macdyne73 wrote:Gear update. Two new guitars used during the Dreamer Tour

First, Mami's new Italia Maranello Speedster


More info here. http://www.italiaguitars.com/new/guitar/mar_02.html

Second, Haru's silver Fender Blacktop Telecaster. A beast and a beauty at the same time.


Info here. http://www.fender.com/products/blacktop/models.php?prodNo=014820

I love both of them .smile. but I have to choose one if I want to have it for a christmas present .hmmm. .shy. don't know what to do .wew.

EDIT: Oh my gosh!!! .wtf. It's so expensive!!! .wtf.

the keyboard that RINA use in the Shoujo M live performance is a Roland Juno-Gi

@cherryblossom:
Unfortunately, you are incorrect. The Juno-Gi is a keyboard Rina bought for herself AFTER the tour.
The one she used for Shoujo M was the Roland Juno-D.
Proof:

oh im sorry of the confusion thanks for the info

ShiroYuurei wrote:Does Mami has a jaguar or she just "borrowed" it .hmmm.


when PRIDE starts she is changing the guitar

It seems like she does own it. She was using her black/multicolored strat at their AM2 performance, then before they performed Pride, she switched to that guitar.

I suppose Mami have a black guitar something like this
and i was wondering, is this guitar custom made?

xKai wrote:I suppose Mami have a black guitar something like this
and i was wondering, is this guitar custom made?

Spoiler:

the guitar? no. its a fender strat american standard. though im not sure if its the black strat which she used in shunkan PV before or a new one. but the decals are surely her design. for more infos, just dig on older posts here. there are sure elaborate infos about this.

@xKai & RP:

I remember in an interview that Mami designed the design herself using Adobe Photoshop. Just one of the reasons that Mami has very good artistic skills.
And yes that black strat you see nowadays used to be the black strat in the Shunkan Sentimental PV and the BEST SCANDAL live concert.
It went from Fender American Standard Stratocaster to Fender American Standard Stratocaster -MAMI MODEL-; hence the paint/decal job.

If Mami released guitars with custom decals and some mods they would sell like bandits ....... but I wouldnt be able to afford them cause I had to buy an acoustic for my music course next year .waaa.

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TOMO' new bass

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TOMO' new bass

This is the 2nd or 3rd time I've seen her with this. Does anyone else have any additional info on this?

All I know is that it is the Fender Coronado II bass guitar that is Cherry colored.
Was used from the late 60s to early 70s but was eventually discontinued.
Hope I helped a bit!

what original use instrument of member SCANDAL?? .nerd.

Can you rephrase your question because I don't really understand what you're trying to ask. The first instruments they used since starting the band?

Since this is oddly your first post in Scandal-Heaven, I must say welcome to the forum!
Since you're brand-spankin' new here, I suggest making a topic in the Say Hello thread to introduce yourself to the other members:
https://www.scandal-heaven.com/f11-say-hello

chiy102 wrote:This may be a bit out of topic, but I'm refering to Rina's 'snare head charm', so I'll just ask:

Is it common among drummers to mark out the sweet spot on the snare drums? Like what Rina is doing?

Just curious.

I'm a little late to answer this but I'll offer my insight since I am a drummer... Drummers will use just about anything and everything on top of and underneath their drum heads to get the sound they are looking for. Tuning is an art on the durms. In Rina's case I believe she is just being cute since the mallet of her kick pedal always hits in the same spot. Think of it as her way of personalization... like Mami did with her stickered guitar. I remember seeing Stuart Copeland's drum kit up close one tour and noticing he used vinyl electrical tape to dampen the overtones on several of his toms by spelling out words with the tape on the batter head... mind you.... they were quite profane and not suitable to post on this forum...

nice.... .love. i really want the fender american standard HSS.... .wow.

graffixron wrote:

I'm a little late to answer this but I'll offer my insight since I am a drummer... Drummers will use just about anything and everything on top of and underneath their drum heads to get the sound they are looking for. Tuning is an art on the durms. In Rina's case I believe she is just being cute since the mallet of her kick pedal always hits in the same spot. Think of it as her way of personalization... like Mami did with her stickered guitar. I remember seeing Stuart Copeland's drum kit up close one tour and noticing he used vinyl electrical tape to dampen the overtones on several of his toms by spelling out words with the tape on the batter head... mind you.... they were quite profane and not suitable to post on this forum...

