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Warcabbit posted:http://www.guitarfetish.com/Slick-SL50-Aged-Surf-Green-Dual-Telecaster-Pickups_p_13638.html Do you have any experience with this line of tele-likes? I've been reading into them a bit and I'm reading that "some" fender parts won't fit on it. Does that mean like I can't but a tele neck on it? Or does that mean the pickups? The chances that I'm ever going to swap them are slim, I'm not gigging or anything and probably never will, I'm just curious.
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Well, Sockington put a Squier JM neck on his offset he got from them, then decided to put it back on the JM. My best answer is 'it gets complicated because I think American and MIM necks aren't quite the same'. There's also MIM and Standard and Classic tele bridges, some with three screws and some with four, some with metric spacing and some with standard. So, yes, some parts won't fit, but others will, but it's no worse than any other tele.
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Feb 25, 2015 16:48
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Warcabbit posted:Well, Sockington put a Squier JM neck on his offset he got from them, then decided to put it back on the JM. Sorta. I had a JM neck for another project that never panned out. I stuck it on the GFS Telemaster body to try out the offset shape. The GFS neck had horrible fret work so I never used it. Dug the body style, but wasn't a huge fan of having ANOTHER hard tail (would have made 4 total), so I ordered up a Modern Player body to get the TOM bridge and the original trem placement (JM JM is closer to bridge). That body is now in the hands of Ramulek from here (and his gold JM JM pickguard is coming my way for the black body). Probably going to route my mahogany body for JM pickups and the rhythm circuit. Still want to order a bound neck with block inlays to complete my horrible dream.
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Bread Dragon posted:This is all gut feeling and anecdote, but I see a LOT of Telecasters and Les Pauls in Chicago. I probably know more people who play Danos or hollowbodies than I do Strats, or even random superstrat-type clones. I agree with this assessment. Source: I am a telecaster player in Chicago
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Feb 25, 2015 21:06
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jwh posted:Don't know if you know these guys. They live the next town over from me. Been listening to this a few times a day so I went ahead and bought the album for a drive today. Absolutely slays. It's a clinic in actual balls out rock music and has a great noise rock/almost sludge side. The guitars sound so good in every song. I'm surprised they're not way more popular.
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Feb 25, 2015 22:43
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I've got Rocksmith 2014 coming in the mail tomorrow (PC). Any advice on how to get the most out of my experience? Or just put it in and play.
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Feb 25, 2015 23:12
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fullroundaction posted:I've got Rocksmith 2014 coming in the mail tomorrow (PC). Any advice on how to get the most out of my experience? Berate your roommates periodically for bringing you well liquor and 'not knowing who you are'. Every other song turn around and stare at the (imaginary) drummer and mouth repeatedly 'what the gently caress are you doing?'
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Feb 25, 2015 23:42
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fullroundaction posted:I've got Rocksmith 2014 coming in the mail tomorrow (PC). Any advice on how to get the most out of my experience? If you haven't yet, buy cherub rock (which may actually come with 2014), sign up for an account at customsforge.com and enjoy all of the custom DLC that people make. You can read about why you need Cherub Rock, don't wanna go into too much detail as I'm not sure if that's  or not. Just know you need that song for the custom DLC to work.
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Feb 25, 2015 23:47
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fullroundaction posted:I've got Rocksmith 2014 coming in the mail tomorrow (PC). Any advice on how to get the most out of my experience? If you've ever looked at guitar tabs in your life, make sure to flip the string order in RS.
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Feb 26, 2015 00:03
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Schpyder posted:If you've ever looked at guitar tabs in your life, make sure to flip the string order in RS. That too, I didn't know this was an option so I've been playing the other way, recently switched it and it's 100x better. Don't know why it doesn't just default to that.
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iostream.h posted:Every other song turn around and stare at the (imaginary) drummer and mouth repeatedly 'what the gently caress are you doing?'  Schpyder posted:If you've ever looked at guitar tabs in your life, make sure to flip the string order in RS. Yeah I was watching YouTube videos to check out the gameplay and seeing the default kind of turned me off at first because I didn't "get it". I understand what they were going for but how the hell didn't the guitarists on the team developing this not force them to do it the other way?? SaNChEzZ posted:sign up for an account at customsforge.com and enjoy all of the custom DLC that people make. You can read about why you need Cherub Rock Done and done. Thanks everyone! Hopefully the install goes smooth. I haven't purchased a physical copy of a video game ... in probably 10 years. Just happened to find a good deal on it+cable bundle.
