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Hi Folks, After beating my head against the wall trying to fix a known migration bug effecting attachments in IPS for more than 20 hours. I decided to cut my losses, purchased, installed Xenforo and migrated all of our current data to it. It took a while but its been a SUCCESS and attachments work in the new forum! I'm in the process of validating the content and configuration with the help of Chris Matthes and Kiz. Once that is complete, I will open it up to everyone in parallel to the current board for further testing. Once we confirm its all good hopefully a few days. I will reimport the data from the current forum and swtich us over to the new one. All your ids and log in information and groups (supporter) should work in the new forum. Thanks all for the patience. Its been a journey but I can see the end in sight!

The first song I ever played and sang in my first band was Get Ready by April Wine. There are at least thirty really good songs on the albums I bought. Myles was one of my favorite singers and he was a sneaky good guitar player. Don't make me make a list...

Harder Faster was in constant rotation on my 8 Track player back in the day. I Like To Rock is a fun tune.

they've been showing up in my youtube feed too, it must be their turn. The arrangement of I Like To Rock is really impressive. it's nice to see them getting some attention, I admit that I was mostly unaware back in the day. I actually sent the youtube link for I LIke To Rock to my 18yr old daughter, she thought it was cool.

I still dig April Wine. Check out this take on King Crimson- And then there's the 3 way jam in Roller that is as tasty as it gets, in my humble opinion.

I long back to the days of the $500 Sunbursts! My first was $300 in 1982. Sold it, then bought it back for $1000 years later. Long as they keep up with inflation!🤔

Ask Murkat. He did something to the one in my '05 Junior - not sure what - that made it come alive. It went from flat Duncan-meh to incredible '50s-ish goodness. Thanks again, Jay!

lets not forget Carondolet!! arniez

Choices galore exist. I’d go with Gravelin, Rumpelstiltskin, or Gibson Custom Shop models if it were me. All were outstanding. A sleeper is the uber-cheap low-wind Gotoh P90 found in the Peavey Firenza guitars. Easily found and they sound incredible clean but bring the snarl still. Lollar 90s are also highly regarded but I have never personally tried them.

One of my favourite bands

Loved April Wine! Loved a lot of albums and songs, from Roller which was a real rocker, to I like to Rock... always loved the end where they played the Satisfaction riff, in a round with Daytripper and other parts of the song on the fade out (if memory serves me correctly!). I even liked them all the way to The Nature of the Beast album with their biggest success on the charts. I thought it was interesting to have Phil X playing with Rik and Triumph, another band I liked, but it made more sense to me when I found out just yesterday that Phil took Riks place in Triumph around 1992-93.

