Just because I'm bored... doesn't have to own/played it yourself. GO!!

u go first le TS

Guitar

hard to choose leh, Huber, Anderson, and Suhr (if they are still considered boutique)

Mine changes from time to time.. Currently though:

Guitars - Deimel





I love it's slightly quirky yet traditional shapes, with many tones not associated with the design. Plenty of color choices as well. Not a lot of demo or reviews in the net though.

Amps and Pedals.. another post later

This post has been edited by quarantined: Jul 15 2015, 02:12 PM

pfft...boutique is just a term used for companies with no money.
fender was 'boutique' back in the 50s, PRS was 'boutique' in the 80s...
dunno which of these guitar companies start out by having the aim to be the best boutique manufacturer there is...sure all want to grow big and conquer the world...like suhr now

b3 metal xs franken les paul strat

Let me show you the world of fancy coffee table tops !


Manne Taos


Dell'Isola Guitars - that leather wrap around the horn is genius

This is my kind of guitar..

Caparison Horus Walnut Maple combo

Of course, Hiwatts..


.. and Farndurks

if only you want to put it that way..

I don't mind if they're cheap danelectros or expensive Collings la, I dont care that much about the term also, just want to see peoples favourite other than the usual stuff like strats and LPs. Also there are so many small luthiers now, perhaps you'll see something new here that you'll like?

Didn't know b3 has a strat?? I kind of like their Phoenix guitar.

and then there are some local carpenters who think they're world's best

but a guitar is just a neck joined to a body.
how much nicer can a neck get? how much more comfortable can a body get?
theres only so much innovation that a carpenter can do.
while the real innovations ppl just throw aside...like robot tuners

enjoy a bit la... dun be so negative. hehe

A matter of preference.. we all know most guitarist are hopelessly traditionalist.

And there are those who want something different, which the big companies wouldn't do.

nice right the b3 strat, yeah basically everything from premier builder's guild is in my favs, fano's stuff look magnificent too!

theres quite a lot of stuff in the boutique market that does improve the guitar significantly,

the reason people bash robot tuners is that its relatively short life, difficult to use and can be unreliable.

actually i kinda disagree, guitars have probably the most innovation in all music instruments that works on a non-digital format. the problem is a lot of companies have gimmicky innovations, things that dont really contribute to any change.

but yea i agree that boutiques satisfy what big companies wont do without a large fee

like what stuff?

hubers/anderons neck joint

anderons eletronic wizardry

cant think one for suhr tho lol

haha.
I'd say the same for pedals too for them to charge ridiculous prices.

thread of this pix need

current GAS

Anderson Drop top


Suhr S3

yea, well i did say not much neck / body innovations that can be done anymore.
the huber neck joint is actually nothing special.
years ago washburn had the stephen's extended cutaway which i feel is way better.

anyway the last bootiqqq manufacturer i kinda fancied was radix from indonesia...but i think they now quite big already...so no longer bootik.

well, i cant remember all of them but there are a few out there, my teacher had one that was built like a clam, then theres the carbon fibre, its not famous, thats all

hubers neck joint? its amazing, looks simple enough but no one does it.

have u taken a look at the stephen's extended cutaway from the 80s?
quite a few other 80s guitars have had similar comfortable neck joints, most of them in the shredder category...bc rich, hamer...
huber is just basically reviving something from 20yrs ago.

those are quite different la, just because someone shows some neck doesnt mean its the same, for one Stephens extended cutaway is a bolt on

I remember Ibanez SZ has a pretty comfortable neck joint as well. But neck joints doesn't bother me as much, in fact i prefer traditional ones

Reinhardt amps - too bad they're no longer being made.

Double post

This post has been edited by quarantined: Jul 16 2015, 12:41 PM

nevertheless, it is nothing new.

to you maybe, i think its new, never seen it around

macam caveman thinking.
if i never seen it, then it doesn't exist.

well, do show your claims then.

i just said nothing much that can be innovated anymore, as everything is just a rehash of what's been done before.

back to topic

anyone played a matchless D30 before?

I have a Ceriatone Matchless Spitfire clone, which is one side of the DC30 with lower wattage I believe?

Never have chance to crank it up (loud for a 15w), it's a fairly bright amp with great presence. Very honest amp, will not be able to hide any playing flaws. It's brilliant if you like clean playing, blues/country/jazz, or you play with a lot of effects/delays. I have always love the EL84 sound, if you want a cleaner AC30 I guess Matchless is where you want to go.

im not sure i always thought the ceriatone creme brûlée was the matchless clone

sounds like an AC15

hence why I'm a bit curious the DC30 is based off the AC30, your description makes it sound like they are very similar amps

matchless clones are under the muchle$$ category (an aptly named indeed much less G's) spitfire, lightning,dizzy 30, stray cat 30. Matchless amps looks classy AF.

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Giffin ancient kauri top


Rick Turner








Are JHS's boutique ?

bootiq? nah, just plain kick ass

I like how their pedals is uniform in a way yet variant (well not that much)
Just like my 5x MXR's

ive always seem them as overpriced crap, lol


on the note of diesel anyone tried them and got confused by the control panel?

acrually most of our gears is pretty overpriced anyways, but yeah boutique amp is something, um which can be reproduced to a great extent even digitally, at least to my rough ears la, maybe clean at 50-100 amp max volume can see the different in glassy tones etc, but once you stacked effects on that mf, dont really make much diff

well it depends, i find guitars in general even boutique ones to be priced rather fairly.

but yea, amps i agree it can be reproduced rather easily (tho i wont claim that digital can do it, but thats for another day) and especially for amps like the DC30, that is based off the AC30 which is much much cheaper, its kinda hard to justify

axefx omg so good, i wished i hadnt picked up on several stuff along this two years (new lap top new,desktop, amps effects etc). i agree it cant reproduce clean tones as well as a tube does, but hey if you're gonna stack them effects, i think mesa and marshalls is pretty obselete, again in my humble opinion, cause my ears is somewhat fugtub by handling aircrafts high decibels anyways.

ahh the famous axe fx, always wondered how it is, and always seems odd to me.

well i do agree tho if you are going to stack effects, anything is rather pointless

Kemper profiling amps with their ludicrous look.

Though they (Axe FX/Kempers) become the staples of major touring bands and small time giggers, never liked the way to program tones around.. Still prefers turning the knobs around to taste

Haha I kind of like the Kemper looks, reminds me of 80s Sci Fi movies. All them buttons are sure to bring me headaches though..

Russian? Seems like a cool amp.

ya from the 90s.
tried one back then in some studio in ampang forgot where already.
marshall and fender clones...maybe thats why they eventually died.

Favourite Boutique Guitar: Vigier Marilyn



Favourite Boutique Amp: Framus Cobra



Favourite Boutique Pedal: None, not a pedal guy. If dream pedal, probably EHX Memory Man kot.

While googling on stephen's extended cutaway, I found this:



IIRC, BC Rich also came out with a Invisibolt Technology. Somewhat a set-through neck construction.

Jergey Girl Homemade Guitars





Very hard to find any demos, probably because of the huge price tag. Here's one, a monster player too.


This post has been edited by quarantined: Oct 9 2015, 02:47 PM

Is Chapman Guitar considered as bootik? Love the simplicity of their axe.









This post has been edited by Air Hendrix: Oct 10 2015, 05:23 PM

Because one Russian amp deserves another