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Started 1 year ago by Alvin
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Alvin
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Hey, guys (and girls?)!

I remember this topic was on the old forum, but it's time to resurrect it!
So it would be great if you'd send a list of the guitar-involved equipment you are using or have used.
The purpose of this is that if any of you are searching for new ways for altering your sound or planning to buy some new gadget, you can check here first and send a post.
I.e. "Mr X, I see you have a Stagg guitar. Planning to get one myself. What do you think of it?"
So that Mr X can reply "Are you nuts?!"

So here we go...

ESP XTone PC-1V (with D'Addario rounds .013-.056. Used to use flats, same gauge)
Yamaha F340 series acoustic (with La Bella .011-something, phosphor bronze)
Fender Jazz King amp
Modified Boss DS-1 distortion
Boss FW 3 foot wah
Boss FV 50 volume pedal
Dunlop picks: 0.71mm, 1mm and Big Stubby 3mm
Ibanez CU 30 tuner (DON'T BUY THIS!)
Korg metronome
Tasker, Vovox and Carvin cables

I think that's it...

All the best! :)
Alvin
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Anonymous
Dunlop 0.96mm
Höfner Jazzica
red guitar cord
Fender Studio Lead
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111
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Moll Archtop
'79 Ibanez Artist Semi Hollow
90's Sheraton semi-hollow
prs custom22
jeff beck custom strat
parker fly
'84 tele
'80 Polytone 15"
henriksen 12"
mesa lonestar
84'mesa mark III
line 6 delay (getting a eventide next week)
voodoo labs chr and sparkle drive
boss chr
old dirty RAT pedal
misc. pedals Boss,voodoo labs,soldano,line 6
misc joe meek rack stuff
line6 head and a pod
D'ADDARIO 11's flat
yellow tortex picks
mogami gtr cables
george L's patch cables
voodoo labs power supply
stomping ground custom case
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Floatingbridge
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Dunlop jazz III picks;
D'addario XL jazzrock 0.11-.49 strings;
Allan holdsworth carvin fatboy;
George L cables;
boss loop station;
boss octave pedal;
volume pedal;
fender jazzmaster ultralight amp.

Regal resonator guitar.
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andyjazz
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denjz
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1991 Gibson ES-175
Ibanez AS-120
Victor Baker 35 semi-hollow
1990 Ricardo Sanchis f-30 flamenco
Xotic BB preamp
Proco RAT - Vodka Mod
Ibanez TS-9
Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive
Boss DD3
Vox Wah
Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Nano
Ernie Ball volume pedal
George L's cables
Planet Waves cables
DR strings
Sadowsky strings
Stone Picks
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gambini
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Hey Denjz, how about DR strings ? Do you think they could work well on my 335 ? I was looking for new strings with a "balanced" sound, i'm fed-up with d'addario.
Thanks !
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denjz
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DR's are great,although they have slightly darker tone than say D'Addarios,they last much longer.I use roundwounds 012-052 (with wound 3rd string) on my Victor Baker semi-hollow (which is kind of improved version of a 335) and I'm pretty happy with the tone I'm getting.
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Anonymous
Dunlop 3mm Stubby
.10s -- Haven't decided what brand. DR is next up
PRS Hollowbody 1
10' Mogami
Peterson StroboStomp
Mesa/Boogie Mark 1 Reissue
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Anonymous
ES-175
Thomastick Be-Bop strings
Evidence Audio cable
Carr rambler
Acoustic Image Coda
Wegen Picks
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Kapteinar
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Ibanez as-200 from 1980 w/ 12s
Furch a17 with 11 flats

Line 6 m9
Polytone Mini Brute II
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Anonymous
1970 Gibson ES 335
Haar Telecaster
Lehle Sunday Driver
Silverface Vibro Champ
Dunlop Picks
12' Roundwound Thomastik Strings
Boss JS 5 Jam Station
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animitta
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- Archtop
Gibson ES 175 - 1988
Strings: Thomastik JS 113 ( Flat Wound )
Pick Pro Plec D'Andrea

- Electric Acoustic Guitar
Yamaha CGX-171CCA
Strings: Hannabach - Super High Tension

- Electric
Yamaha Pacifica 112 + GK2 Hexaphonic Pick Up
Strings: Usually Thomastik Infeld (0.10) but currently D'Addario Chromes Flat Wound (0.13)

