mihcmac
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My SR15’s are krank’in with no problems, the tubes are still sounding good, the Celestions are solid and with the gain on about 1.5 I can turn the volume control to a very respectable level and still have some headroom. I have never really had to use both of my amps to be loud enough even out doors.
There are a lot of new right-ups on these amps on YouTube, it seems that the people who actually try these versatile little amps early like them.
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I will miss him I enjoyed his posts and comments…
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Something happened when I pulled out my swamp ash tele from my previous post, I was going to work on it but I got sick right after. Wonder if it had some covid in it.. This last bought kicked my assss pretty good.
Anyway I re-did the wiring on this one below and its functioning properly again.
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On 10/27/2023 at 5:46 PM, Retired said:
Thats too nice for the closet.
I agree, its an excellent playing guitar, it went into the closet because its a little on the heavy side.
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Thinking of getting this one out of my closet and blowing the dust off.
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This was one of my favorite rigs, I did go through several Ampeg guitar amps.
I really like my pegboard pedalboard, I keep adding of updating the pedals, oh it has a rubberized back on it
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7 minutes ago, E-minor7 said:
Why not post a little film of one your versions. .
At present nothing worth posting, we perform every weekend in our remote neighborhood which our friends in the area like to come and enjoy.
We mess with a lot of other groups material as well, Beatles vocals in the past were always difficult to present, they may have been the first boy band but wrote and played their instrumentation.
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I love playing Beatles songs and jacking them up a bit, partly because my group has a really really good singer. When people hear her, they cut her a lot slack because her vocal interpretations are so pleasing.
For me just about anything to the accompaniment can be done if the voice is exceptional.
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The “Blues Hawk” should be re-introduced with real Gibson P-90’s in place of the anemic stock Gibson Blues-90s, the Epiphone version “Blueshawk” sounds way better with its basic P-90s in it.
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I just got an acoustic guitar bass, it is a 30” short scale with a single cutaway and of course built in pickup. I fell in love playing it in a store had to bring it home. It is so much fun, it seems to always be right next to me where ever I sit, I can’t stop playing it and it sounds so good unplugged. Also it sounds great through an amp, but most of the time I just play it unplugged. Great bass for practicing.
This is the same model I got, not very expensive either.
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So many rigs and so little time.
Do it now the clocks ticking.
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An unusual Epi 335 markedly the clipped ear headstock instead of the larger Epiphone style normally used on archtops. Because of this it could be an early Korean or even Japan build which frequently did not have SN's imprinted on them, or SN's on a stick-on label that could fall off. Not a lot of documentation on models like this, but could be worth considerably more than the auction price. Could even be a Czech build. Inspecting the markings on the electronics could tell more.
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I had mine shipped in its Epiphone 339/Casino Coupe case from the Music Zoo. My 339 uses the same Rounded C 24.75" Scale neck as the 335, which is killer and very well balanced. I did do a few minor mods to mine.
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The Epiphone ES-335 Traditional Pro in Ebony or any color looks really good to me specially with the new Inspired by Gibson design including the new style headstock.
I love my IBG 2020 Epiphone ES-339.
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Very nice Tele.
Cheap guitars can turn on you Musicians Freind sold these Junior DC’s in the late 90’s in a closing out sale for 89.99. This is one of the few Epiphones that has actually increased in value after it was sold new, now clawing at 6X the sale. You never know what happen will with cheap guitars.
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I just repaired pots on my kit Explorer which had frozen up due to oxidation, I used contact cleaner on them but only had to replace one pot. This was my Frankenstein experiment guitar that I installed a left hand tremolo and few other things. It is all working again, it may look a little strange but it plays. I built this because I couldn’t find an Explorer even close to being setup the way I wanted.
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Being the proud owner of both Gibson and Epiphone Blueshawks, I found that the Epiphone was an improvement and not an exact reproduction of Gibson. The main improvement was that the Gibson had very weak Blues90 pickups where the Epiphone used standard P90s, also the Epi's Hum-Canceling actually works and the fit an finish was better.
Also below I modded my Epiphone Blueshawk to be more like the Gibson Lucile Junior. In addition I rotated the controls to be in a better position form playing style.
