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IronLawnmower posted:
It probably does sell extremely well in Japan.
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Holy gently caress, that's great.
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White Dog Eggs posted:Holy gently caress, that's great. yeah I play a UltraLight Firecode 30 - 5/8 in. Tapered Edge Gypsum Board
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Nov 9, 2014 01:35
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Fair Hallion posted:on a facebook group for lefthanded guitarists, some guy has just very proudly posted his Jem's new trem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eal4fep7pK4&t=11s Dr. Faustus fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Nov 9, 2014 |
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Nov 9, 2014 01:53
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Dr. Faustus posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s I agree. It needs to be a hardtail.
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Nov 9, 2014 01:56
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jesus, its a tumorcaster.
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Nov 9, 2014 02:00
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I would love all of my guitars to be hardtails now. I just don't use trems anymore. It's just that once the body's been routed for a trem (much less a big "tiger claw" rout like the JEM has), I've never seen one filled in that didn't look dodgy. I'm all about the hardtails now, though. The two guitars I reach for most often are fixed bridges and I love being able to change tunings on the fly without doing a ton of setup work.
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Nov 9, 2014 02:02
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Just wedge a block of wood or tape some pennies together and block the back of the trem. It's not difficult, though it can get annoying when you detune a bit and the reduced tension lets the block slip out of place.
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Nov 9, 2014 02:14
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Verizian posted:Just wedge a block of wood or tape some pennies together and block the back of the trem. It's not difficult, though it can get annoying when you detune a bit and the reduced tension lets the block slip out of place. O it's ok. I have a little block of mahogany that my Dad made for me back in the day that I slip in and out for things like string changes (when I want to remove all the strings and really clean the fretboard, for example) and I keep it handy. I just remember Paul Gilbert doing this to his Telesevales guitar: 
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Nov 9, 2014 02:27
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aside from my first strat knockoff (that's long gone) i dont think ive ever had a trem on a guitar. just kinda worked out that way after being really into teles when i was younger
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Nov 9, 2014 02:32
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shiksa posted:aside from my first strat knockoff (that's long gone) i dont think ive ever had a trem on a guitar. just kinda worked out that way after being really into teles when i was younger I wouldn't miss trem bridges if they all disappeared from my guitars, except, as I said before, to subtly add to pretty clean chords. I wouldn't do to any of my trem-routed instruments what Paul did to his plum Ibanez in that picture, though. I just remembered "middle pickup talk" from awhile back. I've found that a DiMarzio Blue/True Velvet in the middle, lowered down away from the strings, can approximate that Tele twang. It's no real substitute for the real thing, though. It's too far from the bride to get it right. Coil tapping the bridge humbucker usually sounds way to nasal. Dr. Faustus fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Nov 9, 2014 |
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Nov 9, 2014 02:40
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Dr. Faustus posted:I have heard so much great music made with Teles. I really dig their signature tone. I want one really really badly, I just don't know what to buy. I don't want to spend too much but I don't like those round radius fretboards either. get a used tele body for cheap from ebay or wherever and a warmoth neck because they're compound radius i built a strat from a $40 cort body and an allparts baseball bat neck with SD pickups and all told it probably cost as much as a new mim strat
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Nov 9, 2014 02:57
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comes along bort posted:get a used tele body for cheap from ebay or wherever and a warmoth neck because they're compound radius What pickups give that best authentic Tele sound? VV Thanks, cab. I hadn't really thought of a DIY Tele, the last time I really considered it was the, what did they call them? The Highway 66 Teles? I forget. But I do like a good Warmoth neck. VV Dr. Faustus fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Nov 9, 2014 |
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Nov 9, 2014 03:00
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lame answer but I really like the stock pickups on the mia teles
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Nov 9, 2014 03:06
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I like that fadey greenish-blue on the guitar in the drawing, why couldn't they just make the guitar that color? But no.
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Nov 9, 2014 05:00
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But that inlay though. 
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Dr. Faustus posted:VV Thanks, cab. I hadn't really thought of a DIY Tele, the last time I really considered it was the, what did they call them? The Highway 66 Teles? I forget. But I do like a good Warmoth neck. VV seriously as long as you get a decent neck and the body's at least cut even you can piece together something that'll play on par with a $1000+ american made instrument for less than half the price. worst case scenario you gotta plug and redrill a few holes on the body dunno why more people don't do it
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Nov 9, 2014 05:41
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comes along bort posted:seriously as long as you get a decent neck and the body's at least cut even you can piece together something that'll play on par with a $1000+ american made instrument for less than half the price. worst case scenario you gotta plug and redrill a few holes on the body not sure if you're talking about telecasters or all guitars but either way I agree.
