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scourgeofthe7bees posted:No purchase here yet, but i am seeking recommendations! I am looking to record bass and all kinds of electric guitar at home and cannot play through amps because i live in a small apartment with walls made of cardboard. Anybody tried amplitube or guitar rig? Any recommendations? I bought Amplitube solely because of their Sunn 1200S model. It sounds really good clean and I can send pedals into it. Nothing else sounds that great but it IS good for practicing. I'm currently using an Orange Micro Terror headphone out into my Focusrite Solo interface until my Verellen Meatsmoke preamp arrives at which time would you like to buy an Orange Micro Terror and 8" speaker? Oh, I play sludgy bullshit if that makes a difference.
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scourgeofthe7bees posted:No purchase here yet, but i am seeking recommendations! I am looking to record bass and all kinds of electric guitar at home and cannot play through amps because i live in a small apartment with walls made of cardboard. Anybody tried amplitube or guitar rig? Any recommendations? I picked up a Focusright Scarlet 2i2 not too long ago and have been pretty happy with it. I've mostly been using GarageBand's modeled amps/cabs/fx which are surprisingly good but also tried the Amplitube free/demo version and liked it. There's a bunch of Amplitube vs GuitarRig (vs a third one I don't remember) comparisons floating around you could Google for but I'm pretty sure both also have a demo version so you can do your own comparison and see what you prefer before you start throwing wads of money at either.
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May 26, 2017 17:32
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Thanks for the tips! I guess i wasn't that specific in my original post. I have already tried the demos of both amplitube and guitar rig. Both do pretty much everything I would ever need and more, so I was just curious if people here had used them. I've sort of been leaning toward guitar rig, because i find the interface a bit easier to work with, but if everyone here were unanimously like "no it's total rear end" then I would probably reconsider. Haha!
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May 26, 2017 18:46
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I use Amplitube a bunch and I love it. Specifically the Fender pack is pretty great. The Orange pack is pretty cool too. Most of the pedals leave a bit to be desired IMO - I'm actually thinking of getting a reamp box to make it easier to inject my physical effects pedals into my recordings.
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May 26, 2017 19:56
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scourgeofthe7bees posted:Thanks for the tips! I have found the distortion "pedals" in amplitube to be laughably bad. I asked the Wampler guys about the model of their Pinnacle pedal and they gave me the most damning faint praise "we didn't like it at first but they came back with another version. It's not going to sound as good as the real thing since we want to sell pedals." I'm a broken record about modelers trying to get the sound of a Big Muff right, the state of things is really bad. I haven't heard a Kemper, though, so maybe it nails it.
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May 26, 2017 20:23
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New project guitar  Lotus copy of a Fender H2 Bullet that needs a lot of work. Pots are junk, they pass sound, but that's about it. Pickguard cracked and warped, pickups do at least make noise, 3-way switch works, mini-toggle appears to be a coil split and seems to work. Neck has a healthy backbow, need to see if the truss rod works, and luckily the bullet is in good enough shape to still fit an allen wrench into it. Bridge saddle adjustment screws rusted in place, saddles are pot metal crap anyway. Tuners work, but are the typical cheap crap found on 80's Korean guitars. Rumor has it the pickups are likely Dimarzios, and the guitar itself is a Japanese one because of the bullet truss rod. Tuners scream Korean to me, so I kind of doubt it. First job is to strip it down and see if I can get the neck straight. Then I'll replace the pots, probably the bridge saddles, clean it all up and see what I've got.
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May 26, 2017 22:18
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scourgeofthe7bees posted:No purchase here yet, but i am seeking recommendations! I am looking to record bass and all kinds of electric guitar at home and cannot play through amps because i live in a small apartment with walls made of cardboard. Anybody tried amplitube or guitar rig? Any recommendations? The VT Bass is fantastic.
