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Rock Paper Tongue posted:I've been wanting to try out a sitar or a shamisen, but they're not exactly plentiful here in Arizona. I did find this Danelectro sitar from Sweetwater, and I also found this guy selling shamisens out of California. Does anyone have any experience with either of these, or any advice about where I I should be looking? Just be aware that that Dano, despite its name, is less a sitar than a standard guitar with a weird bridge and some sympathetic strings (that apparently aren't all that sympathetic.) I've never played one, but it never gets close to an authentic sitar sound, to my ears. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYJb1lpXnp0
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Rock Paper Tongue posted:I've been wanting to try out a sitar or a shamisen, but they're not exactly plentiful here in Arizona. I did find this Danelectro sitar from Sweetwater, and I also found this guy selling shamisens out of California. Does anyone have any experience with either of these, or any advice about where I I should be looking? No idea where to look, I don't think Thomann ships to the colonies unfortunately. If they do, they have all the stuff though. Of the two linked, they are pretty different depending on what you actually want. If you play guitar and want hassle free Indian sounds, or just weird sounds with effects, the sitar, which, as mentioned, is more of a guitar is probably right. But if you want to try out an essentially alien instrument with weird tunings and new techniques, it's not. For instance, I think a proper sitar is "scalloped", or more accurately doesn't have what we think of as a fretboard. Edit: gently caress, now i want a sitar.
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Apr 7, 2021 20:35
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Thomann certainly ships to Canada, at least. That's where I ordered my MPC One. Import duties tho :[
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BonHair posted:For instance, I think a proper sitar is "scalloped", or more accurately doesn't have what we think of as a fretboard.
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https://www.eyb-guitars.de/Eyb-English/sitarbridge.html Conversion bridge to make your guitar sound like a sitar.
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BonHair posted:Edit: gently caress, now i want a sitar. Thank you for the Thomann link, I'll do some more digging and see if it's something I can make work! I'd love to have an actual sitar someday, those things look and sound absolutely beautiful and I'm always looking to learn new instruments This looks pretty cool too, and it doesn't seem too hard to install and start fiddling with. Much obliged!
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I'm gonna be honest, I just spent like ten-fifteen minutes looking at the site for that EYB sitar bridge and I can't make heads or tails of how it works. I looked at the video - it just seems to be a bridge you mount pretty high so the strings are way the gently caress up from the frets? there's no sympathetic strings at all? "The sitar sound is produced mechanically by the strings on the bridge." what am I even looking at?
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Gotoh makes a version called the buzz bridge. It's basically causing the strings to buzz against the bridge like fret buzz but at the bridge and on purpose. There's ways to DIY one http://aaronlumguitar.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-diy-sitarcaster-revisited.html?m=1 I also saw this while looking for that https://www.italiaguitarsusa.com/product/modena-sitar/ 
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Apr 11, 2021 11:44
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Needed a new bass, bought bass. Bass good.
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Spectral Elvis posted:Needed a new bass, bought bass. Bass good. Sexy bass.
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Apr 11, 2021 17:35
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That's a real cool bass.
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Spectral Elvis posted:Needed a new bass, bought bass. Bass good. That’s badass. Love the bound neck
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hexwren posted:I'm gonna be honest, I just spent like ten-fifteen minutes looking at the site for that EYB sitar bridge and I can't make heads or tails of how it works. I looked at the video - it just seems to be a bridge you mount pretty high so the strings are way the gently caress up from the frets? there's no sympathetic strings at all? "The sitar sound is produced mechanically by the strings on the bridge." what am I even looking at? Sitar sound has two main components compared to a guitar: one is the sympathetic strings as you mentioned, but the other is the aforementioned buzz bridge, which in my opinion is the more characteristic sound. I think it's a flat surface touching the vibrating strings, giving it a different sound than regular fret buzz.
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For the longest time I didn't get the appeal of Danelectros, but one of my friends is a devotee, so I finally decided to get one of my own: And yes, it's a 12-string: 
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Apr 13, 2021 20:25
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sexy af
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Apr 13, 2021 21:27
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Wow! The magic seems to be the middle pickup position with all the pickups on.
