watelessness
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I’m at a weird juncture in my mythical Tone Quest where I can’t, for the life of me, come up with anything I need. And I must have matured over the winter because I’m struggling to find anything I want (i know, first world problems).
Feel free to point out what is missing from my tonal palette (aside from a set of 85/15’s). I’m just a humbucking loving, rhythm rock player who dabbles in the blues.
Thank you in advance.
Current Toolset
· McCarty Dallas Shootout – (57/08’s, MannMade Bridge) – this will be pried out of cold, dead, hand because of its resonance and versatility. It excels in that vintage vibe, that vintage grit when dirty; yet it has clean humbucking warmth and wicked tapped jangle and quack
· DGT – (slightly under-wound Grissoms) - this will be pried out of my other cold, dead, hand due to its resonance and versatility. I has such great, modern dirt without being over compressed. Clean it has huge warmth, as well as quack and jangle all day long
· 513 MT – if I had a third cold, dead, hand, it would hold this. It’s the most versatile guitar I’ve ever played, and I use it as my primary gigging guitar. It has great, modern dirt and fair grit. Clean, it goes from warm to jangle and sparkle. The hog/maple sustain really rounds out single-coil leads much more than ash and alder-bodied guitars
· HBII - (Miras, tap toggle) – The Mira pickups give this one a slutty, red-light district, mid-century grit that makes it perfect for the blues. Clean, it is warm and inviting, and surprisingly, it has really nice jangle and spark. The coil-tap toggle was a great addition for the sake of versatility. It does lack a certain depth of sustain which I attribute to it being hollow
· Wood Library Ted DC 245 – (59/09’s) – I love the short scale on this, and the resonance is fairly decent. Although it has excellent modern dirt and decent cleans, I am just not a fan of the 59/09’s (sorry, Pete and Eric). A set of 85/15’s are destined for this guitar
· Mira Korina (Miras) – it’s angry and gritty through a dirty amp, while fairly warm clean, with some decent jangle, but not a lot of quack. It only weighs 6 pounds though, and since it looks like furniture, it’s allowed to stay next to my living room TV-watching chair. I tolerate the regular carve neck because the guitar is so light
· DC22 – (59/09’s) – this is an anomaly to me. Some days I really like it but other days, not so much. It cuts through the mix well, but I am not a fan of the volume knob placement (sorry, Markie). The wide-fat neck is awesome though
· 408 Standard – to me, it’s two-trick pony: great modern humbucking dirt, and warm humbucking cleans. I don’t find the split positions very useful, but it is nice to have an all-hog guitar
· Custom 22 Rosewood – (57/08’s) – the 57/08 pickups and rosewood go together so, so well. It’s a great feeling guitar to play, but it’s dark and doesn’t cut through the mix with the way I play. It has really good gritty dirt and clean jangle, as well as decent warm cleans
· McCarty Korina - (McCarty’s) – Great dirty grit and warm cleans with good jangle and quack. Sonically it’s pretty much a redundant guitar, but I keep it in my office to play while on conference calls
· Santana – (\m/’s) – sonically, it’s a project guitar. I’m still looking for the set of pickups that make this one stand out. The \m/’s are very modern yet somewhat compressed for me. I do like the short-scale trem, the 2013 placement of the controls, and I *think* that I can adapt to the D-shaped neck carve
· SC 245 – (245’s) – sonically, it’s another project guitar. I snagged this one because of its monstrous sustain but I do not like the 245 pickups. Would like to try 85/15’s in this one for sure
Retired soldiers:
· Swamp Ash Special – was a favorite for a while, but the sustain of the 513 won out
· McSoapy/McNarrowfield/SAS Narrowfield – had them all, but I’m just not a soapbar guy
· Custom 24 – do not like regular carve necks, but I did enjoy the HFS and VB
· SC and SCT – I’m not really comfortable as singlecut player so they’re gone
· Modern Eagle/McRosie – my playing was different, which was neat, but rosewood is just not my thing. I know it’s weird
· Signature Limited – I regret selling this because it had such a killer feel to it but I rarely played it for some reason
· P22 – I’ve had two of them but couldn’t get them to do what I wanted
· Brent Mason – I really enjoyed this sonically, but the satin finish on the neck was not for me. If there was a poly or V12 version out there I would most certainly snag it
· DGT Standard – I had one and enjoyed how it was sonically distinct from the maple-capped version, but mine was 9 pounds and it was quite uncomfortable
· Custom 22 Hollowbody – great guitar but it was somewhat sonically redundant
· Killer Quilt – never bonded with it sonically
Feel free to point out what is missing from my tonal palette (aside from a set of 85/15’s). I’m just a humbucking loving, rhythm rock player who dabbles in the blues.
