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General Discussion => WHATEVER => Topic started by: Saint Coke on May 13, 2020, 08:51:03 AM
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Hey pals, I want to dedicate a thread to guitars. Don't know if this is a thing but oh well.
I also need help choosing a guitar I want to buy.
I want to play surf style music but also have an acoustic type sound.
If that makes sense?
I was thinking a fender squire with out whammy bar
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A Yamaha acoustic guitar.
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Either of those would be fine for a beginner usually if I'm buying gear or instruments it goes like this
1. Decide how much you are willing to spend
2. Go online to sweetwater or one of those big music sites and sort the products by price
3. Pick a couple you like the look of and research them online
4. Pick one and buy it.
I think musical instruments are worth doing payment plans for if you actually use it. When you start out quality isn't too important. After a year or 2 of playing look into an upgrade.
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i know it's a dead beaten horse, but you could always go for a entry level strat if you're not sure what you want. a strat will basically never let you down and cover most bases. personally i'd say for surf stuff you might want to check a jaguar/jazzmaster, but the bridge is iffy and you might need to replace it. i'm biased towards thosed but the vintage ones can be super heavy, also vintage thretboard angle might be uncomfortable if you play chord heavy. squier is a good budget option imo, also because you will always be able to get rid of them for a little change if they still work and look good and they can be a base to mod your first guitar.
for surf rock you need some sort of spring reverb effect for sure, even digital ones as pedals are pretty pricey. consider this when you choose an amp. you might want to look for one that has a fx loop or some sort of reverb and/or delay on board after amp boosts your signal.
i'd recommend getting either a squier strat or mustang and i.e. a blackstar id core beam modeling amp. good practice amp with lots of functions, might be useful even if you are not playing, it has okay sound, certainly alright for the start and comes with tons of modeling feats including reverb. if you keep playing a lot and have fun, you'll move up the gear chain naturally.
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Thinline Telecasters are awesome. Semi hollow body, with a surf rock vibe. In fact, I might have to impulse buy a cheap squire one just thinking about it. Fenders tend to be nice beginner guitars since most of them have pretty thin necks that are easy on the hands. I have a Mustang that I got in the 90's that I still play and love too.
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Hey pals, I want to dedicate a thread to guitars. Don't know if this is a thing but oh well.
I also need help choosing a guitar I want to buy.
I want to play surf style music but also have an acoustic type sound.
If that makes sense?
I was thinking a fender squire with out whammy bar
Or
A Yamaha acoustic guitar.
I‘m far from a specialist when it comes to guitars but I would always recommend getting something second hand and local from reverb or similar. Also I would always go with something at least semi acoustic so you can play without an amp.
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Hey pals, I want to dedicate a thread to guitars. Don't know if this is a thing but oh well.
I also need help choosing a guitar I want to buy.
I want to play surf style music but also have an acoustic type sound.
If that makes sense?
I was thinking a fender squire with out whammy bar
Or
A Yamaha acoustic guitar.
I‘m far from a specialist when it comes to guitars but I would always recommend getting something second hand and local from reverb or similar. Also I would always go with something at least semi acoustic so you can play without an amp.
adding to this, some surf bands played es-350s, so a semi-hollow would fit the bill i guess. you probably want to look for some good quality replica model since gibsons are rather pricey guitars, es-350s especially.
here's what i would buy or check out rn if i was you, op:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MustCV60SB--squier-classic-vibe-60s-mustang-sonic-blue
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/IDCOREBEAM--blackstar-idcore-beam-2x10-watt-2x3-inch-bluetooth-combo-amp
with this you can start playing guitar, dabble in surf sounds, do other stuff. of course it won't sound like your going through an old fender amp with a real spring reverb, but you can get all that stuff down the line if you keep playing and want it.
the blackstar amp is just an easy way for you to get a lot of sounds and modulation without having to shell out a ton of money for pedals. it's loud enough for not just home use, has a record out that shouldn't require a dac or interface to connect to your pc if you want to record in a daw or audacity. if you want to start playing bass this can also work as a bass amp. so it jsut has great value for money. after you upgraded from this you can still use this as bluetooth speaker for your kitchen or whatever.
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sorry for double posting but if you are strapped for cash, you can order a harley benton replica from thomann.
they have lots of model and the quality is really decent if you can live with the shameless replica factor.
http://www.thomann.de/intl/search_GK_gieg_BF_harley_benton.html?ref=intl&shp=eyJjb3VudHJ5IjoidXMiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6NywibGFuZ3VhZ2UiOjF9&reload=1
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Check out the danelectro convertible. It’s a hollowbody electric with lipstick pickups that sounds right up your ally. You can get one for around $300. A good starter amp is a fender mustang. It’s a modular amp so there’s hundreds of different sounds you can produce with it, it’s what I use for bedroom playing. You can find one of those for like $100
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Thanks frank I'll stick with the fenders I found on sweetwater. As for amps I don't have a lot of cash atm for that black core amp. I have a peavy bass amp but it's kinda hot ass.
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i second that danelectro convertible mention, that guitar is super cool and should work great even as an acoustic.
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I would also add, buy an acoustic guitar. Any acoustic guitar practically is worth playing. I have a little kids size guitar I got for $35 brand new, and play it all the time. Great for camping too.
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I would also add, buy an acoustic guitar. Any acoustic guitar practically is worth playing. I have a little kids size guitar I got for $35 brand new, and play it all the time. Great for camping too.
see that's what I was thinking about. I want to go camping a lot this summer when I'm not working.
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It might be hard to get a good surf and acoustic sound in one guitar, especially for cheap. You’d have to compromise on at least one sound. I’d just go with a Squier Jazzmaster or Jaguar. They’re amazing guitars for the price. It’s easier to come up on a cheap acoustic at a pawn shop or whatever
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danelectro lipstick pickups offer a great surf sound.
I had an OG U1. It sounded great. There were some reissues that did not sound or feel good at all. Reportedly, there was a time where the reissues were Made in China - avoid those versions. If you're not in a hurry, you can find a decent Made in Korea Danelectro used for around $300 or less.
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12strings are really fun imo but tricky to tune
those little travel guitars are dope same with ukes
I had an octave mandolin that i tuned like a balalaika but I gave it away as a gift
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Viola is my personal favorite among the stringed instruments but cello would be a close 2nd.
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I think Strat or Jazzmaster does “surfy” the best. I have a Strat and a Tele and it’s easier to get a defined reverb-y sound from every pickup. For an acoustic sound, roll back the tone slightly.
It’s not like you can’t do it with the Tele but the neck doesn’t have a ton of definition while the bridge can be thin. Generally, I like my Telecaster more these days but Tele Don’t Surf.
I’d go to one of those big stores like Guitar Centet or Sam Ash and try a bunch of different ones. There’s a lot of variation between models and price points and country of origin. Some feel really nice and others feel like dead wood. There’s variation in neck shapes/finishes and it’s hard to make blanket recommendations.
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I think Strat or Jazzmaster does “surfy” the best. I have a Strat and a Tele and it’s easier to get a defined reverb-y sound from every pickup. For an acoustic sound, roll back the tone slightly.
It’s not like you can’t do it with the Tele but the neck doesn’t have a ton of definition while the bridge can be thin. Generally, I like my Telecaster more these days but Tele Don’t Surf.
I’d go to one of those big stores like Guitar Centet or Sam Ash and try a bunch of different ones. There’s a lot of variation between models and price points and country of origin. Some feel really nice and others feel like dead wood. There’s variation in neck shapes/finishes and it’s hard to make blanket recommendations.
As much as I would like to go to those stores, I can't. I live in a small rural town in Iowa.
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What's a good practice amp?
When I bought my guitar the shop gave me an Orange Mini Crush for free and while it's a cool little amp (on clean, any distorted tone sounds like a fart) and it has a tuner built in, it kinda sucks.
I'm looking at the Orange Crush 20RT.
I suck, so I mostly play stuff like Nirvana and other bullshit that all beginner guitar players play. I'd love to learn to play poppy stuff like The Smiths, but I think that's probably years down the road for me, haha. I'd honestly love to get a little tube amp, but it seems the decent ones are more money than I want to spend, and I honestly don't think I'm good enough to know the difference.
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I always encourage people to get quality equipment when they can. Usually the gear that costs more holds it value better.
If you buy a $300 amp and decide you want rid of it you will probably only get half of what you paid.
If you buy an $1100 amp and decide you want rid of it you can probably get 1000 for it.
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I'm not very knowledgeable about amps, but have played a Fender Blues Jr. for many years, including frequent practice and mic'ing while playing shows. Super versatile, never had to fix a thing on it. They've gone form $400 up to $600 since I bought it, but I'll bet you could find a used one for under $400. Works great from everything to clean acoustic sounds to distorted rock jammin.
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If I had money to burn I would prob grab a Fender Vibrolux and be done with it
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I typically just plug directly into a preamp or audio interface and use plug ins. The UAD model of the RE-201 sounded identical to the one I had
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lately I just plug right into my mpc-x which has a looper and bunch of wacky effects like frequency shifter and reverse reverb. I guess I'm a little spoiled but I like it that way :)
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What's a good practice amp?
When I bought my guitar the shop gave me an Orange Mini Crush for free and while it's a cool little amp (on clean, any distorted tone sounds like a fart) and it has a tuner built in, it kinda sucks.
I'm looking at the Orange Crush 20RT.
I suck, so I mostly play stuff like Nirvana and other bullshit that all beginner guitar players play. I'd love to learn to play poppy stuff like The Smiths, but I think that's probably years down the road for me, haha. I'd honestly love to get a little tube amp, but it seems the decent ones are more money than I want to spend, and I honestly don't think I'm good enough to know the difference.
Boss Katana 50. I read about it online about it being super versatile. So I bought it used for like 150€ and I love it.
Edit: to further elaborate, before that i had a vox VT40+ and then a Fender Mustang I. The katana blows them out the water.
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I really wish I could fix my vox ac15😓that’s an amazing tube amp and I recommend it, clearer sound than a blues jr IMO.
Maybe I’ll fix mine if they do another round of stimulus checks. In other news I’m looking for a strat and I’m excited about that. I’ve only been playing my Gibson sg for the past 4 years so a change of things is gonna be nice.
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I really wish I could fix my vox ac15😓that’s an amazing tube amp and I recommend it, clearer sound than a blues jr IMO.
Maybe I’ll fix mine if they do another round of stimulus checks. In other news I’m looking for a strat and I’m excited about that. I’ve only been playing my Gibson sg for the past 4 years so a change of things is gonna be nice.
Do you just have to replace the tubes? I love my AC15.
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I really wish I could fix my vox ac15😓that’s an amazing tube amp and I recommend it, clearer sound than a blues jr IMO.
Maybe I’ll fix mine if they do another round of stimulus checks. In other news I’m looking for a strat and I’m excited about that. I’ve only been playing my Gibson sg for the past 4 years so a change of things is gonna be nice.
Do you just have to replace the tubes? I love my AC15.
I hope so, it probably is that. It fucked up because I was an idiot and didn’t realize the master volume was cranked up when I struck a chord and the tubes weren’t fully warmed up. A big spark came out the back of the amp.
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Oh fucking Christ! That must have been loud AF.
Yeah, I’m going to assume you burnt out the tubes. That should be an easy enough fix.
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I really wish I could fix my vox ac15😓that’s an amazing tube amp and I recommend it, clearer sound than a blues jr IMO.
Maybe I’ll fix mine if they do another round of stimulus checks. In other news I’m looking for a strat and I’m excited about that. I’ve only been playing my Gibson sg for the past 4 years so a change of things is gonna be nice.
So I looked up a set of tubes, and it looks like you can get the whole set for around $70.
I haven’t had to replace mine yet, but it’s super simple. Just make sure you wear latex gloves when you do it, so as not to contaminate the tubes themselves with oils from your skin.
I’m considering picking up a set just to have at my jam space Incase of emergency.
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Re: AC 15
If it was the tubes you could probably be able to see a tube not glowing or looking different from its neighbors. I wouldn’t go out and buy a full set of tubes. Maybe just the power tubes?
If that didn’t do the trick I’d be worried you blew a capacitor somewhere.
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Took a look at the back of the ac15 and 4 of the tubes don’t glow as bright as 1. Also forgot that it makes a loud horrible screeching noise no matter how low the master volume is. I’ll probably buy a set of tubes and see if that fixes it
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The Vox also has fuses. You could have blown one of them too.
Hopefully the fuse blew because it was simply too hot, rather than something else melted or arced.
Be careful fishing around inside tube amps. The transformer can hold a charge for hours after it’s been unplugged.
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Thanks for the heads up. I think I’ll just say fuck it and take it to a tech so they can properly diagnose it and not ruin anything else while fixing it. In other news I got a new (to me) strat 8)
(https://imgur.com/dfGwtae)
For you guys w strats that use the tremolo, how many springs do you have in?
Edit: I would also like advice on how to post a picture on here and have it work lol
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use a site like imgur to upload, then post forum bb link here
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You csn get old Japanese made strat copies for a good price. Look into stuff made at the Matsumoko factory. Various brands came out of there. For surf you most definitely need a REVERB pedal too.
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thought this was a handy video to post here for people on the fence of buying a fender guitar but who are on some sort of budget.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFvbRjG3b6M
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Out of the stuff I've tried I liked PRS the best, just felt right
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Anyone else been playing guitar more now that they've been unable to do anything normal these days?
I just bought a wah pedal (why? because I was bored) and a big muff to play around with. I have a modelling amp (THR10ii) already so I have some effects I use there, but I also use a looper pedal to play around with layering so I wanted to be able to use effects on some layers and clean or different effects on others.
What can I do with a wah pedal? Why did I buy one?
I love buying guitar stuff to play around with even though I suck. I am saving up for a telecaster next, depending on what I can find used I'll probably buy a mexican player telecaster. There are a few american teles on reverb for a few hundred more so depending on when I decide to buy I could splurge one something like that.
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I’ve been playing a shitload more guitar than before during lockdown. I’m actually thinking about getting a THR10ii or Vox Adio Air just so I can plug in more often. Although I really like the form factor on those, both of those are pretty expensive and maybe it makes more sense to get a Micro Cube or something more conventional.
I bought an Epiphone ES-339 PRO off Craigslist during the middle of the summer for $320 with OHSC and I’ve been very stoked on that. Been thinking about getting something with P90s next or possibly putting a P90 in my Strat bridge.
The only pedal I own is a Tube Screamer that’s been on loan to a friend for over a decade. I’m thinking I might like a Delay and Fuzz to start messing with shoegaze sounds. Would that get me going?
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I’ve been playing a shitload more guitar than before during lockdown. I’m actually thinking about getting a THR10ii or Vox Adio Air just so I can plug in more often. Although I really like the form factor on those, both of those are pretty expensive and maybe it makes more sense to get a Micro Cube or something more conventional.
I bought an Epiphone ES-339 PRO off Craigslist during the middle of the summer for $320 with OHSC and I’ve been very stoked on that. Been thinking about getting something with P90s next or possibly putting a P90 in my Strat bridge.
The only pedal I own is a Tube Screamer that’s been on loan to a friend for over a decade. I’m thinking I might like a Delay and Fuzz to start messing with shoegaze sounds. Would that get me going?
The THR10ii is great. It's pricy but it's perfect for what I wanted. It's small, it looks decent in the living room, it can be played at a very low volume, it sounds good, and the effects are a fun touch especially with the app to fine-tune all of the settings. If I lived in a house or had more space I would love to have a small tube amp and turn it up, but because I'm living in an apartment, that's not possible. I got it over a small "real" amp simply because it sounds better on a low volume. The local shop didn't have any of the Katana range (which were recommended) so I couldn't try them, but the size and form factor of the THR is better for me anyway so I probably would've ended up with it regardless.
As for pedals, I have no idea what I'm doing with them honestly. My guitar teacher lent me some and it was fun to set them up in different orders and see what kind of sounds it would create, but the big muff and wah are the first pedals I've ever bought myself.
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been playing less it feels like, since our band rehearsals are mostly called off and i dabbled in making beats and stuff instead. playing a lot more recently though, also playing a lot of bass at my homies house.
i really want my own bass guitar. it's fun to switch it up and i feel like it really complements the learning process for both instruments. i've been gripping my chords on guitar a lot cleaner since i've started to play as much bass as i can.
i'd also like to get a new amp and some sort of reverb pedal. spring reverb would be cool, but i'm fine with a nice all-purpose reverb that is not too expensive new or used. recommendations welcome.
been thinking about getting one of those new small marshals as a new practice amp. the yamaha thr series looks also pretty good. not sure yet, haven't made up my mind about the budget either.
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I just had a Taylor 210e adjusted and it plays like gold. I'm very, very happy to have a nice instrument for my weak ass attempts at returning to play.
Also picked up a 5w bugera tube off craigslist and am pretty happy with it. I do think I want to change the tubes though. I'm playing a Strat with a really hot humbucker at the bridge and am not really into the sound. Think I might try to trade it/sell it and get a single coil strat or tele.
It's really fun getting back into guitar.
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I have the small yamaha thr (following @JB 's advice) and it is indeed great at low volume. Built-in tuner is a nice touch too.
Also I just replaced my squier with a mexican tele so I'm hyped it's all shiny and stuff
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get a guitar and write some god dam riffs . if you have a guitar already, write some god dam riffs.
if you are about to buy a wah pedal, check yourself - write some riffs
if you are about to buy another guitar, but you're not that good on the first one - maybe hold up on that ! write some riffs!
riffs are everything
big love to all my chuggers
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Also I just replaced my squier with a mexican tele so I'm hyped it's all shiny and stuff
Congrats on your guitar Bar Mitzvah! Shalom.
Congrats, what model/color did you get?
As much as it's like a bullshit consumer mentality to buy gear, it sometimes makes you want to play more which leads to new skills and whatnot. It's a slippery slope though.
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You csn get old Japanese made strat copies for a good price. Look into stuff made at the Matsumoko factory. Various brands came out of there.
I agree 100%. My favorite guitar is from the Matsumoko factory. It's a Univox Hi-Flier Phase 4 and I love it to pieces.
(https://i.imgur.com/rQkBNYc.jpg)
I just recently found myself oogling different hollowbodys to replace my childhood Rickenbacker 360 (got it in lieu of a car). I would have liked nothing more to spring for another Ricky but couldn't justify spending that much on a guitar while I have no forseeable gigs in the future.
Anywho, I ended up pulling the trigger on a brand new Korean made Guild Starfire II (got it for dirt cheap, couldn't resist). I guess it was dead stock just sitting in a a big music supplier warehouse as it's a couple years old. Not a fan of the pots so I'm gonna re-do the wiring eventually, but it's amazing otherwise.
(https://i.imgur.com/LD1tCsI.jpg)
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Also I just replaced my squier with a mexican tele so I'm hyped it's all shiny and stuff
Congrats on your guitar Bar Mitzvah! Shalom.
Congrats, what model/color did you get?
As much as it's like a bullshit consumer mentality to buy gear, it sometimes makes you want to play more which leads to new skills and whatnot. It's a slippery slope though.
cheers
I got the tele player series in butterscotch blonde, finish looks really good and controls feel more solid than on the squier. I absolutely didn't need to upgrade tho, 100% guilty pleasure but I don't do that often
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Also I just replaced my squier with a mexican tele so I'm hyped it's all shiny and stuff
Congrats on your guitar Bar Mitzvah! Shalom.
Congrats, what model/color did you get?
As much as it's like a bullshit consumer mentality to buy gear, it sometimes makes you want to play more which leads to new skills and whatnot. It's a slippery slope though.
cheers
I got the tele player series in butterscotch blonde, finish looks really good and controls feel more solid than on the squier. I absolutely didn't need to upgrade tho, 100% guilty pleasure but I don't do that often
Those Player Series Telecasters are tremendous guitars and you can not beat that colorway.
Congratulations!
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Also I just replaced my squier with a mexican tele so I'm hyped it's all shiny and stuff
Congrats on your guitar Bar Mitzvah! Shalom.
Congrats, what model/color did you get?
As much as it's like a bullshit consumer mentality to buy gear, it sometimes makes you want to play more which leads to new skills and whatnot. It's a slippery slope though.
cheers
I got the tele player series in butterscotch blonde, finish looks really good and controls feel more solid than on the squier. I absolutely didn't need to upgrade tho, 100% guilty pleasure but I don't do that often
Those Player Series Telecasters are tremendous guitars and you can not beat that colorway.
Congratulations!
I was between the butterscotch and the white, but I looked at the butterscotch at the shop and didn't love it like I thought I might so I'll go for the white when I finally pull the trigger. Regardless it was a nice guitar, and probably the nicest I'll ever need in my life. I tried the Squier Classic Vibe, the Fender Player, and the Vintera 50's on the same day and I liked the Player the best. Vintera felt a little better honestly but the color did nothing for me. They had the red one in the store at the time.
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You csn get old Japanese made strat copies for a good price. Look into stuff made at the Matsumoko factory. Various brands came out of there.
I agree 100%. My favorite guitar is from the Matsumoko factory. It's a Univox Hi-Flier Phase 4 and I love it to pieces.
(https://i.imgur.com/rQkBNYc.jpg)
I just recently found myself oogling different hollowbodys to replace my childhood Rickenbacker 360 (got it in lieu of a car). I would have liked nothing more to spring for another Ricky but couldn't justify spending that much on a guitar while I have no forseeable gigs in the future.
Anywho, I ended up pulling the trigger on a brand new Korean made Guild Starfire II (got it for dirt cheap, couldn't resist). I guess it was dead stock just sitting in a a big music supplier warehouse as it's a couple years old. Not a fan of the pots so I'm gonna re-do the wiring eventually, but it's amazing otherwise.
(https://i.imgur.com/LD1tCsI.jpg)
That Univox looks awesome. I was looking at Mosrite style guitars before I stumbled upon my ES-339. I love the look and had found a good deal on a Danelectro. Maybe some other time. I’m a big fan of Japanese guitars - both my Fenders are MIJ.
Speaking of pots, the electronics on my 339 aren’t great but I looked into what it’s like working on a semi hollow and it seems like a real pain in the ass.
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I have a MIJ Mustang that had bad the worst wiring job brand new. Otherwise it's a great guitar. Re-soldiered the wiring myself with zero knowledge 15 years ago, and it's still perfect. Recently bought a 70's small body MIJ Yamaha FL75 that is easily my favorite guitar to play now.
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You csn get old Japanese made strat copies for a good price. Look into stuff made at the Matsumoko factory. Various brands came out of there.
I agree 100%. My favorite guitar is from the Matsumoko factory. It's a Univox Hi-Flier Phase 4 and I love it to pieces.
(https://i.imgur.com/rQkBNYc.jpg)
That Univox looks awesome. I was looking at Mosrite style guitars before I stumbled upon my ES-339. I love the look and had found a good deal on a Danelectro. Maybe some other time. I’m a big fan of Japanese guitars - both my Fenders are MIJ.
Speaking of pots, the electronics on my 339 aren’t great but I looked into what it’s like working on a semi hollow and it seems like a real pain in the ass.
Thanks, Willie. I'd recommend looking into them as the first two phases (https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/142233710259-0-1/s-l1000.jpg) have a dogear P90 style pickup instead of the high gain 'buckers.
There's also the Japanese manufactured Mosrites such as the Ranger (https://img.digimart.net/prdimg/m/43/ae1c5848b46212a1b52710b77a7830e1e80e07.jpg) and Avenger (https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--Rb6xXabh--/f_auto,t_large/v1569210286/lnwjdlmwxgheefrcifdu.jpg). I believe they started out as copies but acquired actual licensing from Semie Moseley. Kinda hard to find if you are in the Western hemisphere though.
& Are you referring to the Danelectro 64? The dual lipstick bridge configuration looks interesting ( @masturskater mentioned those pickups earlier in this thread). Would love to try one.
What MIJ Fenders do you have?
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I have a MIJ Mustang that had bad the worst wiring job brand new. Otherwise it's a great guitar. Re-soldiered the wiring myself with zero knowledge 15 years ago, and it's still perfect. Recently bought a 70's small body MIJ Yamaha FL75 that is easily my favorite guitar to play now.
I was accused of fucking around with the wiring when I took my never opened MIJ in for a switching issue. The original work must have been awful - great carpentry though!
Thanks, Willie. I'd recommend looking into them as the first two phases (https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/142233710259-0-1/s-l1000.jpg) have a dogear P90 style pickup instead of the high gain 'buckers.
There's also the Japanese manufactured Mosrites such as the Ranger (https://img.digimart.net/prdimg/m/43/ae1c5848b46212a1b52710b77a7830e1e80e07.jpg) and Avenger (https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--Rb6xXabh--/f_auto,t_large/v1569210286/lnwjdlmwxgheefrcifdu.jpg). I believe they started out as copies but acquired actual licensing from Semie Moseley. Kinda hard to find if you are in the Western hemisphere though.
& Are you referring to the Danelectro 64? The dual lipstick bridge configuration looks interesting ( @masturskater mentioned those pickups earlier in this thread). Would love to try one.
What MIJ Fenders do you have?
I was looking at the Danelectro 64 and 66. There were a few 66s on Reverb and EBay for under $500 but I was worried I might not like the short scale/flat fretboard. At that point I hadn’t owned anything that wasn’t 25.5” scale gor 10+ years (when I briefly owned a Rickenbacker).
I really wanted something with a bridge humbucker and was about to pounce on an MIJ Pawn Shop 72 (which I knew I’d love) when the Craigslist seller responded for the 339 at half the price. I figured if I didn’t like the 339 I could flip it but I enjoy it and can overlook some of the shortcomings just because I didn’t pay an arm and a leg.
My only other electrics right now are an MIJ Squier Strat with System 1 (fake Floyd Rose that I don’t use) trem and a 62’ Telecaster. Both are pretty damn great. Outstanding necks and very resonant.
The Squier was built by Fujigen and the electronics kinda sucked but I replaced the pickups with 57/62s and now it’s very “Strat-y”. It actually “quacks” a little too much for me now in the intermediate positions but it’s a nice playing guitar. These E-Series still go for under $500 and are totally worth it.
The Tele is a TL-62US that my now wife bought for me when we were dating. I think she was checking my browsing history because she got the exact model and color I had been eyeing for months. Best gift ever. She ordered it from Japan before that avenue got blown up. The prices on some of those have gone insane.
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That univox is sick and Willie bet those squiers are sick.
Fuck yea, I also am a big Japanese guitar fan.
Had a 2001 or 2002 Japanese Mustang bass, also an American '78 musicmaster bass.
This is what I'm currently working with. I've since sold the japanese mustang and musicmaster. About 2-3 years ago got this Mexican PJ mustang bass. The first year they came out, so the last ones with a rosewood fretboard. It's very nice and you can dial in more tones.
The lockdown is too blame for all the guitars. So stoked to have a nice variety. An Indonesian and couple Chinese made squiers and they are fucking great. Awesome workmanship.
(https://i.ibb.co/HnLKN14/48-BE017-B-E520-438-D-8-EAD-D9-F203241046.jpg)
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That univox is sick and Willie bet those squiers are sick.
Fuck yea, I also am a big Japanese guitar fan.
Had a 2001 or 2002 Japanese Mustang bass, also an American '78 musicmaster bass.
This is what I'm currently working with. I've since sold the japanese mustang and musicmaster. About 2-3 years ago got this Mexican PJ mustang bass. The first year they came out, so the last ones with a rosewood fretboard. It's very nice and you can dial in more tones.
The lockdown is too blame for all the guitars. So stoked to have a nice variety. An Indonesian and couple Chinese made squiers and they are fucking great. Awesome workmanship.
(https://i.ibb.co/HnLKN14/48-BE017-B-E520-438-D-8-EAD-D9-F203241046.jpg)
is that the Paranormal Super Sonic? How do you like it? I've heard the whole paranormal range is pretty good.
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awesome collection @os89!
super jelly.
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Alright, so amp is equally important to guitar in terms of tone, imo, but having a guitar that plays well should be a priority for a beginner.
For amps, you really just need a nice clean tone and a good reverb for the surf sound. Fender tube amps are the gold standard for surf rock, but they are on the expensive side. I would start with a simple solid state amp with a good clean tone. The vox pathfinder is a good choice. The entry-level fender solid states are ok too. Some people may disagree but the old peavey (made in USA) solid state amps are fantastic, though you'd need a reverb pedal.
Forget about compromising acoustic/electric... you'll get the worst of both worlds. IMO you should go for a used strat, and a a low cost acoustic. You can still find quality acoustics for short money. A red-label Yamaha FG-110 would be a good bet.
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awesome collection @os89!
super jelly.
Thanks man! I've been playing way more lately. Starting a new project with my friend hopefully sometime soon, even if it's remote. Pretty stoked
is that the Paranormal Super Sonic? How do you like it? I've heard the whole paranormal range is pretty good.
Yea it is, it's very nice. I love how small it feels. Sounds great and plays very well. My friend got one as well but it had wiring problems from the start. Other than that his is good too.
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My favorite guitar at the moment
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Some distortions
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this is my mexican jag with a vintage 7.5 radius neck and a staytrem bridge, but lately i've not been using the trem at all. actually might have lost the trem arm, lol.
(https://i.imgur.com/XTFxbKN.jpg)
the rest of my setup is pretty basic and cheap, never found a big reason to step up, but i've been wanting some reverb pedal for the longest time. i'm running a vox pathfinder, a soul food and a dunlop wah. that's it.
a few homies and me used to meet once a week, we play covers and fuck around. we mostly cover funk, reggae, or replay hip hop instrumentals like bad bad not good. lots of funkadelic, some hendrix, old dub, westcoast classics beats. i'd like to rock out sometimes but it's sick cause i learn a lot from my mates.
need a bass guitar asap, playing bass is so much fun. also since covid hit we basically stopped rehearsing together, we still meet, but not as a whole group. one member is immune suppressed and has to look out to not catch covid, so we meet in pairs.
yeah i misspelled reggae again and edited it. no one cares.
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i know it's a dead beaten horse, but you could always go for a entry level strat if you're not sure what you want. a strat will basically never let you down and cover most bases. personally i'd say for surf stuff you might want to check a jaguar/jazzmaster, but the bridge is iffy and you might need to replace it. i'm biased towards thosed but the vintage ones can be super heavy, also vintage thretboard angle might be uncomfortable if you play chord heavy. squier is a good budget option imo, also because you will always be able to get rid of them for a little change if they still work and look good and they can be a base to mod your first guitar.
for surf rock you need some sort of spring reverb effect for sure, even digital ones as pedals are pretty pricey. consider this when you choose an amp. you might want to look for one that has a fx loop or some sort of reverb and/or delay on board after amp boosts your signal.
i'd recommend getting either a squier strat or mustang and i.e. a blackstar id core beam modeling amp. good practice amp with lots of functions, might be useful even if you are not playing, it has okay sound, certainly alright for the start and comes with tons of modeling feats including reverb. if you keep playing a lot and have fun, you'll move up the gear chain naturally.
I used to have a jaquar and I hated the Mustang Bridge it had. It frustrated me to no end, ( Constantly having to adjust it). If you know what you're doing with it, then great. It's an awesome sounding guitar. But if you're a beginner, and especially don't know how deep into this hobby you'll be getting, I'd definitely recommend a cheap squire strat. I got mine new for like $150 back in the day.
Also, if you don't know a whole lot about pedals. I bought a Fender Mustang 3 amplifier. A little pricey as it was 200$ used, but there's something like 70-90 built in pedals and adjustments that you can mess around with on there, and it was a very good introduction to pedals for me.
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Just dug this thing out of the guest room closet (guest room, gear storage, what's the difference?) and have been having a little fun with it.
The tone knobs are coil splitters and it has a switch for the middle position phase. Can go from thick humbucker to wonderful bright Tele-sounds. A real country monster. It's way heavier than I remembered though as it's 11 lbs easy.
The horrific barrel jack will need replacement eventually but it's sound for now.
Keep pluckin' shalomies.
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such a sick guitar. i'm constantly checking reverb for a used t-40 bass.
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Great workhorse guitar
I have a t-40 and it’s my number one bass (even over my 76 jazz)
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Bringing this thread back from the dead.
I recently was fortunate enough to acquire a Sunn Beta Lead 112 SPL. Waited for a reasonably priced Beta Lead for years and finally got one. Surprised by the cleans... I like them a lot.
(https://i.imgur.com/F7BrgKd.jpg)
C’mon let’s see some rigs, y’all.
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Much like skating, I was too wasted for most of my 20s to seriously play guitar anymore. Played a lot as a kid and was pretty good/creative but other than owning a couple, stopped playing for over 10 years. The past year I've been relearning all I played before but better and new stuff is coming along well too. Again, like skating, after being away for so long, now that I'm back on regularly, I'm far more aware of my comfort and body. Its feeling/sounding good. I've got a sunburst mexi fat strat HHS with a sweet neck, but kinda don't dig the humbucker, an ibanez hollow body w bigsby that was gifted to me that goes outta tune if I breathe on it, and a 2006 Taylor 210e that I just had tunes up/adjusted. Plays like a dream and sounds great. Would probably buy a lowend martin dreadnaught if in were spending that $$ now, but it's a great guitar for where im at these days
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I've got a sunburst mexi fat strat HHS with a sweet neck, but kinda don't dig the humbucker
I have a HHS Mexican strat and I love it. I changed the stock for a Seymour Duncan Black Winter, and had a luthier set the nut up for a heavier gauge string, GHS TNT Boomers. I love the humbucker, but in like to play lots of thrash metal/metal style stuff. I like those thick gauge string for fast picking and palm muting.
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Been jamming out on this here, it’s a hair or two short scaled.
I get it looks aesthetically smaller but plays awesome only issue I have is the buzzing bridge and shit.
I got it for clearing out my buddies pool and stuff, not bad a score.
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Been jamming out on this here, it’s a hair or two short scaled.
I get it looks aesthetically smaller but plays awesome only issue I have is the buzzing bridge and shit.
I got it for clearing out my buddies pool and stuff, not bad a score.
Gibson SG style is my favorite looking guitar! Very nice and great color!
I am primarily a classical player (nylon string) but when I had an electric I used a Line 6 amp. A whole bunch of effects preset and you can easily dial in custom effects.
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The Telecaster and the Jazz Bass are both from Fender's Player Series line and they play like a dream. The Danelectro is a baritone guitar and is also super fun. Got a pretty fat discount on it from my brief stint as a Guitar Center employee. I play them through a Vox VT120 and a Fender Rumble 200, primarily.
I also have a Takamine acoustic, a couple saxophones, keyboard, uke, etc.
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The Telecaster and the Jazz Bass are both from Fender's Player Series line and they play like a dream. The Danelectro is a baritone guitar and is also super fun. Got a pretty fat discount on it from my brief stint as a Guitar Center employee. I play them through a Vox VT120 and a Fender Rumble 200, primarily.
