Desmosedici Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 The Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess came stock with strap locks. I retrofitted some to my other LP, L6S and Explorer guitars. No adverse effects so far. Perhaps I should add that I play them all using suede straps. ....Blue suede straps though, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 The Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess came stock with strap locks. I retrofitted some to my other LP, L6S and Explorer guitars. No adverse effects so far. Perhaps I should add that I play them all using suede straps. I believe strap locks de-couple the strap from the guitar...for sound vibrations, of corse. But for vibrations coming from me, a filter provides the best protection. Not just for the guitar, but the rest of the band as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 ....Blue suede straps though, right? Some of these: I believe strap locks de-couple the strap from the guitar...for sound vibrations, of corse. But for vibrations coming from me, a filter provides the best protection. Not just for the guitar, but the rest of the band as well. Same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 As a side note, Chuck gets bonus points for duct taping the chord to his guitar. Side note on this..........it's probably all that is holding it together...... I was crewing at a festival in the 80's that chuck was playing at. When they set up his gear, the cord was a frayed mess......and it was some special split type cord for the way he ran the guitar/amps. When the stage manager commented on how it looked like it would fail, he was told "That's Chuck's cord....leave it alone" Being a good tech, he ran a meter over it to figure out how it was wired and made a duplicate..........and of course Chuck's failed and the replacement saved the day.......lol. NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmosedici Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 "...and had to beat them to death with their own shoes; the Tiger, on the other hand, was a completely different matter" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I can't recall seeing a 355 with a trapeze tail piece before - do you think the Lyre tail piece was adversely impacting Mr. Berry's TONE when it was used with the special frayed cord, duct tape, the 7ender strap and the stage costume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I just looked at Gibson's site and there's a couple of disturbing developments: Historic TONE and TONE capacitors. I'd better take the dog for a walk and mull this over for a bit. There's evidently more to this whole TONE thing then one would think. Knobs, pointers, straps, putting your pants on backwards, duct tape, so many variables... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. C.O. Jones Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I just looked at Gibson's site and there's a couple of disturbing developments: Historic TONE and TONE capacitors. I'd better take the dog for a walk and mull this over for a bit. There's evidently more to this whole TONE thing then one would think. Knobs, pointers, straps, putting your pants on backwards, duct tape, so many variables... Does this mean that the true TONE capacitor's will be really, really for real and true PIO cap's? With molecular/chemical tested tone-oil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 The PIO thing indeed depends on the oil's chemistry in high voltage applications. Oils may have varying conductivities which can cause serious trouble there, but not in guitars. Losses due to conductive oil can be neglected in guitar tone control circuits. Anyway, changes of capacitance over time affect any capacitor's performance in any application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skilsaw Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Is it true that Gibson "relics" guitars by polishing them with the unwashed laundry of Rock Stars? It has that certain authenticity that no chemical lab can duplicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 It looks like we've just solved the Mystery of Mama Cass' Missing Unmentionables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. C.O. Jones Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 The PIO thing indeed depends on the oil's chemistry in high voltage applications. Oils may have varying conductivities which can cause serious trouble there, but not in guitars. Losses due to conductive oil can be neglected in guitar tone control circuits. Anyway, changes of capacitance over time affect any capacitor's performance in any application. Of course, all this makes perfect sense. I only posted that joking about their historic bumblebees with Wesco polypropylene cap's inside. Sometimes the internet saves you money. Almost ordered some a while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Ah but have you ever oiled or polished your leather guitar strap for mellower or brighter tone? B) B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eracer_Team Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I personally hate when the strap "rides up" .. so uncomfortable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I personally hate when the strap "rides up" .. so uncomfortable Never had to deal with that before, but with sliding down on the upper knob's side due to neck-heaviness. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvercrow Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I'm not sure but I think his pants might be on backwards. No doubt... I 've been looking for a link to a video of Mr. Berry with Keith Richards, recording together. In the video Mr. Richards feels Mr. Berry's TONE is...shite...and tells him so, WHILE attempting to adjust Mr. Berry's amp settings. What ensues was IMO hysterical- and an example of the restraint Mr. Richards can have when wont to. I'll see if I can find it... Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jshort Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I'm guessing this thread was started in jest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 It began innocently enough: http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/124025-in-praise-of-the-lp-studio/ and then rct threw in the monkey wrench about the vintage plastic reproduction and it kind of snowballed from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkesman Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Because of this thread I stopped using my 7ender strap with my explorer because I realised it was giving me the 'single coil' effect. Switched to my Gibson strap and all is 'humbuckin' good now. Thanks to all. The wisdom of the Forum never ceases to amaze me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMichaelG Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 ...and titanium pickguard screws help with resonance... No, really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 They experimented with titanium saddles last year but you'll note that on at least one model they've wised up and gone with genuine nylon saddles. Plastic is king when it comes to TONE! Plus it's recyclable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I'm guessing this thread was started in jest. It began innocently enough.....and then rct threw in the monkey wrench about the vintage plastic reproduction and it kind of snowballed from there. In case you're wondering what rct was on about, this is from the spec page of the 2015 Historic LPs; "True Historic Plastics: Molecular level analysis delivers authentic vintage design..." Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 But, are we talking "smooth leather" or "brushed leather?!" Sound waves=tone, will be effected differently, by each, as well as how the extensions (if there is any) are looped, and how wide they are! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 In case you're wondering what rct was on about, this is from the spec page of the 2015 Historic LPs; "True Historic Plastics: Molecular level analysis delivers authentic vintage design..." Pip. Would be interesting though what that means for manufacturing and durability. Plastics typically age through loss of plasticisers and thus embrittle over the years. Do they use less plasticiser to achieve increased brittleness from the start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I ain't buying this whole plastics line, I mean how the hell can you expect to achieve Paul Kossoff's tone if you put a pick guard on your Les Paul. Come on now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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