Nicholas Poprocky
GearIQ 636
Joined Jul 2015
Singer/Songwriter/Producer/Musician from Pittsburgh, PA. Solo work available to stream on Spotify. Guitarist for Friday Jr. Bassist for Phased Out & Miracle Finds. Singer for The Seltzers.
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PRS Silver Sky Electric Guitar
Solid Body Electric Guitars
Color/Finish: Roxy Pink
Year: 2022
live
studio/recording
Literally everything you can hope for in a vintage S type guitar. It feels great, it stays in tune, bends are a breeze, and the pickups are so clear but can get gritty anytime you need them to. The best guitar I have ever owned and one of the best I have ever played.
My Traditional is a 2014 model in Honeyburst. Previous owner replaced the Burstbuckers with Seymour Duncan Whole Lotta Humbuckers, and they are really awesome. The cleans are elite level cleans, and somehow I managed to find a legitimate AAA flame top. The weight is about 9.5 lbs, so a big adjustment when you go straight from a Strat to the LP, but I prefer a heavy Gibson. It's a great guitar and it will stick with me for a long time.
Fender American Vintage II 1963 Telecaster Electric Guitar
Solid Body Electric Guitars
Color/Finish: Surf Green
Year: 2023
live
studio/recording
In Heritage Cherry, this guitar is gorgeous. Simply put, it is a dream to play. The nitro lacquer makes it so comfortable on the hand to play, and the one bridge p-90 is so versatile. G-Force tuners were removed for Gold Grovers. Lovely guitar. Used to record on You Earn What You Get (2017).
My first electric guitar was a MiM Stratocaster in Sunburst. I really liked that guitar, until the fateful day where I first played an American Standard Strat in a guitar store in Delaware. I did not have much money at the time, but I swore that I would one day upgrade to an American Strat. Flash forward about five years, and I bought a Black American Standard Strat from 2000. It has the tuxedo look with its black pickguard, and I just love the feel of a guitar that was worn in for two decades. It immediately felt friendly to me, and was the best guitar purchase experience I have ever had. The Alnico V pickups are really good, and I may swap them for upper level strat pickups one day (maybe Albert Hammond Jr or John Mayer signature pickups). I will own this Strat until I drop!
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It's a Tele, and it sounds incredible. The neck pickup is clear. The tone boost sounds good in the middle position, similar to a P-90, but not quite as punchy. The biggest discrepancy from the Pro II from the Mexican made Player Series come in the feel of the neck and the pickup clarity.
The neck on this guitar feels infinitely smoother and more worn-in; I completely was blown away when comparing the two, and there was no going back. The pickups are also much more vintage on the American, while the Player Tele is quicker to get a little muddier and less clear. Depends on what you are going for, but the American is a far better guitar in my opinion. A great Tele!
For $400, this is such a great value Jazzmaster. I have owned a few Classic Vibe models over the years, and this one is just as good as the others that I have loved before it. We got it in FSR Shell Pink, which was really the selling point. The pickups sound good, and the rhythm circuit is various enough to utilize. Compared to the American Original Thin Skin, it is not as incredible to play. But, for a few hundred bucks, I am proud to own this awesome instrument.
Most of the same things I said in my review of the core model can be applied here. It doesn't feel quite as smooth and doesn't stay in tune guitar as miraculously as its American counterpart, but it still fulfills those things very well. One of the best options for a guitar under $1,000.
This is an impressively good guitar. The solid top rings out and it has only improved in sound over the last few years. Stays in tune like a charm and is much louder than many smaller body acoustics. Feels great on the hand very slim neck profile
After buying pretty much every piece separate, I took the neck off of my Mexican Strat and put it on the Rivers strat. It was a lot of fun to build and drill and solder, Tom Frank and I put it all together.
