Hi welcome to my gear page :-) I am mainly collecting rare American Jackson Guitars and vintage Fender Stratocaster/Telecasters. So if you're planning to sell your Jackson USA Firebird/Explorer/Roswell Rhoads Custom Shop guitar, please email me the pictures with your lowest price :-) I have also luckily acquisited some guitars which once owned by famous rock guitarists from Ebay auction.. some of them are Ibanez & Starfield. I DO play all of these guitars which you can see it at my youtube channel: http://youtube.com/mayzantube .
I personally customized how my guitars will sound like, for example: the pickup sound, tremolo/bridge setup, cabling, stompboxes & amps! I know every single thing of the sound of my guitars and I know what I want :-) But when it comes to the luthier work, I will let my great repair guy friend like: Gilles & Sangkan. :-)
Some people ask me why I collected Jackson guitars. The first reason maybe because I am heavily influenced by Marty Friedman who used Jackson Guitars for more than 1 decade. When Marty sent me one of his personally owned Jackson guitars, it's my first time to play the american-made Jackson guitar. I love it at the first touch because every part used on this guitar is high quality. For example: the beautiful ebony fretboard & Floyd Rose Original tremolo. Even most of hi-end Ibanez guitars still use rosewood fretboard and licensed tremolo which will not let your guitar stay in tune & sound good. The neck is very tough, the finish is very neat & flawless, their shape designs are very perfect and the sound is very flat. Thats why, I have been dreaming to be a jackson collector.
I hope you enjoy my guitar gallery, at last I would like to thank the guys who always help me to buy the gears: Sonny Rafiq (you're the best!), Glenn Cooke & Erik Hartono. Photography: Mayzan & Max Willy.
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| 1998 JACKSON MARTY FRIEDMAN (USA) |
Custom Jackson Guitar made for Marty Friedman. I received this guitar from Marty Friedman(formerly Megadeth band) on Sept 6th, 2002 at 14:25. Marty Friedman is an ex-Megadeth guitarist, he's also doing a lot of great solo albums. If you like to know more about Marty, please visit his official website: MARTYFRIEDMAN.COM.
GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
BRAND: Jackson Guitars.
MODEL: Marty Friedman Signature Model (Custom Made).
IDENTIFICATION: #69 behind the bridge & #4 on the top of the body (added by Marty himself). This guitar was signed by Marty specially for me! :)
MADE IN: American (USA) Built.
COLOR: Mirror-like Black Gloss Finish.
AGE: 10 Years Old (Since 1998).
BODY: High Quality Neck-thru Alder Body.
SHAPE: Kelly
NECK: Maple Neck-through-body Construction, Very Comfortable Thin Neck.
BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Kahler 3310 Fixed Bridge.
PICKUP: 1 Seymour Duncan JB TB4 Pick-up.
FINGERBOARD: Bound Ebony Fingerboard.
INLAY: Mother-of-pearl Sharkfin Inlays.
FRETS: 24 Frets (Dunlop 6120, Normal Size).
VOLUME: 1 Rotary Knob.
TONE: Yes, It Has No Tone Control.
NUT: Graphite-like Nut
TUNERS: Standard Jackson Tuners.
HARDCASE: VERY LARGE, But Not Heavy Case.
THE HISTORY
Now, what makes this guitar so special for me? Marty sent this guitar directly to my house, as a bonus since I'm working as his official webmaster ;) The Jackson MF model is Marty's exact specs, his Guitar Technician (Jimmy Amason) measured his fret size, etc, his preferences.
Jimmy worked with Marty since '95 & he knew Marty's playing better than probably anyone else. He would listen to Marty with ear monitors as Marty played lively, and after the show he would say something like, "In 'A Tout Le Monde' if you moved your right hand about 1/4 of an inch to the right during the solo, you would get a nicer sound." And he was always right...
His technician ordered this guitar at Jackson Guitars, then they sent it out on Megadeth's Risk tour. The guitar was used by Marty Friedman during RISK TOUR & THE RECORD.
Also, Marty just used this guitar on a session for a possible Magna Carta Record before Marty sent it to me. The number:69 behind the bridge is a cool number for Marty :)
WANNA KNOW JUST HOW RARE THIS GUITAR IS?
- That's the only one! Made especially for Marty Friedman and Marty sent it directly to me.
- Jackson Guitars does not make any more Marty Friedman Signature Model Guitar, even KE-1 guitars!
