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  1. narad

    Udio / AI music creation tool

    Guessing this will probably be a thing: https://www.udio.com/ Since OpenAI Jukebox it was pretty much only a matter of time before we had a more commercially viable implementation of the technology. This pretty impressive. Haven't found any metal of the sort I like, but highschool me could...
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    Sweet Dream(machine)s are Made of This [Schecter / Warmoth Content]

    Maybe it's been a bit quiet on my front lately... wound up really feeling the need to get a strat and went down that rabbit hole into 3 strats, only 1 of which has been functional. Until today! My main desire right now is the right OG Valley Arts strat, but I've also learned a whole lot about...
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    EBMM launches custom design bass orders

    Wow, could custom order JPs be on the horizon? https://www.music-man.com/custom-design-experience I'm very partial to the default one:
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    Carvin Legacy?

    Well, it's 2024 now and any talk of these amps seems to have long died out. I was curious what people that of them in retrospect? Mostly thinking about the v1 or v2, sometimes popping up for pretty cheap prices. My impression was that they were trying to be cheaper XTCs, and I already one...
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    WTB Framus Cobra (v1 preferred)

    Gear/Guitar Wanted: One of those few remaining amps that doesn't pop up in Japan much. I'm probably looking for V1, and probably in condition where the faceplate is still silver, but feel free to hit me up if you have one that doesn't meet those specs. 117V preferred. I'm in Japan, you have...
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    What finish is this? Vintage Schecter dream machine stuff

    So I've been looking at photos of old Schecter stuff, back in the 70s/80s before the Ed Hardy days, when they were better known for their one-piece exotic bodies with natural finishes. But I've looked at a bunch, and some appear better than others. Some kind of give me that gun stock vibe...
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    Rare Oni in Japan

    Not his Essi model but one of his more avant garde models. Still, anything Dan does should be pretty good and I'm happy to help a forum member grab this: https://www.digimart.net/cat01/shop1220/DS08737495/ @Alberto7 @thrsher @oniduder can't remember anyone else into Onis
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    Red is the new (trans) Black [ESP Restomod #2 M-II Complete]

    So a couple years ago I wound up finding this custom order ESP M-II: Admittedly, it looks pretty awesome there! It's going to make the reveal anticlimactic, so you have to take my word that it didn't look this nice in real life. The camera does weird things with these old ESP finishes. So...
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    Noisy retroactive EMGs / ground issue

    Curious if I can get some help debugging this. I have a jackson warrior that came with 81s. I swapped to retroactives forever ago, and immediately had a ground issue. I had spent some time trying to figure it out then when I still had everything taken apart, but to no avail, so I would just...
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    It's the annual "What gear came in and what gear went" thread... 2023!

    Alright guys, how'd we do this year? And what were the best finds? 2022 Edition 2021 Edition
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    Brainstorming futuristic ways of guitar /MIDI switching/controls

    So in short, I wound up getting a deal on a Boss SY-1000 a while ago, bought the GK3, tried it out, and saw a lot of potential in having a guitar that works a bit more like a fancy midi controller and has individual string processing. It's been in the works for a while to setup a sort of...
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    Pots for switchable active/passive pickups?

    So I have an odd pickup I'm planning to install this week. It's a Shadow EQ 5. Pretty crazy - adjustable EQ on the top of the pickup, splittable to single coils, switchable active/passive. Here's what I'm planning... So I have to go buy a couple push/pull pots, but I don't know what to buy...
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    NGD: New VAG [Valley Arts Content]

    Here we go again! So yea, the last Valley Arts guitar I received earlier this month was my first hands-on experience with the brand, and although it's not so "me" spec-wise, it left a very good impression. Just one of the most "lively" / "musical" whatever sort of adjective, even unplugged...
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    NGD: Steve Stevens Stevest [Hamer Content]

    Maybe the 3rd of 4 of the impeding NGDs I wanted to do, but definitely less cool than the last two, but still well steeped in the 80s vibe. This is a Hamer Steve Stevens signature model. I'm not a huge fan of Steve Stevens, or this model usually -- I always thought it was one of the worst...
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    Converting hardwood cab to hardwood headshell?

    So I often come across Mesa hardwood cabs, usually with amps already in them, but you can almost never find an original Mesa hardwood headshell to buy in such nice woods, like walnut, imbuya, etc. I've thought about maybe buying one of the combo cabs and converting it to a headshell. This...
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    NGD: VAG Custom Pro USA [Valley Arts Content]

    Got some good lighting today so figured I'd do a double NGD. I realize this is probably not for everyone here, but have you heard of Valley Arts Guitars? One of the successful USA boutique guitar brands of the 80s, who just as they were becoming super successful around 1990/1991, but had their...
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    NGD: A Dream Deferred [ESP Custom Lynch Content]

    So not a NGD per se, but practically one -- I wound up buying this ESP custom order Lynch after a bid war with another SSO member, from blurry pics and no guarantees of a functional guitar, as is typical with Japanese listings. I think it had one string on it in the listing, and some finish...
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    Custom Kamikaze Palette -- Opinions?

    So the time has come I think... after a couple years of planning, and the 5+ months it took to get permission from ESP, I got the OK to do a different color refinish on a Kamikaze. I think this actually had to be approved by George so that's pretty crazy. My original idea was based on this one...
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    Troubleshoot my amp Vol 8: Case of the Quiet Diezel VH4

    So I don't often think of the VH4 as my favorite amp, but it's the one I plug into almost every time I play if I don't have anything specific in mind. The tone is just always saturated enough and never gives me ear fatigue, can with one knob go from classic stuff to metal, just overall...
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    Best/good Randall amps?

    So a Satan popped up near me and before it sold I started thinking about it, and about Randall amps in general. I've never had any. I remember Arch Enemy using them back at a time I was listening to them a lot, up through Tyrant's Rise. Is there any consensus on which of their amps were...


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