Awesome video and awesome v! My first guitar i bought with my first paycheck ,episg400. Had an amazing gibson57 bridge pickup, everyone who ever played it immediately commented on that pickup! ,ten years down the road my toddler knocks it over and the neck breaks😢. I take the pickup out and sell the SG , the guy i sold it to immedialty fixes the neck 😮 but i dont ask to buy it back😢. I put the 57' bridge pickup in a gibson melody maker explorer that i foolishly traded into guitar center for mrx pedals😅 .miss that bridge pickup and sg . I Haven't found anyting that feels close to the sound /feel . Anyways keep up the great work!
I had an old mij aria from the 70s it was the non epiphone branded version of a guitar kurt cobain used, wish I never sold it, I think about it every day. Love the channel tho man, you inspire me with my own videos, love to see another South African music youtube channel.
Very nice that you got your guitar back, it is very cool! I looks like it was loosely based off the short-lived Gibson V2, although the neck was placed much further into the body, cutting off high fret access! You might want to cut a small curve out of that area to increase playability! Done right, it will not impede the neck joint security. Also, you should be careful about tuning low with heavy gauge strings. A common notion among low-tuning players is that standard scale guitars sound dark or muddy tuned too low, but a lot of heavy players use heavy gauge strings, which actually have more bass fundamental frequencies and less overtones, which combined with the lower tuning and shorter scale create a very bass-heavy sound! There is a reason why Jazz players are known for using bigger strings! You could probably get a better sound by going down in string gauge and lowering the bass side of the pickup for better clarity and less distortion on those low strings! Hope that information is useful; anyhow, keep on Rocking! \m/
Thanks. Yeah I'm probably going to get some lighter gauge strings and tune this guitar back up. But wanted to try it out in Drop B for a bit. Not the mostvideal tuning for the scale but its playable.
funny enough! my first guitar was also a Sammick that my grandparents bought for me! on december 2000 i dont, cant remember the model... but sold it for way too cheap as i was an idiot who didnt know how to fix basic electronics, i tried to get it back but the current owner didnt wanted to let her go. i still remember that its neck was thin and easy to play.
Nice, glad you got your first guitar back, and that's a really cool touch on the LEDs. I'm lucky enough to have never need to sell any guitars (have 3, only one is playable), but after a certain event with my first electric guitar, I temporarily stopped playing for 5 years. Let's just say plateau frustrations, bad anger management and a familial argument made me do things to the guitar that doesn't deserve it. I still keep the guitar, despite its unplayable and damaged state, acting as a reminder of a once foolish (probably still am) young man's folly. Also, I'm from a place where 2nd hand guitar market is terrible, due to weak currency value and music playing is something that many doesn't get to enjoy. I've seen an Ibanez AZ Prestige, listed locally for more than a year and the owner regularly makes new listing to bump it up the list, and still no ones buys it. After learning about that, it taught me to be more pragmatic with gears, and being very picky about getting new guitars or gears. Oh yeah, can't remember if I'd mentioned it before, I have to thank you for the P-Rails videos you did. The P-Rails are one of the reasons why I've been playing only 1 guitar for 4 years straight, have been using the pickup set on my RG for 3 years now.
Glad you're happy with the P-Rails. Awesome pickups. Very versatile. Luckily we got quite a good 2nd hand/used market here in South Africa. I have picked up some real gems here on the used market.
This made me think a tuner display in the place of the neck pickup could be both useful and fun in a strobe mode. As for guitars I regret selling - I've had a ~$300-400-ish b-stock Michael Kelly Vex Verdict - lightweight mahogany body, set satin neck, comfy and resonant. Pretty good QC, as it was same korean World Musical Instrument factory as Schecter, LTD, BC Rich and such.
RIP Gran! Guitar still looks sick!
Awesome video and awesome v!
My first guitar i bought with my first paycheck ,episg400. Had an amazing gibson57 bridge pickup, everyone who ever played it immediately commented on that pickup! ,ten years down the road my toddler knocks it over and the neck breaks😢. I take the pickup out and sell the SG , the guy i sold it to immedialty fixes the neck 😮 but i dont ask to buy it back😢. I put the 57' bridge pickup in a gibson melody maker explorer that i foolishly traded into guitar center for mrx pedals😅 .miss that bridge pickup and sg . I Haven't found anyting that feels close to the sound /feel .