- Marty Friedman himself only has a few more. They are almost extinct, they will be impossible to get, it will be impossible to get one!
- This guitar was played by Marty all over the world (Megadeth's Risk Tour), but is in absolutely perfect condition.
- If Marty Friedman plays it live, that means it is a PERFECT guitar! NO flaws anywhere (many guitars do flaws)! If they are not taken care of by a pro, they get messed up.
A good USA quality built is everything. The secret of its TIGHT, DRY & BIG sound is the neck-thru construction and just the wood itself. The guitar is very resonant & seems to cover most styles.
I love the Kahler 3310 fixed bridge, which is really awesome, I like it a lot more than Original Floyds even. (no more Floyd Rose derived tuning issues!!)
This is a guitar that was built by people who care, and not those that rely on an inherited tradition (Fender, Gibson, etc)... it's a guitar that challenges you to create tone with your fingers, rather than a pick-up selector and tone control.
Obviously, this is a guitar for the thoughtful player. One pick-up, no tone control. It's all in the fingers babe!!
| HURRICANE "PERPETUAL BURN" JASON BECKER |
Hurricane guitar as you see on Jason Becker's Perpetual Burn album cover. Original finish. How often do you see a Hurricane Guitar in the market? ;)
GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
MADE IN: Japan.
COLOR: looks like Fender Stratocaster's Lake Placid Blue
NECK: Maple Neck
PICKUP: Dimarzio PAF Pro (bridge), Hurricane stock pickup (middle) & Dimarzio HS-2 (neck)
FINGERBOARD: Maple Fingerboard.
Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn album cover
Cacophony Reunited! Marty Friedman meets Jason Becker! :-)
| 1988 CUSTOM GROVER JACKSON MADE FOR HARRY CODY (STU HAMM/SHOTGUN MESSIAH) |
How often do you see a Jackson specifically made for a name player? I don't mean an off-the-rack guitar with a factory custom paint job for Rocky Rockstar - those are a dime a dozen - but a ONE-OF-A-KIND Jackson with non-factory specs, made for a pro by the legendary Grover himself?
Grover Jackson himself - in his final days at Jackson - made this guitar for Harry Cody of Shotgun Messiah and Stu Hamm.
Harry Cody used this guitar on Stu Hamm's album: "The Urge" and it is one of two guitars used on the Shotgun Messiah's album: "Second Coming". Anything with a whammy bar was recorded with this very guitar: "SexDrugsRockNRoll", "Living Without You", "Heartbreak Blvd", "Trouble", to name a few. Cody also used this guitar on Shotgun Messiah's 89-90 tour.
Widely respected and critically acclaimed, Cody was extensively featured in the three big guitar magazines of the late 80s/early 90s - Guitar World, Guitar Player, Guitar For The Practicing Musician - and rock magazines too numerous to mention: RIP, Kerrang, Metal Hammer, Metal Edge, Circus etc. The book "Fender Custom Shop Guitar Gallery" lists him as a celebrity customer. Rolling Stone Magazine called him "...inventive and articulate enough to invite comparisons to Eddie Van Halen". Cody's discography includes: Shotgun Messiah - "Shotgun Messiah", Shotgun Messiah - "Second Coming", Shotgun Messiah - "I Want More", Shotgun Messiah - "Violent New Breed", Stuart Hamm - "Kings Of Sleep", Stuart Hamm - "The Urge".
At the time this Jackson was assembled - before Cody's eyes, in the Ontario factory - Grover told Cody that the body was a prototype Charvel body. (It is the first prototype body for the limited edition Charvel "88"!). The neck was custom made to Cody's specs and has been documented.
In an interview with either Guitar World or Guitar For The Practicing Musician (I forget which), Rowan Robertson - then of Dio - mentions a neck designed by Grover, Cody, himself and Doug Aldrich. This is that neck. (This is one of 2 necks like this known to exist, the other was Rowan Robertsons' "Spiderman" guitar, which now belongs to a collector)
The idea was to make a perfectly flat fingerboard - no fret radius. Grover thought that might feel weird, and suggested an almost-but-not-quite-flat board, and so it was. It was also scalloped, to Cody's specs.
String bending is effortless due to the flat board. The pickup is an active Jackson with two batteries and tiny EQ switches in the control cavity.