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Feb 26, 2015 00:15
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search.customsforge.com is where you want to be now. I tend to choose the songs with DD (dynamic difficulty), but that's on you.
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Feb 26, 2015 00:28
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I don't have a DVD drive, so I guess I need to download Rockband 2014 on Steam and then buy the adapter?
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Feb 26, 2015 06:30
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fullroundaction posted:I've got Rocksmith 2014 coming in the mail tomorrow (PC). Any advice on how to get the most out of my experience? Personally, it does not matter how slow I set the Riff Repeater, I just can't "get" the notes as they fly by. I need to use the utility from http://www.rocksmithtotab.de to convert the songs to Guitar Pro files so I can print them out. Once I've been able to muddle through the song a few times on paper, then I stand a chance in game.
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Feb 26, 2015 06:46
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I think having played other music games help you like "get it" a little easier And LÀ is lotsa jags/jm with some teles
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Feb 26, 2015 07:40
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Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:I don't have a DVD drive, so I guess I need to download Rockband 2014 on Steam and then buy the adapter? Yeah, I got mine through humble bundle, which just gave me a link to Steam, and then I bought the realtone cable separately on amazon.
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Feb 26, 2015 08:13
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I'm left-handed and trying to finally stick with learning guitar. What's the hivemind thought on learning on a right-handed guitar vs. a left-handed one? Left-handed ones feel more natural but I'm guessing they present some challenges when you're learning from a right-handed teacher. I can see some upside to having my dominant hand on the frets, but I don't really know whether I'd be doing myself a disservice or making the learning curve tougher if I used a righty guitar. Anyone have input about this?
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Feb 26, 2015 17:25
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One of my good friends is left handed, but plays right handed. He plays for a living, so it's possible. On playing left handed, Jimi played left handed.
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Feb 26, 2015 17:28
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Minto Took posted:One of my good friends is left handed, but plays right handed. He plays for a living, so it's possible. Didn't he play left handed by flipping a right handed guitar upside down though?
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Feb 26, 2015 18:13
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DeathSandwich posted:Didn't he play left handed by flipping a right handed guitar upside down though? He still played left handed.
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Feb 26, 2015 18:14
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Minto Took posted:He still played left handed. Yeah but Albert King style without restringing. Confuses the hell out of me.
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Feb 26, 2015 18:16
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Dewgy posted:Yeah but Albert King style without restringing. Confuses the hell out of me. Wasn't Dick Dale doing that as well kind of. He took left handed guitars and strung them upside down as if you'd be playing a right handed guitar in your left.
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Feb 26, 2015 18:18
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Dick Dale didn't restring. Saw that in a magazine interview. He does use a 60 gauge low E, though. 
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Feb 26, 2015 18:21
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Quick question: I'm pretty sure I hosed up my Taylor. I have backbow in my neck and the little brass nut that you turn under the truss rod cover just spins loosely around the threaded rod and I can even take it off. I'm thinking the truss rod is binding up somewhere along the neck because of the backbow and whatever they put on the nut to keep it on the rod couldn't take the torque when I tried to loosen it. Is Loctite a dumb idea to try to get the rod to loosen at least a little bit?
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gang control posted:I'm left-handed and trying to finally stick with learning guitar. What's the hivemind thought on learning on a right-handed guitar vs. a left-handed one? Left-handed ones feel more natural but I'm guessing they present some challenges when you're learning from a right-handed teacher. I can see some upside to having my dominant hand on the frets, but I don't really know whether I'd be doing myself a disservice or making the learning curve tougher if I used a righty guitar. Anyone have input about this? A LOT of left handed people play righty guitars. I am left handed (both wrists are somewhat mangled though) and started on a right handed guitar. I have never really had any problems and I don't have to pay more for a limited selection of guitars. It takes an almost equal amount of dexterity and coordination for both fretting and strumming if you ask me. You should probably go with whatever is more comfortable for you, but be aware there is really nothing weird about playing a right handed guitar as a lefty, it has a lot of upsides.
