I know that nobody cares but I am not impressed, not even a little bit. As much as the Fender headstocks are always nailed, the MM/ Sterling makes the most lame ones. (-I know why they are like this, ok) And the whole guitar is so goofy. Yes I know the look is secondary. But this is just ugly. Versatility, light weight... Who cares if the guitar has no character. Because it's (-not she for me) just hasn't. I don't need a guitar that can do similar things than the Gretsch, I need a Gretsch, and so on.. (Nothing else can anyway) Yes, the traveling and the different amp settings, yes, indeed a headache sometimes. But that's our job, to deal with these tasks. Also I am in absolutely different genres then the Maroon5 so it's also okay. We are so many and so different. So, all the best!
My second favorite guitar I owned is my Ibanez RG450 and I only grew it love it so much because I sat down with it for almost an hour before buying it. Only really it’s outclassed by my American Strat is because my grandfather that was handed down to me when he passed.
I always get new, it just feels so special. The only exception is if I can’t get a new one or if it’s over 2 times the price of a used one. ESPECIALLY with my superstrats
I paired my guitars down. Now I only have one bass, one orchestra model acoustic for fingerstyle, one dreadnought acoustic for flatpicking, one electric with humbuckers and one with single coils. I have the full spectrum of sounds I need, but I still find myself wanting more… Once I have more space and more money, I think I will buy more. I agonised over it for a long time, but I realised that they’re my number one hobby and they bring me a lot of pleasure. I can see it’s the same for you man, and people watching this video too. Guitars are our thing, and what’s better than a box of toys? That’s right… a bigger box of toys 👍 Don’t sell your guitars dude
I’m a big Strat guy. Last week I tried out a Fender Player Pau Ferro in Black and absolutely loved it. It’s actually on my to get list for the next year. Then again, the guitar store regularly maintained their gear which makes it harder to tell if it’s naturally drier. However, I agree on it sometimes feeling rough because it seems to get drier more than other types of wood. It’s in my three favorite woods but it’s barely even in there. Rosewood is just my favorite.
I just bought one today at a pawnshop for 500$. It has the Steinberger bridge and the EMG selects. I think it was made in Japan 86-88. Haven't plugged it in yet.
I got a squier version one of these with jim root jazzmaster pickups and upgraded tuners for 200$ yesterday. The tuners alone cost more than i paid for the whole thing and MAN i fucking LOVE THIS THING
the sound is one of the first that matches the guitar to my ears 😄 Oh cool, that melodic sound is totally my thing, whats your band? Here you can hear the resemblance off riffs m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ypmqx_USYys.html&pp=ygUhYmxvb2QgcmVkZW1wdGlvbiB0aGUgb3V0ZXIgbGltaXRz
Pau Ferro is so terrible. Fender needs to abandon it ASAP. I bought an older J Mascis Squier with rosewood that I upgraded some things on and it's really good, but honestly I still want a nitro JM.. Great vid man.
I think jazzmasters are not hard to find second hand, since 4/5 years all the tourists are playing offsets now, so there’s a lot of import jazzmasters and jaguars on second hand listings. Yes the new mexicans are a bit expensives but it’s all guitar prices which have gone up not just mexicans. Comparing them to the japanese, if it wasn’t for Pau Ferro vs Rosewood they are almost identical (same woods, same parts, almost same finish, even mexican pickups are generally better, especially against those 90s/00s japanese fenders that people overprice so ridiculously, telling you that they are sooo much better than nowadays mexicans, see the jagstang for example, the best version of the 3 is the new MIM, not the fujigen made, not the tokai made). Anyway that pau ferro debate is now over since they went back to rosewood and see the success of the vintera2, that desert sand jazzmaster that you see everywhere, suddenly no one speaks cares about japanese made anymore now. Regarding those second hand pau ferro vintera1 which are coming on the market for half price now, reallt, 99% of the music audience dont know what pau ferro, no one will see a difference, girls dont care if your fretboard is light brown or dark brown , only population who cares is that guitar geek people of instagram that dont know shit about songwriting and music in general, and for which i couldnt care less about.
