaster is high on my GAS wish list as well...
I've been looking for one, that I like.
I played a friends Thinline Tele a few Saturdays ago during a very late night gig.
Can you see the smile that is still on my face?
I have a few friends that own them as well.
I played a Fat Tele, about a year ago into my Fender 75 amp, it had a humbucker at the neck, & let me tell you, that was a marriage made in Heaven.
But then most guitars that I plug into the Fender 75 just sound wonderfull.
Tell me more about your 52 RI Tele
Should I look at getting the Samarium Noiseless Pickups & S1 switching.
My friend has a 1969 Aqua Tele & it has a fantastic neck,
although I don't know what the shape of the neck is called.
I know I don't like, some of the newest Tele's that have the very big-high frets.
They just don't feel right to me, have you found this as well?
Regards Dr. Bob
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/24/2006 : 17:57:41
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20 years ago I used to go to my local music store and play an Ibanez Tele Thinline copy that had at the time. It was a bit overpriced so no one bought it for a long time. I really wanted that guitar but with their prices and my economy it was a no go.
A few years back I decided to get a real Telecaster but didn't at all get the same vibe I did from the thinline copy. I ended up trading it away for a Strat. Maybe I should look for another thinline... |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2006 : 18:12:45
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Hi Bossarea.
The Tele Thinline that I played was a
Twin humbucker .. Ash body .. Maple neck all ntural finish, with a pearloid scratch guard.
One of my friends who was there, loaned it to me for my late night set, as I was told to bring an acoustic so I could do a Quiet Acoustic Set.
Well I get there & it's a it's a full band, full stage & mixing setup,
open air gig.
The Thinline I played was just superb.
What was it that made that Ibanez Thinline Tele copy so special Bossarea?
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Basstyra
Gold Member
France
523 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2006 : 20:19:11
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I changed my guitar those days... And I love my new one !!
It's a Squier Telecaster. Yeah, I know, but consider, I'm a beginner guitarist... I've been bassist for 6 years now and decided recently I wanted some chance . So a Squier is perfectly fine for me.
Plus, I find this one particularly good.
I upgraded it, I made it active, and added a clean boost. I'm using it to boost ODs and distortion units. In a DS-1 or an OD-1 it's great !!
http://basstyra.free.fr/matos/instruments/tele
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