Eric Johnson's Latest Toan Essential The Thinline Strat
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Eric Johnson's Latest Toan Essential The Thinline Strat
So you've got the right batteries in your vintage pedals, the right vintage amps and the first few signature strats, are you happy with the toan yet?
To mark time until you try cutting off Eric's fingers, what do you think of this?
https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/ ... r-thinline
To mark time until you try cutting off Eric's fingers, what do you think of this?
https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/ ... r-thinline
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Re: Eric Johnson's Latest Toan Essential The Thinline Strat
Wonder if there's some virtue in having a drinking habit & not giving a shit.
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Re: Eric Johnson's Latest Toan Essential The Thinline Strat
Weird to do such an involved demo, with such poor sound.
They keep telling me tone is in the fingers, but I have yet to see a "look at my fingers" thread.
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Re: Eric Johnson's Latest Toan Essential The Thinline Strat
Could only watch 12 seconds of it in 2 second bites over the first 2 minutes. Everything I heard is everything I hate about the sound of a Strat.
EDIT: went back and watched a bit more...it eventually shows promise but still....meh.
EDIT: went back and watched a bit more...it eventually shows promise but still....meh.
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Re: Eric Johnson's Latest Toan Essential The Thinline Strat
I believe there is....calling card wrote:Wonder if there's some virtue in having a drinking habit & not giving a shit.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: Eric Johnson's Latest Toan Essential The Thinline Strat
I think that's an entirely reasonable alternative approach to the rabbit hole. Just get wankered and stop worrying about it.calling card wrote:Wonder if there's some virtue in having a drinking habit & not giving a shit.
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I'll drink to thatMolly wrote:I think that's an entirely reasonable alternative approach to the rabbit hole. Just get wankered and stop worrying about it.calling card wrote:Wonder if there's some virtue in having a drinking habit & not giving a shit.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: Eric Johnson's Latest Toan Essential The Thinline Strat
I doubt very much that a hollow strat will sound much different to a normal one. . . . with a floating strat tremolo system, the body is only an afterthought anyway on a strat. Energy is transferred to the body by 6 small screws and the actual string energy transfer point is isolated by 3 springs!
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Re: Eric Johnson's Latest Toan Essential The Thinline Strat
It would allow you to use up stocks of rock ash that is too heavy to use in a conventional strat though?
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I`ve not found this to be true. a TOM is connected to the body by two small sticks of threaded rod, Floyd has two larger anchors but most complain about that, then there's the prs, six screws but only two are in use.bbrunskill wrote:I doubt very much that a hollow strat will sound much different to a normal one. . . . with a floating strat tremolo system, the body is only an afterthought anyway on a strat. Energy is transferred to the body by 6 small screws and the actual string energy transfer point is isolated by 3 springs!
the blade type trems of the 80`s had the most coverage with a full connection of steel on steel to the body but they didn't hang around long.
they might come back, who knows.
the wood doesn't make a difference argument is relatively new to guitars, came about right around the time wood stocks started to get more expensive.
anyway, the EJ strat in the demo didn't really stay in tune. shame really.
final question: does it come with ear muffs?
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.
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Re: Eric Johnson's Latest Toan Essential The Thinline Strat
at least a TOM is pretty solid, the anchors are mounted to the body, ect. Anyway, I'm not one to talk, the bridge on my Ric is held on only by string tension. You could take the neck and hardware and electronics off that thing and attach it to a fruitcake and I reckon it would sound much the same.mrmofo wrote:
I`ve not found this to be true. a TOM is connected to the body by two small sticks of threaded rod, Floyd has two larger anchors but most complain about that, then there's the prs, six screws but only two are in use.
the blade type trems of the 80`s had the most coverage with a full connection of steel on steel to the body but they didn't hang around long.
they might come back, who knows.
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Speaking of fruitcakes... I wonder if they used nitro finish for max toanage...
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Re: Eric Johnson's Latest Toan Essential The Thinline Strat
I, for one, will happily put $20 in the pot for this to happen. And I would dub Ben the 'Rickenbaker'...bbrunskill wrote:Anyway, I'm not one to talk, the bridge on my Ric is held on only by string tension. You could take the neck and hardware and electronics off that thing and attach it to a fruitcake and I reckon it would sound much the same.
Anyone else?
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Re: Eric Johnson's Latest Toan Essential The Thinline Strat
it`s all perception, how is a TOM more solid?bbrunskill wrote: at least a TOM is pretty solid, the anchors are mounted to the body, ect. Anyway, I'm not one to talk, the bridge on my Ric is held on only by string tension. You could take the neck and hardware and electronics off that thing and attach it to a fruitcake and I reckon it would sound much the same.
any physics professors in 'da house
Fretboards affect tone, Rics are covered in a hard plastic type glue to protect the delicate small necks made for men with small hands. the tone from that combination is often thin, gaunt some would say tonally anorexic. we all know that men with small hands do have a use in todays modern world, reaching the oil filter in a mazda enos for one, playing a Rickenbacker, pulling the last ferret out of the rabbit hole, stuff like that.
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.