Disturber

I bought 19 Motörhead CD's, including one double, for just over 100 $. Now I'm Mötörized.

No artists like this around today. Pure talent. Pure freedom. Pure musicality.

The problem with the Super Pro is that it is missing the center block. It's totally hollow under the bridge pickup. Low output pickups, (to my ears - and it drove me nuts), makes it sound like a big acoustic guitar with a humbucker innit. It sounded fine when played at moderate levels. I've tried many bridge pickups in my Super Pro. Never satisfied with the tone when the guitar was loud. But since I stuck a 1970's JB in there I am satisfied. And an old Duncan Custom in the neck. I had the Duncan/Fender EVH humbucker in the bridge for a while. It is similar to the original Custom Custom, but with an Eddie twist. It also sounded good, but not as good as the JB with the A5 mag, which makes it tighter. I had a 10K Slammer in there and the 17K Slammer as well. 10K sounded acoustic, the 17K worked. But not as good as the old JB. I find that hot pickups works best with the Super Pro construction. Hamer put hot pickups in there for a reason. They absolutely knew their shit when they constructed these guitars and choose the pickups for it. If I want to rock out I usually have the volume on 8-9 on the bridge, and most often at 10 on the neck volume. I bring the bridge volume down even more for a more Paf-like Gibson LP type of tone. Works like a charm. The openess of the body needs a hot tight pickup to balance it out. The only guitar I have that I think benefits from a compressor pedal is also the Super Pro, to dial out that nasty feel of an acoustic guitar. Just a tad of compression, but the guitar likes it for a good hard rock tone. Not necessary, but it brings in some extra mojo and focuses the tone. Especially the low E-string can ring like on an acoustic guitar, very hard to dial out. When I play the Super Pro through a Deluxe Reverb, or similar, with a clean tone or slightly over driven, I just roll the volume down to perhaps 5-6. Then I get the output of a weaker paf. But It still does not sound so damn acoustic, like it did when I've had weak pickups innit. It just sounds way better with the old JB and the volume down to half than with a 7,5-8k paf style humbucker. The only paf-style humbucker that I thought sounded good in the SP was an old busted up Gibson Burstbucker in the bridge, and it was the best Keef sounding guitar I've heard. (I should have kept that humbucker in a drawer, damn fool to sell it, so dirty sounding). But as soon as I plugged the guitar into my Marshall and turned up the volume I sounded like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. So hot pickups is where it's at for the Super Pro, take my word for it. edit: I also adjust the pickups much farther from the strings than I would on a solid body. Use your ears. They should sound and react more like paf's, even if they are hot. That is when you hit the sweet spot. Btw, I also put a small piece of cloth - like the size of a small sock - inside the guitar at the top side of the block that is under the bridge. It dampens the guitar just a tad. I tried different sizes and one, or more pieces in different places in the guitar to dampen. To much kills the tone so I just have a very small cloth in there to keep the air from moving all around the bridge. You might like it, you might not. But I can be worth a try. It's a cheap way to mess with the tone of the SP.

I lost interest when Richie Blackmore left. It's like a Led Zeppelin without Page, just not possible.

Is that a Lemmy Murder 1 Marshall head I spot behind him? If that is his rig then he is King in my book, I don't even have to hear him play. 😆

I went from 0,10's to 0,095-44's some years ago. They kinda sound like tens, but feel more like nines. I like this gauge a lot.

Well I found the whole thing confusing. Why is he talking about two totally different type of humbuckers, not comparing them. I felt the synopsis was pretty badly put together. And that it felt pretty much like many AI videos that pop up in my feeds. Just my 2 cents. I am glad you guys liked it.

And that is what the video forgot to tell us. So to me it seemed like he compared them. Even if he did not.

Some of the coolest guitars Hamer ever made. Worth every penny. Talk about catchi g the New Wave era in a single stroke. Genious. And just as much work of art as they are guitars. Does anyone remember the name of the lady who painted these?

Comparing the JB with the Super Distortion is dumb. They have nothing in common and not even close to sounding the same. Comparing two hot A5 humbuckers and two hot ceramics would have made more sense. The video felt kinda like a click bait. Nothing new.

I have that DVD somewhere 😆Wish I'd studied it more.

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

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

It looks like he has a dead chicken hanging from the headstock. And he must be the worst singer in Rock N Roll history. Jeesch, talk about butchering All Along the Watchtower.

Sad to hear of his passing. He was a great contributor here and he shared a lot of his knowledge. RIP.