Billy Gibbons presents Pearly Gates

Very overpriced but so damn nice....

         And here´s a rare one. Fender  Strat? No shades? 

The Silv

News from dunlop

The Dunlop/MXR team just put out great stuff for great musicians. I am a true believer that MXR make the best effect pedals around today if you don´t geek out and search yourself to death for boutique nonsens. (And while i am writing this, Peter Forsberg Scores his first olympic goal since 1998,JIPPI) time is 07.18 here in Sweden.
Anyway.
The 3 available gauges are HEAVY, HEAVIER, and HEAVIEST, and each is based on a different core-to-core wrap ratio to ensure maximum control and comfort while beefing up your tone! Nice package as well, let´s find out if i can get my hands on a set and try them out a bit.
    

Japanese guitar shop-This is all custom shop guitars

   Japan guitar shop and a somewhat bored Martin.

stuff from the past

Found some old photos and other rare stuff i have been collecting over the years in HCSS.
Some on and back stage photos never before seen, and just a lot of "walk the town you are in" photos.
I will put some her every week for a while until it gets just boring!

While the bus is being repaired in the middle of the road in Germany i think!
The devil is our first driver Hamid. Then Jason El Gato and Jocke the mummy. 99/00

And Food in Italy is not always the dream it usually is.

A nice pattern for a guitar body?

I found this Art-Deco pattern from nowhere and it would actually work on a guitar. Maybe something for my friend El Gato?

This BC Rich Gunslinger has a really nice 80´s pattern as well.

And the chili pepper Paul Gilbert Custom Guitar.

And Simscustomshop made these cool paintjobs.

Then my friend Alan at out of this swirled are just awesome.

He´s done the ones below. Talk about taking swirling one more step further.

How about that.....

Henrik Lundqvist

No words needs to be said! 

You can buy this on the internet. I will have it on for my next meeting.

A Mech

I have always been under the impression that world domination was one of those things, like family and good health, that you can't put a price tag on. Well, a Japanese company called Sakakibara-Kikai has developed a commercial battle-mech called the Land Walker, which you can buy from their website for a paltry $350,000. So quit your praying: For less than you'd pay for a shitty Studio Apartment in New York City, that global reign of terror can be yours.

There is literally no other possible application for this machine.

The Land Walker is nearly 10-feet tall, weighs over two tons and has two guns mounted on either side of the cockpit, officially making it the greatest vehicle that has ever been built. We would seriously stomp around the neighborhood asking people if they had any errands we could run, just so we could run them in a giant robot.

"Bed Bath and Beyond? No problem."

Sadly it only moves about a mile an hour, so don't take the Land Walker if you need to get where you're going in less than two weeks. Also, the guns only shoot squishy pink balls, which is a confusing tactical choice to say the least.

"We checked, sir. These balls actually cost more than bullets."

It also can't walk on anything less than a completely flat surface, so try not to wage any battles unless they take place on an indoor basketball court.
And for the kids!

The Japanese Giant Hornet-Got it from my friend el Gato.

Japanese Giant Hornet (vespa mandarinia japonica)

From: Japan, obviously.

Why you must fear it:
It's the size of your thumb and it can spray flesh-melting poison. We really wish we were making that up for, you know, dramatic effect because goddamn, what a terrible thing a three-inch acid-shooting hornet would be, you know? Oh, hey, did we mention it shoots it into your eyes? Or that the poison also has a pheromone cocktail in it that'll call every hornet in the hive to come over and sting you until you are no longer alive?

Think you can outrun it? It can fly 50 miles in a day. It'd be nice to say something reassuring at this point, like "Don't worry, they only live on top of really tall mountains where nobody wants to live," but no, they live all over the goddamned place, including outside Tokyo.

Forty people die like that every year, each of them horribly.

More scary shit:
Here's how the Japanese hornet treats other insects (and would presumably treat us, if we were small enough). An adult hornet will fly miles to find some squishy shit to feed to its children. Often times, it finds its food in, say, a hive inhabited by thousands of bees.

