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Post by intenselycalm on Jun 27, 2018 18:59:40 GMT
Interesting colletion of conversations going on here.
All the guitars sounded good to me, I actually thank the player for that. Yes they were all different, but all good. The price comparison is interesting. Everything from spit the coffee while clutching your chest, to grab the coin-jar budgets.
I'm not familiar with the MacMull brand, so I looked them up (thanks to this video). Rather shocked to see "trademark headstock" mentioned as it is on the MacMull site. I actually feel there is something missing in that headstock, like thought and design. Reminds me of a "doorstop". Maybe that's where all the special sauce/sound comes from! I like the HB headstock shape(s) better.
I'd be more than happy with any one of these guitars, tone-string, tonewood, toneknobs, tonebuttons, tone straps, tone bags, tone paint included... It's all good.
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Post by salteedog on Jun 27, 2018 19:29:08 GMT
Interesting colletion of conversations going on here. Yup..this thread is all over the shop.
To answer the original question...if in doubt just buy another guitar. You can't take it with you.
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Jun 27, 2018 19:50:26 GMT
But which one salteedog? With some of them you may need to purchase a reverb pedal...apparently. I thought you might have recommended a sustainable guitar 🌲
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Post by intenselycalm on Jun 27, 2018 20:03:12 GMT
Didn't they say the headstock alone was 2 years in the designing? I mean. Really? I'm glad I missed that part... 2 years, WOW. That's what I call job security, or indecision.
Could be there was a better design, and this was the result of design-by-comity.
I think I could literally cut it out with a pair of scissors in less than 2 years. LOL
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Jun 27, 2018 20:13:40 GMT
Didn't they say the headstock alone was 2 years in the designing? I mean. Really? I'm glad I missed that part... 2 years, WOW. That's what I call job security, or indecision.
Could be there was a better design, and this was the result of design-by-comity.
I think I could literally cut it out with a pair of scissors in less than 2 years. LOL
To be fair I'm not sure what else can be done on a strat/tele types of 6 inline headstocks, without infringing existing copyrights. I do think they could have possibly tried a bit harder than the one they came up with. That said it has got us talking. I would like to see more variations maybe 4&2 or different shape altogether?
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Post by MartinB on Jun 27, 2018 20:20:14 GMT
I always liked, but have never had the Brian May/Flying V 3 a side pointy one.
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Post by intenselycalm on Jun 27, 2018 20:24:01 GMT
blindwilly3fingers, I agree. They could have tried harder. Maybe I'm off, but there is nothing saying that it has to be a fender-clone 6 inline headstock, but the doorstop thing doesn't cut it. 4+2 is a great idea, or 3+3... PRS didn't stick to 6 inline, and their Mayer knock-off looks good-er than this. Oh well, if MacMull is happy, then that is all that needs to be done. I can't afford one of their guitars anyway, so the point is moot for me.
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Jun 27, 2018 20:45:24 GMT
blindwilly3fingers, I agree. They could have tried harder. Maybe I'm off, but there is nothing saying that it has to be a fender-clone 6 inline headstock, but the doorstop thing doesn't cut it. 4+2 is a great idea, or 3+3... PRS didn't stick to 6 inline, and their Mayer knock-off looks good-er than this. Oh well, if MacMull is happy, then that is all that needs to be done. I can't afford one of their guitars anyway, so the point is moot for me. I seems to me that they want to look as much like a fender as possible? The use of the "door wedge" is there trademark and only difference really. PRS seem to be more intent on modifying an existing other brand model to improve on it. I'm not saying PRS are all things to guitar design, far from it but they do seem to have a handle on what changes consumer's want? I'll give them that. I suppose there are those that want a tele like the original 50's shape and those that want contoured bodies. As long as the headstock works I personally don't mind the configuration, that Macmull one might put me off though.
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Post by salteedog on Jun 27, 2018 21:34:47 GMT
I watched a bit of that Sharon video. It's total BS. Henning is more annoying than usual with his schtick and the other fella is hardly an independent voice.
In contrast I watched this other bit of product placement yesterday and was kinda impressed with how little Doug Gillard seemed to care about the details of his gear. Of course it was important to him that it did the job but he certainly wasn't obsessed enough to know exactly what neck pup was in his guitar, the year of his tele guitar or indeed the actual speakers in his cabinet. Of course it might be a front..too cool for school ya know.
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 28, 2018 1:47:00 GMT
The Macmull headstock is the ultimate design. It enables them to take any 2nd hand Stratty thing, cut it down, repaint it and sell it to a price that makes it sound beyond debate That's what you have to do when you're a small company of 2 and a half people with an intent to relieve believers from their cash overflow dilemma. I don't think they're Harley Benton kits, by the way. Too much work. That top model at 6200€ is worth more than 50 ST-62. You don't want 50 cheap Strats piled together in a room unless you're a Malmsteen fan, do you? I saw a video of him showing about that many guitars all thrown onto each other in his house. I'm not sure about the ST-20 making one happy. Everyone seems to dislike the pickups and we heard very little of it.
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 28, 2018 1:57:55 GMT
In contrast I watched this other bit of product placement yesterday and was kinda impressed with how little Doug Gillard seemed to care about the details of his gear. Of course it was important to him that it did the job but he certainly wasn't obsessed enough to know exactly what neck pup was in his guitar, the year of his tele guitar or indeed the actual speakers in his cabinet. Of course it might be a front..too cool for school ya know. It sounds like the normal behaviour of someone who sees tools as what they are, not as objects of potential worship. Besides, any artist or craftsman wants to be recognised for what he does, not for the tools he uses.
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Post by Banana on Jun 28, 2018 5:26:00 GMT
Honestly I know nothing about djent....but educate me - point me to a song where guitar is djenty but lyrics and singing style are not 'cookie monster'/roaring/screaming or otherwise OTT. Uf, to enjoy djent the most, you need to get the best of both worlds But I'd say this comes close, a nice and balanced mix of clean vocals and fry scream, with addition of super tight rhythm guitar work:
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 28, 2018 6:19:28 GMT
Too poppy to my taste. I'd rather have something with no singing at all, to be honest.
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