RJ SUPER VINTAGE

[skunkyfunk]

Kung hindi ka naman disabled, hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit ayaw mo magkaroon ng 3-4 na gitara na iba-iba ang design.

Sa neck scale length pa lang, di na pwede magtunog pareho ang Gibson at Fender, kahit maglagay ka ng PAF sa Fender or Tele pickup sa Gibson.

[firemodel55]

Kung hindi ka naman disabled, hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit ayaw mo magkaroon ng 3-4 na gitara na iba-iba ang design.

Sa neck scale length pa lang, di na pwede magtunog pareho ang Gibson at Fender, kahit maglagay ka ng PAF sa Fender or Tele pickup sa Gibson.

Pantasya iyan ng bayan eh... Sa pangalan pa lang sablay na.  I mean paano magiging vintage ang pangalan na RJ kung nagsimula pa lang siya gumawa ng gitara sa 80s... heh heh.  Tapos may dagdag pang 'super' ala lois lane ba or lex luthor.

[fretboard]

I saw it from someones fb post

any comments guys? I rarely do clean but dang the sound matches it close to what Mr. Jacinto got it to

ngayon ko lang to napanood 

isabak na yan sa bayabas nights! 

[Ralph_Petrucci]

ngayon ko lang to napanood 

isabak na yan sa bayabas nights! 

kung meron magpapahiram why not? =)) HAHAHAHAHA

[ryechua]

older version of the "RJ Super Vintage" 

may dati na palang topic...

http://talk.philmusic.com/index.php?topic=143738.0

[crackatoa]

actually i've tried mr jacinto's super vintage guitar when we are still playing at rj bistro just a few months ago, okay talaga siya siguro nga mejo jologs brand palang pero i can say itong super vintage pinagisipan niya
di ko lang gusto yung sobrang daming switch parang ang hassle pero kung tone freak ka masisiyahan ka siguro dito.

[joel_marcelo]

Toan is in the fingers. Lelz

[CeL1916]

Lol nabasa ko nga to sa bulletin or inquirer di ko maalala haha..

Gusto ko masubukan!

[fizz450_03]

gusto ko to ma try, medyo andami lang switches. 

[mbsunga]

Jack of all trades
Master of none

[analog.matt]

Pantasya iyan ng bayan eh... Sa pangalan pa lang sablay na.  I mean paano magiging vintage ang pangalan na RJ kung nagsimula pa lang siya gumawa ng gitara sa 80s... heh heh.  Tapos may dagdag pang 'super' ala lois lane ba or lex luthor.

Bro, considered na Vintage yung founder. hehehe

[sonicassault]

Naisip ko lang, kung magkastock nito sa Galleria, iapapatry kaya nila?

The last time I asked to test a guitar from there, a Flying V with a Schenker paintjob, all the staff were eyeing me like
I didn't know what I was doing, fiddling with all the pots and switches. They'd ask me every two bars of a lick if I was
done yet. 

Pano pa kaya yung Super Vintage na sandamakmak ang switches at tone combinations 

[red lights]

mukhang madalas ka sa galleria sir ah  baka makasalubong kita minsan

[Taoistguitarist]

If you listen closely he says those are Hound Wound pickups!!!   Aba! 

[r_chino18]

Cayle and I got to try the new RJ Super Vintage earlier at RJ Megamall. Hehehehe. To our surprise, the pickups were actually being wound at their shop.

[curiousdcat]

Cayle and I got to try the new RJ Super Vintage earlier at RJ Megamall. Hehehehe. To our surprise, the pickups were actually being wound at their shop.

Uy, interesting. Do they sell the pups alone? How much?

Most importantly, how many percent of the promise was delivered?

[cayle]

Uy, interesting. Do they sell the pups alone? How much?

Most importantly, how many percent of the promise was delivered?

Not much.

Controls are:
Switch 1 (mini 3 way for neck) : Humbucker - Off - Split
Switch 2 (mini 2 way) : Mid SC On/Off
Switch 3 (mini 3 way for bridge): Humbucker - Off - Split


Basically coil splitting. Must be mismatched coils para mas single coilish yung split.

[fretboard]

kapag SUPER VINTAGE anong meron?  ginawa nung 1873? nakakalipad? 

[r_chino18]

Uy, interesting. Do they sell the pups alone? How much?

Most importantly, how many percent of the promise was delivered?

Yup. It's an HSH guitar with no usual 5-way switch. Instead, individual switches were used for each pickup.

It sounded decent, to be honest. But not 25k decent, imo.

[firemodel55]

Not much.

Controls are:
Switch 1 (mini 3 way for neck) : Humbucker - Off - Split
Switch 2 (mini 2 way) : Mid SC On/Off
Switch 3 (mini 3 way for bridge): Humbucker - Off - Split


Basically coil splitting. Must be mismatched coils para mas single coilish yung split.

Ok... Its time to do some MythBusting dudes!  Mr. RJ claims its in the handwound pickups...

