Topic: The Guitar Topic (Read 795375 times)

Melodic · « **Reply #8250 on:** 07 May 2012, 11:13 »

I've never seen Prymaxe's website before, huh. I actually really like the guys I order from, proguitarshop.com, it's basically a mom and pop business and before this shipment it's always been peaches. I finally managed to get in touch with someone there, and I'm packing up the pedal to return now. The good news is, they're not waiting on it to arrive before sending out the pedal I wanted in the first place (that's trusting of them...

), so I should have everything sooner than later.

Kwaping · « **Reply #8251 on:** 07 May 2012, 03:04 »

Prymaxe is somewhat new to the game, but I've never had a bad experience with them. They are a small, family-run (I think) operation out of New Jersey. Fast, free standard shipping and a huge selection.

They seem to be pretty much the east coast version of PGS, minus the killer demos. Their prices may be more negotiable though (they don't have to pay for an Andy).

Melodic · « **Reply #8252 on:** 08 May 2012, 01:07 »

I've been looking for a good distributor that is willing to ship into Canada without any extra cost, I've been having to soak up $20 in shipping every time I place an order.

doombilly · « **Reply #8253 on:** 08 May 2012, 07:10 »

Digging around Prymaxe, because WHY NOT?
http://digitech.com/en-US/products/istomp
Not sure I love or hate this idea. Not been very happy with most DigiTech fx though. Still that's a lot more compact than my Pod.

Kwaping · « **Reply #8254 on:** 08 May 2012, 08:15 »

Prymaxe does free shipping internationally after you pass a reasonable spending threshold, similar to PGS. Prymaxe's limit is $5 less, which means they are fully aware of PGS's policy.

http://www.prymaxevintage.com/shipping/

Melodic · « **Reply #8255 on:** 08 May 2012, 10:39 »

Doombilly, the iStomp reminded me a lot of the TonePrint feature in TC Electronic's new line of pedals. It seems like a pretty logical progression in what a guitar pedal is supposed to be. But I have my reservations, mainly in the distribution method and the price-point. TonePrint does pretty well by having a dedicated, well-designed website offering 100% free downloads, and if the iStomp behaved similarly I don't see why it couldn't be a fun tool to use.

Kwaping · « **Reply #8256 on:** 08 May 2012, 01:42 »

So is the iStomp analog or digital?

I kid, I kid...

Radical AC · « **Reply #8257 on:** 08 May 2012, 01:51 »

Neunaber came out with something similar a little while ago. It looks more like what the TonePrint should have been with more consumer involvement. Might be an interesting way for digital effects to go, but until it gets a bit more robust I'd rather use something like the M9.

Melodic · « **Reply #8258 on:** 08 May 2012, 03:21 »

Really what I'd like to see is an open-source digital pedal. Why not? The iStomp, TC Electro gear, and Neunaber all prove you can cram enough hardware into a stompbox to be able to fiddle with it, so I see no reason not to open up that hardware to end users.

doombilly · « **Reply #8259 on:** 09 May 2012, 07:43 »

Melodic, that would be cool.
Well, my thoughts with the iStomp was, Yeah it IS a multi-fx pedal, but only if you take time out between songs to swap them. What could POSSIBLY go wrong? I love my X3Live but lugging it on the subway with 2 guitars, a drum machine, mixer, gig bag and sometimes the Tiny Terror... it is a bit much. Usually I don't carry 2 guitars for these shows but I f'd up my main axe right before the last Brooklyn show and had to play with just the bassist, drum machine and my honky baritone voice. And I am miles away from being able to play all the songs on 1 amp setting. So been thinking about 1 very small overdrive or distortion pedal with very few controls. What's that little yellow one? That would fit in the guitar case.
Kwaping, yes it is all discrete analogue circuitry. Point to point wired by virgin artisans that caress each solder with love and affection. Tiney 1/4" cassette players provide the analogue delay. Required 9 v batteries charged with faerie dust and unicorn farts are extra.

IDMG · « **Reply #8260 on:** 09 May 2012, 04:39 »

Quote from: doombilly on 09 May 2012, 07:43

So been thinking about 1 very small overdrive or distortion pedal with very few controls. What's that little yellow one? That would fit in the guitar case.

The MXR Distortion+?

Melodic · « **Reply #8261 on:** 09 May 2012, 11:23 »

The iconic one would be Boss' OD-1.

IDMG · « **Reply #8262 on:** 10 May 2012, 12:36 »

Yeah, but iron maiden used the Dist+ so that's what I care about.

doombilly · « **Reply #8263 on:** 10 May 2012, 04:23 »

Think I was thinking of the MXR. Small, w/ only two knobs. I'll name them both "Eric."

Radical AC · « **Reply #8264 on:** 10 May 2012, 06:40 »

You cant get much smaller or simpler than this.

doombilly · « **Reply #8265 on:** 10 May 2012, 08:25 »

Nice. Also only 1 knob!

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doombilly · « **Reply #8266 on:** 17 May 2012, 10:12 »

I'll take 10!

