Megadeth's Chris Broderick LACS

[Dan_H]

A very nice looking guitar. More importantly he played it very well in Manchester on Saturday. But for the record, it looked to me close to the light trans black like the old finish on the RG8527DBK from 2001 as opposed to the much darker BX trans finish Ibanez are currently using on the RG8427.

I think I preferred Dave Mustaine's guitar sound though. Dave's got those active SDs that are a bit like JBs - they sounded very smooth and cut through well - great soloing sound. Chris had a more muscular, raw tone from his Bareknuckle pickups and ENGL amps.

Performance-wise Megadeth are at the top of their game right now.

[screamndemon69]

Originally Posted by Dan_H

Dave's got those active SDs that are a bit like JBs - they sounded very smooth and cut through well - great soloing sound.

I have been very close to trying a pair of those since I use the Seymour JB/Jazz passive combo quite often and those are what the Blackouts are based on. I just get nervous with active pups as they tend to not be as "dynamic" for lighter playing and being able to roll the volume back without loosing all your tone, at least IME with EMGs.

On a side note about those pups - Schecter has a new Blackjack guitar with an OFR and those Blackouts for $799, seems like a bargain for the price to me.
I like the Blackjack series and always have.

[Dan_H]

[quote=screamndemon69;789425]I have been very close to trying a pair of those since I use the Seymour JB/Jazz passive combo quite often and those are what the Blackouts are based on. QUOTE]

Hi Screamndemon, the Blackouts are based on EMGs. The SD actives that Dave has are the Livewire™ Dave Mustaine Model pickups. Hope that helps in your search!

[screamndemon69]

[quote=Dan_H;789776]

Originally Posted by screamndemon69

I have been very close to trying a pair of those since I use the Seymour JB/Jazz passive combo quite often and those are what the Blackouts are based on. QUOTE]

Hi Screamndemon, the Blackouts are based on EMGs. The SD actives that Dave has are the Livewire™ Dave Mustaine Model pickups. Hope that helps in your search!

Thanks for clearing up my confusion LIVEWIRES

Anyone try out the LIVEWIRES? I have only head one person use them and they didn't have nice things to say, anyone else try them out?

[Dan_H]

There's a few different types, I'm not surprised you're confused. The Dave Mustaine ones are different to the other Live Wires that have been around for a few years. And now the old Live Wire Metal set is being rebranded as the AHB2 Blackout Metal. (While the new Blackouts that are a bit like EMGS are the AHB1 set)

I haven't heard them so couldn't tell you how they sound, though.

[MikeIbz]

Just to clarify....this is indeed one guitar. It's Trans Black over quilted maple so it can look different under various lighting conditions. Most of Chris' guitars are stock RG1527's with subtle mods.

I'd be happy to answer any other questions related to custom shop artist guitars or artist setups, as time permits.

thanks for all your comments on the guitars that are built by the custom shop.

Mike

[newbieguitarmaker]

Originally Posted by MikeIbz

Just to clarify....this is indeed one guitar. It's Trans Black over quilted maple so it can look different under various lighting conditions. Most of Chris' guitars are stock RG1527's with subtle mods.

I'd be happy to answer any other questions related to custom shop artist guitars or artist setups, as time permits.

thanks for all your comments on the guitars that are built by the custom shop.

Mike

wow the green guitar and the purple one are the same guitar?! I'm guessing you changed it a little since it looks like on the pic that looks purple it has all chrome pole pieces and it has the little pad on the headstock to dampen the strings

[technomancer]

He switched the pups. There were DiMarzios on it because the set of BareKnuckle pups weren't ready. The BKPs were put in after he got it.

Also, it's a rosewood board dyed black and it's bolt on not neck through (Broderick posted about it over on sevenstring.org)

[Reinder]

Thanks Mike for taking the time to share some information on this amazing guitar!

Originally Posted by MikeIbz

Just to clarify....this is indeed one guitar. It's Trans Black over quilted maple so it can look different under various lighting conditions. Most of Chris' guitars are stock RG1527's with subtle mods.

I'd be happy to answer any other questions related to custom shop artist guitars or artist setups, as time permits.

thanks for all your comments on the guitars that are built by the custom shop.

Mike

[jb4674]

Originally Posted by trondulseth

If this was a 6 string it would be what I'd want in my signature model

Basically I'd like a RGA with a FR or possibly a ZR (I've not tried those yet so I'm not sure if I'll like them or not), matching headstock (I don't need reverse, though I dont mind), a single volume pot (I never use the tone pot) and the kill swithc Chris has in there is also a cool adon (easy to put in yourself).

So come on Ibanez, make me that guitar

This is close enough.......



Jimmy

[jb4674]

Originally Posted by wixomwhat

when i first posted I didnt mean to get your guys panties in a bunch but obviously you giuys cant handle it when somebody has a different oppinion then your own.
If you dont like my oppinion that is fine.
I wont post on this topic again, I didn't want to agrue with you guys.

The problem is that you seem to lack the understanding that, for some players, a non-locking nut equipped guitar suits the purpose quite well because they don't rely on the whammy bar as much as other players do.

Take a PRS or a Strat for example. Those guitars don't have locking nuts and they stay in tune quite well even when using the whammy bar. Ever heard of a guy named Stevie Ray Vaughan?

If you're a whammy bar abuser (which seems to be the case by your comments from the beginning), then a locking nut is a must.

Other players need the locking nut because it prevents the strings to go out of tune due to heavy usage. Steve and Joe are players that need locking nuts. Dave Weiner, on the other hand, doesn't need one and he has several guitars that have trems and lack locking nuts because he simply doesn't need them.

The reason why Chris' guitar has an Edge Pro installed is probably because he just wanted the extra convenience of having a recessed trem that will allow him to raise and lower the pitch of the strings a bit further than a fulcrum-style trem would.

Next time don't be so quick to make judgements on an instrument without having personal experiences with it.

Jimmy

[trondulseth]

Originally Posted by jb4674

This is close enough.......



Jimmy

This does not have arched body (the A in RGA), no nicely flamed maple top, no neck pick-up - and several other things are lacking from Chris' LACS guitar, it's a very diferent guitar all together.

[jim777]

Originally Posted by MikeIbz

Just to clarify....this is indeed one guitar. It's Trans Black over quilted maple.

Mike

Cool, so what do I win?

[MikeIbz]

a gold star? haha

Couple more interesting things on this one....

Chris asked for maple binding on the neck, so it matches the body 'binding' and the headstock as well. We don't do that too often.

The volume knob is actually 1/2 way between the normal volume and tone on a standard RGA, and the there's a mini 'killwitch' toggle beyond the volume.

Mike

[jb4674]

Originally Posted by trondulseth

This does not have arched body (the A in RGA), no nicely flamed maple top, no neck pick-up - and several other things are lacking from Chris' LACS guitar, it's a very diferent guitar all together.

Hence why I said "close enough"

Jimmy