The Committee to Keep Music Evil Forum

another resurrection.

I finally got my hands on a vox ultrasonic - needed to have most of the switches replaced so the effects would actually work.

The wah is still a bit shit though. Had a poke around today and I think I have found a solution (very short ranged wah, I think it's something to do with the conductive coating in the wah mechanism, failing that I guess I'll have to buy a new mechanism (and original handle! woo!) from RhoadsMusic.)

Sadly, I'm down to two guitars though. GuitarWorks Phantom and the Ultrasonic!

I'd love to buy a new guitar soon.

my setup:
Alvarez acoustic
Fender Squier Stratocaster (its way out of tune and i don't have any new strings. I only play it when I feel adventurous.
Ibanez Talman (my baby)
Boss DD-6 Delay
Akai Headrush Delay/Loop
Danelectro Fabtone
Vox Wah
Ehx Big Muff

maybe someone on here can give me some guitar help/advice

im a pretty poor player and ive got a couple of guitars but i fancy getting a hollow body or semi hollow.

I was looking at the Gretsch G5122DC
http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product.asp?id=8553

or maybe the Epiphone Wildkat?
http://www.dv247.com/invt/37198/

anyone get any suggestions or advice?
looking at around the £500 mark
i know this is really vague, but im just looking for suggestions and ideas

thanks

If I already hadn't 7 vintage vox guitars and I was to buy a new one, it would be this one :
http://www.thomann.de/gb/epiphone_casino_mit_bigsby_ltd_vsb.htm

you can also have some vintage 60's Harmony or Eko hollow bodies guitars sometimes on ebay if you can wait to find the good one ...

Get a Vox Invader.

I'd love to have one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1967-VOX-INVADER-wi ... dZViewItem

hmm

funny.

I tried fixing it to no avail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzTtf4vh ... re=related

Thats exactly the same problem as my palm wah.

But the pot is less conventional than a normal pot.

My Ultrasonic XII did exactly the same, spoke to Rhoads music who said that there was nothing that could be done!!

vid isnt working

i usually just get a list of the parts and rebuild it compeltely, but perhaps you could try with the pot first- if its old then it will be pretty worn


oh and http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/fo ... y.php?f=53 is a good place to ask for advice

these palms wah are shit !

I've them on 3 of my VOX guitars and sometimes they work almost with no noise depending on pickups and builtin fx combination, and sometimes it's so noisy than you just shout FUCK OFF !

My favorite luthier tried several oils and other chemicals. At first it works great but a few hours later, you're still at the same point : noises are back.
It seems this entire mechanism should be all the time bathing in oils ...

I've talked to Jack from Guitarworks, he said he can improve them (but not always 100%) and something about the oxide wearing off from the pot (which isn't a 'normal' pot)

He also mentioned that there is a 50% rate of them not working due to crappy design.

I love my ultrasonic (and i wear it all the time)

Do they even sound any good in the rare instances that they are functioning?

the frustrating thing is that the answer is : YES !

Ive got this Casino guitar last year......really good value.....

Hm. I have a Casino with a bigsby on it too.

I'm not knowledgeable about guitars cos I don't play well enough for it to make a difference. But I have 6 guitars and, if I emigrate, I'll probably only take the Vox and the Casino with me. So I guess that's a recommendation of sorts.

I'd strongly recommend the Gretsch. My boy has the 5120 (single cutaway) and it's a winner. People love it wherever he plays. Good luck with your shopping!