|
Welp, I go on the piss to gawp at some fireworks and now everyone is discussing the difference between a JEM and an RG or something.    IronLawnmower posted:I assume that involves twisting the screw thingies on the bridge? How will I know I've done it and not hosed myself over? The guy doing the video is a bag of fun but this will give you the basic idea; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucbklsRmbjM This gives a good overview, just DON'T TOUCH THE loving TRUSS ROD UNLESS YOU HAVE A REALLY BAD FORWARD BOW. If you need to adjust it, give it a quarter turn, wait a minute, then lay something flat on the top to check, repeat until it's straight. http://doughnutmag.com/tutorials/music-production/lower-the-action-tune-o-matic-bridge-adjustment/ Let me know how you get on! E: If you don't want to risk marking the bridge with the screw-driver, put a bit of paper or an old t-shirt over the slot before you stick the screwdriver in. iostream.h posted:gently caress yes gently caress YES. Easily do-able, literally just waiting for my friend to finish the "Cthulu rising out the toilet whilst Slenderman looks on disapprovingly" picture and it'll be good to go. Pantomime Horse posted:I read this thread. In bits and pieces, I read this whole thread. I regret the time I've spent here, except for whoever posted the wangcaster way back when because that was amazing and the eventual promise of a completed goontar (WDE I respect what you do). I might end up buying a mandolin kit for myself at some point, if I do I'll let the thread know so you can help me make it pretty. Saying that, I should be able to start the true goontar soon..... Barnaby Rudge fucked around with this message at 12:29 on Nov 8, 2014 |
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 12:10
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 18, 2024 02:51 |
|
|
Blackened hardcore is a good core. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HhuCyd3nqA
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 12:46
|
|
|
White Dog Eggs posted:I might end up buying a mandolin kit for myself at some point, if I do I'll let the thread know so you can help me make it pretty. Do what I did and get mad hipster cred by cutting your pick guard out of an old serving tray.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 14:10
|
|
|
on a facebook group for lefthanded guitarists, some guy has just very proudly posted his Jem's new trem so dear thread, is this an improvement y/n
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 15:21
|
|
|
Fair Hallion posted:on a facebook group for lefthanded guitarists, some guy has just very proudly posted his Jem's new trem Looks like a serving tray. That unused floyd-rose routing could be filled with dip.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 15:30
|
|
|
My guitar has a pretty boss pattern on it. It's actually dried blood where the string snapped and sliced two of my fingers. I find blood gives the guitar that special terroir that you can't get from non bled upon instruments.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 15:42
|
|
|
unused monkey grip could be filled with my diiiiiick 
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 16:31
|
|
|
Fair Hallion posted:on a facebook group for lefthanded guitarists, some guy has just very proudly posted his Jem's new trem that looks like loving poo poo with those gold vines like that
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 16:41
|
|
|
What's going on with those frets?
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 16:46
|
|
|
Tsaedje posted:What's going on with those frets? I didn't notice that at first, but I think those four or so frets are scalloped.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 16:47
|
|
|
Tsaedje posted:What's going on with those frets? Jems scallop from fret 15 or something. I thought it was 12 but I dunno i guess.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 16:54
|
|
|
21-24 are scalloped and i like the vine pattern on it
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 17:02
|
|
|
Ibanez RG JEM 
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 17:04
|
|
|
I had a warlock that had stickers all over it. my favorite was jessica rabbit
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 17:09
|
|
|
 
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 17:45
|
|
|
holy crap i didn't realise this was the goontar thread, the new title was keeping me the hell away anyway just stopping by to say that tom waits is overrated garbage k bye
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 17:46
|
|
|
El Estrago Bonito posted:The best part about this photo is that it's responsible for getting Joe Perry back his guitar that he pawned for drug money. Perry pawned the guitar when he was super on the rocks and broke and it passed between a lot of owners and he lost track of it, then when he got less spun out and Aerosmith was popular again he tried in vain for years to figure out what had happened to the guitar. Then after a while his buddy picked up a magazine and saw that photo which apparently has the guitar in it. He tried to convince Slash to let him buy it back but he wouldn't sell it to him and Perry thought he was being a dick but then it turned out he just wanted to give it to him for his birthday. that's pretty  slash seems like an alright guy. apparently when he was in guns n roses he used their tours as an excuse to go to famous museums to look at dinosaur exhibits all day
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 17:58
|
|
|
gently caress, I was going to post the same thing. Amazing.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 19:13
|
|
|
haha totally forgot vai actually gave him that jem and signed it
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 19:52
|
|
|
As someone mentioned Toxic Holocaust, I'd like to take a moment to say Joel Grind is an absolute arrogant bellend in person.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 20:10
|
|
|
NonzeroCircle posted:As someone mentioned Toxic Holocaust, I'd like to take a moment to say Joel Grind is an absolute arrogant bellend in person. You can't just say that and not tell us the whole story dude.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 20:11
|
|
|
Maybe he was having a bad day, maybe he was high, who knows, but I saw them twice (first time supporting Municipal Waste, second was with Skeletonwitch, both shows at The White Rabbit in Plymouth) and after the first show he was at the bar; "Hey that was a good set, I enjoyed it" "Whatever" -walks away- Second time was a couple years later, he was stood by the merch stand, not really doing much. "Hi, looking forward to your set, saw you last time you were here and it was great" "Whatever. I'm going backstage." -whilst walking away from me- I was gonna get a CD but as he walked off before I even got chance to do that I decided gently caress it, he ain't getting the money.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 20:41
|
|
|
White Dog Eggs posted:Looks like a serving tray. That unused floyd-rose routing could be filled with dip. holy poo poo guys you are not going to believe this for a coincidence - for real - I was in a second-hand shop earlier today, and I found a Jem. And it coincidentally didn't have a Floyd Rose either, just a standard sorta strat trem, like that white one above. BRB gonna go get the pic off my phone
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 22:20
|
|
|
should I have bought it ??  