The neckplate is a Charvel Fort Worth with a very low number - 0016
This killer sounding, killer playing guitar comes with it's own custom Jackson hardshell case and handwritten signed certificate of authenticity by Harry Cody himself (it explains the guitar, how it came about, as well as the unique features & parts on the guitar). When Grover Jackson finally gets the respect he's due, what will a one-of-a-kind with documentation be worth?
It's bought from Harry Cody himself and have everything it came with, including the batteries and the "copper pick" that Harry used when ripping out the solos' for "Second Coming". But that's Harry's secret to some of his solo tricks. That little laser ray gun sound he makes (like on the Explorer) is made with a copper pick, layed sideways on the strings, moved in a circular movement. That's right, it's all intact & virtually untouched since it's recieved from Harry. I still has the strings that Harry put on it & tuned to perfection, just as it's recieved. Not to mention it is one of, if not the last guitar Grover handmade at Jackson guitars before his departure.
Here is the Harry Cody's explanation about the lack of a logo on the headstock:
- "The neck, being a one(or two)-off, was made for me on a "see-how-you-like-this-one" basis, so at that stage it would have been a waste to finish it... what if I didn't like it, and the neck had to be scrapped? Then, of course, Grover was ousted from his own company, I severed my ties with Jackson Guitars, so the logo never ended up on the neck.
- Why is a Fort Worth (Japanese Charvel) neck plate on a guitar assembled at Jackson in Ontario? I don't know. My best guess is that, since it's such an impossibly low serial# (the 16th Fort Worth neck plate ever made), it's part of an early batch of neck plates sent to Grover's office for approval.
Harry Cody
GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
LUTHIER: Grover Jackson.
MADE IN: Foth Worth (USA).
COLOR: Sunburst.
AGE: 20 Years Old (since March, 1988).
BODY: maybe Eastern Mahogany?
NECK: Hard Flame Maple Neck
PICKUP: Jackson Active Pickup with EQ switches (2 batteries)
FINGERBOARD: Flame Maple.
BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Jackson 80s Tremolo.
FRETS: 22 Frets.
VOLUME: 1
TONE: Yes, It Has No Tone Control (too)!
TUNERS: Jackson
CASE: Custom Jackson hardshell case
OTHERS: hand-signed certificate of authenticity by Harry Cody himself & it has the serial number on the neckjoint.
Special thanks to Joseph Scott Kimmel a.k.a "Joey K." (from Mentor, Ohio - USA - the owner of Shotgun-Messiah.com website) who sold this guitar to me! Thanks my friend! :)
| 1992 JACKSON EXPLORER USA CUSTOM SHOP |
The rarest Jackson model ever made. This one of a kind, never to be reproduced by Jackson again, Jackson Explorer body guitar also has a very rare reverse Gibson style headstock (How often do you see that?) :-) This Guitar is often referred to as a “law suit” guitar because of the body design and headstock shape as the designs were “borrowed” from Gibson. It was made in 1992 and features a neck through body with the reverse Gibson headstock complete with a split colored Jackson logo. It has 5 knobs which are as follows: 1- Master volume, 1- Independent volume for Bridge p-up, 1- Independent volume for middle p-up, 1- independent volume for the neck p-up & 1- master tone control
GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
MADE IN: USA
AGE: 16 Years Old (since 1992).
COLOR: glitter finish in both the Black and the White
HEADSTOCK: Reversed Headstock Gibson shape!
BODY: Gibson Explorer Lawsuit Shape
PICKUP: Seymour Duncan Custom Shop - Custom 6 (bridge), Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (middle) & Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates (neck)
NECK SCALE: 24.75
FINGERBOARD: bound Rosewood with mother of pearl inlay
HARDWARE COLOR: Black
BRIDGE/TREMOLO: German made Schaller Low Profile tremolo
FRETS: 24 Frets Jumbo
| 1989 JACKSON FIREBIRD USA SNAKESKIN |
The only snakeskin firebird ever built!
GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
MADE IN: USA
AGE: 20 Years Old (since 1989).
COLOR: Snakeskin
HEADSTOCK: Reversed Matching Snakeskin Headstock
BODY: Gibson Firebird Lawsuit Shape with rare pickguard
NECK SCALE: 24.75
FINGERBOARD: bound Ebony with mother of pearl inlay
HARDWARE COLOR: Black
BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Floyd Rose Original
PICKUP: Seymour Duncan El Diablo Custom Shop Pickup (Bridge - Alnico 2) & Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro II (Neck)
FRETS: 22 Frets Jumbo
TONE: 1
| 1988 JACKSON FIREBIRD USA REVERSED |
GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
MADE IN: USA
AGE: 20 Years Old (since 1988).
