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I really like the tone I get in the bridge position with the S-1 button down so I’m using neck and bridge at the same time. It’s gorgeous with overdrive and even better clean.
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Harton posted:I bought a new guitar for my birthday! Happy Birthday Harton!
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Thanks! Finally got my American strat. I did the math and I hadn’t bought a guitar in 17 years… It was time
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Hellllll yeah happy birthday!
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Harton posted:Thanks! Finally got my American strat. I did the math and I hadn’t bought a guitar in 17 years… It's a beaut.
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I've really gotten into Justin Johnson lately. What should I study to play in this style (ignoring the slide guitar)?
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The Demilich posted:I've really gotten into Justin Johnson lately. What should I study to play in this style (ignoring the slide guitar)? I think he sells a number of instructional videos on his site.
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I bought some rechargeable 9v batteries to power my active pickups, but when I install them I am getting a high pitch electronic noise. I assume the kind I bought are not suitable for this task, the usb plugs directly into the battery for recharge so there must be electronics onboard. Is there a time-tested rechargeable 9v that is good for the job?
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My friend was looking into getting a new guitar for metal and I suggested taking his old lovely Ibanez RG with a Floyd rose that he got in middle school and then gutting it. So I blocked off the trem, put in a single SD black winter, volume only, and then some 65-12 strings so he could go down to A standard. I forgot a multimeter so I just sorta winged the wiring job and prayed. Idk how but it worked fine first try. Then while he was testing it out we kept getting some odd noise that was going through a noise suppressor. Then I looked at his janky setup and realized that there's no loving way an NS2 is gonna be able to reliably handle a metal zone on full blast going into an HM2 on full blast. There was no noise with the pedals off so I ruled out an issue with the ground connections. He runs that into a twin reverb and I think it sounds kinda muddy and bad so I've been subtly hinting that an actual metal amp would make a huge difference but he's kinda obstinate and clueless unless I did convert him to the church of the Boss Katana because he tried mine and couldn't believe how good it sounded and how versatile it was with just the options on the faceplate. The single footswtich changes from roaring HM2 to a surf guitar clean just absolutely confused him
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What’s the best value for a high gain head/amp right now anyways?
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Also: as an experiment I made a fancy pants DI box for my audio interface to see if I could use real distortion pedals with my amp sims. Sadly I just can’t get it to sound right and have to rely on the digital models of whatever pedals are available in the various sims. I wish there was a way to use a sort of hybrid setup and maybe I’m just doing something wrong.
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TheKub posted:I bought some rechargeable 9v batteries to power my active pickups, but when I install them I am getting a high pitch electronic noise. I assume the kind I bought are not suitable for this task, the usb plugs directly into the battery for recharge so there must be electronics onboard. Is there a time-tested rechargeable 9v that is good for the job? Could also be the lower voltage. Rechargeable 9v really only put out like 8.4v
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:What’s the best value for a high gain head/amp right now anyways? i'm really out of date with current modelling amps so I hope there's something in the $200 range that's just a sim plus power amp that can go to 100w
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Just installed the new AxeFXIII FW 22.00 with the 40 new dyna-cabs and learned it also includes brand new models of the REVV Generator 120. REVV purple into Marshall 1960TV cabs straight rock candy baby. My fingertips are singing as I've just set down my new Epiphone 50's Standard LP. I try not to add the stereo pitch detune but it's. SO. FAT. 
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My JC40 continues to boringly be everything I’ve ever needed in an amp. Especially with the 10 band EQ I run at the end of my chain. I might move it into the effects loop if I’m feeling really saucy.
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Jun 9, 2023 22:05
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TheKub posted:I bought some rechargeable 9v batteries to power my active pickups, but when I install them I am getting a high pitch electronic noise. I assume the kind I bought are not suitable for this task, the usb plugs directly into the battery for recharge so there must be electronics onboard. Is there a time-tested rechargeable 9v that is good for the job? What are your pickups and do they work with normal 9v?
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:I wish there was a way to use a sort of hybrid setup and maybe I’m just doing something wrong. and you're not going to like it, because it's a hx stomp xl or a helix or similar other brand multi effects pedal which basically replaces your interface and DI entirely and works really well with real pedals. I recommend one with at least one fx send return so you can put pedals wherever you want in your chain.
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TheKub posted:I bought some rechargeable 9v batteries to power my active pickups, but when I install them I am getting a high pitch electronic noise. I assume the kind I bought are not suitable for this task, the usb plugs directly into the battery for recharge so there must be electronics onboard. Is there a time-tested rechargeable 9v that is good for the job? they make some labeled specifically as for musical instruments/equipment I picked these up and they do the job https://www.amazon.com/9V-Battery-Rechargeable-Batteries-Devices9V/dp/B09N1RWWD7
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darkwasthenight posted:What are your pickups and do they work with normal 9v? EMG 81/85 humbuckers. They work fine with the alkaline battery it came with. There was another review on the product page that I missed that said "The internal switching voltage inverter which creates the >9v output and allows this simple recharge feature generates RF interference. " Good Soldier Svejk posted:they make some labeled specifically as for musical instruments/equipment I went ahead and ordered these. Thanks for the reccomendation.
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wow the rechargeable has a little switching circuit inside? Yea that'll do it. That's wild.
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I really wish there was some sort of ios version of Boss Tone Studio. I hate having to lug my amp over to my PC whenever I wanna try out a different set of effects.