I also have a Takamine acoustic, a couple saxophones, keyboard, uke, etc.
i thought about becoming an employee for a short while at a guitar place just so i can buy lots of stuff at a discount until they find out how i am a total dilettant and fire me in the end.
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The Telecaster and the Jazz Bass are both from Fender's Player Series line and they play like a dream. The Danelectro is a baritone guitar and is also super fun. Got a pretty fat discount on it from my brief stint as a Guitar Center employee. I play them through a Vox VT120 and a Fender Rumble 200, primarily.
I also have a Takamine acoustic, a couple saxophones, keyboard, uke, etc.
i thought about becoming an employee for a short while at a guitar place just so i can buy lots of stuff at a discount until they find out how i am a total dilettant and fire me in the end.
The discount was quite nice. I regret not milking it a bit more since the pay was so shit, I'm better off just buying stuff at full price working a better job haha.
But still, 80 dollar Mogami cables for 10 bucks is hard to beat.
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Been jamming out on this here, it’s a hair or two short scaled.
I get it looks aesthetically smaller but plays awesome only issue I have is the buzzing bridge and shit.
I got it for clearing out my buddies pool and stuff, not bad a score.
Gibson SG style is my favorite looking guitar! Very nice and great color!
I am primarily a classical player (nylon string) but when I had an electric I used a Line 6 amp. A whole bunch of effects preset and you can easily dial in custom effects.
What I’m going to do is an old technique buy an epiphone and upgrade your parts to a Gibson.
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What I’m going to do is an old technique buy an epiphone and upgrade your parts to a Gibson.
Never heard of that but damn what a good idea!
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I've got a sunburst mexi fat strat HHS with a sweet neck, but kinda don't dig the humbucker
I have a HHS Mexican strat and I love it. I changed the stock for a Seymour Duncan Black Winter, and had a luthier set the nut up for a heavier gauge string, GHS TNT Boomers. I love the humbucker, but in like to play lots of thrash metal/metal style stuff. I like those thick gauge string for fast picking and palm muting.
Ya, its great for that sorta playing. I'm not sure what the humbucker is, but its not stock. I got it at a pawn shop in 2019 for $275, so it was a screaming deal, and price was a big factor in the purchase. When I played punk/hardcore growing up, I wanted an HHS really badly. Now, eh, not so much. I took the pick guard off and was going to swap the humbucker but my tinnitus was flaring and I decided to put down the electric for a while.
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My main guitar is this Fender Mustang, but I still need to get it fixed. I believe something is messed up with the input jack, but otherwise, it's a fantastic playing guitar, and holds tune surprisingly well. The squier duo sonic is my backup, but I might sell it in the near future, as I don't really play it unless the mustang isn't working (right now), or if I want to play in another tuning (Mustang's trem bridge doesn't like anything other than standard tuning). Iv'e also got a Yamaha Revstar which really doesn't get played much either. I usually keep it in open D. Decent cheap guitar, sounds great but could used a set up to get it playing better. For amps I got a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe for loud and a Yamaha THR for quiet.
Currently, my gear is all put away except for my acoustic right now due to house renovations. Only thing I could grab easily was my pedals, which I've got a bit of a thing for. The three at the end of the chain pretty much always stay the same, but I swap the drives and fuzzes in an out for what I want to play.
From the top right on the pedalboard: Orange Fur Coat fuzz, DOD 250 overdrive, ZOOM MS50G, DOD Rubberneck delay, TC Pipeline tremolo.
Bottom starting from the right: ZVEX Mastotron fuzz, Animals Pedal Vintage Van overdrive, Animals Rover fuzz, DOD Carcosa fuzz, EHX Tone Wicker Big Muff fuzz, EHX EDDY chorus/vibrato, Digitech Jamman looper, Digitech SDRUM drum machine.
Happy to talk about any of these bad boys.
EDIT: my dad started learning a few years after me and wants to start jamming some songs. He plays one of those Ovation acoustic/electrics with the weird plastic body. I've been trying to think of songs that will work well with an acoustic and an electric guitar. Bowie's "Queen Bitch" is on my list for us to learn, but I still need some practice. Neither of really play leads, but he's actually really good at chord arpeggios, so I think the mix of the two sounds and styles could be interesting. Any song suggestions you guys have would be appreciated.
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Plugged my old seafoam green Chinese Squier Strat into my even older Fender JAM amp after not playing in years. Got nothing but static. The output jack was loose as hell so I took it out and noticed the ground wire was snapped off. So I bought a cheap soldering iron and ratchet screwdriver from Walmart and got it fixed up.
Still wasn’t connecting because the inside of the amp jack was all loose inside. Tried to take that apart but the way it was encased was beyond my skill level, and I wasn’t paying a repair guy. Got the amp for free so not worried about it. Went on the classifieds and found a little Ashbury practice amp for $25.
I’ll prob lose interest in playing again pretty quick, but good to have working gear again. If anyone’s got good YouTube channels to follow or videos for beginners I’d be interested.
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new bass -- sandberg california vm5, i fucking love this thing. traded in my american deluxe jazz towards it. also if anyone has a bass they ain't fucking with and rather have a MIM Fender Telecaster (~2005 i think) hit me up. i rather have another bass than a guitar i never use.
(https://i.imgur.com/HSgqx65l.jpg)
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They're probably generations apart, but my Mustang came brand new with super sloppy wiring. Not knowing a thing about it, I borrowed a soldiering iron and just re soldiered the wires and they've been solid for at least 15 years now. Dumb question, but is there a better way to keep my trem bar from falling out other than wrapping it with a piece of tape I peeled off a stage floor a decade ago?
My main guitar is this Fender Mustang, but I still need to get it fixed. I believe something is messed up with the input jack, but otherwise, it's a fantastic playing guitar, and holds tune surprisingly well. The squier duo sonic is my backup, but I might sell it in the near future, as I don't really play it unless the mustang isn't working (right now), or if I want to play in another tuning (Mustang's trem bridge doesn't like anything other than standard tuning). Iv'e also got a Yamaha Revstar which really doesn't get played much either. I usually keep it in open D. Decent cheap guitar, sounds great but could used a set up to get it playing better. For amps I got a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe for loud and a Yamaha THR for quiet.
Currently, my gear is all put away except for my acoustic right now due to house renovations. Only thing I could grab easily was my pedals, which I've got a bit of a thing for. The three at the end of the chain pretty much always stay the same, but I swap the drives and fuzzes in an out for what I want to play.
From the top right on the pedalboard: Orange Fur Coat fuzz, DOD 250 overdrive, ZOOM MS50G, DOD Rubberneck delay, TC Pipeline tremolo.
Bottom starting from the right: ZVEX Mastotron fuzz, Animals Pedal Vintage Van overdrive, Animals Rover fuzz, DOD Carcosa fuzz, EHX Tone Wicker Big Muff fuzz, EHX EDDY chorus/vibrato, Digitech Jamman looper, Digitech SDRUM drum machine.
Happy to talk about any of these bad boys.
EDIT: my dad started learning a few years after me and wants to start jamming some songs. He plays one of those Ovation acoustic/electrics with the weird plastic body. I've been trying to think of songs that will work well with an acoustic and an electric guitar. Bowie's "Queen Bitch" is on my list for us to learn, but I still need some practice. Neither of really play leads, but he's actually really good at chord arpeggios, so I think the mix of the two sounds and styles could be interesting. Any song suggestions you guys have would be appreciated.
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They're probably generations apart, but my Mustang came brand new with super sloppy wiring. Not knowing a thing about it, I borrowed a soldiering iron and just re soldiered the wires and they've been solid for at least 15 years now. Dumb question, but is there a better way to keep my trem bar from falling out other than wrapping it with a piece of tape I peeled off a stage floor a decade ago?
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My main guitar is this Fender Mustang, but I still need to get it fixed. I believe something is messed up with the input jack, but otherwise, it's a fantastic playing guitar, and holds tune surprisingly well. The squier duo sonic is my backup, but I might sell it in the near future, as I don't really play it unless the mustang isn't working (right now), or if I want to play in another tuning (Mustang's trem bridge doesn't like anything other than standard tuning). Iv'e also got a Yamaha Revstar which really doesn't get played much either. I usually keep it in open D. Decent cheap guitar, sounds great but could used a set up to get it playing better. For amps I got a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe for loud and a Yamaha THR for quiet.
Currently, my gear is all put away except for my acoustic right now due to house renovations. Only thing I could grab easily was my pedals, which I've got a bit of a thing for. The three at the end of the chain pretty much always stay the same, but I swap the drives and fuzzes in an out for what I want to play.
From the top right on the pedalboard: Orange Fur Coat fuzz, DOD 250 overdrive, ZOOM MS50G, DOD Rubberneck delay, TC Pipeline tremolo.
Bottom starting from the right: ZVEX Mastotron fuzz, Animals Pedal Vintage Van overdrive, Animals Rover fuzz, DOD Carcosa fuzz, EHX Tone Wicker Big Muff fuzz, EHX EDDY chorus/vibrato, Digitech Jamman looper, Digitech SDRUM drum machine.
Happy to talk about any of these bad boys.
EDIT: my dad started learning a few years after me and wants to start jamming some songs. He plays one of those Ovation acoustic/electrics with the weird plastic body. I've been trying to think of songs that will work well with an acoustic and an electric guitar. Bowie's "Queen Bitch" is on my list for us to learn, but I still need some practice. Neither of really play leads, but he's actually really good at chord arpeggios, so I think the mix of the two sounds and styles could be interesting. Any song suggestions you guys have would be appreciated.
Tightening the allen key to the right of the trem arm. Then some loc-tite on the little screw that holds it in the bar. Hard to beat some good tape action though. Haven’t touched one of those ponies in awhile.
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They're probably generations apart, but my Mustang came brand new with super sloppy wiring. Not knowing a thing about it, I borrowed a soldiering iron and just re soldiered the wires and they've been solid for at least 15 years now. Dumb question, but is there a better way to keep my trem bar from falling out other than wrapping it with a piece of tape I peeled off a stage floor a decade ago?
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My main guitar is this Fender Mustang, but I still need to get it fixed. I believe something is messed up with the input jack, but otherwise, it's a fantastic playing guitar, and holds tune surprisingly well. The squier duo sonic is my backup, but I might sell it in the near future, as I don't really play it unless the mustang isn't working (right now), or if I want to play in another tuning (Mustang's trem bridge doesn't like anything other than standard tuning). Iv'e also got a Yamaha Revstar which really doesn't get played much either. I usually keep it in open D. Decent cheap guitar, sounds great but could used a set up to get it playing better. For amps I got a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe for loud and a Yamaha THR for quiet.
Currently, my gear is all put away except for my acoustic right now due to house renovations. Only thing I could grab easily was my pedals, which I've got a bit of a thing for. The three at the end of the chain pretty much always stay the same, but I swap the drives and fuzzes in an out for what I want to play.
From the top right on the pedalboard: Orange Fur Coat fuzz, DOD 250 overdrive, ZOOM MS50G, DOD Rubberneck delay, TC Pipeline tremolo.
Bottom starting from the right: ZVEX Mastotron fuzz, Animals Pedal Vintage Van overdrive, Animals Rover fuzz, DOD Carcosa fuzz, EHX Tone Wicker Big Muff fuzz, EHX EDDY chorus/vibrato, Digitech Jamman looper, Digitech SDRUM drum machine.
Happy to talk about any of these bad boys.
EDIT: my dad started learning a few years after me and wants to start jamming some songs. He plays one of those Ovation acoustic/electrics with the weird plastic body. I've been trying to think of songs that will work well with an acoustic and an electric guitar. Bowie's "Queen Bitch" is on my list for us to learn, but I still need some practice. Neither of really play leads, but he's actually really good at chord arpeggios, so I think the mix of the two sounds and styles could be interesting. Any song suggestions you guys have would be appreciated.
Tightening the allen key to the right of the trem arm. Then some loc-tite on the little screw that holds it in the bar. Hard to beat some good tape action though. Haven’t touched one of those ponies in awhile.
^ This is probably technically correct, but I can say, with my whole heart, no, there is no better way to keep your wangbar secured than a scuzzy old piece of tape off the stage floor.
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Somehow that mustang just fixed itself. Haven't had any issues in months.
Solid my duo sonic and bought another fender 'stang with P90s. Thing smokes.
Also finally gave the old EHX hot tubes a shot and that thing totally rips. Super underrated for like $70 new. Anyone looking for a good touch sensitive overdrive, don't waste your money on expensive boutique shit, just get the hot tubes.
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been all over the Taylor 210ce. feels real nice. picked up a Baby Taylor via CL for $200. had a crack in the back and the lady I bought it from gave me a $100 back. All it needs is some wood glue... either way, it's a sick little travel guitar for the vehicle
singing and picking has finally been making sense. it's a form of syncopation or something. singing different rhythm than I'm strumming/picking.
I've also been messing around with claw picking for a while now and it's fun as heck
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Fingerpicking God. Impossible to learn from though, she played a right handed guitar upside-down and left-handed her whole life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8emiWabU
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been really stoked on alex chilton's strat tone lately
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My wife bought me a Positive Grid Spark desktop amp for Xmas.
It’s pretty cool although you can easily waste more time fiddling with settings than playing if you’re not careful. Doesn’t sound quite as good as the Yamaha THR (especially at quiet levels) but it was $100 cheaper. Some of the user generated presets are good, some less so. Somehow doesn’t have a spring reverb effect so you need to use a mix of delay and hall reverb.
I mainly use headphones so I suppose I could have just bought an app to do the same thing but it’s easy to pop it on for 5 minutes here and there rather than warming up a tube amp.
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Fingerpicking God. Impossible to learn from though, she played a right handed guitar upside-down and left-handed her whole life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8emiWabU
so good.
watched a howlin wolf documentary film last week and noticed some other players using an inverted right hand guitar as well. Jimi did it too. workin with what ya have like that is bad ass
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She's playing it still strung like a righty, that's the crazy thing. Post a link to that Howlin Wolf doc!
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Fingerpicking God. Impossible to learn from though, she played a right handed guitar upside-down and left-handed her whole life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8emiWabU
so good.
watched a howlin wolf documentary film last week and noticed some other players using an inverted right hand guitar as well. Jimi did it too. workin with what ya have like that is bad ass
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Fingerpicking God. Impossible to learn from though, she played a right handed guitar upside-down and left-handed her whole life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8emiWabU
You can learn her songs with the guitar in the normal orientation. It will never sound as good as her though.
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She's playing it still strung like a righty, that's the crazy thing. Post a link to that Howlin Wolf doc!
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Fingerpicking God. Impossible to learn from though, she played a right handed guitar upside-down and left-handed her whole life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8emiWabU
so good.
watched a howlin wolf documentary film last week and noticed some other players using an inverted right hand guitar as well. Jimi did it too. workin with what ya have like that is bad ass
https://archive.org/details/TheHowlinWolfStory (https://archive.org/details/TheHowlinWolfStory)
its also on one of the streaming services
so, she's playing bass note on the bottom?
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Yeah, base strings on the bottom.
My fingerpicking terminology is extremely limited, but I do finger pick sort of in her style. Two fingers moving, other fingers anchoring the hand. Definitely don't sound like her though! Been dabbling in trying to use other fingers but I've been playing this way for so long it just doesn't feel natural.
On the other end- I've been playing electric a lot through a zvex lo fi junky pedal, and am totally addicted to it. I'm also very willfully ignorant about guitar pedals.
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I'm also very willfully ignorant about guitar pedals.
Stay this way. I have more pedals that I don't use than ones I do. They're all cool, and I like trying out new stuff, but most of the music I play and like is made with really simple stuff. Most of the time I just use an overdrive and a fuzz.
Here's my "rig" as its set up right now. Got these new green fender cables for christmas and I think they're super sick. Absolutely love that hot tubes too. I have it set up where it's ripping at the guitars full volume, then slighly dirty at about 75% and fairly clean at 50%. Super touch sensitive too. Makes this little Yamaha amp sound massive.
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@JB
Awesome board. How do you like the EHX Eddy? I want to try one.
The ZVEX Mastotron is a beast of a pedal. The LO-FI Junky that @artskool mentioned is amazing as well. Stellar company.
Here’s my current rig. Please excuse the horrid cable management. I am currently waiting on my custom patch and power cables from my buddy. I’ll put the power supply underneath the board once they arrive.
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I'm also very willfully ignorant about guitar pedals.
Stay this way. I have more pedals that I don't use than ones I do. They're all cool, and I like trying out new stuff, but most of the music I play and like is made with really simple stuff. Most of the time I just use an overdrive and a fuzz.
This goes against a lot of purists way of thinking but my Vox is a hybrid tube/modelling amp with a bunch of built in effects and honestly, for my purposes they work splendidly. I'm a pretty meat and potatoes guitarist as is, but my amp has a lot of power and can easily keep up (or sometimes outshine) super big rigs with intricate boards running through them.
I have a project that's essentially a one-man punk band where my main pedal is a drum machine and I have a footswitch with varying degrees of overdrive/distortion, and one of the highest points of praise I've gotten is someone coming inside the venue thinking a full band is playing. So good enough for me!
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Ok i didnt read all of this thread but here's my 2c as someone who has been playing for 20 years.
Try not to focus too much on gear. I know its easy and fun to lust after gear, but it only gets you so far.
That said here's my take for cheap and good gear: Try to get a red label made in japan yamaha acoustic. These can be had for <$150 and sound and play great.
For an electric a Squier strat will be fine. Maybe find a used Mexican fender, idk if they're still cheap.
Vox pathfinder is a very inexpensive and nice sounding solid-state amp. Don't worry about tube yet.
Don't get into pedals. You might want an overdrive as the ones on lower end solid state arent great, but that's all you really need.
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(http://i.imgur.com/2IIMgLA.jpg) (https://imgur.com/2IIMgLA)
Just dug this thing out of the guest room closet (guest room, gear storage, what's the difference?) and have been having a little fun with it.
The tone knobs are coil splitters and it has a switch for the middle position phase. Can go from thick humbucker to wonderful bright Tele-sounds. A real country monster. It's way heavier than I remembered though as it's 11 lbs easy.
The horrific barrel jack will need replacement eventually but it's sound for now.
Keep pluckin' shalomies.
I fuckin love these things. Peavey's old stuff is criminally underrated.
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One I have up for sale right now: ‘69 Masaru Kohno Classical
(https://i.imgur.com/4bMoEe7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tKKLMyG.jpg)
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Lusting after gear is half the point of getting into guitars to begin with, the other half obviously being that it triples your sex appeal.
Agreed on the Yamaha. I got one of those MIJ FG75's and its my favorite guitar to play.
Ok i didnt read all of this thread but here's my 2c as someone who has been playing for 20 years.
Try not to focus too much on gear. I know its easy and fun to lust after gear, but it only gets you so far.
That said here's my take for cheap and good gear: Try to get a red label made in japan yamaha acoustic. These can be had for <$150 and sound and play great.
For an electric a Squier strat will be fine. Maybe find a used Mexican fender, idk if they're still cheap.
Vox pathfinder is a very inexpensive and nice sounding solid-state amp. Don't worry about tube yet.
Don't get into pedals. You might want an overdrive as the ones on lower end solid state arent great, but that's all you really need.
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more bass acquisitions, USA G&L L2500, traded my warwick for this thing, perhaps not quite as valuable but better suited my playing style, greater range of tones, and infinitely easier to offload in the future if i am no longer into it. but i am very into it.
dofrenzy that classical guitar is beautiful. i've always wanted a good one, i just have a cheapo to fuck around on.
(https://i.imgur.com/34LaABAl.jpg)
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I don't need anymore guitars, because I don't play the 4 or so I have enough, butnInwould really like a new of those new J Mascis teles or one of those Musician St Vincent's. They look so sick.
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(https://i.ibb.co/Ksj2cqK/FEDD8-A4-F-E927-41-B9-8845-1-BB5-F47-C680-E.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7pJnxWk)
Idk if I’ve posted it but this is my main guitar. I got an Ibanez S that I had for like 20 years. It’s in drop A and it’s filthy. Needs a set up. This guitar is filthy too and needs a set up. Needs a volume pot. Needs a case lol. I put foam in it but it still feeds back. I only want to use dirt and my tuner. My drums are 24 18 14 13 birch with a bob snare. They are Loud. The hollow body guitar hurts peoples ears when I get too close to the amp.
Im copping a guitar on the first. Fb market place kinda is hard to deal with. People think the guitar they got quit on and don’t have a case for is worth what guitar center sells for new.
I going to cop a jet maybe.
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that thing looks sweet!
are you trying to get a gretsch jet or what?
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@JB
Awesome board. How do you like the EHX Eddy? I want to try one.
I think the Eddy has too many knobs for someone like me. The volume and tone typically stay set, tone has to be cranked because the pedal totally kills your high end. I've found it keeps truest to your original tone when you keep it first. Rate and depth do what they're supposed to, but not in a clean boss-style chorus/vibe tone. It's a lot more weird, dirty and lo-fi I guess. The envelope control is kinda hard to make usable, at least from my attempts. I can get it to work, but it usually just sounds stupid and not musical. Same kinda thing with the waveform control. It works decent for like post-punk stuff, maybe some ambient stuff if you're into that. It sounds best with a big obnoxious reverb after it. I've tried setting it up for a slower vibrato that would mimic a trem bar wobble because you can hold the button down and it will only engage while you hold it, but it didn't work as well as I wanted.
I try to like it, but the last couple times I've played with it I'll twist knobs until I find something I think is cool, then make up a riff or chord progression. Then I'll switch it off and whatever I was just playing sounds better to me. It might be going in the sell pile. The chorus and vibe patches in the zoom pedal are just fine, to be honest.
For as many pedals as I've owned, the sound I like the most is very simple. Overdrive, fuzz, tremolo and spring reverb from the amp is seriously all I really play with.
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that thing looks sweet!
are you trying to get a gretsch jet or what?
Yeah that’s probably the move
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Inspired by everyone’s pics to take pictures of the 4 I play most lately
(https://i.ibb.co/3h1KftL/FB3-BFC3-C-D2-A7-4293-9255-B25-C4-D998-B49.jpg)
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Love that wild Dano, Thom.
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Love that wild Dano, Thom.
Ditto. It’s gorgeous.
That DB700 is fucking amazing as well. So cool.
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Thanks dudes
Yeah that dano is fitted with stronger alnicos than a standard u2 so it’s perfect for like punk and black metal
The DB700 I got from a church yard sale because the dude who lead the congregation wanted his son to have a bass that looked less “demonic” for the church band… 100 bucks with a flight case and I got a free NRA hat
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Thanks dudes
Yeah that dano is fitted with stronger alnicos than a standard u2 so it’s perfect for like punk and black metal
The DB700 I got from a church yard sale because the dude who lead the congregation wanted his son to have a bass that looked less “demonic” for the church band… 100 bucks with a flight case and I got a free NRA hat
Amen!
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The DB700 I got from a church yard sale because the dude who lead the congregation wanted his son to have a bass that looked less “demonic” for the church band… 100 bucks with a flight case and I got a free NRA hat
I'd love to know how this kid ended up, haha.
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Probably saved! Hallelujah!
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The DB700 I got from a church yard sale because the dude who lead the congregation wanted his son to have a bass that looked less “demonic” for the church band… 100 bucks with a flight case and I got a free NRA hat
I'd praise the lord for that deal, and then hail satan while I play that rig
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The DB700 I got from a church yard sale because the dude who lead the congregation wanted his son to have a bass that looked less “demonic” for the church band… 100 bucks with a flight case and I got a free NRA hat
I'd love to know how this kid ended up, haha.
Truly, what bass is most pleasing unto the Lord?
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The DB700 I got from a church yard sale because the dude who lead the congregation wanted his son to have a bass that looked less “demonic” for the church band… 100 bucks with a flight case and I got a free NRA hat
I'd love to know how this kid ended up, haha.
Truly, what bass is most pleasing unto the Lord?
lol, bass players go to hell bro
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I plan on getting a Boss Loop station and a fuzz pedal of some sort…any suggestions? I don’t know what I was thinking when I bought the pedal board.
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would look best with a solitary boss metal zone right in the middle, get that other shit outta there
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would look best with a solitary boss metal zone right in the middle, get that other shit outta there
(http://www.guitarfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Metal-Zone-Pedalboard.jpg)
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The DB700 I got from a church yard sale because the dude who lead the congregation wanted his son to have a bass that looked less “demonic” for the church band… 100 bucks with a flight case and I got a free NRA hat
I'd love to know how this kid ended up, haha.
Truly, what bass is most pleasing unto the Lord?
lol, bass players go to hell bro
I was gonna disagree, but according to Charlie Daniels, you’re onto something.
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Anyone learn any new songs on guitar lately? I've been practicing Oblivion by Mastodon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpu5QMa9xCQ
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Damn that's fast.....
I'm learning this kind of stuff
1:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udigHL7VN8Y&ab_channel=TimothyLerch
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The last thing I learned that felt like an accomplishment was Square Hammer by Ghost.
I mainly just try to learn easier songs by ear although I often cheat and watch guitar covers on YouTube when I can’t figure something out. Last couple of songs were Coma Girl (Joe Strummer), Don’t Look Back Into the Sun (The Libertines), Hybrid Moments (Misfits), Never Coming Home (Reigning Sound), Harborcoat (REM), finally learned the whole outro solo of Rumors in Town (Exploding Hearts), and working on the solo for Deceiver (Judas Priest).
I watch a lot of the “Anyone Can Play Guitar” channel on YouTube and try to learn the lessons I’m interested in. Struggling to get halfway through the solo for Another Nail In My Heart (Squeeze).
There’s another YouTuber named Tom Conlon who does surf covers and those are fun.
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Damn that's fast.....
I'm learning this kind of stuff
1:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udigHL7VN8Y&ab_channel=TimothyLerch
This was cool. When I see blues guitar my mind sometimes goes straight to boring noodling but I really like this.
I've been on kind of a fingerpicking kick. Learned "make me a pallet on your floor" by Mississipi john hurt and now learning freight train after seeing it above.
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I plan on getting a Boss Loop station and a fuzz pedal of some sort…any suggestions? I don’t know what I was thinking when I bought the pedal board.
I just bought a Little Big Muff. So good!
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Earthquaker Hoof is a great Fuzz pedal.
Otherwise as mentioned you can't really go wrong with any type of Muff.
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Mostly just learning easy chord stuff. Learned some VU songs from Loaded, a few early Dandy Warhols songs.
@SchizophrenicFatBoy I think the ZVEX Mastotron is forever my favorite fuzz. It does it all. I think that combined with a muff is a pretty ace fuzz combo. The muff takes care of thick and heavy stuff, then I'll set the ZVEX pretty sputtery and sharp for a different flavor of fuzz. The DOD Carcosa is another good one with lots of sounds. They were pretty cheap, but I don't know how available they are now. Fender also has a new one coming out that might be cool. Looks like it might be a foxx tone machine clone, and it's only like $80.
Check out effects bakery pedals. I have one of their muff clones and I like it just as much as my ehx one, but it's like 1/4 the size. Although it doesn't look like you're hurting for space on your board, lol.
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Thanks for all the recommendations for fuzz pedals. I'm going to try a bunch out at Sweetwater.
Has anyone used Guitareo or Fender Play? Guitar lessons are too expensive for me but I want some sort of structured learning. I'm just playing the same licks and not really progressing. It's fun but it's like only doing boardslides and noseslides.
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Thanks for all the recommendations for fuzz pedals. I'm going to try a bunch out at Sweetwater.
Has anyone used Guitareo or Fender Play? Guitar lessons are too expensive for me but I want some sort of structured learning. I'm just playing the same licks and not really progressing. It's fun but it's like only doing boardslides and noseslides.
I think I could've signed up for a few free months of fender play, but I never did. My mind changes about what I want to play every day, so once I learned the basics I couldn't follow any rigid lesson stuff. I kinda wish I had the time to though.
As far as free stuff, I really like Anyone Can Play Guitar on youtube like Willie mentioned. He caters to a lot of my personal tastes, but he really covers a lot different styles and teaches them very well. He's got song lessons and kinda theory-for-people-who-don't-know-theory lessons. Solid range of beginner through intermediate levels. I could even see some of his stuff being helpful even if you've been playing for decades as he really encourages creativity and approaching things in a bunch of different ways.
Another guy I like who's a bit corny, but also makes theory a lot easier to understand is a guy name Sean Daniel. I'll watch his stuff and sometimes I can't always play along with some of the melody stuff, but it definitely gets me out of my usual pentatonic bullshit and familiar chord progressions. A lot of his stuff focuses on sort of mixing lead and rhythm playing together.
There was a guy named Just Nick Guitar or something like that, and he had a lot of fun jam and make it up on the fly videos, but all his shit seems to have vanished. His stuff was super fun because he'd start it off super simple and you'd slightly add in things, or see how many variations you could do. He played guitar almost like a bass player, which I think can be a pretty cool approach.
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Don't know if anyone plays a more jazz-style of guitar, I have been trying to learn this song for a while but I have only been able to play simpler renditions of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZhQH66goB4
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Don't know if anyone plays a more jazz-style of guitar, I have been trying to learn this song for a while but I have only been able to play simpler renditions of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZhQH66goB4
yeah I can play the lead and do some basic comping but I'm still not ready for solo/improvisation
so in the meantime I'm learning the melody and chords for other basic songs like Green dolphin street, Tangerine...
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Don't know if anyone plays a more jazz-style of guitar, I have been trying to learn this song for a while but I have only been able to play simpler renditions of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZhQH66goB4
so in the meantime I'm learning the melody and chords for other basic songs like Green dolphin street, Tangerine...
That's sick!, this is the version I learned start to finish. This version took me 2-3 weeks to learn and its not nearly as complex as Tal Farlows rendition. Solo/improvisational jazz guitar seems to require such a large amount of knowledge of chord variations (7th's, diminished, 9th's, etc.), learning this version taught me a lot but I have barley tapped into all the shit there is to learn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HufwnPGSwwI
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Playing the dano
https://youtu.be/xgXHKcDy9o8
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(https://i.ibb.co/L86XF8T/074-C6-A1-B-E75-C-44-EF-B3-EA-28-A43512-D4-F3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/47Mnq7b)
Scored this at the pawn shop today. So stoked I waited.
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Playing the dano
https://youtu.be/xgXHKcDy9o8
Danelectros are such unique guitars. I have a baritone one and it's so fun to play really noisy stuff with but it also sounds really pretty when it needs to.
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Anyone experienced in pick up swaps.
I’ve owned pickups but I lost them before I could put in my ax. I have no idea what they were. My metal core band gifted them to me because I always had junk guitars or loaners. Probably lost or temporarily lost my ax at the time too.
Anyway I’m thinking screaming demon is the best tone for Hardcore Punk but I’m open to humbucker suggestions. I don’t mess with active pickups usually.
On a side note
I’ve owned 5 or 6 epiphone guitars. Not one had a working switch. Center position is always a kill switch
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Anyone experienced in pick up swaps.
I’ve owned pickups but I lost them before I could put in my ax. I have no idea what they were. My metal core band gifted them to me because I always had junk guitars or loaners. Probably lost or temporarily lost my ax at the time too.
Anyway I’m thinking screaming demon is the best tone for Hardcore Punk but I’m open to humbucker suggestions. I don’t mess with active pickups usually.
On a side note
I’ve owned 5 or 6 epiphone guitars. Not one had a working switch. Center position is always a kill switch
Its really easy, just basic soldering. You can get a full kit of everything you need on amazon for about $17. There are tons of resources on youtube for the how-to of it.
Replacing that switch will be just as easy and cheap
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Anyone experienced in pick up swaps.
I’ve owned pickups but I lost them before I could put in my ax. I have no idea what they were. My metal core band gifted them to me because I always had junk guitars or loaners. Probably lost or temporarily lost my ax at the time too.
Anyway I’m thinking screaming demon is the best tone for Hardcore Punk but I’m open to humbucker suggestions. I don’t mess with active pickups usually.
On a side note
I’ve owned 5 or 6 epiphone guitars. Not one had a working switch. Center position is always a kill switch
Its really easy, just basic soldering. You can get a full kit of everything you need on amazon for about $17. There are tons of resources on youtube for the how-to of it.
Replacing that switch will be just as easy and cheap
I’m going to check it out.
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Anyone experienced in pick up swaps.
I’ve owned pickups but I lost them before I could put in my ax. I have no idea what they were. My metal core band gifted them to me because I always had junk guitars or loaners. Probably lost or temporarily lost my ax at the time too.
Anyway I’m thinking screaming demon is the best tone for Hardcore Punk but I’m open to humbucker suggestions. I don’t mess with active pickups usually.
On a side note
I’ve owned 5 or 6 epiphone guitars. Not one had a working switch. Center position is always a kill switch
Despite the name, the screamin demon is actually a pretty mellow, PAF flavoured pickup. That George Lynch dude was just playing them through insanely high gain amps like Soldanos. Which brings me to my next point, definitely consider what amp you're going be playing though when choosing pickups. If you're playing through a clean-ish amp and kicking on pedals for higher gain you might not notice a pickup swap too much. Also, raising/lowering the pickups, or changing the volume pots to different values can sometimes get you where you want without having to drop $100+ on new pickups.
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Anyone experienced in pick up swaps.
I’ve owned pickups but I lost them before I could put in my ax. I have no idea what they were. My metal core band gifted them to me because I always had junk guitars or loaners. Probably lost or temporarily lost my ax at the time too.
Anyway I’m thinking screaming demon is the best tone for Hardcore Punk but I’m open to humbucker suggestions. I don’t mess with active pickups usually.
On a side note
I’ve owned 5 or 6 epiphone guitars. Not one had a working switch. Center position is always a kill switch
Get the current electronics sorted and spend the p’up money on an HM2.
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@Thom that was sick, and that guitar is wild! Giving Raspberry Bulbs a listen now.
If you ever don't know what to practice, I'd give these dice a shot. I bought some a few months ago and I've found them to be super fun and helpful when it comes to creating chord progressions or riffs. Definitely gets me out of my familiar patterns. I like putting on a drum loop, then roll them and try to make a bunch of different riffs using whatever chords/notes it gives me.
https://www.thepracticeshoppe.com/collections/music-dice/products/musician-dice-1
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0177/3398/products/[email protected]?v=1639887304)
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just finished this jazzmaster sorry for huge photo
(https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/273840463_10110367040175263_2464532133239511573_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=_Xq7SNdbXY4AX_kCn4T&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AT9HGlNIOnCMykiuABQ_MArlqj54D4yhIBTq5qTWn3hUeg&oe=620B8BF6)
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Anyone experienced in pick up swaps.
I’ve owned pickups but I lost them before I could put in my ax. I have no idea what they were. My metal core band gifted them to me because I always had junk guitars or loaners. Probably lost or temporarily lost my ax at the time too.
