New guitar

[Turbo_Hasse]

I'm looking to buy a new guitar and I've been looking at this one:

http://www.thomann.de/se/bc_rich_nj_mockingbird_tbk.htm

How good is it?

Thanks for answers.

[ninja636]

That my friend, is a NICE axe. :w: The only thing you might want upgrade on it are the p'ups. Welcome to the boards man. :sweet:

[MrSandMan]

Indeed that is a sweet guitar. I actually have a long time love for the upper-level Mocking Bird. I almost bought a used one a few months ago, it sold before I the chance to snatch it up.

Great guitar dude... and welcome to the boards! :w:

[Turbo_Hasse]

Thanks! :biggrin:

Yeah, I'm going to change the pups when I got the money. :smilez:

By the way, I'm thinking of buying a Boss DS-1 too, how good is the Boss?

[Brian Krashpad]

Don't know about the guitar or pedal, but Svenska, ja?

Hej, valkommen!

OK, I cheated and looked that up. But welcome.

[Turbo_Hasse]

Självklart. Tack så mycket! :smilez:

[ninja636]

Självklart. Tack så mycket! :smilez:


WTF'eth?

[Turbo_Hasse]

Japp, självklart är jag en svensk. Älskar landet. Det ända jag hatar med Sverige är vintern, det blir så jävla kallt. Iallafall här uppe i norr.

Förresten, är det någon här som har en Boss DS-1? Jag hade tänkt köpa en på Blocket för 220kr och vill veta hur bra den här. Har kollat lite på tuben men hittade inte så mycket där.

:biggrin: :biggrin:

[fireman257]

Thanks! :biggrin:

Yeah, I'm going to change the pups when I got the money. :smilez:

By the way, I'm thinking of buying a Boss DS-1 too, how good is the Boss?


Boss is a good product I had the DS-1 it seemed to be a bit shrilly to my taste but I used it with an eq and that made it sound really nice I like a pedal with a bit more low mids boosting it would all depend I guess on what type of music your playing I like playing mostly blues so I use a tube screamer TS9DX but it has been modded to the old TS-808 chips and resisters I chose that pedal because it has one setting that increases the mids a bit but it would not be good for like hard rock to metal maybe some classic rock it has a good bite to it. Realy brings out a good tone on my Fender neck pickup :) well hope that helped some lol .

[Turbo_Hasse]

Thanks! :biggrin:

Yeah, I'm going to change the pups when I got the money. :smilez:

By the way, I'm thinking of buying a Boss DS-1 too, how good is the Boss?


Boss is a good product I had the DS-1 it seemed to be a bit shrilly to my taste but I used it with an eq and that made it sound really nice I like a pedal with a bit more low mids boosting it would all depend I guess on what type of music your playing I like playing mostly blues so I use a tube screamer TS9DX but it has been modded to the old TS-808 chips and resisters I chose that pedal because it has one setting that increases the mids a bit but it would not be good for like hard rock to metal maybe some classic rock it has a good bite to it. Realy brings out a good tone on my Fender neck pickup :) well hope that helped some lol .


Do you know a good pedal for metal then?

[ninja636]

Get a Metal Muff. It's what I use. I scoop the mids on my amp and the pedal, and then use a Danelectro Fish'n'Chips 7 band eq to eq some mids back in. Sweet tone of the Gods! :w:

[fireman257]

How much you wanting to spend on a pedal if price aint to much a factor I would get the new GT-10 you can get any tone you want out of that thing I love mine. If you want to stay a bit cheaper the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone is not a bad pedal for the price and you can some times pick up one cheap on ebay. They also have the Boss ML-2 Metal Core Distortion Pedal out now I have not used it yet but I have used the other one and you can get some really heavy tone from it and the new one is supposed to be even better. Now also this is a nice heavy metal pedal Electro-Harmonix Metal Muff with Top Boost. Go to MF and look around most pedals have sound tests you can listen to to get an idea of its sounds then go to ebay and search them out and see what price you can get them for.

[ninja636]

I have the Metal Muff w/top boost, and a Boss MT-2 Metal Zone. Until I sent the MT-2 to Keeley Electronics, I thought it sounded HORRIBLE. TOO much mids!!! It has soooo much mid tone, it sounds digital and fake. With the Keeley mods on the other hand, sweet tone, and musical sounding. The Ultra mode can blow your speakers if you don't watch how much bass you have eq'ed in. The EH Metal Muff gets my vote, even with the Keeley mods, my Muff still sounds WAY better. :w:

[Turbo_Hasse]

It seems as no one from ebay wants to ship to Europe.

[Turbo_Hasse]

Which should I get?

This one:

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/regular/0/5/2/465052.jpg

or this one:

http://www.jamshop.se/images/items/Metal_Muff.jpg

[ninja636]

Get the big Muff. You'll have more control over your tone. The mini Muff is still a good pedal though. :2thumbups: :w:

[fireman257]

Which should I get?

This one is the one I would get it has more options to adjust for your tone that you want plus the boost.

http://www.jamshop.se/images/items/Metal_Muff.jpg

[ninja636]

Which should I get?

This one is the one I would get it has more options to adjust for your tone that you want plus the boost.

http://www.jamshop.se/images/items/Metal_Muff.jpg





Thats what I said. Plus the boost is foot switchable.

[Turbo_Hasse]

Okay, I'm trying to decide between the mockingbird and this one:

http://www.thomann.de/se/bc_rich_nt_jrv.htm

Will that floyd stay in tune or will it go out of tune alot?

Thanks for answers.

EDIT: Does JR stand for Junior? Is it smaller then regular guitar?

