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Seymour Duncan PR voice: it's actually JAZZ BLUES!!!
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Baron von Eevl posted:Right now I'm working on a bass tone that can take out both Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood. idk who ronnie wood is but PLEASE take out rod stewart im begging
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Jan 12, 2023 00:12
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Goddamn kids these days don't know how to ask jeeves a thing; he played with Jeff Beck (along with Rod the Bod) and later in the Faces (also with RoStew) and then much later in some band called the rolling stones
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Jan 12, 2023 00:17
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nvm stupid
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Jan 12, 2023 00:19
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Baron von Eevl posted:Goddamn kids these days don't know how to ask jeeves a thing; he played with Jeff Beck (along with Rod the Bod) and later in the Faces (also with RoStew) and then much later in some band called the rolling stones i did not know the name of anyone in the rolling stones until now. have you heard of modern baseball? theyre really good
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Jan 12, 2023 00:21
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Modern Baseball is dad music now
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Jan 12, 2023 00:24
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Oh is that Sammy Hagar's new band?
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Jan 12, 2023 00:31
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I'm really into Duane Allman right now and I just realized he played the guitar on Aretha's cover of "The Weight". This is also how I found out that Weezer also covered this song on the Red Album. Curse you, Weezer! 
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Jan 12, 2023 00:42
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Spanish Manlove posted:Modern Baseball is dad music now i transitioned so that when i become a parent, i don't instantly stop liking all the music i do, and instead only listen to pearl jam
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Jan 12, 2023 00:52
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Yeah but then you gotta wear those ugly jeans and listen to John Mayer (apologies to Quizzlefish)
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Jan 12, 2023 00:56
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Spanish Manlove posted:Modern Baseball is dad music now The War on Drugs is unironically considered dad music now, but also they have a big boomer following, kinda like how Dire Straights’ stuff sounds older than it really is
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Jan 12, 2023 01:19
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I was revisiting some punk songs I listened to a lot when I was a teenager to get some songwriting ideas. It didn't really hit me until just now but this came out 25 years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inCYhakQkvk
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Jan 12, 2023 01:41
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Hell yeah, 88FL is the shiiiit
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Jan 12, 2023 01:42
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Baron von Eevl posted:Hell yeah, 88FL is the shiiiit When I was going back and learning that song I realized that at 0:38 there's a first inversion dmaj3 chord that is totally not a common thing for punk, which then let me figure out that they're using 3rds instead of power chords for parts of the chorus on this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1hl5iivw64 Also that the main verse riff of this song is literally just the pipeline riff but in A and sped up, along with a very diatonic bunch of 3rds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7RNw0AMNr0 And that most of the songs are all using very Metal chord progressions that I would have never been able to figure out by ear at 14 but after years of learning melodeath it all just clicks instantly.
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Jan 12, 2023 01:49
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rip to mr beck
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Jan 12, 2023 03:02
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muike posted:Seymour Duncan PR voice: it's actually JAZZ BLUES!!! Does this make my JB more valuable? RIP Mr. Beck though. landgrabber posted:i did not know the name of anyone in the rolling stones until now. have you heard of modern baseball? theyre really good I hope this is not sarcasm, it’s great. Red_Fred fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Jan 12, 2023 |
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Jan 12, 2023 03:08
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Got my Firefly Jazzmaster Baritone yesterday and it's pretty much just the SubZero Rogue VI with a regular Strat-type hardtail bridge. It also comes with 12-52 strings on a 30" scale. It's okay for A Standard, but a little stiff. B standard I think is gonna be not very playable. So I think I'll be moving the Firefly up a bit in size. And Amazon lost the strings I bought for the Squier Custom Tele Baritone I also just bought. Somehow disappeared after being pulled from the shelf but before they were even picked up by USPS. That makes three Baritones, and I still kinda want to get the Firefly Tele Baritone. 