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first of mine plays a left handed guitar and plays a right handed bass upside down. He couldnt be bothered to find a left handed bass
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I usually recommend to students and customers that they strum with the side they feel rhythm on. I'll play a little bit for them, and have them tap their foot without explaining why so they don't have time to think about it.
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Dewgy posted:Yeah but Albert King style without restringing. Confuses the hell out of me. Hendrix restrung to left handed but preferred right handed strats as the bridge pickup would be brighter on the bottom strings because of the angled mounting. Playing upside down isn't that crazy really, I've done shows with a left-handed bass in a pinch. Not sure I'd recommend it but it's doable and I didn't have to think much. Chords are a bastard without retuning to something more sensible though.
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darkwasthenight posted:Hendrix restrung to left handed but preferred right handed strats as the bridge pickup would be brighter on the bottom strings because of the angled mounting. I did not know that! Weirdly all this talk about lefty stuff is making me GAS for a cheap lefty that I can play righty, AK-style. That'd be fun to try and wrap my brain around. e: my soul now pines for a wood-finish lefty flying v... ugh Dewgy fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Feb 26, 2015 |
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Feb 26, 2015 20:04
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my friend and i are both left handed and both play right handed guitars. i heard it reduces the initial learning curve for fretting chords and the like but who knows. whatever feels comfortable really
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Feb 26, 2015 20:24
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Minto Took posted:Dick Dale didn't restring. Saw that in a magazine interview. Then call me blind because those certainly are some heavy rear end G/B/E strings. 
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Feb 26, 2015 20:32
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Low as in note; not position.
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Minto Took posted:Low as in note; not position. Dale strings upside down, as you can see from the picture above. He claims that's what gives him such a strong tremolo picking style but I think being generally louder than gently caress helps a bit. He started with multiple 50 watt Bassmen and they weren't enough, so got Fender to do him 100 watt Showman amps in the sixties. He used a few in stereo with slave amps and things and he's only got louder since then.
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darkwasthenight posted:Dale strings upside down, as you can see from the picture above. He said his first instrument was a uke. He couldn't figure out why his hands couldn't make the shapes the book was telling him, so he just forced himself to learn that way. Dick Dale posted:The book didn't say, 'turn it the other way stupid, you're left handed' so I just forced my fingers
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Kilometers Davis posted:Been listening to this a few times a day so I went ahead and bought the album for a drive today. Absolutely slays. It's a clinic in actual balls out rock music and has a great noise rock/almost sludge side. The guitars sound so good in every song. I'm surprised they're not way more popular. Cool, glad you like it. There's a lot of good stuff going on in my neck of the woods (Western Mass).
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So I played a few P90 semi-hollows today and I have come across two things: Surface-mounted dog-ear plastic P90s look like freshly squirted bum gravy and while the neck pickups universally sounded very warm and full, the bridge pickups were very scooped; like running a P-Bass through a Marshall guitar amp. Is the latter unique to the pair I was using, or is it a typical P90-bridge sound?
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Southern Heel posted:So I played a few P90 semi-hollows today and I have come across two things: Surface-mounted dog-ear plastic P90s look like freshly squirted bum gravy and while the neck pickups universally sounded very warm and full, the bridge pickups were very scooped; like running a P-Bass through a Marshall guitar amp. Is the latter unique to the pair I was using, or is it a typical P90-bridge sound? I wouldn't say typical. They'll be a bit more scooped than humbuckers but I found they can be quite mid heavy and almost honky with overdrive. What guitar was it?
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Bit more of a learning curve on Rocksmith than I was anticipating, being that I consider myself a Guitar Hero/Rockband SUPERSTAR. Also the inclusion of songs not in standard tuning is really frustrating. I picked literally 4 songs in a row that were Drop D, Eb, Drop D, and then "the kinks are out of tune we think so here gently caress up your strings till we say stop". Apparently that's a tuning too.  The Kinks
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fullroundaction posted:Bit more of a learning curve on Rocksmith than I was anticipating, being that I consider myself a Guitar Hero/Rockband SUPERSTAR. Fyi there is a rocksmith thread here
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FWIW jwh sent me one of their demos and it was pretty solid. Jesu/Nadja vibes.
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