Anyway I’m thinking screaming demon is the best tone for Hardcore Punk but I’m open to humbucker suggestions. I don’t mess with active pickups usually.
On a side note
I’ve owned 5 or 6 epiphone guitars. Not one had a working switch. Center position is always a kill switch
Get the current electronics sorted and spend the p’up money on an HM2.
I got the hm2. I’m looking for a fuzz face with bias control.
I feel like raw punk would be sick with that. I’m trying to blend like Hendrix/Trower tones with Johnny Thunders licks with a lot of biohazard and discharge.
We even are venturing into Metallica territory with some of our arraignments but all minced down to songs under 2:30.
It’s working out pretty well before we lost our space.
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Anyone experienced in pick up swaps.
I’ve owned pickups but I lost them before I could put in my ax. I have no idea what they were. My metal core band gifted them to me because I always had junk guitars or loaners. Probably lost or temporarily lost my ax at the time too.
Anyway I’m thinking screaming demon is the best tone for Hardcore Punk but I’m open to humbucker suggestions. I don’t mess with active pickups usually.
On a side note
I’ve owned 5 or 6 epiphone guitars. Not one had a working switch. Center position is always a kill switch
Despite the name, the screamin demon is actually a pretty mellow, PAF flavoured pickup. That George Lynch dude was just playing them through insanely high gain amps like Soldanos. Which brings me to my next point, definitely consider what amp you're going be playing though when choosing pickups. If you're playing through a clean-ish amp and kicking on pedals for higher gain you might not notice a pickup swap too much. Also, raising/lowering the pickups, or changing the volume pots to different values can sometimes get you where you want without having to drop $100+ on new pickups.
Razors use the screaming demon I like the pick up.
I definitely am looking to sound similar.
What pots would you suggest?
It’s going to be a while till I can make changes but I’d like to know just finished this jazzmaster sorry for huge photo
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That is so beautiful.
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That Jazzmaster is cool!
What's the story behind it/details?
I have a cheap Jazzmaster clone that I want to butcher eventually, but haven't really come up with a plan for it yet.
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That Jazzmaster is cool!
What's the story behind it/details?
I have a cheap Jazzmaster clone that I want to butcher eventually, but haven't really come up with a plan for it yet.
not much to the story but i tried to save almost every board that i had skated for 20 plus years, Ive always wanted to learn how to build guitars and knew that I could do something kind of unique using the skateboards. I know i'm far from the first but since they are just for me I can get away with using the shapes I like. Here is a tele that I made at the same time:
(https://i.ibb.co/0nYf34k/r-Mi-WJ-h-Q1i55-UGTNFcosw-thumb-364f.jpg)
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@Thom that was sick, and that guitar is wild! Giving Raspberry Bulbs a listen now.
If you ever don't know what to practice, I'd give these dice a shot. I bought some a few months ago and I've found them to be super fun and helpful when it comes to creating chord progressions or riffs. Definitely gets me out of my familiar patterns. I like putting on a drum loop, then roll them and try to make a bunch of different riffs using whatever chords/notes it gives me.
https://www.thepracticeshoppe.com/collections/music-dice/products/musician-dice-1
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0177/3398/products/[email protected]?v=1639887304)
Thanks!
Danos are awesome and totally their own sound. I play mine almost every day
I actually might buy those dice that’s cool
And those skateboard guitars are absolutely beautiful
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Those skateboard guitars are incredible!
Here is my set up:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/shhYJP8ixV94b0CRD9RFQ3D6uEXyaNXQObva-KWhRJciyD-M0scxVGGti9MYnFKmkKn285jh4ik_z1JacX0aMtpnOFVhsU0yaGEqXAl9knklt_QIEvnBc83_LBdtRidb6eJBwiWP9EvKo8etsTwBhOhDhSTxoj0pcVEXMbfFN5AlzesrfC1CQxnoRIbxUPraL8U4hGHzBcBCOI9-LS1ESPQph4AsH2XEuVWdJ8o9BhlngA4so40JaoEHIEX_cTZQnUplVzDiOlwUzoS1GQybampUJF21nB5AIqTkYIK0Pqckdm0_q_E8YCbk0NmRMZebnsoeic1YlHN28axx48cT_CuBJ4nwpRiU_bEKM8qYsobiKY2o-K7mhjgWyRJKd5he813Gos4u-GjL9fTXIWJ5CtWv1TtlK9O03ZwCH2xYyoi4pMIeXo-7VuhtMncwQoW996lTIG1iofgH8m3ckcw2vyUiLIMHg1QWNBtSZkLY8EuhCv2vFiSwDlGbb3SSJB2P1VXOElycKe3KjGhMl0P-Y9mbpzKhdh4IjmKGiJGCicq5h4iYXo8zC7T8YYCvk4tNO7oqi6wltq_kszFb5rWXJQUkmTILrBPNPXj5TNfNZ7GWUe3AqLDyK7IpOp_Avn50wlbT4JYfo_ooUSnEGKSdxidYgRbQtgz08_7bKxHj1T7nfl3xOVbzAn4z6ZD0KbFCjYta6x0dwO8c-U4UR0ih0FXVKg=w1246-h1661-no?authuser=0)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/aZpXXlViD9swmviHRjHGPcRG3mZvVksFZajMmU4ct7a6XoJHsEU9BkkxqxdoNuhjNEzZyliLrXs6XiEUgzRzEkFWSbfxxtO6r-pZg-FBhnz95Ke1lttTSHNGESAFS3kv0b8_e8DwAO-Y2crVVN5_4YkmReTiAD9_WRtgPeLG05w6sm5IPM7R9iDI1iAQp1a_Rzp_mUvqyXRcHBVxoaxRZCOG-_dLVq8Hzx0b5yXf_SYzfC1OIiwc2ayrktUtqurVQknKSnrO0CLBq5bRjRdOptDUL1kzHCepSCBcteW2x-J71ne8FX5lKPZmrLpakSNBGHMYbbkwB-k5JvKuoldlidiwzdC35RztCM1dq4aTUT5j2Wtpp7Gv_Iq07QWt5-T9TASe9hrISZ3ExWez_NYBNLQNPShusJwYM7_Aa3lS9IIHfB-H01hNKJt3HWjGVbyDzlhnJ5o0D5yS93_CUZrhJJiFKALyMczJyyO1jDjY-88IAO6vfspN3hp5GOufS9BDjoHP7nHklX0l9XjcWpEv37iRVHDuJXhLOPA5PSzUhqEWpz7cXfsHnHo18urozSd0nqrWqUKxSCRt_aavwQ2mXeZiDqGq61om-MVkhaS4U9pIYM7-qCAl_8hNzT_eBaaR2AqVV0JMhaUlnmkp3DJ0vqQVuqwiHQs33t9I6RhttWSDyjG9qsoiO7bk39DT6jq6dB2cE4c01EBpGL_g54s6citelA=w1246-h1661-no?authuser=0)
I just sent that amp off to get serviced and my back up vox pathfinder shit the bed the next day :-\ .
Thought about getting a fender champ to replace it since the lafayette is kind of a one trick pony but dame the silverface amps got a lot more expensive!
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That Jazzmaster is cool!
What's the story behind it/details?
I have a cheap Jazzmaster clone that I want to butcher eventually, but haven't really come up with a plan for it yet.
not much to the story but i tried to save almost every board that i had skated for 20 plus years, Ive always wanted to learn how to build guitars and knew that I could do something kind of unique using the skateboards. I know i'm far from the first but since they are just for me I can get away with using the shapes I like. Here is a tele that I made at the same time:
(https://i.ibb.co/0nYf34k/r-Mi-WJ-h-Q1i55-UGTNFcosw-thumb-364f.jpg)
Sick! Most “recycled” skartblort projects are lame and I often suspect they’re buying veneer, but those are cool. Very nice kind of topography effect from sanding to reveal plys rather than gratuitous use of the “exposed edge” parallel hell usually seen. Also, 7ender shapes are sooo widely copied I wouldn’t worry. R-eye-see will come after you.
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Those skateboard guitars are incredible!
Here is my set up:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/shhYJP8ixV94b0CRD9RFQ3D6uEXyaNXQObva-KWhRJciyD-M0scxVGGti9MYnFKmkKn285jh4ik_z1JacX0aMtpnOFVhsU0yaGEqXAl9knklt_QIEvnBc83_LBdtRidb6eJBwiWP9EvKo8etsTwBhOhDhSTxoj0pcVEXMbfFN5AlzesrfC1CQxnoRIbxUPraL8U4hGHzBcBCOI9-LS1ESPQph4AsH2XEuVWdJ8o9BhlngA4so40JaoEHIEX_cTZQnUplVzDiOlwUzoS1GQybampUJF21nB5AIqTkYIK0Pqckdm0_q_E8YCbk0NmRMZebnsoeic1YlHN28axx48cT_CuBJ4nwpRiU_bEKM8qYsobiKY2o-K7mhjgWyRJKd5he813Gos4u-GjL9fTXIWJ5CtWv1TtlK9O03ZwCH2xYyoi4pMIeXo-7VuhtMncwQoW996lTIG1iofgH8m3ckcw2vyUiLIMHg1QWNBtSZkLY8EuhCv2vFiSwDlGbb3SSJB2P1VXOElycKe3KjGhMl0P-Y9mbpzKhdh4IjmKGiJGCicq5h4iYXo8zC7T8YYCvk4tNO7oqi6wltq_kszFb5rWXJQUkmTILrBPNPXj5TNfNZ7GWUe3AqLDyK7IpOp_Avn50wlbT4JYfo_ooUSnEGKSdxidYgRbQtgz08_7bKxHj1T7nfl3xOVbzAn4z6ZD0KbFCjYta6x0dwO8c-U4UR0ih0FXVKg=w1246-h1661-no?authuser=0)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/aZpXXlViD9swmviHRjHGPcRG3mZvVksFZajMmU4ct7a6XoJHsEU9BkkxqxdoNuhjNEzZyliLrXs6XiEUgzRzEkFWSbfxxtO6r-pZg-FBhnz95Ke1lttTSHNGESAFS3kv0b8_e8DwAO-Y2crVVN5_4YkmReTiAD9_WRtgPeLG05w6sm5IPM7R9iDI1iAQp1a_Rzp_mUvqyXRcHBVxoaxRZCOG-_dLVq8Hzx0b5yXf_SYzfC1OIiwc2ayrktUtqurVQknKSnrO0CLBq5bRjRdOptDUL1kzHCepSCBcteW2x-J71ne8FX5lKPZmrLpakSNBGHMYbbkwB-k5JvKuoldlidiwzdC35RztCM1dq4aTUT5j2Wtpp7Gv_Iq07QWt5-T9TASe9hrISZ3ExWez_NYBNLQNPShusJwYM7_Aa3lS9IIHfB-H01hNKJt3HWjGVbyDzlhnJ5o0D5yS93_CUZrhJJiFKALyMczJyyO1jDjY-88IAO6vfspN3hp5GOufS9BDjoHP7nHklX0l9XjcWpEv37iRVHDuJXhLOPA5PSzUhqEWpz7cXfsHnHo18urozSd0nqrWqUKxSCRt_aavwQ2mXeZiDqGq61om-MVkhaS4U9pIYM7-qCAl_8hNzT_eBaaR2AqVV0JMhaUlnmkp3DJ0vqQVuqwiHQs33t9I6RhttWSDyjG9qsoiO7bk39DT6jq6dB2cE4c01EBpGL_g54s6citelA=w1246-h1661-no?authuser=0)
I just sent that amp off to get serviced and my back up vox pathfinder shit the bed the next day :-\ .
Thought about getting a fender champ to replace it since the lafayette is kind of a one trick pony but dame the silverface amps got a lot more expensive!
Nice stuff! That strat has some character. What is it?
First time I’ve looked at silverface amps in a few years, and good god you are not wrong. I sold a deluxe reverb a few years back for 1k Canadian as I was short on cash, preferred my other amps, and gave a friend a good deal. It hurts to see what they go for now, but I bought that amp and a 1959 guild ce-100d for $1200 combined a few years prior. I still have and love the guild, so there is that. The franz p90 pickups are spectacular.
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Anyone experienced in pick up swaps.
I’ve owned pickups but I lost them before I could put in my ax. I have no idea what they were. My metal core band gifted them to me because I always had junk guitars or loaners. Probably lost or temporarily lost my ax at the time too.
Anyway I’m thinking screaming demon is the best tone for Hardcore Punk but I’m open to humbucker suggestions. I don’t mess with active pickups usually.
On a side note
I’ve owned 5 or 6 epiphone guitars. Not one had a working switch. Center position is always a kill switch
Get the current electronics sorted and spend the p’up money on an HM2.
I got the hm2. I’m looking for a fuzz face with bias control.
I feel like raw punk would be sick with that. I’m trying to blend like Hendrix/Trower tones with Johnny Thunders licks with a lot of biohazard and discharge.
We even are venturing into Metallica territory with some of our arraignments but all minced down to songs under 2:30.
It’s working out pretty well before we lost our space.
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Anyone experienced in pick up swaps.
I’ve owned pickups but I lost them before I could put in my ax. I have no idea what they were. My metal core band gifted them to me because I always had junk guitars or loaners. Probably lost or temporarily lost my ax at the time too.
Anyway I’m thinking screaming demon is the best tone for Hardcore Punk but I’m open to humbucker suggestions. I don’t mess with active pickups usually.
On a side note
I’ve owned 5 or 6 epiphone guitars. Not one had a working switch. Center position is always a kill switch
Despite the name, the screamin demon is actually a pretty mellow, PAF flavoured pickup. That George Lynch dude was just playing them through insanely high gain amps like Soldanos. Which brings me to my next point, definitely consider what amp you're going be playing though when choosing pickups. If you're playing through a clean-ish amp and kicking on pedals for higher gain you might not notice a pickup swap too much. Also, raising/lowering the pickups, or changing the volume pots to different values can sometimes get you where you want without having to drop $100+ on new pickups.
Razors use the screaming demon I like the pick up.
I definitely am looking to sound similar.
What pots would you suggest?
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just finished this jazzmaster sorry for huge photo
(https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/273840463_10110367040175263_2464532133239511573_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=_Xq7SNdbXY4AX_kCn4T&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AT9HGlNIOnCMykiuABQ_MArlqj54D4yhIBTq5qTWn3hUeg&oe=620B8BF6)
That is so beautiful.
Dammit, you just sent me on a 1 hour dork-out on the FF circuit. Usually, the fussy nature of Ge transistors puts me off, but I got curious about a bias control. Any particular pedals you’re eyeing?
Seems like you’ve got a pretty good idea of the sound your after, both in terms of tone and musical direction.
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in all seriousness if you had interest in making a jazz bass body in this style i would be interested in acquiring it
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just finished this jazzmaster sorry for huge photo
(https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/273840463_10110367040175263_2464532133239511573_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=_Xq7SNdbXY4AX_kCn4T&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AT9HGlNIOnCMykiuABQ_MArlqj54D4yhIBTq5qTWn3hUeg&oe=620B8BF6)
Did I just see this on r/offset?
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in all seriousness if you had interest in making a jazz bass body in this style i would be interested in acquiring it
yea for sure, probably will do some basses this year and maybe try to work on a original shape.
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just finished this jazzmaster sorry for huge photo
(https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/273840463_10110367040175263_2464532133239511573_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=_Xq7SNdbXY4AX_kCn4T&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AT9HGlNIOnCMykiuABQ_MArlqj54D4yhIBTq5qTWn3hUeg&oe=620B8BF6)
Did I just see this on r/offset?
yea, figured i should share these with other nerds online instead of my 3 real life non musician friends.
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Those skateboard guitars are incredible!
Here is my set up:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/shhYJP8ixV94b0CRD9RFQ3D6uEXyaNXQObva-KWhRJciyD-M0scxVGGti9MYnFKmkKn285jh4ik_z1JacX0aMtpnOFVhsU0yaGEqXAl9knklt_QIEvnBc83_LBdtRidb6eJBwiWP9EvKo8etsTwBhOhDhSTxoj0pcVEXMbfFN5AlzesrfC1CQxnoRIbxUPraL8U4hGHzBcBCOI9-LS1ESPQph4AsH2XEuVWdJ8o9BhlngA4so40JaoEHIEX_cTZQnUplVzDiOlwUzoS1GQybampUJF21nB5AIqTkYIK0Pqckdm0_q_E8YCbk0NmRMZebnsoeic1YlHN28axx48cT_CuBJ4nwpRiU_bEKM8qYsobiKY2o-K7mhjgWyRJKd5he813Gos4u-GjL9fTXIWJ5CtWv1TtlK9O03ZwCH2xYyoi4pMIeXo-7VuhtMncwQoW996lTIG1iofgH8m3ckcw2vyUiLIMHg1QWNBtSZkLY8EuhCv2vFiSwDlGbb3SSJB2P1VXOElycKe3KjGhMl0P-Y9mbpzKhdh4IjmKGiJGCicq5h4iYXo8zC7T8YYCvk4tNO7oqi6wltq_kszFb5rWXJQUkmTILrBPNPXj5TNfNZ7GWUe3AqLDyK7IpOp_Avn50wlbT4JYfo_ooUSnEGKSdxidYgRbQtgz08_7bKxHj1T7nfl3xOVbzAn4z6ZD0KbFCjYta6x0dwO8c-U4UR0ih0FXVKg=w1246-h1661-no?authuser=0)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/aZpXXlViD9swmviHRjHGPcRG3mZvVksFZajMmU4ct7a6XoJHsEU9BkkxqxdoNuhjNEzZyliLrXs6XiEUgzRzEkFWSbfxxtO6r-pZg-FBhnz95Ke1lttTSHNGESAFS3kv0b8_e8DwAO-Y2crVVN5_4YkmReTiAD9_WRtgPeLG05w6sm5IPM7R9iDI1iAQp1a_Rzp_mUvqyXRcHBVxoaxRZCOG-_dLVq8Hzx0b5yXf_SYzfC1OIiwc2ayrktUtqurVQknKSnrO0CLBq5bRjRdOptDUL1kzHCepSCBcteW2x-J71ne8FX5lKPZmrLpakSNBGHMYbbkwB-k5JvKuoldlidiwzdC35RztCM1dq4aTUT5j2Wtpp7Gv_Iq07QWt5-T9TASe9hrISZ3ExWez_NYBNLQNPShusJwYM7_Aa3lS9IIHfB-H01hNKJt3HWjGVbyDzlhnJ5o0D5yS93_CUZrhJJiFKALyMczJyyO1jDjY-88IAO6vfspN3hp5GOufS9BDjoHP7nHklX0l9XjcWpEv37iRVHDuJXhLOPA5PSzUhqEWpz7cXfsHnHo18urozSd0nqrWqUKxSCRt_aavwQ2mXeZiDqGq61om-MVkhaS4U9pIYM7-qCAl_8hNzT_eBaaR2AqVV0JMhaUlnmkp3DJ0vqQVuqwiHQs33t9I6RhttWSDyjG9qsoiO7bk39DT6jq6dB2cE4c01EBpGL_g54s6citelA=w1246-h1661-no?authuser=0)
I just sent that amp off to get serviced and my back up vox pathfinder shit the bed the next day :-\ .
Thought about getting a fender champ to replace it since the lafayette is kind of a one trick pony but dame the silverface amps got a lot more expensive!
Nice stuff! That strat has some character. What is it?
First time I’ve looked at silverface amps in a few years, and good god you are not wrong. I sold a deluxe reverb a few years back for 1k Canadian as I was short on cash, preferred my other amps, and gave a friend a good deal. It hurts to see what they go for now, but I bought that amp and a 1959 guild ce-100d for $1200 combined a few years prior. I still have and love the guild, so there is that. The franz p90 pickups are spectacular.
Thanks. That strat is a funny story. In 2006 some dude sold it to my local guitar center as a custom shop relic'd strat. About a month later they realized it was more of a frankenstrat and lowered the price to 500, which was when I grabbed it. The neckplate has a custom shop serial number but who knows where that's from. The pickups appear to be genuine fancy-pants fender pups but again, who knows lol. The thing that drew me to the guitar was the neck, which is perfectly worn and suuuper comfy and smooth. I think it's a warmoth neck but who knows. Ive had it 15 years now and its the only strat I need
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(https://i.ibb.co/0nYf34k/r-Mi-WJ-h-Q1i55-UGTNFcosw-thumb-364f.jpg)
This is so sick I had to bump it to this page as well.
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Thanks. That strat is a funny story. In 2006 some dude sold it to my local guitar center as a custom shop relic'd strat. About a month later they realized it was more of a frankenstrat and lowered the price to 500, which was when I grabbed it. The neckplate has a custom shop serial number but who knows where that's from. The pickups appear to be genuine fancy-pants fender pups but again, who knows lol. The thing that drew me to the guitar was the neck, which is perfectly worn and suuuper comfy and smooth. I think it's a warmoth neck but who knows. Ive had it 15 years now and its the only strat I need
That sounds like a dream, and a good buy. I’m always a fan of value and a story. Plus having a guitar that long makes it feel like family.
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Both of those skateboard guitars are beautiful. At first glance, I thought they were Prisma guitars. If I ever can afford to blow big bucks on a guitar, it will probably be one of those.
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I got nuthin’. Just giving this thread a poke.
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I’ll bump again
https://youtu.be/nonYn9ZpNVw
Felt like recording another video
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https://mcnellypickups.com/collections/humbucker-pickups/products/prisma-skate-stagger-swagger
These pickups that have skateboardply covers
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man, zoom grad school lectures have been great for getting back into playing. sitting and playing for 3 hours at a go, or rather, various segments within a 3 hour window a few days per week, has been excellent
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Talking about that strat got me curious about its actual provenance. As far as I can tell it's either 1990 American '62 reissue or a 1995 MIJ '62 reissue. I'm happy with either. This is per the serial on the neckplate though, so who knows. The pickups appear to be genuine fender custom shop, but weirdly the pots are all 500k.
I also tore into my '77 ibanez 335 copy. Turns out the bridge pickup is a gibson pickup of some kind, and not the super 70 that came in ibanez of those years. The neck is the original super 70 and sounds a lot better IMO. Might try to find one for the bridge.
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I’ll bump again
https://youtu.be/nonYn9ZpNVw
Felt like recording another video
Nice! Rig rundown?
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I’ll bump again
https://youtu.be/nonYn9ZpNVw
Felt like recording another video
Thanks for sharing man! Makes me want to go jam along with some songs.
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I need a Hendrix fuzz face. UI been playing since 91 I never wrote a solo till Covid era. I’m a bass player. I hear only bass and drums when I’m writing in my head. Now that I’m soloing and I got the muscle memory and shit I want to sound like Hendrix meeting discharge playing 90s nyhc 80s dbeat with with lots of rock and roll elements.
I hear that bias control in my head now.
My band is very much like biohazard and sheer terror with Johnny Thunders on lead guitar.
I wanna drip with 60s tone tho.
https://youtu.be/ghxwcSiY7GQ
If I have any money left after I pay this security deposit I’m going to do this.
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I need a Hendrix fuzz face. UI been playing since 91 I never wrote a solo till Covid era. I’m a bass player. I hear only bass and drums when I’m writing in my head. Now that I’m soloing and I got the muscle memory and shit I want to sound like Hendrix meeting discharge playing 90s nyhc 80s dbeat with with lots of rock and roll elements.
I hear that bias control in my head now.
My band is very much like biohazard and sheer terror with Johnny Thunders on lead guitar.
I wanna drip with 60s tone tho.
https://youtu.be/ghxwcSiY7GQ
If I have any money left after I pay this security deposit I’m going to do this.
that's my bandmate and friend's favorite pedal. he's a total hendrix fanatic haha. also has a white upside hendrix strat for righties.
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I have an Ibanez RG6 baritone. It made me realize baritones are my dream guitars. If I could get a superstrat in baritone I think that would be perfect.
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(https://i.ibb.co/nM0KqD6/BC286-CD8-BC0-D-41-B3-8-D49-7-EF05-F0-BF5-CE.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nM0KqD6)(https://i.ibb.co/BNFRmkB/88-BA3-B05-F788-4-C04-BFA4-38-CDD05-D9-BF0.jpg) (https://ibb.co/BNFRmkB)(https://i.ibb.co/ZWfjFby/2770-F759-16-ED-4-B56-85-D7-D3840-E660-E1-E.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZWfjFby)
Just got this guy today, I’m stoked
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You guys got any tips for taking it up to the next level? I've always been a very rudimentary player, mostly strumming, not much scale work at all but I'm trying to get sharper and get a band of the ground
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You guys got any tips for taking it up to the next level? I've always been a very rudimentary player, mostly strumming, not much scale work at all but I'm trying to get sharper and get a band of the ground
To me for theory and chord/scale/arpeggio stuff, books and exercises over and over are the only way...
Youtube videos and online lessons bring too much scatter to the process. Nice to change your ideas some times though
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You guys got any tips for taking it up to the next level? I've always been a very rudimentary player, mostly strumming, not much scale work at all but I'm trying to get sharper and get a band of the ground
Youtube videos and online lessons bring too much scatter to the process. Nice to change your ideas some times though
Maybe a mix of theory reading, YT lessons involving scales and triads, and learning real songs that apply the techniques you're trying to learn.
What kind of style are you aiming for?
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Nothing really intense. My friend and i are making vaguely "indie rock" stuff, i just want to get my skills up
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You guys got any tips for taking it up to the next level? I've always been a very rudimentary player, mostly strumming, not much scale work at all but I'm trying to get sharper and get a band of the ground
im in a similar situation. i really think learning songs is the best way to go, try different genres. just to get more comfortable in other time sigs, chords, etc.
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My E string saddle broke as I was going to change strings, I was checking the block behind the strat and it just fell off, now when I put it back on the spring just spits it out of the screw (I find it's actually kinda funny). At least I didn't open the new strings package before it happened, gotta wait until next week to get the new ones.
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You guys got any tips for taking it up to the next level? I've always been a very rudimentary player, mostly strumming, not much scale work at all but I'm trying to get sharper and get a band of the ground
Youtube videos and online lessons bring too much scatter to the process. Nice to change your ideas some times though
Maybe a mix of theory reading, YT lessons involving scales and triads, and learning real songs that apply the techniques you're trying to learn.
What kind of style are you aiming for?
Youtube is only good if you want some concepts to get into your head of to look at specific exercises, otherwise it's theory books and time to memorize/apply those things you learned. I'm currently not practicing this pdf I got here which has a pretty good foundation, it starts on basic concepts, moves on to a shit ton of chords, inversions, 7ths and all that jazz and then it goes to scales and arpeggios, no YT lesson will give you that much structure, hell, sometimes not even a teacher will.
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I need to get tubes for my carvin 100xb soon.
I’m kinda bummed because I wanted to get a fuzz with my next check.
Can anyone help guide me to the proper tubes and shit.
I can’t afford my homies amp/guitar tech and got to figure out this myself.
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Correction
I need to figure this out with Pals
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My E string saddle broke as I was going to change strings, I was checking the block behind the strat and it just fell off, now when I put it back on the spring just spits it out of the screw (I find it's actually kinda funny). At least I didn't open the new strings package before it happened, gotta wait until next week to get the new ones.
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You guys got any tips for taking it up to the next level? I've always been a very rudimentary player, mostly strumming, not much scale work at all but I'm trying to get sharper and get a band of the ground
Youtube videos and online lessons bring too much scatter to the process. Nice to change your ideas some times though
Maybe a mix of theory reading, YT lessons involving scales and triads, and learning real songs that apply the techniques you're trying to learn.
What kind of style are you aiming for?
What is it?
I played in punk/crust bands for years and just picked up guitar again. Want to get deeper into learning this time
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flea, just pull the tubes and buy the same ones
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^^ This, but that being said…
(https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--LCxqjU60--/f_auto,t_large/v1550602403/dkrow2sasr0a258drxcv.jpg)
Looks like four 6L6 tubes and 3 12AX7 preamp tubes
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3 days ago I randomly started playing after a long while. My place is in disarray from doing repairs and painting. So a lot of my shit is packed up in the basement.
So last night I decided to check one of my acoustic's serial number to see when it was made cause I couldn't remember when I bought it. The guitar was made on March 24, 2014. Same day I started playing again only 8 years before. Total Bobby Puleo shit. I gotta message him and see what he makes of these numbers.
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My E string saddle broke as I was going to change strings, I was checking the block behind the strat and it just fell off, now when I put it back on the spring just spits it out of the screw (I find it's actually kinda funny). At least I didn't open the new strings package before it happened, gotta wait until next week to get the new ones.
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You guys got any tips for taking it up to the next level? I've always been a very rudimentary player, mostly strumming, not much scale work at all but I'm trying to get sharper and get a band of the ground
Youtube videos and online lessons bring too much scatter to the process. Nice to change your ideas some times though
Maybe a mix of theory reading, YT lessons involving scales and triads, and learning real songs that apply the techniques you're trying to learn.
What kind of style are you aiming for?
What is it?
I played in punk/crust bands for years and just picked up guitar again. Want to get deeper into learning this time
Acordes, Arpejos e Escalas - Nelson Faria. As you can see, it's a brazilian book so it might not be ideal in this case, although if you know the basics about tablatures and chord notations the info is still there with standard nomenclature, (letters for notes, b and #, m for minor, etc). But if you want I figure you could easily find something in english with the same content, just try to look for something that has a very general theme, nothing like "buy this and shred a lot", something that looks like it's focused on theory and that approaches both acoustic and electric the same way.
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^^ This, but that being said…
(https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--LCxqjU60--/f_auto,t_large/v1550602403/dkrow2sasr0a258drxcv.jpg)
Looks like four 6L6 tubes and 3 12AX7 preamp tubes
Werd. Thanks
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Do you always have to pull both pre and power though?
I could be completely wrong here because it's been years since I was really into guitar and amp stuff, but maybe the pre's are ok and the power tubes just need replacing? Could save our pal some $$$?
Or else tubes are cheap these days and it's better just ripping them all out and starting afresh?
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pre tubes rarely need replacement as far as i know. my bass head has had the same 3 12ax7 for like 15 years and it's fine. they don't handle large power loads and are not subject to the kind of wear and tear that power tubes are.
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Good point about the preamp tubes.
On the amp tip i got pretty lucky this month... ended up getting a silverface champ for free. Ordered it on reverb and UPS lost the package. I was refunded and then it showed up on my door two weeks later lol.
Also for the dude asking about music theory, check out the berklee guitar method book. You can find a pdf pretty easily. A couple of my friends who went to berklee also gave me folders of guitar and theory lesson materials, i could upload them for you
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^ Unreal luck. Go play the lotto.
Yes, you all are right. I just tried to call out what I saw in the head. If the signal is low or not there at all, the preamp tubes could be bad.
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Good point about the preamp tubes.
On the amp tip i got pretty lucky this month... ended up getting a silverface champ for free. Ordered it on reverb and UPS lost the package. I was refunded and then it showed up on my door two weeks later lol.
Also for the dude asking about music theory, check out the berklee guitar method book. You can find a pdf pretty easily. A couple of my friends who went to berklee also gave me folders of guitar and theory lesson materials, i could upload them for you
Please do
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Good point about the preamp tubes.
On the amp tip i got pretty lucky this month... ended up getting a silverface champ for free. Ordered it on reverb and UPS lost the package. I was refunded and then it showed up on my door two weeks later lol.
Also for the dude asking about music theory, check out the berklee guitar method book. You can find a pdf pretty easily. A couple of my friends who went to berklee also gave me folders of guitar and theory lesson materials, i could upload them for you
how are you liking the champ? ive been eyeing one...
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Good point about the preamp tubes.
On the amp tip i got pretty lucky this month... ended up getting a silverface champ for free. Ordered it on reverb and UPS lost the package. I was refunded and then it showed up on my door two weeks later lol.
Also for the dude asking about music theory, check out the berklee guitar method book. You can find a pdf pretty easily. A couple of my friends who went to berklee also gave me folders of guitar and theory lesson materials, i could upload them for you
I like it a lot. Very nice for apartment playing. I was pleasantly surprised by how late it breaks up w/ single coils. The humbuckers start crunching up around 6 though.
@DaleSr
https://we.tl/t-8LfqMyRRaw
Lmk if this works. Its not in any order and I'm not really sure what's in there but there's some useful stuff for sure.
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Good point about the preamp tubes.
On the amp tip i got pretty lucky this month... ended up getting a silverface champ for free. Ordered it on reverb and UPS lost the package. I was refunded and then it showed up on my door two weeks later lol.
Also for the dude asking about music theory, check out the berklee guitar method book. You can find a pdf pretty easily. A couple of my friends who went to berklee also gave me folders of guitar and theory lesson materials, i could upload them for you
@DaleSr
https://we.tl/t-8LfqMyRRaw
Lmk if this works. Its not in any order and I'm not really sure what's in there but there's some useful stuff for sure.
Cheers
I wanted to learn jazz so I started with Mikey Baker's book. Took me about a year to go through everything.
https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/Mickey-Baker/dp/0825652804
Sounds very 50s but gives a solid foundation for "jazz" chords and the basic principles of moving shapes around.
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I'm adding a Blues Driver, Fuzzface Mini and Metal Zone to my signal chain. Does it matter what order they go in, since they're all gain pedals? I would like for the Fuzzface Mini to be at the end of it, because I'm getting an expression pedal that I want to use for both the Fuzzface and the Space Echo-RE202, which is a delay/reverb pedal. At the moment, I just have a Dunlop wah pedal and Ernie Ball overdrive.
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I'm adding a Blues Driver, Fuzzface Mini and Metal Zone to my signal chain. Does it matter what order they go in, since they're all gain pedals? I would like for the Fuzzface Mini to be at the end of it, because I'm getting an expression pedal that I want to use for both the Fuzzface and the Space Echo-RE202, which is a delay/reverb pedal. At the moment, I just have a Dunlop wah pedal and Ernie Ball overdrive.
I would run the metal zone then the driver. Idk about the fuzz face I’ve not had one yet.
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I'm adding a Blues Driver, Fuzzface Mini and Metal Zone to my signal chain. Does it matter what order they go in, since they're all gain pedals? I would like for the Fuzzface Mini to be at the end of it, because I'm getting an expression pedal that I want to use for both the Fuzzface and the Space Echo-RE202, which is a delay/reverb pedal. At the moment, I just have a Dunlop wah pedal and Ernie Ball overdrive.
I can’t speak directly to the mini, but the fuzz face circuit is known for not liking stuff in front of it due to low input impedance. Google “fuzz face input impedance” for more info.
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Got the saddles, but the screw didn't go in one of them, cheap shit, at least one of my old ones was still pretty new looking. I think the strings might even be lower, at least they feel like they have less tension now.
