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loopsheloop posted:Any intro resources on guitar modding? Written for idiots, hopefully? Guitar Player Magazine guitar repair guide by Dan Erlewine. It will teach you anything and everything you would ever want to know about guitar repair. It's well written and easy to follow, and everyone reading this post should buy a copy.
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To go with that: the whole StewMac YouTube channel is informative and has immaculate vibes.
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mango sentinel posted:To go with that: the whole StewMac YouTube channel is informative and has immaculate vibes. YES. Dan Erlewine is a god.
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Mar 2, 2021 06:13
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Dan is a awesome. That book is totally worth the money too. Can't recommend it enough
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Mar 2, 2021 06:33
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i like premier guitar for mods
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Mar 2, 2021 06:44
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Nthing the Dan recommendations. What are you looking to mod? Paint, electronics, want it to shoot lasers and/or fire?
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Thanks for all the feedback, I'm waaaaay down a YouTube hole with Dan Erlewine now and loving it. I just picked up a Mascis JM to have a cheap little riffer and thought it might be fun to tool around with. As soon as you start reading forums it's all "bone nut mastery arm antiquities 2" and I kind of wanna understand the fundamentals before just whacking the thing with a screwdriver. loopsheloop fucked around with this message at 07:26 on Mar 2, 2021 |
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loopsheloop posted:Thanks for all the feedback, I'm waaaaay down a YouTube hole with Dan Erlewine now and loving it. The neck and body are relatively sorted and great. Then you have pretty much infinite options to change the pickups, the pickguard, the knobs, the electronics, etc. Though you’ll probably have less pickguard options than with a strat/tele and you probably won’t be as keen to change the pickups from stock, which is great. Maybe add a kill switch? They often come built into replacement/upgrade switchplates
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homewrecker posted:Yes for the THR - there's a volume knob for the USB/AUX output, separate from the volume knob for the Guitar output, which makes it easy to adjust the levels to your needs. I have my THR connected to my PC via USB, but there's also an AUX port (3.5 mm). Fats posted:The Katanas have a 3.5mm aux in, and I found this on reddit that makes it sound like it'll take audio from USB, too. You have to control the aux volume from the source, though.
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Fun fact about Dan Erlewine, he and his brothers gave Iggy Pop the nickname Iggy.
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Baron von Eevl posted:Fun fact about Dan Erlewine, he and his brothers gave Iggy Pop the nickname Iggy. Just when you think he couldn't get any more awesome....
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If I was going to buy a Telecaster in the $1k-1.5K USD range...what should I be looking at?
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I'd probably grab one of the Fender Vintera Roadworns, or a used US whatever.
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I haven't touched one, but I've seen people raving about the fender american professional series II line and the Telecaster is right at the upper end of that price range.
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SnatchRabbit posted:If I was going to buy a Telecaster in the $1k-1.5K USD range...what should I be looking at? You can get a new American Pro at the top end of that range but I would personally grab the purple road worn 50s Tele. I've seen them around 8-900. Edit: The Miami blue American Professional is very cool though mango sentinel fucked around with this message at 15:31 on Mar 2, 2021 |
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SnatchRabbit posted:If I was going to buy a Telecaster in the $1k-1.5K USD range...what should I be looking at? Get USA made G&L ASAT. Can get a used one for like a grand or less.
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G&L is the most legit. If it were me, however, I'd scour Reverb for "FSR" stuff, or the Fender Special Run. There's usually something interesting and a bit unique in there. Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Mar 2, 2021 |
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SnatchRabbit posted:If I was going to buy a Telecaster in the $1k-1.5K USD range...what should I be looking at? gonna throw a curveball here: Reverend Greg Koch signature Gristlemaster. I'm partial to the purple, but pretty much all the colors rule. Fluences, roasted maple neck, locking tuners. WAY nicer than anything else in the range. C'mon man this is hot as a pistol 
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I've never seen Reverend in a shop around here. That looks awesome. I like how it has a boost switch built in and then it seems to have a better bridge and all these improvements. Only thing I wonder about is that lip catching the pick during some funky strumming. I want to get my hands on that if I can find one around.
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former glory posted:I've never seen Reverend in a shop around here. That looks awesome. I like how it has a boost switch built in and then it seems to have a better bridge and all these improvements. Only thing I wonder about is that lip catching the pick during some funky strumming. I want to get my hands on that if I can find one around. It's not actually a boost switch- it's the voice selector for the fishmans, which to be fair does actually sort of have that effect. It's basically Blackguard vs Whiteguard tele sounds. The lip you won't notice at all while playing.
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Gramps posted:gonna throw a curveball here: Reverend Greg Koch signature Gristlemaster. I'm partial to the purple, but pretty much all the colors rule. Fluences, roasted maple neck, locking tuners. WAY nicer than anything else in the range. You had me at Roasted Maple. Looks like it also comes with a compound radius neck which I'm super partial to on my Charvel dk 24.
