Jakeboy

I got the same email. My hatred for AI in the arts grows daily.

He cannot play his Smoke solo anymore….as a huge DP fan of the Ritchie era, this saddens me. Ian Gillian din’t sound good either and he got lost in the song at one point. Glad they buried the hatchet on a personal level, but the performance was hard to watch. I’ll listen to Made in Japan or Perfect Strangers tonight..,and all will be well.

Yup early Skynyrd was plexis and Ed would use a Twin to carve out different sonic space from Allen & Gary with his Strat. Live they were hardcore Peavey guys. Gary honestly loved them.

I like the namesake song for the pickups!

The cable is fine. Super deal on super strings.

So did you keep it or send it back? I am a little confused and I promise I haven’t been drinking today..,though there is still time!

Bought 6 sets and 2 cables for 40 bucks. I love these strings and this is a great deal.

Where’d I park again???

The 200# is amazing.

All nice guitars!

I believe it may have been a custom order cause the wiring looks original. The first I noticed sonically was that the pickups were unpotted and beautifully bright. Sure enough, Seth’s.

A Tally Pro was your FIRST Hamer? That is setting the bar quite high! Enjoy the SS!

My recently-acquired Monaco Monaco has SD Seth Lovers which are a low wind and they sound fab in this guitar. I usually change out stock pickups, but not this time. The guitar is bright, articulate, and very sweet sounding. I say go for it. I think the spruce top benefits from a lower output pickup. My Newport did as well.

This was the first thing I thought of when I heard he passed…

The OD11 is close to being as good as my Timmy V3 …albeit being a bit less versatile. I still have several LPs and only ever had to send one back with problems…but others have not been as fortunate. The dude has a great ear, though.

Now the Joker Boost is entirely different. It is on one side of the 200# of Gold. I missed that slightly hairy boost so much I bought a 200# of Gold again just for the boost. It just adds this tiny bit of hair to the tone that I really dig.

I have a Burst Tchula that I’ll sell. I *believe* it is the same build as the Ace, just in a burst enclosure. AFAIK, Sean only built 3 Tchula circuits..,the original (think Ace), the Black Mamba (grittier with ge diodes), and the fuzz face like Mississippi Tchula. My burst sounds nothing like the Black Mamba or the Mississippi so I believe it is similar to the brighter Ace. PM me if interested. 😎🎸✌️

That is my fave spec Tele bridge pickup….butI already have a couple (Rumpel & a Gravelin) that are rockers in this vein.

Truth.

I want to hear both…the actual amp when practicing and playing live and when recording, I want the “recorded” sound of a mic’d cab into a console preamp and compressor. That’s what I want to hear, but Thre are no rules. It is whatever pleases you aurally. Same when I use modelers.

What will help with the analysis-paralysis is if you can find someone experienced in recording to help you with your DAW, plugin recommendations, hardware recommendations, etc. it will save both time and money and get you to making music quicker, IME.

The Shlabotniks in my Ultimate are my fave humbuckers ever. Just perfect. I have Gravelins in my CruiseBass and just ordered a special set for a custom build. And his Tele pickups? Oh my..,so very good.

RIP Johnny. What a great guy.

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.

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.