Concurrency Totem

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    A little more metal prog number. Having some more fun with the archtop and the profiles waraba gave me (for the cleaner and lead parts).

    Quote from deadman42

    Archtop metal

    These archtops definitely have a distinctive attack & bite that I really love , and lots of sustain & feedback . They rarely have the perfect pickups for metal though, but for hard rock , wow, especially on P90 .


    that's my main axe type for my stoner tracks with transpose set to C , fuzz pedal front , and natural double tracking . I love playing them on neck pickup vs bridge on distorted tones , for ultimate crunch.

    Everyone knows to play real metal and doom you need the hello kitty guitar.


    Thanks deadman42 and waraba !


    To me the arch top is very versatile at low volume but because of the natural feedback not ideal for heavy tones live, I do love how they feel and look though. I’m not sure how Seltzer and Grohl keel theirs in check on stage at those stadium gigs, though I’m guessing the Trini is a block through body neck like the 335, closer to Les’ plank with its wings glued on.

    Quote from Per

    To me the arch top is very versatile at low volume but because of the natural feedback not ideal for heavy tones live

    Versatile ,for sure , mine will suit 90% of my needs alone , thx to the p90. My luthier had them waxed and they do not buzz , feedback yes , but very controllable. Izzy Stradlin used them on stage with great success.

    Some folks used foam inside also.