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Necks are way more sturdy than most people think. They want to stay straight. Sure it's easy to gently caress them up but they won't explode randomly without tension. As long as you have good wood, hardware, and a properly balanced string tension you shouldn't have to worry about anything warping the neck other than climate/environment changes. Don't be afraid of your instruments!
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Goddamn, that's actually kind of badass, but HR couldn't have been happy about it.
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Nov 2, 2013 04:31
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WickedHate posted:Goddamn, that's actually kind of badass, but HR couldn't have been happy about it. OSHA didn't exist until 1970.
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Nov 2, 2013 04:48
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83UV3Zb6FAE
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Nov 2, 2013 05:00
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Generally you don't want to leave the neck under tension (either string or rod) without a counteracting force. These forces aren't minuscule, remember. A set of 10s is putting 100+ pounds of pressure on the neck. If you intend to keep a guitar unstrung for a long period, you really ought to look into a rod adjustment.
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Nov 2, 2013 06:23
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jwh posted:Generally you don't want to leave the neck under tension (either string or rod) without a counteracting force. These forces aren't minuscule, remember. A set of 10s is putting 100+ pounds of pressure on the neck. Is it really that complicated? I've just let it sit for a little, after the strings are off, and then loosened the truss rod to a little past dead level.
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Nov 2, 2013 07:52
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No offense intended to any one, but I think if you have no idea about what strings to buy for your guitar, you might want to hold off on fiddling around with truss rods for the time being.
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Nov 2, 2013 09:38
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Pocket Billiards posted:No offense intended to any one, but I think if you have no idea about what strings to buy for your guitar, you might want to hold off on fiddling around with truss rods for the time being. This is a good policy in general. Make a plan or risk upgrade creep
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Nov 2, 2013 11:59
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Clitch posted:Is it really that complicated? I've just let it sit for a little, after the strings are off, and then loosened the truss rod to a little past dead level. Just bring it to a shop and have them do a full set-up. You pick out the strings you want and they make the guitar perfect for those strings (truss rod, saddle height, intonation). Then go and play! If you do want to learn to do your own maintenance down the line, you'll have a good baseline for what it should be. A few people get spooked by the cost (we charge $60+strings for non-Floyd Roses), but it's a lot less than a new guitar and even a cheap one that's set up right is a joy to play.
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Nov 2, 2013 16:07
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After The War posted:If you do want to learn to do your own maintenance down the line, you'll have a good baseline for what it should be.
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Nov 2, 2013 16:27
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Anybody played with one of these? It's a 412F, apparently it's a guitar cab despite being shaped mostly like a 6x10 bass cab. It's on Craigslist for $200 and I'm really, really tempted by it. I'm looking for something to put 4 Eminence Governors in and this feels too drat quirky to not buy. e:VV I've got a VTM 120 that weighs 65lbs, this is just icing on the heavygearcake. Hypnolobster fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Nov 2, 2013 |
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Nov 2, 2013 16:27
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Have fun with your future hernia surgery.
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Nov 2, 2013 18:11
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At least it has molded handles and wheels. Worst amp I've ever had to move around regularly was a Fender Super Six. That thing was a beast.
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Nov 2, 2013 18:32
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RillAkBea posted:It can't hate me, I'm an Epiphone shiller.  I seated the 4th string after taking the picture. And just now removed the foil on the pickguard because I forgot  .It's heavier than my classic guitar and very shiny! 
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Hypnolobster posted:e:VV I've got a VTM 120 that weighs 65lbs, this is just icing on the heavygearcake. I used to have a Special 212. The heatsink alone weighed at least 60lbs. jwh posted:Worst amp I've ever had to move around regularly was a Fender Super Six. That thing was a beast. On the other hand you can play the soundtrack from every David Lynch movie. Alec Bald Snatch fucked around with this message at 20:50 on Nov 2, 2013 |
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Nov 2, 2013 20:45
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Welp, I made it into a Premier Guitar article. The old Special Red, under their Bottomfeeder bit. So, what guitars are best to hit people with? A Tele and a Dreadnought, of course.
