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Can anyone identify this thing for me? Came up on FB marketplace and the dude isn't responding to questions and I can't find another Fender tele that matches this exact aesthetic that isn't like 5x the price. All the information i have is already in the screenshot. e: I just noticed the string spacing on the headstock, wtf. Partscaster?
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Huxley posted:I gotta vote "trust your gut" here Yeah I think I'm gonna. He did actually just respond out of nowhere and said he has no clue, it's his drummer's, and it he "gave it to him to settle a debt". So... Baron von Eevl posted:As a lefty and a big fan of the Micawber/tele custom pickup combo and maple fretboards I'd buy the poo poo out of this guitar Same yeah. I built a partscaster that looked exactly like this one but I'm poo poo at partscasting so I was hoping this would fill that void. widefault posted:The double string guides says Chinese, as does the lack of the walnut or plastic reinforcement around the truss rod hole. Same with the bridge, never been an American Fender that used the 3 screw Tele bridge Good points, thanks!
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I got one of those titanium "forever" picks as a gift. I thought it was a pretty cool idea to only have one that will never wear out (as long as I don't lose it). It's a lot slower (imo) than a normal pick but I liked the bright tone I was getting from it and got used to it very quickly. After a few weeks I noticed that my D string was pretty beat up but I didn't think much about it because the set was 3-4 months old. Threw on a new set of Elixirs and sure enough about 3 weeks later a my A and D strings are flattened out in a weird way, and a lot of the wrap on them has been scraped off. They're basically dead sounding now. The pick itself seems to also somehow lost it's point and has some pretty noticeable wear / grooves in it now. Very weird, and a shame because I really like the thing otherwise. Anyone else have experience with picks like this? The reviews everywhere seem to be pretty universally positive. https://www.amazon.com/GPCA-All-Around-Must-Have-Accessories-Musicians/dp/B07YLYDWHK
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Jun 6, 2023 03:23
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Do you play air guitar or a real one
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Jun 6, 2023 03:35
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Verman posted:Picks are easier and cheaper to replace than strings. Plus I like the flex and sound from a plastic pick than something metal. Also, pick wear from a metal pick on your finish/pickguard ... Ouch. Yeah my main guitar is already pretty beat from regular picks so I didn't care much, but it definitely added a fresh set of dings in short time. I guess I should have paid more attention to the Mohs scale in high school and realized the idea of a forever pick that doesn't destroy your strings is an impossible dream. Back to jazz 3s like the lord intended.
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I've posted before about how I record little guitar videos (by request) for my friends on Facebook. A few of them (and my wife) convinced me to formalize the process and so I started a channel on YT/IG/TT where I decided my initial 'gimmick' will be top 5 metal riffs every year since I was born - I get to pick one and I have 5 or 6 metalhead friends on my "riff committee" that pick the rest. I'm about 7 years (1 per week) in, and having a blast. Trying to use it as an excuse to actually try to get better at recording/mixing/video editing, etc. instead of just noodling around and never posting anything. Anyway someone asked me what my setup is, and I said that it was a Scarlett Solo -> Logic -> DSP Plugins (I'm a chronic minimalist so this is ideal for me) and got mocked for the Solo. I know this is A Thing in online guitar discourse, but is there an actual reason I would want to upgrade from that to something better/more expensive other than it's Babby's First Interface? My needs are simply to get a DI guitar and bass track into logic as easily as possible.
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Guitar: swamp ash body, royal ebony fingerboard, walnut neck (satin finish) Bass: swamp ash body, burled maple top, flamed maple fingerboard, 5 piece walnut/maple neck (gloss finish) Should I switch everything to alder moving forward?
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Jun 10, 2023 16:03
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ethanol posted:I think for the most part if you can stomach a bit higher of a noise floor and get by with the I/o on the scarlett it's practically the same as something more much expensive. It's a fantastic little box I think, very portable, I don't plan on getting rid of mine any time soon. Wow, thanks! This is exactly the sort of info/demo I was looking for. I can definitely hear everything you're saying, and that's all good to know. For the kind of stuff I'm doing I agree it probably won't matter. I guess if I ever decide to get ~actually serious~ (whatever that means) I'll do an upgrade of some sort.
