The best thrash guitar

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John4021 said:
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These stupid things built a weird following and goes for much more second hand than they ever did new on the rack. lmao
 
So let's make this a bit more interesting. Say currently manufactured gear. What would be your perfect thrash rig?
 
John4021 said:
Hello Kitty
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I have one of these sitting behind me right now with a ceramic pickup and it fucking rips. The back has a giant "hello kitty" in pink cursive and I have the O covered up so it says "Hell Kitty." It has outlasted 3 private stock PRS guitars.
 
ccn said:
There is no best thrash guitar , just about anything will work if it's equipped correctly .
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I dunno man, my ES 335, Harmony Vibra Jet and even the SG don't thrash.

In anticipation of someone saying that the SG can thrash, I made a clip comparing the Explorer to the SG.
The Explorer has stock pots and Godwood pups. It would be even thrashier with 500k pots. It's about to get those and the ToneNerd Psykes pup. The SG has 500k pots with a Motor City Detroiter. It's the best blues, classic/hard/stoner rock guitar ever. But it struggles to go fast.
Explorer is first, SG second. The first riff might sound familiar. That's a klone boosting the OD channel of an SLO100, sm57 on a V30. The second and third riff are played on the crunch, then OD channel of the SLO. Explorer on both, then SG on both.
 
LPMojoGL said:
I dunno man, my ES 335, Harmony Vibra Jet and even the SG don't thrash.

In anticipation of someone saying that the SG can thrash, I made a clip comparing the Explorer to the SG.
The Explorer has stock pots and Godwood pups. It would be even thrashier with 500k pots. It's about to get those and the ToneNerd Psykes pup. The SG has 500k pots with a Motor City Detroiter. It's the best blues, classic/hard/stoner rock guitar ever. But it struggles to go fast.
Explorer is first, SG second. The first riff might sound familiar. That's a klone boosting the OD channel of an SLO100, sm57 on a V30. The second and third riff are played on the crunch, then OD channel of the SLO. Explorer on both, then SG on both.
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Both your Explorer and SG sound too clean through that amp for legit heavy thrash metal imo.
 
Every Solar guitar I've heard sounds like a thrash machine which is what I don't like about them but they do thrash for sure with many diiferent amp types from the video's I've seen.
 
ccn said:
Both your Explorer and SG sound too clean through that amp for legit heavy thrash metal imo.
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I think that sound double tracked would be most saturated.
There's plenty of gain left on the knob of the SLO. It was at almost 4 of 11 on the dial.
 
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LPMojoGL said:
I think that sound double tracked would be most saturated.
There's plenty of gain left on the knob of the SLO. It was at almost 4 of 11 on the dial.
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Well there you go , no wonder it didn't sound like heavy thrash , got to crank that gain way up . From what I heard that's a really nice sounding amp with the gain only on 4 . I'm not a fan of mega amounts of gain, I like overdriven tones that retain plenty of clarity and bite .
 
So it seems, let say by popularity:
- flying V (Gibson, King V, Rhoads, etc.)
- explorers and derivatives (Gibson, Kelly, ...)
- extreme shapes (Dagger, Ironbird, Stealth, Warlock, Warrior etc.)
- superstrats (Charvel and so on)
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- Hello Kitty for weirdos
 
I sold all the V's, Explorers and various other shapes and ended up with superstrats. Now I'm kind of missing something with a predatory look. I also had a BC Rich KK Beast V which looks terrible in the photos but is actually a great guitar, I miss that one the most. So now I'm thinking about what to buy.
 
T Wilcox said:
Indeed! I've been keeping an eye out for a nice Dime ML to add to the collection myself
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I had one years ago. Had an issue with the width of the neck.

The top and bottom E strings would sometimes roll over the edge.. Never seen that before on any guitar.

Like either the neck was made too narrow, or the nut was wrong size/spacing.
 
PLX said:
I had one years ago. Had an issue with the width of the neck.

The top and bottom E strings would sometimes roll over the edge.. Never seen that before on any guitar.

Like either the neck was made too narrow, or the nut was wrong size/spacing.
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I have read there are quite some quality differences between all the models. The only one I've played on was one in guitar center and it definitely needed a setup and felt cheap. If I run across one in good playing condition I'll probably pick it up just so I can keep one guitar tuned 432Hz for the Pantera tunes I know
 
My fellow guitarist has ML Select and I must say, it's a fantastic guitar. Looks good, playability is awesome. The only drawback for me is a shorter scale, I am used to 25,5.
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T Wilcox said:
I have read there are quite some quality differences between all the models. The only one I've played on was one in guitar center and it definitely needed a setup and felt cheap. If I run across one in good playing condition I'll probably pick it up just so I can keep one guitar tuned 432Hz for the Pantera tunes I know
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The "non-Dime" ML's can be decent guitars.

I Have a Dean USA custom shop ML that's a really nice guitar.

I've got a Korean-made arch top ML that's my favorite player.
 
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