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Jan 12, 2023 03:25
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tone master report 2: about every 2 hours i learn some new basic thing about vintage amps / twin reverbs i either forgot or never learned because i never had time or volume allowable space to mess with them for instance i just learned if you leave one of the clean inputs at 10 and switch to vibrato there will be noise from the other channel still being at 10 and you might not figure it out for a few days why your amp seems noisier other basic thing ive learned: the 2nd input lowers the channel gain by -6db and will make you think your vintera pickups are even more broken for a few days another thing: is the fender magic 6 for single coils real? I don't know about all of that (google fender magic 6 for insane boomer rants).. but it seems to work pretty dang well with the tone master which is funny, at least as a starting point, I think mostly just turning the bass knob down a lot really helps reduce volume while improving keeping the sound nice I really can't freaking tell its not a tube amp. Tube amps are dead Also Behringer pedals are good as hell but i crave more pedals..
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Jan 12, 2023 04:26
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Red_Fred posted:Does this make my JB more valuable? i actually did not know the name of any stones members, but i knew what i was doing by posting that :p my parents didn't really listen to any of their parents' music-- and my oldest parent was born in 1970. so anything before then, i never had any exposure to, unless it was my dad making fun of bands that came out of the 60s, or me getting onto the internet and people telling me that i liked fuckin pop music for PUSSIES and i should be listening to the beatles instead, i didn't get exposed to any of it
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Jan 12, 2023 05:09
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So I have an old Ibanez GAX70 that I bought like 20 years ago. I pulled it out of storage last week and am just starting to learn some chords on it and play a little everyday. My big dumb old hands are having a pretty hard time dealing with the neck on this thing. Does this have an appreciably smaller/thinner neck than other electrics, or should I just keep practicing on it until my hands are stronger/more comfortable? I'm trying to focus on the playing and less on the gear, so i'm hoping I just need to toughen up and slog through the first few weeks of getting my hands used to guitaring.
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Jan 12, 2023 05:37
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landgrabber posted:time for my bi-annual instance of Actually Posting A Little Bit of Music: That kinda reminds me of Five-Eight, who I think are from Athens, Georgia and could've, but didn't hit it big in the 90's. You can probably find their 1994 album Weirdo on YouTube, which I think is their best stuff. The single, Karaoke, is one of my favourite songs ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKJ8vJl-a7Y
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Jan 12, 2023 06:05
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frogbs posted:So I have an old Ibanez GAX70 that I bought like 20 years ago. I pulled it out of storage last week and am just starting to learn some chords on it and play a little everyday. My big dumb old hands are having a pretty hard time dealing with the neck on this thing. Does this have an appreciably smaller/thinner neck than other electrics, or should I just keep practicing on it until my hands are stronger/more comfortable? I’d start with a setup if you haven’t done that already. A fresh set of strings (I’d say 9’s probably) and some adjustments could be all you really need. While you’re at the store you could check out some other guitars too.
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Jan 12, 2023 06:18
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Baron von Eevl posted:Yeah but then you gotta wear those ugly jeans and listen to John Mayer (apologies to Quizzlefish) *Looks down at his beat up jeans* 
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Jan 12, 2023 08:49
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How good or bad an idea is buying a guitar kit? Found a stunning looking spalted maple-veneered SG that i think would look incredible when polished up.
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Jan 12, 2023 09:31
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I don't see what could be bad about it, if you have the money to spare and open eyes about what the project entails.
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Jan 12, 2023 10:16
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Pondex posted:I don't see what could be bad about it, if you have the money to spare and open eyes about what the project entails. Just that the quality of components might be bad and that spending a bit more on an off the shelf guitar might be a better idea.
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Jan 12, 2023 11:39
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Lungboy posted:Just that the quality of components might be bad and that spending a bit more on an off the shelf guitar might be a better idea. That kind of depends of the quality of the kit, but some new tuners are generally a good idea from what I hear. Something like a used squier will probably have a much better resale-value. But Otoh it wont be a guitar you put together yourself.
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Jan 12, 2023 12:51
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Lungboy posted:Just that the quality of components might be bad and that spending a bit more on an off the shelf guitar might be a better idea. Like all DIY things, you don't buy a guitar kit to save money. You build a guitar kit because you like the hobby of building guitars. If the end goal is acquiring a guitar and not having a lot of fun making the guitar, then don't do it.