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sick, love it sick, love it Elissimpark posted:Can someone with better ears help me? I can't pick the chord between the G and C in the verse and I don't recognise the fingering. I think it's an F with a hammer-on? (think F barre chord without playing the top or bottom strings). Something like this maybe? code:
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Jun 14, 2023 01:24
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Harton posted:Yeah I never play solos note for note. I just play my own solo in the space and it works. If I ever try thinking about what I’m playing I collapse. Gotta just hit the root note and just GO BABY GO I mark all solo sections in my projects “FUK EM UP HERE” to get in the right headspace while recording, a la Hetfield’s explorer.
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Jun 14, 2023 22:14
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Here's my unpopular guitar string opinion for the day: the LESS you play the MORE the strings you use matter. If you play every day you're going to be changing them fairly often, whereas if you're more of a casual every-once-in-a-while player you're going to want something higher quality that can just sit on there for a year+ at a time without much fuss. That said: nanowebs 4 life
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Y'all got any neat tricks or toys for muting individual strings while recording? I haven't really found any devices online that do what I want, other than an overly elaborate capo system that I'm not really sure would work with my headless anyway. I've been using a sweatband for all open string muting, and a small polishing cloth when I need to mute the highest 2-3 strings, but I'd like to be able to mute multiple, non-consecutive strings because sometimes my recordings call for that. I've tried rigging up small (hair) butterfly clips and tiny binder clips with foam, but they bounce around and fall off etc. And don't tell me to just get better at playing, that's never going to happen.
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Jun 16, 2023 22:53
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muike posted:tape. even meshuggah taped their strings when recording poo poo Yeah I learned that trick from Hetfield way back when, I just wanted to avoid leaving sticky residue on the strings. Though I've never actually tried it so maybe it's not too bad. Probably wouldn't notice anyway since I rarely play clean. But I did want to see if anyone had any more ... elegant (?) solutions. Wowporn posted:I'll go the opposite way and say learn to love and leave in the noise. Mmmm texture This would not be your opinion if you heard my tapping
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muike posted:take those strings off or restring and don't put them on Each weak I'm doing a new project that contains 5 sections of 5 different songs so I need to be able to quickly and easily add/remove the muting stuff between takes. I probably should have explained that for context. Otherwise in an album recording situation or whatever yeah that'd be easiest
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Jun 16, 2023 23:18
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Spanish Manlove posted:multiple guitars, one with tape on the strings and one without one weird trick your (my) wife will hate. but honestly this is the best answer (buying more guitars)
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This is really great, you should be proud of it. Love how big everything sounds. Would fit perfectly in pretty much any movie I've ever seen where someone is having a Big Mood. I especially like around the half way point where it feels like everything is about to fall apart but then it comes back together. Baron von Eevl posted:Buy 64 guitars so you can have one for every possible combination of taped/not taped strings. 
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Using classical thumb position is for sure best practices, but it's going to make learning chords/chord transitions more difficult and painful to start. You likely won't be able to easily correct it later if you don't start and stick with it. You. must. decide. now. Or just put your thumb wherever you feel comfortable like everyone else.
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Jun 17, 2023 17:43
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Sick grab. I love the headless multiscale trem Aristides so much (aesthetically). Wish one would show up somewhere locally so I could also experience the hype.
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Checking out the Neural Amp Modeler plugin/standalone that I keep seeing on Youtube with the stuff Ola Englund release for free (settings/IR for his Randall Satan 50) and it sure do whip rear end. Definitely the best free metal plugin I've ever demoed. Definitely check it out if you haven't and play heavy stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V_H17m3FIw
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Drunk Driver Dad posted:I hadn't tried a daw yet, but I get signal fine in my standalone amp sims like Gojira, etc. I will try loading Neural Amp Modeler in Reaper later on when I get a chance, but that's annoying and I'd rather the standalone version work. I've only played through the DAW (in Logic) and I wasn't getting any output using the IR they packaged with it, but once I loaded up the one Ola linked to it worked fine. Doesn't look like that's the same issue you're having though.
