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landgrabber posted:nice try with this one pal, but my sister has .60s and .71s and the 71s are juuuuuuuuuuust right. Come back when you join the jazz iii club aka the elite cool buds club baka kaba posted:Use a super thin one for acoustic so you can flail away at it This is super fun I can’t lie. That flippy snappy pick sound mmm. Fender Anarchist posted:In non-poo poo-stirring news, I ended up just getting a replacement for my dead NS-2, old one got stored in a box where some crap leaked into it and corroded some jacks, it worked for a bit but eventually died altogether. I forgot how nice it is playing with actual pedals, being able to order stuff exactly how I want, etc. Currently I just do gate->fuzz/distortion (right now a Big Muff)->preamp->EQ->chorus->back into gate->power amp. Need to get me a physical delay that I can put outside the noise gate loop. And a tuner pedal. And an octave pedal so I can run a beefier tone into the Muff. And probably a compressor. And- Nice! imo just buy all the delays. Infinite delays.
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Jazz 3 life I must be old because I’m mfing excited for this arch top to show up tomorrow!
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Getting excited about new guitars is the most important emotion (hi landgrabber) Pics when it comes in yeah yeah?
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Sep 8, 2018 03:40
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Kilometers Davis posted:Getting excited about new guitars is the most important emotion (hi landgrabber) why would you mention this. i've barely thought about guitar excitement at all. it has in fact not made me infamous in this thread, in fact, the opposite, i am famous for never being exci
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Sep 8, 2018 03:48
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There are 127 posts in the last week about this poster not buying a guitar. Dude - I have been playing for 16 years. I just bought a 335 last month and have fallen in love. It never stops.
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Sep 8, 2018 04:06
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I'm now at about two years with the same $70 Epiphone but that's because I'm broke. (Also when I got money last month I used it to buy a bass)
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Sep 8, 2018 04:37
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Fender Anarchist posted:I'll head this off with the correct answer: But that doesn’t look like a Jazz iii shape or way Jazz iii on it? its curtains for Kevin posted:Jazz 3 life Did you pull the trigger on a Contemporary Archtop? If so what color?
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On the topic of new gear I’m really close to selling a bunch of stuff and getting a new guitar, some new pedals, maybe a small amp head like a quilter. I’m restless and it’s not relenting. landgrabber posted:why would you mention this. i've barely thought about guitar excitement at all. it has in fact not made me infamous in this thread, in fact, the opposite, i am famous for never being exci I’m going to be kinda sad when you finally get one because this cycle has been fun Hellblazer187 posted:I'm now at about two years with the same $70 Epiphone but that's because I'm broke. (Also when I got money last month I used it to buy a bass) That’s awesome honestly. Way cooler than my goofy self always chasing That New Hot Cool Thing.
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Sep 8, 2018 04:52
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Kilometers Davis posted:maybe a small amp head like a quilter. There are a lot of options for sure. I'd like to try them all! Hotone has 2 channel Floor Amps that look crazy. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BritWind--hotone-britwind-75-watt-2-channel-floor-amp https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MojoAttack--hotone-mojo-attack-75-watt-2-channel-floor-amp
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Sep 8, 2018 05:03
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Kilometers Davis posted:I’m going to be kinda sad when you finally get one because this cycle has been fun wait until i get another $300 together to get an amp lol
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Sep 8, 2018 05:04
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There are too many! I just want like something basic. Good for a cab, good for plugging into a computer. I’m always looking at different ones but haven’t found the perfect one that’s shifted 100% quality 0% modeler style variety. e: LANDGRABBER don’t get into pedals lolol or you’re doomed for eternity
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rio posted:But that doesn’t look like a Jazz iii shape or way Jazz iii on it? The red and blue ones were really gaudy in my opinion, so I went for the double humbucker in matte black with the gold hardware. ProAudioStar was selling a new one on reverb for 600 bucks which is nuts.
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Realtalk it makes me happy seeing how many posts are in this thread nowadays. I like seeing people talk about guitars! 