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Nov 9, 2014 05:44
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comes along bort posted:seriously as long as you get a decent neck and the body's at least cut even you can piece together something that'll play on par with a $1000+ american made instrument for less than half the price. worst case scenario you gotta plug and redrill a few holes on the body Fender installed the Cabronita's bridges too close to the neck, so I might have to plug and redrill some holes yet 
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Nov 9, 2014 05:48
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Allen Wren posted:I like that fadey greenish-blue on the guitar in the drawing, why couldn't they just make the guitar that color? But no. they were too ocvercome w/the anime
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Nov 9, 2014 05:59
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Synonamess Botch posted:not sure if you're talking about telecasters or all guitars but either way I agree. definitely holds true for fenders but yeah pretty much any guitar cobbled together instruments are the best
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Nov 9, 2014 06:04
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I kinda regret selling my first guitar abfew years ago cuz it was a strat copy and now I know enough to change the pickups and fix a few issues it had.
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Nov 9, 2014 06:26
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Concatenation posted:not gunna lie, if it's possible to get just the bit of plastic covering the tuning pegs i kinda want that on my guitar because getting my hair caught in them is not an uncommon occurrence when playing gigs Yes, this is the obvious, practical solution to your problem
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comes along bort posted:seriously as long as you get a decent neck and the body's at least cut even you can piece together something that'll play on par with a $1000+ american made instrument for less than half the price. worst case scenario you gotta plug and redrill a few holes on the body You can buy an Asian/Mexican made guitar for that and not have to dick around with anything.
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Nov 9, 2014 06:52
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Fax Sender posted:I kinda regret selling my first guitar abfew years ago cuz it was a strat copy and now I know enough to change the pickups and fix a few issues it had. Once you go down the road of pulling apart guitars, and giving them new guts, you are dealing with dark powers well beyond GAS.
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Nov 9, 2014 06:56
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unlawfulsoup posted:You can buy an Asian/Mexican made guitar for that and not have to dick around with anything. if your mentality is "have to" and not "get to" then i just dont know what to say.
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Nov 9, 2014 07:20
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Synonamess Botch posted:if your mentality is "have to" and not "get to" then i just dont know what to say. Maybe some people just don't like to do that?
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Synonamess Botch posted:if your mentality is "have to" and not "get to" then i just dont know what to say. I just like to play the instrument, anything that gets in the way of that is just a pain in the rear end to me. I am not against people who like to build their own stuff, I think it can come out quite nice sometimes.
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Improbable Lobster posted:Maybe some people just don't like to do that? unlawfulsoup posted:I just like to play the instrument, anything that gets in the way of that is just a pain in the rear end to me. I am not against people who like to build their own stuff, I think it can come out quite nice sometimes. e: On the topic of having to do stuff to guitars to make them work, clamped the first two frets on the Eye for a couple of days, but no change in the high strings hitting them. Ended up doing the baking soda+superglue thing WDE recommended, aside from overdoing it a little on the first one I did and having to partially slot that with an x-acto knife, it went okay, seems to have done the trick. I did notice a rough raised area at the bottom of the guitar, I figured it was just sweat residue but I couldn't wipe it off with guitar polish etc and on looking at it closely it almost looks like the paint has bubbled in that area or something, like something corroded it maybe? Will probably buff it out with scratch-x later on. Nostalgic Pushead fucked around with this message at 09:46 on Nov 9, 2014 |
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^^ Scratch-X is amazing ^^ It's a labor of love. Sometimes just sitting down with an instrument that needs a little TLC and stripping it down, taking it apart, cleaning all the little crevices, masking off the fretboard and shining up the frets, polishing out some light scratches, waxing it up and putting it all back together and putting on fresh strings and setting it up is just a couple/few hours of zen and relaxation. It's similar to detailing the hell out of your car and doing tune-up work on it. You just map out the work, get your tools together, zone into it; and afterwards you just feel great. The next time you drive/play it; you think about the reason why it's so nice and shiny and rewarding and you know: You did this. God I wish I had a neck jig and all the files and tools to do fretwork. Then again, there's a point where it can turn from "zen and the art" into a chore and a job; and that's not fun. Everybody's different. Some people would rather just go to Autobell and pay some kids $40 to detail their car, or pay some dude from Guitar Center to hopefully not gently caress up their beloved instrument.
