Topic: The Guitar Topic (Read 2125466 times)

Bearer · « **Reply #4150 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 14:01 »

That's the only proper way to to do it, of course.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #4151 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 14:12 »

Tell me what a good first electric guitar is. I don't own one and I think I might like too. I can sorta play an acoustic and have played around on a few electric guitars (don't remember what kind) of friends and such but I would mostly be teaching myself all but the most rudimentary basics on this thing. That being said, I don't really plan to rock out a whole lot. Most of the music stuff I've been involved with has been noisy, drone-y, ambient kind stuff and I'd like that to continue. For example, I played around with a guitar and a Boss RC-20XL Looping pedal doing stuff and had lots of fun with it. So, your mission: tell me where to start. I can't spend much money but a somewhat decent guitar and a cheap but effective amp is what I need. Help, oh might QC Guitar thread magi!
Also, I liked the Boss pedal. Is it a smart buy, though? I guess I should be asking the guitar pedal thread but since it's related to my question, what are one or two good, not very expensive pedals for effects and such if my aim is to make drone-y sounding things?

BlahBlah · « **Reply #4152 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 14:16 »

If you're just making droney stuff then maybe a really nasty, cheap guitar is what you want so you can then downtune it without fear of breaking stuff.

Otherwise, the Yamaha Pacifica is a very nice starter guitar. The Squier Hello Kitty one is also meant to be quite good, and you look cool as fuck while playing it.

Patrick · « **Reply #4153 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 14:46 »

My beloved Prudence and I went live on national TV tonight.

Jeph, holy shit, that Tele is going to be beautiful when it arrives. I am SO JEALOUS. I am assuming you're putting a dog-ear P-90 in the bridge? Please say yes to this.

jeph · « **Reply #4154 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 15:08 »

Nope, full size humbucker. I need that sound. NEED IT

Alex C · « **Reply #4155 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 15:13 »

I am also on the Ibanez-bashing bandwagon. Jeph also clearly has too many guitars.

ITT: I try to convince Jeph to give me his 7-string Prestige and fail.

Patrick · « **Reply #4156 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 17:15 »

...dude doesn't like 90% of your guitarsenal have a humbucker in the bridge position?

imapiratearg · « **Reply #4157 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 19:08 »

Pat, what were you doing on television?

negative creep · « **Reply #4158 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 19:18 »

Playing guitar, apparently...

Ballard · « **Reply #4159 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 19:24 »

Patrick's a contestant on Albanian Idol.

Radical AC · « **Reply #4160 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 19:26 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 08 Apr 2009, 19:08

Pat, what were you doing on television?

That is the stock photo they found for reference during the high speed chase. @^: but yeah that.

I am curious about the new VOX guitars. The ability to choose if the pickup is a single coil, P90, or humbucker sounds interesting. Not interesting enough to justify $2500+ when I could buy 3 for that price that have the different pickup combos, but none the less.

Patrick · « **Reply #4161 on:** 08 Apr 2009, 21:51 »

Ignooooring the threadjack.

Are you talking about those weird semi-hollow deals with the 3-coil pickups? I have heard sound samples and the thing sounds fucking INTENSE.

Patrick · « **Reply #4162 on:** 09 Apr 2009, 14:19 »

Double-posting just because in order for this godawful monstrosity to get the attention it deserves, it needs to come with a bump and not just an edit.

Christophe · « **Reply #4163 on:** 09 Apr 2009, 14:21 »

I think Rick Nielsen over the years has the right to play whatever he wants, plus First Act makes some genuinely pretty guitars anyway.

BlahBlah · « **Reply #4164 on:** 09 Apr 2009, 14:22 »

WHAT

THE

FUCK

Bearer · « **Reply #4165 on:** 09 Apr 2009, 15:06 »

Quote from: jeph on 08 Apr 2009, 15:08

Nope, full size humbucker. I need that sound. NEED IT

Any other special electronics in that thing? Cause if not, you should seriously consider a 4-way tele switch for both pups in series and a push/pull knob for phase reversal. Open the thing up!

jeph · « **Reply #4166 on:** 09 Apr 2009, 19:15 »

Quote from: Patrick on 08 Apr 2009, 17:15

...dude doesn't like 90% of your guitarsenal have a humbucker in the bridge position?

Actually, 100% of them do. But they're all made of different woods and have different pickups so they sound pretty different to me.

I DO plan to branch out, but this is the first guitar I've ever had custom-built specifically for me. I want it to be able to do everything I need a guitar to do, and for that I need a humbucker in the bridge.

If this guitar turns out as good as I think it will, I might sell off some others and get him to make me a Jazzmaster style guitar with 3 P90s and a 5-way switch.

jeph · « **Reply #4167 on:** 09 Apr 2009, 19:19 »

Quote from: Bearer on 09 Apr 2009, 15:06

Quote from: jeph on 08 Apr 2009, 15:08
Nope, full size humbucker. I need that sound. NEED IT

Any other special electronics in that thing? Cause if not, you should seriously consider a 4-way tele switch for both pups in series and a push/pull knob for phase reversal. Open the thing up!

