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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:Picked up my first ever tube amp today: an older Fender Blues DeVille 2x12. I set it to volume 2 out of 12 and it's making the windows rattle. The only blemish is that the reverb is only intermittently working (which was disclosed to me by the seller) and I probably won't fix that since I have pedals. It came on casters, has the footswitch, and a cover. Some fun mod kits: https://www.fromelelectronics.com/products/bdvr-mods?variant=776482263
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:Picked up my first ever tube amp today: an older Fender Hot Rod DeVille 2x12. I set it to volume 2 out of 12 and it's making the windows rattle. The only blemish is that the reverb is only intermittently working (which was disclosed to me by the seller) and I probably won't fix that since I have pedals. It came on casters, has the footswitch, and a cover.
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donut posted:The reverb on my 410 went a while ago, it was just a solder joint in the tank at the bottom of the cabinet that went. Easy peasy. Sadly not so easy to make the volume knob not a hair trigger where all the usable adjustment is in 1-3 or so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH_aH-uJQpc To bring it back to Wampler 
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So about a year ago, the headstock of my Les Paul gave way. I picked it up one day and it'd lifted, breaking away from the neck. It'd obviously received a knock somewhere in it's lifespan and with the tension on the poorly designed headstock meant that eventually it gave way. It was repaired (better than new in fact). The guitar sounds amazing and plays great, but I'm still bitter about my Gibby committing Hari-Kiri on me overnight for no apparent reason. So I'm giving it a make-over. It's an Ebony LP with cream plastics. I'm replacing said plastics with black plastics and dropping in a SD Custom into the bridge (after all the LP neck pickup is the Les Paul sound). I wish it had white binding instead of cream binding, but here's hoping after a pretty-up, I'll start to dig the guitar again.
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:Picked up my first ever tube amp today: an older Fender Hot Rod DeVille 2x12. I set it to volume 2 out of 12 and it's making the windows rattle. The only blemish is that the reverb is only intermittently working (which was disclosed to me by the seller) and I probably won't fix that since I have pedals. It came on casters, has the footswitch, and a cover. Did you ask for a hat to go with the amp?
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:Picked up my first ever tube amp today: an older Fender Hot Rod DeVille 2x12. I set it to volume 2 out of 12 and it's making the windows rattle. The only blemish is that the reverb is only intermittently working (which was disclosed to me by the seller) and I probably won't fix that since I have pedals. It came on casters, has the footswitch, and a cover. Which jazzy is that on the wall? I love my VM Squier.
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:The best part was picking it up: it was in an old run-down victorian house in Berkeley. The older guy led me in past a few other older guys working on computers, and then through a store room filled with hundreds of these:
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no broccoli please posted:Which jazzy is that on the wall? I love my VM Squier. It’s just a classic player. I love it though.
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donut posted:The reverb on my 410 went a while ago, it was just a solder joint in the tank at the bottom of the cabinet that went. Easy peasy. Sadly not so easy to make the volume knob not a hair trigger where all the usable adjustment is in 1-3 or so. I pulled the reverb tank out of the amp and it looks like the solders are all still in place. I sprayed some contact cleaner in there so maybe that will help. Edit: that seems to have done the trick for now. Played for 5 minutes on that sweet sweet fender reverb tone. LooksLikeABabyRat fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Dec 20, 2018 |
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Speaking of reverb I bought a Boss RV-6 from SA-Mart a couple days ago. Haven't gotten to play around with it yet
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Speaking of reverb I bought a Boss RV-6 from SA-Mart a couple days ago. Haven't gotten to play around with it yet You should! I have one in my MInilogue effects chain and its awesome. The Shimmer Reverb is particularly cool, but they all sound good.
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:Picked up my first ever tube amp today: an older Fender Hot Rod DeVille 2x12. I set it to volume 2 out of 12 and it's making the windows rattle. The only blemish is that the reverb is only intermittently working (which was disclosed to me by the seller) and I probably won't fix that since I have pedals. It came on casters, has the footswitch, and a cover. We have one of these at the studio. They are so loving loud
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gbs but from 2004 posted:We have one of these at the studio. They are so loving loud Yeah I can't put it over 3 in my apartment or I'll get evicted. It's moving to my band's practice space on Saturday and I'm looking forward to putting it through it's paces.
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My New Year's purchase is probably going to be a Bryce Fretless Electric 6 String Guitar.  I've got a knackered Crafter Cruiser strat copy that I'm going to turn fretless over the Christmas break to see if I get on with it well. I rarely play more than one note at a time when I loop using the guitar, and as my main instrument used to be the violin, I find frets to be annoying.
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fuctifino posted:My New Year's purchase is probably going to be a Bryce Fretless Electric 6 String Guitar. I wish I had the balls to try a fretless guitar. I play a ton of ambient guitar and I feel like it would be the most enjoyable thing matched with volume swells/delay/reverb. Maybe I should try a fretless bass first.