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I'm adding a Blues Driver, Fuzzface Mini and Metal Zone to my signal chain. Does it matter what order they go in, since they're all gain pedals? I would like for the Fuzzface Mini to be at the end of it, because I'm getting an expression pedal that I want to use for both the Fuzzface and the Space Echo-RE202, which is a delay/reverb pedal. At the moment, I just have a Dunlop wah pedal and Ernie Ball overdrive.
I would go fuzz face > wah > blues driver > metal zone > space echo.
I don't think you'll be able to use an expression pedal with any of those dirt pedals. Fuzz faces are famous for cleaning up when you turn the guitars volume knob down, so I'd give that some practice.
I also don't know what ernie ball overdrive you have, but honestly you should be fine with those other three dirt pedals. I wouldn't worry about trying to get everything you have chained up all the time.
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I was wondering and I might have asked before but why would someone put the pickup out of parallel? I didn’t notice until after I put strings on it but lits hella firm too. The pickup don’t wiggle or anything. It sounds good but is there a reason to likely bend it into that position?
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I was wondering and I might have asked before but why would someone put the pickup out of parallel? I didn’t notice until after I put strings on it but lits hella firm too. The pickup don’t wiggle or anything. It sounds good but is there a reason to likely bend it into that position?
You mean angled like a fender bridge pickup or just not lined up square with the strings? If angled like pretty strat/tele bridge, the theory is the closer to the bridge, the “tighter” and closer to the neck is bassier, so lower lows and higher highs. If it’s angled the other way, it’s usually said to provide tighter lows and mellower highs. If the pickup is just misaligned, somebody goofed.
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I was wondering and I might have asked before but why would someone put the pickup out of parallel? I didn’t notice until after I put strings on it but lits hella firm too. The pickup don’t wiggle or anything. It sounds good but is there a reason to likely bend it into that position?
You mean angled like a fender bridge pickup or just not lined up square with the strings? If angled like pretty strat/tele bridge, the theory is the closer to the bridge, the “tighter” and closer to the neck is bassier, so lower lows and higher highs. If it’s angled the other way, it’s usually said to provide tighter lows and mellower highs. If the pickup is just misaligned, somebody goofed.
Not so much a theory when you consider how it's exactly how it sounds on neck/bridge pickups.
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I'm adding a Blues Driver, Fuzzface Mini and Metal Zone to my signal chain. Does it matter what order they go in, since they're all gain pedals? I would like for the Fuzzface Mini to be at the end of it, because I'm getting an expression pedal that I want to use for both the Fuzzface and the Space Echo-RE202, which is a delay/reverb pedal. At the moment, I just have a Dunlop wah pedal and Ernie Ball overdrive.
I would go fuzz face > wah > blues driver > metal zone > space echo.
I don't think you'll be able to use an expression pedal with any of those dirt pedals. Fuzz faces are famous for cleaning up when you turn the guitars volume knob down, so I'd give that some practice.
I also don't know what ernie ball overdrive you have, but honestly you should be fine with those other three dirt pedals. I wouldn't worry about trying to get everything you have chained up all the time.
Thanks for the recommendation. I underestimated the Boss pedals.
(https://i.postimg.cc/1353Ryxt/5-A538-DAF-0-B0-E-4-FBE-ADC7-3399-CEE93-D9-A.jpg)
I can't get the Fuzzface or Wah to work. When the Fuzzface is on, I can't get any sound from the output. When it's off, the overdrive/blues driver/metal zone work.
I daisy chained the pedals to the power supply on the back of the pedal board. All of the pedals are 9V but I do have three 18V slots. I'm not sure what to do, or if I need to use batteries for the Dunlop Wah & Fuzzface Mini. I don't want to experiment because I read that I can short circuit the pedals by using the wrong batteries or cables.
edit: Wah pedal has some issue but everything else is great.
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I love boss/Digitech. Japan should always be proud of their goods an shiz.
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I was wondering and I might have asked before but why would someone put the pickup out of parallel? I didn’t notice until after I put strings on it but lits hella firm too. The pickup don’t wiggle or anything. It sounds good but is there a reason to likely bend it into that position?
You mean angled like a fender bridge pickup or just not lined up square with the strings? If angled like pretty strat/tele bridge, the theory is the closer to the bridge, the “tighter” and closer to the neck is bassier, so lower lows and higher highs. If it’s angled the other way, it’s usually said to provide tighter lows and mellower highs. If the pickup is just misaligned, somebody goofed.
So the bridge humbucker is sunken on the side with the pole pieces. Best way I can describe it is it’s like a little wedge ramp if you dropped in from the abr1.
Also I opened the control cavity. What a mess. They definitely used some dull ass bits when Routing it out and I need to shield it better.
I noticed it has white clips to plug in the pickups to the pots which are tiny little things.
I was wondering it’s a 2004 guitar and it doesn’t have a pcb system but does that mean I can just hit up Gibson and ask them for a replacement pickup for a pcb system and just plug it in without Soldering it?
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I love boss/Digitech. Japan should always be proud of their goods an shiz.
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I was wondering and I might have asked before but why would someone put the pickup out of parallel? I didn’t notice until after I put strings on it but lits hella firm too. The pickup don’t wiggle or anything. It sounds good but is there a reason to likely bend it into that position?
You mean angled like a fender bridge pickup or just not lined up square with the strings? If angled like pretty strat/tele bridge, the theory is the closer to the bridge, the “tighter” and closer to the neck is bassier, so lower lows and higher highs. If it’s angled the other way, it’s usually said to provide tighter lows and mellower highs. If the pickup is just misaligned, somebody goofed.
So the bridge humbucker is sunken on the side with the pole pieces. Best way I can describe it is it’s like a little wedge ramp if you dropped in from the abr1.
Also I opened the control cavity. What a mess. They definitely used some dull ass bits when Routing it out and I need to shield it better.
I noticed it has white clips to plug in the pickups to the pots which are tiny little things.
I was wondering it’s a 2004 guitar and it doesn’t have a pcb system but does that mean I can just hit up Gibson and ask them for a replacement pickup for a pcb system and just plug it in without Soldering it?
Ah, gotcha. I don’t know exactly which method your guitar uses for pickup height adjustment, but make sure it’s not binding on the low side first. If it’s using something like foam under the pickups to act like a spring against the height adjustment screws, add more on the low side to raise it up.
There’s a few companies doing solderless connectors to make swaps easier, but there’s no standard so I still think soldering is the way to go. PCB’s are way harder to mod or work on. There’s so few components, it only makes sense for manufacturing, not serviceability.
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I bought a $38 clone of the worlds most expensive overdrive pedal on wish.com.
It sounds really nice but I couldn't imagine spending $3000 on one lol.
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/925552650563510273/959566681896788048/IMG_6407.jpg)
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I'm adding a Blues Driver, Fuzzface Mini and Metal Zone to my signal chain. Does it matter what order they go in, since they're all gain pedals? I would like for the Fuzzface Mini to be at the end of it, because I'm getting an expression pedal that I want to use for both the Fuzzface and the Space Echo-RE202, which is a delay/reverb pedal. At the moment, I just have a Dunlop wah pedal and Ernie Ball overdrive.
I would go fuzz face > wah > blues driver > metal zone > space echo.
I don't think you'll be able to use an expression pedal with any of those dirt pedals. Fuzz faces are famous for cleaning up when you turn the guitars volume knob down, so I'd give that some practice.
I also don't know what ernie ball overdrive you have, but honestly you should be fine with those other three dirt pedals. I wouldn't worry about trying to get everything you have chained up all the time.
(https://i.postimg.cc/1353Ryxt/5-A538-DAF-0-B0-E-4-FBE-ADC7-3399-CEE93-D9-A.jpg)
I can't get the Fuzzface or Wah to work. When the Fuzzface is on, I can't get any sound from the output. When it's off, the overdrive/blues driver/metal zone work.
I daisy chained the pedals to the power supply on the back of the pedal board. All of the pedals are 9V but I do have three 18V slots. I'm not sure what to do, or if I need to use batteries for the Dunlop Wah & Fuzzface Mini. I don't want to experiment because I read that I can short circuit the pedals by using the wrong batteries or cables.
edit: Wah pedal has some issue but everything else is great.
Only use the 18v outputs for pedals that can handle it. If they can, it's usually noted. Otherwise, you could fry the pedal if you give it too much.
Not sure how to help with the wah. Maybe take it to the guitar store and see if anyone there has anything to say.
How do you guys feel about wahs in general? A lot of players I like used them and it's pretty common in psych rock, but I feel like I hate how it's used in most other things. Like its super cheesy, but it's cool when Ron Asheton uses it. Fast playing bluesy guys and shredders can fuck off with the wah.
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Don't feel like taking pictures at the moment but picked this up a little while back.
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR2bVMuv0Kcl67-l8sfEHbZiKhzjUn_iUW2Hd4Zpsm_IdxZfjBs6WSYoiBf1NDzJIRTijs&usqp=CAU)
i've been putting off buying this for a while: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SeaMachineV3--earthquaker-devices-sea-machine-v3-chorus-pedal
there's some used for a solid price and might pull the trigger. anyone use that or know of anything comparable? all the videos of people demoing that seems to have the tone i'm after.
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I'm adding a Blues Driver, Fuzzface Mini and Metal Zone to my signal chain. Does it matter what order they go in, since they're all gain pedals? I would like for the Fuzzface Mini to be at the end of it, because I'm getting an expression pedal that I want to use for both the Fuzzface and the Space Echo-RE202, which is a delay/reverb pedal. At the moment, I just have a Dunlop wah pedal and Ernie Ball overdrive.
I would go fuzz face > wah > blues driver > metal zone > space echo.
I don't think you'll be able to use an expression pedal with any of those dirt pedals. Fuzz faces are famous for cleaning up when you turn the guitars volume knob down, so I'd give that some practice.
I also don't know what ernie ball overdrive you have, but honestly you should be fine with those other three dirt pedals. I wouldn't worry about trying to get everything you have chained up all the time.
(https://i.postimg.cc/1353Ryxt/5-A538-DAF-0-B0-E-4-FBE-ADC7-3399-CEE93-D9-A.jpg)
I can't get the Fuzzface or Wah to work. When the Fuzzface is on, I can't get any sound from the output. When it's off, the overdrive/blues driver/metal zone work.
I daisy chained the pedals to the power supply on the back of the pedal board. All of the pedals are 9V but I do have three 18V slots. I'm not sure what to do, or if I need to use batteries for the Dunlop Wah & Fuzzface Mini. I don't want to experiment because I read that I can short circuit the pedals by using the wrong batteries or cables.
edit: Wah pedal has some issue but everything else is great.
Only use the 18v outputs for pedals that can handle it. If they can, it's usually noted. Otherwise, you could fry the pedal if you give it too much.
Not sure how to help with the wah. Maybe take it to the guitar store and see if anyone there has anything to say.
How do you guys feel about wahs in general? A lot of players I like used them and it's pretty common in psych rock, but I feel like I hate how it's used in most other things. Like its super cheesy, but it's cool when Ron Asheton uses it. Fast playing bluesy guys and shredders can fuck off with the wah.
I like wah for soloing. It makes my crust so much doper. I pretend I’m slash. Don't feel like taking pictures at the moment but picked this up a little while back.
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR2bVMuv0Kcl67-l8sfEHbZiKhzjUn_iUW2Hd4Zpsm_IdxZfjBs6WSYoiBf1NDzJIRTijs&usqp=CAU)
i've been putting off buying this for a while: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SeaMachineV3--earthquaker-devices-sea-machine-v3-chorus-pedal
there's some used for a solid price and might pull the trigger. anyone use that or know of anything comparable? all the videos of people demoing that seems to have the tone i'm after.
My first nice guitar was a G&l strat in this colour kinda. I got it at an antique shop in Marblehead in the 90s. They had mad guitars at the time. I was just learning. We took it apart to re finish and when my homie Brett died I lost it.
The guitar was so nice. I wish I had it today.
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I'm adding a Blues Driver, Fuzzface Mini and Metal Zone to my signal chain. Does it matter what order they go in, since they're all gain pedals? I would like for the Fuzzface Mini to be at the end of it, because I'm getting an expression pedal that I want to use for both the Fuzzface and the Space Echo-RE202, which is a delay/reverb pedal. At the moment, I just have a Dunlop wah pedal and Ernie Ball overdrive.
I would go fuzz face > wah > blues driver > metal zone > space echo.
I don't think you'll be able to use an expression pedal with any of those dirt pedals. Fuzz faces are famous for cleaning up when you turn the guitars volume knob down, so I'd give that some practice.
I also don't know what ernie ball overdrive you have, but honestly you should be fine with those other three dirt pedals. I wouldn't worry about trying to get everything you have chained up all the time.
(https://i.postimg.cc/1353Ryxt/5-A538-DAF-0-B0-E-4-FBE-ADC7-3399-CEE93-D9-A.jpg)
I can't get the Fuzzface or Wah to work. When the Fuzzface is on, I can't get any sound from the output. When it's off, the overdrive/blues driver/metal zone work.
I daisy chained the pedals to the power supply on the back of the pedal board. All of the pedals are 9V but I do have three 18V slots. I'm not sure what to do, or if I need to use batteries for the Dunlop Wah & Fuzzface Mini. I don't want to experiment because I read that I can short circuit the pedals by using the wrong batteries or cables.
edit: Wah pedal has some issue but everything else is great.
Only use the 18v outputs for pedals that can handle it. If they can, it's usually noted. Otherwise, you could fry the pedal if you give it too much.
Not sure how to help with the wah. Maybe take it to the guitar store and see if anyone there has anything to say.
How do you guys feel about wahs in general? A lot of players I like used them and it's pretty common in psych rock, but I feel like I hate how it's used in most other things. Like its super cheesy, but it's cool when Ron Asheton uses it. Fast playing bluesy guys and shredders can fuck off with the wah.
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Don't feel like taking pictures at the moment but picked this up a little while back.
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR2bVMuv0Kcl67-l8sfEHbZiKhzjUn_iUW2Hd4Zpsm_IdxZfjBs6WSYoiBf1NDzJIRTijs&usqp=CAU)
i've been putting off buying this for a while: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SeaMachineV3--earthquaker-devices-sea-machine-v3-chorus-pedal
there's some used for a solid price and might pull the trigger. anyone use that or know of anything comparable? all the videos of people demoing that seems to have the tone i'm after.
My first nice guitar was a G&l strat in this colour kinda. I got it at an antique shop in Marblehead in the 90s. They had mad guitars at the time. I was just learning. We took it apart to re finish and when my homie Brett died I lost it.
The guitar was so nice. I wish I had it today.
Those G&L strats are sick. Especially the older ones.
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I got the wah to work by putting it in front of the Fuzzface Mini. Wah only sounds okay if I use it in transitions but it's not really my thing. Sometimes, I spend too much time experimenting with it, and it almost makes sounds similar to a talkbox. If Jimi didn't use it, I probably wouldn't have bought one.
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I got the wah to work by putting it in front of the Fuzzface Mini. Wah only sounds okay if I use it in transitions but it's not really my thing. Sometimes, I spend too much time experimenting with it, and it almost makes sounds similar to a talkbox. If Jimi didn't use it, I probably wouldn't have bought one.
All jimi’s gear was modified.
When I get a new wah I adjust the little wheel inside and re grease it. I wish I knew how to mod the peddle to get a larger sweep.
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I am looking into buying a new acoustic guitar. I consider myself a decent player, and want something with a good sound for playing around the house and recording on GarageBand. I currently just have a couple crappy ones and want something new that sounds good and is fun to play.
I am intrigued by the baby Taylor’s and the Fender Malibu, but I don’t know anything about small bodies.
I am probably willing to drop about a grand and am just wondering if anyone has any good recommendations.
I just need to hit up a couple shops and start playing around, but any recommendations would be appreciated.
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I've recently been playing smaller bodied guitars- got a 70's Yamaha FG75 that is super comfortable for playing around the house. Sounds pretty decent, but not amazing recorded. Much better than a modern day cheap acoustic if you can find a good one. Some of the recording king small body guitars are pretty cool for under $500, but don't sound that amazing.
You might be able to find a used Martin 15 series, which are super nice to play and sound pretty great. I'm thinking about selling my 2007 DC-15E to upgrade to a more $$$ Martin. DM me if you're interested.
I am looking into buying a new acoustic guitar. I consider myself a decent player, and want something with a good sound for playing around the house and recording on GarageBand. I currently just have a couple crappy ones and want something new that sounds good and is fun to play.
I am intrigued by the baby Taylor’s and the Fender Malibu, but I don’t know anything about small bodies.
I am probably willing to drop about a grand and am just wondering if anyone has any good recommendations.
I just need to hit up a couple shops and start playing around, but any recommendations would be appreciated.
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I am looking into buying a new acoustic guitar. I consider myself a decent player, and want something with a good sound for playing around the house and recording on GarageBand. I currently just have a couple crappy ones and want something new that sounds good and is fun to play.
I am intrigued by the baby Taylor’s and the Fender Malibu, but I don’t know anything about small bodies.
I am probably willing to drop about a grand and am just wondering if anyone has any good recommendations.
I just need to hit up a couple shops and start playing around, but any recommendations would be appreciated.
If you're looking for a smaller body parlor type guitar than I recommend this one:
https://artandlutherieguitars.com/product/roadhouse-bourbon-burst (https://artandlutherieguitars.com/product/roadhouse-bourbon-burst)
It was one of those guitars that I picked up in the store to play and couldn't leave without buying it. I've got lots of compliments on it and the sound is great. It's smaller scale so super easy to play and bring around the house.
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I been thinking about making my own pickups. I know how to do it. I seen it done.
I’m not sure what I need tho? I wanna hand wind them them and sell them for less.
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I been thinking about making my own pickups. I know how to do it. I seen it done.
I’m not sure what I need tho? I wanna hand wind them them and sell them for less.
you can get the bare pickups without wire and then all you need to do is get wire and wind them up. i've seen people build contraptions to wind them up proper. this for example is from a german site, but i reckon you can get something like that from sweetwater or any good guitar shop:
https://www.thomann.de/de/goeldo_puk90_pickup_winding_kit.htm
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I been thinking about making my own pickups. I know how to do it. I seen it done.
I’m not sure what I need tho? I wanna hand wind them them and sell them for less.
you can get the bare pickups without wire and then all you need to do is get wire and wind them up. i've seen people build contraptions to wind them up proper. this for example is from a german site, but i reckon you can get something like that from sweetwater or any good guitar shop:
https://www.thomann.de/de/goeldo_puk90_pickup_winding_kit.htm
Sick. I wish I had an electric winder with a counter.
I’m going to give it a shot. I already got ceramic mags
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Behold my doom tower of power and destruction. Fender 350 combo rumble with two 10” speakers stacked with peavey PA in to Berhinger 15” cabinet. Alongside Big muff and berhinger metal pedal.
My SG is named Nadene and the Thunderbird is Linda.
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Got my hands on a jhs 3 fuzz. It’s pretty sick for a modern silicone fuzz face. The bias is very cool.
It must be heavily eqed because I’m not playing blues.
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bit of a noob question here. trying to figure out the logistics of playing live.
how can i keep my volume consistent, while changing the distortion level in my pedal? i want to intro a song with distortion then have it fade into a clean tone, while maintaining level.
i need like a volume pedal, but for the distortion knob on my rat
riff>ring out while distortion goes down(i need to do this with my feet)>clean tone
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Behold my doom tower of power and destruction. Fender 350 combo rumble with two 10” speakers stacked with peavey PA in to Berhinger 15” cabinet. Alongside Big muff and berhinger metal pedal.
My SG is named Nadene and the Thunderbird is Linda.
What year is the SG? I was never really a fan or appreciated these guitars until I watched this:
http://youtu.be/wDwYAKtMig8
I still haven't had a chance to play one though.
Excellent channel for guitar enthusiasts, nerds, and gear heads btw. About 3 months ago I found out my mom's mom's maternal family were Gibson's. Gibson was originally based in Kalamazoo where my mom was born and her grandparents lived. After hearing this, for the first time I want to trace my lineage to see if there's any relation. The odds sound pretty good, right??
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bit of a noob question here. trying to figure out the logistics of playing live.
how can i keep my volume consistent, while changing the distortion level in my pedal? i want to intro a song with distortion then have it fade into a clean tone, while maintaining level.
i need like a volume pedal, but for the distortion knob on my rat
riff>ring out while distortion goes down(i need to do this with my feet)>clean tone
Short answer, not easy. You wanna gradually fade the distortion into a clean tone, right? With digital modeller stuff it'd be simple programming, but with a couple pedals into a normal amp...little more difficult. You could have the Rat modded so that the distortion knob is controlled via an external expression (foot) pedal. Not super hard to do, but not guaranteed great results (the value of the Rat's distortion knob is pretty mis-matched compared to most expression pedals).
There's a pedal that already does this by design, but they stopped making it a few years ago, you could keep an eye out for a used one, but it's functionally exactly what you're looking for. There's a video in there of the usual boring wankery, but you'll get the idea.
https://reverb.com/ca/item/56427450-ernie-ball-expression-overdrive-pedal?bk=
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anyone here use any of obne’s pedals?
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anyone here use any of obne’s pedals?
An Oklahomie gifted me a Dark Star reverb and a Black Fountain delay when I came through their area a couple years ago. They’re both stellar builds and loads of fun in their own right but they didn’t kick off the EQD Ghost Echo and Afterneath combination that was on my board at the time. They sat on the studio shelf for awhile, were used on a few synth things and then eventually sold..
I’d like to try an Alpha Haunt fuzz sometime.
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anyone here use any of obne’s pedals?
An Oklahomie gifted me a Dark Star reverb and a Black Fountain delay when I came through their area a couple years ago. They’re both stellar builds and loads of fun in their own right but they didn’t kick off the EQD Ghost Echo and Afterneath combination that was on my board at the time. They sat on the studio shelf for awhile, were used on a few synth things and then eventually sold..
I’d like to try an Alpha Haunt fuzz sometime.
thanks for sharing homie. i actually copped the alpha haunt. shits got hella tones to work with but can get hectic and confusing sometimes
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hey girl emojis (https://emoticoncentral.com/category/hey-girl)
Better photo
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60s tele seafoam green
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beautiful
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Added these to my rig the tiny terror is being used as a preamp and my pedals are rad, I like a pallbearer or Conan type of fuzz with some spaciness hence the phaser pedal on the left.
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beautiful
Thanks shes my number one and only one right now
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My main:
(https://i.postimg.cc/C1MSVwvs/7-D6-FE224-95-CD-40-A3-B4-DB-7-C4387619-B1-B.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/7CRp3rr5)
Nothing special for the amp. Just a Hartke 210 combo. Sold off my Ampeg 15 and Sovtek basic blues boy. Still regretting that.
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My main:
(https://i.postimg.cc/C1MSVwvs/7-D6-FE224-95-CD-40-A3-B4-DB-7-C4387619-B1-B.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/7CRp3rr5)
Nothing special for the amp. Just a Hartke 210 combo. Sold off my Ampeg 15 and Sovtek basic blues boy. Still regretting that.
Oooh madone losing that sovtek must’ve been a huge regret. However that’s a beaut for a rich I’m quite jealous lol.
I’ve had just about the same amount of bass guitars as boards and do to unforeseen circumstances I had to. Get rid of them or give them away which has left me feeling pretty disappointed with myself yet I’ve gotten quite the collection back and I’m sure you’ll eventually get back something else cooler than that sovtek.
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i love ricks, so cool.
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I’m fairly new to guitar (less than a year). I have a kind of dumb question. Has anyone played around with pickups and did you have any difficulty with mixing pickups with different tones? I have a Nashville telecaster and I wanted to put in fender custom shop 51 nocasters and for the third pickup I was going to put in a Seymour Duncan bg1400.
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Yes, you can certainly mix pickups but if you’re mixing pickups with wildly different outputs they a) might not sound great when used at the same time or b) might need different amp settings to make each one sound optimal when used separately.
That BG1400 sounds like it’s very high output although it can be wired to switch to a single coil when needed so it might play nicely with the Nocaster pickups on that setting. (You’ll need a push/pull volume pot or something to do that switching)
I’m still not sure exactly which pickup you are trying to put in which position. Nocaster neck and BG1400 bridge? If you’re also trying to replace the middle then you need a Strat pickup (Tele pickups have different attachment points).
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Yes, you can certainly mix pickups but if you’re mixing pickups with wildly different outputs they a) might not sound great when used at the same time or b) might need different amp settings to make each one sound optimal when used separately.
That BG1400 sounds like it’s very high output although it can be wired to switch to a single coil when needed so it might play nicely with the Nocaster pickups on that setting. (You’ll need a push/pull volume pot or something to do that switching)
I’m still not sure exactly which pickup you are trying to put in which position. Nocaster neck and BG1400 bridge? If you’re also trying to replace the middle then you need a Strat pickup (Tele pickups have different attachment points).
That’s what I wanted to do yes. Thanks for all the information I appreciate the help! I’m going to take it to this tech in my city, but I wanted to make sure I wasn’t being stupid first.
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Going through old things at my gf’s place and came across this “Barcley Custom” acoustic. She thought it was broken but I tuned it and it seems okay? Has a pretty interesting “empty church hall” kinda sound to it. Anyone know anything about this brand?
(https://i.ibb.co/hywWFDX/2-E213-A94-C598-433-E-AE55-C584-BB447429.jpg)
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beautiful piece
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Hey there! The Fender Squire is a great option if you're looking for an electric guitar that can give you that classic surf sound. Plus, it doesn't have a whammy bar, so you won't have to worry about any unwanted sounds coming from that. The Yamaha acoustic guitar is also a great choice if you're looking for an acoustic guitar with a nice, mellow sound.
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My main:
(https://i.postimg.cc/C1MSVwvs/7-D6-FE224-95-CD-40-A3-B4-DB-7-C4387619-B1-B.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/7CRp3rr5)
Nothing special for the amp. Just a Hartke 210 combo. Sold off my Ampeg 15 and Sovtek basic blues boy. Still regretting that.
Gorgeous. I've always loved Rick basses, the sound and feel don't quite fit for my particular style tho.
I run a seafoam green Fender PJ bass through a gauntlet of pedals into a Sunn 1200s and Hartke 8x10 cab.
Also have an Orange 1x15 cab that I bought because it was a really good price and I love the way it looks, but 1x15 config doesn't work well for me.
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Anybody string up with 11s? I was using Super Slinky 8s for years until I figured I needed fatter trebles. It seems a bit contentious in certain circles, but I did find that the fatter strings held the pitch better through/after bends. The tone was a lot more satisfying as well. Sort of more work and less work at the same time as they're harder to bend but there's less retuning. Of course if you go back to 8s or 9s you're going to accidentally do a 4-step bend.
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I’ve never gone higher than .10s.
What are you putting them on? I suppose it makes a difference with scale length, trem/no trem, and bridge type.
I’ve always had .10s on everything except my Tele, which came with .09s and I’ve been too cheap to pay to have the nut re-cut for bigger strings. I guess I’m also scared about losing easy bends on a 25.5” scale hardtail.
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I’ve never gone higher than .10s.
What are you putting them on? I suppose it makes a difference with scale length, trem/no trem, and bridge type.
I’ve always had .10s on everything except my Tele, which came with .09s and I’ve been too cheap to pay to have the nut re-cut for bigger strings. I guess I’m also scared about losing easy bends on a 25.5” scale hardtail.
Used them on a strat-style 25.5, tremolo bridge. Didn't need to do anything to the nut. I would buy two sets and use the trebles from the 11s and the bass from either whatever was already on there or a set of 9s. Once the setup was done it wasn't any kind of a problem.
I actually played around with using a 13 b string for my e but that was a bit over the top. Not really playable. But most people didn't think my regular setup was playable anyway. It doesn't take all that long to get used to bending them, and if you move down in gauge those bends are now super easy. Too easy.
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Anybody string up with 11s? I was using Super Slinky 8s for years until I figured I needed fatter trebles. It seems a bit contentious in certain circles, but I did find that the fatter strings held the pitch better through/after bends. The tone was a lot more satisfying as well. Sort of more work and less work at the same time as they're harder to bend but there's less retuning. Of course if you go back to 8s or 9s you're going to accidentally do a 4-step bend.
yeah, but i play a jaguar, and it helps alot with keeping it in tune. and i'm so used to heavy strings that 10s and under feel flimsy now.
i wanna try these next:
https://www.thomann.de/de/ernie_ball_2226.htm
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also i just love how the top string rumbles, just sounds dope. it's a kind of rumble that you don't get until you hit that 11 top gauge.
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Got a few new guitar's recently. From left to right: 1980's Ibanez Roadstar II, 1960's Kingston (not sure of the model name), 1970's Electra 2227, Godin Radiator. The three on the left were given to me from a friend I used to play in a band with. His neighbor gave them to him a few years ago, but he really only plays acoustic guitar now so he passed them to me. They're all made in Japan. The Godin was given to me from my dad who bought it on FB market, then didn't like how it sounded. It's all chambered beneath that pickguard, but it just sounds like a normal electric guitar to me. There's nothing too special about it, so it will probably just sit around and collect dust, as I now have more guitars than I'll ever need. I believe that one was made in Canada.
Of all of them, the only one I really think is worth playing is the Electra. It's fully hollow, has a great neck and low action and sounds mean as hell. Wicked feedback (in a good way) when you hold down notes and chords, but very controllable. I was originally going to put some cheap amazon p90s in it, but I think I might just stick with the stock buckers. It does need a tech to clean up the electronics as the neck pickup and the switch are a bit fussy, but overall it's a beast of a guitar.
The violin looking one is also fully hollow, but it's a bit of a beater. There's a crack in the back of the body and the neck has a pretty wicked bow. I adjusted the truss rod as much as I could, but it's also a plywood neck and I don't think there's much anyone could do to save that one. A music store in Detroit was ballparking me about $300-350 to get it fixed up, which I don't think is worth it. It's fine for open chords, and maybe slide (which I suck at), but bare chords are pretty tough. Will probably keep just to hang on the wall.
I haven't even played the Ibanez. I've never been a strat guy, and that guitar just doesn't speak to me. I looked them up though, and they fetch a decent price (~$400 was the lowest I saw), so it might be something I trade, or pass along to someone who needs a guitar. I've already got two Fender Mustang's that I love, so I really don't need another solid body guitar.
(https://i.imgur.com/UMWu8oK.jpg)
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@JB
What a haul. I kinda like the mother of toilet seat Godin..
Those Japanese cheapies are just fun as heck but are prone to huge inconsistencies (such as functionless truss rods). How does the trem arm function on the Electra? Is it a disaster switch?
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The Electra looks super cool.
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That Godin looks like fun. Are those single coils?
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@JB
What a haul. I kinda like the mother of toilet seat Godin..
Those Japanese cheapies are just fun as heck but are prone to huge inconsistencies (such as functionless truss rods). How does the trem arm function on the Electra? Is it a disaster switch?
It's pretty stiff. Feels a lot more surfy then the term on my mustang, which I can be totally obnoxious with. It seems to stay in tune pretty well, but as I said, you really can't get the kind of movement to throw it too far of.
I still need to charge the strings on all of them, especially the Electra. I play 9s and the high strings on that feel like fishing line. I didn't even know they made strings that light.
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That Godin looks like fun. Are those single coils?
I honestly don't know. I remember looking it up when I first got it, but I can't remember if they're mini humbuckers or singles.
I think they came out with an improved version of that guitar later on because when I search for it, it usually pulls up something slightly different. The other one looks like it has individual tone and volume knobs, mine has one of each and a blend knob instead of a pickup selector switch. Kinda a weird configuration that I'm not super fond on. I like a switch better.
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From what I've been able to find out they're most likely mini humbuckers. I found a few that fit the description down to having a blend knob and the totally unnecessary "Radiator" raised attachment on the body. The year probably 1999/2000. It's sort of hard to be sure because the bridge looks kind of normal compared to the other bridges. They've got some interesting trem designs.
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I have a La Patrie (Godin basically) classical guitar. Just the student model but it is quite an excellent guitar for the price.
I inherited a 1966 Martin D-26 from my late grandfather which sounds amazing, but I'm not super fond of the V shape neck. I'll never part with it though.
Finally, the electric that I actually play from time to time is a Tribute Series (made in Indonesia) G&L ASAT Special in blue burst. I love the bridge and the MFD pickups. One day I'll get a custom MIA version.
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My dad has a black F-hole acoustic Godin that I really like. It looks super slick, plays great, and has a pretty cool and unique sound for an acoustic. I think he only spent life $200 on it too.
Some of those lesser known brands can be picked up pretty cheap in my area, probably because there's not a ton of serious musicians around. Most people just want Fender and Gibson.
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My dad has a black F-hole acoustic Godin that I really like. It looks super slick, plays great, and has a pretty cool and unique sound for an acoustic. I think he only spent life $200 on it too.
Some of those lesser known brands can be picked up pretty cheap in my area, probably because there's not a ton of serious musicians around. Most people just want Fender and Gibson.
G&L guitars have pretty terrible resale value. Not sure if it's the headstock or people just don't know what the L stands for. To me they are better than modern Fender guitars.
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My dad has a black F-hole acoustic Godin that I really like. It looks super slick, plays great, and has a pretty cool and unique sound for an acoustic. I think he only spent life $200 on it too.
Some of those lesser known brands can be picked up pretty cheap in my area, probably because there's not a ton of serious musicians around. Most people just want Fender and Gibson.
G&L guitars have pretty terrible resale value. Not sure if it's the headstock or people just don't know what the L stands for. To me they are better than modern Fender guitars.
It’s the headstock.
I know it’s a stupid reason but I’d totally buy a Doheny or that P90 Tele otherwise.
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My dad has a black F-hole acoustic Godin that I really like. It looks super slick, plays great, and has a pretty cool and unique sound for an acoustic. I think he only spent life $200 on it too.
Some of those lesser known brands can be picked up pretty cheap in my area, probably because there's not a ton of serious musicians around. Most people just want Fender and Gibson.
G&L guitars have pretty terrible resale value. Not sure if it's the headstock or people just don't know what the L stands for. To me they are better than modern Fender guitars.
It’s the headstock.
I know it’s a stupid reason but I’d totally buy a Doheny or that P90 Tele otherwise.
Bust out the spindle sander on that shark fin.
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I've played large af strings. On my Ibanez S I play not even slinky which is like 12-56.
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I used to run 13's on my jazzmaster, didn't seem that crazy at the time.
Now I have a tele that came with 9s or 10s I think, and I can bend them like crazy
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I thought I was SRV when I had 11 or 12's on my Strat style guitar as a young buck. To be fair though I often played in standard tuning unless I was tryna do the Stevie or Jimi thing. Wasn't doing myself any favours for sure.
Nothing like a fresh pair of D'Addario 10's these days though.
I gotta start playing more and keep working on some of these Robben Ford songs. Love that dude as a great all-around guitarist, not just always playing lead. Amazing chord work too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRil3JBW35c
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These are my main standard tuning strang. I'm not stoked on how much plastic is in these tho. I might change
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i’m trying to get some gated reverb tones and there aren’t many gated reverb pedals out. could i run a gate at the end of my chain to achieve that effect? if so what gate pedals do y’all recommend?