Strat Claim: Switch 1 on Split, Switch 2 On and Switch 3 Split... Ok so we have a Strat with weak bridge and neck pickups with a powerful mid pickup.  It does cover a five position switch AND all pickups can be ON.
Les Paul Claim: Switch 1 on Humbucker, Switch 2 Off and Switch 3 On ... Ok we have generic humbucker that obviously will not sound anything close to PAF or Boutique humbuckers but does cover the three position switch of a les paul.
335 Claim: Switch 1 on Humbucker, Switch 2 Off and Switch 3 on... Hmmnn.  This looks like the Les Paul Claim if it boils down to pickups.  Eh... wala naman ibang switch to switch between 335 and solid body Les Paul.  So both the Les Paul and 335 Claim are suspect.
Tele Claim: Switch 1 on Split, Switch 2 Off and Switch 3 on... Ok.  Pwedeng in both bridge and neck position ng Tele.  However, walang switch for Strat and Tele on individual bridge and neck settings.  2/3 ng sound ng Tele ay nawala.  Of course pwede niya I-claim na ang weak neck sound is like the Tele neck but siyempre wala ng option sa Neck single coil ng strat.  And we all know that the bridge single coil of the Tele is way way different from a split coil humbucker on the bridge.
Jazzmaster Claim: Switch 1 ?  Switch 2 Off and Switch 3 ?  ... I don't know how to get this with the settings on the switches without bumping into the claim that its either a Les Paul or Tele.  Baka combination ng isang split or humbucker in either the neck or bridge but is that how the Jazzmaster sounds like?

I would say that this Myth is BUSTED!

[analog.matt]

feel ko nag adjust --din-- siya sa daliri (playing) para pareho ang first "impression" ng tone dun sa US guitars

[gandydancer123]

miracle guitar..

partly marketing din for sure..kung di pa ako gaanong naging gear head at nagbabad sa mga gear forums...baka pwede pa ako maimpress...pero iba padin talaga mga established well built guitars..parang you wont go back to lesser brands anymore..

[24242009]

i will buy an RJ super vintage guitar..i think its cool and worth the money. i like the jazzmaster type body.

[stompmoko]

Ok... Its time to do some MythBusting dudes!  Mr. RJ claims its in the handwound pickups...

Strat Claim: Switch 1 on Split, Switch 2 On and Switch 3 Split... Ok so we have a Strat with weak bridge and neck pickups with a powerful mid pickup.  It does cover a five position switch AND all pickups can be ON.
Les Paul Claim: Switch 1 on Humbucker, Switch 2 Off and Switch 3 On ... Ok we have generic humbucker that obviously will not sound anything close to PAF or Boutique humbuckers but does cover the three position switch of a les paul.
335 Claim: Switch 1 on Humbucker, Switch 2 Off and Switch 3 on... Hmmnn.  This looks like the Les Paul Claim if it boils down to pickups.  Eh... wala naman ibang switch to switch between 335 and solid body Les Paul.  So both the Les Paul and 335 Claim are suspect.
Tele Claim: Switch 1 on Split, Switch 2 Off and Switch 3 on... Ok.  Pwedeng in both bridge and neck position ng Tele.  However, walang switch for Strat and Tele on individual bridge and neck settings.  2/3 ng sound ng Tele ay nawala.  Of course pwede niya I-claim na ang weak neck sound is like the Tele neck but siyempre wala ng option sa Neck single coil ng strat.  And we all know that the bridge single coil of the Tele is way way different from a split coil humbucker on the bridge.
Jazzmaster Claim: Switch 1 ?  Switch 2 Off and Switch 3 ?  ... I don't know how to get this with the settings on the switches without bumping into the claim that its either a Les Paul or Tele.  Baka combination ng isang split or humbucker in either the neck or bridge but is that how the Jazzmaster sounds like?

I would say that this Myth is BUSTED!

Strat - split on split (more on pos 2 and 4)
Tele - split off split (more on bridge)
LP - full off full (more on bridge)
ES - full off full (more on neck)
Jazzmaster - split off split (more on pos 3)

i think this is how RJ uses that guitar for his toanz

but alex is right, parang di magagamit yung ibang pos for a specific guitar tone that you would like kasi pareho lang config

somebody, make "houndwound" pickups..quick!

[starkiller]

I'm not sure if this was discussed before.
 
I went to megamall earlier to inspect the super vintage.  After some scrutiny and questioning, apparently, it has different specifications that can be customized.

1. pickup types.  There are three pickup types.  According to the sales guy, they differ in output, and that some are alnico, and some are ceramic.  I didn't get to speak to a technician, but these are my guesses:
"standard" = low/mid output alnico
"blues juice" = high output alnico
"hot rock" = high output ceramic

2. neck joint. There was an assembly line of unfinished super vintages.  I see that several are set neck, while most are bolt on.

Then according to the sales guy, with the same price, the buyer can choose to customize the guitar based on any pickup combination.
Based on one of the guitars in the store, I think that the black super vintage RJ used in the video was a bolt-on with "blues juice" pickups.

I was surprised to find out this bit of information, and puzzled that RJ's marketing team did not capitalize on it... not on the youtube video, the newspaper article, nor event the website.

Suddenly, a white set neck with low output alnicos on the neck ans mid, and high output alnicos on the bridge seems attractive to me.

Disclaimer: I'm not under RJ's payroll.  I just happened to scrutinize the guitar earlier.