hey does anyone know the exact name of manabes white guitar,i read the headstock at the show it was some kind of gibson les paul. But does anyone know the exact model? Idk if the front post is up to date or not...

It's a Gibson Double Cut Les Paul. With P-90s. It's talked about a lot a page or so back.

[quote="MyFoot"]It's a Gibson Double Cut Les Paul. With P-90s. It's talked about a lot a page or so back.[/quote]

Yes, but there are several different kinds of Les Pauls that Gibson sells, ranging from about $800 all the way to about $3,000. They vary extensively with the paint, lacquer, wood quality, design, pickups, neck, and several other factors. Considering the mediocre paint job and the P-90's, it seems like its a cheaper, lower-end model (yet still, probably the most expensive guitar we've seen him with, as Gibson seemingly ignores costs of production - in contrast to Fender and Epiphone).

Yeah, but it's still a LP DC.

It's most likely a Faded Les Paul Double Cut, they have P-90's and the are relatively cheap.

Haha, but that's just like saying a MIM Stratocaster is still a Stratocaster. It's notably different from a true American one.

[quote="sheerheartattack"]Haha, but that's just like saying a MIM Stratocaster is still a Stratocaster. It's notably different from a true American one.[/quote]

True, but it [i]is[/i] stll a Strat.

Does anyone know what pickups were on Sawao's tele back in the Little Busters/Ride on Shooting star era?

Does anyone have any current pedalboard/gear pics? Like scans from the WU!x3 bandscore? I can't wait for the PP bandscore..

Looking back on that pic on page 10, it seems Manabe ditched the Vox distortion?

[img]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg177/itaffy13/IMG_0520.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg177/itaffy13/IMG_0517.jpg[/img]

Sawao wins for his new Orange amps.

New info on Manabe's signature Sago guitars.

http://www.sago-nmg.com/artist/artist.htm

Also clicking GUITAR then CAOS on http://www.sago-nmg.com/pc.html will bring up more info on the guitars.

＜＜＜CAOS SPL＞＞＞ (The new model)
CAOS -Special-
■Body：Honduras Mahogany 1P
■Neck：Honduras Mahogany
■Scale：628mm(24F)
■Finger Board：Ebony(Block Inlay)
■P.U.：Sago SPH-4 [Intense]
■Scale：628mm(24F)
■Color：ICE WHITE
■Finish：Urethane-50%Flat
■Other：PG Inlay
■Accessory：Hard Case/Certification/Pick(Manabe Model)
■Price：￥580,000(Tax in)
※CAOS SPLに関しては受注生産とさせていただきます。
現在、納期はご注文確定より2～3ヶ月頂いております。

＜＜＜CAOS STD＞＞＞ (The old model from the New Animal PV)
CAOS -Standard-
■Body：African Mahogany 2P
■Neck：African Mahogany
■Scale：628mm(24F)
■Finger Board：Rosewood(Dot Position Inlay)
■P.U.：Sago SPH-3 [The Modern]
■Scale：628mm(24F)
■Color：ICE BLUE
■Finish：Urethane-50%Flat
■Accessory：Gigbag
■Price：￥228,000(Tax in)

Last but not least a fun little read I found: http://zsolty.5.dtiblog.com/date200809-8.html

I'm so jealous of the dude getting to meet Manabe.

[img]http://5.dtiblog.com/z/zsolty/file/20080911221436.jpg[/img]

Manabe is HAWT in that picture.

Not much, and I don't know how useful it will be, but I thought I might contribute some information on Jun's settings:

Amp Head set @

Gain
2 o'clock
Bass
slightly above 12 o'clock
Low Mid
12 o'clock
High Mid
1 o'clock
Treble
slightly above 12 o'clock
Bi-Amp Balance
Around 7-8 o'clock

I don't know what role the graphic equalizer plays in all of this (never had one of those on my amps) but it's pretty much even across everything except for a small boost to the 60 and 160hz range. Also the settings on his Jazz Bass seem to be tone and bridge pickup at full, with the neck pickup dialed back a little bit (roughly pointing at the bridge pickup).

Sansamp Classic set @

Presence Drive
11 o'clock
Amplifier Drive
12 o'clock
Output
10 o'clock
High
1 o'clock

Roger Mayer Voodoo-1 set @

Gain
9 o'clock
Tone
11 o'clock
Output
2 o'clock

The settings for the Sansamp are really only for Hybrid Rainbow, but the amp and Voodoo settings are more consistent.

Sources: Hybrid Rainbow instructional demo on Welcome to Bubbletown's Happy Zoo DVD, miscellaneous pictures on the web

What does Manabe eq with his Dunlop EQ? I was wondering if it was to boost the mids of the muff? Or what...