[MrSandMan]

Okay, I'm trying to decide between the mockingbird and this one:

http://www.thomann.de/se/bc_rich_nt_jrv.htm

Will that floyd stay in tune or will it go out of tune alot?

Thanks for answers.

EDIT: Does JR stand for Junior? Is it smaller then regular guitar?


Dude, I love both. That V is sweet. Floyd holds tune really good... and so does the mid to high level Mockingbird.

The Mockingbird would probably be more comfortable.. however, some people are more comfortable with V's. So it's a personal preference.

Do you do a lot of dive-bombs? If so, the Floyd would be the way to go.

If you like to tune your guitar down a lot, then the stopbar is the way to go.

I think JR means Junior.

[Turbo_Hasse]

Does that mean that the guitar is smaller then the regular guitars?

When I sit down with the guitar I have now, I hold it like it is a V.

[MrSandMan]

Looks like a kick ass guitar. I think I want one now :biggrin:
It's a 24 fret axe. Normal size.

http://www.youtube.com/v/oqTWlysU8dY&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b

[Turbo_Hasse]

Looks like a kick ass guitar. I think I want one now :biggrin:
It's a 24 fret axe. Normal size.

Awesome. :w:

[MrSandMan]

I'd suggest the bottom one. But both are good.

[floydmoline]

JR. on BC RICH models normally means that it has a full scale, but the guitar body is slightly smaller for smaller people.... ala the ibanez mikros....

one way or another the Jr V's are really nice guitars... the pick-up i think are a bit on the bright side, but you can't go wrong with a neck-thru.

[Turbo_Hasse]

Well, since it would cost me extra money to take it in to Sweden I will have to buy an other guitar. :tongue:

So far I've found a Esp Ltd v-250.

http://195.149.144.149/images/22/2290359605.jpg

And a Jackson RR3.

http://195.149.144.149/images/36/3628525410.jpg

[MrSandMan]

The Jackson looks cool. I had one of those (I had both actually except the LTD was a V350). I suggest the V-350 because the offset wing on the jackson is dangerous. :biggrin:

Also look into the Dean Razorback V

[ninja636]

Get the ESP dude. It's the same as a (or better than) a jackson. :2thumbups:

[Turbo_Hasse]

Last question for a while now (I think :biggrin:).

It's between these two guitars.

Jackson Ke3:

http://www.jamshop.se/images/items/JacksonKE3KellyBlack.jpg

and Esp Ltd v-250:

http://195.149.144.149/images/22/2290359605.jpg

[MrSandMan]

BOTH! :w:

I like the LTD V better. But that's personal preference.

[ninja636]

ESP. But I'm kinda partial to ESP's, so my vote is a little biased. I had a Jackson KV10, and still preferred my ESP/LTD M100FM over it for tone and feel. :w:

[Turbo_Hasse]

I've pulled the trigger, I bought the ESP.

[ninja636]

S-W-E-E-T. :w: Now all you need is a Tremol-No. Then you can drop tune without resetting your action. I got one on my m100fm, and Love the hell out of it. The Deep C feature lets you still use your wammy, but just for dive bombs. Before I got it I had my tremelo blocked, and couldn't use it at all. :2thumbups:

[MrSandMan]

I've pulled the trigger, I bought the ESP.


Do post pictures! :w:

And start a NGD [New Guitar Day] thread! :biggrin:

[jackal]

ya post some pics, wana see this ESP

[Turbo_Hasse]

I'll see if I can get a camera until tuesday. :smilez:

[Turbo_Hasse]

OK, so now I've got it but I've got a little problem :biggrin:

This is my first floyded guitar, so I don't know much about what I'm supposed to do.

Here's the problem: The low E, A and D strings are buzzing alot. What should I do?

[MrSandMan]

It needs a setup. At what fret does it start buzzing? You could raise the bridge up a bit higher. The truss rod could be out of adjustment too.

Where did you buy it?

[Turbo_Hasse]

From a guy in Stockholm. It's a used guitar.

[ninja636]

Does it buzz from frets 1-12, or 12-24? Does it buzz just strumming open strings, or when you play a chord? Open string buzz is a bridge height adjustment, chorded buzz is either truss or nut, depending on where you are getting the buzz at. It could also be a combination of all of the above. Try to find the factory specs for your axe, and go from there. You'll want to do it in this order:
bridge or string height adjustment
then nut and/or truss adjustment.
make sure the guitar is tuned where you want IE; open D, open C, dropped D, dropped C, or standard before and after making any adjustments. A good book I reccomend is " How to Make your Electric Guitar Play Great: by Dan Erlwine." Good luck, and let us know what the outcome is. BTW, if you don't feel comfortable doing any of this, then PLEASE PLEASE take it to a reputable luthier. :w:
Once it's set up action wise, then it can be intonated, another easy(for me) job to do at home. After all that's done, you'll have an awesome shred axe, it's an ESP, you'll love it. I'm trying to get the exact same axe(ESP/LTD V250) from a guy selling his on another forum, but sadly he hasn't answered any of my posts or pm's.

[Turbo_Hasse]

I've taken it to a shop a couple of km away from where I live. They said that I was going to get it back on friday.

[MrSandMan]

keep us posted bro. :sweet:

[Turbo_Hasse]

Will do. :smilez:

[ninja636]

Cool, setting up an axe is actually not that hard. Just takes patience. It let's you get to know your axe better, but if your not comfortable doing it , or not very mechanically inclined then leave it alone and let someone do it for you. I remember the first guitar I tried to setup....disaster city man. Let us know how you like her afterwards dude! :w: