Hey guys.
Andrew and I have just been working on some new business cards for his shop. I have to say, probably one of the most fun things I have worked on in a while. They came out pretty cool so we decided to post them here as a shameless plug for both of us.
The idea was to do a suite of business cards featuring a few of his guitars. Since most of his guitars use a few different types of woods in the body, I figured we can use his wood combos as the template for the design. Then we went with a two side concept in a vertical format. The front features the guitar and the back has all the info.
Here are the final two cards which are being printed pretty soon!
(http://www.patrickstefanski.com/blog/cardheader.jpg)
(http://www.patrickstefanski.com/blog/Card8redo.jpg)
And the back...
(http://www.patrickstefanski.com/blog/cardback.jpg)
Check out my blog ( http://blog.patrickstefanski.com/2010/07/ao-guitars-business-card-design.html ) to see all the drafts/other cards that didn't make the cut.
those look awesome! and the guitars are sexy as hell!
i might just cave in here soon...
yeah, doing these pretty much made up my mind on ordering a bass when my current guit is done.
Also, we did a new label for the inside of his acoustic/hollowbody instruments...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff25/patrickstefanski/Label3.gif?t=1281988374)
^ very nice Patrick..
I don't know how I totally missed commenting on this, but apparently I did. I'm too busy to be dicking around on the computer, but alas, I get lazy here and there.
So, I can't say enough about Patrick's work here. I'm totally in love with these cards, and I'm positive that we'll be joining forces on some more cool stuff in the future. If you haven't already, check out his blog and the updates on the guitar I'm working on for him (and the bass to be named later) to see the other cool shit he's producing. Very impressive stuff.
Hey guys,
I was looking for some sound clips of some of these guitars and I actually ran into someone using an AO plaing some phish tunes...
Dont know if this has been around a while or if this is one of you on this forum but decided it might be a good Idea considering we all love these guitars and the trey tone...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VUYkp1Xm9c&feature=related
that dude actually owns the guitar on the second card. (the purpleheart one).
if you watch the video "Chalkdust at Kings 2004" in his uploads, you can hear some pretty solid Trey tones.
Also, posternutbag plays an AO and just uploaded a bunch of new audio to his website thebmgs.com
Well the video sucks as you can't even see the damn thing, but geez the audio is sure good. Guitar sounds great!
Hilarious! That video was from back in '04, I think, during a college reunion. That was the first time we played together in several years...and I say "we" cuz that's me on the bass. I was just finishing up my time building MTD basses, and that's the 6 string I built before I left. That video was taken with a handheld job by a friend, and being that it was a college reunion, there wasn't much sobriety to be found, so he's all over the place. There is another video of that same show of our hit single "Cucumber in the Disco Pants," where I believe there is some better footage of the guitar. However, if you check out my buddy's other videos, he gets going playing Phish tunes with his crazy lightshow in his house...again, you can't see the guitar but you sure can hear it.
And Stiles, I'm in the beginning processes of revamping the website with our friend Patrick, and there will be video and audio footage of the guitars on the new site.
Nice tones for sure! He was getting some of those bell like harmonic tones that just sound tasty!
Do you recall what type of amp and speakers he was running thru?
P.S. Great looking business cards!
yeah, he's running through a similar version of Trey's chain (2xTS-9s, Ross Comp, Ibanez DM-2000, some of my custom cables, etc) into a Mesa DC-3 with a Celestion Vintage 30.
And that guitar is completely solid...some 31 pieces of wood in the body alone. Just shows that you don't absolutely need a hollowbody to make some of that stuff happen.
Quote from: aoguitars on September 14, 2010, 11:06:54 AM
Just shows that you don't absolutely need a hollowbody to make some of that stuff happen.
Wow, I needed to hear this. Now I feel like I still have a fighting chance. That guitar in the video is convincing too! See I've got the Sustainiac which can make up for the absence of a hollow body as far as infinite sustain goes. Also, my sustain is 100% predictable and controllable, unlike a hollow body where it depends on how loud the speakers are and where you are located and such. At least that's how i justify my small bean operation:)
Quote from: aoguitars on September 14, 2010, 11:06:54 AM
yeah, he's running through a similar version of Trey's chain (2xTS-9s, Ross Comp, Ibanez DM-2000, some of my custom cables, etc) into a Mesa DC-3 with a Celestion Vintage 30.
And that guitar is completely solid...some 31 pieces of wood in the body alone. Just shows that you don't absolutely need a hollowbody to make some of that stuff happen.
Thanks for the insight dude! Keep up the fantastic work on the guitars. I may be giving you the nod some day soon if I'm ever able to sell my Carvin DC400a that is Jerry-fied!
Oh on another note I see you know Mike Wald AKA Waldo from the RUKIND board huh! That dude is the man and super knowledgable! I have a couple of his Tiger buffer cloans in my strat and the DC400 above!
