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Southern Cassowary posted:how does it feel/sound compared to a (not busted) american standard strat? custom shop guitars like this are an unknown quantity for me, best guitars i've ever played are just japanese and american production instruments like esp e-ii, prs s2, etc. it sounds amazing but im not going to tell you it's worth the price because it's not. Does it sound better than the other strats? Yes. If I swapped this pickups into either of those, I'm guessing they would sound just as good. I can play music just as well on a mia or a mim. But the body and neck are the feel I want. So fit and finish is clearly higher quality. it's feels about 2 lb lighter than my other strats. there's no imperfections, the neck angle/alignment is exactly where I want it, it has no neck gap at all unlike my other fenders. and setup is right out of the box, and im a huge huge loser who likes vintage lacquer maple boards. the laquer finish on the body looks very different up close compared to my other sunburst strats, like a completely different texture to the gloss on the mim/mias. i would never recommend this guitar to anybody over a mim with custom pickups unless they're a fit and finish freak with no children going to college ethanol fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Mar 9, 2023 |
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ethanol posted:it sounds amazing but im not going to tell you it's worth the price because it's not. Does it sound better than the other strats? Yes. If I swapped this pickups into either of those, I'm guessing they would sound just as good. I can play music just as well on a mia or a mim. But the body and neck are the feel I want. So fit and finish is clearly higher quality. it's feels about 2 lb lighter than my other strats. there's no imperfections, the neck angle/alignment is exactly where I want it, it has no neck gap at all unlike my other fenders. and setup is right out of the box, and im a huge huge loser who likes vintage lacquer maple boards. the laquer finish on the body looks very different up close compared to my other sunburst strats, like a completely different texture to the gloss on the mim/mias. Is that quartersawn maple for the neck? My G&L has that as well and it's supposed to help with durability and weather shifts and all that I haven't had mine long enough to really know if that's true but they are gorgeous visually if nothing else
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Mar 9, 2023 03:15
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Is that quartersawn maple for the neck? full specs:  hey at least it's not relic'd ethanol fucked around with this message at 03:25 on Mar 9, 2023 |
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Mar 9, 2023 03:17
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ok when they say bone nut which animal and which bone?  edit: StewMac videos are nice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im1Qw2CI8BQ Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Mar 9, 2023 |
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ethanol posted:rift sawn. hot drat, well there's the money right there with the price of wood these days I've never even seen rift sawn as an aftermarket option let alone from a factory also dig the 7.5 to 9.5 compound radius, how does that feel also you lose me at vintage truss rod though, having to take the neck off to adjust is where I draw the line for modern conveniences Good Soldier Svejk fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Mar 9, 2023 |
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ethanol posted:hey at least it's not relic'd Woah, what's wrong with relicing (especially if it's free with the paint job) I have a near mental breakdown whenever I have something nice and it gets a scratch/scuff, so I figure with it coming pre-worn I won't be as weird about it.
