Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
I've tested a number of SD pickups several times and I remember there where pieces with old and new style stickers for at least 59 and JB, and obviously old and new patina in there. Have never been able to record a difference.
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
It's ridiculous. How much are they going to charge for this? A copy of a guitar which was, presumably, MUCH cheaper?Originally Posted by the guy who invented fire
It's insane. Some people will buy anything. My Epi LP with A2Pro bridge would, I'm certain, sound just as good in Slash's hands as any of his 2-3 grand Gibsons.
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
Firstly, i wonfer if the everyday guitarist will actually be able to hear the diff's between today's A2P's, and the new ones when they come out.
About the clone Les Paul that Gibson is going to make . . . that is funny as hell !
James
Stoner Rock and Stoner Metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo, low-tuned and bass-heavy. It incorporates elements of Psychedelic Rock, Blues-Rock and Doom Metal into a more repetitive and riff-centred style. Melodic vocals and 'retro' production are also common traits.
Gibson SG Special w. SD A2P's ->pedal board ->Bassman
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
It isn't a copy, it's a high end replica, made by a luthier, arguably more legit than any Gibson made post '60...
They cost more than Gibsons and they sound better...
It really isn't laughable at all...
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
Wonder what colour this clone of a clone sig LP will be ?
James
Stoner Rock and Stoner Metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo, low-tuned and bass-heavy. It incorporates elements of Psychedelic Rock, Blues-Rock and Doom Metal into a more repetitive and riff-centred style. Melodic vocals and 'retro' production are also common traits.
Gibson SG Special w. SD A2P's ->pedal board ->Bassman
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
Replica and copy are the same thing...it's a guitar that was NOT built by Gibson yet it says Gibson on it...that makes it a fake, a copy, a clone...it's all the same.
Im betting you have no idea how much a Derrig costs but just so you know they cost more than some Gibsons and less than others...and cost has NOTHING to do with the sound.
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
Seriously, is that true? I don't get it then.
If Slash could afford such an expensive replica, and pass it off as a Gibson.....why didn't he just play a Gibson?
I've not read his book so I genuinely don't know, just seems odd to spend money on a fake, only to pretend it's a real Gibson.
And if Gibson are copying these high end instruments, isn't THAT illegal?
This is all rather bizarre.
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
That's a great point. Considered starting a thread titled, "How do California's Environmental Laws affect the manufacture of Duncan Pickups" a few times but did not want the question to be construed as an incentive for a politcal slap fight. It's just a legitemate question considering how the laws have been changed over the past 25+ years. For example, someone had a post once on how making formovar (sp?) has had to change over the years due to legal restrictions on such and such ingredient.
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
Not at all, in the 70s and 80s Gibson simply was not making Les Paul that was like the 50s LPs. Small neck, neck tenon, different frets etc, so it was the closest thing he could get his hands on.Seriously, is that true? I don't get it then.
If Slash could afford such an expensive replica, and pass it off as a Gibson.....why didn't he just play a Gibson?
I've not read his book so I genuinely don't know, just seems odd to spend money on a fake, only to pretend it's a real Gibson.
And if Gibson are copying these high end instruments, isn't THAT illegal?
This is all rather bizarre.
You'll use it, boy, and as long as you hate using it, you will use it more wisely than most men would. Wait. If ever you don't hate it any longer, then will be the time to throw it as far as you can and run the other way.”
—Elyas Machera to Perrin
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
From the way Slash phrased it, it sounds like he's asking for an "aged" (maybe degaussed) pickup, rather than one that was built differently than they are now.
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
When Slash got his hands on the Derrig he got it becasue it was the closest to a 50's LP he could get at the time...it wasn't nearly as expensive as you might think and it was surly less than a real 50's LP.Seriously, is that true? I don't get it then.
If Slash could afford such an expensive replica, and pass it off as a Gibson.....why didn't he just play a Gibson?
I've not read his book so I genuinely don't know, just seems odd to spend money on a fake, only to pretend it's a real Gibson.
And if Gibson are copying these high end instruments, isn't THAT illegal?
This is all rather bizarre.
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
That is pretty funny if you think about it...imagine the marketing verbiage
"The masters at the Gibson Custom shop have faithfully copied with painstaking accuracy, every detail of this...faithful copy...."
I checked out Slash's Twitter page too...wonder how "subtle" the differences are...
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
Again, will there be enough of a diff for some to sell their current A2P's and buy the new ones ?That is pretty funny if you think about it...imagine the marketing verbiage
"The masters at the Gibson Custom shop have faithfully copied with painstaking accuracy, every detail of this...faithful copy...."
I checked out Slash's Twitter page too...wonder how "subtle" the differences are...
James
Stoner Rock and Stoner Metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo, low-tuned and bass-heavy. It incorporates elements of Psychedelic Rock, Blues-Rock and Doom Metal into a more repetitive and riff-centred style. Melodic vocals and 'retro' production are also common traits.
Gibson SG Special w. SD A2P's ->pedal board ->Bassman
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
Should look like this.
Last edited by blindedbysilence; 12-05-2010 at 05:33 PM.
Hard Rock - gain on 5 - singing about good times.
Heavy Metal - gain on 10 - screaming about something.
---Gearjoneserhe was trying to convince her to swing.
That's like taking a Ferrari to a mud bog.--Ginormous
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
All guitars sound the same and none of you are as cool as Slash.
There -- now it doesn't matter how the pickups were made.
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
Ahhh thanx for the pic . . . looks like i am NOT gonna have that LP then, as i am not a fan of that look (nor colour).
The matched-book, tiger stripe type tops does nothing for me !
Gimme a good ol plain top and i am happy !
James
Stoner Rock and Stoner Metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo, low-tuned and bass-heavy. It incorporates elements of Psychedelic Rock, Blues-Rock and Doom Metal into a more repetitive and riff-centred style. Melodic vocals and 'retro' production are also common traits.
Gibson SG Special w. SD A2P's ->pedal board ->Bassman
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
only gibson would make a copy of a guitar that is already a copy of one of their other guitars. and it'll retail here for about 11K.
gibson just made the list.
wahwah, on gigging in the UAE:
It was refreshing to see Australians abroad, sober. I almost didn't recognise them.
Funkfingers, in response to some highy questionable spam:
When this forum talks about getting wood, we're usually thinking of flamed maple.
Mike Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun:
I reckon I might send Lizzie a bill for back rent. The old girl's family have been living in my bloody castle for the last 500 years.
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
that must have been exhausting...
wahwah, on gigging in the UAE:
It was refreshing to see Australians abroad, sober. I almost didn't recognise them.
Funkfingers, in response to some highy questionable spam:
When this forum talks about getting wood, we're usually thinking of flamed maple.
Mike Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun:
I reckon I might send Lizzie a bill for back rent. The old girl's family have been living in my bloody castle for the last 500 years.
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
This could possibly explain the "MJ Placebo effect" since there were apparently changes over the years??
Re: So Slash tweeted about some new Duncans he's getting...
I love that guitar. When I think "Slash", I think that guitar.
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