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Watch this and tell me you don't love both of these dudes. Greg and Ken are both extremely large men of Sasquatchian proportions, and they were both very nice to me and generous with their time when I cornered them at NAMM a few years ago. Greg's my hero. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV0uIVhF2KY
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Just so you know: the Reverend Gristlemaster has a bigger body than a standard Tele (which looks like a ukulele in Koch’s hands).
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Xabi posted:Just so you know: the Reverend Gristlemaster has a bigger body than a standard Tele (which looks like a ukulele in Koch’s hands). They're only like 1-2 percent bigger. They still fit in the vast majority of Tele cases.
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I just don't understand why putting the control plate backwards is the default orientation for Telecasters. KNOBS FIRST, SELECTOR LAST!!! 
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:I just don't understand why putting the control plate backwards is the default orientation for Telecasters. KNOBS FIRST, SELECTOR LAST!!! Those of us that are chronic switch flippers mid solo need it right there. I don't want to have to even lift off the bridge just whack it with a pinky and keep a schweedlin. You're 100 percent right if you don't do that nonsense though
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Gramps posted:Those of us that are chronic switch flippers mid solo need it right there. I don't want to have to even lift off the bridge just whack it with a pinky and keep a schweedlin. You're 100 percent right if you don't do that nonsense though I accidentally hit my strat selector while strumming a lot but I'm new and bad. Corollary: tell me I don't even know how to play guitar yet and don't need an Empress Reverb.
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If you have enough pedals you don't even have to know how to play
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mango sentinel posted:I accidentally hit my strat selector while strumming a lot but I'm new and bad. Use the money on lessons you dingus. e: don't ask how many only lightly used pedals I have.
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I got other money set aside for lessons
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Oh, carry on then.
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mango sentinel posted:I accidentally hit my strat selector while strumming a lot but I'm new and bad. Any gear you buy that makes you kick the door in as soon as you get home and run to your guitars is money well spent. A great reverb can definitely be that type of thing.
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Gramps posted:Those of us that are chronic switch flippers mid solo need it right there. I don't want to have to even lift off the bridge just whack it with a pinky and keep a schweedlin. You're 100 percent right if you don't do that nonsense though I like to do those pinky swells on Telecasters 
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:I like to do those pinky swells on Telecasters Have you seen Greg Koch do the tone control wah trick? jeez
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Uh, this followed me home from the pawn shop. Marshall(duh) MA100H, Made in Vietnam, beat up pretty good, but seems to work fine. Do I need a 100 watt tube amp? Well, no, but... 
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Got my Boss Katana 50 in today. I feel a little mixed. It doesn't sound as great as I thought it would(I've been playing through guitar rig on some old computer speakers, so I assumed it would be much better), however, it didn't sound terrible. But, I get the feeling with all the effects and stuff, it'll probably take a little fiddling and learning to dial in to what I'm looking for. I'm not good at describing sounds, but I felt the nice meaty low end palm mute type of sounds were lacking. I haven't had time yet to hook it to a pc(which btw it didn't come with a USB cable that I saw, so I guess I need to get one) either. I'll have more time in a few days to play with all that and can ask more specific questions about it later. However I have one now - Since I'm actually playing through an amp now, and not through interface/guitar rig on pc speakers, will pickups come into play more? I didn't notice much difference in sound between my guitar with EMGs and my brother's Les Paul copy through guitar rig but I'm curious to try my guitar out on the amp when I get it back. e: I don't have any pedals yet. If I want to play a lot of metal what should be the first one I get? Do I even need one? Will it even make the amp sound any different? Drunk Driver Dad fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Mar 3, 2021 |
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Gramps posted:Have you seen Greg Koch do the tone control wah trick? jeez gently caress yeah that rules, too.
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Drunk Driver Dad posted:Got my Boss Katana 50 in today. I feel a little mixed. It doesn't sound as great as I thought it would(I've been playing through guitar rig on some old computer speakers, so I assumed it would be much better), however, it didn't sound terrible. But, I get the feeling with all the effects and stuff, it'll probably take a little fiddling and learning to dial in to what I'm looking for. I'm not good at describing sounds, but I felt the nice meaty low end palm mute type of sounds were lacking. No pedals yet, the first thing you should do is learn a little bit about the EQ and start tuning it to your preference. Every room is different so you'll need to tweak the EQ to get the tone you'd like. The built in overdrive and distortion effects are perfectly capable of doing what you want right now. I'd look into rigs from bands you dig, then try to approximate their gear with the modelers in the Katana. I've had good success doing this with my GT-1 on classic rock tunes. I don't even use the amp models (you should tho, the Katana's are awesome), just distortion, delay and a little EQ. beer gas canister fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Mar 3, 2021 |
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How does the Katana 50 compare to its bigger siblings?
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Malaria posted:Get USA made G&L ASAT. I've got a g&l asat classic and I would caution you to go play one before you buy. The build quality is excellent, but the mfr pickups might not be what you're looking for if you're hoping for a stereotypical tele tone.
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