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Apr 13, 2021 22:34
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Yeah, they had one with a humbucker and P90 as well, but I figured I’d try the true Dano experience with the lipsticks. So far so good.
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Apr 13, 2021 22:53
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For a long time those Danos were basically the only game in town for Ric 12-string tones under $500, hell, even under $1000
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Apr 13, 2021 22:57
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Impulse purchase because look at it Zuwei "Rosewood" Tele. Basswood body with "rosewood" veneers front and back. Neck is stained maple with a "rosewood" fretboard that looks like it's dyed mystery wood. 
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Alright so the guitars arrived today.   The satin black was in a plastic bag and then in a large box with spray foam mostly all around. The bottom layer of foam was sprayed and the guitar was set down, face down, on that layer with the bridge and the belly of the guitar touching the outer layer of cardboard. The rest of the foam piled up and protected the back of the guitar just fine. In the end, no damage was done, luckily. The guitar arrived without a flaw. The gloss/gold arrived in its factory wrap and factory box, seemingly unopened. Flawless as well. Straight neck, no fret problems no finish problems. Don’t sleep on Amazon Warehouse (Used). These are LTD EC-256 guitars for $27x. and $28x. that normally retail for $499 and they are indistinguishable from new, as far as I can tell. I will take more detailed pictures tomorrow, if anyone cares, and I can run DI tests against Thornbuckers in a Les Paul Studio if anyone wants to hear that.
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duodenum posted:I will take more detailed pictures tomorrow, if anyone cares, and I can run DI tests against Thornbuckers in a Les Paul Studio if anyone wants to hear that. Please do
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All-rosewood is the most audacious, grooviest mood wood. Tonewood is over. It's about mood.
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I like a Sandalwood fingerboard for tone smell. edit: if I hadn't already splashed out for a Firefly recently I would so interested in these ESPs. Sweaty IT Nerd fucked around with this message at 04:48 on Apr 15, 2021 |
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I haven’t attempted to record anything yet, still experimenting with GarageBand and the Pod Go. I took them outside to get a proper look at them. In the light of day, I did notice a couple flaws. On the gloss black we have discolored binding and what looks like it may have fallen face forward, jamming the string into the frets and the fretboard as you can see. I imagine the binding will even out as the guitar ages, and I’ll take a gentle file and polish to the small bit of damage otherwise.   The satin black has a rough spot on the bottom of the neck, might be a missed spot in the final polishing or sanding process. It’s mostly on the plastic black binding there so I should be able to buff that out. Otherwise excellent. 
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Apr 16, 2021 20:56
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nudie magazine day
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muike posted:nudie magazine day  This is my new dream guitar. Who makes it? How much? And where can I get one? Also, congrats on your excellent taste!
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LTD SCT-607b. Kinda hard to find for a good price right now, especially if you want one of the older black ones. Expect to pay around 1k to 1.2. They're backordered right now but I got mine used. Also, thank you!
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God I love metal Teles. Such a strangely unexplored design space IMO.
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Apr 16, 2021 22:07
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Guitars with through-body tails got me like:
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muike posted:LTD SCT-607b. Kinda hard to find for a good price right now, especially if you want one of the older black ones. Expect to pay around 1k to 1.2. They're backordered right now but I got mine used. Also, thank you! Sweet, thanks. Gotta get the bass boat sparkle green!
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muike posted:nudie magazine day That colour yo
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Remember how the glitter companies wouldn't say where the glitter was going? Well,
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Lester Shy posted:God I love metal Teles. Such a strangely unexplored design space IMO. The FMT and John 5 signature models are alluring. But then I just buy another LP knock off.
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I was eyeballing the Joe Duplantier Charvel this guy came along (it's twice the price  )
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Charvel > all, though. I would forsake everything I believe in for Charvel.
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I was just reminded of what popped up in the free section of craigslist last week. On the same street as me and I saw it within 15 minutes of it being listed. Didn't get it, though.  Probably should've gotten it.  I'm so dumb.
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I'm very happy with my Player HH Tele, especially for the price I paid, but Charvel Pro-Mods and Schecter PTs are really sexy guitars
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Charvel > all, though. I would forsake everything I believe in for Charvel. Listen to the Bhabhi kids.
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