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hexwren posted:having never heard of harley benton before, I honestly think one of theirs is going to be my next guitar, because holy crap, those prices - even if they're cheaply built, a 12-string for a couple hundo is real nice. thanks for the heads up Harley Benton is Thomann's store brand, with Thomann being the biggest music retailer in Europe. I think their massive scale and interest in getting new players hooked means that their quality is generally pretty good, not amazing, but beyond what you would expect from the prices. At least I hear a lot more positive than negative surprise reactions from people who buy them.
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weed cat posted:How is the Suhr different from one of those pedals that's supposed to emulate a speaker cab, or a plugin amp vst? It's that you're using the real amp head? So you can do the equivalent of diming a twin or marshall or something without making a ton of noise? Exactly that. It lets you crank everything and basically eats the force of the load which would destroy you sound card/computer normally. This allows you to play a dimed plexi at comfortable bedroom levels but with all the great sound of the tubes under full stress. Basically, it's the bluesdad way of avoiding modelling amps :p
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GreatGreen posted:
Long technical expectations kick rear end, thank you for explaining it properly!
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It looks like a 6 string solidbidy ubass for don't reason...
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I bought this thing Monday: It's a Squier Paranormal something, basically a Tele with a jazzmaster body and a C shape neck. It sounds like I always wanted a Tele to sound and I love it. It plays good too, but it helps that the shop where I bought it is a cool place that set it up. And also included a checkup sheet three months.
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Carth Dookie posted:Somebody please stage an intervention. I am sick and need help. Do not intervene in this person's life, they make good choices. Sell whatever kids you have.
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That is awesome in a dumb way! I'm envious! Please tell me you're playing brutal deathgrind on it!
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widefault posted:And day two of purchases brings this I have it in the brown see through finish. It's a good tele that looks and hangs great! Congratulations!
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petit choux posted:
This is what post-shoegaze looks like.
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Rock Paper Tongue posted:I've been wanting to try out a sitar or a shamisen, but they're not exactly plentiful here in Arizona. I did find this Danelectro sitar from Sweetwater, and I also found this guy selling shamisens out of California. Does anyone have any experience with either of these, or any advice about where I I should be looking? No idea where to look, I don't think Thomann ships to the colonies unfortunately. If they do, they have all the stuff though. Of the two linked, they are pretty different depending on what you actually want. If you play guitar and want hassle free Indian sounds, or just weird sounds with effects, the sitar, which, as mentioned, is more of a guitar is probably right. But if you want to try out an essentially alien instrument with weird tunings and new techniques, it's not. For instance, I think a proper sitar is "scalloped", or more accurately doesn't have what we think of as a fretboard. Edit: gently caress, now i want a sitar.
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hexwren posted:I'm gonna be honest, I just spent like ten-fifteen minutes looking at the site for that EYB sitar bridge and I can't make heads or tails of how it works. I looked at the video - it just seems to be a bridge you mount pretty high so the strings are way the gently caress up from the frets? there's no sympathetic strings at all? "The sitar sound is produced mechanically by the strings on the bridge." what am I even looking at? Sitar sound has two main components compared to a guitar: one is the sympathetic strings as you mentioned, but the other is the aforementioned buzz bridge, which in my opinion is the more characteristic sound. I think it's a flat surface touching the vibrating strings, giving it a different sound than regular fret buzz.
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betterinsodapop posted:Scratched pickguard is GOOD. Now it's RELIC'd! This but unironically.
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:Yeah it’s an air adio. It’s a 50 watt lunchbox sized modeling amp. Runs off of batteries if you want. I use it as a portable speaker sometimes. My Yamaha thr10iiw doubles as portable speaker as well. It's pretty cool to have both in one device, even if it is larger than other portable speakers.
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brushwad posted:New gear today -- Vox AC10C1 Limited Edition Two-Tone Combo: Vox makes beautiful amps. They're just miles ahead of everyone else in terms of looking classy. They also tend to sound good. Congratulations!
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petit choux posted:I was gonna say no, not that kind of tube but you know what, just be yourself. Stick it right in there. You should probably get someone to help you make it a vacuum tube though 
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petit choux posted:Be a Winner! That's the double-neck. But still, be a vinner! Play some Children of Bodom on it!
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That, and if the guitar breaks, it's time for a new one. Gibson is way ahead on planned obsolescence.
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You had me at built in Leslie. That's the good stuff.
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Dzus posted:You got it! The all rosewood neck feels awesome with a little bit of wax, I've heard awful things about the pickups but I think they sound great. The what now neck? I need more pictures. For reasons unrelated to the very large erection I am currently having. The pink and rosewood headstock is enough on it's own, but i really wanna see that neck too!
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Dzus posted:You got it. Absolutely beautiful. I would never think of a soft pink with rosewood neck, but it works! And now I want my own neck like that...
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Sep 15, 2021 19:45
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It's probably a fine way to ship in bulk, but less so for individual shipping where the carrier can and will play football with it (I have worked as a mailman and I am not exaggerating). The retailer should have repackaged it though.
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I am also extremely jealous. My wife however appreciates me not having one of those. Definitely keep us posted as you learn about it.
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This may be a stupid question, but is your average tone pot actually just a treble cut, or is there something more going on?
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widefault posted:Belated B-Day gift to myself It's awesome, and yeah, black hardware is the way to go. I really like guitars with super simple controls, like this.
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Verman posted:I've really wanted to try those. I'm curious if they still have the tele spank ... I can't see why they wouldn't. I have one in clear brown, and yeah, it's a Tele in all but shape. So unless you mean the way you can literally spank someone with a telecaster, yeah, it's got the stuff. It's a hecking cool guitar, in yellow too!
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Yeah, that looks amazing
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Looking forward to the harp daughter getting into hardcore punk on harp. I bet it would also be oddly suitable for black metal.
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Pickguards are grossly mislabeled, especially in the case of Vs. They're mostly there to hide all the routing. I think a lot of guitars look better without guard. Speaking of wiring: letting my kids (6 and 0) play with my hollowbody finally resulted in me having to reattach the jack. I will never replace anything on that guitar, because that poo poo is annoying.
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A P bass is just an incredibly simple thing at heart, it works as just two pieces of wood (or three I guess) and a simple pickup that can just be wound coils and magnets. The traditional reason USA instruments were better was that the luthiers were actually skilled, but with modern cutting technology, that's largely irrelevant (and also less true because of Society). This means that your cheap Chinese model is likely to be absolutely top shape. The main thing you're not getting is tone wood and fancy hardware, and those are hardly necessary for a good instrument. Oh, and quality control, so you're more likely to get a dud Chinese model, but that's solved by trying before buying.
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Tone wood is a scam though. Just notice how it's always the exotic expensive wood that's supposedly best.
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Tone wise, definitely the gold. Just be sure to get actual gold, not gold plated or whatever.
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Pretty sick Hondo! It also amuses me to think of Ibanez suing another company for copying their design. I get that they moved on from that, but it was fairly recently at that point.
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A telecaster is just a pretty simple thing, and getting machines to just spit them out has become pretty feasible. A pickup can be literally just copper wire around some magnets, body and neck are just slaps of wood that need to fit together and not be crooked. Pots and hardware aren't hard to make either, and the production cost is probably not high even for solid quality. The future is now.
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TheKub posted:I've been experimenting a little. Behold my shame! I'm a piper now. Congratulations Mr Picard, and good luck! I have a super hard time with the limitations of not having all the notes. I got my kid a xylophone in C major, and I just want a B flat or F sharp sometimes.
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