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Noise Machine posted:Girlfriend saw we were doing errands right by a Guitar Center. She suggest I go in and try a few acoustic guitars since I've never had a real one. (I had an ovation for about 2-3 years, it wasn't a real acoustic...) about an hour later I walk out of the store with this: I love my LXM so much. Cheap, loud, decent low end, and since it's basically all plastic you don't need to worry about banging it around at the beach or whatever.
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Jun 9, 2013 23:54
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http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/3863486072.html But I don't HAVE $200! 
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Jun 11, 2013 15:51
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DEUCE SLUICE posted:I love my LXM so much. Cheap, loud, decent low end, and since it's basically all plastic you don't need to worry about banging it around at the beach or whatever. I restrung it last night with John Pearson strings and I really like the sound out of it now. It sounded better than a lot of the full-size guitars I was trying in that price range too. I call it "The Formica Guitar" now.
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Jun 11, 2013 18:08
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Cross posting from the bass thread: New bass day- foraying back into both a 6 string (first time in 10 years) and a fretted (first time in...much longer), got it for a song. Upgraded Barts+preamp, plays incredibly well, sounds great- still think that my fretless will be primary (Lakland 55-02 5) but enjoying it thusfar 
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Jun 12, 2013 05:38
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Finally got my guitar hanger put up. The spacing of the studs in my modular home made it a weird fit on the wall for hangers alone, so I had to get creative. I had room on the mounting board for a fourth hanger but that's a bass guitar and I was afraid it would be too heavy. After putting it all up I'm not so sure, the mounting is pretty rock solid and holds all the guitars easily. More pics and a description can be found here.  7.62WorldOrder fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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Jun 14, 2013 03:22
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Re-post from the PYF Recent Purchases thread because I almost forgot this thread existed for a hot second (haven't bought any new gear in a few months  ):Fender Mustang 1 20w Amp  Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive Pedal  Honestly, I wasn't even going to get the amp. I went to Guitar Center with a bag of gear to trade in and I was just expecting to walk out with a new overdrive pedal. But then when I saw the amount of credit I got, the 10% off I'd get on the highest-priced item when trading in towards it and how cheap these 2 were together, I couldn't resist. It was much needed anyway, because I didn't already own an amp. I was just playing through studio monitors connected to an audio interface before. I'm having lots of fun with it already 
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Jun 14, 2013 03:26
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7.62WorldOrder posted:Finally got my guitar hanger put up. The spacing of the studs in my modular home made it a weird fit on the wall for hangers alone, so I had to get creative. I had room on the mounting board for a fourth hanger but that's a bass guitar and I was afraid it would be too heavy. After putting it all up I'm not so sure, the mounting is pretty rock solid and holds all the guitars easily. More pics and a description can be found here. I've been playing music for 20 years now and seeing a left-handed guitar still makes my head explode.
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Jun 14, 2013 14:37
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A left-handed Les Paul just looks so...wrong Mind you, if I had the choice between Left handed or no Les Paul, I'd still rock it.
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Jun 14, 2013 15:48
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Legit lefty Standard Les Pauls are ridiculous in price ($3,700 new from Musician's Friend), especially for the horror stories I hear about Gibson's QA these days. Have to settle for the Agile, but it's a good guitar for the price ($400).
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Jun 14, 2013 18:07
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Gibson's QC isn't any more or less awful, really. I've had my hands on maybe a dozen new Gibsons in the past few months and all were great.
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Jun 14, 2013 18:28
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gently caress yeah lefties
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Jun 14, 2013 18:55
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Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:Gibson's QC isn't any more or less awful, really. I've had my hands on maybe a dozen new Gibsons in the past few months and all were great. I can never actually put my hands on a lefty Gibson Les Paul to verify the quality for myself, I've never even seen a music store with one in stock. Most stores usually carry a tiny section of bottom-dollar lefties in either red or black only, then complain that they're not selling (because lefties don't want crap either) and remove them from inventory.
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Jun 14, 2013 20:57
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 One on the bottom. Been waiting to get a hardware sampler since I was about 10 years old, and finally found a good quality, full expanded (except for the FX unit) Akai S3000XL on ebay for a pretty decent price considering how expensive music equipment goes for in my country. LCD is a bit dark but you'd have to expect from a 17-18 year old, 2nd hand studio gear. Currently figuring out the perfect FX chain to run from it (so far just have a mini kaoss pad and a Roland Space Echo (Guitar pedal version), considering getting a few Boss Delay and Distortion pedals though) until I expand the FX. However since I've been using DAW's for years and years with no real access to hardware I'm still sort of finding my feet, much prefer this flow to everything being on one LCD screen though.
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Jun 15, 2013 07:17
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7.62WorldOrder posted:I can never actually put my hands on a lefty Gibson Les Paul to verify the quality for myself, I've never even seen a music store with one in stock. Most stores usually carry a tiny section of bottom-dollar lefties in either red or black only, then complain that they're not selling (because lefties don't want crap either) and remove them from inventory. I think they're overall of slightly higher quality than the average, we've both chalked it up to their being more out of the ordinary so they get a little more attention paid to them during manufacture.
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Jun 15, 2013 07:44
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 Babby's first stratocaster. Or, well, I had a Squier Hello Kitty strat for a while 6 years ago, but I don't think it counts. Bought this from a buddy of mine and the exact model eludes me at the moment. It's awesome, though.
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Jun 15, 2013 13:45
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EndoplasmicReticle posted:
Fit it with one of these CF upgrade-kits. It combines the best of two worlds and it makes swapping samples between different devices so much easier.
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Jun 15, 2013 14:28
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tehschulman posted:gently caress yeah lefties Hell, I'm left handed and still can't wrap my head around actually trying to play left handed, it just feels so wrong.