COLOR: Vintage White
HEADSTOCK: Reversed Headstock
BODY: Gibson Firebird Lawsuit Shape
NECK SCALE: 25.5
FINGERBOARD: bound Rosewood with mother of pearl inlay
HARDWARE COLOR: Black
BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Floyd Rose Original
PICKUP: Seymour Duncan El Diablo Custom Shop Pickup (Bridge - Alnico 2), Dimarzio Brian May (Middle) & Dimarzio Brian May (Neck)
FRETS: 22 Frets Jumbo
TONE: 1, but removed :p
| JACKSON DEMON ORPHAN (NAMM SHOW WINTER 2006) |
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GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
LUTHIER: Mike Learn
MADE IN: Jackson USA Custom Shop for NAMM Show Winter 2006
COLOR: Candy Turquiose Blue
HEADSTOCK: Reversed Headstock with white binding
HEADSTOCK LOGO COLOR: Inlayed Pearl
BODY: Mahogany - Demon Shape
NECK: Quatersawn Maple Neck-Thru-Body construction
NECK SCALE: 25.5
NECK PAINT: Gunstock Oil
NECK SHAPE: Speed 775-835
FINGERBOARD: Ebony Fingerboard with white binding.
FINGERBOARD INLAY: Demon Silouette @5th Fret - Designed by Mike Learn
NUT WIDTH: 1-11/16
HARDWARE COLOR: Black & Cosmo Black
BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Floyd Rose Original 35mm
PICKUP: Seymour Duncan Custom 5 (bridge) & Seymour Duncan Seth Lover with black open coil (neck)
PICKUP SELECTOR: Toggle 3 way
FRETS: 24 Frets Jumbo (SBB 215)
TONE: Yes, It Has No Tone Control (again)!
NUT: Floyd Rose Original Locking Nut
TUNERS: LSR Reversed
| JACKSON RR1T FERRARI (RANDY RHOADS) |
GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
MADE IN: USA
COLOR: Ferrari Red
BEVEL COLOR: Black
HEADSTOCK: Reversed headstock with white binding
HEADSTOCK LOGO COLOR: Inlayed Pearl
BODY: Alder
NECK: Quatersawn Eastern Hard Rock Maple Neck-Thru-Body construction
NECK SCALE: 25.5
FINGERBOARD: Ebony Fingerboard with white binding.
FINGERBOARD INLAY: Mother Of Pearl Sharkfin Inlay
HARDWARE COLOR: Black
BRIDGE/TREMOLO: String Thru Body bridge
PICKUP: Seymour Duncan Brobucker Trembucker Custom Shop pickup with Alnico 2 (bridge) & Seymour Duncan 50th Anniversary Seth Lover (neck)
PICKUP SELECTOR: Toggle 3 way
FINGERBOARD: Compound Radius Ebony Fingerboard.
FRETS: 22 Frets Jumbo
TONE: 2 Tone (but I removed all of them :p )
TUNERS: Jackson original
| 2003 JACKSON WR1 CUSTOM SHOP GUN METAL GREY |
GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
MADE IN: USA
COLOR: Gun Metal Grey
BODY: Alder
NECK: Quartersawn maple, neck-through-body with unlacquered/oiled and waxed back of the neck (this is a rare Custom Shop option!)
NECK SCALE: 25.5
FINGERBOARD: Ebony Fingerboard with white binding.
FINGERBOARD INLAY: Mother Of Pearl Sharkfin Inlay
HEADSTOCK: with white binding
HEADSTOCK LOGO COLOR: Inlayed Pearl
HARDWARE COLOR: Black
BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Floyd Rose Original
PICKUP: Seymour Duncan Invader SH-8 (bridge) & Seymour Duncan SH-10 (neck)
PICKUP SELECTOR: Toggle 3 way
FINGERBOARD: Ebony Fingerboard.
FRETS: 24 Frets Jumbo. Due to the lower cutaway construction, access to the 24th fret is a breeze
TONE: 1 Tone
TUNERS: Jackson original
| 1991 IBANEZ STARFIELD L.A.CUSTOM SHOP RICHIE KOTZEN ELECTRIC JOY |
This is the one and only Ibanez (Starfield) Tele that Richie is holding on the cover of the 1991 album "Electric Joy". It's bought off of Richie himself in 2004. The guitar is the same as it was on the cover of the album, with a few exceptions:
1. Mike Lipe changed the neck to a "Starfield" neck and still has "Richie Kotzen" on the headstock. And Richie autographed the back of the headstock. It reads "Richie Kotzen 2004". As many of you know, Starfield was a division of Ibanez that Richie endorsed in the early 90's before he switched to Fender. Richie installed a thumb switch Hipshot Xtender for the low E string.