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 22:24
|
|
|
I'll admit, I'm impressed by how much detail went into that toy looking accurate (aside from the tuner plate thing).
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 22:48
|
|
|
Fair Hallion posted:should I have bought it ?? Yes. NonzeroCircle posted:As someone mentioned Toxic Holocaust, I'd like to take a moment to say Joel Grind is an absolute arrogant bellend in person. Really? I know someone who met him and he was a cool dude. Even got a photo with him. W424 posted:Blackened hardcore is a good core. Blackened x is a good x. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPql1YNO_FM OT:Am I alone in finding telecasters kinda ugly? They look kinda shapeless and blobby.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 22:49
|
|
|
Fair Hallion posted:should I have bought it ?? It's even streamlined! Pickup switches are for indecisive people, and that's just not metal.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 22:49
|
|
|
Fair Hallion posted:should I have bought it ?? way better than an rg. i'd pay $3k.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 23:05
|
|
|
I hope Faustus surprises us with a real jem with this paint job as his next purchase
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 23:11
|
|
|
Fair Hallion posted:on a facebook group for lefthanded guitarists, some guy has just very proudly posted his Jem's new trem Why is there a chunk missing from the rear end?
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 23:15
|
|
|
Fair Hallion posted:should I have bought it ?? Yes x 1,000,000. A true JEM. Sire Oblivion posted:Why is there a chunk missing from the rear end? Tone chamber/ashtray.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 23:18
|
|
|
umalt posted:I'll admit, I'm impressed by how much detail went into that toy looking accurate (aside from the tuner plate thing). it actually had real guitar strings on it too, metal wound strings. And small turnable tuners. I didn't investigate it's workings much beyond that, it was seriously manky e- yeah the trem is actually really detailed, but it was just all one molded plastic piece Fair Hallion fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Nov 8, 2014 |
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 23:19
|
|
|
unlawfulsoup posted:Tone chamber/ashtray. Make sense, how much better does it sound with it? I'm thinking 10x.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 23:20
|
|
|
Fair Hallion posted:should I have bought it ?? ooh that would go well with my new Miley wallpaper
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 23:20
|
|
|
Sire Oblivion posted:Why is there a chunk missing from the rear end?
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 23:21
|
|
|
Sire Oblivion posted:Make sense, how much better does it sound with it? I'm thinking 10x. Tone is hard to quantify is traditional simplistic mathematical terms. Think a decaClapton of extra tone.
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 23:24
|
|
|
gently caress tone. It means nothing if you don't loop your cable through the strap to avoid situations like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW44f5JYtnU
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2014 23:41
|
|
|
IronLawnmower's guide to achieving maximum toan: Your guitar MUST be build from 90000 year old maple be held together with only the finest Gibson® ToneGlue™. Pickups handwound in England by Tony Iommi held at gunpoint by the ghost of BB King and with a chunk of bone taken from the body of Jimi Hendrix as the cover. The neck is of course made from wood of the coffin of Hendrix. Strings can only be Ernie Ball any other brand is Tonewa and forbidden. Infuse the paint with blood from Eric Clapton and SRV and cut a handle into it to allow for more tone as needed. Edit: I just found this loving thing  If EVA02 was a guitar. IronLawnmower fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Nov 9, 2014 |
|
#
?
Nov 9, 2014 00:14
|
|
|
Fair Hallion posted:should I have bought it ?? not gunna lie, if it's possible to get just the bit of plastic covering the tuning pegs i kinda want that on my guitar because getting my hair caught in them is not an uncommon occurrence when playing gigs
|
|
#
?
Nov 9, 2014 00:45
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 18, 2024 02:51 |
|
|
IronLawnmower posted:I just found this loving thing 
|
|
#
?
Nov 9, 2014 01:14
|
|
