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[gasman]

Hi everyone! It's been two weeks since I said I would try to get a sound clip up of my new guitar. I'm sorry for the delay, but I've been preoccupied with other stuff. I applied for a job as a substitute teacher (lots of paperwork nowadays). I got my substitute teaching license yesterday from the state. On top of that, my son had spring break last week, and it's pretty hard to record with a six-year old running around all over the place!

Well, before making the clips, I compared the new guitar to my Tradition Tele and to my Ibanez Jet King II. The Tradition does have more of the traditional "Tele twang", but I think the new guitar's neck pickup sounds better than the Tradition's neck pickup. I compared my new guitar with the Jet King because the Jet King has coil splitting capabilities on both humbuckers, so I thought it would be fun comparing it to the new guitar's HSS configuration. I've always thought that my Jet King has the hottest bridge pickup out of all my guitars, and this still holds true. My Jet King is my only guitar that has an uncovered humbucker (except for the Squier HSS I bought for my son), so I guess that counts for some of the hotter sound. The new guitar and the Jet King sound very similar when using the neck and middle pickup on the new guitar and the middle position on the Jet King with both pickups split. Here's a photo I took when I was comparing guitars:


Now, on to the sound clip! I used Audacity to record. I used my Fender Champ 600 and mic-ed it up, with the microphone going directly into my computer (using a Radio Shack vocal microphone).

It's only a 1:20 clip of the same chord progression using the five different pickup positions: neck, neck-middle, middle, middle-bridge, and, lastly, bridge. Please forgive me for the long post and for my rough playing (I haven't practiced for a while). ;D

soundcloud.com/cordoveno/l0318001

[rayden44]

yeah a little less twangy, but some very nice sounds. First thing I noticed was some nice ringing sustain going on there, sounds well setup. Should provide you a good variety middle has just that bit more bite to it than the neck, and the bridge sounds like it'll crunch up nicely. Good job

[gasman]

Thanks, Rob! The guy that made it set it up very well. It's a great guitar, even though it doesn't have the classic "Tele twang". I like the fact that I have all of these different pickups at my disposal in one guitar. Very versatile.

[lesblues]

Nice pic of the guitars and amps. Good sounds from the the new guitar. And congratulations on obtaining your substitute teaching licence. I guess this means you are going to have to learn to play at least one Who song.

[gasman]

Hi Les, thanks, thanks, and thanks! That's cool vintage Who video you posted! Hey, Happy Jack should be happy your promoting his favorite band lol!

[pwfirst]

Nice looking little family you got there G Man. That new boy is going to give you some nice diversity when playing.

[gasman]

Thanks, Phil! I'm really happy with the new guitar! It's really fun to play with all the possible combinations, and making the sound clip was pretty fun as well. I might start making more sound clips now, but I have to practice some more!

[Mohikanas]

I love it, can't wait to hear some more clips from you

[gasman]

Mar 22, 2011 16:27:42 GMT -5 Mohikanas said:

I love it, can't wait to hear some more clips from you

Thanks! I'm going to try to make some more clips from now on, but I know I won't sound as good as you

[469roadking]

Cool tones Gman!! Lot's of versatility in that axe. One of these days man I'd like to get a chance to play it. Maybe we can get a gig in the sun drenched sands of the wild wild west. ;D

PS That guitar on the left is just 60s cool.

[gasman]

Mar 23, 2011 23:23:50 GMT -5 469roadking said:

Cool tones Gman!! Lot's of versatility in that axe. One of these days man I'd like to get a chance to play it. Maybe we can get a gig in the sun drenched sands of the wild wild west. ;D

PS That guitar on the left is just 60s cool.

Thanks, RK! This guitar is quickly becoming one of my favorites! My favorites have always been my Jet King that's in the picture (glad you like it, BTW) and my Dot. Now it's a three-way tie! Oh, and just so you know, I'm closer to the mountains up north than to the sands .

[rayden44]

Do you have a recording of the Jet King gasman? I've considered one a few times.

[gasman]

Mar 24, 2011 20:15:36 GMT -5 rayden44 said:

Do you have a recording of the Jet King gasman? I've considered one a few times.

I don't have any recordings of the Jet King, but I was actually going to make a sound clip at one time. I bought the guitar in November of 2008, just shortly before Mojo closed down the old forum. I had posted some pictures of the Jet King on the old forum and a member had asked to hear it, so I was planning on making a clip when the old forum went down. I'll try to make a sound clip next week so you can hear it. It's a great guitar (with a mahogany body) at a great price. Each Jet King model has different features: My Jet King II has the coil splitting capabilities, the Jet King III has P-90's, I believe, and the Jet King IV has a trem., and there is also a semi-hollow version (I think it's also called a Jet King III).

[rayden44]

Yeah, if I remember I was considering the p90 version... I'll have to go looking again