2. The pickups were changed by Richie as well. It has a blue Fast Track 1 Dimarzio (DP181) in the bridge position and a chrome lipstick style dimarzio in the neck position.
3. The knobs and the pickup toggle switch are white now (as opposed to the black ones on the cover of the album).
This instrument was made in Ibanez Custom Shop (1991), where master builders Mike Lipe (or known as Michael Lipe or 'Guitar Doctor'), worked at the time. Mike has been playing guitar for over 36 years, and has had more than 25 years experience building and customizing guitars for some of the biggest names in music. Mike built 17 guitars for Joe Satriani, 4 guitars for Steve Vai, Andy Timmons, Jennifer Batten's Ibanez Sphinx Graphic (The one she hold in Above, Below & Beyond CD cover), Jason Becker (ex-David Lee Roth/Cacophony), Richie Kotzen (ex-Mr.Big/Poison), Reb Beach (ex-Winger/Dokken), Paul Gilbert, Carlos Santana, Dave Navarro (Janes's Addiction), Brian May, Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale, Paul Stanley, Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughn), Charlie Sexton, Tracy Guns (L.A.Guns), David Bowie, Sting, Mike Hickey, Steve Fister and many more. The Guitars produced in Ibanez L.A.Custom were made exclusively for the Ibanez endorsed artist, none would be resold or made for customers or dealers.
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The duties of the Case Ave shop were crystal clear... build custom guitars for the endorsee to their liking. They did everything from making the bodies, necks and doing the paint. Once completed, they were also responsible for the upkeep of the artist's guitars, ensuring they would meet their demands with use. If this were not enough, they were also responsible for research and development. This ranged from making the prototypes and modifications for many new Ibanez models. For example the Burnt Stained Blue JEM was born in the Case Ave shop. In addition, most of Ibanez color samples came from Case Ave.
More about Mike Lipe can be found here...
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GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
LUTHIER: Mike Lipe.
MADE IN: Ibanez Custom Shop (USA).
COLOR: Electric Joy.
AGE: 17 Years Old (since March 28, 1991).
BODY: Basswood
NECK: Birds Eye Maple Neck, Very Thick Neck (like Fender).
PICKUP: Dimarzio Chopper (bridge) & Dimarzio Twang King (neck)
FINGERBOARD: Birds Eye Maple.
FRETS: 22 Frets.
VOLUME: 1
TONE: 1
TUNERS: Gotoh + Hipshot Extender
OTHERS: it has the Mike Lipe & serial number stamp on the neckjoint and Richie Kotzen's real signature on the back of the headstock.
| MACHINE OF HATE |
Rock IM Park 1999, Ibanez 7th Heaven video & Linchpin Videoclip.
This instrument was made in Ibanez Custom Shop (Case Ave, 1996), where master builders Matty, worked at the time. Matty built guitars for Limp Bizkit, Steve Stevens (Michael Jackson/Billy Idol/Vince Neil Band), Guns N' Roses, C.C. Deville (Poison), Def Leppard, Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory), John 5 & Tim Skold (Marilyn Manson), KISS, Billy Idol, P.O.D, Rick Springfield, W.A.S.P, Weezer and many more. The Guitars produced in Ibanez L.A.Custom were made exclusively for the Ibanez endorsed artist, none would be resold or made for customers or dealers.
The duties of the Case Ave shop were crystal clear... build custom guitars for the endorsee to their liking. They did everything from making the bodies, necks and doing the paint. Once completed, they were also responsible for the upkeep of the artist's guitars, ensuring they would meet their demands with use.
If this were not enough, they were also responsible for research and development. This ranged from making the prototypes and modifications for many new Ibanez models. For example the Burnt Stained Blue JEM was born in the Case Ave shop. In addition, most of Ibanez color samples came from Case Ave.
Click here for more hi-res pics
GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
MADE IN: L.A (USA) Built.
COLOR: Mirror-like Black Gloss Finish.
AGE: 12 Years Old (Since 1996).
