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Anyone here have experience adjusting the truss rod on a Jackson(specifically a dinky from the early 00's)? It looks like it should just need a really small hex wrench but when I try turning the bolt counter clockwise to loosen it the whole bolt just twists off without turning the rod and I'm left with the bare rod. The spot is way too small to try and just jam pliers in and grab it but that sounds like a bad idea anyway. I know supposedly some truss rods only twist one direction but I have no clue if that is the case here and figured I should be sure of that before I just try cranking it accidentally way tighter. If it's important at all I'm loosening it cause I get awful fret buzz on the lower half of the neck (gets less noticeable higher up), when I check the relief from the 1st to 12th fret the strings are just laying flat on the frets.
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I think you're more correct than I was, I realized what I meant was "socket wrench" not "hex wrench" cause I'm used to calling a hex wrench an Allen wrench/key. I have a set of socket wrenches and I was able to get one that fit the nut on the end of the truss rod, but when I twisted it, instead of turning the truss rod the nut just loosened and came off of the truss rod. Maybe I broke it? Not sure. I am also a little less frantic to get the truss rod figured out as getting the Floyd rose balance helped a lot more than I thought it would, it's not perfect now but it's less severe.
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Jan 14, 2020 02:06
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In addition to getting my old guitar back in action (it's mostly ready to go except for the 12ish year old strings I've still got on it) ive had the itch to get a bass to plink around on. I can't justify spending a lot of money since Ive never played bass before so I rolled the dice and looked around at the pawn shop by my work and boy were those instruments not in good condition. As for the whole "talking about/spending money on fancy gear instead of actually practicing/writing" thing I have much more experience with visual art than music and that concept is not unique to one type of art. I have seen plenty of artists at the peek of technical skill who have done all their art on an entry level Wacom tablet and a laptop and also plenty of people at like just barely novice level posting reviews of their new $3k Cintiqs.
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Jan 16, 2020 05:49
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osker posted:Has anyone messed with Harley Benton guitars from Thomann? A few of their basses have gotten surprisingly good reviews from people on YouTube and they are insanely cheap so I have considered them despite really wanting to buy secondhand local...
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Jan 17, 2020 01:53
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BonHair posted:I'm mostly a bass player, and the thing I like about my bass amp is that it has two parallel preamps, one clean and one dirty. This is then controlled by a blend knob. The point is that I get a good clean actual note, combined with a ton of dirt, meaning your can hear what I'm playing even with heavy distortion. I haven't seen the same thing in guitar amps though, and it's probably more complex because at least in rock music, the guitar has a lot more effects going on. What amp do you use? I have mostly dialed in what model I want for my first bass but still no clue about what amp. My guitar amp is a boss katana and it's cool no clue if that info informs what bass amp I would like
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Jan 26, 2020 04:08
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Cool I had been eyeing some of the smaller orange amps, some versatility would be cool but if I'm honest I am probably gonna be doing a lot of angry DJANG-DJANG-DJANG ing especially when I'm still learning
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Jan 26, 2020 21:32
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As someone who's been drawing for a long time the idea of doing any task with just your wrist instead of your whole arm is making my muscles cramp up just picturing it. Like when you work big you are even supposed to stand up so you can involve your whole body
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Jan 30, 2020 01:13
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well why not posted:I want a baby little smol amp for when I don’t plug into guitar rig. What’s the least lovely one? Katana Mini? I like how cute the Marshall one is, but it seems insanely cheap The katana mini doesn't have a huge range of effects but sounds really good for how tiny it is, got mine for like $80 open box. Only thing to keep in mind is the power adaptor comes separate, otherwise it runs on 6 AA batteries.
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Feb 3, 2020 18:59
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Given the choice, what would people consider the best user experience/value between a) Bias fx with a midi pedal thing added b) A boss gt1 and c) Some older/different multi effects processor like the line 6 pod? Use case would be practicing/recording at home, no gigging to worry about
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Feb 11, 2020 20:28
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If you can use a footswitch with the effects on it the katana might be a good idea, although I had shied away from a fender mustang specifically because using the tiny little knob and screen on the amp itself felt like might be a pain to do. How does that work exactly, can you have one preset on as like a base and slap another one onto the pedal? I really like my tiny little katana so I'm sure I'd like having a bigger one.