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:ok when they say bone nut which animal and which bone? If someone cut stew mac videos into half hour "Joy of Painting"-eque lutherie videos that would be my constant background noise luchadornado posted:Woah, what's wrong with relicing (especially if it's free with the paint job) This makes me wonder if people with relic'd gear are precious about not destroying the precision wear but I understand that... and at the same time wanting a guitar to look new forever is like wanting a hammer to look new forever, eventually it's gotta get some abuse by its very nature Good Soldier Svejk fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Mar 9, 2023 |
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:hot drat, well there's the money right there with the price of wood these days lol at the vintage truss rod. i've gotten a little too used to pulling fender necks apart I guess. if it wasnt a vintage truss rod could you call it a '62 NOS. I admit I haven't checked the whole maple fretboard thing out yet though. I had thought they stopped making them with maple in '62. I encourage somebody to tell me what is not period accurate to this guitar so that I can have a good laugh. I suppose the compound radius is one thing? i do like the compound radius quite a bit. i wonder if that is what feels so good about this neck, string height seems to be at where I can't put it on my other guitars without buzzing. maybe that's owing to the changing radius. I do try to keep them all the same neck relief. luchadornado posted:Woah, what's wrong with relicing (especially if it's free with the paint job) also I'm not going to baby this thing. It's not like I drop my guitars ever but I'm also going to keep it out of its case most of the time in my house or out if i play live. it will be my daily strat. (apart from handcuffing it to me I'm not letting it get stolen though) edit: A ton of custom shop fenders have horrible neck alignment, same with the american vintage strats. I got one that was totally off before. If you look online you'll see loads and loads of off center necks. far worse than you can hope to fix. among other problems. you have to be able to go see it. their QC gets worse the more you pay ethanol fucked around with this message at 03:58 on Mar 9, 2023 |
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congratulations on your nice guitar ethanol
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:This makes me wonder if people with relic'd gear are precious about not destroying the precision wear Thinkin about that time Chapman started selling relic’d British Standards they couldn’t fulfill the full order for and posted a video of the relicking process involving Rob Chapman dragging the guitars around on a rocky beach
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ethanol posted:i am officially the biggest moron in the thread hey man if that's your poo poo then good for you. if you know what you really like and want to spend a bunch of money on it, i think that's tight
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Pollyanna posted:No seriously how do you make it so that string doesn’t annihilate your poor fingies i dipped my fingers in pickle juice when i started because i heard it gave nolan ryan good pitching calluses, no idea if it actually did anything or not though lol. i do have gigantic powerful calluses now, though.
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^^ I swear pickle juice was a Home Movies gag but I'll be damned if I'm looking at more than a half a page of search results.ethanol posted:i am officially the biggest moron in the thread A moron with a good strat tho!
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I have very little string experience still but put some Ernie Balls on my Washburn while my Revstar came with Elixirs and the Elixirs just feel better somehow. I guess it could be gauge difference (9s on Washburn vs 10s on Yam) or just in my head. The top spec Revs come with D'Addario EXL 110s so I might try those next.
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Pollyanna posted:No seriously how do you make it so that string doesn’t annihilate your poor fingies Combination toughing it out, but also practice fretting as close to the frets as possible and with only enough pressure to get a clear note. It'll protect your fingers and reduce hand and wrist fatigue. (Also, using light gauge strings. I have Rev Willy 8's at the moment and they feel so good. I don't think I've even got noticeable calluses.)
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:ok when they say bone nut which animal and which bone? The current nut on my RG7321 comes from a marrow bone mac and cheese mrs burdt and I shared for a fancy Valentine’s Day dinner this year. Watched this video while making the guitar nut.
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I bought a big rear end bone from a pet store once and sliced it up on a bandsaw into nut blanks. The smell was so god awful I just suck it up and buy ready made blanks now.
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ethanol posted:i am officially the biggest moron in the thread Looks great. If you're dumb as hell so am I, got a CS baritone strat sitting right here. loving awesome guitars.
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creamcorn posted:i dipped my fingers in pickle juice when i started because i heard it gave nolan ryan good pitching calluses, no idea if it actually did anything or not though lol. many years ago, when my fingertips were soft and tender, i read somewhere that dipping your fingertips in rubbing alcohol would facilitate callus formation. i tried it, and maybe it worked. never heard about the pickle juice thing.
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Thumposaurus posted:I bought a big rear end bone from a pet store once and sliced it up on a bandsaw into nut blanks. It's not just the smell. You definitely don't want to breathe any of that bone dust
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Ugh I remember doing a project where I cut into some antlers. That smell haunts my nostrils. It's similar to burning hair but a little different. Never again.
