Amber
One of my older hobbies that existed prior to my photography hobby are guitars; I started learning how to play the guitar in high school and have been in several bands, but when I entered medschool, I have forgotten about my electric guitars. However, in the past few weeks, the urge to play the guitar again (not just simply my worn out acoustic guitar), doing mad solos like I used to do when I was younger, overpowered me. Thus, I went about reviving my old electric guitars and my other acoustic guitars.
This is Amber, a Gibson Les Paul Slash AFD (2010) edition. This is actually not an old Les Paul of mine, in fact, I just got this a few days ago. I got it off a mutual friend of a formet bandmate and it was sold without any hardware or electronics. And its fretboard was changed, thus I was able to haggle for a good price on what is essentially just the body.
I placed my old humbuckers in, replaced the hardware (actually drilled wider holes so I can use bridges that are metric and not standard, just like what I did on Mai the Gibson Les Paul Custom), and she sings pretty well. Most of the parts I placed on her are not... expensive... but in time I will be adding better hardware and electronics.
Truth be told, I still don't like buying new Gibsons from stores even if I can afford one; they are still too pricey for my liking, even though, like I said, I can afford them if I saved love enough, but you can get good deals on used Gibson guitars if you know the right people and if you know how to fix them if need be. Inb4 someone calls me rich lol
Still got a lot more to repair/revive, but glad to have 3 electric guitars ready to be played.
Shooting Information:
•Nikon D7200 with MB-D15 Battery Grip
•Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM
•Manual Mode
•1/1250th @ 17mm zoom, f/7.1
•ISO 800
•2x Off Shoe Nikon Speedlight SB-600 Flash Fired and one continuous LED ring light
Off Shoe Flash Information:
•Commander/Trigger: Nikon SU-800 Wireless Speedlight Commander
•Flash 1: Nikon Speedlight SB-600 with white flash modifier, on the front left, pointed towards the subject, 1/2 power
•Flash 2: Nikon Speedlight SB-600 with white flash modifier, on the front right, pointed towards the subject, 1/2 power
Post Processing Information:
•Phase One Capture One Pro
•Adobe Photoshop CC
•Cropped
I accept any comment, from praises, awards, invitations, all the way to criticisms - as long as the criticism is constructive that I can learn and improve from. So, don't shy away with the comments!! =]
You are also free to use any of my photos without a fee (except any photos that are portraits of any of my friends or family members), I only ask in return that you credit me, link my Flickr profile, not re-editing any of my shots, and not removing my watermark.
Finally, consider following me! I will certainly follow back! You can never have too many friends!! =]
Amber
One of my older hobbies that existed prior to my photography hobby are guitars; I started learning how to play the guitar in high school and have been in several bands, but when I entered medschool, I have forgotten about my electric guitars. However, in the past few weeks, the urge to play the guitar again (not just simply my worn out acoustic guitar), doing mad solos like I used to do when I was younger, overpowered me. Thus, I went about reviving my old electric guitars and my other acoustic guitars.
This is Amber, a Gibson Les Paul Slash AFD (2010) edition. This is actually not an old Les Paul of mine, in fact, I just got this a few days ago. I got it off a mutual friend of a formet bandmate and it was sold without any hardware or electronics. And its fretboard was changed, thus I was able to haggle for a good price on what is essentially just the body.
I placed my old humbuckers in, replaced the hardware (actually drilled wider holes so I can use bridges that are metric and not standard, just like what I did on Mai the Gibson Les Paul Custom), and she sings pretty well. Most of the parts I placed on her are not... expensive... but in time I will be adding better hardware and electronics.
Truth be told, I still don't like buying new Gibsons from stores even if I can afford one; they are still too pricey for my liking, even though, like I said, I can afford them if I saved love enough, but you can get good deals on used Gibson guitars if you know the right people and if you know how to fix them if need be. Inb4 someone calls me rich lol
Still got a lot more to repair/revive, but glad to have 3 electric guitars ready to be played.
Shooting Information:
•Nikon D7200 with MB-D15 Battery Grip
•Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM
•Manual Mode
•1/1250th @ 17mm zoom, f/7.1
•ISO 800
•2x Off Shoe Nikon Speedlight SB-600 Flash Fired and one continuous LED ring light
Off Shoe Flash Information:
•Commander/Trigger: Nikon SU-800 Wireless Speedlight Commander
•Flash 1: Nikon Speedlight SB-600 with white flash modifier, on the front left, pointed towards the subject, 1/2 power
•Flash 2: Nikon Speedlight SB-600 with white flash modifier, on the front right, pointed towards the subject, 1/2 power
Post Processing Information:
•Phase One Capture One Pro
•Adobe Photoshop CC
•Cropped
I accept any comment, from praises, awards, invitations, all the way to criticisms - as long as the criticism is constructive that I can learn and improve from. So, don't shy away with the comments!! =]
You are also free to use any of my photos without a fee (except any photos that are portraits of any of my friends or family members), I only ask in return that you credit me, link my Flickr profile, not re-editing any of my shots, and not removing my watermark.
Finally, consider following me! I will certainly follow back! You can never have too many friends!! =]