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May 26, 2017 23:39
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I spent all my amp and speaker money on a bass rig, so I use guitar rig and amplitube for my 6 string stuff. (e: I'm not primarily a 6 string player and I don't know that much about amps in general, so take my opinion here with a gran of salt). Guitar Rig is somewhat easier to use for me, and in my opinion has better sounding effects, which isn't saying that much because the pedals in amplitube all sound like rear end to me. For me, the amp models mostly sound fine but I spent a lot of time tweaking settings to get them there*. My favorite models are Citrus (Orange AD-30 I think) for crunch stuff and Cool Plex (some kind of vintage marshall) for cleans. I don't have all the bits and pieces for Amplitube, but my friend has the fender amp pack, and in my opinion the amp models sound a little better and don't require as much tweaking to get what you want out of them. I still can't make a reverb/delay effect sound like what I want in Amplitube at all, and the other effects sound even worse than that to me. But the amps on their own are pretty nice. The bassman one sounds good to me. Not really "like an actual bassman", but yeah, pretty good. Between the two, I'd recommend Guitar Rig just because I find it much easier to use. I don't know if the trial/free version has it, but the a/b split/mix thing it does goes a long-rear end way to making the effects more useable. Both kinda suck for high gain sounds. That isn't really my thing so I can't tell you why. A dude I know who plays metal recommends Positive Grid Bias for software modelling of higher gain stuff, so you might want to check that out too. e2: And for real, nothing in these programs is gonna sound like the real thing. But to me they seem 100% fine for "I live in an apartment or a house with other people in it and I want a sound that's close to XYZ but doesn't drive everyone else mental, cause plaster to fall from the ceiling, or make the cops show up". *One thing I'd recommend if you're using something like Guitar Rig is to figure out which plain amp you like most, close the sidebar with all the options in it and close or minimise every other thing you can so you're not tempted, then use just the amp and cab sim controls to get a sound you're happy with, just like you would with a real amp. Once I did that I stopped spending 10 minutes loving around re-ordering and tweaking effects for every 5 minutes of playing guitar. Elector_Nerdlingen fucked around with this message at 23:53 on May 26, 2017 |
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May 26, 2017 23:41
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Picked up this 15 year old Vox wah pedal on the Australian equivalent of Craigslist for $15. Seller complained that it cut out and didn't work very well. Before:  After:  Opened it up, removed a literal handful of cat hair from it, stripped it down and washed the case, cleaned the pot, switch, and jacks, and reassembled. Now it's working perfectly and looking almost as new. I saved about $100 over buying a new one, and for another couple of dollars, I'll add a true bypass switch and a power LED.
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May 27, 2017 08:03
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Crossposting from guitar thread. Just got done with pickup swap on a MIJ 1994 Squier Series strat. Went with Hot Rails / Cool Rails / Distortion SD pickups, 500k pots and .022 cap. The Hot Rails are super dark, the Cool Rails make some nice vintage tones especially with the volume dialed back, and the Distortion is classic metal. Double locking Floyd Rose has its pain points but setup and tuned you can beat the poo poo out of the whammy bar and stay in tune. Noticed the acoustic sound of this particular strat is great. Lots of mids and sustain. My MIM 2006 60s Classic Series is a bit boomier, and my Am Std Tele is bright and sharp. Fun how they all have their own character. 
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May 27, 2017 21:10
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Look what arrived from California today. Needs some fret work for a couple of high frets but it is at 1.2 mm at the 12th fret right now so it is not bad and it will get even lower after the work is done. I know the look isn't for everyone since it isn't traditional and we know how archtop guys usually like their archtops (myself included) but I really dig this and the upper fret access is great.  
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Jun 3, 2017 02:29
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rio posted:Look what arrived from California today. Needs some fret work for a couple of high frets but it is at 1.2 mm at the 12th fret right now so it is not bad and it will get even lower after the work is done. I know the look isn't for everyone since it isn't traditional and we know how archtop guys usually like their archtops (myself included) but I really dig this and the upper fret access is great. That looks amazing and, while offsetting every body is growing a wee bit tiresome, I like that it's not staid.
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Jun 3, 2017 08:23
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 Built a fuzz factory clone from a kit I picked up off of Etsy. I had built one years ago but never boxed it up and lost it in a move. This kit actually came out cheaper than sourcing everything myself and had some nice germanium transistors included.  Picked this guy up at a goodwill. Pretty sure it's a Suzuki from looking at pictures of others online. Nothing amazing about it but cleaned it up and slapped a new set of strings on it and have been dicking around with it. Now I need to get a pick up on it somehow and combine the two. 
