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luchadornado posted:This is like the worst possible combo.. why? A lot of lefties learn on their older siblings guitar or whatever is sitting around and just never relearn once they've got into it. My drummer plays guitar lefty-righty like that, and he also drums open handed on a righty kit (hat on left and snare on right). It's mostly just a combination of 'self taught' and 'not many lefty guitars around' inertia. Plus people hate it when you rearrange a shared drum kit to lefty...
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luchadornado posted:This is like the worst possible combo.. why? For some reason I didn't really talk to the guy (I played bass and bonded with the bass player over his Rick copy (very cool, but also felt instantly bad and wrong in my hands)), so I didn't really ask him. But the way I see it, he would be able to play most guitars straight away while still keeping his dominant hand picking, so not a bad deal. I don't know how hard the shapes are, but I don't think they're intrinsically harder, just different.
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Jul 17, 2022 14:47
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Clarence posted:The Yamaha mentioned a couple of pages ago seems like something that might suit me. I pretty much want to be able to pick up guitar, push button and play. No faffing about with wires and cables. Bluetooth input and being able to output to a PC is a bonus. The first generation of the Yamaha THR10 apparently came out in 2013, and the second generation (THR10II) came out near the end of 2019. It will probably be a while before they release a new model. Besides, if you get one of the current models and it has all of the features and sounds that you want, I don't see any reason to not stick with it even if a new model comes out. I'm still using a first gen THR10 and it completely fits my needs, haven't felt the need to upgrade even after the second gen came out.
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Yeah, I have a THR10x and my only real issue versus the ii is that I'm limited with cab options , and overall I wish it had a loop I could put most of my pedalboard through. Usually I'm using it without a board though, so not a huge issue.BonHair posted:Rick copy (very cool, but also felt instantly bad and wrong in my hands) Yeah, that was my experience as well. Rick basses look sick as gently caress but I bounced extremely hard off them after trying one.
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hey if i bought a guitar from a thrift store and it cuts out sometimes, and i can wiggle the cable to get it to come back sometimes, but i can't get the pattern to repeat consistently, how do i repair that? i took the back panel off and i pulled the plug hole (?) out and nothing looked immediately suspect, all the solder joints were solid, the plug seats firmly and none of the wires seemed like they were crossing that weren't supposed to. the only complication i can think of is that there's some kind of onboard preamp circuit, the guitar has a 9 volt battery that powers its own lil baby distortion. is there an easy sort of troubleshooting path or should i just take it to a guy? i can solder and do basic component replacement without any fear. this is the guitar, I've got the onboard synth coming and I'm excited to get as stupid as possible
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Jul 17, 2022 21:26
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Have you tried multiple cables? Bending the contact part of the plug of the guitar in very slightly to ensure contact?
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multiple cables yes, bending the part of the guitar where the plug goes is was tricky because it's shrouded and the wires are all real short
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Jul 17, 2022 22:13
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pretty sure a lot of this dry frine is in places that are hard to clean because the frets are so high and weird. ugh! i am such a clown i spent so much money on this stupid guitar
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Jul 17, 2022 22:33
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What is "frine?" i've never used that word before but it sounds very explanatory for what you're describing
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muike posted:What is "frine?" i've never used that word before but it sounds very explanatory for what you're describing fret polish
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Jul 17, 2022 22:38
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Like on the playing surface or on the sides where the fret ends are visible on the neck?
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Jul 17, 2022 22:43
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muike posted:Like on the playing surface or on the sides where the fret ends are visible on the neck? not where fret ends are visible but like the sides of the frets themselves. i was trying to use toothpicks lightly to clean it all up, idk
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Jul 17, 2022 23:37
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LG that is rough and I hope you get it somewhere that makes you feel happier with it soon. I have definitely been in the position of feeling regret for an attempted DIY fix, even fairly recently. In related news I would not recommend using nail polish as a method of finish repair as some luthiers will actually hang up on you when you mention it once you are trying to get someone to unfuck your gently caress (but you might find one eventually who is cool about it, and does not begrudge a dumbass for dumbassery, thank goodness) On the positive side I did make a new luthier pal who is real good at fixing guitar poo poo in general and I'm sending my guitars to him in a gradual parade to get them all in good shape now  I've been setting up my guitars since the 2000s and never got in my way of recording but he put one in such shape as I have never had any of mine, not even close really, superb intonation and perfect action with great nut alignment and height, frets feel awesome all around - and now I look forward to getting all of 'em like that. Might never have met the dude if I didn't gently caress up fixing a guitar I hosed up keeping in good shape to begin with, sometimes all it takes is a series of fuckups to get on the right track.
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oh no the toothpicks did a good job of cleaning some of it out... was just worreid it'd scratch the frets (though toothpicks are pretty soft). there's just some of it i can't even get out with such a fine little point, though, which makes it feel like the frets should've maybe been glued in better idk!!
