How I rung in the New Year and my *silent* night.
With my new EMG's I had installed in my USA Jackson Rhoads. I had this guitar for awhile but it had Seymour Duncans. I then switched them out to Dimarzios but they just dont push like EMG's do. So, I went to Sam Ash and these pickups are about 95.00 before taxes or so a piece. Well I got them 64.50 a piece and COULDN'T pass up that deal!
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Vomitore
With my new EMG's I had installed in my USA Jackson Rhoads. I had this guitar for awhile but it had Seymour Duncans. I then switched them out to Dimarzios but they just dont push like EMG's do.
Good choice! I hated the Duncans that came with my old KV2 and eventually went with dual 81's.
The Rhoads looks killer! :gj:
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Earl
Good choice! I hated the Duncans that came with my old KV2 and eventually went with dual 81's.
The Rhoads looks killer! :gj:
Yeah, the Duncans just didn't cut it. Plus my Alexi V has an 81 in it so going back and forth and having to readjust the EQ got really annoying.
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V1L3 DiaL3cT
Are those the 81's?
81 in the bridge and 85 in the neck.
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Yeah, that's the combo. I dunno why anyone would use 2 81's or 2 85's. I have the 81/85 combo in my Schecter and I love it. I have Dimarzio's in my les paul. Little more bluesy sounding. Not as much crunch.
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Great looking stuff! I bet that baby tares it up!
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hoax
Great looking stuff! I bet that baby tares it up!
It's an amazing player. The neck is dead straight and the EQ of the guitar is pretty much dead on with my Alexi so no real worry about 1 guitar sounding better then the other.
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V1L3 DiaL3cT
Yeah, that's the combo. I dunno why anyone would use 2 81's or 2 85's. I have the 81/85 combo in my Schecter and I love it. I have Dimarzio's in my les paul. Little more bluesy sounding. Not as much crunch.
Yeah the Dimarzios are great with a super diode out high gain amp like the 5150 series or the Marshall JVM's. But I agree, great blues sounds. Actually I got a video with the Jackson with the Dimarzios. Check it out.
YouTube - Simple and easy thrash licks part 2
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Definitely some good sound. I'm waiting on gettin' the internals on the Les Paul fixed... something bad happened... haha
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V1L3 DiaL3cT
Definitely some good sound. I'm waiting on gettin' the internals on the Les Paul fixed... something bad happened... haha
Yeah, not bad for not even using a real guitar amp haha. It sounds killer thru my Marshall though. What happened with your LP? Did a pot go bad?
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Haha, what didn't go bad... the input jack is... jacked. All the soldering came out so it'll pick up the rhythm and sound real dry but as soon as you crank a little distortion into it, it's silent night haha
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V1L3 DiaL3cT
I dunno why anyone would use 2 81's or 2 85's.
That would depend on the guitar and what kind of sound you're going for.
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I suppose you're right. It's just they were designed kinda to be paired. I could see running them both at the same time. But it would seem a little much.
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V1L3 DiaL3cT
I suppose you're right. It's just they were designed kinda to be paired. I could see running them both at the same time. But it would seem a little much.
The 85's in the neck are much bigger sounding IMO and the 81 has the right amount of treble but not over too over bassy.
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Yo Vomitore here is an old V for ya. I purchased this from Drum city guitar land years back. I had to restore it since all of it's hardware was rusted and the neck was in bad shape.
It was lost by ESP and some how DCGL got their hands on it. It's right out of the custom shop.
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I would have preferred to find an old ESP crackle finish neck-thru KKV but this one sounds amazing. Very chunky and holds tune like a champ. I'm not a fan of the headstock or that much of a Slayer fan but it's a fun guitar to play.
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Ooh! Hot guitar! Congrats on getting it!
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Earl
Ahhh. A Kahler bridge haha. I had 1 guitar with one and man, what a pain! Was that on eBay awhile ago? I swear that looks firmiliar! Nice axe though.
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Nice:gj:!!! You havent posted on the forum for a while!
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Vomitore
Ahhh. A Kahler bridge haha. I had 1 guitar with one and man, what a pain! Was that on eBay awhile ago? I swear that looks firmiliar! Nice axe though.
Nah DCGL. http://www.drumcityguitarland.com/dr...s/1/index.aspx
All the hardware on it was rusted so I bought it for a sweet price then fixed it up. It's got the EMG pa2 switch for an extra 20db of gain, 81b/60n combo. The Kahler can be a bit shakey when the seasons change for some reason but other than that it has all the tone of a mahagony guitar.
I've always enjoyed playing V's the most with the Jackson USA Rhoads being my all time favorite but that ESP KKV eeeked it's way into being a keeper.
I've been GASing lately for a custom RR-1 but since our economy is on life support my plans are on hold...for now.
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Earl
Nah DCGL.
http://www.drumcityguitarland.com/dr...s/1/index.aspx
All the hardware on it was rusted so I bought it for a sweet price then fixed it up. It's got the EMG pa2 switch for an extra 20db of gain, 81b/60n combo. The Kahler can be a bit shakey when the seasons change for some reason but other than that it has all the tone of a mahagony guitar.
I've always enjoyed playing V's the most with the Jackson USA Rhoads being my all time favorite but that ESP KKV eeeked it's way into being a keeper.
I've been GASing lately for a custom RR-1 but since our economy is on life support my plans are on hold...for now.
Nice. They are rare guitars. I've only seen one in person. But yeah, the Kahlers are a weird bridge.
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Nice:gj:!!! You havent posted on the forum for a while!
Haha, yeah. Was seeing a girl for a year and got all wrapped up in her and all but disappeared. But, I'm back :)
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Earl
Ahh. That looks like Adrian Smith's, Jackson. Adrian is one of my favorite guitar players! He really made Iron Maiden a MUCH better band!
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jeez these guitars all look fantastic!
I've been playing for a lil' over 3 years now, but mostly classical stuff.. Been thinking of trying to branch out into a few other styles.
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Vomitore
Ahh. That looks like Adrian Smith's, Jackson. Adrian is one of my favorite guitar players! He really made Iron Maiden a MUCH better band!
Yup Smith gets his own Jackson sig and Dave Murray will have a Fender sig.
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jeez these guitars all look fantastic!
I've been playing for a lil' over 3 years now, but mostly classical stuff.. Been thinking of trying to branch out into a few other styles.
I have a guitar fetish, I can sit and stare at them all day long.
