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landgrabber posted:fully convinced all brands of string are the same but the more money you pay the nicer/more elaborate the packaging is. If someone makes cheaper half rounds I will switch tomorrow. Edit: if there is someone besides Dadarrio that makes a half flat wound string I’m not actually joking now that I think about it.
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nitsuga posted:Are both the switches on the upper bout for coil taps? I’d try toggling things one by one to see if something is just switched wrong, but I’m not too hopeful that’ll do it for you, OP. That and make sure they’re switched as far in either direction they go. One is coil tap the other is series/parallel. I took the guitar to the shop today and the guy looking at it was as confused as I was. The guy who knew electronics the best had already left since I got in so late. But they are looking at it first thing tomorrow morning. So we’ll see what’s wrong then.
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Apr 26, 2023 22:26
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please link the superstrings I'll buy em
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Apr 26, 2023 22:35
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i don't actually think all strings are the same i just had the joke about packaging being more elaborate because i bought the white nyxl's today instead of the cheaper black ones. and i wanted to be cool and reference house of leaves to show that i'm cool and have read a cool book
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Help, two days after my lil 1 watt Marshall showed up I went to the thrift store and they had a blues jr for $250 and it was half price Wednesdays and I have absolutely no idea what I'm gonna do with all this tone
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luchadornado posted:I'm trying to do it all with finger-picking and the blisters are horrible. That's the way you do it, according to sources. Stalizard posted:Help, two days after my lil 1 watt Marshall showed up I went to the thrift store and they had a blues jr for $250 and it was half price Wednesdays and I have absolutely no idea what I'm gonna do with all this tone Obviously you'll have to do some Billy Sheehan diy on all your guitars.
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Apr 26, 2023 22:48
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I remember when I had just been playing for like 6 months being in a guitar lesson and having a pack of I guess d'addarios where the strings were individually wrapped in plastic and my teacher going "yeah you're paying for all that plastic." Formative early guitar memoriestm
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landgrabber posted:fully convinced all brands of string are the same but the more money you pay the nicer/more elaborate the packaging is. I've been saying this for like 20 years. I've tried every brand, it's all pretty much the same. The differences are basically not anything worth worrying about. So I use GHS strings. For 2 reasons: They are cheap and they are made in my hometown. That's it. They work. They are fine.
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Apr 26, 2023 22:58
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the best brand of string is the one you like the most and can afford
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Apr 26, 2023 23:03
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Getting string sponsorship is probably better than guitar sponsorship in the long run...
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Apr 26, 2023 23:05
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Disco Pope posted:With the very clear caveat I am nor a chiropractor or a guitar teacher, just a guitar player who has previously hosed up his hands, the first thing I'd be checking is that I'm not squeezing the neck too tight, or even squeezing it at all. The thumb should support the neck, but not really be applying pressure. I still have a habit of this that I'm trying to break, but not only does squeezing hurt eventually, it isn't great for your frets in the long run and can bend notes out of tune. I build playing with the lightest touch possible into my practice now, because I need to consciously work on it until its natural. This has been a problem for me even learning beginner open chords. I gave some time this afternoon to practicing chords without my thumb touching/gripping the neck at all... might this help, or am I setting myself up for some other sort of bad habit?
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Malaria posted:I've been saying this for like 20 years. I've tried every brand, it's all pretty much the same. The differences are basically not anything worth worrying about. For electric guitars the difference may be minimal in terms of sound. But I still prefer the "feel" of elixirs over most other strings and they last ages so that's what I use. Totally different story for acoustic. They definitely change the nuance of the sound and it can be quite significant. To the point where I love what Daddario XS do for my Taylor 324 but don't like how almost overpowering the treble strings become with those strings on my Yamaha LS26.
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istewart posted:This has been a problem for me even learning beginner open chords. I gave some time this afternoon to practicing chords without my thumb touching/gripping the neck at all... might this help, or am I setting myself up for some other sort of bad habit? I don't think so, at the very least you might get a feel for how little pressure is required, assuming that this is an exercise only. I think its quite a common problem, and it feels quite counter intuitive to me to be so light with something that can sound so aggressive, but when I'm sounding a bit off, the first step in my diagnosis before I think about string age or intonation or anything is "am I getting tense and gripping the guitar?"
