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How long did you tighten it until it got to that? Tighten the string until there's no slack and it sounds like a guitar string and isn't all low and buzzy. Then you either tighten it or loosen it to the nearest note it should be. If it sounds kind of high and it's at A when you need it to be at E, go back down not up.
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Newbie question: Generally speaking, is it better to get an "expensive" Epiphone or a "cheap" Gibson if I'm looking to spend in the $500-$1,000 range? What's the difference between the two brands for someone who is floating somewhere between novice and intermediate skill level, but is ready to put in a couple of hours a day practice?
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Jul 12, 2014 22:26
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Epic Doctor Fetus posted:Newbie question: Generally speaking, is it better to get an "expensive" Epiphone or a "cheap" Gibson if I'm looking to spend in the $500-$1,000 range? What's the difference between the two brands for someone who is floating somewhere between novice and intermediate skill level, but is ready to put in a couple of hours a day practice? buy a nice used gibson.
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Jul 12, 2014 22:30
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Smash it Smash hit posted:buy a nice used gibson. Epic Doctor Fetus posted:Newbie question: Generally speaking, is it better to get an "expensive" Epiphone or a "cheap" Gibson if I'm looking to spend in the $500-$1,000 range? What's the difference between the two brands for someone who is floating somewhere between novice and intermediate skill level, but is ready to put in a couple of hours a day practice? Gibson and listen to SISI if you're down with used guitars.
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Jul 12, 2014 22:36
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Smash it Smash hit posted:buy a nice used gibson. I looked into this, but there really isn't much of a selection at the local pawnshops and craigslist. :/
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Jul 12, 2014 23:00
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unlawfulsoup posted:It is not guaranteed hosed or anything, but do you want to take that risk for $140? I mean the guy selling it could have easily strung it and sold it for more, which kind of makes me wonder as well. People can be stupid. We're talking about craigslist. Ask if you can string it, and try it out before you buy. If it's hosed, you're out 5 bucks.
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Jul 12, 2014 23:21
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Epic Doctor Fetus posted:I looked into this, but there really isn't much of a selection at the local pawnshops and craigslist. :/ Where are you located? You can always buy used online, though there's a gamble there. If you're going to buy a new Gibson, wait til about November because then they start to clear out that year's models at significantly lower prices. I bought an SG Future for under half what they were selling for the rest of the year. To be fair, that was not a terribly popular model but it was what I was looking for. Even on the Standards there are savings of a few hundred bucks to be had. I still think used is a great option, and I think I would try to get an MIJ guitar (Epiphone or otherwise) over other imports if you don't want to pay Gibson US prices.
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Jul 12, 2014 23:57
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TopherCStone posted:Where are you located? You can always buy used online, though there's a gamble there. If you're going to buy a new Gibson, wait til about November because then they start to clear out that year's models at significantly lower prices. I bought an SG Future for under half what they were selling for the rest of the year. To be fair, that was not a terribly popular model but it was what I was looking for. Even on the Standards there are savings of a few hundred bucks to be had. I'm not sure I'd want to buy anything online that I haven't had the chance to play around with. I'm in Western Colorado, which is kind of rural, but I suppose it couldn't hurt to head over to Denver and check out some guitar stores and pawn shops there.
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Jul 13, 2014 00:10
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Epic Doctor Fetus posted:I'm not sure I'd want to buy anything online that I haven't had the chance to play around with. I'm in Western Colorado, which is kind of rural, but I suppose it couldn't hurt to head over to Denver and check out some guitar stores and pawn shops there. yeah or just check Denver cl too and hit some people up and come into town hit up the cl people, pawnshops and such. to be honest, rural pawnshops are the best, hit some of those up on the way. You find MUCH more interesting stuff there and sometimes they have no idea what they got
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Jul 13, 2014 00:36
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Yamaha THR10C or Line 6 Amplifi 150 for quiet bedroom / headphone practice? I'm torn.
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Jul 14, 2014 00:05
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Any reason why the 150 instead of the 75?
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Jul 14, 2014 00:25
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I read in a couple of reviews that it sounds "better" (which is probably bullshit), they're also both on sale where I live and it wouldn't be that much more expensive than the 75. The Line 6 amps would both be significantly more expensive than the Yamaha though.