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Kilometers Davis posted:There are too many! I just want like something basic. Good for a cab, good for plugging into a computer. I’m always looking at different ones but haven’t found the perfect one that’s shifted 100% quality 0% modeler style variety. really it's just the guitar itself that i have a spectrumy thing for - as far as amps i'd get something made by orange. or hunt down that super obscure mesa that was used on the blue album. for pedals my wishlist isn't huge - decent reverb with a reverse setting, delay with a really low response setting so i can get it to sound kindna like if you apply a delay in logic and set it to like 1/32 note or something, and a boss turbodistortion ds2 for That Classic Weezer Sound.
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I've been playing with all the parts from the headless kit over the past few days since I haven't had a chance to get into the shop and start building. I think I have a handle on all the holes I need to drill before I can start sanding. It actually looks like less work than the Tele or P-bass because there's no headstock (of course) but also no pickguard, and the bridge can only go in one exact spot, so I don't have to agonize over getting the placement exactly right. My main concern right now is the bridge ground wire. I do need one, right? There's no hole for it so I'll have to drill it myself, which is fine; I did that for the P-bass too. But I'm not sure exactly how and where to put it. The bridge is painted black and is not conductive in the same way a Strat or Tele bridge is, according to my multimeter. Does that throw a wrench into things? (I don't actually understand guitar wiring, I just follow the diagrams.)
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Sep 8, 2018 05:24
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As long as the bottom of the bridge or the inside is metal, you can run a wire through the wood from the pickup cavity and connect it to the bridge post.
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Sep 8, 2018 06:00
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I just got this here Wylde Audio guitar. This is the first guitar I've had with a 14" radius neck and I absolutely love it. It's super comfortable to play, especially on songs where you're playing all over the fretboard. Just playing the first 8 notes of Miracle Man and you can feel the difference. The hardware on it gives it a bit of vintage jangle which compliments the EMGs. The setup is good right out of the box. I don't have to set the intonation or action. I had seen a review on YouTube where a guy was slagging the knobs and three-way switch but those all feel fine to me so I'm not sure what he is comparing things to. The three-way switch is tight by my standards and the knobs are modern and fast. It feels great and sounds excellent. 
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Sep 8, 2018 15:09
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Please make a 90degree instrument cable your next purchase. That picture gives me anxiety.
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Sep 8, 2018 15:13
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Spanish Manlove posted:Please make a 90degree instrument cable your next purchase. That picture gives me anxiety. cool strap tho
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Sep 8, 2018 15:36
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Lester Shy posted:I've been playing with all the parts from the headless kit over the past few days since I haven't had a chance to get into the shop and start building. I think I have a handle on all the holes I need to drill before I can start sanding. It actually looks like less work than the Tele or P-bass because there's no headstock (of course) but also no pickguard, and the bridge can only go in one exact spot, so I don't have to agonize over getting the placement exactly right. Does it have active pickups?
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Spanish Manlove posted:Please make a 90degree instrument cable your next purchase. That picture gives me anxiety. I'm mostly a strat player and these Fender YMG cables are immortal. This one is 5+ years old. The two 10 footers that go from the board to my amps are 4 years old after the standard Fender cables I was using started crapping out a year after buying them. Are you using the 90 degree cables? Do you play out with them?
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90s are handy to have around, i find I'm a bit less like to flip a pedal when moving around with one, and its certainly nicer if your pedal has inputs on the 'top' rather than the side I think in this case it's less tension on both the jack and cable if you're strap threading
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Thumposaurus posted:Does it have active pickups? Nah, they're just plain, no-name Chinese humbuckers. I think I've figured it out with my multimeter. Even though most of the bridge is non-conductive, certain parts are. When assembled, the highlighted post has continuity with the little claws that the ball-ends go into, so I should be able to just solder a ground wire from the back of the volume pot to that post, right? 
