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Looks like a shark took a bite out of your catch before yah landed it.Cabbages and Kings posted:you got it! I took a photo and sent a message, and he sent another to me right away, no questions asked, and quite apologetic. Says a lot about your business with how you handle mistakes.
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Those guitars always look to me like a moose took a bite out of them. I bet it plays like a dream though. E:f;b with a better animal
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I have a hard time playing headless guitars but has nothing to do with the aesthetic. After I picked up one and messed with it, I learned I use the headstock on most guitars to help myself judge how far down the fretboard I am. So every time I go for some particular note or phrase, I end up WAY farther up the neck than I want to be because my brain is all like "hey bro, the 'bottom' of the headstock and therefore home base is right about where the 3rd fret is on the actual headless neck in your hands" and I get tripped up every time. Awesome guitar though, they seem ridiculously ergonomic.
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GreatGreen posted:I have a hard time playing headless guitars but has nothing to do with the aesthetic. After I picked up one and messed with it, I learned I use the headstock on most guitars to help myself judge how far down the fretboard I am. So every time I go for some particular note or phrase, I end up WAY farther up the neck than I want to be because my brain is all like "hey bro, the 'bottom' of the headstock and therefore home base is right about where the 3rd fret is on the actual headless neck in your hands" and I get tripped up every time. Haha, did the same thing the first few days. Brain goes ”oh, 5th fret it about this far from the end of the guitar, and has a dot” and I immediately grab…the 7th fret. Or even 9th. But I got over it pretty quickly and can switch back and forth between normal and headless without it bothering me now. I think it just took the brain getting used to ”the pitch I am looking for is here on this guitar” to fix it. Might be worse if I screwed around with a bunch of alternative tunings though. It is indeed ridiculously ergonomic. The biggest benefit for me is how well it sits in the classical position, which makes it super comfortable to play (along with the low weight).
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Nov 7, 2023 19:34
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the strandberg singlecut shape is pretty tight. more iconic than the standard body imo
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Nov 8, 2023 05:28
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It has arrived! Plays and sounds great. Not a fan of the bright white hardware or the metallic knobs. They're all getting replaced. Otherwise this thing is well worth the $550 I spent on it. Looks like they're still available if anyone else wants one!
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Nov 8, 2023 19:08
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Looks fantastic. I love ebony fret boards
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Nov 9, 2023 01:43
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YO! Quick question not worthy of it's own thread... I want to get a super simple virtual amp setup running on my gaming PC. I've got a legit recording setup for when I'm doing things properly, but I want something I can jam in my living room with for giggles. I'll probably just run a plugin with REAPER. But I'd like some sort of wireless setup. So I'm expecting to need: - USB Interface (literally just a DI though) - Wireless Guitar reciever\transmitter And I kinda want it to be as cheap as possible 'cos it's just for giggles and nothing serious. Suggestions?
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Nov 15, 2023 03:25
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Focusrite Scarlett Solo (although I'd just spend the extra $80 and get the 2i2) and an Xvive U2 guitar transmitter/receiver system.
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The Universal Audio Volt 2 has much nicer dac/adc and preamps and is about the same money. There's a noticeable difference in sound quality from my Scarlett 2i2 to my Volt 2. edit: I should say my comparison was against an older generation of scarlett with last-gen pres/converters. Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Nov 15, 2023 |
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:The Universal Audio Volt 2 has much nicer dac/adc and preamps and is about the same money. There's a noticeable difference in sound quality from my Scarlett 2i2 to my Volt 2. I'll second this. I recently picked up a UA Volt and I love the thing. It sounds fantastic as an interface, feels sturdy and well made, and its preamps sound great too. And it has a dedicated instrument button that converts the preamp input to match the level and input impedance an instrument like a guitar would expect to see from an amp. The single-input version is around $120 US. As for a cheap wireless option, the Xvive U2R Wireless System is the least expensive guitar wireless system I could google: GreatGreen fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Nov 15, 2023 |
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Nov 15, 2023 07:04
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H13 posted:YO! I have a quick and easy set up that I use with my MacBook, it's just an iRig and a Nux wireless set. If I were buying today I'd get the Positive Grid RIFF because it's on sale for $69. The Nux B5-RC is more expensive than you need to go if you're just in it for kicks. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4R127BL https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R8FSFRB You're in for $100 and it should work pretty well for living room fun.
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Thank you all kindly. Purely 'cos I'm a fan of their stuff in general, I'll probably grab a UA Volt for ~$100 and the XVive wireless thingy. UA stuff is usually pretty solid and hey, if I ever need a backup interface for whatever reason, the UA will work great.
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  Picked up the squier jmascis jazzmaster today. gently caress I love this thing.
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I love how you hung it in the middle, surrounded by its friends, so cozy.
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Nov 28, 2023 04:28
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Neck scale longest to shortest and the two yellow in between the three whites.