- Guitar Synth
Roland GR1 Guitar Synthesizer

- Digital Recorder
BOSS Micro BR

- Amplifier
198X - Polytone Baby Brute

No pedal at all ( i just would like to buy a volume pedal )
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Anonymous
gibson es-775
d'angelico ny-dc(kurt's guitar double cutaway)
d'angelico ny-dc limited edition
henriksen jazz amp 10
fender twin
nova reverb
timefactor
d'addario chromes 12's
pro plec 1.5mm
vovox sonorus cables
peterson strobostomp

cant say enough about the d'angelico guitars, like nigel says you could go out and and have a bite and you'd still be hearin' that one
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Anonymous
Sadowsky Semi Hollow with d'addario flatwound 12's
Custom made Les Paul with d'addario flatwound 11's
73 Fender Twin
70's Polytone Minibrute
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
Boss dd-6 digital delay
Jazz III picks
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JorgeRubiales
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Ibanez AF75
Various strings, .012 for classic sound, .010 for a mixed style.
Harley Benton ga5 tube amp with 2x12
Amplitube live
Jazz III and big stubby 2.0mm picks
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Anonymous
Smith,

I just bought a NY-DC limited edition model. I saw it (and played it) and knew I had to just get it. But I was wondering if you could tell me more about the guitar. I cant find much information about it at all and I'm dying to know more. If you don't mind, tell me everything you know about it whenever you have a moment.

Also you said "kurt's dc guitar," isn't his the NY-SS-3B, the single cutaway version I always see him playing.

Is there a difference between the ny-dc and the ny-dc limited edition in terms of quality and/or playability?

Thanks so much,
Chris
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Anonymous
where did you find one? that's great! i have the regular and a limited one(i figured if i owned 2 i would never be without, they are addictive). the guitar is the nyss-3b, dc stands for double cutaway. the regular one is an '07 and the serial # sticker says crews corp. the limited is an '04 and the sticker says vestax. the limited seems to have a slightly wider(not deeper)body. other than that they seem physically the same. the sound however.....when i first got the regular dc it was the best guitar i had played. tone and feel. then came the limited, not any difference in feel but the tone is better. it sounds more woody. they might use a higher quality wood in the limited i dont really know. d'angelico vestax and crews maniac sound are 2 websites that still advertise these guitars. ive never had a response from either. anyway enjoy the awesome guitar!

cheers,
smith
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Hey Smith,

Thanks so much for the response.

Yes my limited ed ny-dc says vestax corp on the sticker and both the serial no and signature are handwritten in ink on the sticker. I am so happy to hear that this limited edition ny-dc is just as good if not better than the regular ny-dc.

Do you have any pictures of your guitars? I have a few mine, maybe we could exchange for curiosity's sake?

Peace,
Chris
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carlescountry
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I have spoken many times with D'Angelico Vestax. Crews Maniac is its official distributor in Japan, and is responsible for sales and services in that country. All the guitars are Vestax. When they shipped out of Japan put the label of the company (Vestax), and for the Japanese domestic market is the label of Crews.

The D'Angelico NY-DC is a limited edition for the Japanese market. Maybe some guitar put "limited edition", but they are all the same guitar for that market. This is D'Angelico but all of spec and ideas are from "Crews". So materials are little different from other original D'Angelico model. Japanese limited model.

The differences between the semihollows NYSS-3 (stop-bar tailpiece) or NYSS-3B ("New Yorker" style brass trapeze tailpiece) with the double cutaway NY-DC are:

- The first two have maple back with beautiful figured grain, while the NY-DC has maple back but its grain is plain (type ES-335).

- The NYSS-3 and the NYSS-3B has a maple neck, while the NY-DC has a mahogany neck (the website of D'Angelico Vestax is wrong in this regard, as in the scale length: all three are 24 3 / 4 and not 25 1 / 2, as they say)

I hope this information helps.
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Anonymous
carlescountry thanks for the info. so is there any difference between the ny-dc on the vestax website and the one on this website edromand'angelico?
i have both and the only physical differences are the fret inlays but the tone on the limited is much more woody sounding even to a non musician.

thanks,
smith
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Anonymous
Carlescountry, thanks a lot of the info. I was totally unaware of all that.

