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In our hearts he will always be playing that big black n' red spikey Liberatore!

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The SG:

The aluminium guitar was a "Born To Rock":

The classic:

Another SG:

The Red Liberatore:

The Valvoline Strat:

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Looks like he chose it for it's intergalactic look and robust design for touring.

I wonder if Liberatore would condiser building exact replicas of the black V and the red Warlock? I'd sell my children for one of each.

St.

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Originally posted by St. Mike:
Is there any guitarist here that might like to talk about the Gibson SG? Anyone have one? I always wanted one but thought they were a bit heavy. Then again, Angus Young always had one I think? He is a small guy like me. :-)

St.

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They are a much lighter guitar than the Les Paul - thinner profile and double cutaways help. It also has a shorter neck than most Fenders etc, so probably a good guitar if you are not a large person

Soundwise they have that typical fat bottom humbucker goodness!

All the best,
PAULIE

Missing you Piggy!

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Originally posted by slaydesays:
[QB]forgot one.. the Iceman!
QB]

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Nice, a Paul Stanley model! (Inlays, trim)

Best,
PAULIE

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Cheers

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Out of all the guitars over the years and different models ect, there has not been much improvement made since 1957 and the fender stratocaster. The fender Strat is pretty much the "be all end all" in guitars (imo) Oh and the 'set-in' neck design of a gibson is inferior to that of a bolt-on strat. Also strats have a straight neck angle and gibsons are slanted back (if you prefer that kinda thing) i am not sure about the B.T.R guitars. The only improvement to the strat thru all the years has been a 'neck-thru' design on some of the spin off strats, which i myself love the idea, the only problem is they are slant-neck design too.

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Originally posted by Hatross:
Out of all the guitars over the years and different models ect, there has not been much improvement made since 1957 and the fender stratocaster..

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1952. Jackson Soloist, PRS Custom, Ibanez JEM, Parker Fly...

The fender Strat is pretty much the "be all end all" in guitars (imo)

The last person I heard making that kind of remark was a drummer.

Oh and the 'set-in' neck design of a gibson is inferior to that of a bolt-on strat.

They sound different and the Bolt-on is cheaper to fix if you break it. Otherwise one design is not inherently superior to the other. I have a bunch of both types, as well as a neck-thru. They sound different. Neck-thru sounds better to me, but if it breaks I have to buy a whole new guitar.

Also strats have a straight neck angle and gibsons are slanted back

Strats were designed to be mass-produced cheaply. Slanted headstocks on Gibsons increase string tension and therefore sustain - offsetting the shorter scale length. Gives you a warmer, fatter tone without floppy strings in other words. Also the strings hit the tuners at or close to 90 degrees on a slanted headstock (rather than at awkward angles on a Strat) which inproves tuning stability.

If you want weedy country tones that are about as metal as a yogutt pot then go with the strat. Although I do like my strat, it does good weedy tones.

geek mode off.

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On the other hand a shorter scale length i though raised your pitch and tone, not deepen and warm it. Baritone necks are 28'in scale length as with most 7-string guitars the scale length is longer. Since when is one concerned about sustain when it comes to playing metal ?

haha

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Fender Telecaster Deluxe '72