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Drunk Driver Dad posted:Did Ola link to an IR? I only saw the profile of his amp. Southern Cassowary posted:he sells them I can't remember where I found it, but this is the one he used in the video (I think) ... and it's the one I'm using: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1e1eyrmj3ldnbjh/Ola.zip?dl=0 His Randall Satan 50 profile is in the zip to in case anyone wants to save time on that. e: I think I got the IR from a different demo video (not by him) linking out to it.
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Have you ever seen how Yngwie stores his strats? Yeah it'll be just fine.
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I always want a trem when I don't have one, and when I have one I never use it. Right now I'm in the "wanting one" part of my current gear cycle.
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Got turned on to the Ampknob sims via a Youtube demo and I like the gimmick a lot. 3 different 5150s, no settings (other than a gain knob) and they're supposed to sit perfectly in a mix right out of the box. Pretty killer and a 2 week free trial. https://bogrendigital.com/pages/ampknob-bdh-bundle Tried it out for the silly weekly videos I do where my friends pick the best metal riffs of the year if you want to hear it in a lovely bedroom mix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaVFxIh5eXw
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I get pins and needles when I’m sitting down and recording for too long, which usually causes me to switch which leg the guitar is sitting on and realize it’s easier to nail takes in a more classical position than (guitar on right leg) position. I learn nothing from this and will start in the same position until I’m uncomfortable and realize the same exact thing during the next session.
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a.p. dent posted:finally recorded this song, almost feels like a children's song to me https://voca.ro/1dUte9MImi5Q. certainly the most happy-sounding thing i've written This rules, good job. I kept inserting strings and slide/lap parts guitar in my head to break it up a bit. Also I cleaned my gutters this morning before a big rain storm so I appreciate the synchronicity. Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Anyone try one of those PRS Tele clones? I haven't touched one but they're ugly and I hate them. I almost wouldn't mind the looks of the black one if it didn't have the stupidly shaped pickguard. I'm sure in a few years I'll do a complete 180 and desperately want one for no real reason.
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Dysgenesis posted:Cool kids get one with HH and one with p90s.
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I get served the Coloma Guitars chick's videos all the time on TikTok. Seems like a cool person that believes in what they're doing.
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duodenum posted:A wiggly knob is your chance to justify buying another guitar. Don’t waste it! You need something to play while you figure out how to fix your old guitar. Pollyanna posted:False alarm, there’s a tightening screw on the side. The oversized novelty dial will have to wait. Wow so you post in this thread asking for help and then just ignore everyone's advice? Okay ... 
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Did an experiment this week on my "Best Meta/Guitar Riffs every year since I was born" series (where my friends pick the riffs) and recorded EVERYTHING on the neck pickup to see ... what would happen. Or if it would make it less clean/crisp/heavy or whatever. Turns out it works just fine for 90s bullshit. Tone comes from your heart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7GLGLxi8g4 (let me know if it's not cool to post your own videos, I try not to but I thought this one was fun due to the aforementioned)
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Drunk Driver Dad posted:you are allowed to post your own video, but the catch is you have to help me learn how to also make recordings that sound that good. is there like a button i press in reaper that makes it good Well thank you, I appreciate the compliment! My process on Mac/Logic is: * I go on Songsterr (or anywhere you can get midi/guitar pro files) download the songs, open in TuxGuitar, export to midi, open in Logic * Edit all the riffs exactly how I want them in their individual project (I'll often play a verse from after the intro, but then the chorus from the end of the song because it's bigger or more fun or whatever). Remove all of the automation and midi events from the tracks so that everything is flat panning and volume wise and there won't be any surprises * Paste and arrange all the riffs into a master project file, do the tempo mapping, play through everything and make sure that's the arrangement I want * I'm using the Get Good Drums Modern Metal pack, so I merge all of the drum sections into 1 solid midi track and switch the default Logic Drummer to GGD. Often