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well i took it all apart again and inspected all the bits and pried the cable retention guy in a little closer and it was still crapping out, so i replaced the battery and of course now everything works the way it's supposed to partially related: holy poo poo everybody go out and buy an Ibanez with an active pickup and shred your face off, this thing rules so hard
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landgrabber posted:oh no the toothpicks did a good job of cleaning some of it out... was just worreid it'd scratch the frets (though toothpicks are pretty soft).
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Jul 18, 2022 01:47
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muike posted:god if you were near my tech all of this would get fixed under normal rates honestly already working on it. i have some other stuff that i've been putting off getting fixed (goofy wiring, poor shielding, non-matching back plate thing lol, goofy pots) so next time i have some money i'm going to get all the stuff and then find a good capital L Luthier in my nearest Metro Area and see if they can do everything.
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If you bought a new Fender from 2013-2019 you might be able to get involved in a class action law suit due to price fixing. https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fender-class-action-lawsuit
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Dang. That's some right hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ338FMxvRI
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Jul 18, 2022 13:19
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*laughs in hetfield (also adds a yea-huh)*
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Pondex posted:Dang. That's some right hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTo1B7ceIWo Funk rhythm is so crazy. I can't do it save my life.
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Baron von Eevl posted:*laughs in hetfield (also adds a yea-huh)*
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I heard hetfield doesent do the yeahhhs so much these days cause he got self conscious about people making fun of it which is v sad if true
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Sad if truuuuueeee
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fuuuuuck I gotta chase a noise problem and troubleshoot my pedal board noooooooo rebuild it one by one til something starts squealing, this is gonna blow big time Agreed fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Jul 18, 2022 |
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If the issue's just that something's not working somewhere in there, divide it in half. If you've got 8 pedals, plug into the first and run from the 4th one to your amp. If that checks out, plug in to the 5th and run the 8th to your amp. If those both work try swapping the patch cable between the 4th and 5th.
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It all works, there's just a high pitched noise that works its way into anything with gain. Not, like, expected "white noise that increases in audibility as gain is applied," rather distinct high pitched tones that are obnoxious at lower gain and ruinous at higher gain. Just showed up after making some changes that should not have caused any problems, but undoing those changes doesn't seem to fix it. Ooooh yeaaaahh!!! And an NS-2 doesn't help, actually it becomes its own dramatically squealing noise source. The pitch changes as pedals are engaged. Power? Could be, got some daisy chains going on, going to have to troubleshoot that. Cables? Could be, maybe there's a ground issue happening, going to have to troubleshoot that. Impedance relationships between pedals? Who knows, gonna find out though. Going back to nothing then putting them in one by one until the bad thing happens, and then going from there to try to figure out a solution. Agreed fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Jul 18, 2022 |
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Most of the time I've found that comes from a lovely patch cable, usually a bad connection between plug and jack.
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Definitely possible, might have had one fail moving stuff on and off. If it is internal to a pedal though gonna be trial and error to find it.
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telecaster nut worn to poo poo. still playable but needs to be replaced. how easy/expensive is that to have done?
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A graphtech TUSQ slotted nut is like $15 and an upgrade. Install should be fairly cheap if you don't want to do it yourself, you could probably have it done with a setup for a nominal fee.
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Baron von Eevl posted:A graphtech TUSQ slotted nut is like $15 and an upgrade. Install should be fairly cheap if you don't want to do it yourself, you could probably have it done with a setup for a nominal fee. oh sick. thinking of that + a not-lovely input jack + a better string tree (the one on it atm is this awful vintage style one that always comes loose with every re-string and it’s infuriating) for the holy trinity of “cheap mods that drastically improve your life”
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Did you get straplocks?
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Spanish Manlove posted:Did you get straplocks? i've always just used the cheap rubber blocks actually
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eh close enough.
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landgrabber posted:telecaster nut worn to poo poo. still playable but needs to be replaced. As has been stated, the slot in replacement is cheap. As for how easy: Can you put two drops of superglue roughly where you want?
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Lumpy posted:As has been stated, the slot in replacement is cheap. As for how easy: Can you put two drops of superglue roughly where you want? Eh she might have to position the nut properly and file some of the slots and that's a whole nother afternoon of e/n
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I wouldn't use superglue for that, might damage the wood next time it needs to be removed and nuts don't last forever.
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Would cheap, schoolyard PVA be good enough to hold the nut in place or would you need the fancier wood oriented PVA for it to hold well and still be easily replaced?
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Save yourself/other future techs some grief later and use a tiny drop of Elmers to secure your nuts. The strings hold em in place 99.999 percent of the time, the glue is just to keep the nut from flopping off if you take all the strings off. No need for super strong glue.
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