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Feb 12, 2020 18:43
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If I had the money I would buy a Gibson explorer purely just to play coheed and Cambria songs
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Mar 3, 2020 20:22
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I only have one guitar and one bass but I've been wanting to get a second guitar cause I want one without a floating bridge or locking tuners so that I have something non fiddly laying around that I can keep in standard tuning. I was thinking an epi les Paul or a gretch electromatic, any other things I should consider if I'm trying to get that more nasally sound? I also kind of want a telecaster cause the twang they can get is very compelling but that will probably be something much later, maybe a tax return thing next year if I don't end up having to build a new PC
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Mar 5, 2020 20:22
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I got a good deal on a used audio interface today and bought the basic version of bias fx2 then whoops spent like 4 hours loving with amps and pedals
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Mar 12, 2020 06:01
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TBH when I got my bass I just got a $45 Peavy amp from a pawn shop, it's only like 10 watts but it's loud as poo poo (especially cause I don't have a compressor pedal) and the overdrive actually sounds decent for something so small and cheap
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Mar 12, 2020 21:52
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Lester Shy posted:Hell yes. I played in a two guitar, drums, no bassist band for a while, and I handled the clean low end with a cheap little solid state Crate amp while the other guy played the high stuff. Constantly had people asking me after the shows what was going on with my rig because it sounded like we actually had a bass player It worked for sleater Kinney why not anyone, although I don't think corin used a bass amp just a detuned guitar
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Everything I have heard makes it sound like it depends on what the amp is and how loud you're blasting it, so maybe it is on a case by case basis? I kinda just assumed trying it through a decent sized/quality combo amp would be fine on low volume but if I tried playing my active bass through my tiny Boss Katana mini that I might get an unfortunate situation. I literally don't know anything so don't listen to me I went out and tried a handful of guitars I've never played before cause my criteria for what I want to get are very the opposite of my current/past guitars and to my luck the one I liked playing most was the cheapest rear end Squier bullet telecaster in the store. I didn't just buy that one even though it was the best color (pastel turquoise) cause I like buying stuff second hand and also the knobs turned really scratchy and I wasn't sure if that was something I could fix or not. Is the affinity line tele better than the bullet line? I've heard people say the affinity teles are better than the affinity strats quality wise but I got no clue if that's true or not. Would just look for the standard line but for teles at least the vast majority I find in stores are either bullets or much more expensive fenders.
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Mar 15, 2020 03:01
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That's good to hear. I think the least frills tele will work for me cause I specifically want something with single coils, hard tail bridge and no lock in tuners. I found a really nice one for cheap on reverb that's actually at a shop in my city so I'm gonna run over there in the 2 hours they're open on Sunday and hope they still have it. Anime Reference posted:I have no idea either but it seems logical that a cheapo hardtail would be easier to live with than a cheapo trem. Yeah I guess that makes sense, I didn't realize until I started looking for a hardtail how many guitars have trems that seem unnecessary. I'm wondering if there's anything about the string through body that'll cause unexpected problems but it seems like mostly benefits ewe2 posted:It's not just Fender, Ibanez and Yamaha figured this out years ago, they were eating Fender's lunch too before Fender wised up. I'd still pick up a G&L Tribute ASAT that's on par with a Fender MIM Player in specs at the lower price even at my awful Aussie exchange rate (which is about to get much worse). I looked at some G&L tributes for a minute just cause Marissa from Screaming Females played one on fishcenter
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Mar 15, 2020 08:32
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I didn't end up buying the telecaster I wanted cause my work is imploding and I'm gonna lose a lot of hours this month  I will take it as an excuse to spend time practicing bass instead
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Mar 17, 2020 16:30
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Is Epiphone just owned by Gibson or do they have the same management? I'd like to get an Epiphone SG someday but it seems like Gibson is passing the tipping point of a company you would ever want to support and I don't know how closely entwined they are
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Mar 22, 2020 19:49
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I’ve been torturing myself watching videos of people playing telecasters it’s the first thing I’m gonna buy when i’ve recovered from all this garbage(lord knows how long that’ll be), I think I want one of the blue ones but the silver metallic looking ones are cool too Also thanks to all the pedals in bias fx I never woulda bought I can play rage against the machine songs and bulls on parade feels so good to get the actual sounds close; I don’t have an expression pedal so it’s not perfect but i can get like high school talent show close
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Mar 26, 2020 20:31
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I don't usually like warm colors on guitars but the orange one is pretty nice. Or if they had one with yellow body, white pick guard, and bright blue hardware that would be dope. Also teal and gun metal grey. Or pastel pink. If i turned into a dude with 20 guitars 12 of them would be different colors of the exact same guitar probably I'm also thinking of trying 9's or 8's on the tele, I've never actually tried a lighter gauge than 10's but it sounds interesting and I want really bright clangy mids
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Mar 26, 2020 22:21
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How scary is it to buy used guitars online, I really like buying used but not being able to inspect it first sounds dicey. Also lol at all the guitars on reverb that have shipping more expensive than the guitar