Hey, thanks for replying to my question. I never knew about this. I only started to learn at the start of the year and I don't even own a drum set. I thought there would be sweet spots on the drums where I 'should' be hitting to sound nice. So getting the nice sound is not really about hitting the right spot, but more about tuning the drums, am I right?

chiy102 wrote:
Hey, thanks for replying to my question. I never knew about this. I only started to learn at the start of the year and I don't even own a drum set. I thought there would be sweet spots on the drums where I 'should' be hitting to sound nice. So getting the nice sound is not really about hitting the right spot, but more about tuning the drums, am I right?

Well, I think the full answer is that it's both. Different areas of the drum head are slightly different, the dead center gives the fullest sound IMO, but sometimes if you're trying to do something like a very, very fast drum roll then closer to the edge gives more bounce and makes it sound smoother.

Although it's a different thing, with electronic drum sets, hitting in the center of the pad gives the most reliable control over the strength of the hit that the electronic pad measures. With the electronic sets I've used if you're trying to play a loud hit, if you don't land somewhere close to the center you can't get the pad to register the loudest possible.

320x200 is correct. The batter head (top) has areas that give different sounds. Snare drums for instance usually are tuned so that the bottom (resonant) head is tighter than the top. The top head gives a "tighter" sound the closer you get to the edge.
A good example of this is to watch one of my favs... Steve Smith...
http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/stevesmithfinesnaremd03.html

OMG I never knew you could do so much on the snare drum~~!!

It really is a very good illustration I think.

Though I am pretty excited right now after learning about these new stuff, I think I should post future questions in the musician lounge, to avoid spamming this thread.

Thanks again guys, you really made my day~~ .clap.

dun noe if this is right place to ask this but here goes: i have experience playing the guitar(mainly classical), im thinking of picking up the electrical guitar..so i need some advice on what models would be suitable(affordable and decent sounding). i cant really play all the songs well on the classical guitars cos they jux sound...too different .stars. tats the main reason y i wanted to pick up the electrical guitar...so..suggestions? .please.

graffixron wrote:A good example of this is to watch one of my favs... Steve Smith...
http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/stevesmithfinesnaremd03.html

I saw Steve Smith in Hiromi's Trio Project recently (with Anthony Jackson on 6 string bass)
He's the best drummer I've EVER seen!!


edit: Sorry RINA .ehem.

tempostorm wrote:dun noe if this is right place to ask this but here goes: i have experience playing the guitar(mainly classical), im thinking of picking up the electrical guitar..so i need some advice on what models would be suitable(affordable and decent sounding). i cant really play all the songs well on the classical guitars cos they jux sound...too different .stars. tats the main reason y i wanted to pick up the electrical guitar...so..suggestions? .please.

For starting out on an electric... You can get a good feel for the instrument without blowing a huge budget. Les Pauls and Stratocasters will run a bit expensive... and in some cases, models can be VERY expensive. Go check out a mid level Ibanez is my suggestion.

NAMIEis#1 wrote:

graffixron wrote:A good example of this is to watch one of my favs... Steve Smith...
http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/stevesmithfinesnaremd03.html

I saw Steve Smith in Hiromi's Trio Project recently (with Anthony Jackson on 6 string bass)
He's the best drummer I've EVER seen!!


edit: Sorry RINA .ehem.

I'll agree with that. One of my other favs is Neil Peart... a very different style from Steve Smith...

graffixron wrote:

tempostorm wrote:dun noe if this is right place to ask this but here goes: i have experience playing the guitar(mainly classical), im thinking of picking up the electrical guitar..so i need some advice on what models would be suitable(affordable and decent sounding). i cant really play all the songs well on the classical guitars cos they jux sound...too different .stars. tats the main reason y i wanted to pick up the electrical guitar...so..suggestions? .please.

For starting out on an electric... You can get a good feel for the instrument without blowing a huge budget. Les Pauls and Stratocasters will run a bit expensive... and in some cases, models can be VERY expensive. Go check out a mid level Ibanez is my suggestion.

ok thanks for the suggestion .smile. i tried out an ibanez yesterday and it was quite ok..only thing is its SGD$560 .stars. is tat considered mid-range??