I've always been an acoustic player first, but playing electric allows me to have friends.
I never used to play electric at home but these two have changed all that. Combined with an amp and (sorry) a cable, I'm enjoying what they have to offer.
Suppose after 35 years, a man could get Fendered out......
The Arps is going to ruin me though. It weighs nothing, it sounds huge. For a well worn body (mine) that is a wondrous combination!
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"We were playing so loud that just one note on the guitar was sufficient".
Ritchie Blackmore.
Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:29 pm
I've always been an acoustic player first, but playing electric allows me to have friends.
I never used to play electric at home but these two have changed all that. Combined with an amp and (sorry) a cable, I'm enjoying what they have to offer.
Suppose after 35 years, a man could get Fendered out......
The Arps is going to ruin me though. It weighs nothing, it sounds huge. For a well worn body (mine) that is a wondrous combination!
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I love the look of that Arps. It’s very YOU too.
I could be making shit up here, but my brain is telling me that the pickup being a bit forward of the usual placement for a bridge pickup would be excellent. Is it a bit more mellow than the typical bridge pickup bite?
bender wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:05 pm
I love the look of that Arps. It’s very YOU too.
We look utterly ridiculous together: it's tiny, I'm not.
bender wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:05 pm
I could be making shit up here, but my brain is telling me that the pickup being a bit forward of the usual placement for a bridge pickup would be excellent. Is it a bit more mellow than the typical bridge pickup bite?
I don't have anything to compare it with but I've thought a lot about this one. There's enough treble in most situations. I frequently turn treble down to about 8. Only when fingerpicking the cleans you get from reduced volumes does the desire for more treble appear.
The pickup was a gift from Oleg; an inspired gift and I treasure it. I think it's a Mighty Mite. I have no idea where it sits on the strata of P90s and I don't care; I love what this one does with the guitar it's attached to!
"We were playing so loud that just one note on the guitar was sufficient".
Ritchie Blackmore.
bender wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:05 pm
I love the look of that Arps. It’s very YOU too.
Thinking about it, you're right. If you gave me a blank sheet of paper and said, 'design a guitar,' the Arps is pretty much what I'd come up with.
I just love single P90 guitars for some reason. It's a rabbit hole that takes a lot of energy to resist. Lucky for me the Arps, after a pickup swap, sounded exactly like the P90 in my head and continues to do so. Perfect guitar!
"We were playing so loud that just one note on the guitar was sufficient".
Ritchie Blackmore.
if I didn't I can manipulate it so that I did.
Actually, Black Benny seems happier these days.
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