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These are my main standard tuning strang. I'm not stoked on how much plastic is in these tho. I might change
I love these on my Mustang. Basically 9s on the top 3 and 10s on the bottom.
Just put a fresh set of regular slinky 9s on that Electra and realized that the string size isn't the issue, it's the tiny frets. My newer guitars all have pretty big frets, but the small frets on the vintage stuff makes the strings feel super small since theres no resistance. Might go up to 11s on that guitar.
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These are my main standard tuning strang. I'm not stoked on how much plastic is in these tho. I might change
I love these on my Mustang. Basically 9s on the top 3 and 10s on the bottom.
Just put a fresh set of regular slinky 9s on that Electra and realized that the string size isn't the issue, it's the tiny frets. My newer guitars all have pretty big frets, but the small frets on the vintage stuff makes the strings feel super small since theres no resistance. Might go up to 11s on that guitar.
I believe that is a good idea
(https://c.tenor.com/hLVZC4qxNBUAAAAC/these-go-to11-spinal-tap.gif)
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(https://i.ibb.co/DfHtDCV/IMG-20220907-122501-01.jpg) (https://ibb.co/DfHtDCV)
Anyone know what to do here?
I wanna play this guitar but it's covered in beer and puke and there's tons of blood on it from when it hit me in the nose in 2002. There's worse on it for sure I seen it happen
Will the fretboard be rotting?
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It doesn't look too bad. This is pretty much the process:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoGoiL6Jy-o
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(https://i.ibb.co/vXY5VVv/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW-thumb-3cff.jpg)
Just finished these 2 while I had some slow time at work the last couple of weeks.
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^awesome
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=cf9ZdGX8eGM&feature=share&si=EMSIkaIECMiOmarE6JChQQ
Shake Junt x Gibson
I would think shake junt would require a top and some binding. Perhaps some quilting. Or a really green gold top with binding binding binding.
I don't think they make gold top customs tho.
Shake Junt to prs.
Green quilt topp flamed maple binding. Gold hardware. Bound F holes. Abalone Fret birds. Brazilian Rosewood. Bound board. Flamed maple neck and head stock.
Gold top hats.
Dirty Fingers.
Robo tuner so when you shrimp blunted out it's always in tune.
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(https://i.ibb.co/vXY5VVv/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW-thumb-3cff.jpg)
Just finished these 2 while I had some slow time at work the last couple of weeks.
Beautiful
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=cf9ZdGX8eGM&feature=share&si=EMSIkaIECMiOmarE6JChQQ
Shake Junt x Gibson
I would think shake junt would require a top and some binding. Perhaps some quilting. Or a really green gold top with binding binding binding.
I don't think they make gold top customs tho.
Shake Junt to prs.
Green quilt topp flamed maple binding. Gold hardware. Bound F holes. Abalone Fret birds. Brazilian Rosewood. Bound board. Flamed maple neck and head stock.
Gold top hats.
Dirty Fingers.
Robo tuner so when you shrimp blunted out it's always in tune.
i heard these don't even work right? they look so weird on any guitar
that lp is fucking sick.
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=cf9ZdGX8eGM&feature=share&si=EMSIkaIECMiOmarE6JChQQ
Shake Junt x Gibson
I would think shake junt would require a top and some binding. Perhaps some quilting. Or a really green gold top with binding binding binding.
I don't think they make gold top customs tho.
Shake Junt to prs.
Green quilt topp flamed maple binding. Gold hardware. Bound F holes. Abalone Fret birds. Brazilian Rosewood. Bound board. Flamed maple neck and head stock.
Gold top hats.
Dirty Fingers.
Robo tuner so when you shrimp blunted out it's always in tune.
i heard these don't even work right? they look so weird on any guitar
that lp is fucking sick.
My dad has an SG with the robo tuners and I hate them so much. I've been trying to convince him to have it removed for years.
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If there’s one thing a SG needs it’s definitely more neck dive.
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I played one of the nicest guitars I've ever played today.
The new Epiphone 50s standard. The neck was perfect. I like the gold top. If it had a nitro finish.
I'm going to maybe trade one of my techniques for one if I can. I barely use them anymore. I really only need one.
The only issue with the guitar is the pickup isn't very hot.
I think if I swapped out the magnet? Idk.
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just swap out the pickup with one you like
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looking at getting a steel string, as i always play nylon acoustics. anyone have experience with guild guitars?
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just swap out the pickup with one you like
I I got the pickup. Its the same except the magnet and the cover finish. I don't want to do any soldering
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Got my Strat out of storage so I thought I’d take a picture of the rare occasion all my electrics were in one place.
(https://i.ibb.co/CwhrsMB/39-EB1918-F1-AE-474-A-AA48-9-FE7-EEB5488-B.jpg)
I mostly play with a Spark amp and headphones so as not to annoy family and neighbors but I do occasionally take the newspapers and shit off of this and wheel it out when I’m alone:
(https://i.ibb.co/1JZT5nG/91-F2-D53-C-AB72-491-F-A891-6-BE92-B717233.jpg)
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i don't know shit about guitars really, but this was a fun watch...i don't think i've ever seen him so talkative...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoLd030v5UM
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i don't know shit about guitars really, but this was a fun watch...i don't think i've ever seen him so talkative...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoLd030v5UM
Really enjoyed this. Pretty cool when J purchased a guitar because The Wipers guitarist played same model. Love The Wipers! The Telecaster beautiful. I could have listened him talk for hours. I never really listened to Dinosaur Jr. Definitely interested in checking out their music. What albums do you recommend I start with?
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i don't know shit about guitars really, but this was a fun watch...i don't think i've ever seen him so talkative...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoLd030v5UM
hah, i got a kick out of his mentioning The Wipers there too--i haven't listened to them in a while, and i need to.
Dinosaur Jr....ok, the challenge is not to turn this into an essay--very dear to me. i love most everything from Dinosaur Jr, but for me it all goes back to You're Living All Over Me and Bug, the two first SST albums. a number of songs on those albums are inextricably tied to skating for me from earlier videos, and those are the albums i return to most often. also, Green Mind is incredible and invaluable to me--G&S Footage starts with the song "The Wagon" and has been one of my favorites ever since. (i also have "The Wagon" 7" from Sub Pop on white vinyl which i think is the version of the song they used in that video).
there is also of course, "A Little Ethnic Song," which begins Memory Screen, and which Greg Hunt pays respect to at the beginning of Mind Field--i've always appreciated that. that song is actually from a cool compilation of guitarists called Guitarrorists
https://www.discogs.com/release/374250-Various-Guitarrorists
to this day, i think "A Little Ethnic Song" is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXo-6Rvns40
edit: speaking of Memory Screen, i've been loving this performance of "The lung" recently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMjQVRWxbPI
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I've been a drummer for most of my life, and I know a few chords, but I decided a few weeks ago that it was time to learn guitar. I bought a little 24" scale parlor guitar (my only other time seriously playing guitar was on a 24" scale guitar, so it feels normal to me), and I am going to learn. Please point me to some resources other than the obvious "learn guitar" videos on YouTube.
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I've been a drummer for most of my life, and I know a few chords, but I decided a few weeks ago that it was time to learn guitar. I bought a little 24" scale parlor guitar (my only other time seriously playing guitar was on a 24" scale guitar, so it feels normal to me), and I am going to learn. Please point me to some resources other than the obvious "learn guitar" videos on YouTube.
Nice! parlor guitars are so cool. im afraid i dont have much for resources, but when i was starting these two ideas really helped me develop(at least with songwriting):
-when you are playing a chord, that in itself is the structure for a scale, or riff. Take a chord and try playing each string individually and turn it into your own. experiment moving your fingers around one at a time to find new sounds within that shape.
-create a melody one one string, start with 3 notes. lets say 2-4-5 on your d string. i like the way this sounds, but i want to make it more full. experiment, or find chords that have that note in it, and use that to build up a song. in this example i might use 022xxx, 324xxx, and 535xxx. makes songwriting much less daunting when you start on one string and expand from there.
im not really sure where you are in your playing so these might be a little further ahead but regardless, good luck! ;D best thing ive ever done was pick up the guitar and i hope you can see in it what myself and so many others do
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I've been a drummer for most of my life, and I know a few chords, but I decided a few weeks ago that it was time to learn guitar. I bought a little 24" scale parlor guitar (my only other time seriously playing guitar was on a 24" scale guitar, so it feels normal to me), and I am going to learn. Please point me to some resources other than the obvious "learn guitar" videos on YouTube.
-when you are playing a chord, that in itself is the structure for a scale, or riff. Take a chord and try playing each string individually and turn it into your own. experiment moving your fingers around one at a time to find new sounds within that shape.
-create a melody one one string, start with 3 notes. lets say 2-4-5 on your d string. i like the way this sounds, but i want to make it more full. experiment, or find chords that have that note in it, and use that to build up a song. in this example i might use 022xxx, 324xxx, and 535xxx. makes songwriting much less daunting when you start on one string and expand from there.
im not really sure where you are in your playing so these might be a little further ahead but regardless, good luck! ;D best thing ive ever done was pick up the guitar and i hope you can see in it what myself and so many others do
I think I get what you're saying, because I can say similar things about the drums (take away everything but your bass drum, snare, and a pair of hi-hats, focus on what you can create there). Thank you for the advice; I spent a few hours last night moving between the few chords I know, just repeating them in various patterns, and trying to move between frets, and I'm going through a step-by-step absolute beginner YouTube series. So far (two days), it has been a blast and I find myself pretty excited for this new challenge.
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Got my Strat out of storage so I thought I’d take a picture of the rare occasion all my electrics were in one place.
(https://i.ibb.co/CwhrsMB/39-EB1918-F1-AE-474-A-AA48-9-FE7-EEB5488-B.jpg)
I mostly play with a Spark amp and headphones so as not to annoy family and neighbors but I do occasionally take the newspapers and shit off of this and wheel it out when I’m alone:
(https://i.ibb.co/1JZT5nG/91-F2-D53-C-AB72-491-F-A891-6-BE92-B717233.jpg)
@Willie - Excellent quiver. A strat, a tele, and a semi-hollow are all you need. You can achieve pretty much any sound or tone you want between those 3 guitars. Which one is your favorite to play? I've always been a semi-hollow guy. I'm playing an ES-335 clone currently. Believe it or not I've never been a fan of strats, but that's probably because I haven't played the right one yet. I owned a Mexican strat but I couldn't mesh with it.
The only strat I've played that I liked was a custom strat priced around $1000.
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I've been a drummer for most of my life, and I know a few chords, but I decided a few weeks ago that it was time to learn guitar. I bought a little 24" scale parlor guitar (my only other time seriously playing guitar was on a 24" scale guitar, so it feels normal to me), and I am going to learn. Please point me to some resources other than the obvious "learn guitar" videos on YouTube.
-when you are playing a chord, that in itself is the structure for a scale, or riff. Take a chord and try playing each string individually and turn it into your own. experiment moving your fingers around one at a time to find new sounds within that shape.
-create a melody one one string, start with 3 notes. lets say 2-4-5 on your d string. i like the way this sounds, but i want to make it more full. experiment, or find chords that have that note in it, and use that to build up a song. in this example i might use 022xxx, 324xxx, and 535xxx. makes songwriting much less daunting when you start on one string and expand from there.
im not really sure where you are in your playing so these might be a little further ahead but regardless, good luck! ;D best thing ive ever done was pick up the guitar and i hope you can see in it what myself and so many others do
I think I get what you're saying, because I can say similar things about the drums (take away everything but your bass drum, snare, and a pair of hi-hats, focus on what you can create there). Thank you for the advice; I spent a few hours last night moving between the few chords I know, just repeating them in various patterns, and trying to move between frets, and I'm going through a step-by-step absolute beginner YouTube series. So far (two days), it has been a blast and I find myself pretty excited for this new challenge.
I learned from those total beginner lessons on YouTube. Followed along with the Andy guitar and Justin guitar lesson plans until I had basic chord changes down. They're not the most rockin things to play, but they definitely helped. I had a few other channels I recommended a few pages back if you dig. Anyone can play guitar is a great one that covers beginner to intermediate level stuff.
If you like The Brian Jonestown Massacre, most of their songs are stupid simple. Loads can be played with basic open chords, or just the basic major barre chord shape moved around.
Barre chords took me way too long, but my guitar was really holding me back because it was cheap and the action was way too high that I couldn't get the high strings to ring out. I seriously thought they were impossible for me until I got a decent guitar with a proper set up from my local shop. Whatever you've got, it's probably worth it to get it properly set up so it's a easy as it can be for you to play.
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Got my Strat out of storage so I thought I’d take a picture of the rare occasion all my electrics were in one place.
(https://i.ibb.co/CwhrsMB/39-EB1918-F1-AE-474-A-AA48-9-FE7-EEB5488-B.jpg)
I mostly play with a Spark amp and headphones so as not to annoy family and neighbors but I do occasionally take the newspapers and shit off of this and wheel it out when I’m alone:
(https://i.ibb.co/1JZT5nG/91-F2-D53-C-AB72-491-F-A891-6-BE92-B717233.jpg)
@Willie - Excellent quiver. A strat, a tele, and a semi-hollow are all you need. You can achieve pretty much any sound or tone you want between those 3 guitars. Which one is your favorite to play? I've always been a semi-hollow guy. I'm playing an ES-335 clone currently. Believe it or not I've never been a fan of strats, but that's probably because I haven't played the right one yet. I owned a Mexican strat but I couldn't mesh with it.
The only strat I've played that I liked was a custom strat priced around $1000.
The Strat was my first real guitar. Never liked the color. I’ve since come to the conclusion that I don’t really love Strats. It’s amazing for chime-y cleans and the ergonomics are great but the stock bridge sound is weak, I kinda hate the trem, and the intermediate positions are straight blues lawyer tone. That said, this particular Strat is an MIJ Contemporary Squier (I swapped pickups to 57/62s) and it straight up smokes any Strat on the Guitar Center wall under $1000, playability wise. Quibbles aside, I’ll never get rid of it.
My wife bought me the Tele direct from Japan about 15 years ago. It’s so good. They were only around $600 back then and just as good as an American reissue. I could probably live with that as my only guitar although I don’t love the neck pickup. Maybe put a Strat neck pickup in there?
The ES-339 was my Craigslist score. $300 with hard case. That’s like $220 for just the guitar. Way better than it had any right to be. Neck is super smooth. With the coil split you can really get a huge variety of sounds.
I still want something with P90s. And I wouldn’t mind a Jazzmaster…
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I've been a drummer for most of my life, and I know a few chords, but I decided a few weeks ago that it was time to learn guitar. I bought a little 24" scale parlor guitar (my only other time seriously playing guitar was on a 24" scale guitar, so it feels normal to me), and I am going to learn. Please point me to some resources other than the obvious "learn guitar" videos on YouTube.
-when you are playing a chord, that in itself is the structure for a scale, or riff. Take a chord and try playing each string individually and turn it into your own. experiment moving your fingers around one at a time to find new sounds within that shape.
-create a melody one one string, start with 3 notes. lets say 2-4-5 on your d string. i like the way this sounds, but i want to make it more full. experiment, or find chords that have that note in it, and use that to build up a song. in this example i might use 022xxx, 324xxx, and 535xxx. makes songwriting much less daunting when you start on one string and expand from there.
im not really sure where you are in your playing so these might be a little further ahead but regardless, good luck! ;D best thing ive ever done was pick up the guitar and i hope you can see in it what myself and so many others do
I think I get what you're saying, because I can say similar things about the drums (take away everything but your bass drum, snare, and a pair of hi-hats, focus on what you can create there). Thank you for the advice; I spent a few hours last night moving between the few chords I know, just repeating them in various patterns, and trying to move between frets, and I'm going through a step-by-step absolute beginner YouTube series. So far (two days), it has been a blast and I find myself pretty excited for this new challenge.
I learned from those total beginner lessons on YouTube. Followed along with the Andy guitar and Justin guitar lesson plans until I had basic chord changes down. They're not the most rockin things to play, but they definitely helped. I had a few other channels I recommended a few pages back if you dig. Anyone can play guitar is a great one that covers beginner to intermediate level stuff.
If you like The Brian Jonestown Massacre, most of their songs are stupid simple. Loads can be played with basic open chords, or just the basic major barre chord shape moved around.
Barre chords took me way too long, but my guitar was really holding me back because it was cheap and the action was way too high that I couldn't get the high strings to ring out. I seriously thought they were impossible for me until I got a decent guitar with a proper set up from my local shop. Whatever you've got, it's probably worth it to get it properly set up so it's a easy as it can be for you to play.
Yeah, Andy Guitar has been my go-to, and I've stuck with him so as not to overwhelm myself with guitar information. I've been following along, spending as much time as I need on each lesson, sort of exploring the chords as he explains them. It has felt very helpful, and I've progressed a decent amount in a few days, but I've been playing music most of my life (violin and cello for a few years, drums for ~25), so I'm not a neophyte. It's for this same reason that I have realistic expectations about what I will and will not be able to play, and yeah the songs are pretty basic but I expect in six months to a year, with regular practice, I'll be able to fumble through something I want to hear.
As for my guitar, I've got a family member who works for a major guitar maker, so they hooked me up with a blemished mid-range acoustic (light hazing in the finish) which they had professionally set up by our mutual friend, who runs the domestic end of their guitar shop. Still though, the action is set pretty high, but I'm going to ride it out until the guitar has been played, the humidity has arrived, and everything is a little more settled, then I figure I'll get it setup locally.
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Christmas shopping has pretty much cleaned me out this year. I've been selling off my pedal collection as an attempt to throw some money back into my account. I've got a few things for sale that are slightly below used Reverb prices if anyone here is interested. Everything is in good shape and comes with the box and manual. FB market links are posted as well, but if you're not on FB and theres something you want, message me and we'll work it out. I can take Paypal for friends/family or Venmo. Shipping is usually between $5-10 and usually takes about 2-3 days.
What I've got:
Hungry Robot HG Overdrive/distortion: $100
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/875779023593012/
Nobles ODR Mini Overdrive: $60
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1112050519505053/
EHX Big Muff w/Tone Wicker: $60
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1313070816158238/
Digitech SDRUM Drum Machine: $120
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/550934743065812/
TC Electronic HOF Mini Reverb: $65
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/935426397421554/
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Got my Strat out of storage so I thought I’d take a picture of the rare occasion all my electrics were in one place.
(https://i.ibb.co/CwhrsMB/39-EB1918-F1-AE-474-A-AA48-9-FE7-EEB5488-B.jpg)
I mostly play with a Spark amp and headphones so as not to annoy family and neighbors but I do occasionally take the newspapers and shit off of this and wheel it out when I’m alone:
(https://i.ibb.co/1JZT5nG/91-F2-D53-C-AB72-491-F-A891-6-BE92-B717233.jpg)
@Willie - Excellent quiver. A strat, a tele, and a semi-hollow are all you need. You can achieve pretty much any sound or tone you want between those 3 guitars. Which one is your favorite to play? I've always been a semi-hollow guy. I'm playing an ES-335 clone currently. Believe it or not I've never been a fan of strats, but that's probably because I haven't played the right one yet. I owned a Mexican strat but I couldn't mesh with it.
The only strat I've played that I liked was a custom strat priced around $1000.
The Strat was my first real guitar. Never liked the color. I’ve since come to the conclusion that I don’t really love Strats. It’s amazing for chime-y cleans and the ergonomics are great but the stock bridge sound is weak, I kinda hate the trem, and the intermediate positions are straight blues lawyer tone. That said, this particular Strat is an MIJ Contemporary Squier (I swapped pickups to 57/62s) and it straight up smokes any Strat on the Guitar Center wall under $1000, playability wise. Quibbles aside, I’ll never get rid of it.
My wife bought me the Tele direct from Japan about 15 years ago. It’s so good. They were only around $600 back then and just as good as an American reissue. I could probably live with that as my only guitar although I don’t love the neck pickup. Maybe put a Strat neck pickup in there?
The ES-339 was my Craigslist score. $300 with hard case. That’s like $220 for just the guitar. Way better than it had any right to be. Neck is super smooth. With the coil split you can really get a huge variety of sounds.
I still want something with P90s. And I wouldn’t mind a Jazzmaster…
I'm also a big fan of Japanese guitars from the late 70s on. The quality to price is just outstanding, although they are getting much more expensive.
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Got my Strat out of storage so I thought I’d take a picture of the rare occasion all my electrics were in one place.
(https://i.ibb.co/CwhrsMB/39-EB1918-F1-AE-474-A-AA48-9-FE7-EEB5488-B.jpg)
I mostly play with a Spark amp and headphones so as not to annoy family and neighbors but I do occasionally take the newspapers and shit off of this and wheel it out when I’m alone:
(https://i.ibb.co/1JZT5nG/91-F2-D53-C-AB72-491-F-A891-6-BE92-B717233.jpg)
@Willie - Excellent quiver. A strat, a tele, and a semi-hollow are all you need. You can achieve pretty much any sound or tone you want between those 3 guitars. Which one is your favorite to play? I've always been a semi-hollow guy. I'm playing an ES-335 clone currently. Believe it or not I've never been a fan of strats, but that's probably because I haven't played the right one yet. I owned a Mexican strat but I couldn't mesh with it.
The only strat I've played that I liked was a custom strat priced around $1000.
The Strat was my first real guitar. Never liked the color. I’ve since come to the conclusion that I don’t really love Strats. It’s amazing for chime-y cleans and the ergonomics are great but the stock bridge sound is weak, I kinda hate the trem, and the intermediate positions are straight blues lawyer tone. That said, this particular Strat is an MIJ Contemporary Squier (I swapped pickups to 57/62s) and it straight up smokes any Strat on the Guitar Center wall under $1000, playability wise. Quibbles aside, I’ll never get rid of it.
My wife bought me the Tele direct from Japan about 15 years ago. It’s so good. They were only around $600 back then and just as good as an American reissue. I could probably live with that as my only guitar although I don’t love the neck pickup. Maybe put a Strat neck pickup in there?
The ES-339 was my Craigslist score. $300 with hard case. That’s like $220 for just the guitar. Way better than it had any right to be. Neck is super smooth. With the coil split you can really get a huge variety of sounds.
I still want something with P90s. And I wouldn’t mind a Jazzmaster…
I'm also a big fan of Japanese guitars from the late 70s on. The quality to price is just outstanding, although they are getting much more expensive.
I picked up a Matsumoku-made SG at a pawn shop for $125 in the era before eBay, and before anyone recognized the value of these guitars. I gave it to my brother, who has been playing it ever since. It has been professionally setup by the aforementioned guitar tech who insists it's among the best SGs that he has ever seen, certainly higher quality than anything Gibson put out during the same period ("Norlin-era").
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I've got a Japanese ~1968 Yamaha SA50 that is an amazing guitar. Cost me $1500 Australian, but the quality and workmanship is superb.
I also have a late 70's MIJ Westbury Deluxe, which sort of looks like a weird SG. It weighs an absolute tonne but the quality is also amazing for what I paid.
I also have a '93 MIJ Shoreline Gold Jazzmaster that was my favourite guitar for a long time. The only thing that sucked about it was the pickups. I put a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquity in there and it sounded so much better.
My current face guitar is non Japanese, my brand new J Mascis MIM Tele. The neck on it is just so easy to play, it just has that cool tele twang, and it's just a simple guitar that plays and sounds great.
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http://youtu.be/ljbXtQGDre0
My brother ordered this very same guitar for me as a Christmas gift and it should be arriving in a few days. It's a Jackson Dinky JS32 DKA. The only experience I have with a Jackson has been playing my brother's JS22, which is a relatively solid guitar for the class/ price point.
I'm planning on putting SD pickups on it, but it seems like a solid guitar out of the box. I love the natural wood finish too. I play a lot of jazz/ blues fusion, but I think this guitar will push me in a heavier direction when it comes to writing riffs, and I'm okay with that.
Does anyone have experience with this guitar, or with similar Jackson guitars? I've also never owned a guitar with the Floyd Rose system.
Thanks Pals!
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It’s ESP I bought last year after a 2 year break, very similar to the schecter c1 I had before this. Though, I think that one was better. I don’t play much anymore. I been really into American football lately, they use weird tunings, I don’t feel like re-tuning often, so I can only play one song at a time.
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I've got a Japanese ~1968 Yamaha SA50 that is an amazing guitar. Cost me $1500 Australian, but the quality and workmanship is superb.
I also have a late 70's MIJ Westbury Deluxe, which sort of looks like a weird SG. It weighs an absolute tonne but the quality is also amazing for what I paid.
I also have a '93 MIJ Shoreline Gold Jazzmaster that was my favourite guitar for a long time. The only thing that sucked about it was the pickups. I put a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquity in there and it sounded so much better.
My current face guitar is non Japanese, my brand new J Mascis MIM Tele. The neck on it is just so easy to play, it just has that cool tele twang, and it's just a simple guitar that plays and sounds great.
I’m trying (and succeeding) at simple learning and playing the *very nice* guitar which I already have, but this past week with Christmas, work was slow and I found myself going down the Reverb MIJ guitar rabbit hole.
But I haven’t bought any guitar shit except for some picks, a stand, and a set of strings to keep on hand.
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http://youtu.be/ljbXtQGDre0
My brother ordered this very same guitar for me as a Christmas gift and it should be arriving in a few days. It's a Jackson Dinky JS32 DKA. The only experience I have with a Jackson has been playing my brother's JS22, which is a relatively solid guitar for the class/ price point.
I'm planning on putting SD pickups on it, but it seems like a solid guitar out of the box. I love the natural wood finish too. I play a lot of jazz/ blues fusion, but I think this guitar will push me in a heavier direction when it comes to writing riffs, and I'm okay with that.
Does anyone have experience with this guitar, or with similar Jackson guitars? I've also never owned a guitar with the Floyd Rose system.
Thanks Pals!
i have no experience, but i'm jealous. i've been wanting a jackson for some reason. hope you have tons of fun with it!
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sorry for double post, but i might need some input.
trying to figure out if i should sell my mim vintera jaguar and get a mustang 90 as a replacement. i kind of don't play the jaguar that much cause the old school radius makes it kind of janky and uncomfortable. i've been trying to play other instruments lately and while it's a beautiful guitar, i feel like it's not a good fit. i looked up what it's been selling for on reverb and saw i could get a brand new mustang p90 and even have a couple hundred left for other new gear. it has a modern radius like the guitars i played before. alternatively i'm interested in the new epiphone wilshire reissue. that one is even cheaper.
rn i just have the jaguar at my home and a pretty beat up epiphone sg at my parents for when i visit. so if i'd sell it i'd be without a guitar over here.
i definitely want a secondary guitar even if i keep the jaguar. preferrably something light and simple. i also thought about just getting a squire strat. the purpose for this guitar would be rehearsals and general heavy use. fuck, i want that jackson now, too. they are pretty cheap over here. just looking for a fun shredstick. maybe keep the jag because i will surely miss it once i sold it? i am that type of person.
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I don’t really play heavy stuff much these days so thinking about getting another guitar. Tellies and things of that nature have been looking good, however I have huge hands. With that said what would you recommend?
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I've got a Japanese ~1968 Yamaha SA50 that is an amazing guitar. Cost me $1500 Australian, but the quality and workmanship is superb.
I also have a late 70's MIJ Westbury Deluxe, which sort of looks like a weird SG. It weighs an absolute tonne but the quality is also amazing for what I paid.
I also have a '93 MIJ Shoreline Gold Jazzmaster that was my favourite guitar for a long time. The only thing that sucked about it was the pickups. I put a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquity in there and it sounded so much better.
My current face guitar is non Japanese, my brand new J Mascis MIM Tele. The neck on it is just so easy to play, it just has that cool tele twang, and it's just a simple guitar that plays and sounds great.
I’m trying (and succeeding) at simple learning and playing the *very nice* guitar which I already have, but this past week with Christmas, work was slow and I found myself going down the Reverb MIJ guitar rabbit hole.
But I haven’t bought any guitar shit except for some picks, a stand, and a set of strings to keep on hand.
when it comes to 60s japanese guitars, do not buy off reverb. prices are inflated, and you want to try these in person before you buy. search terms “old guitar” “japanese guitar” and “vintage guitar” are your best bet on facebook marketplace and craigslist. can get a real good deal if you are willing to be patient. if you are ever in seattle emerald city and mike and mikes has a phenomenal selection, although all double or triple the price you should be paying for a shitty japanese guitar (at least the cool 60s ones, if you want a 70s copy of an american guitar then i wouldn’t pay more than $450 for one)
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I've got a Japanese ~1968 Yamaha SA50 that is an amazing guitar. Cost me $1500 Australian, but the quality and workmanship is superb.
I also have a late 70's MIJ Westbury Deluxe, which sort of looks like a weird SG. It weighs an absolute tonne but the quality is also amazing for what I paid.
I also have a '93 MIJ Shoreline Gold Jazzmaster that was my favourite guitar for a long time. The only thing that sucked about it was the pickups. I put a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquity in there and it sounded so much better.
My current face guitar is non Japanese, my brand new J Mascis MIM Tele. The neck on it is just so easy to play, it just has that cool tele twang, and it's just a simple guitar that plays and sounds great.
I’m trying (and succeeding) at simple learning and playing the *very nice* guitar which I already have, but this past week with Christmas, work was slow and I found myself going down the Reverb MIJ guitar rabbit hole.
But I haven’t bought any guitar shit except for some picks, a stand, and a set of strings to keep on hand.
Don’t worry, I have no intention of buying some freakish old Teisco which is inexplicably worth $750 - that was my first guitar as a kid. I’m actually speaking more about vintage Japanese acoustic Yamahas or Alvarez, something along those lines. I’m nowhere near close to even considering buying anything, just looking through Reverb because there’s so goddamn much to see.
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I don’t really play heavy stuff much these days so thinking about getting another guitar. Tellies and things of that nature have been looking good, however I have huge hands. With that said what would you recommend?
I dunno your budget but some teles and strats have 43mm nuts, typically American models though. The slightly wider nut is noticeable. If you did a parts guitar you could get a wider neck pretty easy.
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came in the mail yesterday. it's been playing great right out of the box. this was the first guitar I've owned that I didn't play before hand, and I've always been skeptical about ordering before actually feeling the guitar, but I was impressed with the setup on it. I figured I'd have to take it to get setup right away, but I can definitely get used to the medium set action.
The neck is slender and slides great against the jumbo frets. The natural wood finish looks classy on this style of guitar and there's a bit of a red hue in the bevels on the face or the guitar.
I'm definitely going to swap the pickups eventually, but essentially this guitar was good to go out of the box. The locking nut needed to be adjusted and I'm still learning the trem system, but I'm loving this guitar!
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https://imgur.com/gallery/VRb0q70
came in the mail yesterday. it's been playing great right out of the box. this was the first guitar I've owned that I didn't play before hand, and I've always been skeptical about ordering before actually feeling the guitar, but I was impressed with the setup on it. I figured I'd have to take it to get setup right away, but I can definitely get used to the medium set action.
The neck is slender and slides great against the jumbo frets. The natural wood finish looks classy on this style of guitar and there's a bit of a red hue in the bevels on the face or the guitar.
I'm definitely going to swap the pickups eventually, but essentially this guitar was good to go out of the box. The locking nut needed to be adjusted and I'm still learning the trem system, but I'm loving this guitar!
fucking sick, you really made me want the js42 hardtail version of the dinky. i'm kind of in love with this guitar. i don't even play music that's typically played with jacksons(no metal at all), but definitely looking to get one down the line. just more interesting than your typical (super) strat and everyone says they are fun and easy to play.
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slight rant incoming
so i got this plan for getting a bass guitar and also a secondary. for a bass i might look for a used yamaha bb, for the guitar i'm not sure. i don't like buying cheapo instruments because i'd like them to at least hold their value if i should sell them. so i've been mainly looking at the used market and at deals or close outs just to get an idea how prices are moving.
definitely want some sort of superstrat. but doesn't need to be a fender model. i've been enarmored with some more metal like shredding guitars for a while, like jackson, charvel, shecter(the sun valley super shredder z with ziricote top is just fucking beautiful to look at). i've been also looking at ibanez blazers at used market sites for a while, that guitar rules. another long time fav of mine for a humbucker model is the yamaha revstar. maybe someone on here has had some experience with any of those brands or guitars?
still not sure if i might sell my jaguar, but i'm pretty sure i'd regret selling it down the line. so i think the best gameplan would be to save up a couple hundred for a bass first. keep the jag as my main. save up again, find a blazer or revstar for around 5-600 hopefully. my main thought of buying a guitar whose price will probably stay stable is to possibly trade up at one point if i want an instrument that's maybe more expensive but serves the same purpose. i really don't need several guitars of the same type. i got the jag now, but i'd like to have a humbucker guitar that's less gnaddly and can sound more thick and meaty, but still sounds good when played cleanish and also a has hardtail. just a minimalist beast basically.
i have to post a pic of the beautiful shecter model, which is way too expensive for me to realistically afford if i don't sell most of my shit lol. but there's some ibanez blazers out from the early 80s that look very similar to this and can be had for around 500 if you're lucky. i remember they used to be way cheaper before covid, wish i bought the one i saw for 250 on reverb back then.
this is the shecter sun valley shredder z
(https://www.drumcityguitarland.com/Assets/ProductImages/DSC05259.JPG)
here's a similar ibanez blazer on the right
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lovely guitars imo.
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If you want a Strat and don't care if it's Fender, look into the Peavey Predator. You can find them for $100-150 where I am, and they are made in the USA with two or three-piece bodies, great C-shaped maple necks, rosewood fretboards, etc., all made by CNC so the fittings are exact. A friend of mine has one completely modded out and it's a beautiful and great sounding guitar.
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If you want a Strat and don't care if it's Fender, look into the Peavey Predator. You can find them for $100-150 where I am, and they are made in the USA with two or three-piece bodies, great C-shaped maple necks, rosewood fretboards, etc., all made by CNC so the fittings are exact. A friend of mine has one completely modded out and it's a beautiful and great sounding guitar.
yeah those look cool and like a good affordable model to mess around with and mod it to your liking.
my main problem is that guitars are a thing where my rational thinking completely tunes out, because i can't really compromise once i really want certain instruments. so even if i got a predator, or even a real fender strat, i probably still would be curious about what other guitar i'm obsessed with. so it's better if i just don't buy any at all. and if i buy one it must be one i like and want 100%. sometimes that guitar is 200 and sometimes that guitar is 2000(which means i'll never buy it, probably). i just end up not buying instruments most of the time anyway and just fawn over them for extended periods of time.