Anyways keep up the great work!
Thanks for sharing your story. Bummer about the Gibson57 pickup. Maybe it'll find its way back to you someday :)
I had an old mij aria from the 70s it was the non epiphone branded version of a guitar kurt cobain used, wish I never sold it, I think about it every day. Love the channel tho man, you inspire me with my own videos, love to see another South African music youtube channel.
Haha! Guitar regret. I dig your channel as well. Keep up the Saffa vibes!
Glad it is still working after ALL THESE YEARS Sweet man good to see ya all ok Gary
Yeah amazing ots working after ALL these years. Had to resolder some connections. But nothing too serious :)
I remember that guitar well Gary. Too cool
Haha! Good memory Chris :) Those were the days.
Very nice that you got your guitar back, it is very cool! I looks like it was loosely based off the short-lived Gibson V2, although the neck was placed much further into the body, cutting off high fret access! You might want to cut a small curve out of that area to increase playability! Done right, it will not impede the neck joint security.
Also, you should be careful about tuning low with heavy gauge strings. A common notion among low-tuning players is that standard scale guitars sound dark or muddy tuned too low, but a lot of heavy players use heavy gauge strings, which actually have more bass fundamental frequencies and less overtones, which combined with the lower tuning and shorter scale create a very bass-heavy sound! There is a reason why Jazz players are known for using bigger strings! You could probably get a better sound by going down in string gauge and lowering the bass side of the pickup for better clarity and less distortion on those low strings!
Hope that information is useful; anyhow, keep on Rocking! \m/
Thanks. Yeah I'm probably going to get some lighter gauge strings and tune this guitar back up. But wanted to try it out in Drop B for a bit. Not the mostvideal tuning for the scale but its playable.
funny enough! my first guitar was also a Sammick that my grandparents bought for me! on december 2000 i dont, cant remember the model... but sold it for way too cheap as i was an idiot who didnt know how to fix basic electronics, i tried to get it back but the current owner didnt wanted to let her go.
i still remember that its neck was thin and easy to play.
Ah man! Samick are very underated for their quality. I love the neck on mine.
The only first instrument i managed to keep was my first bass which has since been bastardized into a single pickup fretless
Nice, glad you got your first guitar back, and that's a really cool touch on the LEDs.
I'm lucky enough to have never need to sell any guitars (have 3, only one is playable), but after a certain event with my first electric guitar, I temporarily stopped playing for 5 years. Let's just say plateau frustrations, bad anger management and a familial argument made me do things to the guitar that doesn't deserve it. I still keep the guitar, despite its unplayable and damaged state, acting as a reminder of a once foolish (probably still am) young man's folly.
Also, I'm from a place where 2nd hand guitar market is terrible, due to weak currency value and music playing is something that many doesn't get to enjoy. I've seen an Ibanez AZ Prestige, listed locally for more than a year and the owner regularly makes new listing to bump it up the list, and still no ones buys it. After learning about that, it taught me to be more pragmatic with gears, and being very picky about getting new guitars or gears.
Oh yeah, can't remember if I'd mentioned it before, I have to thank you for the P-Rails videos you did. The P-Rails are one of the reasons why I've been playing only 1 guitar for 4 years straight, have been using the pickup set on my RG for 3 years now.
Glad you're happy with the P-Rails. Awesome pickups. Very versatile.
Luckily we got quite a good 2nd hand/used market here in South Africa. I have picked up some real gems here on the used market.
This made me think a tuner display in the place of the neck pickup could be both useful and fun in a strobe mode. As for guitars I regret selling - I've had a ~$300-400-ish b-stock Michael Kelly Vex Verdict - lightweight mahogany body, set satin neck, comfy and resonant. Pretty good QC, as it was same korean World Musical Instrument factory as Schecter, LTD, BC Rich and such.
Making a pickup tuner is an awesome idea. That Michael Kelly sounds awesome.