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Jul 14, 2014 00:33
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Forgot that the 75 is an 8" speaker while the 150 has a 12" Celestion speaker. That's pretty much it for differences. Of the Yamaha, the 75, and 150, the 150 really is the only one that could be gigged with and compete with a drummer if you ever want to do that. Both the Yamaha and the Amplifi get a decent variety of sounds although I liked the sound of the THR10C more out of the box than the Amplifi which takes a fair bit of finagling. But the number of sounds out of the Amplifi and different effects and amps is really extensive and the song tone match thing is rather cool.
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Jul 14, 2014 01:00
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Those Amplifi's still only have an app for iOS?
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Jul 14, 2014 04:07
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revolther posted:Those Amplifi's still only have an app for iOS? yerp, I've heard there might be an android app sometime this year but that isn't in stone yet.
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Jul 14, 2014 04:13
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Yeah, I'm an iOS user, and the sheer awesomeness of the Line 6 app is quite intriguing. Then again, the 150 is quite big and boxy for an amp I'm only ever going to use at home (I play strictly for fun / myself, I'm not good enough to even think about "gigging"), and constantly having to use the app might be a little cumbersome. I really like the tiny footprint of the Yamaha. Then again, that 12" Celestion speaker would make the Amplifi an awesome boombox for my iTunes library... Ugh, choices.
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Jul 14, 2014 06:44
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I have the Amplifi 75 in my office. It's a nice little sound system. Being Line6 it's got all the sounds and models you could want. It's compact but it'll thunder. I just run my guitar into my crybaby and then into the amplifi and it's good to go. If it wasn't for the crybaby I'd probably just do a completely wireless setup in there which would be ultra sweet and clean. I have all of my backing tracks on my phone so I just connect via blue tooth and I can practice my set list. My main gripe with it is for something that's functioning as a mini-PA it should allow for a microphone to go in as well. Since it has only one guitar input no friends are playing along either. Also, it's a piece of furniture really..more like a home stereo component than an amp. Don't gig with it unless you just want to break pieces off of it. There's no learning curve on the patch setup because it's all pictures. It's fun and a kid could do it.
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Jul 14, 2014 08:47
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No matter how much I want to tell myself I'm thirty and I should be beyond such childish whimsy, I just really enjoy playing Megadeth, Anthrax, Metallica, Death. I've tried to tell myself that I'm mature, that it's caprice and I'm not a smelly teenager anymore - I've been chewing through realbooks, classical sheet music, folk and rockabilly and while they're all fun, nothing comes close to the thrill of smashing out a crushing riff or mini-lead section into a wailing cacophony of harmonic distortion. I think I need to stick my Strat under the bed and pick up a Jackson.
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Jul 14, 2014 10:18
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lol you old geezer My best friend in high school hit a low point and felt like he had to mature or whatever. He wanted to play jazz. I was like "fine, that's cool" but I didn't realize he meant he was going to totally drop everything to do it. He had been given a 1964 Gibson SG by his mom's boyfriend. Trying to get in good with the kid. Probably one of the best guitars any of us could have ever owned. Just smooth as silk. Certainly too good for a high school kid. Among his boneheaded desires to grow up, he took that guitar down to guitar center and did a straight trade for an off the shelf regular rear end Stratocaster because that's a better guitar for jazz. I wanted to kill him.
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Jul 14, 2014 12:47
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ZombieParts posted:lol you old geezer The worst kind of person for lots of reasons.
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Jul 14, 2014 13:03
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The day I stop playing heavy metal is the day I'm so old that my hands get too arthritic to even play guitar at all.
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Jul 14, 2014 13:09
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Spanish Manlove posted:The day I stop playing heavy metal is the day I'm so old that my hands get too arthritic to even play guitar at all. Even in that case you could probably have a 2 string guitar tuned in fifths with super low action and light strings. You'd be able to put a brace on your hand to avoid pain and only need gross motor skills to hammer out some sick rhythm riffs. Or pay a software developer to design something that would allow you to trigger a computer music interface with a sip-and-puff system. You could potentially play both, kind of like Bob Dylan with one of those harmonica brace things. Actually I'm going to go find out how expensive that would be to put together because it could be really fun.