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Thumposaurus posted:
What is that, an A mandolin? I need to practice mine more, I'm so bad at chop chords. I also want to build another pedal, but I haven't found many "mini" pedals that would work well for bass. A tubescreamer clone would be fun, but probably not practical unless I figure out a way to add a clean blend.
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 It's based on the Harmonic Percolator but you can get it to, as Steve Morrissey once said, oscillate wildly.
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The Science Goy posted:What is that, an A mandolin? I need to practice mine more, I'm so bad at chop chords. It's a bowl back mandoline. There are stand alone blender pedal plans out there but I've never tried building one. I've had a woolly mammoth clone on my bench for awhile I just can never get it to work proper. It's built on a vero board layout now. I'm probably just going to break down and etch a PCB for it unless I can find a kit like this one for it. Other wise I've just been using a Rat for my bass dirt.
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:
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Wark Say posted:Black Sun 731? Unit 731 by Lone Wolf Audio http://lonewolfaudio.bigcartel.com/product/unit-731-final-run-pre-order
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The Science Goy posted:I also want to build another pedal, but I haven't found many "mini" pedals that would work well for bass. A tubescreamer clone would be fun, but probably not practical unless I figure out a way to add a clean blend. Put in a tiny daughterboard for the blend. Something like this:  I have one of those in a fuzz pedal that's not working right, and one built as a standalone blend pedal which also works fine. If you don't want to feel as dumb as I feel, double check that you've connected power to both the main board and the blend before you go to test.
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Jun 8, 2017 23:14
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I've been wanting a bass like this for over a decade. I don't even think it's a bass anymore. I don't care. I'm so happy I'll even post a picture of my goony rear end with it. 
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Jun 9, 2017 03:00
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That is just, what do you even do, is it think bass and go up, or think guitar and go down. But props for doing that, the world needs explorers. On a related note, tomorrow I'm going to devote the day to guitar surgery on an AliExpress Explorer lookalike. Better pickups than it deserves, most likely.
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Jun 9, 2017 03:21
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Unsolicited dick pics just got really fuckin' weird up in here.
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Thorpe posted:I've been wanting a bass like this for over a decade. I don't even think it's a bass anymore. I don't care. I'm so happy I'll even post a picture of my goony rear end with it. What is the tuning on that? 7 string bass gets the whole guitar and bass range so does it just add higher strings or pants making GBS threads low notes?
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Jun 9, 2017 07:03
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rio posted:What is the tuning on that? 7 string bass gets the whole guitar and bass range so does it just add higher strings or pants making GBS threads low notes? It's tuned F#-B-E-A-D-G-C-F-Bb-Eb. So two strings lower and 4 strings higher than a 4 string. The F# is low as gently caress and the Eb is one semitone below the high E on a guitar
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Jun 9, 2017 09:40
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Wow, what the heck that is crazy. Can you even hear the notes on the low string or do you just feel them? Can normal speakers handle those notes?
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rio posted:Wow, what the heck that is crazy. Can you even hear the notes on the low string or do you just feel them? Can normal speakers handle those notes? I brought it to band practice yesterday just for a laugh, and I could hear the low F# really well playing through a 4x10. I doubt I was getting much of the actual fundamental of the note, but I don't even think most cabinets go as low as a 5-string low B fundamental anyway.
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Jun 9, 2017 09:58
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Thorpe posted:I've been wanting a bass like this for over a decade. I don't even think it's a bass anymore. I don't care. I'm so happy I'll even post a picture of my goony rear end with it.
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Jun 9, 2017 15:06
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 Played two of my guitars through it. Loved the way it sounds, and it's a quarter of the price of a '65 Twin Reverb reissue. Too bad it's gonna take a week to get here...
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Jun 9, 2017 15:16
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Wark Say posted:Were you at any point transported into Azathoth's court? That F# is like 1 whole octave below what an 8-string guitar is rocking, right? Please please please record something. Yeah, it's F#0, octave below 8 string guitars. .174 gauge string. I'll try and get something recorded tonight. The passive electronics are kind of poo poo and are gonna be replaced but it works for now.