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Mar 26, 2020 22:35
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I think the only colors I would really not like to have are the standard sunburst color (I've just never liked it it reminds me of like a wet ashtray where all the tobacco turned the water Amber and black colored) and ones that are a black body with red pickguard, for some reason that combo always looks really cheap and bad to me, it's like the color scheme of lovely PC gaming periferals
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Mar 27, 2020 01:45
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I mean having the pearly red instead of plain Lego brick red looks better but I'm still not a fan tbqhfnhf
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Mar 27, 2020 05:48
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What is a reasonable amount of money to offer someone on craigslist for the beat up telecaster in this listing https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/d/minneapolis-fender-squire-telecaster/7098324288.html I am into beat up looking guitars if it doesn’t make it sound/play like crap but they’re asking a similar price a local used music store would charge for a much better condition version of the same guitar. Also for some reason it bugs me more than the body damage that the knobs and switch look like they were yoinked from a strat?? Thinking of offering them $90 and either they’ll yell at me or meet me somewhere in between
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Apr 7, 2020 05:34
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I wasn’t sure what to think about the age, I had a squier strat in ‘05 and it was fine but it wasn’t an affinity and I feel like the affinities had a very not good reputation when they were new. On the opposite side of that coin there’s this Fender Standard series tele, made in Mexico in ‘09 with a Seymour Duncan hot rails bridge pickup and a gig bag going for $400 https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/d/minneapolis-standard-telecaster-with/7085573686.html It’s like twice what I wanted to spend but also seems like a really nice guitar for that price Unrelated to that but I want to try playing a danelectro guitar even though they all look like someone put the 60’s in a microwave
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Apr 7, 2020 06:36
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They can get a sort of jangly broken sound but like in a good way that I like
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Apr 7, 2020 08:29
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The Jim Dandy looks cool, especially that bluish grey one. I don’t ever play acoustic guitars tho so my opinion isn’t a valuable one I finally received my telecaster I spent forever shopping for and i’m excited to play it in three days after it has safely quarantined in its case in the corner of the room
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Apr 12, 2020 01:50
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If I ever get an acoustic guitar I'm getting like a $50 one from a pawn shop and painting the gaudiest poo poo on it
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Apr 13, 2020 05:38
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When I was shopping for used teles there were some lefty models that were a lot cheaper than similar spec right handed versions, might have just been an opportunistic buy. Or maybe someone gave it to him? That was one thing I liked about Nick Sadler from Daughter's, people ask him a lot what guitars and pedals he uses and his answer is usually "I got this strat for free because my friend who owned it died and these were the cheapest versions of these pedals I have no money" I like this interview with him a lot but I'm sure a lot of people will find it pretentious https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/news/140513/
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Apr 13, 2020 17:54
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I was finally able to play my new tele today, feels real good, bling blang blung blungblungblung blung the e and a strings sound so good on that bridge pickup
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Apr 15, 2020 07:26
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dew worm posted:Originally I did want a tele. I completely see now why people own half a dozen guitars. It sucks cause I really like to keep things simple and want to have as little junk as possible but I have two guitars and want at least three more (I want a danelectro, a jazzmaster and an SG, possibly also a gretch electromatic and a Rickenbacker bass) but at the very least I don't think I'll ever have a wall of amps and pedals
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Apr 16, 2020 19:10
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Well gently caress those all look great, an offset tele drat
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Apr 16, 2020 21:50
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I was really hoping he hosed a guitar on stream but I guess im glad the racism got cleared up
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Apr 19, 2020 00:41
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The headstock looks like a Jackson but no clue about anything else
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May 5, 2020 03:11
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What's the best vox amplug I haven't listened to a ton of samples but I feel like the blues version would get the garage-y sound I'd like, might also get the bass one
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May 13, 2020 06:16
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baka kaba posted:Yeah she always plays that one - sometimes it has blood on it from playing too hard It took me a lot of times watching that fishtank performance before I realized she has a weird waist strap instead of a regular shoulder strap and it makes me wonder how it feels to use one of those instead
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May 20, 2020 18:31
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I don't know poo poo but more people should crank the mids it sounds good
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May 24, 2020 09:30
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90% of my guitar playing is with headphones on and like 5% I’m not even plugged into anything
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I just don't want any of the people in my apartment building to hear my awful playing or my add tendency to stop whatever I'm doing to play Birth in Reverse every 9 minutes Also I want a double neck guitar so I can tune one neck up a quarter step to make really annoying sounding riffs
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