Roman Rist Thread [merged] - Page 11

diceman · 07-30-2009, 03:26 AM

No, I really haven't. I don't play much metal to be honest - but I did have the overdrive cranked while playing some good old punk rock earlier! I'm AMAZED at how articulate these pickups are even with high gain. There is some real magic in this guitar.

I'll work on my metal chops. I picked up a neck through Ibanez RG the other day for cheap - so I'm inspired to pick up a few metal licks.

diceman · 07-30-2009, 03:28 AM

Thanks Greasebox!

Cap'n - It must be rough to be surrounded by greatness all day long.

Not saying that you're... not great... also...

diceman · 07-30-2009, 05:31 AM

Added to the OP as well. Nothing special - my cable craps out a couple of times. Just a low volume recording on my still camera - so it is pretty low quality.

YouTube - Rist Tele w/ WB's

diceman · 07-30-2009, 05:33 AM

Nothing special - my cable craps out a couple of times. Just a low volume recording on my still camera - so it is pretty low quality.

YouTube - Rist Tele w/ WB's

Hyper · 07-30-2009, 08:36 AM

Beautiful guitar! Sounds good to me!

decoy205 · 07-30-2009, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diceman

Added to the OP as well. Nothing special - my cable craps out a couple of times. Just a low volume recording on my still camera - so it is pretty low quality.

YouTube - Rist Tele w/ WB's

A little distortion! That was like a ton of gain bro.lol I gotta say even with the distortion kicked in you can still hear the guitar acoustically.

That's one of the best coil split sounds I think I've heard!

kspeed · 07-30-2009, 10:23 AM

Looks good, dice! Really dig the Strat-thin body and subtle contouring. Nice touch to have the controls reversed - something I've been meaning to do to my Tele but never got around to it. Roman makes a Tele the way a Tele should be made

Cookie-boy · 07-30-2009, 10:42 AM

Perfect for a bit of this I shouldn't wonder!

YouTube - The Clash - Should I stay or should I go

diceman · 07-30-2009, 12:53 PM

Thanks!

diceman · 07-30-2009, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by decoy205

A little distortion! That was like a ton of gain bro.lol I gotta say even with the distortion kicked in you can still hear the guitar acoustically.

That's one of the best coil split sounds I think I've heard!

Yeah, I thought the same thing when I played it back. "A little bit..." Wasn't going to re-record it at 2:30 AM though! Even with crazy amounts of overdrive, these pickups are still quite articulate. The split neck is probably my favorite position on the guitar. I'm lovin' it!

Kspeed - I'm in total agreement - Roman knows how to build a T style guitar the way it should have been built in the first place!

69GTLP · 07-30-2009, 01:06 PM

I wanted to have a thread dedicated to all the Sweet Rist Tele's coming out.
Post them here Please!!!! I don't have a clue what mine is going to look like..
I'm going nuts waiting!!

Will's and Dice's are Badass and I know the other's looked great too. Still none of them were mine. Figured this would be the best place for it since he is a Luthier..

diceman · 07-30-2009, 02:28 PM

Cookie - your video distracted me.

I went and recorded a little video and used some *tasteful* tube overdrive in the middle of the clip. That MetalMuff pedal I used in the last vid comes off a lot better in a live setting than it did over the recording. So... a better video will be up shortly.

diceman · 07-30-2009, 03:51 PM

OK - here is a better video. Added to the OP as well.

Listen at 2:15 - there is a move from the humbucker, to the split humbucker, to the out of phase middle position - it comes through pretty nicely here.

At 3:00 you can really hear that "PAF" sound coming from the neck humbucker w/ the 50's wire with a little bit of gain on the amp.

YouTube - Roman Rist Tele with WB Pickups

diceman · 07-30-2009, 03:53 PM

Here is a better clip. Added to the OP as well.

Listen at 2:15 - there is a move from the humbucker, to the split humbucker, to the out of phase middle position - it comes through pretty nicely here.

At 3:00 you can really hear that "PAF" sound coming from the neck humbucker w/ the 50's wire with a little bit of gain on the amp.