I wish either one was still in production, but it would be very Kool if Gibson added the Blueshawk to "Epiphones Designed by Gibson line".
The longer 25.5" scale neck is wonderful.
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Note that the Casino’s are true-hollow bodies not semi-hollow like a 335.
Casino’s use P90’s that have a 2 conductor cable, the center main conductor wire surrounded by a shielded ground. Also in the process of installing Lollar P90’s you will need to remove the wiring harness and pots to be able solder-in the new PU wires to the pots. As you remove the stock pickups that the P90 coil is soldered to the surface mount cover if metal, if black plastic cover they may be glued in. So you may want to get Lollar P90’s with surface mount covers. You will be fishing your harness pots and 1/4” jack out through the pickup holes using the F hole to help. Attaching g a coat hanger wire to the jack to help feed it back in when you reinstall.
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11 hours ago, KonLigo said:
As far as strings are concerned, i also bought from the store Elixir Optiwebs with 9/46 gauges instead of the Elixir Nanowebs with 10/46 I have now
Do you think it will sound "better"?
How will the tone change?
Non-coated strings tend to sound richer in general. I use 10-46 Ernie Ball’s on my electrics, but I use 10-46 Elixir Nano’s on my acoustics that I don’t play as often so they sit longer. One of my acoustics has had the same set of Nano’s for over 2 years and shows no sign of oxidation or corrosion. My electrics with Ernie Ball string wear out considerably faster, I have several guitars with them which I rotate. Currently each guitars string set gets replaced at least every couple of months, if I play one guitar everyday for about a week the stings are toast and I replace them. If am gigging every gig gets a new set of strings.
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I grew up mostly in southern Cal, at 5 someone gave a me Mousekateer guitar with crank on it. Banged on the family piano when ever they let me touch it. Started drums in grade school. At 8 I built a crystal radio that I started listening to it all night. Then at 12 I got a Christmas guitar, not too much later I had to get my first electric. In 64 at 14 my first bass and played my first paying gig for a Frat party. Shortly later I bought my first USA built guitar, an Epiphone.
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Coated strings last a vey long time without corroding but the coating affect the tone, kind of like dirty strings loose their tonal quality. Un-coated strings tend to sound much richer, like Earnie Ball or DD.
DC Pro’s have a 24 fret neck that is the same scale length as most Epiphones of usually 24.75”. On Epiphones with slim taper necks if you remove all of the strings at once the neck will rebound, with Epiphones it may be safer to replace one string at a time to help keep constant pressure on the neck so it can stabilize. Also note that 24 fret necks tend be a little more challenging to adjust correctly than the majority of Epiphones standard 22 fret necks.
Anytime you do anything that effects the neck it may take a few days for it to stabilize.
Elixir’s may put a little bit more tension on the neck than other types of strings of the same gage.
Best thing to do is to take it to a pro to have it setup correctly.
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I worked in visual media as an artist until I discovered I had a knack for computer graphics that my peers were resisting, but needed to adapt to. I setup a bullpen of graphic work stations and got everyone to talk and share information. Eventually I started sliding into the IT side of keeping our Mac’s happy and built a network for printing and eventually full network services. I did miss developing art and left the corporate world, but I found doing publishing support, privately, to have more freedom. When I ended up in Hawaii I found that the only way to get internet was by using long distance wireless radios. Anyway I retired in 16 and haven’t looked back.
I did find in the corporate world that promotions and raises were mostly based on how well you got along with your co-workers, innovation and performance came second..
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I have seen a few fakes of a few upper end Epiphone Signature models that originally sold for about a grand or more.
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Mine has cream plastic with cream binding and a clear pickguard.
Also added a Les Trem II a roller bridge and Mean 90’s.
My Stage Right 15 Watt Tube Amp Udate
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I have noticed that my SR15 has a "maximum dB", which surprised me for instance if I put my Gain on 10 then gradually increase the Volume the dB increases until I reach about 7 on the volume then flattens out, by contrast, if I set the Gain at 1.5 the amp will reach the same maximum dB as I approach 10 on the Volume.
The point being is the maximum dB the amp will produce is about the same, whether you are going for clean or driven.. Anyway the SR15 puts out quite a bit of sound in its stock configuration.