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Apr 26, 2023 23:57
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Carth Dookie posted:For electric guitars the difference may be minimal in terms of sound. But I still prefer the "feel" of elixirs over most other strings and they last ages so that's what I use. Yeah I totally mean for electric. Acoustic for sure makes a difference and I use elixers on mine just because I like how they sound/aren't crazy bright.
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istewart posted:This has been a problem for me even learning beginner open chords. I gave some time this afternoon to practicing chords without my thumb touching/gripping the neck at all... might this help, or am I setting myself up for some other sort of bad habit? Disco Pope posted:I don't think so, at the very least you might get a feel for how little pressure is required, assuming that this is an exercise only. Posture check too. When I'm struggling and death gripping the neck I stop and think about my posture. Chances are I'm curled up like a prawn over the neck trying to will my fingers to do what I want. I KNOW how little pressure is required and I know that I can sit upright, shoulders completely relaxed and without tension and still be able to hold barre chords on a steel string acoustic. Focussing on just sitting up straight and shoulders relaxed tends to just free up the tension in my hands as well.
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Used Strymon Flint v1 arrived and it is incredibly moody into the front of my AC15. Angelo Badalamenti vibes in harmonic tremolo mode. 😎
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AC10C1 arrived. Worth every penny. It gets loud as hell, and it's even making me like the neck pickup in teles for the first time ever.
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luchadornado posted:AC10C1 arrived. Worth every penny. It gets loud as hell, and it's even making me like the neck pickup in teles for the first time ever. tele neck pickup is good, you just have to say "gently caress everyone i'm smarter than them" and use it outside of what it's "traditionally" used for. some clean-ish indie rock?? droning some post-rock extended chord arpeggios? replacing an acoustic?? it's great for that stuff
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luchadornado posted:AC10C1 arrived. Worth every penny. It gets loud as hell, and it's even making me like the neck pickup in teles for the first time ever. Vox buds 
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Apr 27, 2023 03:46
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regarding guitar strings sounding different, paul davids put out a jim lill style video on the subject, and i really liked it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GU3FALjd_m4
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Apr 27, 2023 03:56
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I like elixers cause they last long and are easy on the fingers Also I think literally any guitar sounds good through an an AC(any number they're all good)
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told a luthier i was ready to make an appointment a week ago and never got a reply and im too chickenshit to bump it so i guess my guitar's never getting fixed lol
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Ugggh. Today I missed out on two insane deals. Fender Mexican jazz bass with rumble 25 amp for $200. The guy never responded until a few hours later and said someone was already coming. The big one ... Fender American strat, candy apple red (meh) by the looks, a mid 00s model with a tweed case ... $450. I assumed it was a scam but I was willing to go check it out. They never responded and it was sold. shortly after. For strings ... I'm a D'addario loyal. I remember when I was younger trying different strings ... I thought Ernie ball slinkies were "cool" but I snapped them constantly and they seemed to wear out very fast. I went through all the brands and always came back to D'addario. They sound good, feel good, last a while, and aren't expensive. I like elixers but ... $$$ and they sound dead much quicker in my experience. For acoustics, I used to always use d'addario as well but I'm starting to play around. I have a bunch of Martin sets (some coated), some d'addario, and elixers. On acoustic, I think coated strings really save my fingers and make me enjoy playing more than on electric, likely due to the string tension and string gauge. My breedlove had elixers on when I bought it (used) and they sounded/felt great for a long time. I would have zero qualms buying them again.
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Stalizard posted:Help, two days after my lil 1 watt Marshall showed up I went to the thrift store and they had a blues jr for $250 and it was half price Wednesdays and I have absolutely no idea what I'm gonna do with all this tone Stereo wet/dry rig
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I don't think this Floyd is going to work very well But that's okay, since whoever installed it didn't gently caress up the body to do it. Easy enough to replace with a traditional bridge if I can't live with the Floyd(I can't).   Palmer Deluxe Series, one of a multitude of Strat copies made by Samick in Korea in the 80s. This one would be ~1984 from the serial # sticker, and oddly has original factory black hardware. I am a sucker for Samicks with that headstock shape, and the metallic blue/matching headstock made it a must buy. The $70 price tag also helped.