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Back on string chat, I'm just going to stick with Stringjoy and just lube my strings up for smoothness instead of worrying about coated strings. I put a set of Cleartone's on my Ormsby, and the .018 3rd string was dead sounding, like there was a fret wrap on it or something. I thought it might have been a set up issue but it wouldn't go away. Luckily I had a .024w rogue ernie ball laying around I stuck on there instead and it's fixed. Big rear end plain strings suck anyway. Also I prefer my strings to be a bit slinky(about high 16, low 17lbs of tension as Stringjoy's calculator reckons it for wound strings), but I've noticed if I go a bit tighter, it's a lot easier to clean up my fast tremolo picking so that's another thing I need to worry about. I guess I could go up to 18lb strings and I'd get used to it after a while. Drunk Driver Dad fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Mar 9, 2023 |
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adary posted:It's not just the smell. You definitely don't want to breathe any of that bone dust I was wearing a 3M respirator when I cut it but the smell lingered in the shed for days.
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For people with non-locking setups that like to get on the tremolo bar a bit, what are your thoughts on big bends nut sauce? Does it really help?
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Not a huge fan. Also you can get a similar product for cheaper by whittling the graphite of a pencil into the slot
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zkj93O-x9VA&t=1339s&pp=2AG7CpACAQ%3D%3D
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MrMojok posted:For people with non-locking setups that like to get on the tremolo bar a bit, what are your thoughts on big bends nut sauce? Does it really help? Like Manlove said. Good ol' #2 pencil and a properly cut nut gets the job done.
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Don’t listen to them. Buy a chisel, drill, and Floyd rose. Don’t do this.
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Guitar Thread: Good ol' #2 pencil and a properly cut nut
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Oh, that is cool. I’ve never heard about this! https://youtu.be/5mvD8vgROJI Do you do the same thing on the saddles?
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MrMojok posted:Oh, that is cool. I’ve never heard about this! You definitely can. I only will do it on guitars where I've had breakage issues previously. I pretty much always do the nut every string change.
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You could also just get a graphite (or graph-tech) nut, those things aren't expensive.
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Baron von Eevl posted:You could also just get a graphite (or graph-tech) nut, those things aren't expensive. Don’t you got to pay a person to change it though? I ain’t good with my hands.
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Red_Fred posted:Don’t you got to pay a person to change it though? I ain’t good with my hands. They charged me $40 to replace my nut. Paying for nut installation and pro setups are almost no-brainers for me these days.
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luchadornado posted:They charged me $40 to replace my nut. Paying for nut installation and pro setups are almost no-brainers for me these days. I've done it twice on my own and $40 seems downright reasonable compared to how long it took me filing and checking and filing and oops too much fill that back in
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I’m absolute poo poo at guitar, but I was told this guy now gets lumped in this thread now instead of bass. Took a 30” Squier Bronco bass, routed out a pocket for a Tele bridge pickup and drilled a wire pass thru to the original pick guard area. Plugged the tuner holes and crudely slapped in some vintage off brand tuners to get the job done. Sent it to my setup guy and it just came home tonight. Middle pickup is a DiMarzio FastTrak2 hot rail. Bridge pickup is a Classic Vibe pickup. Now that I can gently caress around with it, I might put some effort into the polish factor but I couldn’t commit until I knew I hadn’t totally wasted money on this plan.    gently caress you $1500 Squier Jazzmaster baritones on Reverb. This is my Squier BarryTone Bronco.
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:I've done it twice on my own and $40 seems downright reasonable compared to how long it took me filing and checking and filing and oops too much fill that back in Graphtech sells pre-slotted nuts for like $15. I put one in an old Ibanez and it worked flawlessly, no complaints, just had to sand down the bottom a bit to get the action right. Otherwise just dropped right in.
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luchadornado posted:They charged me $40 to replace my nut. Paying for nut installation and pro setups are almost no-brainers for me these days. Ah in that case maybe I’ll get that when I next get a setup done. Does it negate getting locking tuners as well?
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Sockington posted:I’m absolute poo poo at guitar, but I was told this guy now gets lumped in this thread now instead of bass.  I must have this.
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