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i use a 30 ft usb cable
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:wow the rechargeable has a little switching circuit inside? Yea that'll do it. That's wild. If you have a 9V that can charge from USB, it’ll probably have a boost converter in it. USB gives you 5 volts*, the only practical way that gets up to 9 volts is with a switching power supply. (* yes you can get higher than this with more recent USB standards but you can’t practically require that for something like this; everyone is going to expect it to work with any USB power source)
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Arcsech posted:If you have a 9V that can charge from USB, it’ll probably have a boost converter in it. USB gives you 5 volts*, the only practical way that gets up to 9 volts is with a switching power supply. makes sense! That's really interesting.
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Also: as an experiment I made a fancy pants DI box for my audio interface to see if I could use real distortion pedals with my amp sims. Sadly I just can’t get it to sound right and have to rely on the digital models of whatever pedals are available in the various sims. I wish there was a way to use a sort of hybrid setup and maybe I’m just doing something wrong. I’m doing what I think you’re trying to do now and it’s working out well. My whole chain is: guitar, drive pedals, iRig HD2 interface, MacBook, mixwave amp plugin, back out of interface into a few more pedals, into the effects return of my amp. What about it isn’t sounding right?
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been playing a lot just D/I late at night/early in the morning. writing some mellow stuff. paternoster is correct. the middle pickup on a strat rules.
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I've posted before about how I record little guitar videos (by request) for my friends on Facebook. A few of them (and my wife) convinced me to formalize the process and so I started a channel on YT/IG/TT where I decided my initial 'gimmick' will be top 5 metal riffs every year since I was born - I get to pick one and I have 5 or 6 metalhead friends on my "riff committee" that pick the rest. I'm about 7 years (1 per week) in, and having a blast. Trying to use it as an excuse to actually try to get better at recording/mixing/video editing, etc. instead of just noodling around and never posting anything. Anyway someone asked me what my setup is, and I said that it was a Scarlett Solo -> Logic -> DSP Plugins (I'm a chronic minimalist so this is ideal for me) and got mocked for the Solo. I know this is A Thing in online guitar discourse, but is there an actual reason I would want to upgrade from that to something better/more expensive other than it's Babby's First Interface? My needs are simply to get a DI guitar and bass track into logic as easily as possible.
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fullroundaction posted:I've posted before about how I record little guitar videos (by request) for my friends on Facebook. A few of them (and my wife) convinced me to formalize the process and so I started a channel on YT/IG/TT where I decided my initial 'gimmick' will be top 5 metal riffs every year since I was born - I get to pick one and I have 5 or 6 metalhead friends on my "riff committee" that pick the rest. I'm about 7 years (1 per week) in, and having a blast. Trying to use it as an excuse to actually try to get better at recording/mixing/video editing, etc. instead of just noodling around and never posting anything. You’ll never be pro until you buy a console and tape machine. Also what are your tone woods?
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Guitar: swamp ash body, royal ebony fingerboard, walnut neck (satin finish) Bass: swamp ash body, burled maple top, flamed maple fingerboard, 5 piece walnut/maple neck (gloss finish) Should I switch everything to alder moving forward?
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fullroundaction posted:
well I suppose I could plug direct into my solo and use helix native/logic pro and then play the same thing into the fancy helix direct into helix native/logic proand theoretically they should be the same right? but if I allowed myself to do that comparison and they sound the same then I'd have a very expensive floorbrick
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landgrabber posted:been playing a lot just D/I late at night/early in the morning. writing some mellow stuff. my most free and on the beam/in the zone playing comes in the middle of the night like if I nap and wake up at 1 am and just grab a guitar it's great p sure geniuses like leonardo and Kramer had similar thoughts about inspiration and sleep patterns
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TEMPLE GRANDIN OS posted:my most free and on the beam/in the zone playing comes in the middle of the night like if I nap and wake up at 1 am and just grab a guitar it's great I really need to get a D/I because I can only reasonably play between like 6pm (after work) and 9pm (so I don't bother neighbours) and it can feel stressy and and worst, kind of a chore, to do that, and I've always been kind of a night owl who'll kick open a project at 10pm if I can.
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I'm weird or lazy I'm surrounded by amps and interfaces but I play unplugged electric 999999% of the time
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swamp rear end
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Sweaty IT Nerd posted:swamp rear end it's got the best tone
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TEMPLE GRANDIN OS posted:I'm weird or lazy I'm surrounded by amps and interfaces but I play unplugged electric 999999% of the time Yeah, that's not going to help my death-grip tendencies, also I like it when the guitar is like beowowowowoowww
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TEMPLE GRANDIN OS posted:my most free and on the beam/in the zone playing comes in the middle of the night like if I nap and wake up at 1 am and just grab a guitar it's great maybe this is just a really stupid idea but i remember hearing that the air had more negative ions in it at night or something. but also i'm pretty sure near the ocean there're more negative ions in the air-- and staying at the beach near the ocean a couple years ago was the most inspired i'd ever been during the day. i always wondered if there was a connection there-- if other people who love being up at night also thrive near the ocean. but idk it kind of comes across as like facebook Wellness post poo poo so it's not something i've thought much about
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zelah posted:I’m doing what I think you’re trying to do now and it’s working out well. My whole chain is: guitar, drive pedals, iRig HD2 interface, MacBook, mixwave amp plugin, back out of interface into a few more pedals, into the effects return of my amp. What about it isn’t sounding right? Hmmm it either sounded dull or blown-out but I'll try it again because I could've just hosed it up.
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are you all putting a reverb after your cab sim so that it sounds like its an amp in a room and not DI this is advice
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