YouTube - Roman Rist Tele with WB Pickups

diceman · 07-30-2009, 04:38 PM

Will gave me some interesting history on the piece of wood that my guitar is made from.

Pictured is my guitar, Will's Rist, and a coffee table. My guitar, the core of Will's guitar, and the coffee table are all the same piece of wood!! Roman bought this giant piece of Ash from Wayne Charvel back in '85, but never built guitars with it because he thought it would be a little too heavy. He ended up building a book shelf and that table after planing it down to 1 3/4". Roman then thought he might be able to use a thinner blank with some Strat contours to keep the weight down, and that was the birth of my guitar. He used another piece for the core in Will's semi hollow. Pretty interesting, eh?

diceman · 07-30-2009, 04:38 PM

Will gave me some interesting history on the piece of wood that my guitar is made from.

Pictured is my guitar, Will's Rist, and a coffee table. My guitar, the core of Will's guitar, and the coffee table are all the cut from the same tree!! Roman bought this giant piece of Ash from Wayne Charvel back in '85, but never built guitars with it because he thought it would be a little too heavy. He ended up building a book shelf and that table after planing it down to 1 3/4". Roman then thought he might be able to use a thinner blank with some Strat contours to keep the weight down, and that was the birth of my guitar. He used another piece for the core in Will's semi hollow. Pretty interesting, eh?

boycey · 07-30-2009, 04:41 PM

That is a hot looking tele diceman, very nice indeed.
So your liking the oil finish? They feel real good and I reckon it must have a positive effect on tone.
I dont usually get jealous looking at other peoples guitars, I'll admire them but not get jealous, but I cant help it with this one! I would love one of Mr Rist's creations!

diceman · 07-30-2009, 04:43 PM

Thanks Boycey - I'm really liking the oil finish. This guitar has tone for days, and feels great. Roman is set up in the new shop - maybe you should talk to him about a build?

Jared Evans · 07-30-2009, 04:44 PM

Very cool!

diceman · 07-30-2009, 04:54 PM

Thanks!

captcoolaid · 07-30-2009, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diceman

OK - here is a better video. Added to the OP as well.

Listen at 2:15 - there is a move from the humbucker, to the split humbucker, to the out of phase middle position - it comes through pretty nicely here.

At 3:00 you can really hear that "PAF" sound coming from the neck humbucker w/ the 50's wire with a little bit of gain on the amp.

YouTube - Roman Rist Tele with WB Pickups

Sounds great man!

delander · 07-31-2009, 12:27 AM

Very nice. A guitar you can be proud of.

djwilbanks · 07-31-2009, 01:25 AM

That is the strangest thing I've ever heard... but also one of the coolest.

captcoolaid · 07-31-2009, 01:41 AM

diceman · 07-31-2009, 02:10 AM

Delander - absolutely, and thanks!

DJ - Thanks much! I wrote that a good 12-13 years ago when I was 15 or so. I found myself playing a chord progression of C-G-Am-F - but keeping fret 1 on the B string depressed the whole time. So, I tuned the B string up to a C so that I didn't have to keep fretting that note. Same chord progression, only walking a little bit on the high E string (G-F-E-F-G). I noticed that I could play regular "power chords" (which are a barred D chord - just a power chord on the last 4 strings) when I had the B string tuned up 1/2 step. It kind of took off from there. My band has a full version of it that we put together a couple of years ago (a song 10 years in the making!), but we don't play it in our live set any more since it is too "low energy." Thanks for the compliment. I wrote that when I was quite frankly a crappy guitar player who was trying to break out of a beginner's rut by doing something outside of my comfort box. I'm 10x the player now that I was then - but I haven't written anything quite that interesting since.

djwilbanks · 07-31-2009, 02:20 AM

I was actually talking about the table story... but I just went back and listened to the clips (which I didn't know were even in the thread!) and I have to say, the second clip is VERY VERY good. I liked it a lot, and with that said, I may have to steal that progression...

And for the record, I usually hate the sound of an electric guitar by itself... but that... man... wow... you're a lucky one, y'know that? Roman is, and you are for that matter, an artist.

diceman · 07-31-2009, 02:20 AM

Are one of those yours??

