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Dang It Bhabhi!
May 27, 2004



ASK ME ABOUT
BEING
ESCULA GRIND'S
#1 SIMP

Wait I thought Faustus was Piggy and we're all the rock.

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Fair Hallion
Jul 25, 2007

:toot: :toot: :toot: :toot:

Olivil posted:

Make Faustus a mod but for this thread only imo

Remulak
Jun 8, 2001
I can't count to four.
Yams Fan

It's not the notes you play it's the notes you DON'T play.

Cobalt60
Jun 1, 2006
Faustus: can you post various sound clips of different equipment and the thread will say whether something was worth the price paid?

I want this in my life.

mclast
Nov 12, 2008

catchphrase over

Fair Hallion posted:

serious question - what's your beef with Fenders
(is it build quality, design, VFM, what)

correct me if I'm wrong Dr. F but it's mostly just fretboard radius?

Ibanez keeps an extremely flat fingerboard radius compared to fenders' modern [sorta flat] and classic [not really at all flat] fingerboard style

gibson is a bit flatter than fender but ibanez, warwick, PRS, etc. all run even flatter and very technical players prefer them for that reason, you can get the action lower and more consistant.

Schpyder
Jun 13, 2002

Attackle Grackle

PRS is actually in between Fender and Gibson. Almost all their guitars have a 10" fretboard radius, modern Fenders are 9.5", and Gibsons are 12".

Sockington
Jul 26, 2003

Schpyder posted:

PRS is actually in between Fender and Gibson. Almost all their guitars have a 10" fretboard radius, modern Fenders are 9.5", and Gibsons are 12".

Modern Fenders also offer compound radius on their higher end models starting at 9.5" and going to 14".

NonzeroCircle
Apr 12, 2010

El Camino


Upper fret accesssssssssssss

Sockington
Jul 26, 2003
That's some Mummy Cass levels of upper access.

sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



That poo poo kinda rules. And gently caress yeah, rockin' mummies.

sout
Apr 24, 2014

NonzeroCircle posted:



Upper fret accesssssssssssss

The best pickguard is the absence of body

shiksa
Nov 9, 2009

i went to one of these wrestling shows and it was... honestly? frickin boring. i wanna see ricky! i want to see his gold chains and respect for the ftw lifestyle

Dr. Faustus posted:

I have a moral objection to bootleg instruments.

This is my newest obsession, actually. I've always wanted a T-Type electric without actually buying a Fender, but I found this new Ibanez Talman TM302MTFB and I put a horrendously expensive set of Joe Barden Electronics Danny Gatton T-Type pickups in it. I absolutely love it. I bought a Fulltone OCD with the FPS-3 18V power supply to power the pedal and a wonderful tc electronic Corona Chorus to go with.
All my outboard gear is old and dead, so I guess I'm building up a pedal collection.

Yay for tax refunds! Also I'm back at my old job and feeling pretty good about life in general.

I could definitely understand how and why Telecaster purists (and others) would consider this instrument truly (ugly) stupid music poo poo. I think if you were a Tele person and you played it, you'd at least admit it plays great and sounds amazing.



P.S. - It's a shame WDE is stuck with the GBS guitar. I wanted that story to have a happy ending, and I hope it still will!

thats actually a pretty cool guitar. paint it seafoam and i'd gently caress with it.

e: i dont really understand that weird lookin jack but hell, i can't help but love the weird pseudo-teisco pawn shop poo poo ibanez does sometimes. i still really want a jet king bass.

shiksa fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Apr 9, 2016

tacodaemon
Nov 27, 2006



Hey guys check out my new absolute favorite Internet video of an old bald man playing with himself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOBid6lLOPs


e: I actually kinda like this but for some reason this seemed like the right thread for it

tacodaemon fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Apr 19, 2016

Dirt
May 26, 2003

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4484J3JhYGY

Is this thing stupid or not?

I just got one, I dig it.

hexwren
Feb 27, 2008

tacodaemon posted:

Hey guys check out my new absolute favorite Internet video of an old bald man playing with himself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOBid6lLOPs


e: I actually kinda like this but for some reason this seemed like the right thread for it

I can't fault the playing. The video is chintzy, as is the backing, but the dude is clearly enjoying himself. Maybe a little less reverb on the guitars.

Dirt posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4484J3JhYGY

Is this thing stupid or not?

I just got one, I dig it.

That looks at the very least hilarious, if not useful.

Alec Bald Snatch
Sep 12, 2012

by exmarx
that digitech thing seems useful for a very limited variety of music

most one man band situations probably are gonna stick to just playing backing tracks off a laptop/ipad/whatever

e: actually it just makes me think of wesley willis using the auto accompaniment presets on his keyboard as the basis for all his songs

Alec Bald Snatch fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Apr 19, 2016

kjetting
Jan 18, 2004

Hammer Time
I think its main purpose is for home rehearsal and songwriting, not primarily playing gigs.

I'm just annoyed at the guy demonstrating it and his playing. I've seen other demos that have really made that box seem worth buying, but this guy didn't manage that.

City of Tampa
May 6, 2007

by zen death robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8gOAzYchAE

so this video qualifies as stupid music poo poo but omfg I want this guitar. It's a $800 Epiphone ( http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EDBHSBNH ) which makes me kind of hesitant. but honestly if I could spec out my dream Gibson, a silverburst '58-style V with blocks and binding would be in the top three things I would want

muike
Mar 16, 2011

ガチムチ セブン
I have one and it's good.