BODY: Alder Body
SHAPE: Universe Shape, 25.5" Neck Scale.
NECK: Maple Neck, Very Comfortable Thin Neck.
BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Ibanez Lo Pro 7 Bridge.
PICKUP: the first EMG-707 Pick-up ever (but now I replaced it with a Seymour Duncan Distortion 7) ;-).
FINGERBOARD: Rosewood Fingerboard.
FRETS: 24 Frets.
VOLUME: 1 Rotary Knob.
TONE: Yes, It Has No Tone Control.
NUT: Locking Nut
TUNERS: Gotoh.
HARDCASE: UV1000C.
OTHERS: It has the L.A.Custom Shop stamp on the back of the headstock
| 1992 IBANEZ POWER II ALEX SKOLNICK 540P II-HHDYGK |
GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
MADE IN: Bensalem, PA - USA 1992
AGE: 16 Years Old (since 1992).
COLOR: Desert Yellow
HEADSTOCK: Reversed
BODY: Basswood - Alex Skolnick Shape
NECK: Extra Wide 1 Piece Maple neck & thicker
NECK SCALE: 25.5
FINGERBOARD: bound Rosewood with "Shark's Tooth" inlay
HARDWARE COLOR: Cosmo Black
BRIDGE/TREMOLO: Ibanez Edge Pro tremolo with synthesizer ready
PICKUP: Seymour Duncan Blues Saraceno PATB-3B (Bridge) & Seymour Duncan PATB1N (Neck)
FRETS: 24 Frets Jumbo
TONE: Yes, It Has No Tone Control (again)!
TUNERS: LSR Reversed
| FENDER STRATOCASTER 1970 WITH 1970 LEFTY NECK |
This is not an Yngwie Malmsteen signature guitar... this is a vintage 1970 Fender Stratocaster with a vintage 1970 Fender Strat lefty neck! It even comes with the original lefty hardcase! :-)
GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
- Vintage White original finish
- Lefty 1970 neck
- 38 years old
- Serial number: 29xxxx
- Highly figure maple fingerboard
- Original frets, never refretted
- Neck plate converted from 3 bolts to 4 bolts for sustains, just like what Yngwie does.
- Everything is original even the screws LOL :D (click above pic for the details)
| GIBSON LES PAUL CUSTOM SHOP CLASS 5 AAAAA QUILT TOP |
This is definitely a AAAAA Quilt Top. The guitar comes with the original case, the Certificate Of Authentication and case candy. Staggering carved & highly quilted maple top
GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
- Transparent Blue finish
- Weight-relieved Mahogany Back
- 1960 slim taper neck profile
- One-piece mahogany neck with long tenon
- Bound rosewood fretboard
- Vintage tulip tuners
- 24-34" neck scale length
- Gibson pickups: BurstBucker 2 (neck) & BurstBucker 3 (bridge)
| ALVAREZ YAIRI CY127 |
This is the model of nylon guitar that Yngwie normally used from the "Trilogy" era until the "Seventh Sign" era.
| TIPS FOR A BETTER GUITAR SOUND |
The tone quest will never end. Everyone will search for the better tone from time to time. I believe that the better you play guitar, the more taste of sound you grow. So if you dream to have a better sound, you must make yourself a better guitar player first :-)
I understand that a good guitar sound is relative, it depends on your taste, your music style, knowledge & culture. The more you know about what is used by your favorite player, the better you will be.
My advice is if you're looking for the world best stompboxes & amplifiers, you should learn more about the most basic things:
- your finger's tone (how you hold your pick, how you strike the string, how you mute the string, etc)
- how to tune your guitar! (yeah, how to use the fine tune on your guitar)
- your picks! (yes, that little picks)
- guitar pickups (single coil & humbuckers, bridge & neck, active or passive, alnico 2 or 5 magnets or ceramic, vintage or modern, fender & gibson character)
- what your guitar signal going through (e.g: strings => pickups => switch => volume/tones => output jack => cables => stompboxes/racks => amp, etc)
- guitar bridge (fixed bridge or tremolo)
- unplug the tone potensio or use it
- string gauges & brand
- how string height affected your guitar sound
- guitar cabling & routing.