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Nov 3, 2013 03:26
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Pocket Billiards posted:You've taken the old strings off already? So, to start a horror story; I removed the strings a day before, went to a random music store the next day, bought strings (09-42), stringed the guitar... I'm sorry, it went fine. The guitar didn't even snap in half. I didn't lose an eye either.
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So I'm starting to get a feel for what I like about certain guitars, and now I'm in tinker mode. I love my (SX knockoff) Les Paul's sustain and the tone it gets out of the Bridge Invader pickup, but I like the weight and body shape of my Squier VM Strat better. I'm wondering if I should pull the Invader out of the LP and shove it into my Strat (it's routed properly for HSS). I'll also need to replace the lovely pot metal block with a steel one. Then again, there's something telling me I'm overthinking things and that I should just get an HH Jag...  Extra chrome for your pleasure:  Offest body, humbuckers, no lovely trem system to fight.  The only flaw is the lack of a maple neck option to go with that black finish.
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After The War posted:Just bring it to a shop and have them do a full set-up. You pick out the strings you want and they make the guitar perfect for those strings (truss rod, saddle height, intonation). Then go and play! If you do want to learn to do your own maintenance down the line, you'll have a good baseline for what it should be. I don't have a problem setting up my guitars. What I was referring to was storing a guitar without strings for awhile. I have a couple that I tore down for new hardware, right before I got laid off, and my income halved. I just did what I said in my earlier post, and there's no bowing or twisting on either of the necks, after several months.
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Nov 3, 2013 04:32
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There's some kind of American Something Something Jazzmaster out now. ToM/Stop Tail with humbuckers under P90 covers.
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Nov 3, 2013 06:12
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Even the modern jazzmaster pickups weren't really jazzmaster pickups internally. They're really a kind of oddball design. I have a line on a '64 and a '65 jazzmaster right now, I'm just debating whether I really need another guitar.
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Nov 3, 2013 06:14
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Zonekeeper posted:Offest body, humbuckers, no lovely trem system to fight. Take those opinions to offsetguitars.com and see how quickly the post-count will rise.  Also I will whole-heartedly disagree with anybody who says that the Jazzmaster/Jaguar trem is terrible (but the bridge on the other hand...). 
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I really don't get trems. I've tried. I've tried some of the best. They're all equally annoying and unnecessary feeling. I know it's a matter of taste no doubt but I don't think I will ever desire one.
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Kilometers Davis posted:I really don't get trems. I've tried. I've tried some of the best. They're all equally annoying and unnecessary feeling. I know it's a matter of taste no doubt but I don't think I will ever desire one. In that case, no prob, I understand disliking vibratos in general. Personally I love my J Mascis Squier way too much, to the point where 'subjective taste' sometimes rolls out of my head. That said, I will defend that trem to the day that I'll die.
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Many times a hardtail gets the job done. Sometimes a divebomb is called for. Such are the mysteries of the universe.
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Someone needs to put out some kind of tremolo lesson DVD/book series. I see what Jeff Beck can do on a strat with a tremolo, then I pick up my strat, and fiddle with the bar for a bit, feel stupid, then just never touch it again. Almost all my guitars have some kind of trem on them(either floyd rose, or normal strat style), and I still have no loving clue how to do anything useful with them.
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Dirt posted:Someone needs to put out some kind of tremolo lesson DVD/book series. Only thing that I'd suggest is to just use it, feel stupid, and keep on using it until you get something good going on.
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I will never buy another guitar with a tremolo bridge.