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Kilometers Davis posted:I wish I had the balls to try a fretless guitar. I play a ton of ambient guitar and I feel like it would be the most enjoyable thing matched with volume swells/delay/reverb. Maybe I should try a fretless bass first. The Crafter Cruiser that I'm going to modify before potentially buying the Bryce fretless only cost £20 second hand. It's easy to remove frets (I use a soldering iron and pincers), and I'm going to just use wood filler to fill the gaps. Something like this would give you an idea if a fretless 6 string is for you.
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Dec 21, 2018 05:38
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Perplexed as to why a fretless guitar has a Floyd Rose-looking vibrato.
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so you can stay in tune after doing siqq divebombs of course
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fuctifino posted:The Crafter Cruiser that I'm going to modify before potentially buying the Bryce fretless only cost £20 second hand. It's easy to remove frets (I use a soldering iron and pincers), and I'm going to just use wood filler to fill the gaps. Something like this would give you an idea if a fretless 6 string is for you. Yeah but I’m lazy and would rather go whole hog and buy a fretless to feel compelled to learn it so I don’t regret spending the money. *eddie murphy meme* I don’t always make the best gear decisions
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Kilometers Davis posted:I wish I had the balls to try a fretless guitar. I play a ton of ambient guitar and I feel like it would be the most enjoyable thing matched with volume swells/delay/reverb. Maybe I should try a fretless bass first. intonation's a pain in the rear end. less so with bass
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I played one of those 11 string fretless nylon Godin solid body acoustics once, thing was weird and wild. Had doubled up strings like a 12 for everything except the low E iirc. Still wish I'd had the extra $ to buy it at the time, it was unique enough that I'm sure I could find great use for it. https://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/godin-a11-glissentar-11-string-fretless-acoustic-electric-guitar
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Slothful Bong posted:I played one of those 11 string fretless nylon Godin solid body acoustics once, thing was weird and wild. Had doubled up strings like a 12 for everything except the low E iirc. Wow. I just watched a few videos of this guitar. It's pricey at over £1000, but if I had the money, I'd buy one in an instant. In other news, the Crafter Cruiser is now fretless, sanded and the fret holes filled with woodfiller. The whole task took about 15 minutes. I just need to wait for the filler to dry, then a quick final sand and then restring. 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZfFcnuWH2E Found this one of the godin, a cool example of how it can be used
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Nile uses a glissentar in a bunch of songs. Always thought it sounded awesome but not awesome enough to drop over $1k on one.
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Mocking it up to see how it will look. Still deciding on pickguard/no pickguard.
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Maybe if the guard matched the neck pickup.
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I dunno if you've put together a Tele before, but trying to get the pickguard/control plate/bridge/neck pocket lined up perfectly was by far the most frustrating part about my build. If I could go back and do it without a pickguard, I absolutely would. Plus that finish looks great without it.
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Yeah, when I ordered the pickup I didn't realize it came with an aged white/cream cover. Easy enough to swap out though, I've got a white one on the way.
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Lester Shy posted:I dunno if you've put together a Tele before, but trying to get the pickguard/control plate/bridge/neck pocket lined up perfectly was by far the most frustrating part about my build. If I could go back and do it without a pickguard, I absolutely would. Plus that finish looks great without it. Agreed. Normally telecasters look best with pickguards, but that piece of wood looks so good that I'd agree with this. Maybe seriously consider leaving the pickguard off.
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I thought I had posted this one too, but I must have forgotten to include it. Here it is without pickguard:
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Let that sexy wood go naked.
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It looks so good, dude. Nice work.
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Definitely go without or clear if you're afraid of marking up the finish.
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Naked!The Muppets On PCP posted:intonation's a pain in the rear end. less so with bass I have been eyeing up those $300 Squier fretless Js.
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Chip McFuck posted:Yeah, when I ordered the pickup I didn't realize it came with an aged white/cream cover. Easy enough to swap out though, I've got a white one on the way.
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Siivola posted:Get a black one and go naked. Or metallic
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 Got this for free in a trade. Music Man HD130, 4x10 combo version. It has a 12AX7 as a phase inverter, which puts it somewhere from 1974-77 I believe. They later went to a solid state PI. I absolutely love it. I am a clean player and have always owned Fender amps, but this is next level. Combined with a Keeley 4-knob compressor, I am able to get the pluckiest, brightest, shimmeriest cleans at crazy volume without any antagonistic frequencies (I'm thinking the 2.5-4k range that really gets spiky). That and the tremolo is iconic. I have a Fulltone Supa-Trem that I love for its design and quality, but it can't hold a candle to the Music Man's tremolo.
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Had the one on the left for about a year now. Just got the Fender Modern Player Jazzmaster on the right. I believe this is the only version Fender has made that has a maple fretboard with block inlays. The previous owner had installed a Blues Saraceno pickup in the bridge and it did not mix at all with the stock neck pickup. I had my friend install a set of Pearly Gates pickups, a push/pull coil split, and roller bridge.
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My first amp was the 2x10. What a fuckin' great amp and people have been gobbling these up like crazy so the prices are going up. I want one of these again, drat you.
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