When it comes to stompboxes & amplifier things, you should know
- how to equalize your amp (the function between treble, middle, bass, presence, gain, volume, etc)
- the difference character of the overdrive & distortion
- does your pedals ruin your tone or not (true bypass or not)
- the tubes character sound (e.g: the sound of EL34, 6L6 or EL84 power tubes and preamp tubes like 12ax7)
- the speaker character (e.g: Vintage 30, greenbacks, etc)
- speaker impedances (e.q: 4, 8 or 16 ohms)
Before you understand above things, I recommend you: don't ever try to add any fancy effect like: pitch-shifter, whammy, octaver/octavia, wah-wah, delay, sustainer, fuzz, flanger, phaser, reverb, etc. Or any stompboxes that you actually rarely use. The longer the routing, the more tone you will lose!
The way how you equalize your amplifier is one of the most important thing to maximize your amp features. My advice: when you first try a new amp.. try to turn down your middle & treble knob as low as possible, then slowly add the value only when you need it. By using this way, your ear will not be stressed.
In my opinion, a good amp will put all your weaknesses out there for all to hear if you are just getting into playing guitar and don't have your chops down, but it picks up every detail of your playing if you are a good player. :-)
I understand to learn all the above things you might need to spend a lot of money, but actually the more you know about the stuff, the more money you will save for your future GAS. No more wasting money for useless stuff.
| SOLDANO SLO-100 |
My main amp, I absolutely love this A/B class amp. I have finally found the tone in my head I have been searching for. This amp is expensive, but is an end to a lifelong quest for tone. It offers more punch than any amps, high quality brown sound overdrive, thick crunchy tones, tons of headroom, smooth, percussive & touch sensitivity is perfect. Especially the clarity: you can hear every note on this amp even if the gain is turned to 11! I can't imagine if you can find an amp with a better overdrive sound. It cuts through, but it doesn't harsh & brittle. This amp doesn't need a third channel, you can go from a gorgeous clean to an SRV sound, to all out rock, just with your volume control.
If you once listened to Blues Saraceno's tone in Poison album, this amp sounds even closer than the Dirty Boy amp itself. This is the amp that Eet Sjahranie (Edane) mostly uses from Borneo era until now. Designed in glam rock era: 1987, this is definitely not a pure metal amp like ENGL Powerball, but you will be amazed how versatile this amp is.. high quality overdrive.. without sacrificing & compressing your original tone (yes, most metal amps do) ;) This amplifier uses 4 Sovtek 5881 power tubes , 5 12ax7 preamp tubes, Eminence Legend speakers, the finest Military Grade components and specially designed transformers. Built like a tank. It's water proof & fire proof and totally handbuilt, every amp is wired, start to finish, by one technician.
Soldano said this is the best guitar amp that money can buy, but I dare to say that this is the best amp you can dream of... the tone for lifetime. I guess that's why Soldano also offers lifetime guarantee on all their amps (although it has nothing to do with it if you live outside USA - just like me ;) I previously owned Marshall Mk 2 1959 reissue, Orange Thunderverb, Dirty Boy, Line 6 HD147 & Vetta II, Randall Cyclone & Krankenstein... NOTHING touches the Soldano SLO 100's definition and clarity at ANY setting or volume! If you can afford this amp... buy it, if you can't... find a way. You won't regret it.
| ENGL - INVADER 150 E 640 / 150 |
My main amp, finally.. my dream amp. It has everything I need in an amp! :-)
The INVADER 150 is different! Maximum flexibility and control for any given playing situation. Easy to handle, focuses on pure tube tone. This amp does not feature the classic 4 channel head layout of a Clean-Crunch-Rhythm-Lead channel split. Named Channel 1, 2, 3, 4, these channels are capable of producing different Overdrive / Gain structures - from Crunch to High Gain. Every overdrive voicing in the channels sounds different. In conjunction with the HI / Lo Gain switch and a separate EQ section for each channel, there are no limits. Once you've tried it, you won't escape the INVADER.
AMPLIFIER SPECIFICATIONS
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Preamp:
- 4 channels. four 3-stage EQs incl. logarithmic treble curve
- Bright switch for Channels 1 and 2
- Separate Gain and Volume controls for each channel,
- Hi / Lo Gain switch
- Noise Gate with threshold adjust
- 2 parallel FX loops
- 4 x ECC 83 / 12 AX 7 preamp tubes.
- Tuner out activated via standby switch.
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Master Section:
- 150 watts (6 EL 34 tubes)
- Master A / B switch
- Presence and Depth Punch control for power amp soundshaping
- Electronic tube protection circuit and powertube monitoring system.