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alternatively, you can buy a cheap average guitar and treat it like poo poo deliberately so all the paint starts flecking off and it starts buzzing and scratching when you change which pickup you're on. i don't know why i like busted guitars but sometimes it's really fun to sound like poo poo another example is those dudes from the 50s that'd deliberately kick the poo poo out of their amps so they'd gently caress up and create an early distorted sound. that stuff is super cool Hefty Leftist fucked around with this message at 10:02 on Nov 9, 2014 |
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umalt posted:But that inlay though. Once you get past the 14th fret it begins to stop making any sense.
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W424 posted:Blackened hardcore is a good core. this and also crust. hardcore in general owns Dr. Faustus posted:I have heard so much great music made with Teles. I really dig their signature tone. I want one really really badly, I just don't know what to buy. I don't want to spend too much but I don't like those round radius fretboards either. I need to research Teles. have you tried a jem 
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O, you.
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Tele talk: if you want to get started with teles to see if you like the shape/tone, it's hard to go wrong with Squier's Classic Vibe series. They're fantastically made guitars for the price, and nail that classic tele sound. Downside: heavy as gently caress (CV50's, at least, can't speak to CV Custom)
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Schpyder posted:Tele talk: if you want to get started with teles to see if you like the shape/tone, it's hard to go wrong with Squier's Classic Vibe series. They're fantastically made guitars for the price, and nail that classic tele sound. yeah i really can't recommend the classic vibe guitars enough, they're so good for the price. the vintage modified series is another solid group from i think the same year as the classic vibe guitars. the only issue people seem to have with them is the vintage style bridge
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Sleepflower posted:e: On the topic of having to do stuff to guitars to make them work, clamped the first two frets on the Eye for a couple of days, but no change in the high strings hitting them. Ended up doing the baking soda+superglue thing WDE recommended, aside from overdoing it a little on the first one I did and having to partially slot that with an x-acto knife, it went okay, seems to have done the trick. I did notice a rough raised area at the bottom of the guitar, I figured it was just sweat residue but I couldn't wipe it off with guitar polish etc and on looking at it closely it almost looks like the paint has bubbled in that area or something, like something corroded it maybe? Will probably buff it out with scratch-x later on. I'm glad you've got it playing well! That bubbling is the nitro breaking down, it does that if you leave something plastic on the guitar/look at it funny/don't look at it funny enough/fart. If Scratch X doesn't work (not something I've used myself, but I've heard that Scratch X 2 is best for nitro, most water-based buffing compounds will do tbh), lightly sand it with 600 grit paper until it's smooth, then go up in sand-paper grades until you get to 1500, then buff it. I like Tele's, their whole design is based around easy mass-production so they are super easy to make/work on/modify. The only thing I don't like about them is the jack-plug and the lack of a belly-cut, easy to fix though. Schpyder posted:Tele talk: if you want to get started with teles to see if you like the shape/tone, it's hard to go wrong with Squier's Classic Vibe series. They're fantastically made guitars for the price, and nail that classic tele sound. The Squier Custom tele's are loving fantastic for the money. You can get them for under £250 new, or even cheaper second hand (I saw one for £80 in a local shop and there was gently caress-all wrong with it). The one with the P90's sounds great, the humbucker model is great too, although I think it would benefit from a pickup change (a bit muddy imo). I actually think the classic vibe stuff is slightly over-priced new, although great value second-hand. ThePutty posted:yeah i really can't recommend the classic vibe guitars enough, they're so good for the price. the vintage modified series is another solid group from i think the same year as the classic vibe guitars. the only issue people seem to have with them is the vintage style bridge I hate those vintage bridges, 'close enough' intonation annoys me a lot more than it should (fun fact: If you give me a guitar to work on I will HAVE to intonate it properly, I seriously can't help it).
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If you are going to get a CV50 try it in store first!!! The one I got is stupidly heavy and I have been getting the 'joy' of spending countless hours trying to unfuck it. It is pretty good if you want an example of poor craftsmanship though, the people making mine were so lazy they did not even bother to even half rear end matching the wood on it. I got it as a gift, otherwise I would have probably thrown it out of a window by now.
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unlawfulsoup posted:If you are going to get a CV50 try it in store first!!! The one I got is stupidly heavy and I have been getting the 'joy' of spending countless hours trying to unfuck it. It is pretty good if you want an example of poor craftsmanship though, the people making mine were so lazy they did not even bother to even half rear end matching the wood on it. I got it as a gift, otherwise I would have probably thrown it out of a window by now. Aren't the CV50's pine? Pine should.... Not be heavy. When I use pine it's generally construction grade stuff and I've never had any weight issues....
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