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Pocket Billiards posted:I will never buy another guitar with a tremolo bridge. While I'm certainly glad that tuning my noodling guitar from drop-A to B standard to C# and back again is made infinitely easier by dint of it being a hardtail, I do miss the extra little bit of expression the trem gives. Granted, I'm not talking wanking the drat thing and using it as a crutch for lack of creative melody-writing like some players do, but I do feel it has its place. edit: Also, I'd kill for an accurate tab for this. I just can't quite seem to get it by ear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tIArdCFzX8 Hexenritter fucked around with this message at 08:47 on Nov 3, 2013 |
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umalt posted:Take those opinions to offsetguitars.com and see how quickly the post-count will rise. While the "traditional" setup has its merits, sometimes you just like certain bridges/pickups/bodies and want to combine them. Nothing wrong with that. The lovely part of a Jazzmaster/Jaguar is the bridge without a doubt. The rest of that particular system I have no real problem with. I guess my first experience with one (a VM Squier Jaguar) soured me on it since they lack trem locks (Say goodbye to your tuning if a string breaks) and the radius on them is incompatible with a regular Mustang bridge. I liked the body and switches, though. My experience with tremolos so far is that they are way too damned finicky and I just want something that will stay in tune when drop tuning and bending without making a fuss. I think I've pulled that off with my current Strat (I have the trem decked with 5 springs) but the sustain sucks rear end. That's more the fault of the lovely pot metal sustain block, though. Getting a steel one will probably help a lot. I guess it's just my utilitarian philoshophy kicking in - If I'm not going to use a trem, why have one? Combine that with my love of certain body types and pickup sounds and I start offending purists. v  v
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Dirt posted:Someone needs to put out some kind of tremolo lesson DVD/book series. Joe Satriani has a book that's just reprinted Guitar For The Practicing Musician columns which includes a chapter on trem technique. The best lesson was to unscrew the bar and put it in your case.
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Zonekeeper posted:I think I've pulled that off with my current Strat (I have the trem decked with 5 springs) but the sustain sucks rear end. That's more the fault of the lovely pot metal sustain block, though. Getting a steel one will probably help a lot Tossing in a GFS block did wonders for my Strat. Stock MIM block on the left, GFS on the right. I never use mine, so it's pretty much locked down with the four provided springs now. I left the Fender Spec 1/8" gap between the body and bridge, but never tremolo.  Tiny Mexican block (2000 MIM).  GFS block. Bit of a size difference. 
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Do I really need to futz with the six screws if I want to put some slack in my EJ tremolo? Five springs so only downward motion, trem arm sticks way out, has way more down range than I like. I am under the impression that if I leave it with just two or three springs I'll have to screw around with the screws so it "floats" correctly. jwh posted:Even the modern jazzmaster pickups weren't really jazzmaster pickups internally. They're really a kind of oddball design. I'd consider taking one of your hollowbodies off ya.
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Clitch posted:I don't have a problem setting up my guitars. What I was referring to was storing a guitar without strings for awhile. I have a couple that I tore down for new hardware, right before I got laid off, and my income halved. I just did what I said in my earlier post, and there's no bowing or twisting on either of the necks, after several months. Sorry, was getting my conversations mixed up!
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Warcabbit posted:So, what guitars are best to hit people with? A Tele and a Dreadnought, of course. If someone gets hit with my lucite BC Rich, they stay hit. Or is that not what you meant?
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Hm. Lucite option. Not a bad thought. I'm putting axe melee in my game, and I'm trying to figure out what axes to use. The Dreadnaught is for the old El Kabong style, and the tele is because of Keef. http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/fender/176572-telecaster-put-good-use.html "A Telecaster is a drat good club."
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CitrusFrog posted:While I'm certainly glad that tuning my noodling guitar from drop-A to B standard to C# and back again is made infinitely easier by dint of it being a hardtail, A Trem-King can be re-tuned all over the place before the block starts to move. I'm sure there are other similar products out there like it. I had one installed on my Tele and it functions really well for how I use it. It's probably pretty great for, say, one instrument in the stable. (not affiliated in any way)
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Warcabbit posted:Hm. Lucite option. Not a bad thought. I'm putting axe melee in my game, and I'm trying to figure out what axes to use. The Dreadnaught is for the old El Kabong style, and the tele is because of Keef. A Silverburst Explorer would be a good option. Pretty much any BC Rich guitar. Steinberger. Gene Simmons style axe bass.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1048272421/tone-max-premium-titanium-guitar-picks?ref=popular Huh. Not a bad idea.
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