EDIT: guitars are like skateboards to me. i could probably ride any deck, but there's some irrational stuff that might bother or stoke you out about the graphic or so, which has little effect on your skating actually, but can just be offputting. it's not really rational. it's definitely about aesthetics, nostalgia, and all this weird stuff. which is all unimportant if the instrument doesn't play well. but for a lack of a better way to describe it, i'm definitely a victim of guitar esoterics in this way. that's why i can't explain why i love some copies of famous guitars, while others are kind of unsettling to me.
i know this makes little sense. i'm the type of person that obsesses over a screw in the wrong place just because i feel it isn' right. but some guitars are just like wow, everything on this is perfect in it's own way. that's something that actually makes me want to play more, even if it sounds stupid.
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Honestly, the skate setup analogy is a good one. I don’t want a guitar that I don’t like the style of. There are plenty of good playing guitars that I wouldn’t want to play. I hate 90% of most Fender copies because of dumb headstocks.
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Honestly, the skate setup analogy is a good one. I don’t want a guitar that I don’t like the style of. There are plenty of good playing guitars that I wouldn’t want to play. I hate 90% of most Fender copies because of dumb headstocks.
haha, exactly.
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https://imgur.com/gallery/VRb0q70
came in the mail yesterday. it's been playing great right out of the box. this was the first guitar I've owned that I didn't play before hand, and I've always been skeptical about ordering before actually feeling the guitar, but I was impressed with the setup on it. I figured I'd have to take it to get setup right away, but I can definitely get used to the medium set action.
The neck is slender and slides great against the jumbo frets. The natural wood finish looks classy on this style of guitar and there's a bit of a red hue in the bevels on the face or the guitar.
I'm definitely going to swap the pickups eventually, but essentially this guitar was good to go out of the box. The locking nut needed to be adjusted and I'm still learning the trem system, but I'm loving this guitar!
fucking sick, you really made me want the js42 hardtail version of the dinky. i'm kind of in love with this guitar. i don't even play music that's typically played with jacksons(no metal at all), but definitely looking to get one down the line. just more interesting than your typical (super) strat and everyone says they are fun and easy to play.
Found out something pretty sweet, and extremely convenient, when it comes to the Floyd Rose... Lowering the action was so fucking easy I couldn't believe it at first. All it took was loosening the two bolts in the bridge. I was having a bit of difficulty and uncomfortability playing the stock-action on it. Admittedly it was way too high for my liking, but I tried to get used to it at first.
Lowered it super super easy and now I'm REALLY loving how the guitar plays. Because of the high end pickups and trem system I'm hitting notes so much clearer than I ever have, and the whammy is adding another dimension to my playing I've never had before. I've been playing vintage style semi-hollows and jazz guitars.
My favorite guitar I've owned was an Ibanez Artcore AM93 Expressionist. I really wish I never sold that guitar, but at the time I didn't have the skill to play the guitar how it should have been played... Shit, I'm not even sure if I have the skill now, ha!
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Honestly, the skate setup analogy is a good one. I don’t want a guitar that I don’t like the style of. There are plenty of good playing guitars that I wouldn’t want to play. I hate 90% of most Fender copies because of dumb headstocks.
With the possible exception of Musicman, anything Fender shaped without the signature headstock looks like a shitty knockoff you’d buy for your nephew for $50 in a pawn shop.
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I’m beginner-intermediate at best, I’ve got a Yamaha F310 acoustic, and I honestly love it. The big dreadnought body gives it a really nice, full, warm and rich sound. But more importantly, it’s the easiest/nicest playing guitar I’ve tried to date, thanks to its narrower, shorter fretboard and low action.
I have no desire (or money) to replace it anytime soon.. but let’s say I hypothetically could buy ANY other acoustic I want.. but I want it to play as close to the F310 as possible. What would I be looking at if easy playability and good sound are my top priorities?
A quick google would make one think that the Martin D28 is the “best” acoustic.. but would that have higher action and be geared towards advanced players?
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I’m beginner-intermediate at best, I’ve got a Yamaha F310 acoustic, and I honestly love it. The big dreadnought body gives it a really nice, full, warm and rich sound. But more importantly, it’s the easiest/nicest playing guitar I’ve tried to date, thanks to its narrower, shorter fretboard and low action.
I have no desire (or money) to replace it anytime soon.. but let’s say I hypothetically could buy ANY other acoustic I want.. but I want it to play as close to the F310 as possible. What would I be looking at if easy playability and good sound are my top priorities?
A quick google would make one think that the Martin D28 is the “best” acoustic.. but would that have higher action and be geared towards advanced players?
I don't know shit about acoustics, but I think this is mostly true of all guitars; the best one is the one that feels best to you. I would just try a bunch of things until you find something that feels the same, or as close to the Yamaha that you have.
My dad's had a bunch of acoustic guitars of all different price ranges and they all feel and play different. Even two of the same brand and body shape/size can play very differently. And I'd be willing to bet that my favorite is different than his favorite, which probably would be different from your favorite too.
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My acoustic was fairly cheap, but I took it to a really good luthier who did some great work on it, and now I like it more than most of the $1000+ dollar acoustic guitars I try at the store.
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Honestly, the skate setup analogy is a good one. I don’t want a guitar that I don’t like the style of. There are plenty of good playing guitars that I wouldn’t want to play. I hate 90% of most Fender copies because of dumb headstocks.
With the possible exception of Musicman, anything Fender shaped without the signature headstock looks like a shitty knockoff you’d buy for your nephew for $50 in a pawn shop.
there's still knock offs that look better and worse. it's not necessarily about it looking og or like a perfect copy. i think the sire headstock i.e. is totally fine. and some hate that one. personally i can't explain sometimes why something bothers me, if it's just aesthetics or whatever.
btw i started to track that peavey guitar. it's not super cheap on the used market over here, but it really grew on me. if i see one pop up in my city for the right price i might check it out, so thanks for pointing me towards one!
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wondering if i should buy this washburn bass that's sold for pick up only about an hour away.
(https://img.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/api/v1/prod-ads/images/2c/2c49d009-2522-42c1-8cf6-4c211e3048e0?rule=$_59.JPG)
150 bucks with the bag, the bass was made in the early 90s korea i think.
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I need pals help.
Can someone help me see if this is worth it. I've been saving for months. Like 6 months I think. I'm 300 away and the seller is firm.
I'm just not happy with my current instrument. The band won't help me purchase either. They think I'm crazy to switch and are against it. They love my sound. This makes me want it more. To prove it's in my hands not in the gear maybe.
I've always dreamt about having a 58 v. And I need a dope instrument because I feel like shit playing a guitar I consider to be a toy.
I'm still 300 shirt but I could sell my current instrument to get it or hawk my technique 1200s and hope I can get them back in 3 months.
(https://i.ibb.co/YD9b6jH/Screenshot-20230115-155022.png) (https://ibb.co/tZf3SCV)
(https://i.ibb.co/3mSCSvq/Screenshot-20230115-155030.png) (https://ibb.co/ch2r2wH)
(https://i.ibb.co/bb8bZT9/Screenshot-20230115-155039.png) (https://ibb.co/jJ1J2mX)
(https://i.ibb.co/tPp2FXG/Screenshot-20230115-155058.png) (https://ibb.co/93H4StD)
(https://i.ibb.co/dGGfZc6/Screenshot-20230115-155110.png) (https://ibb.co/KFF5nG7)
Be honest. What is this guitar worth? I doubt it's Korina. Why would someone paint a Korina V?
I have very little time to move on this guitar.
Don't think it has a case unfortunately
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these go new for like 450 on sale here? i've seen them in black with korina body, pretty sure. i guess it depends, the "vintage" ones from around 2000 seem to go up to a 1000 bucks. i see the recent reissues on used sites all the time for around 400, unless they were upgraded with nicer pus and stuff. i wouldn't pay more than 500 for one that was messed with.
don't take my word for it tho, i don't know if it's worth that much. i go buy "that's what i would be willing to pay". so i'd say no more than 500 for the epi v even with upgrades is what i would say. maybe 600 if this has killer pus now that would be worth 200 by themselves.
this might be the reissues from around 2014-15? i just remember i was buying my jag back then and before that almost bought a epi v reissue and back then they had the korina body in natural and black. with the gold hardware too iirc. they were a bit more than the standard ones for the korina, standard went for 400 something and these went up to 600 in germany new i think.
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Anybody have a fender duo sonic? Kinda want one
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these go new for like 450 on sale here? i've seen them in black with korina body, pretty sure. i guess it depends, the "vintage" ones from around 2000 seem to go up to a 1000 bucks. i see the recent reissues on used sites all the time for around 400, unless they were upgraded with nicer pus and stuff. i wouldn't pay more than 500 for one that was messed with.
don't take my word for it tho, i don't know if it's worth that much. i go buy "that's what i would be willing to pay". so i'd say no more than 500 for the epi v even with upgrades is what i would say. maybe 600 if this has killer pus now that would be worth 200 by themselves.
this might be the reissues from around 2014-15? i just remember i was buying my jag back then and before that almost bought a epi v reissue and back then they had the korina body in natural and black. with the gold hardware too iirc. they were a bit more than the standard ones for the korina, standard went for 400 something and these went up to 600 in germany new i think.
Thanks bud. That's kinda how I feel too. I was going to offer 550. They want 800.
I'm going to wait and see what I can find. I kinda wanna do my own guitar kit I think. Double bound something or other. Maybe I can find something really nice with like a koa top or something. Do like a dark lacker burst in the garage.
My rhythm guitarist plays a Jericho Explorer with a dope top. I wish I could make a guitar that has a top like that.
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Anybody have a fender duo sonic? Kinda want one
I had a squier one. It was alright, but the pickups were pretty weak. Nice small and light body, comfortable to play. What makes you want one?
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Anybody have a fender duo sonic? Kinda want one
I had a squier one. It was alright, but the pickups were pretty weak. Nice small and light body, comfortable to play. What makes you want one?
Ngl because I heard David Byrne from talking heads played one
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Anybody have a fender duo sonic? Kinda want one
i have a 66 mustang as my main guitar, best body shape ever imo. neck profile is a bit more full feeling than jm/jag, and feels better in hand
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I've always felt like this.
https://youtu.be/i7sO3B9JGpg
What do pals think?
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I popped into my local (a mile away from my house) mom and pop guitar shop last week and they had a help wanted sign in the door. Finally had a chance to drop my application off today, and the owner who I had met previously called me about an hour later telling me she'd love to have me on board. I go in at 2 tomorrow basically just to shake hands.
I could not be more stoked. Right now I'm working at a headshop and I fucking hate some aspects of it, like dealing with addicts who need oil burners and love roses.
Has anyone ever worked in a guitar shop? What was your experience like?
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I've always felt like this.
https://youtu.be/i7sO3B9JGpg
What do pals think?
There's a lot of layers that I never intended to go to in that video, but I wouldn't doubt that it's a session dude. Playing those songs that tight isn't easy, and I thought that Jones didn't even play when Malcom first tried putting the band together. It wouldn't be impossible to get that good that fast, but for someone like Steve Jones to have that kind of discipline and dedication seems like a stretch. Who knows?
Whoever it is, I like their playing.
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Figured I’d post this in here, been raining and freezing so no outdoor fun & I’ve been entertaining myself learning this……..
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnZK0nxJRyL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Assuming you guys know all about Ray Barbees music. He’s one of my guitar hero’s as well as one of my favorite skaters!
( please excuse the slippers- I hate cold feet!!) :)
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Figured I’d post this in here, been raining and freezing so no outdoor fun & I’ve been entertaining myself learning this……..
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnZK0nxJRyL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Assuming you guys know all about Ray Barbees music. He’s one of my guitar hero’s as well as one of my favorite skaters!
( please excuse the slippers- I hate cold feet!!) :)
That linked me to some weird video game/ PC video. Do you make video game captures? Frisko something or other was the username.
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Figured I’d post this in here, been raining and freezing so no outdoor fun & I’ve been entertaining myself learning this……..
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnZK0nxJRyL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Assuming you guys know all about Ray Barbees music. He’s one of my guitar hero’s as well as one of my favorite skaters!
( please excuse the slippers- I hate cold feet!!) :)
nice jaguar dude. love how it looks like your amp is where a tv should be
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Figured I’d post this in here, been raining and freezing so no outdoor fun & I’ve been entertaining myself learning this……..
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnZK0nxJRyL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Assuming you guys know all about Ray Barbees music. He’s one of my guitar hero’s as well as one of my favorite skaters!
( please excuse the slippers- I hate cold feet!!) :)
That linked me to some weird video game/ PC video. Do you make video game captures? Frisko something or other was the username.
Weird! That’s not me!
Try this?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnZK0nxJRyL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
So irritating you can’t embed Instagram easily anymore!
Re- the jag. Only a squier but with fender 65 pups. Love it!
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Anybody have a fender duo sonic? Kinda want one
I do, mim model. I love it, I don’t play it as much as others I own but I have grown attached to it and probably won’t sell unless I really had to. The middle position to me sounds so good. Also the size is a nice plus. It’s a comfy little guitar. Also @Jory4 that cover was dope I love that song.
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I got hired at a music/ guitar shop that also has a nationwide custom pick-guard operation. They're starting me off in the workshop so I have an understanding of what the bigger picture is, but the plan is transitioning into an account management role. My direct supervisor builds guitars and ultimately that's what I'd like to do.
I've never worked in a commercial workshop before and everything I'll be learning is brand new, so there is some fear and hesitation there, but I love being around guitars so if I can do that instead of what I'm doing now, I should probably go for it. It could lead to a lot of amazing things. At least, that's what my mindset is going into it.
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sounds like a dope job, stoked for you!
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I've always felt like this.
https://youtu.be/i7sO3B9JGpg
What do pals think?
I didn’t watch the whole thing but it’s fairly common knowledge that band members are swapped out (usually behind their back) by producers in favor of session players. With a band as literally pre-fabricated as the Sex Pistols, this is certainly possible.
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http://youtu.be/35EznfZtc_g
http://youtu.be/qzU9UJFDtds
had a good day on the whip today. I've been toying around with this little three note arrangement and ended up unlocking it. the Jackson I'm playing can blast some nasty tones.
post your riffs!
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My whole life, I wanted a Stratocaster . After Nashville , Team Telecaster 4 Life
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I've always felt like this.
https://youtu.be/i7sO3B9JGpg
What do pals think?
So I watched this last night . Good watch , I believe
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http:/youtu.be/M1F5_UzwiY4
This'll getcha hyped to shred.
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My whole life, I wanted a Stratocaster . After Nashville , Team Telecaster 4 Life
I always wanted a Telecaster, but then I bought a nice old Squire Standard Strat and it's actually gorgeous and fits beautifully against my body. And then I play it through this basic little tube amp I have and I understand why it's the most popular electric guitar. I'll still eventually track down a Tele, though.
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I hope it's ok to post this?
since it's a bass.
I'm a huge Musicman Stingray fan and I own two of them.
But I also love how the EGC acrylc instruments look. Unfortunately those are VERY expensive so I decided to build my own Musicman Acrylic bass, well a friend is building it.
I wanted an "iced out" look for it. So we matted the whole thing so it looks like a frozen ghost.
- Block Acrylic was bought from a lab for a cheap price
- The neck is pure graphite and an official replacement neck for musicman by status > bought that second hand and got it refurbished with a musicman logo
- I got the official musicman bride on eBay but this small one didn't feel right. These are the new bridges and I wanted a solid old one. Thes are IMPOSSIBLE to find but one of a sudden one guy sent me one for free (this still has to be installed).
- The humbucker was also brandnew, and I also got that for free.
Here it is!!! almost done (bridge still has to be replaced with the bigger one)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck04CubtYlZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link (https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck04CubtYlZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjWRjONalC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link (https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjWRjONalC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)
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that is super sick, i've been eyeing a sting ray myself but for now my next bass will be a fretless ibanez ehb1005
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That's super cool. Nicely done! My friend used to have a Dan Armstrong acrylic guitar and it was actually a beautiful instrument. Obviously "tone wood" doesn't really matter much where solid body electrics are involved.
I've been practicing and playing daily for the last several months, usually at least an hour or so, and this morning I sliced my left index finger open making breakfast. Now I am sitting here with a guitar in my lap trying to make a chord with a bandage on my finger and frankly it sucks.
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@DISTANT RUMOURS
whoah, that is so sick, holy fuck!
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Those riffs are sick.
This is one of the ones I'm working on but my main band said no but that usually means bring it again later and we won't recognize it.
https://youtu.be/M7S0HFMHI-w
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I hope it's ok to post this?
since it's a bass.
I'm a huge Musicman Stingray fan and I own two of them.
But I also love how the EGC acrylc instruments look. Unfortunately those are VERY expensive so I decided to build my own Musicman Acrylic bass, well a friend is building it.
I wanted an "iced out" look for it. So we matted the whole thing so it looks like a frozen ghost.
- Block Acrylic was bought from a lab for a cheap price
- The neck is pure graphite and an official replacement neck for musicman by status > bought that second hand and got it refurbished with a musicman logo
- I got the official musicman bride on eBay but this small one didn't feel right. These are the new bridges and I wanted a solid old one. Thes are IMPOSSIBLE to find but one of a sudden one guy sent me one for free (this still has to be installed).
- The humbucker was also brandnew, and I also got that for free.
Here it is!!! almost done (bridge still has to be replaced with the bigger one)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck04CubtYlZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link (https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck04CubtYlZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjWRjONalC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link (https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjWRjONalC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)
!!!!
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What pick thickness are you guys rocking? Since I mostly play acoustic at a lower volume, I’ve found thinner is better. Bought some .38 Cat’s Tongue picks and I like them, but it seems actual decent guitarists never touch anything under .75. Is it really detrimental to go really thin with them, or is it all personal preference? I just find I can play a little more aggressively and get a “fuller” sound with the .38 than I can with thicker ones.
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What pick thickness are you guys rocking? Since I mostly play acoustic at a lower volume, I’ve found thinner is better. Bought some .38 Cat’s Tongue picks and I like them, but it seems actual decent guitarists never touch anything under .75. Is it really detrimental to go really thin with them, or is it all personal preference? I just find I can play a little more aggressively and get a “fuller” sound with the .38 than I can with thicker ones.
I have no idea what I'm doing but I bought a pack of .73 nylon Dunlop picks which I was enjoying for the first two months of my playing. Then I dug up some hard plastic picks of unknown thickness and found that I feel like I have more control when picking and not strumming.
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It’s completely personal preference but I do agree that different picks feel better depending on string gauge, scale length, and whether primarily strumming or picking.
I used to be really happy with Medium Fender “Premium” Celluloid picks because they were slightly stiffer than the regular celluloid picks but the last ones I bought were just like the ordinary ones.
Have since tried Dunlop medium celluloid (too floppy), Tortex Green (too stiff), and Tortex Yellow (still a hair too stiff and all the picks had a slight bend). Still haven’t found a new steady.
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I always use yellow Tortex for guitar and orange Tortex for bass, which might sound backwards for some people but it works out well for me.
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im having trouble picking up my picks. i play Clayton .63-1.0 mm triangles. guitar center hasnt had them or any other triangles for months.
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same as flea here with the thickness! i like triangles too sometimes, but mostly get normal shaped picks. i like the grey and orange dunlop ones a lot. tortex sound kinda sick, but don't feel that good to me. sometimes when i feel super funky i use those little red jazzpicks, but i only have them in too thick for me i think.
the go-to is something like 0.7 gator grip or something like that.
i tried playing with copper coins in silly attempts to sound like steve albini. probably should shave them off so they work better. i didn't enjoy it.
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(https://i.ibb.co/0DwMWSg/IMG-20230204-180852686.jpg) (https://ibb.co/qyZs4ft)
100 today 100 next first of the month!!! 71 Et-280. The thing sounds amazing
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very nice!
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That acrylic bass is wicked. Very nice.
I play the purple turtle picks. 1.14mm I think. Started with the yellow ones, then gradually got thicker.
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Need some help. I have an epiphone Les Paul jr, inexpensive guitar.
Fretboard peeled away from the neck during the heatwave over the summer here in CA. The peeling is about an inch or so long and is around like the 3-5 fret if I recall correctly
Is it as simple as applying adhesive to a sliver of metal cut from a soda can to dab some glue between the neck and fretboard then use a C clamp to keep it tight while it dries?
My question is what adhesive would anyone recommend from their experience
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I'm a huge proponent of the Jazz III picks, the Eric Johnson signature ones are my favorites and the Primetones being a close second. Takes a bit getting used to after playing with bigger bendier picks for a bit but I really like the amount of control they give you. I play on 10 gauge strings if that matters at all
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Need some help. I have an epiphone Les Paul jr, inexpensive guitar.
Fretboard peeled away from the neck during the heatwave over the summer here in CA. The peeling is about an inch or so long and is around like the 3-5 fret if I recall correctly
Is it as simple as applying adhesive to a sliver of metal cut from a soda can to dab some glue between the neck and fretboard then use a C clamp to keep it tight while it dries?
My question is what adhesive would anyone recommend from their experience
Probably Titebond wood glue but I’d ask over at r/luthier on Reddit.
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Red tortex. Perfect balance between thin enough to strum and thick enough to wail leads. I played this dudes Dan Armstrong once, it was really heavy. Don’t obsess over pedals, pedals are stupid, just practice the guitar and get good. Don’t buy too many guitars. Just get a really good one, or three, and get really into them and play them for your whole life
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I used Tortex picks a lot. Really liked them. They could take a good thrashing. I got hooked on these and couldn't ever really go back. It might seem a bit much, but I just love these things.
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Don’t obsess over pedals, pedals are stupid, just practice the guitar and get good.
This is blasphemy. How dare you, sir.
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Red tortex. Perfect balance between thin enough to strum and thick enough to wail leads. I played this dudes Dan Armstrong once, it was really heavy. Don’t obsess over pedals, pedals are stupid, just practice the guitar and get good. Don’t buy too many guitars. Just get a really good one, or three, and get really into them and play them for your whole life
I'm a yellow tortex guy but I have been playing red and green recently. Yellow is the perfect balance for me, but I do think tortex picks are the best.
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I definitely obsess over eq and gain.
I feel like because I found tone pretty much immediately that it was more fun to learn. I mean I'm not playing acoustic or anything unless I'm on a skateboard trying to write around town or whatever.
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Picked up a few random picks yesterday to try out. Including a purple Tortex which I think is 1.14, a Big Stubby 1.0, and a Jazz III which is so tiny I have no idea how anyone plays them. I am slowly starting to appreciate the feel and sound of thicker picks though. I’m guessing that once you get good enough you can play with anything, but for noobs like me it can be a struggle. Like the Tortexs are nice but not grippy, which I imagine is only an issue if you’re inexperienced.
Picked up some fresh strings for both my acoustic and electric as well, but want to switch them all out at once so will probably wait until I snap one or get bored.
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had a bit of an "aha!" moment last night playing with a heavier pick. This may seem kind of like a no-brainer, but since I don't really play with heavy picks I realized that you can use a lot less pressure in holding the pick, and you can let the pick do the work.
I realized this playing with the green Tortex which is a .88mm. I've found the perfect sweet spot in the orange Tortex .60mm.
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I just had the same revelation with picks as you guys had. The most I’ve been practicing and the more comfortable I am holding the pick, the more I realized that I would benefit from a heavier and heavier pick. I started with .63 nylon, because that’s what I had. Then I got some .73 nylons because that’s what the guitar store had. Then I got a big gross of picks and suddenly I find that I can control my playing much better with 1.0.
Now I’m gonna go and buy a 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 stubby and see if I can find my way around one of those.
One thing I’ve come to realize is that different picks do different things, and one might now use the same pick for strumming as you would for something which involves more picking. Hence it’s handy to have a number of options at your disposal.
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anyone tryout the hologram microcosm?
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I've got an update on the Jackson with the Floyd Rose I've been playing...
I can't fucking stand it. It's infuriating. Everytime I sit down to play I spend at least 20 minutes trying to tune it, and after a few minutes of playing I have to tune it again, and again, and again. The part of the bridge you screw the whammy bar into is loose, so I can't even use the whammy bar properly.
I know this could be avoided if I pay to get it set up, but whatever tuning I have it set up in has to stay in that tuning. I also don't want to pay upwards of $160 to get it set up. One of my hesitations in getting this guitar was exactly what I'm going through now.
Idk, I'm at a loss with it. It was a gift so I'm not going to get rid of it as it holds sentimental value, but I've switched back to playing my semi hollow body.
Does anyone else use a Floyd Rose system? Any advice?
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Picked up a few random picks yesterday to try out. Including a purple Tortex which I think is 1.14, a Big Stubby 1.0, and a Jazz III which is so tiny I have no idea how anyone plays them. I am slowly starting to appreciate the feel and sound of thicker picks though. I’m guessing that once you get good enough you can play with anything, but for noobs like me it can be a struggle. Like the Tortexs are nice but not grippy, which I imagine is only an issue if you’re inexperienced.
Picked up some fresh strings for both my acoustic and electric as well, but want to switch them all out at once so will probably wait until I snap one or get bored.
Maybe try the Jazz III XL?
I love Jazz II and III and have a few stubbies kicking around too
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I've got an update on the Jackson with the Floyd Rose I've been playing...
I can't fucking stand it. It's infuriating. Everytime I sit down to play I spend at least 20 minutes trying to tune it, and after a few minutes of playing I have to tune it again, and again, and again. The part of the bridge you screw the whammy bar into is loose, so I can't even use the whammy bar properly.
I know this could be avoided if I pay to get it set up, but whatever tuning I have it set up in has to stay in that tuning. I also don't want to pay upwards of $160 to get it set up. One of my hesitations in getting this guitar was exactly what I'm going through now.
Idk, I'm at a loss with it. It was a gift so I'm not going to get rid of it as it holds sentimental value, but I've switched back to playing my semi hollow body.
Does anyone else use a Floyd Rose system? Any advice?
FR is highly regarded so it’s in your best interest to take it to a local shop/luthier to get him or her to take care of it for you. Maybe you’d do the same if it was your car or computer or something, but guitars ain’t as simple as skateboards. It will be worth it big dog
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I've got an update on the Jackson with the Floyd Rose I've been playing...
I can't fucking stand it. It's infuriating. Everytime I sit down to play I spend at least 20 minutes trying to tune it, and after a few minutes of playing I have to tune it again, and again, and again. The part of the bridge you screw the whammy bar into is loose, so I can't even use the whammy bar properly.
I know this could be avoided if I pay to get it set up, but whatever tuning I have it set up in has to stay in that tuning. I also don't want to pay upwards of $160 to get it set up. One of my hesitations in getting this guitar was exactly what I'm going through now.
Idk, I'm at a loss with it. It was a gift so I'm not going to get rid of it as it holds sentimental value, but I've switched back to playing my semi hollow body.
Does anyone else use a Floyd Rose system? Any advice?
FR is highly regarded so it’s in your best interest to take it to a local shop/luthier to get him or her to take care of it for you. Maybe you’d do the same if it was your car or computer or something, but guitars ain’t as simple as skateboards. It will be worth it big dog
Thanks for the advice and I know that's the sensible response. I'm so used to just being able to pick up and play, and do anything in-between if I needed to. I actually got a text from my brother tonight saying his buddy who knows FRs will set it up for me. I'm sure I'll love it once it's set up properly.
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So as a kid I unwittingly tightened the shit of my dad’s acoustic’s tuning knobs, subsequently caving the neck into the body and ruining it. I don’t remember what brand but I think it was a nice one.
I’ve always harboured guilt over this, and recently decided to give him a guitar to make mostly myself feel better. So today I bought an FG800 for myself and will give him my beat up F-310 as a dust collector.
(https://i.ibb.co/xYLY335/692617-E1-8-E1-C-42-D5-8798-32120156-F0-E5.jpg)
I know this is an entry level jawn but I got it for a steal and it sounds soooo nice compared to my other one. Action’s a little high and needs new strings but I can see this one treating me well.
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I've got an update on the Jackson with the Floyd Rose I've been playing...
I can't fucking stand it. It's infuriating. Everytime I sit down to play I spend at least 20 minutes trying to tune it, and after a few minutes of playing I have to tune it again, and again, and again. The part of the bridge you screw the whammy bar into is loose, so I can't even use the whammy bar properly.
I know this could be avoided if I pay to get it set up, but whatever tuning I have it set up in has to stay in that tuning. I also don't want to pay upwards of $160 to get it set up. One of my hesitations in getting this guitar was exactly what I'm going through now.
Idk, I'm at a loss with it. It was a gift so I'm not going to get rid of it as it holds sentimental value, but I've switched back to playing my semi hollow body.
Does anyone else use a Floyd Rose system? Any advice?
FR is highly regarded so it’s in your best interest to take it to a local shop/luthier to get him or her to take care of it for you. Maybe you’d do the same if it was your car or computer or something, but guitars ain’t as simple as skateboards. It will be worth it big dog
UPDATE: got the guitar set up!!! polished the whole guitar, oiled the fret board, put new d'addario strings on it (first time playing anything other than Ernie Ball super slinkies EVER!) I may never go back to Ernie Ball strings.
This is an improv 5 mins after the guitar was set up. I'm so impressed with how the guitar feels. FUCKING STOKED.
http://youtu.be/kXJu82wQ78I
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Congrats @fineslime . Always worth splurging to get them setup, you would be cheating yourself otherwise. Plus, you get to support your local tech. 8)
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Picked up an all-solid wood Alvarez Masterworks dreadnaught this weekend. This is my first full-size guitar ever - I've always had short scale guitars. It's huge, I don't know how people place this. I've already started my search for a 12-fret dread.
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Congrats @fineslime . Always worth splurging to get them setup, you would be cheating yourself otherwise. Plus, you get to support your local tech. 8)
Thanks my internet cohort! My buddy actually set it up for me yesterday. Had a great day playing his crazy quiver of 7 string Schechter guitars and his PRS single cut Tremonti. That thing played like a dream. He wouldn't accept any money, so my brother and I brought chicken wings and salsa. By the end of the night we took a shot of that whiskey they make while blasting Metallica... Weird gimmick, but the whiskey was good.
I couldn't stop thanking him. The guitar feels amazing!
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Stoked for all of you guys’ recent scores, mods, and musical accomplishments.
I was successfully able to restring and lower the action on my new acoustic. It was a piece of cake to remove the saddle, draw a 1/16” pencil line around it, sand it down and pop it back in. Sounds and plays like a dream now <3
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Stoked for all of you guys’ recent scores, mods, and musical accomplishments.
I was successfully able to restring and lower the action on my new acoustic. It was a piece of cake to remove the saddle, draw a 1/16” pencil line around it, sand it down and pop it back in. Sounds and plays like a dream now <3
I was playing a little parlor guitar exclusively, and last weekend I bought myself a nice Alvarez solid Spruce and Rosewood dreadnaught. When I got home and restrung it, it played about one zillion times better than my parlor. I had noticed that action was high when I got the parlor a few months ago, but then I just played it until it seemed normal to me.
I just restrung it, so I'm not going to jump in until I've put some more wear and tear on the string, but something has to give with this thing because after playing on a beautifully adjusted guitar, this thing has become a paperweight. I'm going to need to shave down that saddle in order to get this thing to play like I want it to. I could of course take it to a pro but also it seems like a good time to learn more about my instrument, and with the dread sitting in the case, I can take this thing out of commission with my fuckups and not be stuck guitar-less.
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Yeah I was a little hesitant at first, but when the guitar shop guy said they’d charge me $100 to do it, I decided to take it on. The beauty of modifying the saddle is that, in most cases, you can get a new one for cheap if you mess up that bad.
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Stoked for all of you guys’ recent scores, mods, and musical accomplishments.
I was successfully able to restring and lower the action on my new acoustic. It was a piece of cake to remove the saddle, draw a 1/16” pencil line around it, sand it down and pop it back in. Sounds and plays like a dream now <3
this is one of the most supportive threads on slap bar none.
I wanted to let the pals know about Now You Shred. It's an amazing YouTube channel with the best backing tracks to play to. Not only do the jams sound great, but it cycles through different modes to play to and shows the chord diagrams and a bunch of other shit I don't quite understand fully haha. This channel alone has helped me progress so much and it's taken my improv game to a new level.
http://youtu.be/TKbNUqF_-X8
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I was going to get a Magnatone Starlight when it was $1299 but they bumped it up to $1799 a couple months ago. That and sponsoring Ted Nugent made me not want anything Magnatone, even though they bumped it down to $1499. Since I needed an amp, I went with this, which was about half of what I was willing to spend, and am more satisfied with it than I thought. I’m cool with my guitar, and although I would like some more pedals, I’m content enough with the settings on the amp/guitar, I rarely get the pedalboard.
(https://i.ibb.co/dMb8TGj/image.jpg)
Vox AC15 in blue
I wish it had an attenuator, but I could get a a volume pedal if desired. 0 volume is at 7 o’clock but anything past 9 o’clock is too loud for where I live.
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Yeah I was a little hesitant at first, but when the guitar shop guy said they’d charge me $100 to do it, I decided to take it on. The beauty of modifying the saddle is that, in most cases, you can get a new one for cheap if you mess up that bad.
This is exactly where I’m at. I can buy a $12 Tusq bridge which will drop right in there if I fuck something up, but the shop near me isn’t even accepting new customers and if they did it cost 45% of the value of the guitar in order to get the action lowered by a mm or two.
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What’s the easiest and cheapest way to get started with composing and recording my own music? GarageBand app through my iPhone? I just want to record myself playing guitar and singing, then layer in some pre-made drums, bass, synths etc. Really not concerned about sound quality or anything yet, just want to make something that sounds like a semi-complete piece of music.
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What’s the easiest and cheapest way to get started with composing and recording my own music? GarageBand app through my iPhone? I just want to record myself playing guitar and singing, then layer in some pre-made drums, bass, synths etc. Really not concerned about sound quality or anything yet, just want to make something that sounds like a semi-complete piece of music.
yeah garage band, or even just audacity would do the job if you are just looking for something free. if you want to record the tracks directly into your phone or pc you might need an audio interface tho.
most daws around also have a demo or free version, but most of these don't offer live recording for these versions.
if you want to get a full daw with recording capabilities for free you could get cakewalk.
if you want to invest in a daw in the future that is renowned for good recording capabilities, maybe check cubase. that seems to be the favorite of all the musicians recording live stuff, at least that i know.
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hadn't been playing at all over the past year due to getting a highly intelligent, driven, active puppy almost one year ago to this day. Gotta put that training and bonding time in, hard!
broke out the ibanez artcore hollow body a few weeks ago, plugged into the bugera v5 and it's a blast. i've gotta have this guitar set up because it goes out of tune just looking at it, but what a fun guitar that sounds good at low volume in a small tube amp.
