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PostPosted: Wed 03 Oct 2012 01:44 AM 
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The color combination of shirt and sofa makes it impossible to notice any guitars on the pics! :eek2: :look:
But i think I would like that VS696 very much! :wink:

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PostPosted: Wed 03 Oct 2012 11:34 AM 
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Corsair wrote:

Glad we're not the only ones to "hear" it that way!! We recorded both guitars, on all settings with the tones and EQ on the amp set flat to A/B them; unsure what to do with the .mp3s now, however... :roll:


Upload them to our shared Dropbox account, duh! :roll:

I'll take it from there & post up public links.

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PostPosted: Wed 03 Oct 2012 12:23 PM 
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Corsair wrote:
...Barry, you're just jealous cause you can't wear swanky shirts like this in the freezing cold of Ontario!
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PostPosted: Wed 03 Oct 2012 06:08 PM 
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Maybe you remember, my VS696-12 had vintage Seymore Duncan's when I got her (and still). So comparison on 'bite' in the sound would be unfair here. But where playability is concerned, I regard the VS as a good work horse, where the VA912 practically plays itself :love: So smooth, almost as easy as a 6-string VA900. Maybe one should try a set of 45's in a 912? (If anyone is daring enough, good luck on the modifications. :roll: )

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PostPosted: Wed 03 Oct 2012 07:03 PM 
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Squid Head wrote:
Corsair wrote:

Glad we're not the only ones to "hear" it that way!! We recorded both guitars, on all settings with the tones and EQ on the amp set flat to A/B them; unsure what to do with the .mp3s now, however... :roll:


Upload them to our shared Dropbox account, duh! :roll:

I'll take it from there & post up public links.

je


Files are trickling into the Dropbox folder... :)

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VA 912 sounds:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5731545/VA912.mp3

VS 696-12 sounds:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5731545/Vantage%20VS696_12.mp3

Y'all talk funny!

Enjoy...

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PostPosted: Thu 04 Oct 2012 09:24 AM 
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Here's something I had posted a while back re: my 695-12:

"My VS-695-12 (1982, dual MMK53? humbuckers w/coil taps) reads 11.07K/5.61K & 10.57K/5.5K with the pickups still in the guitar. HOT for a 12-string! I generally play it with both single coils in phase for clean."

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Squid Head wrote:
...Y'all talk funny!
Nah, just think of it as a musical episode of the Almighty Johnsons--without he lightning bolts! :D

Hey John, thanks for recording those demos/comparisons (and for playing that bloody lick over and over!)
I'm sure the playability of the VA is superior but the VS hits my ear holes more favourably somehow.

The 12 string seems to be making a small revival in young bands of late, along with the semi-acoustics like ES335's and Gretsch's. Nice to hear them again. Ironically, I was just viewing a video of the Eagles ahead of coming here. They were playing Hotel California at their Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inauguration; Felder on a 12/6 double neck SG, Frey on an acoustic 12 and some other unidentifiable player also on a 12 acoustic.
That's roughly (counts on fingers) 36 strings right there, not including Walsh on his Tele. :P

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If you think we talk funny on this you should hear us after a few beers and a tipple of port :D
Thanks for posting the links mate :up:

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Thanks, Squid! Yeah.... We do talk funny, eh! :lol:

And if I recall correctly, we did lift the pups out of the 912 2 years ago, and I'm reasonably sure they, too, are 53s....

Barry; that's the way I hear it as we'll!!


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