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Lester Shy posted:I think I've figured it out with my multimeter. Even though most of the bridge is non-conductive, certain parts are. When assembled, the highlighted post has continuity with the little claws that the ball-ends go into, so I should be able to just solder a ground wire from the back of the volume pot to that post, right? Make sure that it doesn't get pinched when the bridge moves. I don't know how that particular bridge works so far all I know it might not be a problem at all.
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I plugged my Mustang II V2 in today for the first time in a long time and it stinks. I am thinking of hacking it up with a speaker jack to make it in to a 1x12" cab. I'm worried the speaker and enclosure will sound like poo. I really do want to try some of those micro heads. I'm not sure why tho since the THR10x is so great. I need to make backing tracks in ableton live to practice against since it can do that.
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I just played my first gig on guitar in about seven years, what a rush. And for once it was someone else who had an onstage catastrophe (other guitarist spilt beer into his Rectifier mid set  )
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NonzeroCircle posted:I just played my first gig on guitar in about seven years, what a rush. Welcome back to the Addiction.  I need to get back to gigging, at the very least because, housebound, I keep plugging more and more pedals into my rig and it threatens to take over the room.
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NonzeroCircle posted:I just played my first gig on guitar in about seven years, what a rush. Ouch. I bet that’ll be the most expensive beer of his life. Congrats on the gig.
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NonzeroCircle posted:I just played my first gig on guitar in about seven years, what a rush. Congrats man!!! I hoping to get back out there again soon myself. It been about 5-6 years for me and I miss the rush of an audience so bad.
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Sep 9, 2018 02:02
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Playing live is always fun. And while nowadays the most two of the three bands I'm part of get are maybe two to three hundred people (except maybe the covers band; I know, I know  ), you're always gonna get that feel. I just wish sometimes comms with FOH/Stage Hands wasn't so darn difficult in most local/inter-state venues
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Sep 9, 2018 02:18
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now i'm trying to decide which pickups i plan to upgrade to. round 2
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Sep 9, 2018 06:09
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no stop it you don't need that yet
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Sep 9, 2018 06:12
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buy your guitar and play it for a while before upgrading hardware on it ffs I've had my cheap Ibanez for 11 years now and I'm still waffling on whether to upgrade pups etc vs just buying a better guitar once I have $$$$. You do not need to be worrying about that poo poo with your first electric right out of the gates.
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Sep 9, 2018 06:16
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OK OK
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landgrabber posted:now i'm trying to decide which pickups i plan to upgrade to. Haha that was quick.
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rio posted:Haha that was quick. eh it's fairly simple. something a little hot in the bridge, then something super super clean in the neck.
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Landgrabber, I say this with all my love: loving stop daydreaming and just get a loving guitar. Pickups won't mean poo poo while you're learning. They barely matter at all compared to your playing. It doesn't matter if you have an Affinity Strat, or Schecter SGR , or Ibanez GIO or what the gently caress ever. Just get something and start learning. There's a decent chance no matter what you get you'll want something different later. Stop overthinking it. Get the money from your parents or whatever, go to a store, pick one in your budget that looks pretty, hold it, make sure it doesn't cut up your hand because of lovely frets, pay for it, rock out. This is not as hard as you're making it on yourself.
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Real good musicians, like reeeeaaalll good musicians, will sound like themselves on a hundred dollar entry level pos and a twenty thousand dollar lawyer grade les paul, because, get this, it's more important to spend time playing then worrying about gear. Please get a guitar and play it every day. Don't watch YouTube videos about what pickups you need to put in it. Please don't read articles about which tubescreamer will make you a real guitarist. Just play your guitar every day, because if you can't make someone feel something with a squier tele, you won't be able to make them feel something with a prs. Then when you're bitter and old and have had actual time to fail, then you can spend your weekends watching that pedal show and rearranging your board 17 times.
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Sep 9, 2018 07:03
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music is only a hobby to me. you guys should see me with camera gear.
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Cameras have a slightly higher threshold before you hit diminishing returns, but the core tenet holds true: it doesn't matter how fancy your optics are if you can't frame a shot.
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