What to do? Well, Vespa japonica sprays the nest with some of the acid/pheromone and brings in reinforcements, usually consisting of 30 or so fellow hornets. They then descend upon the beehive like an unholy plague of hell-born death engines and proceed to make this world a scary goddamned place. This is maybe 30 wasps against 30,000 bees and the 30,000 bees do not stand a chance.

the one in the owen.

Remember i had a guitar in cooking at 200° to make it crack up a bit. it sure did. the photos dont show it though i have to fix my camera. this is from the webcam. feel like a 16 year old teenager. There is no pup´s installed as i wait for the new Yngwie Malmsteen "Fury" from Seymore Duncan. The neck has been sanded down, logo removed and re fretted with Dunlop jumbos 6100, i think. Stefan is the guy who re frets all the guitars i actually use. Live or in studio. So what we have here is a guitar that costs new around 1600skr/160€/220US Dollars. The frets and the job is more money then the guitar itself.
But it´s all fun. A guitar does not need to be shit expensive to be a good player and a cool looking lefty guitar.
Silver

Heres a story from once upon a time called right about now!

Heres a story from once upon a time called right about now!
A bunch of months ago, last year. I was invited by Crafton to come and try out 3 new neck prototypes from Ibanez. I was one of twenty.
The Crafton staff served a wonderful cake by the way. Just addictive!
Japanese and Dutch IBZ employees showed me 6 guitars?
3 different necks and 2 different bolt on types. the newer AANJ and the older Rg/Jem style with a back plate. 80´s style again. Like on the re issues for Paul Gilbert. Actually almost all of the prototype bodies was PGM´s. I could easily tell from the position of the volume knob and pick-up switch. As it was the necks it was all about, i think they just took what bodies they had laying around. So three new necks to choose from. I was in there alone with them for almost 2 hours then they let the other 19 in for a some time.
The bodies were totally raw. No paint job, just bare untouched wood. Routed for H/S/H but only bridge pup installed, PGM hardtail bridge, volume knob and no switch. No back plate over the routing and no logo.....NO LOGO!!!!!
They were all numbered. NR 3 had a U shape, NR 2 had a D and NR 1 was a C shaped 17mm dream i could not forget since!
My god it was nice. The best IBZ i have played.
I cried out that this was the shit! Look no further, guys.
I left there after a great day but with this guitar banging my shred brain.
Time went on as it does.
And yesterday Anders from Crafton came by me with a box! Said -here its for you! Its NR 1....
Do you think i was chocked, i had almost forgotten about her and never thought that i one day had it my hands. So here she is:

There can be only ONE

In my pedalboard

Talking about pedals made me think that some of you might actually like to know whats in my pedalboard at the moment. Just so you know, i am a true believer that anything you put between your guitar and your amp takes away tone! So it´s all compromises. When i was in HCSS i only had Boss dd-3 delay, MXR micro amp, Boss NS-2 and a optic Wah! So there was really only two effects. Delay and wah. I like to keep it simple. All other effects i did with my fingers.
Here it is today: Korg pitch black tuner, Ibanez Paul Gilbert signature Airplane flanger, MXR micro amp, MXR line driver/Booster, MXR carbon copy delay, Dunlop EVH wah, Xotic effects BB boost.
A bit to much actually...

The Silv

the Jerry Cantrell Wah pedal from Dunlop

I had the chance to try the new J.C wah pedal when visiting the NAMM show in Jan. It was a great pedal. Dunlop really hit the right nail when it comes to their pedals lately. And they just don´t sound good, they look awesome as well. Especially the EVH wah, who i am a proud owner of. Can´t wait to get my hands(or feet) on one of these very soon.
Text below from dunlop site.
The Silv


 One of the most influential guitarists to come out of the Seattle rock scene, Jerry Cantrell’s epic riffs and searing tone have been the driving force behind Alice in Chains since the late 80’s. His melancholy wah-drenched melodies in modern classics like “Man in the Box” and “The Rooster” left an indelible mark on a generation of guitarists. Jerry favored wah-wahs with a wider, darker response, and Dunlop has painstakingly replicated that moody sound to create his signature pedal. It’s custom-voiced for a tight, punchy heel-down tone and a rugged side-control knob lets you fine tune the toe-down frequency. And with its antique, oxidized “road worn” brass casting and custom Alice in Chains tread, this is one pedal that looks as great as it sounds.