Quote from: Duhigg on September 15, 2010, 02:22:29 PM
I have a couple of his Tiger buffer cloans in my strat
Where can I get one of those? I'd like to put one in my phiga.
Quote from: sour d on September 15, 2010, 03:50:30 PM
Quote from: Duhigg on September 15, 2010, 02:22:29 PM
I have a couple of his Tiger buffer cloans in my strat
Where can I get one of those? I'd like to put one in my phiga.
Just contact him, he's a helluva nice guy. Or...lol...yet again, you can go to AO since he's connected with him.
Quote from: sour d on September 15, 2010, 03:50:30 PM
Quote from: Duhigg on September 15, 2010, 02:22:29 PM
I have a couple of his Tiger buffer cloans in my strat
Where can I get one of those? I'd like to put one in my phiga.
Linky!
http://www.wald-electronics.com
Yeah, Waldo is the shiz. Great guy, super smart. We had a great time playing Jerry's guitars last year at the Rock Hall. ;D
I can absolutely get you the TPC-1 Buffer. I might even have one here with no one's name on it, D. I might actually need to order some, now that I think about it, so I could always grab a few for guys who want them on here. Lemme know.
Quote from: Duhigg on September 16, 2010, 09:37:36 AM
Quote from: sour d on September 15, 2010, 03:50:30 PM
Quote from: Duhigg on September 15, 2010, 02:22:29 PM
I have a couple of his Tiger buffer cloans in my strat
Where can I get one of those? I'd like to put one in my phiga.
Linky!
http://www.wald-electronics.com
Excellent link, thanks for sharing! ;D
Quote from: Walker done done on September 16, 2010, 10:00:28 AM
Quote from: Duhigg on September 16, 2010, 09:37:36 AM
Quote from: sour d on September 15, 2010, 03:50:30 PM
Quote from: Duhigg on September 15, 2010, 02:22:29 PM
I have a couple of his Tiger buffer cloans in my strat
Where can I get one of those? I'd like to put one in my phiga.
Linky!
http://www.wald-electronics.com
Excellent link, thanks for sharing! ;D
Thanks for the link. I'm making an alligator strat right now and there is a bunch of good pics on there
Quote from: aoguitars on September 16, 2010, 09:56:38 AM
I can absolutely get you the TPC-1 Buffer. I might even have one here with no one's name on it, D. I might actually need to order some, now that I think about it, so I could always grab a few for guys who want them on here. Lemme know.
Definetly. That will give a good excuse to come meet you and see your shop. Looks like they have options and one is slightly less than unity gain or you can get it unity gain. My gain needs unity.
Ive got my Wald Buffer sitting on my desk right now, looks awesome. Too bad I wont let anybody touch the AO :0( I want to put in another one of these killer black flat mini switches to be able to turn it on and off. No effects loop. Help AO Kanobie, your my only hope!
Quote from: posternutbag on September 16, 2010, 11:55:33 AM
I want to put in another one of these killer black flat mini switches to be able to turn it on and off. No effects loop.
Is that even possible AO? If so...
Of course it is. I just plan on turning it on when Iam playing with the full rig. Iam already using a highly complex series of buffers, but meh, I want to do everything possible to retain signal integrity, and this is about the last little secret trick you can do. I made sure to get the smaller of the two Wald buffers, so it should fit in there no problemo. Alas, had to fire my most recent tech for taking too long to turnaround simple things, and wild carding me a huge bil for bullshit work...
Quote from: sour d on September 16, 2010, 10:57:29 AM
Quote from: Walker done done on September 16, 2010, 10:00:28 AM
Quote from: Duhigg on September 16, 2010, 09:37:36 AM
Quote from: sour d on September 15, 2010, 03:50:30 PM
Quote from: Duhigg on September 15, 2010, 02:22:29 PM
I have a couple of his Tiger buffer cloans in my strat
Where can I get one of those? I'd like to put one in my phiga.
Linky!
http://www.wald-electronics.com
Excellent link, thanks for sharing! ;D
Thanks for the link. I'm making an alligator strat right now and there is a bunch of good pics on there
Most welcome fella's.
To anyone interested in a TPC1. You may want to email wald-electronics directly and ask about this (recommended as you will learn a few things that may not get brought up here). From what I remember you do not want to turn the buffer on and off while at full volume or even with low volume. (if you really think about it this is just not necessary as it helps even if your signal chain is short). I had inquired about this when AO installed mine. You also can't leave a cable plugged in to the guitar (while not playing) or the battery will die after awhile. It's a cool device and does sound good. Just read up first. Pretty cool stuff.
Welp, my plan is to turn on the toggle before i plug in my guitar, on a night when Iam using my entire rig. Say in the studio or on the road at a gig. Its just going to help push my pickups through the big effects chain, but when iam using my single board rig (wah, od, od, comp, wham, trem, boom) then i wont even bother. Its running through my rack system and the cable runs associated with that kinda worry me.