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Koth posted:I'm in on both the classes too! I doubt I will be either, but as someone in this thread told me: You have no reason not to try. Even if you never turn in any assignments it's not like this counts for anything apart from you getting better and learning stuff! Look at me being all motivating. I'm like the most negative person in the world, I'm not sure where that came from.
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Destro85 posted:I doubt I will be either, but as someone in this thread told me: You have no reason not to try. Even if you never turn in any assignments it's not like this counts for anything apart from you getting better and learning stuff! Exactly! You're getting a ton of valuable insight for free. Even if only 1/10 of it sticks, you're a lot more knowledgeable than you were when it started.
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I got this new rig with a TC Electronic G-Major 2, a Soldano pre-amp and a behringer midi board. Does anyone have a quick guide on how to program this poo poo?
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TopherCStone posted:Exactly! You're getting a ton of valuable insight for free. Even if only 1/10 of it sticks, you're a lot more knowledgeable than you were when it started. The email about the analysis of the instructors improv intimidated me quite a bit. I don't even know what most of those things he is talking about are. 
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Destro85 posted:The email about the analysis of the instructors improv intimidated me quite a bit. I don't even know what most of those things he is talking about are. It's immersion! Like when you go to study abroad for a year and without realizing it you start quickly developing your skills to communicate with Italian street vendors.
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But I just need two fingers for _that_. Wait. My god. Keef's a genius!
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A buddy of mine has a standard telecaster that's seen better days, I think we're going to tear out most of the internals and replace them. I've done a lot of rewiring so it shouldn't be an issue but I need to source the parts. Specifically the wiring kit, knobs, scratchguard and pick ups. We're in Canada so a CA source is better but I realize some of this stuff probably will have to be ordered stateside.
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Moist von Lipwig posted:We're in Canada so a CA source is better
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Moist von Lipwig posted:A buddy of mine has a standard telecaster that's seen better days, I think we're going to tear out most of the internals and replace them. I've done a lot of rewiring so it shouldn't be an issue but I need to source the parts. Specifically the wiring kit, knobs, scratchguard and pick ups. We're in Canada so a CA source is better but I realize some of this stuff probably will have to be ordered stateside. Sounds like a call to GFS (edit: Guitar Fetish). Luckily for me, I live next to the Michigan border and ship to a US address. 
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nrr posted:^ ^ ^ not at all. I still managed to sign up for the songwriting course after it finished its whole 6 weeks. Get in there and sign up. Not sure but I think most are interchangeable. Pretty sure a line 6 pedal will work with a boss effect and so on. My brother has a boss I want to say ev-5 expression pedal that he uses it with a kurzweil keyboard. I borrowed it from him last week to use with an EHX Hog and it worked fine. The software stuff I have no idea about.
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Can anyone recommend some good sites to order left-handed electrics online? I want to make an impulse purchase of either a hollowbody, a semi-hollowbody, a fretless or a baritone. I'm looking to get something for around $800 USD, if I can.. Yes, I know this idea is extremely well thought-out. What I've found on most sites (rondo, sweetwater, ...) hasn't been particularly appealing. Fretless in general seems to be really hard to find. Hollow/semihollow lefties seem to be rare too. Is there some cool website I don't know about, or do I just have to search really hard?
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http://www.adirondackguitar.com/lefty/LHMenu.htm This is the best one I know about. http://www.adirondackguitar.com/lefty/samick/rl2.htm On sale, even! Woah. Left handed Maldens, even. Nice.
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Moist von Lipwig posted:A buddy of mine has a standard telecaster that's seen better days, I think we're going to tear out most of the internals and replace them. I've done a lot of rewiring so it shouldn't be an issue but I need to source the parts. Specifically the wiring kit, knobs, scratchguard and pick ups. We're in Canada so a CA source is better but I realize some of this stuff probably will have to be ordered stateside. I'm in Canada too, and I've ordered from All Parts and Guitar Fetish, who ship out of the states. If you're just ordering parts, shipping isn't too expensive. Greasy Groove is a Canadian retailer who I have also bought from. http://www.allparts.com/ http://www.guitarfetish.com/ http://www.greasygroove.com/index.php Ebay.ca is also good for parts.
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I'm having this weird problem with my 2nd string. I tune it using a tuner, and it sounds fine when I play the string open, but when I play any frets on that string it sounds out of tune. Anyone know what is happening here?
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Koth posted:I'm having this weird problem with my 2nd string. I tune it using a tuner, and it sounds fine when I play the string open, but when I play any frets on that string it sounds out of tune. Has it been a while since you changed the strings? That's probably all it is, B and G strings are usually the first to become poo poo as the strings get old.
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Yeah, it has. I'll change them tonight. Usually I break them, so I've never experienced a string going bad before.