Perhaps NY-DC's which were exported were given the limited edition emblem and the vestax marking on the serial no sticker while the NY-DC's which were sold domestically were not given the limited ed emblem bore the name Crews. This is a total guess, but my NY-DC has a limited edition emblem and the vestax name on it, which would make sense. And smith here has the other NY-DC and it has Crews name on it and has no limited edition emblem. Although you claim the two ny-dc's are the same, are you sure its not impossible for them to be different, as smith claims the difference in sound is quite profound.

Would you think that the using a mahogany neck rather than maple would change the tone significantly? I know woods do have an effect, but since both guitars are of the same quality and the attachment of the necks are done by hand on both, I don't know if it would have an effect.

Thanks,
Chris
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carlescountry
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Hello. First of all apologies for the delay. I've been very busy these days.

It is difficult to know exactly some details about the D'Angelico Vestax guitars.

I have spoken with them and they have told me before the start of production of the NY-DC for the Japanese market, made a small amount of guitars, some with the emblem "limited edition" on the fret 19. That was about 2002-2003.
Maybe later they manufactured more, as Ed Roman says the NY-DC that sell it in 2005. It's hard to know.

Characteristics appear to be the same, but if the "limited edition" of Smith sounds better, there may be some difference with the regular model. Difficult to guess, right? What is certain is that I have three catalogs of D'Angelico Vestax guitars, and none of them appears the NY-DC model.

Regarding the wood of the neck, maple is heavier mahogany. In addition, a single cutaway increases the tendency of basses in relation to a double cutaway. Therefore, the NYSS-3 has a fatter sound than the NY-DC.

Now there is a NY-DC "limited edition" on eBay for $ 3,000 or Best Offer.
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chollus
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Ibanez Arstist semi hollow 1980
seymour duncan jazzII pickup
Aer compact 60 but sometimes koch studio and polytone minibrute head with mesaboogie cabinet
mxr ten bands EQ
overdrive : rat or tube screamer
whammy digitech
delay : dl4 line 6 with expression pedal
tc electronics novaverb
thomastick strings 12 50
ibanez picks patrick rondat model (great)
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JorgeRubiales
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I'm about to order a ZT Lunchbox (the regular model, not the acoustic, as weight is a serious problem and every kg counts). Somebody played one of these? I'll use it to play mostly jazz, so I'm interested in clean tone and headroom. My preferred soundn is that of kurt, metheny, sometimes peter bernstein...I hope you get the idea.

Thank you all, this is a great thread!
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jbroad
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to you guys that are using the henriksen jazz amps. are they good for a contemporary jazz guitar tone ala kurt, sco, metheny, and frisell and do they work well with overdrive pedals? i'm looking for a small, lightweight amp for restaurant sized gigs and sessions. thanks.
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Anonymous
"to you guys that are using the henriksen jazz amps. are they good for a contemporary jazz guitar tone ala kurt, sco, metheny, and frisell and do they work well with overdrive pedals? i'm looking for a small, lightweight amp for restaurant sized gigs and sessions. thanks. "

No absolutly not. They are extremly fast in the response and very midrangey. I spent a couple of hours with one and could not get it to sound right. They are good for artchtop cleansound but thats it, at least for my taste. Having said that, they are very well built. Get a seconhand polytone or maybe a Roland bascube from the 80`s if you want something light.
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jbroad
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"No absolutly not. They are extremly fast in the response and very midrangey. I spent a couple of hours with one and could not get it to sound right. They are good for artchtop cleansound but thats it, at least for my taste. Having said that, they are very well built. Get a seconhand polytone or maybe a Roland bascube from the 80`s if you want something light. "

wow. really? all of the reviews that i've read say that they're like a better sounding, better constructed polytone amp.
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yeah ,thats what i read to and why i took it home to test drive it. Try one out though and se if u like it. I want an amp to let the tone "sing" , kind of like tube compresion . What this amp did for me was that it brought out the attack when i hit the string and then died of to quick. It actually sounded better with a telecaster with ordinary 10 Ths than a semihollow with flats.
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denjz
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@jbroad : I do think of a henriksen as a kind of better sounding polytone.The difference between them is that on henriksen you can crank up the treble more without getting that harsh sound - it can be bright yet remain fat.It does respond faster than a tube amp,but that's typical for all solid state amps.
I use it a lot with my semi-hollow and it sounds very good,so it isn't a one trick "archtop" pony.It is quite powerful and lightweight.Although it takes pedals ok, for some reason I still prefer to use it for clean sound with no effects and tend to use my fender deluxe for distorted tones. But that's my personal taste - I don't like how distortion pedals blend with polytone either...
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