SWEET!

Just for old times sake:

Mine:

Will's:

djwilbanks · 07-31-2009, 02:27 AM

Oh, and can't forget Will's artisanship in winding those awesome pups.

djwilbanks · 07-31-2009, 02:28 AM

Hey, that one with the P90 route looks familiar.

diceman · 07-31-2009, 02:34 AM

Woops!! I thought you were talking about the admittedly "strange" song!

I am no Artist - but Roman definitely IS.

And, the coffee table story is quite interesting. Maybe he'll cut apart that table and make a couple more great guitars out of it.

Thanks for the (somewhat induced by my confusion!!

) compliment! Have at that chord progression. The power chord section is (root at the following frets

3 5 7(drop E string note back one fret for the minor every time for the 7's)-5-7-5 3-5-10-5 3-5-7-5-10 3-5-10

The bridge is just regular old power chords - C-G-A-F-G

The 2nd chord section is F-C F-C-Am-G and ends with a strange little E/G chord (no idea what it is) to F a few times...

That probably didn't help in the least. Just tune that B string up to C and have at it!

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69GTLP Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: MPLS MN Posts: 311 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	THE OFFICIAL RIST "Area 51" PIC THREAD I wanted to have a thread dedicated to all the Sweet Rist Tele's coming out. Post them here Please!!!! I don't have a clue what mine is going to look like.. I'm going nuts waiting!! Will's and Dice's are Badass and I know the other's looked great too. Still none of them were mine. Figured this would be the best place for it since he is a Luthier.. __________________ Chris Long Gone 69 Deluxe http://www.reverbnation.com/whiskeyandrebellion

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diceman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 16,331 Thanks: 308 Thanked 91 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Rist~O~Tele Has Landed!! (Pix Inside) Cookie - your video distracted me. I went and recorded a little video and used some tasteful tube overdrive in the middle of the clip. That MetalMuff pedal I used in the last vid comes off a lot better in a live setting than it did over the recording. So... a better video will be up shortly. __________________ My Band: www.comeupswingingmusic.com or www.myspace.com/comeupswinging

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diceman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 16,331 Thanks: 308 Thanked 91 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Rist~O~Tele Has Landed!! (Pix Inside) Will gave me some interesting history on the piece of wood that my guitar is made from. Pictured is my guitar, Will's Rist, and a coffee table. My guitar, the core of Will's guitar, and the coffee table are all the same piece of wood!! Roman bought this giant piece of Ash from Wayne Charvel back in '85, but never built guitars with it because he thought it would be a little too heavy. He ended up building a book shelf and that table after planing it down to 1 3/4". Roman then thought he might be able to use a thinner blank with some Strat contours to keep the weight down, and that was the birth of my guitar. He used another piece for the core in Will's semi hollow. Pretty interesting, eh? __________________ My Band: www.comeupswingingmusic.com or www.myspace.com/comeupswinging

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diceman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 16,331 Thanks: 308 Thanked 91 Times in 32 Posts	Re: A Roman Rist Masterpiece Will gave me some interesting history on the piece of wood that my guitar is made from. Pictured is my guitar, Will's Rist, and a coffee table. My guitar, the core of Will's guitar, and the coffee table are all the cut from the same tree!! Roman bought this giant piece of Ash from Wayne Charvel back in '85, but never built guitars with it because he thought it would be a little too heavy. He ended up building a book shelf and that table after planing it down to 1 3/4". Roman then thought he might be able to use a thinner blank with some Strat contours to keep the weight down, and that was the birth of my guitar. He used another piece for the core in Will's semi hollow. Pretty interesting, eh? __________________ My Band: www.comeupswingingmusic.com or www.myspace.com/comeupswinging

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boycey Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dublin Posts: 225 Thanks: 11 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Rist~O~Tele Has Landed!! (Pix Inside) That is a hot looking tele diceman, very nice indeed. So your liking the oil finish? They feel real good and I reckon it must have a positive effect on tone. I dont usually get jealous looking at other peoples guitars, I'll admire them but not get jealous, but I cant help it with this one! I would love one of Mr Rist's creations! __________________ Hamer Artist P90 '68 SG Bacchus Duke Standard Matamp 1224mkII Custom made wonky fingers & tone deaf ears..

