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i just bought one of the all hailed and almighty crate GX-130C heads. if you DONT know, it's the sister amp to the ampeg VH-140C, and was used by cannibal corpse for many, many, many years. 
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getfuct posted:i just bought one of the all hailed and almighty crate GX-130C heads. I love mine, but I need to get it fixed. It randomly cuts out while playing and the only fix I found that sort-of works was to loop the cables for the foot switch over the top putting a little tension on them. I have an Ampeg V-4 that I run it through, all in storage at the moment though.
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Dec 31, 2009 03:18
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Zakalwe posted:Weird. Billy always liked Lace Sensors. Huh, I didn't know that. I love Blue in the neck. One of my favorite neck pup sounds ever. I use Red in the middle, though, and a JB Jr. in the bridge.
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Dec 31, 2009 03:58
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I have the blue in the neck and a humbucker red in the bridge, sounds great. It's much like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Telecaster_Plus Sounds really great.
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Dec 31, 2009 04:21
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getfuct posted:i just bought one of the all hailed and almighty crate GX-130C heads. cool I think there's one of those in the basemrnt of the shop I work at 
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Dec 31, 2009 05:24
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 Guitar Center had 'em 3 for $12. 
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Dec 31, 2009 08:02
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Zakalwe posted:Weird. Billy always liked Lace Sensors. Yep! That's what my other Strat has: 
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Dec 31, 2009 11:58
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Today I bought a 22" x 18" mirror. Not a musical purchase? gently caress you, this thing is going to make me a better guitar player or else.
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Dec 31, 2009 12:57
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Gorilla Salsa posted:Today I bought a 22" x 18" mirror. Not a musical purchase? gently caress you, this thing is going to make me a better AIR guitar player or else. 
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Dec 31, 2009 14:12
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 Bought the Laboga today. Sold the Randall to a bandmate of mine to afford the Laboga. My first tube amp, I'm so proud now. 
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Dec 31, 2009 14:36
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Grandpa Pap posted:
That's a pretty crazy gauge. D: Standard tuning?
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Dec 31, 2009 14:39
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Duck and burger posted:That's a pretty crazy gauge. D: Standard tuning? That's about what 08s normally are, isn't it?
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Dec 31, 2009 19:47
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Duck and burger posted:That's a pretty crazy gauge. D: Standard tuning? Yep! I hadn't changed the strings since I bought the guitar a couple years ago (for a while I neglected playing for various I'm still stretching the strings out and getting used to them, but so far I'm in love with 'em.
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Dec 31, 2009 21:20
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What's the tension like? I'm restringing 72/42/32/26/16/12 right now.
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Dec 31, 2009 22:40
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Duck and burger posted:What's the tension like? I'm restringing 72/42/32/26/16/12 right now. Is that to E Standard?
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Dec 31, 2009 22:48
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Thorpe posted:Is that to E Standard? Yes totally
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Dec 31, 2009 22:55
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 The inlay is a little flashy for me, but I love this guitar! Neck-thru and string-thru bridge, notes sustain forever. A little over three bills for it with case included. 
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Dec 31, 2009 23:25
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CanuckBassist posted:
That is truly a beautiful guitar. Duck and burger posted:What's the tension like? I'm restringing 72/42/32/26/16/12 right now. I'm still a bit of a guitar novice, so forgive me if my answer sounds too noob-ish. Overall everything feels great (much, much easier on the fingers) and the action feels nice and fast. However, I am noticing a bit of fret buzz at the first/second frets near the nut. I'm not sure what the gauges were on my older strings, my guess is that because of the lighter gauge (and thus lighter string tension), they're sitting a bit lower. But that's something I can experiment around with as I go (the guitar I'm using only cost me $100 so I'm not too worried about using it as a sort of test bed for learning guitar maintenance basics).
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Dec 31, 2009 23:43
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Crossposting this for relevance. In the rehearsal space thread someone suggested using pinstriping tape on a dry erase board to make a staff board. Today, I did just that. It was much easier than I thought it would be. (It was also WAY cheaper than the other option.) Dry erase board - ~$20 Pinstriping tape - $3.50 30 minutes time - $0 -vs- Actual music staff dry erase board (albeit larger) - ~$500
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Jan 1, 2010 02:04
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CanuckBassist posted:
I don't usually like gold hardware but that IS a goddamned beautiful guitar. Congrats!
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Jan 1, 2010 02:06
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Duck and burger posted:Yes totally Man you like some tight strings. I could rock an F# at 25.5" scale. I've always wanted to try crazy gauge strings but my girly hands always get in the way.
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Jan 1, 2010 02:26
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Grad school is over, so I decided to get myself a present:   Squier Affinity Butterscotch Tele, GFS 3ply esquire pickguard and GFS NeoVin Noiseless Tele Bridge pickup. Esquire here I come! And whoops: my dad thought he'd get me a present for Xmas too!   ART TubeMP Project Series w/ USB Shure SM57 +a mic cable and stand I had no idea I was getting this. My bedroom recording setup just got about 1000x better (upgrade from a karaoke mic and a 1/4" --> 1/8" adapter straight into my laptop from my guitar).
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Jan 1, 2010 03:02
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I found out that I get paid earlier than I normally do, so I purchased: A Furman M-8DX Power "Conditioner."  A Boss FV-500L Volume Pedal  5 packs of my favorite kind of strings. 