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Jul 14, 2014 14:16
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Spanish Manlove posted:The day I stop playing RIP Tommy, dammit. Remulak fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Jul 14, 2014 |
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Jul 14, 2014 14:36
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Spanish Manlove posted:The day I stop playing heavy metal is the day I'm so old that my hands get too arthritic to even play guitar at all. Is it Jason Becker that got ALS? Monster guitarist paralysed in his wheelchair, writing music into the computer using his eyelids. Blink once for chugga chugga, twice for widdly widdly neeooow. Les Paul broke his arm and when they said setting it properly might mean he would never play again he just went 'gently caress it, set it so I can hold the guitar and I'll just have an arm out there at a right angle for the rest of my life, no big'. Mick Mars from Crue has some crazy thing where his bones are fusing and he goes out killing it in arenas whilst not being able to bend his neck or spine. Guess what I'm saying is there are worse things than having cranky hands to get round. Make the most of it while we still can.
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Jul 14, 2014 18:34
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Spanish Manlove posted:The day I stop playing heavy metal is the day I'm so old that my hands get too arthritic to even play guitar at all. I went to Bonnaroo with some fantastically hot hippie girls. Five psychedelic infused days later my taste for metal was waning. Still listen to the likes of Sleep and Electric Wizard but I haven't spun my Disembowelment records in ages.
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Jul 14, 2014 19:08
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/!\ Posting from pawn shop /!\ I took your guys' advice and did another pawn shop sweep and found and Gibson Les Paul Studio (2012) for $699. What do you guys think?
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Jul 14, 2014 20:54
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Epic Doctor Fetus posted:/!\ Posting from pawn shop /!\
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Jul 14, 2014 21:06
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iostream.h posted:That's a pretty good price for a LP Studio, what color/condition is it in? Bah, loving pawn shops. When I went to buy it, there was a "pricing mistake" and it's now a grand. 
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Jul 14, 2014 21:35
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Epic Doctor Fetus posted:Bah, loving pawn shops. When I went to buy it, there was a "pricing mistake" and it's now a grand.
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Jul 14, 2014 21:57
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ZombieParts posted:lol you old geezer Selling an SG for a Strat because !jazz! is the most backwards thing what the hell
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Jul 14, 2014 22:09
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I would have literally killed my friend if he did that
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Jul 14, 2014 22:11
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muike posted:I would have literally killed my friend if he did that If I were on your jury I'd vote to acquit What's the hot new thing in acoustic strings these days? Going to pick up some NYXLs for my electric and I figure I should throw something in for the 70s-ish Applause I just got.
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Jul 14, 2014 22:21
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Epic Doctor Fetus posted:/!\ Posting from pawn shop /!\ Unless it comes with a solid case, see if they'll take 600.
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Jul 14, 2014 23:29
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Vis-a-vis my current megadeth fascination: is there any way to get the double-rectifier type hnnngggg without paying for a Mesa-Boogie? FWIW I've got an amp modeler which does a decent impression, I'm thinking of actual amps, since I am clearly not suited to this Fender Blues Jr.
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Jul 14, 2014 23:46
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Something based on a soldano
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Jul 14, 2014 23:48
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ADA MP-1.
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Jul 14, 2014 23:54
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Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:Unless it comes with a solid case, see if they'll take 600. It did come with a solid case, but see my previous post about the price increase.
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Jul 15, 2014 00:31
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Epic Doctor Fetus posted:It did come with a solid case, but see my previous post about the price increase. It is a pawn shop though, if they want to move it they will take the quick buck. Just be ready to walk if they try to hold out for more money. Cannot hurt to try if you want the guitar. It is not like Studios are super rare or anything. Get an agile. 
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Jul 15, 2014 00:37
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Anyone interested in learning bare music theory (not instrument specific) a course started today on coursera: https://class.coursera.org/musictheory-001
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Man, at a thousand bucks should have made it clear that replacing a store front window would probably cost them the difference. 500 bucks over priced at a grand, used, man what scumbags. poo poo use bugmenot to do a blue book of it then walk in with the printout, the 360 bucks they probably gave someone for it, then piss on their floor. Pricing error, what assholes, clearly that hit a nerve.
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