Thank you in advance.
Current Toolset
· McCarty Dallas Shootout – (57/08’s, MannMade Bridge) – this will be pried out of cold, dead, hand because of its resonance and versatility. It excels in that vintage vibe, that vintage grit when dirty; yet it has clean humbucking warmth and wicked tapped jangle and quack
· DGT – (slightly under-wound Grissoms) - this will be pried out of my other cold, dead, hand due to its resonance and versatility. I has such great, modern dirt without being over compressed. Clean it has huge warmth, as well as quack and jangle all day long
· 513 MT – if I had a third cold, dead, hand, it would hold this. It’s the most versatile guitar I’ve ever played, and I use it as my primary gigging guitar. It has great, modern dirt and fair grit. Clean, it goes from warm to jangle and sparkle. The hog/maple sustain really rounds out single-coil leads much more than ash and alder-bodied guitars
· HBII - (Miras, tap toggle) – The Mira pickups give this one a slutty, red-light district, mid-century grit that makes it perfect for the blues. Clean, it is warm and inviting, and surprisingly, it has really nice jangle and spark. The coil-tap toggle was a great addition for the sake of versatility. It does lack a certain depth of sustain which I attribute to it being hollow
· Wood Library Ted DC 245 – (59/09’s) – I love the short scale on this, and the resonance is fairly decent. Although it has excellent modern dirt and decent cleans, I am just not a fan of the 59/09’s (sorry, Pete and Eric). A set of 85/15’s are destined for this guitar
· Mira Korina (Miras) – it’s angry and gritty through a dirty amp, while fairly warm clean, with some decent jangle, but not a lot of quack. It only weighs 6 pounds though, and since it looks like furniture, it’s allowed to stay next to my living room TV-watching chair. I tolerate the regular carve neck because the guitar is so light
· DC22 – (59/09’s) – this is an anomaly to me. Some days I really like it but other days, not so much. It cuts through the mix well, but I am not a fan of the volume knob placement (sorry, Markie). The wide-fat neck is awesome though
· 408 Standard – to me, it’s two-trick pony: great modern humbucking dirt, and warm humbucking cleans. I don’t find the split positions very useful, but it is nice to have an all-hog guitar
· Custom 22 Rosewood – (57/08’s) – the 57/08 pickups and rosewood go together so, so well. It’s a great feeling guitar to play, but it’s dark and doesn’t cut through the mix with the way I play. It has really good gritty dirt and clean jangle, as well as decent warm cleans
· McCarty Korina - (McCarty’s) – Great dirty grit and warm cleans with good jangle and quack. Sonically it’s pretty much a redundant guitar, but I keep it in my office to play while on conference calls
· Santana – (\m/’s) – sonically, it’s a project guitar. I’m still looking for the set of pickups that make this one stand out. The \m/’s are very modern yet somewhat compressed for me. I do like the short-scale trem, the 2013 placement of the controls, and I *think* that I can adapt to the D-shaped neck carve
· SC 245 – (245’s) – sonically, it’s another project guitar. I snagged this one because of its monstrous sustain but I do not like the 245 pickups. Would like to try 85/15’s in this one for sure
Retired soldiers:
· Swamp Ash Special – was a favorite for a while, but the sustain of the 513 won out
· McSoapy/McNarrowfield/SAS Narrowfield – had them all, but I’m just not a soapbar guy
· Custom 24 – do not like regular carve necks, but I did enjoy the HFS and VB
· SC and SCT – I’m not really comfortable as singlecut player so they’re gone
· Modern Eagle/McRosie – my playing was different, which was neat, but rosewood is just not my thing. I know it’s weird
· Signature Limited – I regret selling this because it had such a killer feel to it but I rarely played it for some reason
· P22 – I’ve had two of them but couldn’t get them to do what I wanted
· Brent Mason – I really enjoyed this sonically, but the satin finish on the neck was not for me. If there was a poly or V12 version out there I would most certainly snag it
· DGT Standard – I had one and enjoyed how it was sonically distinct from the maple-capped version, but mine was 9 pounds and it was quite uncomfortable
· Custom 22 Hollowbody – great guitar but it was somewhat sonically redundant
· Killer Quilt – never bonded with it sonically
Lots of really great old ones out there for a steal and the new ones are very nice and from what I hear are selling at a brisk pace. They are priced so right and are really nice guitars.
