Tom 14011 Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 I have an Epiphone Les Paul Custom (the SG with 3 pickups) and it’s an epic guitar but I’ve had it since was 14 and it was £400 then. I had a 339 which was a lovely guitar, but again it was dear. I see some Epis that look decent and then I see the price and it’s fairly pointless. The Bonamassa ones look great but they’re the best part of a grand. It’s crackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1333 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) "inspired by Gibson" as if nobody already knew. I dont mind epiphones and have played plenty decent ones but this is pretty lazy marketing. I guess they've been looking a legal way to get the Gibson name on there. Squire have had a subtle "licensed by fender" on a most of their gear but this is more akin to them calling the Classic Vibe range "it's basically A Fender". Edited November 20, 2020 by Blastronaut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44900 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Been mulling it over for a bit and have pulled the trigger on an HX Stomp and a Powercab Plus. I've already got an HX Effects and was watching someone on YouTube running the two together, with the Stomp doing amp modelling in the loop of the FX, allowing you to control the Stomp via the footswitches on the FX over Midi. Anyway, let's see how it works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 Sounds interesting. I haven’t gone down the digital route yet. I’m at the point now I’ve been playing tube amps so long I’d probably have withdrawal symptoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4762 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 5 hours ago, Gemmill said: Been mulling it over for a bit and have pulled the trigger on an HX Stomp and a Powercab Plus. I've already got an HX Effects and was watching someone on YouTube running the two together, with the Stomp doing amp modelling in the loop of the FX, allowing you to control the Stomp via the footswitches on the FX over Midi. Anyway, let's see how it works. Thats pretty cool, not tempted to go for a full Helix at that point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4762 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 I was given an early christmas present at the weekend, and now have one of these in my setup! It is bloody marvellous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44900 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, Andrew said: Thats pretty cool, not tempted to go for a full Helix at that point? It was the fact that I already had the HX FX to start with that stopped me, really. £400 gets me the Stomp vs £1200 or whatever it is for full Helix. I could obviously have then sold my FX but would still have been out of pocket. Between the two units I should (I think) be able to divvy up the DSP enough to do anything that I would do with a full Helix (not saying its as powerful, just that it's as powerful as it needs to be for a fuckwit like me). The Powercab looks easy enough to just plug and play as well, which was appealing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44900 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, Andrew said: I was given an early christmas present at the weekend, and now have one of these in my setup! It is bloody marvellous! These things look mint. Love all the big reverb stuff that's floating around atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 I’ve got a new E.P out on...I think Tuesday. I’ll fire up a link, most of its songwriting bollocks which I’m trying to get better at however there’s one guitar solo I’m proud of so I’ll stick it here in the guitar thread! Also I have a new musical partner so I can finally move away from being wank at solo work and actually make some BANGERS....by which I mean quiet folk songs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4762 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 I like that you don't know when its out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 I’d aimed for December 1st which is my Birthday but there’s sometimes complications with publishing things which is out of my control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4762 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Thats less rock n roll than I imagined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 Yeh wait till you get your £3.85 royalties 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 there you go https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/thomaskeith/voluntary-excess Huge thanks to everyone for their birthday wishes, it’s greatly appreciated, especially in this year. I decided to release a record on my birthday, like Bowie used to do & I’ll try and keep it up. There’s 5 new songs and, the best experience is mixed for headphones. For this record I play guitar, bass, drums & some weird organ thing. So the recording approach was a little different but it’s all experience. I was delighted to have Danielle Lewis along to lend their wonderful vocals to the first track & we’ll be working a lot more together in future which thankfully will band work and not solo work! It’s currently available on Apple Music, ITunes & Spotify, though will be released through every major platform soon. Link - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/thomaskeith/voluntary-excess Tracks - Lost With You (Origami Class) (Ft Dan Lewis) Voluntary Excess Air Rifle (Lo-Fi) Dirt Luna Some inspiration.... LR “Oh, great by me” GJ : Yeah? Mine were alright, wasn't my best one but who cares? LR “That's the spirit” That’s the end of my favourite Cribs song. So onwards and upwards.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15531 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I chucked it into my general playlist of new music and it didn't sound out of place. (You can have that quote. ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 Thanks I’m going to do a lot more work with Dan so hopefully the quality will overall improve, as they’re actually quite talented Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17281 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I listened to all your eps on Spotify yesterday afternoon @Tom you sound like early Pavement demos, I’ve never heard any but you sound like how I imagine them 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3357 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 So that's where Daniel Johnson's got too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 12 hours ago, PaddockLad said: I listened to all your eps on Spotify yesterday afternoon @Tom you sound like early Pavement demos, I’ve never heard any but you sound like how I imagine them Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 Was just browsing on thomann.de and they’re selling house brand “Harley Benton” guitars with proper Floyd Roses for £120. How on Earth do they pull that off? Crackers. (also tempted ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4762 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 The Harley Benton stuff is, by most accounts I've read/watched, really good. They've a range of Celestion V30 loaded cabs that generally work out to be less than just buying the speakers would cost you. They've got unbelievable buying power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4762 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 On the subject of "too good to be that cheap" I got one of these last week https://www.nuxefx.com/steel-singer-drive.html for $80 (£40) its absolutely brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 20 minutes ago, Andrew said: The Harley Benton stuff is, by most accounts I've read/watched, really good. They've a range of Celestion V30 loaded cabs that generally work out to be less than just buying the speakers would cost you. They've got unbelievable buying power. Yeh I’m quite baffled by the price I could have sworn a Floyd Rose was about £140 by itself I’ll probably give one a go in the new year, the reviews are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 17 minutes ago, Andrew said: On the subject of "too good to be that cheap" I got one of these last week https://www.nuxefx.com/steel-singer-drive.html for $80 (£40) its absolutely brilliant! I recognise what this is supposed to be, a way huge? I might give it a go too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4762 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tom said: I recognise what this is supposed to be, a way huge? I might give it a go too Nah, it does look like one though. Its meant to be a "dumble in a box" overdrive like this https://www.thomann.de/gb/vertex_steel_string_mkii_overdrive.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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