I am a big fan of home recording. Here's some thoughts on my obsession. (Yes, I am obsessed, and probably need to seek help) I dig hard rocking tube amps. Nothing like a pants flappin' 4x12 loud Bogner or Marshall or Boogie. Really the only place you can do that these days is at home - haha. Smaller clubs hate you. That's probably why smaller, lunchbox 18watt amps are so popular. If you don't own something like a Friedman Runt - 18 watt type amp, yeah, they get plenty loud, more than enough to play with a drummer. (I'm talking classic rock, not metal of course). I still have a few tube amps because, there just something to that feeling we all love. Now, one of my things is home recording. I have bought and sold a lot of desktop/rack gear to try to capture great recording guitar tones. It's been quite a ride. My quest is to get both the best amp tone AND feel without an amp. I've been searching for best of the best amp sims you can get. I've owned a lot of the usual suspects, like AxeFx, Kemper and Synergy. I've owned a ton of older preamp/amp sim devices from way back. Digitech, Art Powerplant, Rocktron, Sansamp etc. And, a bunch of the latest, like Walrus, Quilter, DSM Simplifier and Dumble pedals. Universal Audio Lion/Ruby, ToneX (Another fav, some awesome Joe Satch captures), Strymon Iridium etc. I also did get a Neural Quad Cortex that is pretty amazing. Might be my favorite new guitar pedal. If I were gigging again, I think I would use the Quad Cortex, it’s that good. The captures they have are... outstanding. I've also tried some new Software sims like the ToneX desktop and Neural Archetype: John Mayer. Also, I have tried some nice Attenuator/direct boxes like the Universal Audio OX, TwoNotes Torpedo, Boss Waza Tube Expander, Palmer, RedSeven EVO and just got the new BadCat PurePath. OK, the Purepath is pretty freakin' good and really does an amazing job of capturing an amp, attenuating it (on or off, no middle) and outputting one of the best cab sims ever. Total Voodoo here, It was stunning. No frills, but the exact same tone coming out of the amp. I just got it and it's sweet. It was named the best product at this year's NAMM for good reason. All these boxes have their uses and can fit certain music better than others. I can understand why a lot of big name bands use AxeFx's on stage these days, that says a lot about the quality of their tone. I also understand reliability and setup ease does come into play. Quick Side Note. I was totally blown-away after watching the George Thorogood 'Rig Rundown' on Premier. No live amps, just a pedalboard into two, cheapo, Electro Harmonix '22 Caliper (22 watt) stompbox-size power amp pedals into two 2x12s. I've seen him a few times and damn, he sounded great. Whatever works, works! Back to my little rant. We all have a tone in our heads that we've heard over the years on great recordings or live. Or, have owned old vintage amps and remember how cool they were. I had a Marshall Plexi and a real '57 Gibson Goldtop in High school (All that stuff was just, old 'used' gear back in the 70s). Now, when recording, I get pretty critical as I listen on high-quality monitors (Dynaudio BM15/Sub18) in my home studio. An important thing besides tone, is feel. Does it feel like a cranked amp when playing? Most of the amp sims seem to lack a bit in this area. I big part of that is how the guitar resonates with a loud amp. It's almost like a drug when that the guitar is on the edge of feeding back, it almost plays itself. I am a big Synergy fan. All-analog, no modeling. I have a bunch of tube amp modules that sound great. Their system does have a Sag control that gets a bit of that feel back. I recorded my last album almost entirely with the Synergy modules. My latest new toy is the Tone King Royalist pedal. Tone King has just been killing it with cool amps and now pedals. They have the Imperial pedal which is a Fender Blackface/Marshall combo 3 tube pedal with a 0-watt power amp simulator inside. And now the Royalist which is a two-channel, all British pedal with different flavors of Marshall and the 0-watt and a bunch of cab IRs. OK, I love it. I mean really love it. It has tone that is strikingly real, more so than most of the other gear. And, it feels great. I close my eyes and I am playing a Marshall. So good (It only does classic Marshall to slightly hot-rodded tone, not metal level gain stuff) It also takes pedals well if you want to boost it even more. Check out the review below and hear how good it is. I hope you can check it out, you'll love it too.

This (a Line 6 Sonic Port VX), some cables and an iPad. Even after 12 or more years a great device. Line 6 stopped the free Mobile Pod software, which is a shame, but the free sounds are more than sufficient for practicing in the hotel…

Even I have a difficult time articulating/describing the genesis of this p'up despite chatting with Josh every so often. You're correct that Eddie used numerous p'ups and it was challenging to pin down the exact one he then may have modded or had modded. But I believe this closer to the '78 ( or a Custom Custom) than anything more current.

It would also narrow down your choices by telling us what sound/music style you're after

Gorgeous!

Received a notification from Reverb this morning the original guitar is down to $999. If this is a flip, is this the point where the seller begins to get nervous?

SOLD!!!

No, it's a way to keep people from using your strap...

I recently put a set of fresh shlabotniks in a 95 studio custom. Fantastic pickups. https://imgur.com/a/6Cy3WK1

Aztec gold would have been my choice for refin. That one must have had one of the last big logos applied to it which is cool. My mid 90s Centaura has the little one. Schaller FR checks out - I think the Hamer logo’d ones had dried up by then. Edited as I was unsporting in my comments - I try hard not to be a twat - but failed on this occasion!

As a major recording songwriter and guitarist, Ernie’s post and recommendations resonate with me. Yet, like @veatch, I find there is no substitute for (most of the time) a tube amp to a quality mic and preamp/compressor. Just like the old days. That said if I am adding a small part, a DI guitar or a Tech21 Sansamp can get me more than acceptable results quick. But even those go into a quality studio preamp and compressor. If it sounds good it is good.