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Stuff! So I finally got off my rear end and put some effort into my Jazzcaster build. So far I have most of the bits, Fender USA neck and bits, custom made control plate with a varitone built in (like you get on Gibson 345s) a Warmoth body I specced up, Babicz bridge which seems awesome, Lindy Fralin Blues Special pickups. Ordered and waiting for delivery: Fender locking tiuners, string trees, pack of screws, strap locks and strings. Pics:    Also, picking up on Sunday - a Marshall Bluesbreaker! This is brand new and was bought by a pro band of some sort for a small tour, so it's been used for 6 hours total. Comes in a really good flight case. Pics:    I'm really looking forward to getting all this stuff set up next week and hopefully, maybe, settling on a rig for once in my life for more than 6 months 
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I never considered myself a Marshall guy but lately they've been looking more and more inviting. I demand clips of the Bluesbreaker! And a full report! I will be grading it.
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syntaxfunction posted:I never considered myself a Marshall guy but lately they've been looking more and more inviting. I demand clips of the Bluesbreaker! And a full report! I will be grading it. You're a Marshall guy even if you don't think so. It's like saying you hate a dimed Bassman.
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syntaxfunction posted:I never considered myself a Marshall guy but lately they've been looking more and more inviting. I demand clips of the Bluesbreaker! And a full report! I will be grading it. I'll post clips for sure, I love big combo amps it turns out, and I have a Twin, so this thing will cover the other side. I am beyond excited to get it, truly am metaxus posted:
Holy poo poo these look like good value £244.00 new? loving hell! peter gabriel fucked around with this message at 01:00 on Jun 10, 2017 |
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Because I can't stop buying guitars, and even though I just got a really nice laminate archtop, this will be mine next week. Luckily it won't need to be shipped and I am meeting the seller halfway after a 45 minute drive. It is a 2006 Gibson ES-175 - 2006 was a cool year for these guitars because they had several non standard options and this one with the gold hardware was one of them. It has a replacement tailpiece on because something happened to the original one but the original is in the case so I'll see about fixing it up when it arrives. The seller needs money for a car repair and is selling it for the steal price of 2000 so I couldn't pass on it and the guy he bought it from is someone I know on the jazz guitar forums who has buys very good guitars and is very particular - the neck is apparently very straight with excellent frets so I am really, really excited because I have always wanted an ES-175. And my favorite color as a kid was red. I'll post better pictures when I get it - that wine red is going to be amazing to see in person. 
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:You're a Marshall guy even if you don't think so. It's like saying you hate a dimed Bassman.
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peter gabriel posted:Holy poo poo these look like good value Yup. I paid $609  dollars for it.It even includes the footswitch...
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 My AliExpress Special, update. Spent the day replacing pickups and pots and strings and pickguard (which was white originally, ffs, ordered a black one from the same place which arrived in done-from-memory quality, so I had to whittle down a semi-legit Explorer pickguard I bought from Amazon instead. But the damned toggle switch was still in the wrong place, so electrical tape covers the extra hole for now). End result: it's like Nigel Tufnel levels of sustain. Rather pleased with myself, never having done this degree of surgery before.
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scourgeofthe7bees posted:No purchase here yet, but i am seeking recommendations! I am looking to record bass and all kinds of electric guitar at home and cannot play through amps because i live in a small apartment with walls made of cardboard. Anybody tried amplitube or guitar rig? Any recommendations? My tip for this is a bit left of centre. I have one of these: http://www.thebuttkicker.com/gamer2 And it's great for games, films etc but it's also excellent for playing bass through the PC, you get TONS of bass reverberating around your body but none is audible to anyone else. It's really really cool.
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Got this from the kids for my bday. Wanted a basic 5-string for fun and this is a well playing though not fancy one (Peavey Millennium BXP).
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Went and got the amp. What a strange day it was! It was at a place that deals with huge gigs, it's essentially a cargo depot but purely for gigs. My amp was with another one stored with Rhianna's stage set. I got talking to a couple of guys who were there and they were part of Simple Minds crew. It was pretty surreal, I reckon there was about 20 huge trucks parked up being loaded with various things. In another room was a skull about 50 ft tall which was 'being stored from the Brits' - It was really crazy but fascinating. So I've pretty much only had chance to plug it in and make sure it works, it does and all is good, it's even still under warranty, it smells new, well it is new pretty much.. Life doesn't really get any better for me, I'm already in love  
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