Great review, you are right, Music Man should put more info about all the details, and the neck measurements.... just wish you could measure with a caliper the neck at 1st. 7th and 12th fret and also how wide is the neck...do you think for a Modern Rock Player the Valentine is a better fit?
I'm late in Fender Jazzmaster and since I prefer rosewood I bought a used MIM Jazzmaster for $850 Canadian. I'm just lucky I think to found one locally.
I only have experience with my 1985 Greco Les Paul (fujigen). But I guess it will be quiet comparable to Burny (Tokai) of Navigator (ESP). Really good instruments. Maybe even .....
Beautiful guitar and sound it's so good! Do you remember if the pickguard is an American vintage type? I just bought a sonic blue body on eBay and I've 2 others from MJT (Tele and Strat). I think it is the last one I imported from the USA. Now shipping is expensive and with customs it's 180€ in total (85+95). You were lucky to find second-hand because there aren't usually many Jazzmaster bodies.
The tones themselves in Kemper are great but the response is just ok. Same with all the other digital stuff. To me sansamps remain the better option. A big reason is the simplicity - even more simple than an actual amp and there's non of this A to D and D to A conversation going on in that its analog. Sound is highly complex and to me the digital stuff is only as good as the algorithms and the people behind them. Meanwhile the Tech 21 guys have been working on this stuff longer than anyone i can think of. The current gen sansamps are amazeballs in my book.
My take on your points: 1. Sounds great out of the gate- nope, you need to find a good preset as with most modelers etc. 2. tweeking- once you understand your new device, you can create a preset (or download one), tweek it minimally and just use that preset (and a couple more) forever, like me and others do. I have my main presets and don't need anything else, other for fun.
I agree with you. That said. I never used presets on Helix, always buildt mine own rig because it was a modeller, compared to a Kemper and adding profiles. It only has profiles so, it's basically set and go. Don't think I've ever tweaked a profile, I have however tweaked the effects if the profile had any. I definitely did the same thing as you. Used 2 profiles and then the rest was for fun and learning how new amps sound etc. But I sold the Kemper in favor of the real amp after a while too, Kemper for me was a great learning tool about amp characteristics so now I own a Bad Cat Black Cat instead haha.
Thanks for speaking my language, I was concerned I need to be a tweaker to own the Kemper, but set it and go, great advice. Played my first Kemper (stage) today and loved it.
So glad my inexperienced ass buys Epiphone and have yet to sell a single one. I've bought and sold 10 guitars from other brands but my 3 Epiphones are my pride and joy I am so in love with them. I like the fact I get that authentic Les Paul vibe even if it's not as polished as a Gibson and have multiple guitars for different tunings.
It’s not a set neck. It is a neck through. All one piece from head stock to tail end of body with two bookend wings glued on just like the Gibsons are constructed
No. I haven't noticed any problems with it. The band Silverstein used these for a couple of years around 2014. If it works for post hardcore it probably works well with any high distortion.
I got me ebay via an thunderbird for about, 450.- It was really used, the fretboard was rather a safari as a instrument ,wellsl I play safari sounds...
The pickups in yours are ceramic mini-humbuckers hiding underneath Firebird-looking pickup covers. But don't feel bad, that's the exact same trick Gibson used on most (all?) of their Firebirds ever since the '70's. The company who reintroduced honest-to-God Firebird pickups is Epiphone, not Gibson. I think they may have first appeared in the Bonamassa Firebird, but they are standard in the current plain Epiphone Firebird, no expensive designer version required. The pickups are Epiphone FB720's and they're the real deal. You can find them pretty cheap, so if you wanna try putting them in yours it won't cost a fortune.
Played Epi/Les Paul’s for ten years and then got a simple cheap hss strat and was like wtf? Why did I wait so long to try other guitars out. Strats are my go to now, still love my Pauls though.