Dirt
May 26, 2003

City of Tampa posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8gOAzYchAE

so this video qualifies as stupid music poo poo but omfg I want this guitar. It's a $800 Epiphone ( http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EDBHSBNH ) which makes me kind of hesitant. but honestly if I could spec out my dream Gibson, a silverburst '58-style V with blocks and binding would be in the top three things I would want


High end Epiphones are great, and that guitar looks awesome.

City of Tampa
May 6, 2007

by zen death robot
I have a pretty good Sam Ash near me so hopefully they will get one in stock soon so I can check it out. If I can't do that I may just get one from Sweetwater because I can always send it back if I don't like it, they're cool. It's just such a badass V

Dirt
May 26, 2003

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guFPy72XFgA


I kind of want to stick a soup can lid on my acoustic now

Dirt fucked around with this message at 18:57 on May 3, 2016

Southern Heel
Jul 2, 2004

Faustus, is yet something intrinsically great about earlier Jems versus newer? You are an authority in my eyes and I need to know if a second hand black floral is s better choice than a modern blue floral.

Alternatively God is dead and I should finally grow up and get a black strat.

muike
Mar 16, 2011

ガチムチ セブン
A modern blue floral is likely one of the Indonesian Premiums, which, while not bad guitars, aren't as good as actually MIJ Ibanezes

flubber nuts
Oct 5, 2005


hey did you guys know they remade the classic ms20? wow what a time to be a live.

NonzeroCircle
Apr 12, 2010

El Camino
And the ARP got reissued too!

Faustus, what's the difference between the Jems and the RG/S series? I have been bitten by the Ibanez bug and once I've finished buying a new house (boo being a grownup) I want an ibanez 7 to complement the other two, one each of the aforementioned. Is it just a matter of hardware or is there a significant difference?

muike
Mar 16, 2011

ガチムチ セブン
It's usually just appointments like hardware choices and signature pickups when it comes to the signature series in general. Supposedly they do use the slightly nicer wood for the high tier sigs, but they're all built in the same factory by the same workers.

muike
Mar 16, 2011

ガチムチ セブン
the forum eat my post! :(

NonzeroCircle
Apr 12, 2010

El Camino
So pretty similar to my Prestige but with different P'ups etc then. Deep down I know I want one of the first gen K7s with the U-bar because I'm terrible

a retard
Jan 7, 2013

by Lowtax
I wanna get one of those monoprice teles and stick those gfs/artec tele humbuckers in it and become the only other metal tele player on the planet

The MUMPSorceress
Jan 6, 2012


^SHTPSTS

Gary’s Answer

Dirt posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guFPy72XFgA


I kind of want to stick a soup can lid on my acoustic now

imo this belongs in a good music poo poo thread

hexwren
Feb 27, 2008



George H. W. Bush and Republican strategist/former backup guitar player for Percy Sledge Lee Atwater at the former's Presidential Inauguration celebration.

City of Tampa
May 6, 2007

by zen death robot

Allen Wren posted:



George H. W. Bush and Republican strategist/former backup guitar player for Percy Sledge Lee Atwater at the former's Presidential Inauguration celebration.

Of course HW has the weird-rear end Epiphone by Gibson Strat

Olivil
Jul 15, 2010

Wow I'd like to be as smart as a computer
He's also, most importantly, not plugged in.

Dang It Bhabhi!
May 27, 2004



ASK ME ABOUT
BEING
ESCULA GRIND'S
#1 SIMP

Sorry I don't know how to put facebook videos on youtube. This guy has club foot, dwarfism and limited mobility in his wrists and still achieved the dream of every bluesdad.

https://www.facebook.com/Brokstar/videos/10209330799570666/

Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 17:33 on May 5, 2016

Dewgy
Nov 10, 2005

~🚚special delivery~📦

fyodor posted:

Sorry I don't know who to put facebook videos on youtube. This guy has club foot, dwarfism and limited mobility in his wrists and still achieved the dream of every bluesdad.

https://www.facebook.com/Brokstar/videos/10209330799570666/

This guy is great. :3:

Alec Bald Snatch
Sep 12, 2012

by exmarx
was half expecting a tone king vid based on the description

Luvcow
Jul 1, 2007

One day nearer spring

fyodor posted:

Sorry I don't know how to put facebook videos on youtube. This guy has club foot, dwarfism and limited mobility in his wrists and still achieved the dream of every bluesdad.

https://www.facebook.com/Brokstar/videos/10209330799570666/

this dude rules

GreatGreen
Jul 3, 2007
That's not what gaslighting means you hyperbolic dipshit.

Luvcow posted:

this dude rules

gently caress yes he does holy poo poo that run at 1:21.

Dude's a great player, actually.

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Shugojin
Sep 6, 2007

THE TAIL THAT BURNS TWICE AS BRIGHT...


fyodor posted:

Sorry I don't know how to put facebook videos on youtube. This guy has club foot, dwarfism and limited mobility in his wrists and still achieved the dream of every bluesdad.

https://www.facebook.com/Brokstar/videos/10209330799570666/

he made the correct choice of not shelling out $3k for a gibson

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