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164
Really mixed feelings
I played a '73 Ripper for a couple years. It had a great "tuba" sort of sound. Partly due to the longer scale and partly to those fat single coils. Plus...it looks cool as hell. But it was the biggest neck diver I have ever played. I tried everything to get it to sit right around my neck so my hand could move, but nothing worked and I finally sold it.
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164
Easy to play. Sounds fantastic.
Over the 43 years (seriously) that I have owned my Ovation Balladeer I have taken no end of s**t about my "plastic guitar." Frankly, I don't care. It's the easiest playing and best recording axe I've ever known. The money they saved by substituting the fiberglass bowl for wooden back and sides went right in to the quality of the spruce top. It's seriously the best spruce I've ever seen...and it rings! It was my first big boy guitar and I'll never let it go.
164
Alt-Rock Crunchmaster
This is the only guitar I have that wasn't made in the USA. Actually, it might as well have been because it was made about 10 miles south of the border and it plays and sounds as good as any USA Fender I've played. This model eliminated all the bothersome switches found on old Jags and replaced the single coils with really hot P-90s. The bridge is a tune-o-matic so it stays in tune really well - despite the loss of the trem bar. I recommend it highly for crunchy alt-rock.
164
Great recording acoustic
The OM-60 is much like the OM-9 but the fingerboard extends over the soundhole and the bracing pushes more bass. It was designed for Bluegrassers, but it never caught on because Bluegrassers prefer the dreadnought. It sounds like a dread though, just more focused in the mids. Mahogany back and sides with a sitka spruce top. It records like a dream. All the sound pushes cleanly straight out of the hole. I love it.
164
Classically versatile
Mine Strat looks just like the photo, but with a maple neck. It's a 1998 American Standard with stock single coils and a Seymour Duncan humbucker in the bridge position. It's the easiest and most comfortable electric I've ever played. Plus you can use it for any kind of music because you can get virtually any kind of sound you want from it.
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164
Portable. Powerful. Great Tone.
Over 40 years of bass gigging I have consistently gone smaller. Technological advances and companies like Eden have made it simple to get great tone without carrying a ton of gear. I started with a tube SVT rig, moved to a B-15 solid state flip top, then to an Eden Nemesis 2x10 and now I put my little Eden Traveller in a gig bag and carry a 10" cab in the other hand. I've played all sized venues with this simply rig.
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164
The real deal Brit chime
I like the AC-15 for the Beatles sound. It's full and the highs are chimey. It also gets the Edge and Brian May sounds really well. The only reason I don't give this 5 stars is that I don't have a 60's original. Mine is a first generation AC15-C1 with a Weber Blue Dog in it.
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the custom classics are not bad but are a lot brighter and stiffer than JMI ac's.... the current handwired amps get really close and the differences are minor enough that there can be as much difference between 2 JMI amps from different eras. My fawn ac30hw can hang with my 62 and is worth having around for the more practical feature set. The vib/trem is fun, but 1/2 power, defeatable master and the 'hot' mode are infinitely more useful.
164
The BEST Fender tone
The Princeton started as a practice amp, but with today's technology stage volumes don't have to be so deafening in order to make sure audiences hear you. This works great for small to medium gigs, but is a PERFECT recording amp for the sorts of stuff I do. I have a 1979 Silverface, all original but for the Weber 10F150T speaker that replaced the original Oxfart. Mike Campbell loves them. Jim Campilongo loves them. Ryan Adams loves them. The Princeton works great for about any style of music (except metal).