Amplifiers 9
Hot Rod Deluxes and Devilles have always been my favorite amps. I need on-board reverb and the classic Fender chime. Hot Rod Deluxes give you that. It is bare-bones quality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nanZ-Y3_2DI
Borrowed my brother's AC-15 while my Fender was out of commission, and loved the clarity and punchiness. The amp you use really effects the way you play. Love Voxs and will continue to use them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIXUCf2T_O0
Effects Pedals 18
Very good for being a one switch pedal. It is not a one trick pony for sure, it has a great George Harrison tone when put down and past noon it is a halfway to distortion halfway to OD.
It tunes well because that is its job. Fits on the board nice.
Keyboard 1
Bass Guitars 6
A solid starter bass, which is what it was for me in 2012. Used in shows with Phased Out for some covers and covered in stickers. Used to record the Phased Out demo Nowhere to Go.
See the bass in action with Phased Out here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnHk7FvZSYg&index=3&list=PL2vw3CZNoNCFVe2_9kn8SJ6o1wpbZCURs
Definitely a cool piece of gear. Used for Phased Out acoustic shows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSoGtKo4Kk8
DAWs 2
Studio 2
Microphones 6
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Music Accessories 2
Other Gear 3
Had 21
Purchased used in 2015, this is a really good pedal. It has a regular and "crunch" setting, which I use a lot to write. Sounds exceptional when used in various ways will be prominently used in recording in future sessions
Brown sunburst with a rosewood fingerboard. Works like a charm with good stock pickups.
This guitar beat my longtime MIM standard in a shootout, so I bought it. The pickups have so much clarity and the 12" glossy neck is phenomenal. I love this guitar for the money. It is one of those enjoyments of an instrument that isn't forced due to the price paid for it, it's just such a comfortable guitar to play. Sold in October 2017.
I bought this guitar in the summer of 2015 and sold it in the winter after buying my LP Jr. (I needed some funds), but I occasionally regret it. This guitar, in Pelham Blue, had a very cool sound and a nice feeling glossy neck. I'm a sucker for affordable guitars, because you can mod them if you want but you really do not have to. I recommend to anybody who likes hum buckers but doesn't want to spend big money. Would be a great gigging guitar.
This was my first electric guitar, owned between 2011 and 2013. It was an awesome guitar to have, & served its course.
Purchased used in Pittsburgh in 2013, this amplifier has wonderful cleans. The amp has built in reverb and some grit from the dirty channel. Fully tube.
My starter guitar. Decent for beginners or somebody that hates the large acoustic guitar size, but I definitely did not like it a lot personally. Sold in 2016.
Purchased second hand in early 2015 and used for Phased Out live shows and recordings of You Earn What You Get (2017). Sold in June 2018.
See the bass in use for Phased Out here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csBQq04MpQg ~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhO1PCrAIS4 ~~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tvzlNOG3wY
https://open.spotify.com/artist/29eta63JrfkfYrMay1Rgsu
Owned by Phased Out singer Tom Frank, played for early shows. Plays very well and triple bucker in bridge is an excellent diversity of sounds. Maple neck is a charm. Used for Phased Out recording of You Earn What You Get (2017). Auctioned in 2017.
See the bass in action here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGLmrXhvdsQ ~~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJbyAOC24FY ~~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDEBKO5IoNs
See the bass used during the Can't Win session here -> https://twitter.com/nickpoprocky/status/511329046048014336
I bought this in 2012 when I thought I could play slap bass for a band I thought I was in, or, we thought we had formed, rather. Never panned out, fretting was not very good, sold it in 2015.
Purchased in 2014, this pedal is a solid rocker to get dirty tones over the top. Sold in 2016.
Plays fantastic, Seymour Duncans are much hotter than my Les Paul. Purchased in 2014.
Bought this guy on Craigslist in June 2018 basically brand new. I love it, and it has that thick bass sound that I have always looked for.
Great little bedroom amp. Easy to write and jam on, and sounds pretty good with pedals. Has a decent dirty channel to play on.
