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hello all!
my name is Joe and i'm a budding musician!
i'm 14 been playing guitar 17 months with 3 guitars and 1 and 1/2 amps.
my equipment is;

yamaha f310 acoustic (set up by the luthier who sets up the guitarist from dire straights)
epiphone les paul special II in heratige sunburst- my first electric
a non-descript 3/4 spanish acoustic-my first guitar

my amps are ;

kustom bullet 10fx - good little amp (i'm a bedroom player)
and a 1w smokie amp deluxe! pall mall packaging!


i'm interested in upgrading my les paul any feedback welcome! and im in yorkshire , uk!
 
welcome joe324....this is a great forum....i think you will like it here....

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note: this welcome copyrighted 2007...no unauthorized use of this welcome will be tolerated
 
Hi Joe. I envy your young age. I started playing at your age, but quit after a year. I have been kicking myself in the butt ever since. Keep playing that guitar. There is much talent on this net. You should learn a lot for these guys. Oh yea, welcome to the Fret Net!
 
joe324 said:
and a 1w smokie amp deluxe! pall mall packaging!
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Ive of one of those! Mine is a pack of Harley Davidsons.
A friend gave me mine...Id like to reverse engineer one and start making them for friends of mine.

How do you like yours?
 
Hey Joe, what d'ya know!

I'm new here also. Just picked up the guitar for the first time a couple weeks ago. Wish I'd started a long time ago.
 
WackyT said:
Hey Joe, what d'ya know!

I'm new here also. Just picked up the guitar for the first time a couple weeks ago. Wish I'd started a long time ago.
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my parents thought it was a flash in the pan but 17 months down the road im still playing with no thoughts of slowing down!
 
joe324 said:
anything that makes it sound better :D
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Better pickups would be the obvious first upgrade. If you don't want to spring for a full set, maybe you'd want to upgrade the pickup you use more often, which tends to be the bridge for most folks.

What do you play most often? Do you want a vintage PAF tone or are you looking more a more contemporary aggressive sounding distortion?
 
duhvoodooman said:
Better pickups would be the obvious first upgrade. If you don't want to spring for a full set, maybe you'd want to upgrade the pickup you use more often, which tends to be the bridge for most folks.

What do you play most often? Do you want a vintage PAF tone or are you looking more a more contemporary aggressive sounding distortion?
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personally i'd prefer something cleaner but with abit of overdrive can get "dirty" :D

my favourite music is indie such as weezer and kings of leon although i do Like some heavy rock and country and folk and even hendrix (the V Stuff he played)

if thats any help
 
Well, if you want to stay on the clean side, I'd stick with the more vintage model humbuckers and avoid the very high output models, especially those with ceramic magnets. I'm most familiar with the Seymour Duncan models, because I have them in my two humbcuker guitars. The Pearly Gates model should be a good fit for you, since it fits your description of what you want very closely. If you want something a bit hotter than that, then the Custom 5 would be a good choice. There are, of course, many other good pickup brands to choose from. DiMarzio has a broad range of humbuckers available and the Pickup Picker feature on their website should let you zero in on a couple of models that match up well with your guitar's characteristics and the type of tone you're looking for. Many of these pickup maker's websites have sound clips that you can check out, too.

BTW, there are always a few used pickups for the more popular models available on eBay at any given time, so you don't have to pay the full "new" price.
 
duhvoodooman said:
Well, if you want to stay on the clean side, I'd stick with the more vintage model humbuckers and avoid the very high output models, especially those with ceramic magnets. I'm most familiar with the Seymour Duncan models, because I have them in my two humbcuker guitars. The Pearly Gates model should be a good fit for you, since it fits your description of what you want very closely. If you want something a bit hotter than that, then the Custom 5 would be a good choice. There are, of course, many other good pickup brands to choose from. DiMarzio has a broad range of humbuckers available and the Pickup Picker feature on their website should let you zero in on a couple of models that match up well with your guitar's characteristics and the type of tone you're looking for. Many of these pickup maker's websites have sound clips that you can check out, too.

BTW, there are always a few used pickups for the more popular models available on eBay at any given time, so you don't have to pay the full "new" price.
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I did the pick up chooser on dimarzio and it reccomended...

humbucker from hell
paf
air classic neck
:confused:
 
As I said, I'm really not personally familiar with the DiMarzio line. You'll need to read through the descriptions of those individual models that are recommended and see which matches up best with the sound you're looking for. There are audio clips posted for many of the models, so by all means check those out, too. The Seymour Duncan site also has audio clips for many of their models.
 
duhvoodooman said:
As I said, I'm really not personally familiar with the DiMarzio line. You'll need to read through the descriptions of those individual models that are recommended and see which matches up best with the sound you're looking for. There are audio clips posted for many of the models, so by all means check those out, too. The Seymour Duncan site also has audio clips for many of their models.
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thsnks d.v.m for all your help!
listening to the audio clips i like the sound of p.a.f
nice clean and equally as nice dirty :)
 
joe324 said:
listening to the audio clips i like the sound of p.a.f
nice clean and equally as nice dirty :)
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Well, that's DiMarzio's version of the original Seth Lover "patent applied for" humbucker, so you can't get much more vintage than that! For grins, you might want to check out the Duncan Seth Lover and '59 models, too. Same church, different pew....
 
duhvoodooman said:
Well, that's DiMarzio's version of the original Seth Lover "patent applied for" humbucker, so you can't get much more vintage than that! For grins, you might want to check out the Duncan Seth Lover and '59 models, too. Same church, different pew....
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it was the seymour duncan '59 i looked at :D
 
ted s said:
Welcome Joe !

Hey Joe, where you goin' with that kustom bullet in your hand ?
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Man! ted_s...beat me to it.

Welcome Joe! It's great to get more of the young'uns hangin' 'round.

Damn, I sure wish I started at your age!
 
man if i started when i was 14, i don't even want to imagine the possibilities. oh well, at least now we know joe and i can only imagine what he'll be like at our age. welcome to the fret joe, and as far as guitar playing goes, welcome to the greatest addicition of them all. i wish you many many years of happy playing.

joe324 said:
hello all!
my name is Joe and i'm a budding musician!
i'm 14 been playing guitar 17 months with 3 guitars and 1 and 1/2 amps.
my equipment is;

yamaha f310 acoustic (set up by the luthier who sets up the guitarist from dire straights)
epiphone les paul special II in heratige sunburst- my first electric
a non-descript 3/4 spanish acoustic-my first guitar

my amps are ;

kustom bullet 10fx - good little amp (i'm a bedroom player)
and a 1w smokie amp deluxe! pall mall packaging!


i'm interested in upgrading my les paul any feedback welcome! and im in yorkshire , uk!
Click to expand...
 

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