BadComrade wrote:Someone's selling their lucite EGC on ebay right now.

That is one of the very first ones. You can tell by the recessed headstock.

Steve V. wrote:

sunset_gun wrote:

Rimbaud III wrote:

BadComrade wrote:Someone's selling their lucite EGC on ebay right now.

You couldn't possibly play that with your pants off.

Perhaps it would magnify at the right angle, appearing larger?

No, I have a Dan Armstrong...if anything, it is a reverse magnifier.

the "lens" would have to be concave.

oh, I want one of these, and I don't even play guitar. that 500 with the dark wood is very pretty.

The only way I could afford one of these is if I become an art director (lawyeresqe) guitarist.

mr.arrison wrote:my electrical 500 just came last friday.

it is a one-piece alder stained natural sedona and clearcoated.

but, perhaps an all aluminum?

I just posted this in another thread, but forgot I had promised samples of my egc HT custom bass.. perhaps this will be of some interest to some nerd here:

mr.arrison wrote:i'm not in a proper band but I just "finished" a rough mix of this solo thing in garage band with me playing all the instruments. that's why there are no drum fills or guitar solos keepin' it simple.

here

for the nerds who know about Electrical Guitar Company, the guitar is an egc500, the bass is an HT custom egc bass.

i wish i could come up with singing I liked though.

feel free to flame away.. comments welcomed.

mr.arrison wrote:I just posted this in another thread, but forgot I had promised samples of my egc HT custom bass.. perhaps this will be of some interest to some nerd here:

mr.arrison wrote:i'm not in a proper band but I just "finished" a rough mix of this solo thing in garage band with me playing all the instruments. that's why there are no drum fills or guitar solos keepin' it simple.

here

for the nerds who know about Electrical Guitar Company, the guitar is an egc500, the bass is an HT custom egc bass.

i wish i could come up with singing I liked though.

feel free to flame away.. comments welcomed.

that bass sound is awesome.

Hey, that sounds great. Is that the bridge pickup on the guitar or both? Also what kind of amp/pedals are you running through?

That sounds damn good. No wonder aluminum is so popular around these parts.

Question: Can these things handle other sounds of a less Chicago-noise-rock sort, or do they keep that distinctive treble snarl at all times?

Antero wrote:Question: Can these things handle other sounds of a less Chicago-noise-rock sort, or do they keep that distinctive treble snarl at all times?

If those can help, two videos:
Two (dead) 28.50 pop songs
And another pop song with my GF's band.

MF Nightmen wrote:Hey, that sounds great. Is that the bridge pickup on the guitar or both? Also what kind of amp/pedals are you running through?

It's bridge pickups on both "main" bass and guitar tracks. There's an overdub with the middle pickup selector on the guitar.

The guitar amp is a 77 HIWATT DR103 through a Marshall Powerbrake attenuator into a purple 10" fane speaker as to not oxidize the neighbors (and the tiny speaker). Only pedal is a Boss Noise suppressor.

The bass amp is a Traynor YBA-1 through a Dietz 1X15 with the Powerbrake to get the thing to break up a little. No pedals.

Most of this stuff was recorded in a rowhouse bathroom, so it could only be so loud. I normally would use a YBA-3 or GK800rb for bass.

Antero wrote:
Question: Can these things handle other sounds of a less Chicago-noise-rock sort, or do they keep that distinctive treble snarl at all times?

On the neck pickup, they are very bell-like and gentle sounding, but the bridge pickup is quite snarly.

mr.arrison wrote:

Antero wrote:
Question: Can these things handle other sounds of a less Chicago-noise-rock sort, or do they keep that distinctive treble snarl at all times?

On the neck pickup, they are very bell-like and gentle sounding, but the bridge pickup is quite snarly.

I play my baritones pretty clean most of the time. Great, clear clean sound.

The only thing they don't do well is that sort of dead-string, heartbeat type sound--finger-plucked 60s bass or 'mellow jazz'-type guitar.