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On the jcm800 lead s the mid need to be cranked. But the pedal is completely different. But good try

Oh the headphone lecture! Aye yi yi

Out of my league.

Any good retailer should offer a discount for the faulty finish. For a guitar of this price, this shouldn't happen.

I play this amp and love it!!🎸

I've had the katana 50 for over 3 years now, but never upgraded it. Finally ordered the cable needed and did it tonight. Tone Studio and all. It's really made it a better sounding amp. I can't wait to crank it up tomorrow. It's 11 at night here. That four button pedal looks interesting and the speaker change as well. Thank you for your insight. It was super helpful.

Thanks for the kind words! This guitar was wonderful to work on, it was fantastic right out of the box. We dialed in the bridge and nut perfectly. Chris is a great customer because he understands the relationship between low action and potential buzzzzz, so he'll take the action where it needs to be that minimizes interference...especially here in New England where the humidity levels vary wildly from month-to-month. The mods Chris has added to this guitar has made it something special. Like he said the pickups are excellent as is, but I love fishing through the bridge pickup hole and the f-hole...bring it on! This guitar is only going to get better and better with age. Cheers -AF

Little bit late to the party, just stumbled across your channel. Have you found yourself the appropriate 375 yet? If so disregard this post. If not, I just so happen to have the very 375 color/config you seek, red w/maple fretboard, body is 99.9% perfect with literally 1 small ding, no cracks in the neck pocket, no chips or dings in neck or head, with a probably 60 out of 100 condition monogramed Charvel factory hard case. The only down sides are these, 1 missing the original tremolo BAR, but the bridge is complete otherwise. 2 it is missing the plastic back plate that would cover the tremelo tension springs, but most of the tiny screws are present, 3 there is minor wear on the fretboard, the clear coat between frets shows that it has been loved, has no effect on comfort or playability. and 4 lastly the humbucker is not original yrs ago i swapped it for a more aggressive Seymour/Duncan. The guitar is a plug in and play immediately piece, I have had it many years but did not aquire it new from the store, as in your story I still have my 88-3DR that worked for months to afford. I love the 375 but after hearing your tale which closely mirrors my 3DR tale i thought hard about possibly selling or trading it, to YOU only, if anyone else reads this, it is a singular offer to the namesake of this channel only so please do not attempt to convince me I should extend this offer to anyone other. FYI I am in the US

15:50 - Locking tuners? I’ve had my 620 JG for many years now and I still love it. Except for when it comes time to change strings. But it’s nothing to do with the tuners: The Rickenbacker “R” tailpiece has no holes to pass the strings through, it just sort of grips the bobbins. Meaning the strings can pop off very easily until there’s some tension on them. It’s a design flaw, but you get used to it. Cheers.

Nice. I love Rickenbackers, the look, the sound and craft. They Are just great guitars. I just recently bougth a 660-12 Blue metallic from Thunder road Guitars in Portland. Expectations were High, and when i got it it exceeded my expectations. What a beauty of a guitar. It sounds incredible and the craftmanship is outstanding. I have Fender strat, and Tele, and a Rick 330 6 Black jetglo. The 660-12 is just my favorite. Its just a piece of art for me. I know some people dont like Ricks, and thats ok. For me its fantastic. Ricks are just so spesial and the sound is so special. I am so happy and satisfied with my 660-12. yes they Are expensive, but worth it. I was searching the web for a 660-12 for a year and could not find any for sale Except for the 660-12 Petty signature model, but that is too expensive for me Even though inwould not mind having one😊 dont think Ricks Are suitable for a heavier Kind of music, but for anything else it works great. Just find the right settings and sound and it fits just perfect. Thor from Norway.

(classic editing lapses start at 13:01 LOL). Great pedal, I cant imagine how they pack all that in there!

I have a Mastery bridge in my 360/6. It's nice but it is not the game changer like they are for Jazzmaster and Jaguars.

I have a 360 6 and love it. Play it thru a AC30. Pure magic. People say 1 trick pony etc. not the case at all. Does that one trick really well but is really versatile.

Do you have problems getting the board to fit in the case with the Lift?

