shredmeister

Yeah tolerances is the whole thing. On paper new guitars are better than old. However, why do 2 guitars made the same out of the same materials and construction sound difference? How come there are some special guitars out there? Not even the luthiers can tell you. Does not have anything to due with age I think. Personally I go for new guitars but I don't discount the vintage ones. Sometimes when the wood is old and pups are old they sound great.

Here they are: in no particular order because I can't remember the absolute first: Hendrix - anything Sabbath Rick Derringer - Rock N Roll Hootchie Coo Frank Marino - Johnny B. Goode Toto - Hold the Line (solo) Kansas - Rainbow - Man on the Silver Mountain

http://www.mlsteiner.ca/video/ This is a kick a** link.

On some of the prior posts... Y & T are playing Les Pauls these days. Saw them this summer. Ibanez guitars feel like toys to me compared to say a Hamer Cali or Jackson. The old ones typically get a lot of cracks between the body and neck - the neck joints are really thin on them. This detracts from their tone and sustain. I had a JEM and it was a piece of junk compared to any one of my Jacksons. ESPs make some good guitars. I have never owned one but from what I hear the best ones they have are the George Lynch models. Me - I prefer American made with the exception of Vigier (French shred guitars - Shawn Lane played one. ) If I were getting an American made I would go either Jackson or Robin Medley. Best tone and playability of anything made today when it comes to a 24 fret Floyd Rose shred machine. Oh yeah, they look cool also.

True the way you play is in your fingers. And so is tone. TO A REASONABLE EXTENT. You can't do an AM arp at the 24th fret if you don't have a guitar that has 24 frets. Some guitars get crappy harmonics. Some techniques require a whammy bar. Some players play better with jumbo frets. And some guitars lend themselves better to shred techniques because of their construction and materials. The guitar does make a reasonable difference. Yngwie modified the strat - put on a locking brass nut, scalloped fretboard, large headstock etc... Because construction makes a difference in playability and tone and it matters when it comes down to doing complicated shred techniques. The shred market is and will always be limited. Guitar players can appreciate it but I don't think and audience in general can tell the difference between a good player and a hack in most cases. The money these days is in the vintage (and collectable) market. Thats why you see most companies having 22 fret guitars and building Fender and Gibson style products. Baby boomers are the ones with the bucks so if you want to stay in business you have to build what the market wants. There are also a lot of companies that Hamer would have to compete with that have already penetrated the market considerably - and have all kinds of artists to their credit that have been mentioned here. Hamer has a nice thing going with the vintage line. I don't see why they couldn't fit in USA Cali again though. But maybe from a stand point of having to draw the plans, buy the machinery or change production gears it may not make sense for the return on the investment.

Ted do you have any more videos ???

Keep 'em coming. I enjoyed listening to all the different music - it was all good. Man I could have partied on like that for days!!! What a blast. More pics please...

Someone always has to get me with a ridiculous look on my face! Hey Chris your system rocked! Really sounded good and cut through the mix. What kind of amp and speakers are you running ? - I can't remember what they were.

I knew I should have brought a camera. I would have them posted already. There were at least 2 or 3 people with cameras there taking a ton of pictures. So..................................................................................................... Where............................................................................................. Are.............................................................................................. They.........................................................................................???

Man you guys get up too early (or stay up too late)! Have a head ache this morning but had to check things out here. Wow that was fun. Playing with everyone was great. But what was really cool was meeting all the various people. One of the nicest groups of people you'll ever meet. And all those guitars!! Now that was a party!

For those of you who might be looking for some of the highest quality pick ups check out WCR. They have a website. They also make a private line of pickups called Shredders for RS Guitarworks. And if you have not yet checked out RS Guitarworks it is a very cool site. They do a lot of great upgrades of pots and electronics.