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  2. Call me pedantic (although I prefer Harry in all honesty), but how does one get a jumbo mini? Surely they're two contrasting terms lol? Damn guitar makers and their silly names...
  3. Originally posted by WojBhoy:Call me pedantic (although I prefer Harry in all honesty), but how does one get a jumbo mini? Surely they're two contrasting terms lol? Damn guitar makers and their silly names...


    Hello Pedantic Harry. Oddly enough, a few company's to make a 15/16 size jumbo and call it a Jr. or Mini.

    The Gibson Emmylou Harris model is a Mini Jumbo.

    Jumbo shape, style and adornments of the Gibson J200 and SJ200 but a bit smaller in body.

    J=Jumbo / SJ=SUPER Jumbo.

    So like your soda at your local fast food, you can get them in small, medium and super size.

    You think GUITAR MAKERS have silly names, what about EFFECTS makers?

    Danelectro: "Cool Cat Chorus", Pastrami Overdrive, Corned Beef Reverb, Pepperoni Phaser, Chicken Salad Vibrato, Chili Dog Octave Fuzz... Basically their lineup reads like ingredients at a Deli!

    Lovetone: Equally guilty! Big Cheese Distortion, Doppelganger Phaser/Vibrato, Brown Source Overdrive, Meat Ball Envelope Filter, after having an online competition to name the flanger they developed - they settle on "?" (aka Flange With No Name)!

    And when your company is called Way Huge, it's almost expected that you'd have a pedal with the suggest name of "Swollen Pickle", "Camel Toe" (Triple Overdrive [basically it's the Camel Toe is a Green Rhino and a Red Llama in 1 pedal), "Aqua Puss" (analog delay), the less racy... "Red Llama" (Overdrive), "Blue Hippo" (Analog Chorus), "Purple Platypus Octi-Drive (Octave Overdrive) and lest I forget... the Saffron Squeeze (Compressor) Oh... and lest I forget the "Creamy Dreamer" by [b]Sustain Punch[/b].
  4. lol

    Yesterday I finished my new strat. I had to use a few parts from my old one, so my next project will be to reassemble and finish that.

    Here are the specs: Squier Deluxe Satin Trans basswood body (transparent white blonde "Mary Kaye" coloured) and 2- point trem, Squier Deluxe maple neck and tuners, vintage mint 3-ply pickguard and aged white plastic parts. The guitar turned out to look paler than expected, and I've not yet decided if I really like it that way or maybe change the pickguard or pickup covers. I installed a set of Fender Robert Cray single coils which are almost identical to Texas Specials. The middle tone control has a push- pull switch which puts the middle pickup in series with either neck or bridge. I also spent some time on shielding the pickguard and body cavities with aluminium foil and spray glue. To further reduce hum I installed "star" grounding. Shielding instructions and wiring diagrams were taken from the web.

    And here's the player's impression: The unplugged sound is louder than I expected (D'Addario nickel 10-46). When plugged it's a little more mid- pronounced than your typical strat due to the basswood body and the slightly overwound Cray pickups. The bridge pickup is non- staggered and therefore set a little closer to the strings, so it's really biting compared to the others, maybe I'll end up rewiring the middle tone control to bridge. The serial- humbucker sounds are a little high- erasing and noticeably volume- boosting but still very usable - although more muddy and quacky than your average PAF. For obvious reasons (bolt- on neck, floating trem with lightweight block) there's not a lot of sustain, especially in clean mode. But it's a strat, what did I expect? The shielding doesn't completely shut off any single coil hum, but it definitely helps a lot, especially at higher gain levels. I've already shielded my other strat body and pickguard. I'll also add a serial- parallel switch to that one when I reassemble it; I think I like that feature.

    I paid approx. 250 Euro for everything excluding pickups. A stock Squier Deluxe with "Duncan Designed" pickups costs about 300 Euro here. So there's not much money to be saved by self- assembling. But it's fun, and the transparent white blonde body with maple neck looks like a dream combo to me.

    Alex
  5. SO IS SANTA CLAUS DROPPING BY WITH GEAR THIS YEAR?

    What is on your wish list this Christmas in the way of guitar gear, bass gear, drums... A Hohner Blues Harp, like the one's that Bono uses... whatever it might be.... What's are ya askin' for?

    For me? A Death By Audio Supersonic Fuzz Gun. Sounds like loads of fun to me! Although I am more than open to receiving a new guitar... SG, Gretsch Country Gentleman... so if you are takin' notes Santa... hook a brother up!


  8. New neck? What do you mean?

    The burgundy mist Jazz has a rosewood neck in the AdamBass and Adamandfans videos and in the Guardian picture from Olympic Studios.

    Looks to be a 60's and most 60's have the rosewood neck. Although Adam has changed many of his to the maple dot or maple block marker necks for live use.
  9. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:SO IS SANTA CLAUS DROPPING BY WITH GEAR THIS YEAR?

    What is on your wish list this Christmas in the way of guitar gear, bass gear, drums... A Hohner Blues Harp, like the one's that Bono uses... whatever it might be.... What's are ya askin' for?

    For me? A Death By Audio Supersonic Fuzz Gun. Sounds like loads of fun to me! Although I am more than open to receiving a new guitar... SG, Gretsch Country Gentleman... so if you are takin' notes Santa... hook a brother up!

    For me... a few missing parts to reassemble my blue strat.

    I have a Boss HR-2 Harmonist and a RC-2 Loop Station on my wish list, but after my recent strat project I guess I'll have to wait for another occasion. These babies aren't bargain.

    Alex
  10. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:SO IS SANTA CLAUS DROPPING BY WITH GEAR THIS YEAR?

    What is on your wish list this Christmas in the way of guitar gear, bass gear, drums... A Hohner Blues Harp, like the one's that Bono uses... whatever it might be.... What's are ya askin' for?

    Nothing's changed, I'm still in the market for an Epiphone Explorer but I don't think I'll be getting it next week...
  11. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:[..]

    New neck? What do you mean?

    The burgundy mist Jazz has a rosewood neck in the AdamBass and Adamandfans videos and in the Guardian picture from Olympic Studios.

    Looks to be a 60's and most 60's have the rosewood neck. Although Adam has changed many of his to the maple dot or maple block marker necks for live use.


    I thought it was one of the old ones.


  12. As for the burgundy mist Fender Jazz bass... Old yes but apparently fairly new to Adam.

    Adam's sherwood green (1964) and shoreline gold (1965) Jazz Bass' originally had rosewood necks.

    He changed them to maple as he like the feel better and the block markers are easier to see on stage. (Read the following article for a bit more on that and Adam's Vertigo tour gear - http://u2-stage-and-studio.com/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://www.u2-stage-and-studio.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bass_player-january_2006-adam_clayton-beautiful_gear_sidebar.jpg&target=tlx_new&title=* click photo for larger view
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