(Only $5k ea!)

doombilly · « **Reply #8267 on:** 17 May 2012, 01:12 »

I must say I like the simplicity of the controls, the finish, and the hardware choices. But not $4550 worth of like.
Also sold my last 2 extra amps last night. I'm down to just the TT/Avatar212 cab. Got kindof robbed I think. But I just did not need them and they were not moving on craigslist. Sold a Roland Cube 30 and a Fender Rumble 60 bass amp. Got $180 for the lot from GC. I think they'd done better if I went in with 1 at a time. But I'd already been down there last week selling the Princeton Chorus.

doombilly · « **Reply #8268 on:** 18 May 2012, 05:25 »

Yeah. That LED thing is idiotic. Well the wife has a Markbass 1x12 with an extension cab and god's ampeg rig. So the Rumble 60 was just no longer useful. I would have liked to keep the Cube as a backup. But I have too much stuff. And there are other things I'd rather hang onto rather than amps. Plus I has a pod so...
Some of you may know this guy from TDPRI, I "know" him from the Parker forums. Anyway, cool guitar he ripped out of a big Doug Fir beam from his house.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOvXh5Mrn7E&feature=endscreen&NR=1 he got a lot of the back design from the Parker Nitefly. I think he did a great job.

Patrick · « **Reply #8269 on:** 18 May 2012, 01:48 »

So THAT'S what bass amp I've been using at the pizza place gigs. Idunno how you guys feel about how it sounds with a J-Bass or a P-Bass but my Höfner sounds like piss through it. I can't get anything good out of it whatsoever, and I'm really REALLY good at amps

Patrick · « **Reply #8270 on:** 21 May 2012, 08:15 »

Those are both solidbodies, and it looks like a single-coil in the Bronco, a P-Bass style 'bucker in the Washburn. The Hofner's hollow and has full size humbuckers. If anybody's ever played another kind of hollowbody bass through one of those Rumbles, lemme know how it sounded.

IDMG · « **Reply #8271 on:** 21 May 2012, 08:26 »

Well, I have yet to play a bass combo amp that didn't sound like ass, personally.

Kwaping · « **Reply #8272 on:** 22 May 2012, 05:29 »

Picked up a used Deluxe Reverb reissue off of Craigslist last weekend. I've been wanting one for a while and finally found a local one for the price I wanted. The cleans are glorious, really getting my surf on, but my favorite fuzz sounds pretty crappy through it. :/ My old Rebel 30 head is a good pedal platform, it turns out.

Patrick · « **Reply #8273 on:** 22 May 2012, 05:51 »

If it has an effects loop you should try running yr fuzz through that if you aren't already. That way it'll take your preamp signal and put that through the fuzz (then direct to the power section) instead of putting the fuzz through the preamp.

IDMG · « **Reply #8274 on:** 22 May 2012, 05:58 »

The thing about old-style Fender amps such as that is that they tend to have a very big midrange scoop that doesn't necessarily jive with various distortion or fuzz pedals (especially if you use something that doesn't have a lot of midrange to begin with).

My suggestion: Buy a Pro-Co Rat or better yet, a Fuzzrocious Rat Tail. Rats and Blackface Fenders go well together.

Melodic · « **Reply #8275 on:** 22 May 2012, 10:08 »

Patrick, the DRRI doesn't have an effects loop. Dorp!

Kwaping, if you aren't already try playing through the NORMAL channel. It might just be superstition, but I'm positive the Vibrato/Reverb circuit doesn't play as nicely with boost pedals. I know my Catalinbread Manx and Little Big Muff Pi both sound super-duper when I normalize the bass/treble knobs, not so much when I scoop one or the other.

Patrick · « **Reply #8276 on:** 23 May 2012, 12:38 »

Oh, well, my Twin does. Figured it was a safe guess.

By the way, my Twin's getting fixed, and I am super excited to play her again <3

doombilly · « **Reply #8277 on:** 23 May 2012, 12:46 »

My Twin did not. But it was kind of old.
Also lolbutts
http://theworstthingsforsale.com/post/23679795808/with-the-59-guitar-pick-punch-i-dont-have-to

Unicorn · « **Reply #8278 on:** 26 May 2012, 03:42 »

I actually used to make my first guitar picks out of credit cards. Then my tastes went for the super thin (.3 mm) picks, then finger-picking, and then they went to super thick (2 mm or so).

Patrick · « **Reply #8279 on:** 26 May 2012, 07:16 »

Dunlop green turtles, man. Just bought something like 3 dozen on Wednesday. There's nothing I hate more than using picks I'm not used to, so I buy bulk just to make damn sure.

Melodic · « **Reply #8280 on:** 27 May 2012, 02:38 »

I'm a Dunlop yellows guy, myself. Cat-tongue if I can find them.

IDMG · « **Reply #8281 on:** 27 May 2012, 02:48 »

Purple turtles for me.

valley_parade · « **Reply #8282 on:** 27 May 2012, 07:49 »

Quote from: Melodic on 27 May 2012, 02:38

I'm a Dunlop yellows guy, myself. Cat-tongue if I can find them.

