Guitar Thread

[JB]

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.

[beandemon]

I got nuthin’. Just giving this thread a poke.

[animalflesh]

I’ll bump again



Felt like recording another video

[skateboardnorth]

https://mcnellypickups.com/collections/humbucker-pickups/products/prisma-skate-stagger-swagger

These pickups that have skateboardply covers

[Andmoreagain]

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.

[beandemon]

I’ll bump again



Felt like recording another video

Nice!  Rig rundown? 

[skateboardnorth]

I’ll bump again



Felt like recording another video

Thanks for sharing man!  Makes me want to go jam along with some songs.

[Banned from the room]

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.



If I have any money left after I pay this security deposit I’m going to do this.

[Frank]

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.



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.

[HeavyAndExpensive]

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.

[TranquilElephant]

Just got this guy today, I’m stoked

[DaleSr]

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

[Jean-Ralphio Zaperstein]

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

[JB]

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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

[close]

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

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?

[DaleSr]

Nothing really intense. My friend and i are making vaguely "indie rock" stuff, i just want to get my skills up

[thanksgiving]

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.

[Brguy]

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

[close]

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

[close]

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.

[Banned from the room]

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.

[Banned from the room]

Correction

I need to figure this out with Pals

[Sila]

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

[close]

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

[close]

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?

[close]

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.

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

[Andmoreagain]

flea, just pull the tubes and buy the same ones

[Uh Oh]

^^ This, but that being said…



Looks like four 6L6 tubes and 3 12AX7 preamp tubes

[live, laugh, love]

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.

[Brguy]

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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

[close]

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

[close]

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?

[close]

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.

[close]

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.

[Banned from the room]

flea, just pull the tubes and buy the same ones
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^^ This, but that being said…



Looks like four 6L6 tubes and 3 12AX7 preamp tubes

[close]

Werd. Thanks

[rukes]

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?

[ungzilla]

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.

[Andmoreagain]

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

[Uh Oh]

^ 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.

[DaleSr]

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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