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I was going to get a Magnatone Starlight when it was $1299 but they bumped it up to $1799 a couple months ago. That and sponsoring Ted Nugent made me not want anything Magnatone, even though they bumped it down to $1499. Since I needed an amp, I went with this, which was about half of what I was willing to spend, and am more satisfied with it than I thought. I’m cool with my guitar, and although I would like some more pedals, I’m content enough with the settings on the amp/guitar, I rarely get the pedalboard.
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Vox AC15 in blue
I wish it had an attenuator, but I could get a a volume pedal if desired. 0 volume is at 7 o’clock but anything past 9 o’clock is too loud for where I live.
That’s super sick! I’d love to have a Vox. I’ve read enough people saying that even the 15 is crazy loud so may an AC5?
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hadn't been playing at all over the past year due to getting a highly intelligent, driven, active puppy almost one year ago to this day. Gotta put that training and bonding time in, hard!
broke out the ibanez artcore hollow body a few weeks ago, plugged into the bugera v5 and it's a blast. i've gotta have this guitar set up because it goes out of tune just looking at it, but what a fun guitar that sounds good at low volume in a small tube amp.
Dude! I used to own an Ibanez Artcore am93 Expressionist and it was my favorite guitar. If I have one regret in my life it's reading that thing for an Epiphone Les Paul. Ew.
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I don’t have an electric but want to eventually get something, and I’ve been eyeing those hollow body Ibanez guitars. Pretty easy to score on Craigslist, it seems. I just have no interest in a solid body electric.
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I don’t have an electric but want to eventually get something, and I’ve been eyeing those hollow body Ibanez guitars. Pretty easy to score on Craigslist, it seems. I just have no interest in a solid body electric.
I used to say stuff like that. Sold two Rickenbackers and (coincidentally) an AC15 because I “was only playing acoustic”. I was living in a small cabin at the time, so no doi. If I had a time machine I’d go back and kick my own ass.
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I don’t have an electric but want to eventually get something, and I’ve been eyeing those hollow body Ibanez guitars. Pretty easy to score on Craigslist, it seems. I just have no interest in a solid body electric.
I used to say stuff like that. Sold two Rickenbackers and (coincidentally) an AC15 because I “was only playing acoustic”. I was living in a small cabin at the time, so no doi. If I had a time machine I’d go back and kick my own ass.
Well I did sell my solid body electric like a decade ago, when I was majorly broke. I miss it regularly and have considered paying $3000-5000 to reacquire it, but it's probably best to just let it be. I'm not anti-solid body guitar or anything, it just doesn't really fit with anything I like to play.
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the ibanez semi hollows are pretty cool. i always have one on my wishlist at thomann to keep tabs on price and availability. but... for a mere hundred bucks more you'd be in the financial zone for a starcaster or guild starfire(budget edition).
also i watched and read a bunch of comparative reviews for semi-hollows for around 3-500, and gretsch seems to be universally loved. those guitars look almost like the top tier models, just have cheaper electronics that still do a good job.
personally i just fell in love with this starfire. it jus looks so cool. i love the scratchplate design:
(https://images.static-thomann.de/pics/bdb/499744/17388096_800.jpg)
https://www.thomannmusic.com/guild_starfire_i_dc_vintage_walnut.htm?reload=1
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I don’t have an electric but want to eventually get something, and I’ve been eyeing those hollow body Ibanez guitars. Pretty easy to score on Craigslist, it seems. I just have no interest in a solid body electric.
I used to say stuff like that. Sold two Rickenbackers and (coincidentally) an AC15 because I “was only playing acoustic”. I was living in a small cabin at the time, so no doi. If I had a time machine I’d go back and kick my own ass.
Well I did sell my solid body electric like a decade ago, when I was majorly broke. I miss it regularly and have considered paying $3000-5000 to reacquire it, but it's probably best to just let it be. I'm not anti-solid body guitar or anything, it just doesn't really fit with anything I like to play.
I sold my Rickenbacker 610 and a Duesenberg Starplayer Special about a decade ago. I didn’t absolutely love either and didn’t lose money on either (sold each one for $650) but there’s no way I reacquire either one for less than $1500
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hadn't been playing at all over the past year due to getting a highly intelligent, driven, active puppy almost one year ago to this day. Gotta put that training and bonding time in, hard!
broke out the ibanez artcore hollow body a few weeks ago, plugged into the bugera v5 and it's a blast. i've gotta have this guitar set up because it goes out of tune just looking at it, but what a fun guitar that sounds good at low volume in a small tube amp.
Dude! I used to own an Ibanez Artcore am93 Expressionist and it was my favorite guitar. If I have one regret in my life it's reading that thing for an Epiphone Les Paul. Ew.
right on. ya i dig this guitar. other than going out of tune so easily, which is probably due to the vibrato that i never use, it's great.
as for trading guitars, my first nice guitar was a late 90s mexi strat. sunburst. i wanted to be more rock n roll or punk rock or something (wtf. right) and sold it for Mustang which I then sold for a Gibson SG. I hated both of those guitars and think about how sick that strat would be 25 years later. I ended up getting a pawn shop sunburst Mexi real cheap during the pandemic and the neck is really, really great but it's got that humbucker at the bridge which i don't dig the sound of. should probably swap it out one of these days but i have no idea how to to that.
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My Epiphone Sheraton is my absolute favorite instrument. Semi hollows are so underrated
The only reason I don't play it live the feed back. I'm not using a hard gate ever.
I use an ns1 in front of my peddles to subtract pick up noise only. I need to have the full feedback potential always.
My other guitarist says I'm using it wrongly but if I put it behind my distortion I hate it.
My hope is I find a p90 guitar asap. I got a loan of 500-700 from my mom on hold for now because I cannot find what I like irl.
No way am I chancing ordering a guit fiddle over the web.
Anyone give that $170 limited edition Epiphone Special p90 a try?
I feel like maybe I should cop one of those then just swap out everything I don't like.
I'm worried that I'd basically be buying a $170 guitar body.
I'd probably wanna change everything.
I should have bought that epi 50s style tv yellow special I saw in Lynn but the guy got a $400 offer the day before I was ready.
My main guitar is sweet but it's heavy and I want p90s
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the youtube fingerstyle guitarist is driving me crazy! I am searching for a nice solo arrangement of a piece of music I like. It seems like I've found a good video. Lots of views. Wow he's pretty good. Here comes the over-syncopation. wash of reverb. Thumping on his guitar between beats. STOP.
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Does any one else play baritones? I love my baritone, and Ibanez RG60. Its everything I want for playing heavier styles of music. I don't need or want extra strings, so the thicker gauge strings + longer scale make it perfect. You can do lots of palm muting and fast picking on the lower strings and really dig in with your picking cause the strings are nice and taut.
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the ibanez semi hollows are pretty cool. i always have one on my wishlist at thomann to keep tabs on price and availability. but... for a mere hundred bucks more you'd be in the financial zone for a starcaster or guild starfire(budget edition).
also i watched and read a bunch of comparative reviews for semi-hollows for around 3-500, and gretsch seems to be universally loved. those guitars look almost like the top tier models, just have cheaper electronics that still do a good job.
personally i just fell in love with this starfire. it jus looks so cool. i love the scratchplate design:
(https://images.static-thomann.de/pics/bdb/499744/17388096_800.jpg)
https://www.thomannmusic.com/guild_starfire_i_dc_vintage_walnut.htm?reload=1
http://youtu.be/-8bVipnL8mE
This video sold me on pulling the trigger when I got mine. Someone mentioned early about a time machine and kicking your own ass for selling a guitar... Welp, this would be mine.
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Does any one else play baritones? I love my baritone, and Ibanez RG60. Its everything I want for playing heavier styles of music. I don't need or want extra strings, so the thicker gauge strings + longer scale make it perfect. You can do lots of palm muting and fast picking on the lower strings and really dig in with your picking cause the strings are nice and taut.
From time to time. My guitar player Swid plays one of those extended scale Explorer by that brand that recently got smashed by Gibson.
Can't think of the name rn. Beautiful top. Looks like koa but it's something else.
When I grind I use my old Ibanez S. It's so sick but needs a set up. I tune drop a. Have been since like 98. That instrument somehow can handle it really well. Sounding amazing in all my releases.
What I need now is a shorter scale instrument. With a single p90 or stacked p94. Bolt on neck preferably in case I wanna swap that shit.
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anyone have experience with warmoth necks? any advice? or general advice for building a partscaster. thinking of getting a squier body for like 30 bucks and just building the best guitar i can out of it
cheers
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anyone have experience with warmoth necks? any advice? or general advice for building a partscaster. thinking of getting a squier body for like 30 bucks and just building the best guitar i can out of it
cheers
where can you get guitar bodies cheap like that? thats what i need
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anyone have experience with warmoth necks? any advice? or general advice for building a partscaster. thinking of getting a squier body for like 30 bucks and just building the best guitar i can out of it
cheers
where can you get guitar bodies cheap like that? thats what i need
marketplace is probably the best move. just search electric guitar or squier and wait it out for a bit til someone sells a guitar their kid never used. or one that broke and they dont know how to fix it
alternatively, this isnt bad: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/256026796757?hash=item3b9c62e2d5:g:5gcAAOSwPgNkAB~5
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anyone have experience with warmoth necks? any advice? or general advice for building a partscaster. thinking of getting a squier body for like 30 bucks and just building the best guitar i can out of it
cheers
where can you get guitar bodies cheap like that? thats what i need
The used instrument store by my house has a bin where they always have a bunch of Strat bodies in various states of disrepair for $20-50 depending. I don't know if there's anything like that wherever you are, but it's definitely a thing.
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thanks yall.
i gotta build two guitars. one for smashing one for playing
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I dropped the hammer yesterday. BJA epi LP JR in the mail!!!
Just in time too. My LP standard has post lean in the tail piece. Now i gotta pull plug and redrill that shit. Anyone ever do this before?
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Jericho Guitars. That's the baritone Explorer Copy i was thinking about. Fucking beautiful top.
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Speaking of Explorers, when I was young I begged my parents to get me this Hamer Slammer and they did. They shouldn’t have though because I never committed to learning on it, and eventually traded it to my friend for his 7.5 ATM complete with Indys. Shit deal on my part, but I did become passionately obsessed with skateboarding for the next 10 years so there’s that.
(https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--1__-ZaUx--/f_auto,t_large/v1560547988/h922wi0ivgqi3xbyrdt7.jpg)
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Speaking of Explorers, when I was young I begged my parents to get me this Hamer Slammer and they did. They shouldn’t have though because I never committed to learning on it, and eventually traded it to my friend for his 7.5 ATM complete with Indys. Shit deal on my part, but I did become passionately obsessed with skateboarding for the next 10 years so there’s that.
(https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--1__-ZaUx--/f_auto,t_large/v1560547988/h922wi0ivgqi3xbyrdt7.jpg)
Thats killer
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Speaking of Explorers, when I was young I begged my parents to get me this Hamer Slammer and they did. They shouldn’t have though because I never committed to learning on it, and eventually traded it to my friend for his 7.5 ATM complete with Indys. Shit deal on my part, but I did become passionately obsessed with skateboarding for the next 10 years so there’s that.
(https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--1__-ZaUx--/f_auto,t_large/v1560547988/h922wi0ivgqi3xbyrdt7.jpg)
I think I like that more than a real Explorer. There’s something nasty about it.
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I recently learned that Gibson came out with the Explorer and Flying V because they saw the unusual (for the time) shape of the Stratocaster and thought “I guess guitar buyers want some fucked up shapes. Let’s make some fucked up guitars to rival Fender.”
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Got a guitar coming today. Wait till y'all see it
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(https://i.ibb.co/VJR4nzR/IMG-20230414-165409.jpg) (https://ibb.co/2Wx4VCx)
(https://i.ibb.co/f82j12Y/IMG-20230414-165315.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VHtfjtW)
Boom! This took forever to get. Now I just need to fix my other guitar and I'll have 2 to play out
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hell yeah, i love white guitars and lp juniors. the coffin for it is sick, too.
hope it plays as nice as it looks!
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hell yeah, i love white guitars and lp juniors. the coffin for it is sick, too.
hope it plays as nice as it looks!
It's going very very well so far. I just gotta adjust the bridge height and I'm gold
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just discovered Matteo Mancuso today... he plays with such precision and oozes jazz rock fusion soul. discovered him through and Instagram reel and I've been digging deep since. his tones are perfect.
http://youtu.be/Eb1xwhfADyQ
http://youtu.be/yr3rur_Hqjo
http://youtu.be/cYYZerHFSMA
someone to definitely look out for.
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Daaamn that guy is really sick! Speaking of YouTube wizards with impeccable tone, I love watching this dude’s videos;
http://youtu.be/HGvy_nTRpiQ
http://youtu.be/lBVXwGLBJwo
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man guitar shit is expensive
i figured out how to hook up my 15w guitar amp + my 30w bass amp together and it actually sounds really sick like that. dont have a bass player will just be me and my friend so i figured might as well use it. i was watching a video of Japandroids a 2 man band from BC and the guitarist had a huge wall of amps, that gave me the idea.
was like "man i could upgrade both to like 50w versions of each for like $700" lol it is so easy to go down that rabbit hole realll quick. i suppose i would get some trade in value on those old ones too though. but that is still quite a bit of money to throw down for me right now and i am hardly ever turning these past volume 3.
heres what it sounds like:
https://youtube.com/shorts/noatM93vQl0?feature=share
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Not mine but spotted at a show last night:
(https://i.postimg.cc/nrxrxGc9/51-A89-A95-A850-4-EA5-941-A-A0-E8240-C41-F1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/dkWwmdCJ)
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Cut all the bass tracks today on demos. Software is crazy. I'm like a 4 - 32 track person. It's cool tho.
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Not mine but spotted at a show last night:
(https://i.postimg.cc/nrxrxGc9/51-A89-A95-A850-4-EA5-941-A-A0-E8240-C41-F1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/dkWwmdCJ)
actually my plan for a pedalboard as well!
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Not mine but spotted at a show last night:
(https://i.postimg.cc/nrxrxGc9/51-A89-A95-A850-4-EA5-941-A-A0-E8240-C41-F1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/dkWwmdCJ)
actually my plan for a pedalboard as well!
I'm biting that shit
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thats really clever but I feel it would tip over no? Easy enough to add a third offset brace I guess
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If you look close at the pic the trucks are set so it’s triangulated. So no on the tipping over. Kid had a brain on him.
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Just scored an MIJ squier strat for 50 bucks at a yard sale. E6 serial, so its a 37 year old guitar. Other than a scratch, its clean clean clean lake placid blue. Sounds reallllly nice and the neck is sexy as can be. Super stoked. Compared to the artcore ive been playing the quality of the whole guitar is night and day. Ive got a 90s MIM HSS that i kind of don’t like, its just too hot and ive beeen contemplating making it a traditional SSS but this MIJ takes care of that
(https://i.ibb.co/THsZPhH/IMG-1165.jpg) (https://ibb.co/THsZPhH)
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Just scored an MIJ squier strat for 50 bucks at a yard sale. E6 serial, so its a 37 year old guitar. Other than a scratch, its clean clean clean lake placid blue. Sounds reallllly nice and the neck is sexy as can be. Super stoked. Compared to the artcore ive been playing the quality of the whole guitar is night and day. Ive got a 90s MIM HSS that i kind of don’t like, its just too hot and ive beeen contemplating making it a traditional SSS but this MIJ takes care of that
(https://i.ibb.co/THsZPhH/IMG-1165.jpg) (https://ibb.co/THsZPhH)
wow, those things go for a lot nowadays! last time i checked reverb, which is overpriced anyways, those 80s squiers were from 600-1000 bucks.
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Just scored an MIJ squier strat for 50 bucks at a yard sale. E6 serial, so its a 37 year old guitar. Other than a scratch, its clean clean clean lake placid blue. Sounds reallllly nice and the neck is sexy as can be. Super stoked. Compared to the artcore ive been playing the quality of the whole guitar is night and day. Ive got a 90s MIM HSS that i kind of don’t like, its just too hot and ive beeen contemplating making it a traditional SSS but this MIJ takes care of that
(https://i.ibb.co/THsZPhH/IMG-1165.jpg) (https://ibb.co/THsZPhH)
wow, those things go for a lot nowadays! last time i checked reverb, which is overpriced anyways, those 80s squiers were from 600-1000 bucks.
No kidding. I knew the MIJ are good, perhaps better squiers than 90s standard MIM strats, but I didn’t realize they were valuable! Regardless, im happy to have it to play around with. I was thinking i may have had to take it apart to check electronics but its not going to be necessary. Got a nice tweed case at the junk shop for 20-30 bucks a while back thats needed a guitar. Sorry. Not trying to boast or gloat, just hyped on an $80 80s fender and hardcase.
Only found it cuz i was teaching my
Partner to drive stick shift on a street instead of parking lot for the first time. What a day!
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I think that anything Fender which was made in Japan now carries a certain cache. Congrats on that score, that’s a goddamn keeper.
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not sure about the squiers but fender MIJ was until about 1997 when they moved from the fujigen factory to tokai(?), where the guitars then said crafted in japan. MIJ is considered to almost always be better than CIJ. love how the plastics yellow on japanese fenders
congrats man. amazing find.
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not sure about the squiers but fender MIJ was until about 1997 when they moved from the fujigen factory to tokai(?), where the guitars then said crafted in japan. MIJ is considered to almost always be better than CIJ. love how the plastics yellow on japanese fenders
congrats man. amazing find.
Thanks dude. Its an 83-87 E series. E6 serial #. And goddamn it is fun to play! Im a hack guitar player but this thing feels sooooo good.
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Just scored an MIJ squier strat for 50 bucks at a yard sale. E6 serial, so its a 37 year old guitar. Other than a scratch, its clean clean clean lake placid blue. Sounds reallllly nice and the neck is sexy as can be. Super stoked. Compared to the artcore ive been playing the quality of the whole guitar is night and day. Ive got a 90s MIM HSS that i kind of don’t like, its just too hot and ive beeen contemplating making it a traditional SSS but this MIJ takes care of that
(https://i.ibb.co/THsZPhH/IMG-1165.jpg) (https://ibb.co/THsZPhH)
wow, those things go for a lot nowadays! last time i checked reverb, which is overpriced anyways, those 80s squiers were from 600-1000 bucks.
No kidding. I knew the MIJ are good, perhaps better squiers than 90s standard MIM strats, but I didn’t realize they were valuable! Regardless, im happy to have it to play around with. I was thinking i may have had to take it apart to check electronics but its not going to be necessary. Got a nice tweed case at the junk shop for 20-30 bucks a while back thats needed a guitar. Sorry. Not trying to boast or gloat, just hyped on an $80 80s fender and hardcase.
Only found it cuz i was teaching my
Partner to drive stick shift on a street instead of parking lot for the first time. What a day!
Dude, that’s an amazing deal! I have an E7 Squier (there’s a pic back on page 10) and there are a lot of times I’ll go to a guitar store and think “Well, I haven’t played anything here with a neck I prefer to my Squier.”
You couldn’t sell one for more than $300 for the last 30 years and now they’re $500-800. Which isn’t unreasonable because if you spend $800 on a new MIM Fender you’re probably getting sharp ass frets.
The stock pickups are rather one-dimensional. Swapping those out is an easy improvement. I put 57/62s in mine but they are very quack-y. I like the vintage voice and bell-like sounds but they’re not ideal when you want to rock. I’d go for something a hair darker if I did it again.
The selector switch is pretty shitty but if it cuts out you can cycle it back and forth really fast to wear off the oxidation. I never bothered to replace mine.
Great score!
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Congrats @fineslime . Always worth splurging to get them setup, you would be cheating yourself otherwise. Plus, you get to support your local tech. 8)
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As for hollow or solid bodies that’s why you gotta have like 5 guitars lol.
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Any time someone disparages a Squier or other cheap electric solidbody guitars, I think about this video (which apparently made the owner of PRS absolutely furious).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n02tImce3AE&ab_channel=JimLill
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any more info about that prs guy being upset?
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any more info about that prs guy being upset?
https://guitar.com/news/gear-news/paul-reed-smith-tonewood-doesnt-matter-dipped-in-tone-rhett-shull-zach-broyles/
I haven't actually watched it, I just heard it talked about and found it through some Googling. For the record, I think that tonewood for acoustic instruments is hugely important, but almost completely irrelevant for solid body electric guitars.
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Anyone ever try the Gibson H p90 yet? It comes in the Billy Joe Armstrong Gibson from a few years back.
I'm thinking about ordering one. I just worry that it won't sound like a real p90 and I should just get a real mini humbucker
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https://youtu.be/6T0brdZE1dQ
i love this riff. i have shorts on
lol
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it's fine if you don't have shorts on you can admit it we're all pals here
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it's fine if you don't have shorts on you can admit it we're all pals here
away from my ig i always rock the boxers. Naked guitar sessions will increase in like a week because i got a string of shows coming up.
im so stoked
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any more info about that prs guy being upset?
https://guitar.com/news/gear-news/paul-reed-smith-tonewood-doesnt-matter-dipped-in-tone-rhett-shull-zach-broyles/
I haven't actually watched it, I just heard it talked about and found it through some Googling. For the record, I think that tonewood for acoustic instruments is hugely important, but almost completely irrelevant for solid body electric guitars.
I don’t think there’s a magical tonewood out there but I can see why PRS has issues with that video. If you read the comments there’s like 12,000 people crowing that it “proves” guitars have no intrinsic musical quantities beyond their pickups.
There isn’t really a big enough sample size to prove that different woods and bodies have no impact on tone. Different woods have different densities, different densities vibrate at different frequencies. That’s going to have an impact on attack, sustain, and brightness.
My friend has a cheapie Strat copy that feels like wet driftwood. Even with new strings, a fretted bar chord dies out in 3/4 of the time the same chord will ring on my old MIJ Squier Strat (alder and maple).
That his 2x4 sounded like the Tele was cool but maybe not surprising because a Tele is essentially a 2x4, he’s using a nearly identical neck, and the absence of a bigger body isn’t doing much to interfere with your basic Bright Ass Tele sound. Would a basswood body and rosewood fingerboard have made a difference? What about a chambered body?
The “air guitar” test seems mind blowing but it’s really more of a “no duh” thing. Identical open strings at identical tension should sound identical. That doesn’t prove that any number of available combinations of materials, sizes, shapes, scale lengths, bridge types, nut materials, etc. will always sound the same - even with the same pickups.
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electric guitars are like furniture to me, in the sense that expensive furniture made from rare stuff does the same job that cheap furniture does. the reasons to pay a higher price usually have nothing to do with functionality. you pay for craftsmanship, longevity, etc. specs for electrics are pretty transparent. everyone can decide for themselves if they are willing shell off a couple hundred more for the same spec guitar, just made with a more exotic wood that might make the guitar sound better. or worse. you just don't know. to me it's esoterics, but i understand where it comes from. i am sure the wood has an influence, but unless the guitar is literally rotting away and you are very familiar with the setup, or have the opportunity to actually listen side by side, i think it would be hard to tell woods apart. i think people choose tonewood from a "might as well" perspective. tone wood guitars usually cost a premium, i think people set themselves up for buying an expensive guitar first, and then why not buy the one with the nice wood that promises you mojo. that dentist who decided now it's time for a les paul doesn't really care about the wood probably, but it's an easy sell to guys like these to tell them about tonewood and stuff so they have a cool story to tell about that 4.5k guitar they can barely play.
i personally don't care at all about the wood in terms of tone. i'd care more about the guitar being lighter/having a better balance or the wood not being some super exotic, endangered type stuff. honestly would rather want to buy a guitar made out of common woods. actually, the holy grail for me would be a full aluminum whip.
lastly, qc plays a huge role in the pricing of more expensive guitars. they just do everything under less time pressure and more thoroughly, or at least they are supposed to. a couple hundred extra pay for a bunch of workers inspecting and maybe fixing up that guitar for a day, in comparison to a cheaper model which gets a superficial 5 minute check. granted, this can also go wrong, and gibson has become infamous for bad qc in the last few years.
a good sounding guitar sounds good. that should be all.
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Any time someone disparages a Squier or other cheap electric solidbody guitars, I think about this video (which apparently made the owner of PRS absolutely furious).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n02tImce3AE&ab_channel=JimLill
that guys channel is amazing. every guitarist can learn something from his videos.
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i saw this guitar and now i want it so bad :(
(https://thumbs.static-thomann.de/thumb/padthumb600x600/pics/bdb/511484/15892528_800.jpg)
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anyone use an amp simulator for PC? every free amp simulator I download has this insane buzzing noise every 30 seconds.
does anyone know of a legit free amp simulator, or better yet, anyone wanna hook your boy up with a registration key?? will gnar when I can gnar :D
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found a solid $10 a month subscription based amp simulator - it's called STL Ignite AmpHub. comes with a ton of presets, amps and pedals. great product for the price.
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https://youtu.be/6T0brdZE1dQ
i love this riff. i have shorts on
lol
p90 bridge pick up only is a bold move. it pays off here.
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just finished this short scale skate bass
(https://preview.redd.it/bu1nt3d557bb1.jpg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=41f539f21fc6bfc52216b3b1ee93aaaaf164607d)
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just finished this short scale skate bass
(https://preview.redd.it/bu1nt3d557bb1.jpg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=41f539f21fc6bfc52216b3b1ee93aaaaf164607d)
All the work you’ve posted is beautiful!
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anyone use an amp simulator for PC? every free amp simulator I download has this insane buzzing noise every 30 seconds.
does anyone know of a legit free amp simulator, or better yet, anyone wanna hook your boy up with a registration key?? will gnar when I can gnar :D
Ditch the subscription, and just get their Emissary and IR loader for later use.
Get Neural Amp Modeler, it’s free. It’s a learning software, where other users profile their high end amps.
Alway been a real amp kinda guy, but this stuff is clearly taking off. Don’t misunderstand me, I much prefer 200lbs of fire breathing Marshall JVM, but if your living situation doesn’t allow turning up, why bother.
Have you sorted out your buzzing?
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i saw this guitar and now i want it so bad :(
(https://thumbs.static-thomann.de/thumb/padthumb600x600/pics/bdb/511484/15892528_800.jpg)
I play a very similar model Jackson with a Floyd Rose trem system and I love it way more than I initially thought. My only nitpick is that the stock Jackson pickups are really hot.
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https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/soap-bar/p90-super-distortion (https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/soap-bar/p90-super-distortion)
Has anyone tried this pickup?
Or perhaps a DiMarzio pg 13?
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(https://i.ibb.co/h7798pm/IMG-20230915-215737-227-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Wxx5KS2)
I chose a sticker for my fiddle. It wasn't my first choice but I couldn't find a good photo sticker of Lil Wayne. Also no one liked that idea.
It's ok...
I guess they don't understand that Lil Wayne is the goat of modern hip-hop. He and Wu Tang are my shit. I feel it would have been way cooler than the Crass logo. Everyone knows that Crass is my #1. Not everyone knows I love Wayne
Also everyone should know everyone of these JRs needs a pickup shim.
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new amp :)
this thing is insanely loud, bit off more than i can chew but loving it
(https://i.ibb.co/fknHBHh/7-CE2-DFD4-0-C44-427-C-9-DC5-8-B2-EA249-BC80.jpg)
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new amp :)
this thing is insanely loud, bit off more than i can chew but loving it
(https://i.ibb.co/fknHBHh/7-CE2-DFD4-0-C44-427-C-9-DC5-8-B2-EA249-BC80.jpg)
My hairs are on end looking at it. Congratulations yo
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(https://i.ibb.co/h7798pm/IMG-20230915-215737-227-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Wxx5KS2)
I chose a sticker for my fiddle. It wasn't my first choice but I couldn't find a good photo sticker of Lil Wayne. Also no one liked that idea.
It's ok...
I guess they don't understand that Lil Wayne is the goat of modern hip-hop. He and Wu Tang are my shit. I feel it would have been way cooler than the Crass logo. Everyone knows that Crass is my #1. Not everyone knows I love Wayne
Also everyone should know everyone of these JRs needs a pickup shim.
(https://i.ibb.co/PQq4hnd/IMG-0040.jpg)
I got one too. More of a fender guy but I had a 2007 white Gibson melody maker that just felt too lightweight. The body was thin and when played aggressively seemed to warp the sound since it wasn’t sturdy. Sold that off. Got a low quality epiphone les Paul jr and it was fun but janky as a freebie. Thought I would upgrade to a proper one since I had fun with the free les Paul jr. Plus Johnny thunders is an inspiration along with Pete Shelley of buzzcocks played one later in his career. Don’t care for Green Day’s music and the crass sticker is a sick choice. Punk af.
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I chose a sticker for my fiddle. It wasn't my first choice but I couldn't find a good photo sticker of Lil Wayne. Also no one liked that idea.
It's ok...
I guess they don't understand that Lil Wayne is the goat of modern hip-hop. He and Wu Tang are my shit. I feel it would have been way cooler than the Crass logo. Everyone knows that Crass is my #1. Not everyone knows I love Wayne
Also everyone should know everyone of these JRs needs a pickup shim.
(https://i.ibb.co/PQq4hnd/IMG-0040.jpg)
I got one too. More of a fender guy but I had a 2007 white Gibson melody maker that just felt too lightweight. The body was thin and when played aggressively seemed to warp the sound since it wasn’t sturdy. Sold that off. Got a low quality epiphone les Paul jr and it was fun but janky as a freebie. Thought I would upgrade to a proper one since I had fun with the free les Paul jr. Plus Johnny thunders is an inspiration along with Pete Shelley of buzzcocks played one later in his career. Don’t care for Green Day’s music and the crass sticker is a sick choice. Punk af.
Hell yeah.
I just did a record with this on lead. I used a 94 Gibson one off. It basically is the 93 classic premium Plus top but the silk screen and binding are different.
Abr1 500t.
We played though a 70s Marshal and a triple rec with the Gibson.
I used a bass man and a peddle with the jr.
So fun
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https://youtu.be/4-1vBuvY4-U
http://youtu.be/oztNOiA8Mrw
http://youtu.be/i5bvuxuV82A
http://youtu.be/u5sYR33DzeY
recently discovered Tory Slusher. she's insanely talented and does some crazy jazz fusion tapping, but without it being overly gimmicky. her right hand finger picking technique is next level. her YouTube channel is worth checking out. absolute shredder and seems like a pretty cool chick.
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the squier baritone tele is so temping
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Recently just started playing in a band again. I’ve always considered myself a guitarist but the band needed a bassist so I’m currently on bass duties, which is cool because bass can be just as fun. We’ve already played a couple shows and I’ve been borrowing a friends bass to use for the shows but I recently just picked up a black and white Squier P-Bass from the pawn shop in good condition listed for half off what it would be new. Was stoked to find a good condition bass for that cheap of a price.
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Same here- I play mostly finger style guitar, but am now playing bass in a loud rock band. I was nervous at first, but really love it now. Its definitely improved my guitar playing as well, just being more adventurous up on the neck than I have been before.
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Recently just started playing in a band again. I’ve always considered myself a guitarist but the band needed a bassist so I’m currently on bass duties, which is cool because bass can be just as fun. We’ve already played a couple shows and I’ve been borrowing a friends bass to use for the shows but I recently just picked up a black and white Squier P-Bass from the pawn shop in good condition listed for half off what it would be new. Was stoked to find a good condition bass for that cheap of a price.
Bass is the greatest stringed instrument. You control the the subconscious rhythm and melody.
I'm a mediocre guitarist today but I'm one of the best bassist in the history of humans. I switched to guitar for more clout.
Bassist get no love from the general public unless they sing too. It's going to get worse as people have been moving away from bass tones.
I read a study that humans are more attracted towards treble tones these days. That would explain trap and other crappie crap.
A 5 stroke roll on the high hat. Goo goo kitchooo bitch
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(https://i.ibb.co/cNwPT17/IMG-20231019-212303-330.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mH0mzGM)
Yo I just got to really sit with this peddle I borrowed as an emergency boost last week.
It's alright.
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What's a good practice amp?
When I bought my guitar the shop gave me an Orange Mini Crush for free and while it's a cool little amp (on clean, any distorted tone sounds like a fart) and it has a tuner built in, it kinda sucks.
I'm looking at the Orange Crush 20RT.
I suck, so I mostly play stuff like Nirvana and other bullshit that all beginner guitar players play. I'd love to learn to play poppy stuff like The Smiths, but I think that's probably years down the road for me, haha. I'd honestly love to get a little tube amp, but it seems the decent ones are more money than I want to spend, and I honestly don't think I'm good enough to know the difference.
Orange tiny terror, either model is less than 150, loud, has a single tube and can run clean or high gain. You’re not gonna get much from a single EQ knob, but it definitely sounds good. Running a new pedal to it solves that though. Has an effects loop too.
I have a tiny dark terror and paired it with a 2x12 cab. I like it.
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I'm a big supporter of carvin amps.
If I had bread I'd buy that new amp in a peddle combo.
Probably not tho. I'd actually buy that Pia amp that Steve Vai uses.
When I practice now I use a fender mini champ.
I've recorded a bunch with it.
It's hard to beat a fender.
My best practice amp ever was my peavey bandit 212
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my brother picked up this beautiful vox v90 off reverb for $500 - almost a full $1000 off its MSRP. although it does need to be setup, it feels great right out of the box. by far the nicest guitar either he or I have owned. equipped with double p90s (my favorite pick up config,) has a nice weight to it for a semi hollow, and the abalone inlays and headstock are a really nice touch... however...
there is a feedback/ buzz when there's no pressure on the strings, and it seems to be coming from the neck pick up. on the bridge, with the tone and volume knobs adjusted, and with the settings on the amp set with the gain down, it was very minimal/ non existent, but on the bridge pick up, despite where the knobs are set, there is some buzzing. even though I can get rid of the buzz on the bridge pick up, there shouldn't be any issues like this with a guitar right out of the box. it arrived today and he noticed the problem right away. also, one of the volume knobs is not flush with the others and is slightly off-kilter.
is this feedback/ buzz because of how the coil is wound, or because the pick up is too hot? I don't have any experience installing or fixing pick up issues, and I don't have a whole lot of knowledge in the electronics/ wiring of a guitar. its a bummer because this is a REALLY nice guitar. he said he was going to reach out to Reverb, and apparently they will direct you to a local guitar shop and even pay for the repair if needed.
any info would be appreciated!
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Is the noise only when you are NOT touching the strings? It gets mostly better when you are?
That would be completely normal for a high output single coil.
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Is the noise only when you are NOT touching the strings? It gets mostly better when you are?
That would be completely normal for a high output single coil.
Yes, that is exactly what's going on. I had a p90 pickup on a gretsch a few years ago and I never had this issue, at least. I don't recall it ever being that bad.
Thanks for the info!
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(https://i.ibb.co/dPmRmPC/IMG-20231107-152552-434.webp) (https://ibb.co/ZB202B4)
So stoked. Dp209 Super Distortion for my Epiphone bja jr.