Scale length too small. Leo Fender perfected the Strat

Not arched no arm contour, nasty for shred, non shred guitar is no go

Regarding the new PRS satin sku - It has a full size alpha pot as the volume pot, and a quality dual pot for the push pull, also a full size trem block, which is molded steel. The pups are great, but I swapped out the cheaper, though full size Trem block for a solid brass one I snagged on Amazon for $30. I warmed up the tone to vintage area. The guitar with the thin finish is more resonant than my American HSS strat with a poly finish. Some people like the bing of the expensive PRS finishes, but this guitar is better in some aspects. The fretwork on mine was excellent. You could add a plek job from sweetwater for $299 and have a guitar that plays like a $5k guitar, just with a satin finish, which I personally like better than the gloss fancy finishes

Just yesterday I spent some time with one the new SE CE24 Standards (red). Gotta say, it is the best $500 expenditure a person can make! Last year I cut my collection back to two guitars-- one of them is a 2022 USA made CE24 that has been a pure joy to play. This new SE captures a bit of that vibe, but honestly it's its own thing (in a good way). Purely from a playing standpoint, this new SE is a better buy than any of the overseas guitars (and frankly some US made). Nothing on this guitar 'needs' to be swapped out, and on the specific one I played there's no need to pay for a setup. That right there saves you a good bit of money over the competition. Compared to the Epiphone "Greeny", the PRS kills it in terms of sound, feel and quality (and at 1/3 the price). If your kids want to start playing, this SE and a 50W Boss Katana will keep them happily playing for years to come. Sure wish this was available when I was starting out 40-years ago! For the rest of us, it's the perfect guitar for the rehearsal space, the couch, as a backup to your #1... it can do it all-- and for $500, yep-- it's a no-brainer! BTW, the bird inlays on the SE are fancier than those on the US version-- bonus!! :D

What pots and capasitors do you recomend? Tx

Glad to see Alex with another signature model, but that price is way too much. For that kind of dough I'd rather have a PRS Studio which hits all the right notes ;) for me: 25" scale, HSS pickup config (mostly), thicker than "C-shape" neck, fantastic trem, and excellent build quality. Plus, the PRS is far more beautiful :D Though if I had to stay within the "bolt-on" recipe, I'd go PRS CE24: humbuckers with coil splits, super slick neck, light weight, rosewood fingerboard, with the PRS build... See-- I keep talking myself out of a new guitar LOL! Sure doubt Godin will be producing many of these, but I'd love to see one in person~

Great points! "CONCUR ALL" as we say in my other life. ...so are you saying we are doing another build???? LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!!!

January 2024 has just given way to February as I comment. Since last summer, I’ve been meditating on purchasing a GT-1000 Core as my next amp-modeling device. Since September 2018, my principal modeler has been a different Boss unit, the ME-80, and my compacted multi-effects generator is Zoom B1X-4. The appeal of getting this unit would be not only that it can provide me with every single amp and effect that I might possibly want in my arsenal but also potentially help me overcome my dependence on my current stomp box distortion (the Goat Generator from a Japanese manufacturer called Rancher). That pedal is meant to emulate the Boston electric guitar sound, something which I might have achieved with my ME-80 if I had more access to different parameters in a couple of the stump features. What would be neat is if Boss created a rendition of their expression pedals that paired two of them together in the same unit as with the PS-7. That would make a great expansion without having to use external MIDI controllers for the same purpose.

Great video! Hep-- another life-long Rush fan here. My favorite era? The early stuff; everything up till the Exit Stage Left album. REALLY enjoy the 80s-90s era, and I'm only now getting familiar with the 2000s stuff (life kind of got in the way of "new" music there for a while). Signature brand guitars: yep, remember those too. Had a chance to buy one, but I didn't like the unique body shape, so I didn't pursue it. Artist signature guitars: Not really a fan. I wouldn't buy one just because of the association with an artist (though, in years past I did fall into a Van Halen rabbit hole, but that's another story). However, my #1 guitar today is a US made PRS DGT. Mainly because it has the features I was looking for-- chunky, but not huge neck shape, twin humbuckers, coil splits that sound good, volume control for each pickup, and I really like that the unique control wiring. There are a few tweaks I'm going to make to it, and swap the truss rod cover for something else (maybe the PRS "Custom" version) to disassociate the guitar from its artist namesake. Dave is a great player and all, but I'd just rather not have a signature guitar. I know, I'm not normal :) BTW, LOVE that your videos are very down to earth, without all the high gloss, over polished presentation that tends to be the norm. Just a regular guy who loves guitars-- brilliant! :D Oh, almost forgot; I got to see Rush live only once back in 1991 or 1992 (I think) during the Roll The Bones tour in St. Louis, MO. What I remember: had a great time, it was in the old "barn" (St. Louis Arena built in 1929) traffic was terrible, ears still ringing the next day, the songs were mostly the 80s/90s stuff, and they did an encore melody with 2112 and some of the old tunes, the t-shirt I wanted was sold out, the beer was great (loved that old arena), my friends teased me for liking the band, the general vibe of the audience was just fantastic... That's what comes to mind ;)