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Jan 1, 2010 04:00
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Grandpa Pap posted:I'm still a bit of a guitar novice, so forgive me if my answer sounds too noob-ish. You could've lowered the action to compensate for the high tension with the old strings, but now you can raise it to compensate for the low tension. Higher tension tends to sound better and intonate more accurately, by the way. You probably won't notice if you're just starting out or if you're not doing anything too crazy like me. CanuckBassist posted:
C-1 Classic -- nice. Is that a pre-'09 model? I've never seen that color before. I was just thinking I wish I had gold covers/knobs on mine (it's green!) Thorpe posted:Man you like some tight strings. I could rock an F# at 25.5" scale. I've always wanted to try crazy gauge strings but my girly hands always get in the way. Nah, it's something like a C# tuning with a low F#. If it were standard it would obliterate the neck.
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Jan 1, 2010 06:55
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Gorilla Salsa posted:5 packs of my favorite kind of strings. I just bought like ten of these with various singles when the 54s/19s won't do. They are fabulous. gently caress a Boomer.
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Jan 1, 2010 06:58
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Duck and burger posted:I just bought like ten of these with various singles when the 54s/19s won't do. They are fabulous. gently caress a Boomer. I use these with a 64 on bottom and a 6 on top. 8-strings are the poo poo.
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Jan 1, 2010 07:06
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Gorilla Salsa posted:Crossposting this for relevance. In the rehearsal space thread someone suggested using pinstriping tape on a dry erase board to make a staff board. Today, I did just that. It was much easier than I thought it would be. (It was also WAY cheaper than the other option.) I feel like it would be more functional if you just drew some straight lines with a ruler and permanent marker (one that wouldn't erase). That way the tape wouldn't get in the way of fluid writing. Edit: Ok, apparently that doesn't work. Never mind. The Mystery Date fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Jan 1, 2010 |
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Jan 1, 2010 08:24
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Duck and burger posted:You could've lowered the action to compensate for the high tension with the old strings, but now you can raise it to compensate for the low tension. Higher tension tends to sound better and intonate more accurately, by the way. You probably won't notice if you're just starting out or if you're not doing anything too crazy like me.
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Jan 1, 2010 08:26
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Duck and burger posted:C-1 Classic -- nice. Is that a pre-'09 model? I've never seen that color before. I was just thinking I wish I had gold covers/knobs on mine (it's green!) I'm not sure what year it is. From what Schecter web-tech told me, not much has changed other than colours and the inlay (different materials maybe?) since they switched the neck pickup from a '59 to a Jazz in 2004. So... it's somewhere between 2004 and 2009!
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Jan 1, 2010 08:41
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Not the usual for this thread, but I bought me a blingy bling mouthpiece!
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Jan 1, 2010 08:52
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The Mystery Date posted:I feel like it would be more functional if you just drew some straight lines with a ruler and permanent marker (one that wouldn't erase). That way the tape wouldn't get in the way of fluid writing. I read somewhere that permanent marker isn't permanent anymore if you write over it with a dry erase marker (the solvents in the dry erase pull up the ink), so that probably wouldn't last for too long.
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Jan 1, 2010 18:22
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That's on a dry erase board. It's a glossy, solid material and the permanent ink can't soak into it very well. On paper, it will there forever. But it's not really permanent, I've washed it out of clothes before.
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Jan 1, 2010 18:27
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Now that the lines are at least there, I can always just put painter's tape over the white parts, peel the pinstripe tape off and give it a good spraypaintin'  . That would be more permanent than anything, though, so I'm just going to wait and see if I like using it the way it is now.
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Jan 1, 2010 22:45
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whoops, I bought a Strat today. Click here for the full 768x1024 image.  Click here for the full 768x1024 image. Fender American Deluxe Ash, six months old, barely used and only that one ding below the jack, $900. I love Craigslist. It needs a tremolo arm (I THINK the one included is for a standard strat and not a deluxe, because it doesn't fit at all? the hole is way too wide) and to be set up, but man it is already fun as hell to play. It's got ridiculous sustain, and those pickups sound excellent (far more responsive than I'm used to). Definitely a nice change of pace from my SG.
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Jan 6, 2010 05:45
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Christmas/late paycheck money: Click here for the full 700x604 image. Boss DD-20 $160, yay ebay! Hopefully it will arrive soon so that I can stop going to elderly and playing with theirs.
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Jan 6, 2010 06:20
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aspacemonkey posted:Christmas/late paycheck money: 
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Jan 6, 2010 09:00
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Two new things; a Randal quadbox and a shiny new BC Rich Gunslinger. Sadly, they're both terrible photos; I'll have to try when I've got more natural light. The colour of the guitar is captured well, at least;  Pups on this are magnificent; so different to the Infinitys on the Ibby. As I would hope. The SD Super Distortion loves a medium overdrive so much more than full distortion
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Jan 6, 2010 15:06
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Since this is the gear thread, I'll ask here: has anyone bought anything from Musician's Friend used? I'm eyeing a new amp, and with the current sale the used model they have (a customer return, rated as "like new") saves me a hell of a lot of money. Any thoughts?
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Jan 6, 2010 21:23
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I bought a Harmony H-802. This guitar is Indie as gently caress. (Click for the Flickr set)    The best part was the price: $40. 
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Gorilla Salsa posted:I bought a Harmony H-802. This guitar is Indie as gently caress. Looks nice. Does it sound like $40?
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