You guys hear this.

jnewlyn · Post by **jnewlyn** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:22 am

Definitely not floating. I use as many springs as necessary to make sure that bridge plate gets pulled back and flush on the body. Usually it's only 2 or 3. Another thing I make sure of is that the claw, in the back, is screwed all the way to where it too is sort of mashed against the wood. In my mind it does two things. It makes a tighter connection to the wood instead of kind of floating between the springs and screws and it also usually means that the spring tension will be tighter since the springs need to be pulled further to clip on the block. Otherwise, I'd probably need like 4 springs but I like to make sure that the bridge plate gets pulled back to the wood real good. Of course not so much that I need to stand on the whammy to use it but good and solid.

Strat78 · Post by **Strat78** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:50 pm

I'm a little embarrassed posting this clip, but it gives you an idea how bad a PODxt can sound when you don't record it correctly. This is the same pod that was used to record that RWTD clip but I was having a bad day. The first half of the clip is mixed with a sonic maximizer (yuck), the second half is just the raw tone of the pod with no post production enhancement (the horror). This is an extreme example (I was using a low sample rate or something) but it shows that having a pod does not mean your going to get a good recording every time. The pod sounds amazing through the headphones but getting that to transfer to tape is the real challenge. Still, the PODxt is allot of fun to have around.

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jnewlyn · Post by **jnewlyn** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:01 pm

WOW. That's scary. I don't think I would have even continued to try for VH tone with that start but you sure as hell pulled the rabbit on this deal.

MARCO · Post by **MARCO** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:49 pm

sooo you liked my warmoth 1-piece black korina evh-II body i sold you??!!

jnewlyn · Post by **jnewlyn** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:01 am

Yeah man. Absolutely love it. It's back down to the wood now and I actually might just put a nice clear coat type finish. I dig the wood grain. It's got killer tone. I didn't put a flyod on it but rather a fender style as Floyd's tend to dead'n the liveliness a bit.

MARCO · Post by **MARCO** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:43 pm

how didyou strip it? it was a nice peice of wood....enjoy. i hd a evh 78' p/u with it and it was too warm for me. i have a hard ash body now and it nails evh now. erik goerisch from lush guitars built the guitar for me. i will get pics up soon.

LypsLynch55 · Post by **LypsLynch55** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:09 pm

Well Strat and I have kicked this around for a LONG time now....basically another maker from Musikraft who is a VH-head took a '76 Destroyer and routed out a bit of the wood...and he said (and I quote):

Its not Korina...I mean, I work with Korina all day long, every day...and I can tell you that its not Korina....I definitely think its Japanese 'Sen' Ash....

But the debate will rage on....

And considering I damn near got kicked off VHlinks for trying to set the record straight on this one, Im just gonna leave it at that....

Listen to Strat's tone on his "YRGM" clip and thats the same guitar as my "YRGM" clip but mine has the Super70 in it vs. Strat's clip which had the SD EVH in it....

Strat78 · Post by **Strat78** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:38 am

LypsLynch55 wrote:Well Strat and I have kicked this around for a LONG time now....basically another maker from Musikraft who is a VH-head took a '76 Destroyer and routed out a bit of the wood...and he said (and I quote):

Its not Korina...I mean, I work with Korina all day long, every day...and I can tell you that its not Korina....I definitely think its Japanese 'Sen' Ash....

But the debate will rage on....

And considering I damn near got kicked off VHlinks for trying to set the record straight on this one, Im just gonna leave it at that....

Listen to Strat's tone on his "YRGM" clip and thats the same guitar as my "YRGM" clip but mine has the Super70 in it vs. Strat's clip which had the SD EVH in it....

Here is a picture of the guitar Pauley is talking about. This Destroyer had very little grain definition so I could see why some people would believe it was korina. I loved this guitar and had my I on it for months before the store owner traded it to someone at musikraft for a bunch extra of guitar bodies and a box of Pennsylvania pretzels. Pauley talked to the new owner who said he cut that chunk of wood out of it. This made me sad, though I guess that's what it takes to needlessly convince people that these guitars are not made of korina.

jnewlyn · Post by **jnewlyn** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:45 pm

MARCO wrote:how didyou strip it? it was a nice peice of wood....enjoy. i hd a evh 78' p/u with it and it was too warm for me. i have a hard ash body now and it nails evh now. erik goerisch from lush guitars built the guitar for me. i will get pics up soon.

Hey, what's up? Just got back on shore. I just used and orbital sander and a lot of sand paper. Heavy grit to get through the paint and then really fine to finish it. I didn't want to use chemicals or anything like that. Regardless of what the Ibanez destroyers may have been made of, Korina is really really good tone wood. I love it.