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Why are old floyds always so grody lmbo?
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really craving a tele deluxe or something with fender wide range buckers lately. i love how you can still get a jangly sound out of them on the middle setting, but something fun and gainy on the other settings. suggestions??
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Legit cheapest route is to buy a Squier Affinity Tele Deluxe and then buy a set of their real Wide Range pickups with cunife magnets but they ain’t cheap.
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widefault posted:I don't think this Floyd is going to work very well It might hold tune, that thing doesn’t even have a locking nut so you probably don’t have to deal with the FR besides cutting off ball ends on strings. Edit: if it’s not floating I’d just keep it as is. Edit 2: actually I’d put a locking nut on.
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when I want a new guitar I price it out say 1000 dollars my time is worth 100 dollars an hour practice 10 hours do u still want it huh punk, do u
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TheMightyBoops posted:It might hold tune, that thing doesn’t even have a locking nut so you probably don’t have to deal with the FR besides cutting off ball ends on strings. It's getting replaced for a few reasons - Action is terrible, needs a major shim in the neck to get the angle proper so the action is acceptable. That's just the way it is with a top-mount, non-recessed Floyd - Those screws block setting intonation because the saddles can't move - It's a lovely hackjob, the pivot edges are cut off and have sharp edges - There is zero chance I'm going to deal with a Floyd at string changes, even one that doesn't move.
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widefault posted:It's getting replaced for a few reasons did they cut the FR down to fit in the cavity?
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luchadornado posted:That's a beaut "Sultans of Swing" is just fun to play every time. Every. Time. I really love "Down to the Waterline," too. A guy does a fantastic two-part video for it: Part one Part two I also recommend one of his solo songs, "Je Suis Desole" -- Luckily, there's a great lesson out there for this too! If you start getting into fingerpicking, look into some Leo Kottke. Great stuff.
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landgrabber posted:really craving a tele deluxe or something with fender wide range buckers lately. i love how you can still get a jangly sound out of them on the middle setting, but something fun and gainy on the other settings. The problem with the wide range humbuckers is the weird dimensions and finding guitars that fit them. Outside of the Tele Deluxe/72 Thinline configuration, I think you'd be looking for a guitar with a "swimming pool" rout under the pickguard (like a Jazzmaster or very cheap Strat) and then dropping them in on a new pickguard. I'd still have concerns about the rout being deep enough. Looking for another pickup that can do both jangle and mid-to-high output, the options don't seem great. Really it seems like a jangly pickup is the opposite of a louder, mid-focused pickup that would be ideal for gainy sounds. I've seen people say that the lower outputs TV Jones 'tron pickups can do both, but I have no experience there. An different possibility might be to get a guitar with jangly (so probably lower output) pickups wired to a switch that has a position to run them "in series". My Jazzmaster from CME came wired that way with a 4 position blade switch. Positions 1-2-3 are the standard bridge-parallel-neck, and then position 4 is "series" which sounds more humbucker-y to me on the same pickups.
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what about a CV starcaster? https://www.fender.com/en-US/squier-electric-guitars/other/classic-vibe-starcaster/0374590500.html
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Pretty sure those are the alnico wide range pickups and not the cunife and fender is being sneaky. Each of those pickups retails for $250. EACH. Could be fine tho.
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Ah, tricksy fender "fender-designed" pickups would've fooled me
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Pretty sure those are the alnico wide range pickups and not the cunife and fender is being sneaky. Each of those pickups retails for $250. EACH. Could be fine tho. Did you see that video where fender was putting single coils in mini humbucker cases and calling them mini humbuckers in Gretsch Basses?
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TheMightyBoops posted:Did you see that video where fender was putting single coils in mini humbucker cases and calling them mini humbuckers in Gretsch Basses? I did not. Jeez man. 😔
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The CV Starcasters are very dark, even compared to the other PAF-Wide-Range models like the Deluxe. They come with 500 vol 250 tone for some reason, so while I do like mine it's unusably dark into my modeller rather than a bright amp.
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