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May 1, 2013 16:59
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Is it actually out of tune on the frets, according to the tuner? Or does it just sound like it might be wrong when you play it with other strings? Also it might be worth seeing if the problem gets gradually worse as you go up the neck, your intonation might be out
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Could be weird harmonics from a hardware issue or a badly angled/set neck. Probably just strings though. They can be so weird but at least they're cheap and easy to swap.
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baka kaba posted:Is it actually out of tune on the frets, according to the tuner? Or does it just sound like it might be wrong when you play it with other strings? Also it might be worth seeing if the problem gets gradually worse as you go up the neck, your intonation might be out When played on the frets it sounds wrong in correlation to the other strings. I didn't check to see if its out of tune with a tuner when going up the neck, but I don't think it got gradually worse. Everything I played just seemed to be a bit off.
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How often do you guys break strings? I play fast as hell and haven't broken a string for almost six or seven years now.
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Koth posted:When played on the frets it sounds wrong in correlation to the other strings. I didn't check to see if its out of tune with a tuner when going up the neck, but I don't think it got gradually worse. Everything I played just seemed to be a bit off. Guitars are a compromise in tuning terms, and I always have problems with the B string - like an open A major chord (which has the major 3rd on the B string) sounds pretty bad unless I tweak the tuning, but that makes an open D less ideal, so it's a bit of a balancing act. Stolen from another forum: quote:Though rarely discussed, one of the most distinctive aspects of Van Halen's sound was Eddie Van Halen's tuning of the guitar. Before Van Halen, most distorted, metal-oriented rock consciously avoided the use of the major third interval in guitar chords, creating instead the signature power chord of the genre. When run through a distorted amplifier, the rapid beating of the major third on a conventionally tuned guitar is distracting and somewhat dissonant. More detail here http://www.endino.com/archive/tuningnightmares.html But it's worth replacing your strings anyway if they're old, it won't be helping and you'll probably appreciate the newness
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^ That's interesting. Thanks.
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Francostein posted:How often do you guys break strings? I play fast as hell and haven't broken a string for almost six or seven years now. For me, it's almost always a big bend. So much that I tend to not bend a lot on my acoustic.
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I don't really break strings anymore unless I do something dumb. They don't break from just playing.
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They do if you have burrs on your saddles or the nut, it just wears on the string and makes a weak spot. So if your breaks always seem to be the same string in the same place, check that out
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baka kaba posted:More detail here This article explains several reasons I still sound like crap outside of Rocksmith. Apparently I'm tuning flat and my sometimes involuntarily heavy picking is causing the notes to sound sharp on attack before they fade to flat. My Strat has the problem described in part two where the first few frets are always sharp unless I string it with 11's or thicker.
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baka kaba posted:They do if you have burrs on your saddles or the nut, it just wears on the string and makes a weak spot. So if your breaks always seem to be the same string in the same place, check that out Yeah I've had that problem with a few guitars. It's right annoying
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muike posted:I don't really break strings anymore unless I do something dumb. They don't break from just playing. Yeah exactly, that's why I thought it was weird for goons to always be breaking strings.
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I used to break strings every once in a while back when I used 9s.
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Francostein posted:Yeah exactly, that's why I thought it was weird for goons to always be breaking strings. Sometimes strings just snap when they're tuning if they haven't been stretched properly. Also sometimes I'll do two-and-a-half step bends which the guitar (any guitar, really) is really not designed for. Other than that, though, no breaks. And as for the intonation thing, guitars are never going to sound right in every position and all you can do is get as close as possible or just play a fretless.
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I usually break them from dumb stuff too. I just happen to do a lot of dumb stuff.
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Destro85 posted:This kinda sounds awesome...but I'm scared! I'm going to take it with you, scared buddy!
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This sucks Jeff Hanneman died  http://m.billboard.com/articles/news/1560534/slayer-guitarist-jeff-hanneman-dead-at-49
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I always wanted that digital camo ESP of his, or the one with the eagle inlays or just a black soloist with the same stickers. The neck shape on the ESP felt well and the Kahler trem was pretty fun. But looks like they're going to be expensive or discontinued pretty soon.
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I hate it when people get all inconsiderate and die and gently caress up my grand consumerism plans.
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nrr posted:I hate it when people get all inconsiderate and die and gently caress up my grand consumerism plans. This is the guitar thread. Grand consumerism is all we have.
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Speaking of I've never bought acoustic strings before, what brands are good and long lasting and what's a good middle of the road gauge for E, Eb, drop Db, and i dunno open d minor
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I've always just used the el cheapo D'Addario medium sets, which is like .13-56. They seem to last long enough for the price.
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muike posted:Speaking of DR have good selections, but John Pearse are the best easily-obtained strings. I just always have used .12s for DADGAD, DADGAF#, CADGBE, whatever it's fine for that stuff
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