Thanks for that, Ernie. Lots of good info there. I too have tried many "devices." Most notably are the old Line 6 "crap" and old Guitar Rig "crap." I have a Pod HD rackmount that all I use it for is the volume knob when I watch movies or Youtube videos. Along came a few Laney Studio amps. A Lionhart Studio 5 and an Ironheart Studio 15. Both have XLR out and reamping features I like. I do own a few Archetypes myself but I just like twisting knobs. I can't get used to sliding a mouse up or down on the simulation knobs. I tried to go all digital with those and failed. Went back to amps and 12", air moving speakers. But, my Tone King Imperial Tri Tubey dooby I got about the same time as you is the pimp. And, when I plug it into my Cali Tweed at the right settings sounds exactly like my Cali Tweed. I can switch between them with the Bypass switch and they are really close. But of course, I can change it up so neither sounds the same. That is on the Rhythm Channel of course. And then there is the Lead Channel so I have 3 channels out of the one channel Cali. Plus the Cali has the power selector which is amazing. And one thing important to me is I can control all that sitting at my desk. And, once I have it dialed in I can switch over to record it with the IRs or some others I own and come pretty close to how it sounds in the room. I haven't tried the Royalist yet. Don't know if I will. I just have so much stuff and I'm really enjoying this amp @Dutchman built. I have never heard Fuzz sound so good. I was literally Jimi for about 20 minutes when I first fired the thing up. That's one pedal I could never get to sound right no matter what amp I used it in until my Dutchman. I did buy a QC for my son a few months ago as a graduation gift. I will be up in MA next week for a visit to see his progress with it. He's into the whole Tosin style of music I really don't understand but it will be the first time I see one in person. I imagine even though the tones are better than my Line 6 I won't like dealing with a LCD screen any more than on the Line 6. Great review and info Ernie!!

I really liked April Wine Just between you and me, She's a roller, I like to rock... quite a few songs actually

You guys probably know how this works better than I do, but if shipping from EU include a customs declaration or something stating that this is a USA-made instrument returning (or being re-patriated as mentioned earlier LOL). May help to avoid 15% US customs duty. Edit: I think the duty is 15% but it is hard to keep track.

I think Syl would have laughed out loud if he had seen that poster. 😆

Was a huge hit in German rock discos. Great groove, I think never a 7 inch or video

Also, NOHTHATYR.... No one has to hear any thing that you record

I've been amazed at how quickly anything he puts up for sale is gone, seemingly regardless of price. Good for him.

Sold around noon CST (or CDST, whatever we're in right now).

Josh is a freaking pickup genius in addition to being a genuinely great guy- knows so much about pickup building- nuances that blow my mind. Screws vs. hex vs. slugs, rough cast vs. polished, pole piece length, square vs rounded whatchamajig 😆, and of course, alnico vs ceramic. We were chatting recently about p'ups and he got a brainstorm in the midst of talking about modding pickups. Decided he was going to experiment with a certain shaped something or other and a certain type of screw pole piece and I should test it out. Just like that.

Wanna Rock Wanna Rock Wanna Rock (guitar solo)

Can't go wrong with Gravelin. I would start with Josh. Lollar and Fralin also make great P90s.

oh that's nice... Unfortunately, it's only the SECOND best Judas Priest concert video

Atomic can take up to 30 days to post something in their inventory. They’re MASSIVE!

It’s just the Dark Metallic Gray finish (Gunmetal) that has a yellowed clearcoat. It looks green over time, but isn’t. I’ve had a Phantom in that color before, and the color under the pick guard was the original gunmetal finish.

That price is the deal of the year for a 1978 Crowned and Bound Sunburst. Damn!!

Uncanny resemblance.

Great review! The proof is in your recordings, thanks for posting.

The guitar played great and sounded great, although I had a slight learning curve with the boomerangs lol. Correct fret position and all hahaha. It’s scratches on the electronics cover that might have appeared to be plastic.

@Hamer Dave @Montelovesco we're talking 😉

Nice job! Just one little cosmetic thing: When looking at my browsers tab, it is still showing the "W" for wordpress (as favicon). If you find the time, you may want to change it (>setting/>general). PNG is preferred here; I build one just in case. Thanks again and sorry for being a smart ass...

Someone really likes Blitzes...

I'm sorry to hear this sad news. Johnny's posts were always entertaining, and his advice sound. I have speakers he recommended, and have missed reading his posts for several years. He was a good part of the HFC. Someone has to say it in Johnny's memory: Ringo was a great drummer.

Thanks for this. I miss Sylvain. He was a good buddy. I used to work on his guitars..

Turns out they still have them! Who would of thought! EMG IS AWESOME!!