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tacodaemon posted:Anyone recognize this guitar? From the trem and the truss rod adjuster I'd guess something Japanese
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Allen Wren posted:No, I'm too busy recoiling in horror at the rest of the photo. anyone else hear michael row your boat ashore and the backmasked "join us" part at the beginning of hell awaits simultaneously?
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Dr. Faustus posted:Hey, you're good. This is how pretty much all of us learn this poo poo. By setting out bravely to attempt something we haven't done before, loving it up somewhere between "moderately" and "beyond repair," then backtracking and figuring out what we did wrong. Well, it seemed to work - the first one I did didn't hum much and when I took it back apart (too much space between pole pieces and cover caused issues - too little output, too tall a pickup, doing something else with it now) the wax had encased it solidly, so I think it worked. I did some other pickups that were already microphonic, I've installed one of them so we'll see how it goes tomorrow - it's still working fine and didn't make noise when I turned it fairly loud but it's late so I can't really crank it. Will definitely get a larger container and a thermometer next time. Being in Australia kinda sucks for a lot of this stuff - I've never seen paraffin wax in a supermarket though I might not be looking hard enough, and of course there aren't any large pickup manufacturers here so potting means getting a luthier to do it, which is a bit more than the $10-25 you guys get charged. Still, the mixture and setup I used worked nicely and I've got plenty left, just gotta tweak it a bit.
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Nov 29, 2014 15:12
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Stux posted:this is from a few pages back but yo compression isn't very complicated guys Compression is awesome for slide guitar. Glass slide + humbucker guitar + compression + fender amp on the verge of breakup = you can sound just like Derek Trucks.
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Nov 29, 2014 19:32
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Lol, I want to be offended so badly for so many different reasons.
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Nov 30, 2014 00:26
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Dirt posted:you can sound just like Derek Trucks. you can, but why would anyone want to
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Nov 30, 2014 03:25
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comes along bort posted:you can, but why would anyone want to I've run into a few people trying their best to sound just like him  He's pretty good, but totally trying to be another guitar player is pretty lame, see: 50 year dudes pretending to be SRV.
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Nov 30, 2014 03:49
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Oh Craigslist, you're the best.
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Nov 30, 2014 03:51
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Dirt posted:He's pretty good, but totally trying to be another guitar player is pretty lame, see: 50 year dudes pretending to be SRV. Don't crush the hopes of bluesdads everywhere.
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Nov 30, 2014 04:00
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pointlessone posted:Oh Craigslist, you're the best. Sorta looks like a sad cyclops.
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Dirt posted:Sorta looks like a sad cyclops. I was just pointing out the "Needs Tuning", but now that you mention it, it really does.
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Nov 30, 2014 05:34
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Hate the Agile headstock? Well don't worry it's been fixed to look worse!
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crashdome posted:Speaking of craigslist.... swirl paint jobs look dumb but the process is kinda neat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-QzJxVXb8k
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Nov 30, 2014 07:03
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booshi posted:Hate the Agile headstock? Well don't worry it's been fixed to look worse! Christ. The agile headstock is kinda dorky, but that looks like he took it outside, and scraped it on the sidewalk for a couple of hours.
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crashdome posted:Speaking of craigslist.... I've been in this thread long enough that I'm basically inured to this sort of thing...except that red pickup. It doesn't match at all and it's so obvious right in the middle of the thing. Ugly. booshi posted:Hate the Agile headstock? Well don't worry it's been fixed to look worse! Jesus, even I could do a better job than that.
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Allen Wren posted:I've been in this thread long enough that I'm basically inured to this sort of thing...except that red pickup. It doesn't match at all and it's so obvious right in the middle of the thing. Ugly. That's the problem with anything plastic. Best go wood. http://reedjamescustom.com/id10.html quote:that produces the true vintage balls and tone that you are looking for Balls AND Tone
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crashdome posted:That's the problem with anything plastic. Naaaah this is the way to get balls into your playing:  (If by "balls" you mean spiky high frequency emphasis, sure) btw that pedal is huge, about the size of 2 Boss pedals, with the stomp switch inside. Brilliant
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Nov 30, 2014 09:13
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the braided belt really sets off the ensemble
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Allen Wren posted:
That goddamn rules.
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Nov 30, 2014 10:41
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Allen Wren posted:
lol are you serious thats loving terrible just everything in that picture is entirely terrible in every single way there is nothing redeeming about it
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Nov 30, 2014 14:38
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Stux posted:lol are you serious thats loving terrible just everything in that picture is entirely terrible in every single way there is nothing redeeming about it He DOES have only 4 strings, so he dodged a bullet there.
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Nov 30, 2014 14:55
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crashdome posted:Balls AND Tone My Vagina guitar has true vagina balls
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Nov 30, 2014 14:57
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Stux posted:lol are you serious thats loving terrible just everything in that picture is entirely terrible in every single way there is nothing redeeming about it I meant the bass, but, yeah, Jah Wobble apparently can't dress himself.
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Nov 30, 2014 23:08
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Allen Wren posted:I meant the bass, but, yeah, Jah Wobble apparently can't dress himself. ovation electrics are always super weird. like someone described what a guitar is over the phone to someone else and the other person made one. that being said i don't really hate that one, its just goofy but in an endearing way. i like that bridge tho.
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Nov 30, 2014 23:53
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Allen Wren posted:
Saving grace for this guy is that at least it's a 4string
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Sockington posted:He DOES have only 4 strings, so he dodged a bullet there. Spanish Manlove posted:Saving grace for this guy is that at least it's a 4string  I bet it would be pretty comfortable sitting down though. The knee hump would certainly bring the neck in a little bit.