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glad to see the bass get some love here!
started straight on bass at 14 cause I thought it would be easier than guitar and I wanted to play in a punk band quick haha....over 30 years later I'm still at it and do not regret my choice of instrument at all. These days I do double duty as lead singer in my current band, it's challenging but real fun.
Here are my babies, Geddy Lee Jazz Bass made in japan. And Sterling Musicman, US made (not to be confused with the Sterling range, that's the Sterling model). I bought that one second-hand around 10 years ago and it's so versatile.....you can play anything with it and the sound is beastly.
(https://i.postimg.cc/28cvtpjQ/20231108-085001.jpg)
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(https://i.ibb.co/sQQFLYS/IMG-20231115-172546-215.webp) (https://ibb.co/d66QnY9)
(https://i.ibb.co/Sf3bfsW/IMG-20231115-172546-274.webp) (https://ibb.co/rdwYd7T)
best free image hosting site (https://imgbb.com/)
Fuck yeah.
Same. Playing punk is the best.
I'm about to have the album mastered
This is a killer pickup swap. I might do a second pickup. Sick on Gold foil.
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was listening to a prog jazz playlist on spotify when I had to stop and see what song and band I was listening to...
it was spanish eddie by the aristocrats off their 2019 album You Know What...?:
http://youtu.be/7DLAMY8e8lQ
I'm sitting there groovin out, thinkin, "damn yeah this is ripping." so I decided to throw on the album that track is on, because if I'm digging it enough to stop and figure out what it is I'm listening to, I want the whole damn piece... lets sweat the album.
lo and behold, this is the opening track:
https://youtu.be/__5sL5iNI00
absoluteeeely shaaaa-reeedddd-innnng. I did a little digging into this band, and it turns out, Guthrie Govan is the guitarist. makes sense.
I'm about halfway through the album and my face has been thoroughly melted several times over.
highly highly highly recomend this album if you're into shredding blues rock, hard rock, and fusion. this is the first thing I've listened to from them and I can't wait to check out their other albums.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzOJL2UVGUw
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzOJL2UVGUw
That was rad. No electric guitar sounds, looks, or feels better than a well-played Tele.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzOJL2UVGUw
That was rad. No electric guitar sounds, looks, or feels better than a well-played Tele.
@manysnakes - Austin Jenkins is a ripper. super talented. he played with White Denim for a few years and then left the band when he and Josh Block (original drummer of WD) discovered Leon Bridges at a club in Austin.
here he is playing a custom tele. some great sounding clean licks:
http://youtu.be/zYREhnsGaAI
the tele really is the perfect guitar. I love the fuzzy *pangs* you can get out of it, if that makes sense. I have never owned one, but even playing my buddy's squire tele felt surperior to other guitars.
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I want a b bender. But I Play it in the G bending position mostly.
Super fun. My favorite guitars are teles and jrs.
I'm thinking about outfitting my Jr with a trapeze tail piece. That way I can have the sympathetic "harp" strings.
I used that bridge part on all my abr1/trapeze guitars before the Jr.. if I had tele I'd just use the headstock. The Jr it's not the best being a 3x3 instead of 6 on a rail or whatever.
I'm going to dump the jelly bean tuners too. They stable but I prefer the feeling of like tulip tuners. I'll probably just go kluson style locking.
The pick up swap really worked out. It's not potted so I can hear everything my hands do. Just like the p90 but no hum and I got the ceramic sound I was looking for.
This kid I grew up near just made the illest fuzz pedal I've ever seen I'm going to get one for the next album.
It's called like the Babi Yar or Baba Yaga fuzz. I think it'd be cool to leave the ole boss peddle I been using since 91 alone for a while. My jhs fuzz face clone was only good for two songs on the last one.
Not enough gain. We used a jhs Japanese (super) fuzz a little. That one was way better for bass.
The Marbehead kids peddle does it all. It doesn't have an external bias tho. I'd have to ad that
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I've got the J Mascis tele. It's the nicest playing guitar I got. I don't know if all tele necks are similar, but the neck feels amazing.
I've been thinking about selling up all my amps and pedals (JCM800, JC120, tonne of pedals) and putting the money into a modeller, fender tone master or line 6 helix or similar. I never really play my amps anymore, never really hook up pedals, but these look like an easy way to get everything in a pretty small box.
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Also no maintenance, no tube replacements, no sticky pots.
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I have never owned one, but even playing my buddy's squire tele felt surperior to other guitars.
I am a Squier-level guitarist, and my only real electric guitar (not counting a $50 thrift store Korean Les Paul copy) is a a bone stock Squier Affinity Tele from 2008 and it's fantastic. My understanding is that the "Classic Vibes" models are even more consistently better. Probably worth checking out.
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I want a b bender. But I Play it in the G bending position mostly.
Super fun. My favorite guitars are teles and jrs.
I'm thinking about outfitting my Jr with a trapeze tail piece. That way I can have the sympathetic "harp" strings.
I used that bridge part on all my abr1/trapeze guitars before the Jr.. if I had tele I'd just use the headstock. The Jr it's not the best being a 3x3 instead of 6 on a rail or whatever.
I'm going to dump the jelly bean tuners too. They stable but I prefer the feeling of like tulip tuners. I'll probably just go kluson style locking.
The pick up swap really worked out. It's not potted so I can hear everything my hands do. Just like the p90 but no hum and I got the ceramic sound I was looking for.
This kid I grew up near just made the illest fuzz pedal I've ever seen I'm going to get one for the next album.
It's called like the Babi Yar or Baba Yaga fuzz. I think it'd be cool to leave the ole boss peddle I been using since 91 alone for a while. My jhs fuzz face clone was only good for two songs on the last one.
Not enough gain. We used a jhs Japanese (super) fuzz a little. That one was way better for bass.
The Marbehead kids peddle does it all. It doesn't have an external bias tho. I'd have to ad that
hey flea, you ever see Jack White's tele? thing is filled with bells and whitles and tones of different benders!
http://youtu.be/BWmY4qpX7vs
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I've got the J Mascis tele. It's the nicest playing guitar I got. I don't know if all tele necks are similar, but the neck feels amazing.
I've been thinking about selling up all my amps and pedals (JCM800, JC120, tonne of pedals) and putting the money into a modeller, fender tone master or line 6 helix or similar. I never really play my amps anymore, never really hook up pedals, but these look like an easy way to get everything in a pretty small box.
I’ve got a Positive Grid Spark 40. I really like having something I can play at low volumes and with earphones. It’s definitely made me play more.
That said, it doesn’t sound anywhere near as full as my Twin and no one is ever going to mistake it for a real JCM 800. I don’t think the bigger solid state combos really do either.
I’d recommend keeping any amps that you’re really attached to and then get something cheaper for when you just want to play around without any fuss. The Spark is ok but you’re really just buying an app that comes with a speaker. I think the THR, and some of the Boss/Roland stuff sounds better if you’re not using headphones.
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I want a b bender. But I Play it in the G bending position mostly.
Super fun. My favorite guitars are teles and jrs.
I'm thinking about outfitting my Jr with a trapeze tail piece. That way I can have the sympathetic "harp" strings.
I used that bridge part on all my abr1/trapeze guitars before the Jr.. if I had tele I'd just use the headstock. The Jr it's not the best being a 3x3 instead of 6 on a rail or whatever.
I'm going to dump the jelly bean tuners too. They stable but I prefer the feeling of like tulip tuners. I'll probably just go kluson style locking.
The pick up swap really worked out. It's not potted so I can hear everything my hands do. Just like the p90 but no hum and I got the ceramic sound I was looking for.
This kid I grew up near just made the illest fuzz pedal I've ever seen I'm going to get one for the next album.
It's called like the Babi Yar or Baba Yaga fuzz. I think it'd be cool to leave the ole boss peddle I been using since 91 alone for a while. My jhs fuzz face clone was only good for two songs on the last one.
Not enough gain. We used a jhs Japanese (super) fuzz a little. That one was way better for bass.
The Marbehead kids peddle does it all. It doesn't have an external bias tho. I'd have to ad that
hey flea, you ever see Jack White's tele? thing is filled with bells and whitles and tones of different benders!
http://youtu.be/BWmY4qpX7vs
im going to check it out rn. i live for the cold mountain soundtrack.
https://youtu.be/64GhejrmPEs
what the cat does most times i practice these days. she was doing the loops for this one its how i know its good. plust the sparkles.
https://youtu.be/_qvBS7rcGSM
def a new one. its made out of part of a song i wrote in high school too
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I have never owned one, but even playing my buddy's squire tele felt surperior to other guitars.
I am a Squier-level guitarist, and my only real electric guitar (not counting a $50 thrift store Korean Les Paul copy) is a a bone stock Squier Affinity Tele from 2008 and it's fantastic. My understanding is that the "Classic Vibes" models are even more consistently better. Probably worth checking out.
My friend demoed a Squier Jazzmaster. The detail on the frets and nut slots is better than my American Performer Stratocaster. Holding that Jazzmaster made me feel ripped off.
The whole, “American-made is best,” argument is pushed by boomers on guitar forums who also complain about the quality of Gibsons. Japanese-made Gretsch guitars felt superior to the ES models I tried that came from Gibson’s Custom Shop. What really matters is the QC of the factories and whether music shops do QC/setups as well.
My GAS for guitars/amps is so much worse than skateboarding. I’m on the fence when it comes to getting a Magnatone Super Fifteen combo. However, my reasons for not getting it is because:
A) They sponsor Ted Nugent, a pedo douchebag.
B) If I wait until I get hired at a music store’s distribution facility, I can get gear at wholesale price.
C) I can do a round trip to England and come back with a Marshall Studio Vintage combo for the same price of buying one in the US.
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I have never owned one, but even playing my buddy's squire tele felt surperior to other guitars.
I am a Squier-level guitarist, and my only real electric guitar (not counting a $50 thrift store Korean Les Paul copy) is a a bone stock Squier Affinity Tele from 2008 and it's fantastic. My understanding is that the "Classic Vibes" models are even more consistently better. Probably worth checking out.
The whole, “American-made is best,” argument is pushed by boomers on guitar forums who also complain about the quality of Gibsons. Japanese-made Gretsch guitars felt superior to the ES models I tried that came from Gibson’s Custom Shop. What really matters is the QC of the factories and whether music shops do QC/setups as well.
With precision CNC machines, it's nearly impossible for the major guitar makers to turn out a shitty solid body electric guitar. Obviously there will be the occasional lemon with a twisted neck or horrible action, but the mean guitar, especially for something like a Fender which was designed from the ground-up by its inventor for assembly line production, is gonna be pretty goddamn good after 70+ years of production, whether the assembly line is in China, Indonesia, Mexico or the US.
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Isn't that a beautiful guitar. I'm pretty sure I'm going to build a strat next. I want a reverse headstock tho. It's better feeling when you gotta tune live and fast.
I want those new round tip tuners too. I'm replacing my Jr jelly beans with them too. It's supposed to be better on your hands. They look really sick.
Be like my updated version of the 1963 classic.
I was inspired when I saw that LTD s1. I was bummed it's extended scale. I play gutter ass rock and roll not new metal
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flea, the tort looks so good with that burgundy...
finally got my hands on a 60s tube sunn head. now to spend another 6 months prowling marketplace and craigslist for a matching 215 cab.....
recent stupid purchase, keeping on the red theme: (https://i.ibb.co/cFS1mh0/unnamed.jpg)
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I got a couple interesting (Japan Exclusive) Fenders, but I really mostly play bass and keys.
I have a solid Warwick bass collection I outta family photo at some point.
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(https://harrysguitarshop.com/cdn/shop/files/yamaha_revstar_rss02t_hot_merlot-3_2048x2048.jpg?v=1682526339)
was testing a few different guitars at guitar walmart today and was shocked they had this same yamaha revstar. this guitar has always looked so good to me, and it played better than I could have imagined. had a lot of power with the help of the double p90s (God tier pickup set up btw,) but it had the playability of a jazz guitar. the price tag was a little steep at +$900, but I know for certain what my next guitar is going to be.
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^I’ve been coveting one of those for a while!
I’ve not found the p90 version in person yet but I will say I’ve noticed some variation in finish for the Revstars I’ve played. A few have been amazing and a few have had sharp frets.
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Those Revstars are so fucking cool. Great to see something which isn't another T-shape or Stratocaster. I haven't played one and I'll probably never buy one, but Yamaha really nailed it with those new guitars. Kind of amazing how good of a guitar maker Yamaha is, when you think about it.
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^I’ve been coveting one of those for a while!
I’ve not found the p90 version in person yet but I will say I’ve noticed some variation in finish for the Revstars I’ve played. A few have been amazing and a few have had sharp frets.
https://reverb.com/p/yamaha-revstar-ii-standard-rss02t?hfid=79803056&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=17683198501&utm_content=campaignid=17683198501_adgroupid=143800496092_productpartitionid=1682313739620=merchantid=5327822858_productid=79803056_keyword=_device=c_adposition=_matchtype=_creative=608998621630&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAivGuBhBEEiwAWiFmYSF6DVsHT0V1JEHlPAbQaSpozYOyQxTyy4oWUXxyEUapOPre2cEDrRoCgwoQAvD_BwE
here's a used one in great shape for $690 - I have found a few used for around the $600 mark, but they are few and far between. most of them, even used, are upwards of $800, and I totally get why.
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I set up outside to play a little bit because the weather has been absolutely stellar, and about 15 minutes in, out of the quarter of my eye, I see a flock of peacocks walking up to me. They sat and chilled for a bit and just watched me. Pretty wild!
https://youtube.com/shorts/tyceXiuAd_I?si=65DmwP7B_DhMLj0R
the guitar is a 1991 Peavey Raptor that I purchased a few weeks ago. I got a STEAL on it... $130 in mint condition. I couldn't say no!
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flea, the tort looks so good with that burgundy...
finally got my hands on a 60s tube sunn head. now to spend another 6 months prowling marketplace and craigslist for a matching 215 cab.....
recent stupid purchase, keeping on the red theme: (https://i.ibb.co/cFS1mh0/unnamed.jpg)
My heart skipped a beat.
This is the instrument of dreams. I have two double necks there. One has a fender b6 bottom and a mandolin top. I wish I could pull them from my mind.
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was testing a few different guitars at guitar walmart today and was shocked they had this same yamaha revstar. this guitar has always looked so good to me, and it played better than I could have imagined. had a lot of power with the help of the double p90s (God tier pickup set up btw,) but it had the playability of a jazz guitar. the price tag was a little steep at +$900, but I know for certain what my next guitar is going to be.
Omg. I love this guitar. The homie had one. I tried to buy it off them but they wasn't down for payments. Lump sum and stat to satisfy their Jones. Was super sad to see
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My band mainly my bass player is wanting me to have more gain.
I disagree but have agreed to change my OD2 out. I'm a little bummed. The od2 has been my main since the very beginning. In 1992 I bought both my first peddles. The other was a Rat. I gave that to the homies in Armpits after they answered the call to back me up at the Democracy Ctr in Cambridge. Was a benefit. So I gave them the peddle after as a sign of respect and a token of my appreciation to Armpits (Boston grindcore punks)
It was the light up A style with the P308 chip that everyone loves
I was wondering if pals could help me with suggestions. I want a decent distortion/fuzz with lots of gain to spare and it would be sick if it had a boost.
(I don't use gates or potted pickups. My preference is to be as microphonic as possible so I can hear all of my hard earned hand tone.
I seen some I like but I can't afford $260. I was just going to get the 5150 OD but the boost is wrong. It needs to be set up like the Jhs At+. Which my band already said not enough gain.
My rig is a Carvin X100 I use the clean channel. It doesn't break up no matter how loud you go. Probably why the angry charlie isn't satisfying my bassist. Peddle would work better for like a 50w situation.
I also use a cocked wah peddle.
I'd just buy a boost but I really do gotta replace that old ass peddle.
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https://youtu.be/G8gFt3rCtb8?si=4oU0nYEiGlxumtOT
This is kinda sick
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https://www.instagram.com/shoneswood?igsh=MWc1ZHRpbG9oM2YxZw==
Check out this cool peddle co from Canada. They use decks to make enclosures. I need something.
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Started playing after my first concussion skating around 15. Stepped away from skating to focus on that, and every band I played in had a board around. Couldn’t escape it. Still have my P bass from back then.
These days it’s just about a small rig and good jam. That Jazzmaster is a Squire, hard to tell.
Lurked this thread for too long. Awesome to see heads with cool taste.
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My band mainly my bass player is wanting me to have more gain.
I disagree but have agreed to change my OD2 out. I'm a little bummed. The od2 has been my main since the very beginning. In 1992 I bought both my first peddles. The other was a Rat. I gave that to the homies in Armpits after they answered the call to back me up at the Democracy Ctr in Cambridge. Was a benefit. So I gave them the peddle after as a sign of respect and a token of my appreciation to Armpits (Boston grindcore punks)
It was the light up A style with the P308 chip that everyone loves
I was wondering if pals could help me with suggestions. I want a decent distortion/fuzz with lots of gain to spare and it would be sick if it had a boost.
(I don't use gates or potted pickups. My preference is to be as microphonic as possible so I can hear all of my hard earned hand tone.
I seen some I like but I can't afford $260. I was just going to get the 5150 OD but the boost is wrong. It needs to be set up like the Jhs At+. Which my band already said not enough gain.
My rig is a Carvin X100 I use the clean channel. It doesn't break up no matter how loud you go. Probably why the angry charlie isn't satisfying my bassist. Peddle would work better for like a 50w situation.
I also use a cocked wah peddle.
I'd just buy a boost but I really do gotta replace that old ass peddle.
What’s your bass player mean by “more gain”? By setup like the JHS AT+, do you mean a dirt pedal with a footswitchable boost?
The cocked wah makes me wonder if maybe you aren’t accidentally notching out some frequencies that are leaving you buried in the mix.
Man, MXR is blowing it by not making the boost footswitchable.
2 options I can think of: 1. EHX Hot Wax. Seems like it’s not uncommon for shops to stock a pretty full EHX lineup, so you might be able to demo. Also cheap used. 2. Stack a Rat or like an Op Amp Muff with the OD2. I’m a vintage and “magic chip” skeptic; there’s plenty of affordable non “vintage” pedals with lm308’s.
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Yeah, the Yamaha Revstars have really brought something fresh to the table! I totally get what you mean about the sea of T-shapes and Stratocasters out there. It's cool to see Yamaha pushing the envelope and adding some new flair to the guitar world. Their knack for crafting quality instruments across the board is pretty impressive, considering they're not just limited to guitars but excel in pianos, drums, and more.
Their attention to detail and quality, even in their more affordable models, really sets a high standard. If you're interested in diving deeper into guitar reviews, you can find here (https://faqaudio.com/) more insights into what makes certain brands stand out. They cover a wide range of music equipment and could offer some valuable perspectives on Yamaha's lineup and beyond.
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Started playing after my first concussion skating around 15. Stepped away from skating to focus on that, and every band I played in had a board around. Couldn’t escape it. Still have my P bass from back then.
These days it’s just about a small rig and good jam. That Jazzmaster is a Squire, hard to tell.
Lurked this thread for too long. Awesome to see heads with cool taste.
I love this fiddle. I'm trying to find a fender body rn. Strat or whatever just not a tele rn. I'm going to paint it Burgundy Mist under Oxblood. My two favorite 60s colours. Hit it with some fine grit sandpaper and expose the BMist.
I've wanted another strar since my Custom G&L got ripped off with all my og stuff.
Super sad times. When my best friend passed all my stuff disappeared. When my next best friend died I got my first pedal back. Then a mutual friend stole it out my room because they wanted something that was used by two dead homies.
That's art life. :-\
I'm so morbid :o anyway you a dope thing there. Another pals got similar. I watch his IG video riffing from time to time.
Very different from what I do but excellent none the less.
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Does any pals have any parts caster parts they could trade or donate to my project?
I have a shockingly good sounding dog ear p90 I was planning on putting on this teli but unfortunately I can't use this body as the person reneged on the trade for my Ibanez bass.
Which is free for pick-up by anyone who wants to start playing bass.
I also have a vintage Epiphone 380? Short scale bass. I was going to convert it to a guitar but I was told it wouldn't work out. Idk if I believe them as I've made a short scale bass out of a guitar before.
Anyway let me know if you're down. I'm offering trade on social media too so hopefully this will take off soon.
I'm a good trader. I always try hard to take care of the people who helped me build my dream feeling instruments.
I'd be down to trade my sick ass Sheridan two from the early 00s but I love it sooooo much more than it's worth. I just don't have a case for it. I wouldn't mind training that for a jag or a mustang.
I'm looking hard for one.
I'd be down to drive as far as like pa for the right trade.
I know it sounds like a lot of work for shit that's not worth more than 600 tops but I'm into it.
Also I feel meeting other underground musicians regardless of genra choice is thebeez kneez. I've had many trading adventures over the last 30 years. I've met two of the awesomest people I've ever known around it.
Unfortunately when I got on real drugs at 20 they did the intelligent thing an cast a drift from the rest of our people. Cuz we was infecting others.
I had the same plan but I could look away from my people of the innermost circle.
And
Now I'm the last one standing I wish to build the perfect anti drug. Infection others with it's freedom.
The guitar and the skateboard are the only things stronger than L.S.-xani-crac-oin. Which I felt like in invented
That is all
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I did find one trade that I almost went for.
I could trade my Episode r0 failed clone by Epiphone. It has the best 700t ceramic pickup I've ever heard but I hate 60s thin necks.
For a Clapton soft v strat neck.
This would be me taking a ugly hit in my opinion as that guitar is worth way more than it's store value because it's abnormally sick for a cheaper LP copy
I just hate the neck carve. I like vintage shapes that fully fill the hand
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My dad exclusively played acoustic guitars his whole life, when he passed away last year I inherited about 8 acoustic guitars but the actual last guitar he ever bought was a Squier HSS strat that he bought about a month before he passed because he wanted to give electric guitar a shot.
As a dominantly bass player, it's the only electric guitar I own (aside from an unidentified 50s' Gretch hollowbody electric that I don't play, needs a lot of work).
So my conundrum is, a part of me wants to hot rod the living fuck out of that Squier. Swap out new pickups, hardware, maybe even the neck. Maybe even custom paint. The other part of me wants to leave it exactly as my father bought it.
Any thoughts on this?
If pro-Hot Rod, any advice on getting the most out of a Squier HSS strat?
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My dad exclusively played acoustic guitars his whole life, when he passed away last year I inherited about 8 acoustic guitars but the actual last guitar he ever bought was a Squier HSS strat that he bought about a month before he passed because he wanted to give electric guitar a shot.
As a dominantly bass player, it's the only electric guitar I own (aside from an unidentified 50s' Gretch hollowbody electric that I don't play, needs a lot of work).
So my conundrum is, a part of me wants to hot rod the living fuck out of that Squier. Swap out new pickups, hardware, maybe even the neck. Maybe even custom paint. The other part of me wants to leave it exactly as my father bought it.
Any thoughts on this?
If pro-Hot Rod, any advice on getting the most out of a Squier HSS strat?
Squire shit is fire. HSS is my second favorite configuration after triple H.
I would consider a nitro finish. Gun oil finish neck.
My dream is to have a burgundy mist under coat with an Oxblood finish.
That Clapton carve soft v neck with a compound radius is always on my mind.
If I can. I plan on collecting as many "cheap" instruments as I can and building customers out of them.
Start Ass Fleas Custom Shop. One of my main influences in this is CCS Kevin.
You ever watched Kevs Creations? I fuckin loved that show.
I led me to imagine what if I could build guitars like crazy shit out of parts that go mostly underappreciated.
I wish I lived out there. I'd definitely ask to work in a wearhouse. Wearhouses are fuckin awesome. Look at all the thoughts I got from Ben Degros ' visit to Baha.
I saw that coping and thought We need a Slap oim or whatever Baha edition finalists get passed over to thrasher koth and the entire trip ends at bust or bail.
I Kno it's not possible but it's a beautiful dream that video gave me.
This is how I dream. I wanna share nice things we go with the word. Especially underappreciated aspects of our art culture.
Even with my band Scumbari. My mindset is what elements from the past of hardcore or other genres are missing in 2024.
It's working. Other musicians mention these tactics. Especially unison bends full bars and triads.
Even my main guitar is doing that. I got an Epiphone Junior and put a Super distortion in it. Best move I've made in decades.
I highly highly highly recommend the BJA Jr as a platform.
I too was a natural born Bassist. If you look at all the instruments of my past you would notice there was very little wear in the highest registers.
The reason was my thumb position was hurting my cause. Now I got that straight it's on.
I even got compared by the producer who just met me to Lesley frickin Buckingham.
I could see that one of the homies in the band wasn't feeling this compliment as he's used to gathering all the highest compliments.
He just went WHO! Peter Green! I was full tripping at that moment.
I fuckin love Peter Green. That's my fuckin guy. He said no the other guy. I went a looked later which I usually wouldn't ever do for fear of influence.
It was fuckin true. I been not believing in myself since 1991
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To be honest I want my Squire Supersonic back. Or my G&L that got stolen.
The Squire Supersonic was one of the best platforms I ever had. Unfortunately a Nazi skinhead smashed that and my drum set in 1995?.
I wasn't there for it as I heard those assholieans was in the house waiting to hear me play.
Fuck that shit. I'm not playing for y'all ever.
I'm glad they hate me
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My dad exclusively played acoustic guitars his whole life, when he passed away last year I inherited about 8 acoustic guitars but the actual last guitar he ever bought was a Squier HSS strat that he bought about a month before he passed because he wanted to give electric guitar a shot.
As a dominantly bass player, it's the only electric guitar I own (aside from an unidentified 50s' Gretch hollowbody electric that I don't play, needs a lot of work).
So my conundrum is, a part of me wants to hot rod the living fuck out of that Squier. Swap out new pickups, hardware, maybe even the neck. Maybe even custom paint. The other part of me wants to leave it exactly as my father bought it.
Any thoughts on this?
If pro-Hot Rod, any advice on getting the most out of a Squier HSS strat?
Rip your father
I would say fix your Gretsch first
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My dad exclusively played acoustic guitars his whole life, when he passed away last year I inherited about 8 acoustic guitars but the actual last guitar he ever bought was a Squier HSS strat that he bought about a month before he passed because he wanted to give electric guitar a shot.
As a dominantly bass player, it's the only electric guitar I own (aside from an unidentified 50s' Gretch hollowbody electric that I don't play, needs a lot of work).
So my conundrum is, a part of me wants to hot rod the living fuck out of that Squier. Swap out new pickups, hardware, maybe even the neck. Maybe even custom paint. The other part of me wants to leave it exactly as my father bought it.
Any thoughts on this?
If pro-Hot Rod, any advice on getting the most out of a Squier HSS strat?
Even my main guitar is doing that. I got an Epiphone Junior and put a Super distortion in it. Best move I've made in decades.
I highly highly highly recommend the BJA Jr as a platform.
The super distortion is a pickup right? What is BJA Jr?
The Gretch belonged to...what is your grandma's brother? Grand uncle?
Anyways, as far as the family knows he bought it new in the 50s' and played it quite a bit throughout his life.
I'd like to get it up and running but I don't wanna beat on it too hard, and it's missing some parts but I'd really like to source the most period correct possible replacements (if not original). My aunt had the tuning pegs replaced at some point and they're just cheap, stratocaster style pegs that don't fit the aesthetic of the guitar at all. Also missing a few knobs and badly in need of a tune-up.
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My reading comprehension is trash.
I too lost my father not long ago. We had a complex relationship. Right before he passed he got me an amp head. It's an original blue voodoo 120. The amp my best friend passed away with.
I always had the cab. Which no lie is the best birch V30 loaded cab I've ever heard.
We all know the bv120 is a middle grade head but it's the personal history involved here that matters . And it fills my heart with joy that he understood that about me. That's what really matters in this storyline.
Rip to our dads yo.
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I been thinking. I wonder what happened to Jake's guitar? I would be very stoked to find out as I'd like to play it. Maybe buy it
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Just popping in to say fuuuuuck Floyd Rose. Picked up a used Dean with the FR bridge system yesterday, turns out I lost/never received one of those tiny ass string locking block inserts. Spend literally 2-3hrs trying to find a small piece of anything that would work, but nothing would keep the string locked in. Ended up having to order a set of 6 off Amazon for $20. And still have no idea how to actually adjust it so the action isn’t high af. Never again.
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Just popping in to say fuuuuuck Floyd Rose. Picked up a used Dean with the FR bridge system yesterday, turns out I lost/never received one of those tiny ass string locking block inserts. Spend literally 2-3hrs trying to find a small piece of anything that would work, but nothing would keep the string locked in. Ended up having to order a set of 6 off Amazon for $20. And still have no idea how to actually adjust it so the action isn’t high af. Never again.
@Coastal Fever - dude! I had the very same thoughts and feelings when I got my jackson with the FR bridge. in fact, I'm pretty sure most first time floyd rose bridge users feel that way. yes, they are extremely frustrating at first, but believe me, once you get it properly set up they are incredible. I had to take mine to a buddy to properly set it up but I'm so glad I did.
http://youtu.be/5e6abfr0Arw
do yourself a favor and take some time to watch this video to properly set it up. do you have a locking nut? after you get everything set up and the strings locked at the nut, you only tune using the tuners on the bridge. do not give up on them!
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Just popping in to say fuuuuuck Floyd Rose. Picked up a used Dean with the FR bridge system yesterday, turns out I lost/never received one of those tiny ass string locking block inserts. Spend literally 2-3hrs trying to find a small piece of anything that would work, but nothing would keep the string locked in. Ended up having to order a set of 6 off Amazon for $20. And still have no idea how to actually adjust it so the action isn’t high af. Never again.
I agree with you. Fuck Floyd. I am able to set um up. Mines made of a few different versions. My Ibanez s is immortal. Also it plays in drop A no prob. It's very short too.
Look up the model and there's videos of trems on YouTube. I was thinking of replacing mine but I don't use a trem in this band. My vibrato is all bends and over the nut wiggles in scumbari. I wanna put a bigsby on my Jr. I'm probably going to trapeze instead. I play below the bridge on a few tunes. Doing that part above the nut is meh. Too far from the pickups. I have no choice playing the Jr now. I don't like my LP copy anymore. I have no case for the semi hollow. It's a bummer.
Check what I got today. $50 alder strat body. Now I just gotta figure out a neck. Prep this shit. I might refinish. I'm stoked that I don't gotta fill the pickup leg spring routes. I'm mounting a pg13 mini humbucker pickup at an angle right into the top. No springs. Evh style. But Paul Gilbert? Mr big.
I'm going to build a traditional 50s style Sss pick guard later. Rn it's about gain. Single humbucker.
I am heading into Texas Blues more and more every day. The end goal would be get a ripping blues band going. Really make it crazy. Like spaz backing SRV. But also SRV backing spazz because it's a split set show.
Blackened single coil crust blues violence. Very heavy on the blues part. Think Freddy King playing for like Infest but more like on the Bluesy side than blasting. I wanna build up to that blast beat like pink Floyd. Make it happen faster. 3 minutes or less.
(https://i.ibb.co/6RchFHm/IMG-20240411-152415-098.jpg) (https://ibb.co/6RchFHm)
Now I gotta find the right neck. It could take years. I hope not. I gotta get what I can. I'm hoping on finding a baseball bat. Maple board quarter sawn whatever neck.
I'll take whatever I can find till I can cop something nice.
I'm starting a guitar shop rn. Trashfire custom shop. Bolt on gold for the poor. I'm gonna hook up a few of my homies who tour and record and get customers like that.
Who made you that crazy partscaster? Trash Fire Customs outa Salem.
Watch me attack this double set Yo.
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Does anyone know anything about Sawtooth Guitars? Specifically, the Sawtooth ST-M24. Its basically a super strat. Maple neck... I found one used (but in mint condition) for $125. Online they range anywhere from $200 - $400, so the price range is a little all over the place.
Does anyone have any experience with these guitars?
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Does anyone know anything about Sawtooth Guitars? Specifically, the Sawtooth ST-M24. Its basically a super strat. Maple neck... I found one used (but in mint condition) for $125. Online they range anywhere from $200 - $400, so the price range is a little all over the place.
Does anyone have any experience with these guitars?
Negative. But maybe we could investigate where theyre making product. You know like we do here at slap about wood shops. Ive been thinking about this a bunch.
Im betting all these Stat copies all comefrom the same hand full of factories. Just like skating.
see the sister blands for comparison
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I decided to pick up a cheap guitar to mess around with:
https://www.fender.com/en-US/gifts-under-250/affinity-series-jazzmaster/0378300566.html
https://www.fender.com/en-US/guitar-amplifiers/contemporary-digital/champion-40/2330300000.html
https://www.guitarcenter.com/ProCo/RAT2-Distortion-Pedal-1274034489691.gc
My 5 year old has a drum set and told me he wants to jam with his dad.
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I decided to pick up a cheap guitar to mess around with:
https://www.fender.com/en-US/gifts-under-250/affinity-series-jazzmaster/0378300566.html
https://www.fender.com/en-US/guitar-amplifiers/contemporary-digital/champion-40/2330300000.html
https://www.guitarcenter.com/ProCo/RAT2-Distortion-Pedal-1274034489691.gc
My 5 year old has a drum set and told me he wants to jam with his dad.
double p-90s is an awesome set up.
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What bridge is on your strat?
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What bridge is on your strat?
It’s a lower end Jazzmaster but it has a strat bridge and tremolo.
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https://www.allparts.com/collections/unfinished-guitar-necks/products/allparts-select-licensed-by-fender%C2%AE-aaa-roasted-flame-maple-vin-mod-replacement-neck-for-stratocaster%C2%AE-unfinished-chunky-c-shape?_pos=1&_fid=040b4836f&_ss=c (https://www.allparts.com/collections/unfinished-guitar-necks/products/allparts-select-licensed-by-fender%C2%AE-aaa-roasted-flame-maple-vin-mod-replacement-neck-for-stratocaster%C2%AE-unfinished-chunky-c-shape?_pos=1&_fid=040b4836f&_ss=c)
hwta do The Pals think?
Is it worth it? What im worried about is figuring wont come out with just oil. Should i go a different way? Im def not risking a Chinese neck.
End up having to buy 4 anyway to get a good one.
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more bass acquisitions, USA G&L L2500, traded my warwick for this thing, perhaps not quite as valuable but better suited my playing style, greater range of tones, and infinitely easier to offload in the future if i am no longer into it. but i am very into it.
dofrenzy that classical guitar is beautiful. i've always wanted a good one, i just have a cheapo to fuck around on.
(https://i.imgur.com/34LaABAl.jpg)
Incredible bass. G&L is one of my favorite brands. I had one as a kid but I didn't watch it good enough. I had no idea what I had.
Idk if anyone like electronics videos here. This is a good one.
https://youtu.be/TB6SvQINfzY?si=M_RN7w-8RxzFm9Qp