Big triangle ones are my preference. But yeah, Tortex .73s are WHAT IS UP.

doombilly · « **Reply #8283 on:** 27 May 2012, 09:32 »

Black Dunlop Nylon 1mm for the Parkers (09 gauge strings)
Blue Dunlop Tortex for the .11 and .10 gauge stinged Yamaha and Fenders
I used to use the Blue Turtles for everything but kept breaking strings on the lighter gauged guitars.

Patrick · « **Reply #8284 on:** 27 May 2012, 11:07 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 27 May 2012, 07:49

Big triangle ones are my preference. But yeah, Tortex .73s are WHAT IS UP.

Oh fuck yeah, triangle picks rock. I have a triangle .88 that snuck in with the rest, and it is pretty handy.

Lummer · « **Reply #8285 on:** 28 May 2012, 04:38 »

During my Hexis days I switched over to using Dunlop's Max-Grip series, 1,5mm. I felt I got better attack from the tortexes, definitely, but they wore down too quick. Three or four songs in rehearsal would leave me with a pick with a completely flat tip, and a coating of plectrum-dust on the guitar. So, I tried a whole bunch of different picks before settling on the maxgrips, since they were nigh-on impossible to wear down (for a plastic/nylon pick). I even came across some picks that made my little area in the jam room smell like burnt plastic and wore down in the course of one song. Nowadays I kinda stick to the Maxgrips since I've gotten used to them, and they are undeniably great for trem picking, and sturdy enough to have some heft in the chuggier stuff.

doombilly · « **Reply #8286 on:** 28 May 2012, 01:38 »

Nylon J-Strat

valley_parade · « **Reply #8287 on:** 28 May 2012, 03:36 »

New Gibson "70s Tribute" models, adding onto the existing line of 50s and 60s SGs and Les Pauls. Yow.

SG Specials (mini humbuckers!)...and..Firebirds!

Patrick · « **Reply #8288 on:** 28 May 2012, 10:44 »

Oh hey Gibson you did something I'm not fucking pissed at you for, and you even priced it well. Thanks for FINALLY GETTING IT

valley_parade · « **Reply #8289 on:** 29 May 2012, 07:55 »

Those faded Studios are pretty damn sick. Jon Lewis was playing one when I saw the Dopamines and it sounded massive. I want to say they have Burstbuckers now?

Ugh, I wish I had a job. I'd get a black SG Special and Old Black the fuck out of it. Because uh, great mash-up.

Kwaping · « **Reply #8290 on:** 30 May 2012, 08:51 »

Hey, just got back from vacation...

Anyway, Melodic thanks for that great suggestion! I tried the fuzz through the Normal channel of my DRRI and it sounded MUCH better! You're a lifesaver.

In other news, I ordered some new toobz (TungSol 6v6 x2) and a bias probe. Woo! Don't you love how buying something makes you spend even more money?

valley_parade · « **Reply #8291 on:** 30 May 2012, 09:53 »

Haha yeah. When I got my Muff clone, I'd thought about rehousing it. Muffs belong in big boxes, goddammit.

So I just threw down $20 on a copper-finished 1590 and some new knobs.

Melodic · « **Reply #8292 on:** 30 May 2012, 11:40 »

What's the actual circuitry difference in a big-housing Big Muff? I can never spot the difference tonally.

valley_parade · « **Reply #8293 on:** 30 May 2012, 12:21 »

Are you talking about between a normal Big Muff and the current Little Big Muff?

Melodic · « **Reply #8294 on:** 30 May 2012, 08:57 »

Yeah, specifically the Big Muff Pi versus the Little Big Muff Pi. I saw Mogwai last night, and Stuart gets some fucking weird tones out of his Big Muff Pi that I can't really comprehend, but I've never noticed a difference before.

valley_parade · « **Reply #8295 on:** 30 May 2012, 10:34 »

This will explain everything way, WAY better than I ever could.

IDMG · « **Reply #8296 on:** 31 May 2012, 02:08 »

Quote from: Melodic on 30 May 2012, 08:57

Yeah, specifically the Big Muff Pi versus the Little Big Muff Pi. I saw Mogwai last night, and Stuart gets some fucking weird tones out of his Big Muff Pi that I can't really comprehend, but I've never noticed a difference before.

The thing is that the stock BMP and Little BMP are different circuits. The big box son of a bitch is much thicker and has a lot more bass to it, but I think it's also more mid-scooped. Stuart could also be stacking his shitty Dano Fab Tone with the Muff at times.

John Cummings recently switched to this, so he's a different beast entirely

Melodic · « **Reply #8297 on:** 31 May 2012, 10:55 »

I've actually really dug the sound of my LBMpi feeding into my Laughton Manx. All the crazy scooped sustain from the Muff creates this really great, clipped tube crunch. Thanks for the videos, IDMG. I got a chance to see those setups from the front of a very sweaty stage.

valley_parade · « **Reply #8298 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 07:37 »

J Mascis: Possibly insane. Proof:

boneykingofnowhere · « **Reply #8299 on:** 02 Jun 2012, 08:19 »

I recall him saying something along the lines of "When I play a guitar I want it to feel like I'm wrestling with it" in an interview

On an unrelated note: Epiphone Casino w/ Hard case for $400 on Craigslist. Should I or should I not?

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