fridays GUITAR thread
 

I didn't buy anything this week. But I did think about it.

http://mintesfiles.com/gfy/geets.jpg

I restrung my LP last nite, top wrap.

Minte, have you tried this method?

http://images.gibson.com.s3.amazonaw...g_top-wrap.jpg

I haven't, is there a reason to do it that way?

It's a trick Joe Bonamassa uses.

Here's a blurb about it

I put in an hour of practice on my bass this morning before starting work. Learning a new pedal I just picked up last week.

Which pedal did you get?

i think i may have some old bass pedals around if you want them

so buy it when u want.

coool story bro..im going to buy a hooker

Ok, that makes sense, at least for bending notes. The sustain thing...maybe.
But I am going to restring one of my Les Pauls that way and see how it works out.

Right on, I'd be interested in what you think about it. The reason I decided to give it a whirl is my big E string was slightly touching the back of the bridge anyway, so I was going to have to adjust the tail regardless. I figured I'd just screw it down and top wrap.

And many of the songs I play have quite a few bends in them, am looking forward to seeing if I can tell a difference in that regard.

I had 2 of my strats set up and the big change was switching to the Ernie Ball cobalts in 9's..
They are a serious upgrade for bending notes and holding good sustain.

Thanks for the advice.

I'll give those a whirl. I stick to nines anyhoo. I have been buying the 10 pack of d'arddios xl, it works out to ~$3/set which is pretty economical and I like putting fresh strings on often, except for the LP, I kept the originals on for ~6 weeks, loved em.

Minte, what are your thoughts on a wound G string?

I bought lots of shit this week and expecting more deliveries soon.. .:P

currentlysober's fake nick?

Halle Berry looks great in one!

http://l.yimg.com/ea/img/-/110603/ha...kQUroOVBqpEw--

On a guitar, not as much. I use the g a lot up high. Those have so much tension they give the callouses a serious workout.

No. Things I need to play.

Not sure if you are aware of the String Club from Guitar Centers. One set of free strings every month.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/String-Club-g26620t0.gc

With my rate of fucking up strings, they will go bankrupt... :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Has anyone tried out TronicalTune? Looks interesting. I'm thinking about get a set for my 64 strat.

I am going to practice for an hour now on my Strat, no new strings today but I tend to change them every 4th or 5th week. I'm using Fender Bulletstrings 009, they're cheap, sounds good although they do die a bit quicker than other strings.

I don't have my amp here atm, so I'll put my headphones into my Pod HD300 and practice on that one.

Jolly

Not a guitar still guitar related: I got a call from my account rep at Sweetwater today and he told me my backorder is came in stock and I should have one of these: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/VoiceLive3

On my doorstep tomorrow.

I would also be interested to hear if anyone here is using one. Seems pretty cool and of course, lots cheaper than the Gibson robot ax.

-- Bill

I have the voicelive play, it's damn nice. I run it into a boss rc300 loop station which has a ton of effects so I didn't need the extra effects on the voicelive

I've been using the voicelive 2 for years, and it has really upped my game as a vocalist. I don't use too many features but just being able to control my mic gain, reverb and delay on stage is huge. Tone control and guitar tuner are great too. Plus I use the extra outputs to feed my wireless in ear so I never have to worry about if I can hear myself in the monitors.

nice, which mic are you using? I'm on the mp-75 and like it a lot but don't have a whole lot of experience with them.

My trusty SM58 finally developed some issues after 15 years of faithfull service so I went and got a Senheiser e835. I don't know if its just me or maybe my beat up SM58 but the Senheiser seems to have a lot more punch and clarity.

Can you operate the voicelive via that mic?

There is a version that has a button on it I understand it operates some functions but mine doesn't have that.

I was not aware, but will be dropping by the hollywood gc to sign up for this tomorrow.

thx for the heads-up! :thumbsup

I just bought a guitar and amp about a month ago and am loving it. I can't play very well yet but I'm learning my chords and learning to put them together into simple songs. I'm even started (ugh) singing... ! Don't worry I promise not to pollute GFY with any of that.

I'm currently trying to play the rhythm guitar to Hail to the King (not the lead, too hard for me right now).

I look exactly like this guy when I play



awesome!

I think I'm done buying guitars stuff for awhile but I am going to add an audio interface, controller, sm57 mic and then studio monitors (yahama hs8 most likely) to my collection next. Probably pick up everything except the monitors next weekend.

he has a nice tone heh

the tuning for that track sucks to have to tune down for though.. takes the intonation out

depends on what it's wound around :Graucho

trying to lean that Hail to the king backing solo part now.. its simple on paper but fuck me if I cant get through it all without forearm-burn-galore lol

I always have a problem with stuff like 5h8p5p0 over and over heh

What's with all the crap posted here!? When instruments' models, inscriptions and logos start to play instead of you, call me. I'll be around... Just in case.

ok, here's one I recorded during a practice session right after I got the LP R9 last fall.. I'll add a new one tomorrow.

I have a question for you:

Is there such a thing as a mixer, that you can control by computer? For example, I would connect my various audio inputs such as mic, guitar, etc into the box, with output going to an amp, but then with a USB cable connected to my computer that would let me see all the levels, control each channel, etc?

Arrgghhh you mean I have to detune to get that sound? No wonder ... I tried watching really closely and even found another tutorial on how to play it and I couldn't even come close to getting that sound. It didn't occur to me to detune. Sigh.

yeah, down a half step, then drop E string down another step

fattest to skinniest string

c g c f a d

Yes, but you are looking at a lot of $$$
http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/b... gital_mixer/

I watched the video this morning. That's really an amazing piece of technology.

What a tone!

hah, what a kick ass bedroom amp of doom. even at 1w it sounds fantastic.

Gotta kick outta the backstory on the grill.

I guess ya got to get another amp for clean tones if you go with this eh, no clean channel?

As with guitar amps in general before "multi-channel" became the norm for differentiation between distortion and clean, just turn off boost and roll back the guitar's volume as Iommi did

Or as an old bandmate did, employ the use of a volume pedal with it blocked at the clean position so sound doesn't shut off completely at fully low-position when rolled back and just roll forward to increase gain. He was able to go from ringing bell cleans to full on melt-your-face lead tones on his Rockmaster preamp doing so. So it should be easy enough on this setup, too.

In-fact, I rarely use my Blackstar clean channel, it's too (boutique) for my liking. I just set neck volume to low and when I need clean, there she is :)

Yeajh, I'm running through vintage silvertones now and that's what I do. I got the impression from the review though that the gain is always on with this amp.

Minte, I finally received one of my custom builds. Ill post a pic later
Duke