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5 Apr 2018

Friday Morning Jam

A quick improv over a backing track.  Music Man JP15 into a Marshall Code 25, recorded on a cellphone 🙂

5 April, 2018 at 8:53 by UberOwen

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23 Apr 2012

HD500 Looper Jam

A random little jam using the POD HD500 looper and the new Plexi amp models:

I’m quite impressed with the sounds in the new 2.02 firmware!

23 April, 2012 at 16:20 by UberOwen

Tags: music video, youtube
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2 Aug 2011

Testing out the new Telecaster

So, I broke one of my two rules of guitar; never get a Telecaster!  I picked up a new Fender Blacktop Telecaster recently, as I think it will come in handy in the recording studio (who knows, I might even play it live one day).  The guitar felt and sounded really good, and it had humbuckers so was instantly more in my stylistic ballpark than most Teles.

Within minutes of taking it home I had set to work replacing bits on it 😉  So far I’ve replaced the bridge pickup (with a Rio Grande ‘Bastard’ P90), the 3-way pickup selector switch (standard one wasn’t very good), put an orange cap in and replaced the tuners with some locking ones.  Tuning stability wasn’t great with the standard tuners.

A bit more about the pickup; the Rio Grande one is designed as a neck pickup, but I thought I would try it in the bridge.  After trying it out, I’ve decided I’ll move it to the neck and get a Rio Grande ‘Fat Bastard’ P90 for the bridge.  Really liking the sound of the P90, but I need a bit more roar in the bridge.  I had also forgot about single-coil hum!  I’ll learn to deal with it…

Here’s a video of the guitar through my Splawn Street Rod head into a Mesa Recto 2×12 cab.  A little bit of delay from an MXR Carbon Copy delay pedal.

No explanation will be given for the John 5 finger nails 😛

2 August, 2011 at 12:41 by UberOwen

Tags: youtube
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2 Jun 2011

Mojo Hand Colossus demo

A video demo of me playing the Mojo Hand Colossus fuzz pedal:

Nothing too over the top with the playing, just a few runs through of some similar chord and leads bits to try and show the different sounds you can get with the pedal.

2 June, 2011 at 20:30 by UberOwen

Tags: Gear Demos, youtube
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29 Oct 2010

A jam with Raf

I’ve just returned from a great week in Sydney.  While I was there I spent a couple of days with my friend Raf and we recorded a one-take virtual jam over a Robben Ford backing track “Help The Poor”.  I got to play on Raf’s most excellent “Catherine” guitar, which was a dream to play and sounded fantastic 🙂

Here’s the video:

29 October, 2010 at 11:31 by UberOwen

Tags: Guitar Links, youtube
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16 Sep 2010

A quick video test of the Frankenstrat

I had a couple of minutes spare, so threw the camera in front of myself and did some noodling on the Frankenstrat.

 

The lighting makes the guitar looking a much lighter shade of red than it actually is!

 

 

Amp is the lead channel on my Crate V30H through a Marshall VS112 cab. Volume was quite low on the amp as well.

 

P.S. yes, I know I spelt Frankenstrat wrong in the video intro…

16 September, 2010 at 10:35 by UberOwen

Tags: EVH, Frankenstrat Project, Guitar Links, Van Halen
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16 Jul 2010

The Frankenstrat is finished!

Adrian at ASH Custom Works finished the paint job on the Frankenstrat last week and I received the completed body earlier this week 🙂

It was all wired up, ready for final re-assembly.  The paint has turned out great!

Quite possibly, the best part though is the custom-made pickup he made for the guitar.  It’s based on the specs of Ed’s original pickup, and boy does it sound good.  Very clear and defined, loves tons of gain, but cleans up really well with the volume backed off.

Anyway, here’s the photos:

frankenstrat-001
frankenstrat-007
frankenstrat-009
frankenstrat-010
frankenstrat-013

I’ll get round to making a video of it in action soon!

16 July, 2010 at 15:35 by UberOwen

Tags: Frankenstrat Project
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