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diceman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 16,331 Thanks: 308 Thanked 91 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Rist~O~Tele Has Landed!! (Pix Inside) Thanks Boycey - I'm really liking the oil finish. This guitar has tone for days, and feels great. Roman is set up in the new shop - maybe you should talk to him about a build? __________________ My Band: www.comeupswingingmusic.com or www.myspace.com/comeupswinging

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diceman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 16,331 Thanks: 308 Thanked 91 Times in 32 Posts	Re: A Roman Rist Masterpiece Delander - absolutely, and thanks! DJ - Thanks much! I wrote that a good 12-13 years ago when I was 15 or so. I found myself playing a chord progression of C-G-Am-F - but keeping fret 1 on the B string depressed the whole time. So, I tuned the B string up to a C so that I didn't have to keep fretting that note. Same chord progression, only walking a little bit on the high E string (G-F-E-F-G). I noticed that I could play regular "power chords" (which are a barred D chord - just a power chord on the last 4 strings) when I had the B string tuned up 1/2 step. It kind of took off from there. My band has a full version of it that we put together a couple of years ago (a song 10 years in the making!), but we don't play it in our live set any more since it is too "low energy." Thanks for the compliment. I wrote that when I was quite frankly a crappy guitar player who was trying to break out of a beginner's rut by doing something outside of my comfort box. I'm 10x the player now that I was then - but I haven't written anything quite that interesting since. __________________ My Band: www.comeupswingingmusic.com or www.myspace.com/comeupswinging

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djwilbanks V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arkham Asylum Posts: 16,148 Thanks: 125 Thanked 207 Times in 38 Posts	Re: A Roman Rist Masterpiece I was actually talking about the table story... but I just went back and listened to the clips (which I didn't know were even in the thread!) and I have to say, the second clip is VERY VERY good. I liked it a lot, and with that said, I may have to steal that progression... And for the record, I usually hate the sound of an electric guitar by itself... but that... man... wow... you're a lucky one, y'know that? Roman is, and you are for that matter, an artist. __________________ º\|\|\|\|\|º

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diceman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 16,331 Thanks: 308 Thanked 91 Times in 32 Posts	Re: THE OFFICIAL RIST "Area 51" PIC THREAD Are one of those yours?? SWEET! Just for old times sake: Mine: Will's: __________________ My Band: www.comeupswingingmusic.com or www.myspace.com/comeupswinging

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djwilbanks V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arkham Asylum Posts: 16,148 Thanks: 125 Thanked 207 Times in 38 Posts	Re: A Roman Rist Masterpiece Oh, and can't forget Will's artisanship in winding those awesome pups. __________________ º\|\|\|\|\|º

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djwilbanks V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arkham Asylum Posts: 16,148 Thanks: 125 Thanked 207 Times in 38 Posts	Re: THE OFFICIAL RIST "Area 51" PIC THREAD Hey, that one with the P90 route looks familiar. __________________ º\|\|\|\|\|º

07-31-2009, 02:34 AM	#330 (permalink)
diceman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 16,331 Thanks: 308 Thanked 91 Times in 32 Posts	Re: A Roman Rist Masterpiece Woops!! I thought you were talking about the admittedly "strange" song! I am no Artist - but Roman definitely IS. And, the coffee table story is quite interesting. Maybe he'll cut apart that table and make a couple more great guitars out of it. Thanks for the (somewhat induced by my confusion!! ) compliment! Have at that chord progression. The power chord section is (root at the following frets 3 5 7(drop E string note back one fret for the minor every time for the 7's)-5-7-5 3-5-10-5 3-5-7-5-10 3-5-10 The bridge is just regular old power chords - C-G-A-F-G The 2nd chord section is F-C F-C-Am-G and ends with a strange little E/G chord (no idea what it is) to F a few times... That probably didn't help in the least. Just tune that B string up to C and have at it! __________________ My Band: www.comeupswingingmusic.com or www.myspace.com/comeupswinging

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