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Verman posted:Neck scale longest to shortest and the two yellow in between the three whites. I love this. I have no idea why in the world that photo of all things looks so good that I am finally convinced that it's not only acceptable but even preferable to own multiple instruments of the same color. Thank you. GreatGreen fucked around with this message at 10:35 on Nov 30, 2023 |
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Nov 30, 2023 00:57
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I thought the Gretsch was a really pretty blue
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Nope, just white. IIRC the gretsch (5422 hollow body) only came in white and black that year. I really wanted the 5622 in Georgia green  but after playing both, I much preferred the 54 hollow body despite the colors. It sounded more like a gretsch than the 56 center block. Its loaded with real filter trons vs the 5622 having broadtron paf style humbuckers, or the older ones having Hilo trons which are weaker single coils. The white falcon look eventually grew on me and I absolutely love it. I think I paid half of retail for a year old guitar so the deal and sound outweighed the color for me. The tele I'm going to build is going to be something along these lines with a binding. I'd love a telecaster in gretsch Georgia green but custom paint might be out of my budget. I think fender/gretsch has some of the best paint colors of any brand. I'll add a bigsby and a filter tron or dynasonic in the neck. Typical single in the bridge. Candy tangerine  Metallic Blue  Metallic green/seafoam 
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got the polyend play and i'm pairing it with the tracker as my central controllers. gonna use the rd-8 and rd-9 sequencers too for fun. dm12 keyboard can be routed to anything but the rd-8/9
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Waiting for my new bass to arrive like:
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CatBlack posted:got the polyend play and i'm pairing it with the tracker as my central controllers. gonna use the rd-8 and rd-9 sequencers too for fun. dm12 keyboard can be routed to anything but the rd-8/9 Rig's looking good, but you could use a clamp on shelf to hold a cat cushion or bed.  Keeps them off the keys
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I have never owned a USA made bass, so it is only fitting that I buy a messed up custom shop level one.   The neck is way out and the truss rods are junk. I bought it for the bridge and pickups since I don’t think the neck is coming back. 
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Dec 1, 2023 03:57
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 Audio. Video. All is one in O(h)m. Toad goes "bzzzrp".
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Got a little pack o' short stacks too.
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Sockington posted:The neck is way out and the truss rods are junk. I bought it for the bridge and pickups since I don’t think the neck is coming back. Look on the bright side. If it doesn't work as a bass, that neck would make a mighty fine boomerang.
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H13 posted:Look on the bright side. I don’t think I’ll need to worry about a boomerang. I pulled the two 3/16” truss rods and am almost done fabricating two 1/4” truss rods with new hardware.    Original rod versus the beef  
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did anyone teach you this stuff or did you just go so hard you figured it out?
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muike posted:did anyone teach you this stuff or did you just go so hard you figured it out? Having seen a lot of his posts it's more like no one told him he couldn't do it, so... Edit to add my first purchase to arrive for the Xmas Season  B-Stock Squier Paranormal Stratosonic that came in the original packaging, all plastic still on the pickups and guard, with the styrofoam on the switch tip and the "space blanket" over the headstock. Heavy discount but it looks brand new to me. widefault fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Dec 8, 2023 |
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muike posted:did anyone teach you this stuff or did you just go so hard you figured it out? I’ve built up a decent little woodshop in the past year and figured there were a lot of overlapping skills starting to add up. I’ve just learned stuff building things I’ve needed in my life along the way. I’ve built a lot of poo poo over the years  My local friend wanted me to build my own bass as a learning thing and this seemed like a cheap way to get all the parts. Then he put the bird in my ear to maybe try and fix it for zero risk. So here we are. I watched one video on someone fixing a jazz bass and said let’s roll. As widefault says, if left without adult supervision…
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Needs more clamps. Where's the clamps
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hell yeah dude that rules
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asked calsynth to restock quarks and now i have one and my niftycases are full  . i have 4 more cases that are not full however...
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Sockington posted:I’ve built up a decent little woodshop in the past year and figured there were a lot of overlapping skills starting to add up. I’ve just learned stuff building things I’ve needed in my life along the way. I’ve built a lot of poo poo over the years I mean, wood can't rust, right?
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muike posted:did anyone teach you this stuff or did you just go so hard you figured it out? I finished the machining work yesterday and brought it by my old school setup guy. He asked if I did it “at work” but told him it was just me in the garage with a few albums of music and basic power tools and files. Patted me on the back, “good job with the luthiery” and said finish it up.  Planed down some quartersawn maple and slapped some inserts on top while making sure the rod still turned nicely as I clamped. See how it all works out once flush cut and put back together  
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I get the "gently caress it I'll do it myself" attitude. It only took paying too much for a lovely setup job once for me to decide to learn DIY luthier work. It's paid off in being able to act as my band's guitar tech. I've never done anything that extensive but that's beautiful work and I respect the hustle. I do similar over the top refurbishing in my other hobby of amateur astronomy. Get tons of good gear cheap that way. Can't wait to see the finished work.
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Santa is bringing a piano for my daughter and me this year. Bundle was on sale for less than the next lowest cost hammer weighted piano on its own. My completely rookie perspective says the keys feel substantially hefty, and have bounce. Lessons to follow. Also: this was a lot more difficult to wrangle onto a versa than I had expected. B33rChiller fucked around with this message at 17:00 on Dec 13, 2023 |
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And two more have come in Harmony H7000WA, seen here with it's ash/maple sibling  Same German Carve body, but this time with a "walnut" stain that looks pretty wine red to me. It also has factory DiMarzios, which the ash one also had but I did not get with it. Funny thing, I have the Hondo and Harmony ash cousins...  And now I have Harmony and Hondo Wine Red cousins, too.  And to continue the theme, a Hondo Deluxe Series 760  With it's younger sibling, a Hondo Standard Series 7600 
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Harmony H75/MR bass. Jazz body, P-Bass split pickup and a humbucker at the bridge  And a B5 Bigsby kit for a project in progress 
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 Christmas gifts from my partner! I am super pumped to add both to my board, hard part will be figuring out how to fit it all/taking some stuff off my current board to fit the new stuff.
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