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Jan 12, 2023 13:01
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widefault posted:three Baritones love it
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frogbs posted:So I have an old Ibanez GAX70 that I bought like 20 years ago. I pulled it out of storage last week and am just starting to learn some chords on it and play a little everyday. My big dumb old hands are having a pretty hard time dealing with the neck on this thing. Does this have an appreciably smaller/thinner neck than other electrics, or should I just keep practicing on it until my hands are stronger/more comfortable? Just hang in there. Those do have a shorter scale (24 3/4 vs 25.5 on a fender) and relatively slim necks, but that makes the guitar easier to play, not harder. tbh big paws are a huge advantage so just keep truckin' man
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Jan 12, 2023 14:03
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The only thing keeping me from a guitar kit is knowing from 3 years in cub scouts that I don't like/am bad at sanding and painting things to not look like crap. If i get the itch to tinker, I'd probably do a pickup/hardware swap on an already finished guitar/body.
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Spanish Manlove posted:Like all DIY things, you don't buy a guitar kit to save money. You build a guitar kit because you like the hobby of building guitars. If the end goal is acquiring a guitar and not having a lot of fun making the guitar, then don't do it. it would be my first go but i love woodwork and having a guitar i built myself is the goal. It would be naturally finished with french polishing.
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Jan 12, 2023 15:07
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I settled on giving a little relief to my Tele neck as it seems a bit too flat from what I can gather. God, I'm loving terrified. Just to check - a "quarter turn" means 90 degrees? Or is it a quarter of that? I assumed tye latter, but might have been too subtle with the adjustments. Disco Pope fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Jan 12, 2023 |
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Jan 12, 2023 15:19
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Spanish Manlove posted:Modern Baseball is dad music now This is what I’d name an American Football cover band if I was in one so it checks out.
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Jan 12, 2023 15:39
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Disco Pope posted:I settled on giving a little relief to my Tele neck as it seems a bit too flat from what I can gather. God, I'm loving terrified. I’ve always took that to mean 90 degrees. Edit: also unless you really tighten it a bunch I think it’s harder to mess up than you think, especially if it’s a newer guitar.
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Jan 12, 2023 15:46
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frogbs posted:So I have an old Ibanez GAX70 that I bought like 20 years ago. I pulled it out of storage last week and am just starting to learn some chords on it and play a little everyday. My big dumb old hands are having a pretty hard time dealing with the neck on this thing. Does this have an appreciably smaller/thinner neck than other electrics, or should I just keep practicing on it until my hands are stronger/more comfortable? I dont think there's ever been a person who started playing guitar and didn't at some point think that their hands are too big/too small/too weird or wondered if there was something wrong with their instrument. Its a really normal feeling because making your hands do guitar things is awkward and unnatural feeling until you get used to it. Theres nothing wrong with your hands and plenty of people with big mitts play perfectly well. The guitar might need a set up, though, especially if its been in storage for a while. If youve got a friend who plays, maybe show it to them, or run it into a reputable guitar shop and have them give it a once over
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Disco Pope posted:I settled on giving a little relief to my Tele neck as it seems a bit too flat from what I can gather. God, I'm loving terrified.
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Jan 12, 2023 16:21
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Until you have an idea of how the neck is responding I like to start with only 1/8 turns or 45 degrees. I’m not saying you’ll break it doing 90 degrees. The trouble usually starts when you crank the first turn and think nothing is happening and then start cranking on it more and more. So usually not 90 but half to full to multiple turns of the rod. Do not do that. ethanol fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Jan 12, 2023 |
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Jan 12, 2023 16:42
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Go 1/16th to 1/8th of a turn at a time, retune and recheck, and then make more adjustments and repeat until it's good. Sometimes the teeniest adjustment will do it, sometimes its a big un
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Thanks - I have more than one guitar, so I'm happy to do micro adjustments, let it settle, and see if I can get there over a few days while I practice and play on another guitar. If I get nowhere, I can take it to my local luthier, but I saw them a few weeks ago for fretwork on my Strat - that coupled with replacing my boiler means I'm not relishing the idea of splashing out if I can conceivably have a go myself with little risk
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