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Allen Wren posted:I've been in this thread long enough that I'm basically inured to this sort of thing...except that red pickup. It doesn't match at all and it's so obvious right in the middle of the thing. Ugly. It's basically like the guy went for balls out neon glory and then was was like "poo poo, this thing has three pickup routes? Lemme head over to Best Buy."
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Sockington posted:
Oh I didn't give a poo poo about the bass, I'm laughing at Rex Tannen, Attorney at Funk over here.
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booshi posted:Hate the Agile headstock? Well don't worry it's been fixed to look worse! "This headstock is ugly, and the only tool I have is a hacksaw. Hm...." Chrpno posted:Naaaah this is the way to get balls into your playing: Allen Wren posted:
fake edit: lol is his name actually jah wobble? christ. BTW Faustus, I had to redo the potting today as I redesigned the pickup I was working on for the bass (more on that later), used a tuna tin this time and more securely done masking tape, and had a much easier time keeping the thing filled with wax (only issue was the wax contracting as it cooled, but that's still a lot better than last time. Ended up redoing the other two pickups as well, seeing as the one I'm actually using was still microphonic (albeit less so than before). Haven't reinstalled them yet (the wax on the latter two seems to have absorbed some of the tape's adhesive or something so it's difficult to remove without damaging their fairly delicate finish more than I already have), so we'll see if it's made a difference. Thanks again for the pointers.
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Nostalgic Pushead posted:I hate it, but were someone else playing it, then I might like it.
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Nostalgic Pushead posted:BTW Faustus, I had to redo the potting today as I redesigned the pickup I was working on for the bass (more on that later), used a tuna tin this time and more securely done masking tape, and had a much easier time keeping the thing filled with wax (only issue was the wax contracting as it cooled, but that's still a lot better than last time. Ended up redoing the other two pickups as well, seeing as the one I'm actually using was still microphonic (albeit less so than before). Haven't reinstalled them yet (the wax on the latter two seems to have absorbed some of the tape's adhesive or something so it's difficult to remove without damaging their fairly delicate finish more than I already have), so we'll see if it's made a difference. Thanks again for the pointers. I really didn't do anything but parrot what was in that article, anyway. Good luck!
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Spanish Manlove posted:Saving grace for this guy is that at least it's a 4string Also I mean that's loving Jah Wobble so he can dress however the gently caress he wants as far as I'm concerned e: Nostalgic Pushead posted:fake edit: lol is his name actually jah wobble? christ. Oh god I'm so oooooooooold tacodaemon fucked around with this message at 04:39 on Dec 1, 2014 |
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Ok now I wanna hear some of the most fucktarded stage names, because I wonder if the dadrock area can surpass "count grishnak" or corpsegrinder
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i think jah wobble's bass is cool and good but only if it is the kind of bass that comes very very cheap
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Dirt posted:Compression is awesome for slide guitar. Compressors just seem to be a way to limit guitar sound. Kind of drop it back in the mix. If I was gonna play some Genesis or something my rig is too growly and open sounding so I'd have to use another amp or just limit the sound. Spanish Manlove posted:Ok now I wanna hear some of the most fucktarded stage names, because I wonder if the dadrock area can surpass "count grishnak" or corpsegrinder I know at least Some of you remember Guy MannDude
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It reminds me of the Guild S-200 that Muddy Waters played.
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Wobble's lines are so massive he can wear whatever Salvation Army poo poo he finds in dumpsters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmoVIKDlZS8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70ZO1vK24G8
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ZombieParts posted:Compressors just seem to be a way to limit guitar sound. Kind of drop it back in the mix. If I was gonna play some Genesis or something my rig is too growly and open sounding so I'd have to use another amp or just limit the sound. compressors just "squash" the sound to different extents. they either reduce the gain of louder sounds in order to smooth out the overall volume, or raise the gain of quieter sounds for the same effect. the former is the most common type. it depends on the particular settings of the unit you are using, but the standard setup is a threshold control, which sets the threshold in dB at which the compressor kicks in, followed by a ratio which determines how much the gain is reduced by once the amplitude is over the threshold. usually ratio will go from 1:1 (i.e., nothing) to infinite:1 (which is in reality just a very high ratio such as 60:1). so what happens then is say you have the ratio set to 5:1, if the signal is 5db louder than the threshold, it will be reduced to only 1db over. if its 10db louder it will be reduced to 2db over threshold and so on. at the "infinite" ratio setting, signal will not be allowed to go over the threshold level (aka it is acting as a limiter at this point). you then will also usually get an attack and release setting which works the same as in ADSR controls on synths and similar, so here attack generally means the time it takes from a signal going over the threshold to reduce by a certain amount (differs from device to device). generally its by enough that for most uses its until the signal is reduced to full compression, but in some cases that won't be true. an attack of 0ms will make it kick in straight away but will mean you lose transients so can soften or deaden pick attack, or on drums etc the initial punch of the drum hit. release is the opposite, how long after the signal stops overrunning the threshold until the gain is restored by the same amount. these need to be set carefully and based on the material, a long release can be problematic for example if what you are playing goes from loud to soft quickly, the start of the soft part will still be under some amount of gain reduction and will lose its punch and may sound like its swelling slightly. so yeah, they can be used to simply limit, but are a lot more flexible than that. only went on a big explanation as it seems a lot of musicians without a production/whatever background don't quite understand the details of compression and it can be a very useful tool once you know what it does and what you can use it for. doesn't help that a lot of compressor pedals either lack many options (usually attack and release are hard set, sometimes even ratio is) or don't label them properly
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