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Jun 15, 2013 15:28
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Studebaker Hawk posted:Cross posting from the bass thread: 6 string bass power hour?   Sorry for the badly saturated picture, my camera is getting up there in years! I've had this bass for a little while now, but it's my most recent purchase so it still counts. I had never used a 6 string bass before this one, but I had dabbed in 5 strings a few times. I started hanging out with some funk/jazz dudes recently and they recommended me to try and start playing a 6 string bass. I went with this Peavey Grind Bass because I had played the 5 string equivilant of it before and I really liked it (I also love their amps). I have to say this thing is pretty drat good, especially for the price. I had to adjust the action quite a bit and one of the knobs came loose right out of the package and had to be re-tightened, but other than that it's a great bass. The sound is great all across the board (heh) and the whole construction feels very solid. I've had this thing for about two months now and I don't think I can ever go back to playing 4 string basses because they now feel like skinny playthings in my hand.
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Jun 15, 2013 15:43
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Sjoewe posted:Fit it with one of these CF upgrade-kits. Would these work in an older MPC as well?
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Jun 15, 2013 17:18
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DrChu posted:Would these work in an older MPC as well? The guy running the website is really helpful, just shoot him an email and he'll tell you if/what kit there's available for your model. If anyone's interested, I have a box full of old SCSI gear compatible to old AKAI hardware, including a ZIP-drive, a CD-RW, cables etc, I'm willing to give away to anyone that'll pay for the shipping costs.
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Jun 15, 2013 18:02
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Which old Akai hardware?
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Jun 15, 2013 20:23
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Tried and tested on my S5000, but it should work with any AKAI device with a SCSI-port.
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Jun 16, 2013 01:56
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Sjoewe posted:Fit it with one of these CF upgrade-kits. Yeah I've actually been thinking about that, although I may end up just connecting an old SCSI hard drive or something to the back port, haven't entirely looked into it yet. Compact flash would probably be a lot quieter and easier to access, though. Thanks for the link!
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Jun 17, 2013 05:25
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From the guitar thread. I got a free Silvertone and it still plays fairly well. 
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Jun 17, 2013 16:37
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Hey, add a pic of the zero fret, would you?
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Jun 17, 2013 18:05
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Warcabbit posted:Hey, add a pic of the zero fret, would you? Just for you   
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Jun 17, 2013 18:25
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Serious question. How do you play open chords on something with a zero fret? Does it work?
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Jun 17, 2013 18:48
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Warcabbit posted:Serious question. How do you play open chords on something with a zero fret? Does it work? One way to look at it is a standard nut has 2 jobs: securing the string from side to side movement and setting height for open strings. A guitar with a zero fret just separates those jobs; the nut prevents lateral motion and the zero fret sets string height.
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Jun 17, 2013 18:57
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Except that nut looks higher than the zero fret so it looks like it's setting string height too.
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Jun 17, 2013 19:41
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nrr posted:Except that nut looks higher than the zero fret so it looks like it's setting string height too. You should have seen it before.  Believe me, you can tell when the nut is holding the string height over the middle fret. It produces quite a distinct "double note" kind of buzz. I need to file the small E string some more because it's the only one that still does it.
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Jun 17, 2013 19:48
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nrr posted:Except that nut looks higher than the zero fret so it looks like it's setting string height too. If that's the case then I'm assuming there are some intonation issues as a result, since the distance between nut and first fret is longer than the distance between zero fret and first fret (which would be the same as between nut and first fret on a standard guitar). I think that's also the main knock against zero frets in general, as the zero fret will wear quickly and cause buzzing, etc.
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Jun 17, 2013 19:49
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Yeah, I was thinking 'if that works how I think it does, we're talking a recipe for serious string buzz.' Still, could be interesting to try it on a guitar with stainless frets. What's the _advantage_ of one?
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Jun 17, 2013 20:55
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Reduced production cost is really the only advantage.
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Jun 17, 2013 23:38
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JD posted:Reduced production cost is really the only advantage. No, some would say the tone is more consistent, since open strings would sound more like fretted strings, i.e. both resting on a fret. I personally think this would only be noticeable when you're playing bass and have a pretty clanky tone but it takes all kinds.
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Jun 18, 2013 04:19
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My 2012 SG Special Faded arrived today.qc5BRtkRJh50g~~60_57.JPG) Used, $550 total and in excellent condition with the plastic still applied. By excellent condition, I mean loving mint. I just spent the last two hours giving it a serious thrashing and my only issue with it so far is that it makes me want to sell the rest of my guitars. It's gonna be tough locking her away so I can get some studying done. e; And apparently it has managed to transcend our plane of reality through interdimensional travel because it just popped back up on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-SG-Special-Faded-Worn-Brown-Electric-Guitar-w-bag-/370837177799?pt=Guitar&hash=item56579e45c7 treat fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Jun 18, 2013 |
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Jun 18, 2013 06:29
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JD posted:Reduced production cost is really the only advantage. You can use any gauge of strings you want without needing to file the nut, as the zero fret sets the string height correctly. You can also avoid the strings binding in the nut when tuning causing "jumps" in pitch.
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Jun 18, 2013 14:32
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treat posted:My 2012 SG Special Faded arrived today. That's a rad guitar man. I've been spending a lot of time with my SG Firebrand lately and I think an SG might be the most comfortable design of any guitar I've played. They're so fun to play and they sound amazing with any amount of gain from light overdrive to walls of sludge.
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Kilometers Davis posted:That's a rad guitar man. I've been spending a lot of time with my SG Firebrand lately and I think an SG might be the most comfortable design of any guitar I've played. They're so fun to play and they sound amazing with any amount of gain from light overdrive to walls of sludge.
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