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Outputs:
- MIDI IN / THRU, jack for ENGL Z-9 footswitch, jack for ENGL Z-4 / Z-3 footswitch, 2 x FX Send, 2 x FX Return, 2 x FX Balance, preamp out / tuner, line out / power amp, speaker outs 2 x 4, 2 x 8, 1 x 16 ohms
- MIDI programmable functions at a glance, storable in any combination as required: Channel switching, Master A / B, Bright, Hi / Lo Gain, FX Loop 1 and 2, noise gate, amp mute (tuner)
| 1972 HANDWIRED MARSHALL JMP 50 LEAD WITH REAL GREENBACK G12M CABINET |
Still handwired. Just plug a strat, crank the volume to 11, burn the EL-34 tubes and get distorted without any pedals! This is the vintage amp used by Yngwie and Hendrix for all the time.
| MY STOMPBOXES |
Left To Right:
- Vintage 70's Electro-Harmonix Zipper Wah (as used by Marty Friedman in almost all his earlier albums!)
- Vintage 1979 Maxon Filter 201
- Vintage 1972 Musitronics Mut-Ton III (sold)
- Vintage Digitech WH-1 Whammy (as used by Jennfer Batten)
- XP Custom Wah Pedal (sold)
- Vintage 80's Analog/Digital Associates (A/DA) Flanger (as used by Paul Gilbert in all albums)
- Radial Tonebone Hot British Overdrive (sold)
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus
- yes, with all the Analysis Plus stompbox cables... vintage pedal rulez!!
| 70s DOD 250 GREY |
The overdrive pedal that Yngwie used on his earlier albums.. e.g Rising Force or Marching Out.
| TC ELECTRONICS G-FORCE |
| RECORDING EQUIPMENT |
- Tyan Thunder i7520 Server Board 800FSB
- Dual Server Processor: 2x Intel Xeon 3,0Ghz (w/ Hyperthreading Technology)
- 1GB RAM/Memory ECC Registered DDR-2
- 2x 500GB IDE Harddrive
- Viewsonic 28 inch LCD
| DIGIDESIGN DIGI003 RACK |
- Pro Tools 7.3 LE
- Shure SM57 Instrument Microphone
| GENELEC 1030A |
MUSIC INSTRUMENT I PREVIOUSLY OWNED: Jackson Purple Quilt Burst (sold to Hendra), ENGL Invader 150w + ENGL 4x12 Pro, Ibanez WRB-3 Reb Beach model (SOLD to Kosaku) :) , 1992 Ibanez Andy Timmons L.A Custom (previously owned by Andy Timmons in Danger Danger Era), 1992 Ibanez Reb Beach RBM L.A Custom, 1957 Fender Telecaster Blonde, 1961 Gibson Les Paul Cherry, 1979 Electro Harmonix Micro Synthesizer, 1979 MXR 10 band & 6 band EQ, Dirty Boy - Fuzzy Boy+Germanium+Tone Bully pedal, Radial Tonebone Trimode, Fulltone Clyde Deluxe, Wah, Line 6 Vetta II Head, Orange Thunderverb 200, Marshall Mark II Super Lead 1959 Reissue, Ibanez RG1520GK, Zoom Driver 5000, Roland Synthesizer GI-20, 1973 Eko Striptiso wah, Vox v847 wah, Fender Stratocaster 1972, (4) Fender Stratocaster 1974, Ibanez Universe UV77MC (Multicolor), Fender Stratocaster 1977, Zeta Electric Violin (black), Godin Multiac Synth, Laney TF-800 Head Amplifier, & Laney 4x12 Cabinet, Pandora PX-4, Ibanez PGM30 (White & Blue), Jackson Kelly, Ibanez RG550DY, Crate 160 watt combo amp, Hughes & Kettner amp, Digitech RP-1 guitar effect, Alesis Midiverb, Rockman Sustainer Preamp, Roland GR-33, Line 6 POD XTpro, Randall Cyclone Amp & 2 Cabinet & Ibanez 2077XL Baritone
MUSIC INSTRUMENT I WISH TO HAVE: Uli John Roth's Sky Guitar, Jackson Death Kelly, Jackson Phil Collen Archtop, Ibanez Blues Saraceno & Jackson Roswellian Interference
FAVOURITE GUITAR MAKERS: Jackson, Fender or maybe other guitar with reversed headstock and full binding? :D
FAVOURITE GUITAR AMPLIFIERS: Soldano, ENGL, Mesa Boogie (combo only) & Marshall.
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