I got my 620MD new in '02 and it's been my number one ever since, they're vastly underrated guitars. Hope you're still enjoying yours! And it's okay to call it a RIC, just don't EVER, EVER call it a Rickenbocher!🤣👍👍

Installing a system like I described is pretty easy even if you have to enlarge the endpin hole. Most often you don’t need to do it since there’s already a hole large enough for the jack. Just use a step drill bit to make an existing hole bigger. And you should find a better store that is more accommodating to your instrument needs. If I was a store owner I would take care of my customers regardless of where your instrument came from.

I've had a boss katana 50 for over 3 years now and never really used it for a gig or practice. But now I'm really getting to know it. It's a great amp. Maybe a katana 50 mk2 will be my next purchase in the next few months.

Saludos y primer 👍, muy bueno.

Just picked one of these up super cheap. I’ve also owned a couple Enya instruments and liked them ok, but for whatever reason I just didn’t connect with them well enough to keep them long term. We’ll have to see about this one. Great in-depth review and heads’ up about the action and relief!

Great review...hopefully the company sees this and changes a few things based on your recommendations. Sounds like they are on their way, but missed the mark a bit

Thanks 😊- great review! These are on clearance now and I think for the incredible discounted price I’ll pick one up!

Then Alex came to his senses and went back to playing Gibsons.

Awesome guitar

I always loved his Gibson Howard Roberts.

I managed to get a Signature Odyssey back in 97 for about 150 bucks plus traded in an amp I didn't like...at a used music store where Im from. I always wanted one (yup, HYF) and almost passed out when I walked on and saw it hanging there. I love it. It refuses to go out of tune regardless of how rough I play it...

Thanks for the great review! I'm ready to win it! 😊

I bought one on impulse a few weeks ago because I got an unheard of deal on it, and I can't decide if I like it or not. It's very well made and the action is crazy low, but I just can't get used to the thick honking neck on it.

Great review and been playing mine 3 hours/day since I got it. I was cautiously optimistic since I committed to wider-at-nut necks since '09 as I played just Strats thru the '90s and most of 2000 thru '08. I found myslef struggling more and more to where even my SRV Strat left me fighting the guitar more than playing it! This SE Silver Sjy is a happy massive surprise.....I bonded immediately. The "C" shape w/ a 8.5" radius vs. the "U" shape of the SRV at 12.5" may be part of it. The other is that the thickness is really comfortable at around .850" thick at the 1st fret and 1.00" thick at the 12th...... really close to my '14 Gibson LP. Great tone and awesome build quality. It really works well w/ my playing and my fingers don't feel cramped.

Most of the time the core models are better for investment but the se will play better cause it’s basically the core striped down core are usually too heavy from all the lacquer but you my friend forgot like others doing reviews you didn’t mention the thick block on the bridge that is one reason this guitar is so solid but good review I agree with your assessments. If it’s not overly mass produced they will go fast. They are that good.

Of all my guitars I find I'm constantly messing with changing the Teles. Workhorse, everyone needs at least one!

Once had a 620 jetglo and I still feel sory for trading it for a Les Pual Goldtop '57 reïssue. Great guitar.

your not the only one that caught lifesons last show with the signature May 8 1990 Hartford. he used it that show. it was either that show or the next because its right around that time it vanished.

Such an awesome pedal! And a great overview and review of it! Thanks!

TC Electronic really knocked it out of the park with this line of pedals. I am in LOVE with my V550 pedal, based off the famous Peavey 5150. It plays just like the real thing!

from all the reviews i watched. Its got a lot of pros. The cons are it gets out of tune easily without locking tuners, the single coil switches breakdown, if you plan on getting a heavier gauge string it will require some nut and tension setup. im am in a santana tribute but actually prefer the playability and tone of this over the santana se. i may buy 9.5 or 10 guage to thicken the sound more.

Just found this video in Oct of 23 As it appears the reviews that came back from Alex Epiphone seemed mostly positive. I am a ridiculous Rush fan and of course that means a crazy fan of Alex Nice job on your video and your right anything to do with Alex, not a bad place to be

To me the trick of getting a good slightly breaking clean tone is using the boost just a little. I use it as a one channel amp with pedals and for me it works fantastic. Also another option for a good clean sound is using the crunch channel with very low gain. It's ok for singles coils, but for humbuckers it's too much (in my opinion)

Just play something.

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