I'll have to remap a few things depending on the song, since my pack doesn't have "clap" or things like that, but it's a quick process to see what's not firing * I usually play bass, but on this video I didn't simply because I was running out of time, so that's just straight midi, but usually I'm using Parallax by Neural DSP on my bass DI because it allows you to process Low/Mid/Highs all in one track / add distortion individually, etc. Really simple plugin * Add my bass DI track (Parallax) and Left/Right/Center DI guitar tracks (Neural DSP Plugins, normally Petrucci nowadays), all coming from my Scarlett Solo * This is usually Day 1 for me, and if I have time I'll start learning how to actually play the songs * Day 2 I'll continue or start learning the songs and just sort of jam on them as much as I can to try to get the vibe down * Day 3 I'll do a test recording of each of the songs. If they're simple/don't require many takes I'll just keep my demo take for the final. But doing the rough recordings really highlights what you DIDN'T learn or what you need to work on, so I like to do them so I know for sure what I need to spend my time practicing * Day 4 I'll do the real recordings and any punch-ins or cleanup. EQ the guitars/bass, do as much mixing as I can before I give up because I think everything I do sounds like poo poo and then decide it's good enough * Day 5 I rehearse for the video for about a half hour to make sure I've got everything, then my wife sets up our phones on tripods and/or a gimbal, gets the lighting right, and records everything for me (she's great) * Day 6 I edit the video 3 times (16:9 for Facebook/YouTube, 1:1 for Instagram, 9:16 for TikTok) and depending on the timing I'll either post them or hang on to them for a few days and post * Day 7 I start working on the next year (hopefully I'm on schedule (I'm not)). Sorry I know that was  but I'm having so much fun with this new project because it's making me actually play with a purpose / keep the brain problems away. Here's a screenshot of that video's project file, for context:
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One thing that does suck about my little project is that what I'm most interested in now is learning how to get better at mixing, but I'm spending so little time on that because of the schedule I'm trying to keep, I don't know when I ever will. Plus I've watched hundreds of hours of metal mixing tutorials, and I'm still completely clueless how to take my mixes from what they sound like to what all of the cool dudes on the internet are putting out ... so I wouldn't even know where to start.
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Randy Rhoads or Dusty Rhodes, you decide e: oh buddy guy, lol
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Jul 24, 2023 03:55
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Please post a pic of the 3d printed strat, you're giving me expensive ideas that I don't want to have but may have to pursue.
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TheMightyBoops posted:I watched this video on how George benson plays scales down instead of across and it’s a simple idea but it blew my mind: I don’t know why he’s right, but he is right
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Decided to get serious and hire a new recording engineer. She says both my mix and my performances are dogshit? Not happy. Any advice?
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Kiesel is running a really good (as far as saving $$$) "3-stage" limited run for their new A2 model. It's got an output jack on the back, which is apparently way more comfortable when sitting/recording. Anyway some really good discounts on a lot of common options ... strongly considering picking one up for the price. https://www.kieselguitars.com/a2-run-2023 I'm configuring stuff in their builder all day long anyway ... this is just accelerant on the GAS.
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Distortion definitely amplifies any dissonant / discordant sounds that you wouldn't really notice on a lower gain setting, but it could also be an intonation problem (assuming the notes you're playing are harmonious in the first place). I'd probably check that first. I've covered some Smashing Pumpkins and Dinosaur Jr. songs recently and that stuff is famously like quad+ tracked and uses a lot of power chord shapes surrounded by open strings, but it all works ... so could just be a style thing?
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String gauge question because I'm too stupid to use calculators apparently, and there's so much conflicting advice online. My main guitar is currently 6-string 26.5" to 25.5" multiscale and I play 10-52s in standard tuning. I'm getting a new main guitar (for standard tuning) and I want to drop my current one to B standard to match my 5-string bass. Obviously I'll need a setup, but what gauge sets are a good place to start for this? I guess I really only need to figure out the top and bottom numbers.
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