Hah, good luck getting Creston to do anything that fancy! Dude doesn't even like six-saddle bridges. He's kind of cranky about what he will and won't build, which I found great because it means he actually cares about what he's doing.

Bearer · « **Reply #4168 on:** 09 Apr 2009, 21:58 »

_{Also, you have to ground the pickup covers separately from the pickups themselves}

-500K Push/Pull knob
-4-way switch

For $25, I'm just saying. Soldering aint all that hard. Of course don't do it to the nice new custom job. Get one of those axes you're planing on selling and do this to it first.

valley_parade · « **Reply #4169 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 04:52 »

Look what came in the mail!

Ballard · « **Reply #4170 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 06:33 »

I thought I felt a light drizzle coming from the Northwest this morning.

valley_parade · « **Reply #4171 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 07:01 »

That wasn't rain, Gene.

BlahBlah · « **Reply #4172 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 07:12 »

Ah, I was wondering why you had a box of tissues placed so close to the guitar.

valley_parade · « **Reply #4173 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 07:13 »

See also: the Ray Bourque Memorial Trashcan.

Cadeonehalf · « **Reply #4174 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 11:27 »

Quote from: Patrick on 09 Apr 2009, 14:19

*Crazy Guitar*

I think there's a point where the amount of time you would spend onstage fiddling with the controls for that motherfucker outweigh the time you could shred on it before you need a new sound and have to CHANGE IT AGAIN.

They're doing it WRONG

jeph · « **Reply #4175 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 11:36 »

The real problem with that Cheap Trick guitar is the control PLACEMENT. I would constantly be hitting those on/off switches with my wrist.

Tehz · « **Reply #4176 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 11:37 »

Quote from: Cadeonehalf on 10 Apr 2009, 11:27

Quote from: Patrick on 09 Apr 2009, 14:19
*Crazy Guitar*

I think there's a point where the amount of time you would spend onstage fiddling with the controls for that motherfucker outweigh the time you could shred on it before you need a new sound and have to CHANGE IT AGAIN.

They're doing it WRONG

If this was the Offset Guitar forum, you'd be getting raped from six different angles right now.

Patrick · « **Reply #4177 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 12:46 »

That is because those guys are used to playing Jaguars

I love mine dearly but GOD WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS IT IS TO SWITCH SHIT oh my god Leo you had it right with the 3-way toggle erjhgeisrnj

Tehz · « **Reply #4178 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 13:44 »

I'm not necessarily saying that I agree with them, but they seem to take most negative comments regarding their offsets very personally.

sean · « **Reply #4179 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 19:07 »

dude wombat just get a jazzmaster. (actual advice - stick with single coils dude)

greenMonkey · « **Reply #4180 on:** 10 Apr 2009, 20:28 »

My friend just had his Jazzmaster pickups replaced with Lollar P90's which are made to fit the Jazzmaster pickup size. It has completely changed the tone of the guitar, made it creamier, smoother, bluesier, and it also screams with the gain cranked. I kind if want to steal it from him.

valley_parade · « **Reply #4181 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 06:20 »

Quote from: jeph on 10 Apr 2009, 11:36

The real problem with that Cheap Trick guitar is the control PLACEMENT. I would constantly be hitting those on/off switches with my wrist.

I have that problem with my Tele Custom. Always hitting the pickup selector.

Ballard · « **Reply #4182 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 08:03 »

Dogg what the pickup selector on a Tele Custom is in the same spot as on a Les Paul. How do you accidentally hit that?

valley_parade · « **Reply #4183 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 08:07 »

I wear my guitar low and usually pick near the neck pickup?

Caspian · « **Reply #4184 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 08:55 »

Quote from: Patrick on 08 Apr 2009, 17:15

...dude doesn't like 90% of your guitarsenal have a humbucker in the bridge position?

I've yet to hear a good reason for having a single coil in the bridge position? "Hey, I want a horribly bright and quacky sound" ?

Single coils are only ever good on the neck position, although I'd prefer a humbucker there, too.

Bearer · « **Reply #4185 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 10:23 »

Quote from: Caspian on 11 Apr 2009, 08:55

Quote from: Patrick on 08 Apr 2009, 17:15
...dude doesn't like 90% of your guitarsenal have a humbucker in the bridge position?

I've yet to hear a good reason for having a single coil in the bridge position? "Hey, I want a horribly bright and quacky sound" ?

Single coils are only ever good on the neck position, although I'd prefer a humbucker there, too.

Single coil in the bridge should be a modifier pickup, used in conjunction with, say, another single coil in the neck (see telecaster) or a humbucker in the neck (see awesome telecaster).
Humbucker + Single coil = very yes!

Catacombs · « **Reply #4186 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 12:42 »

Hey guys, I haven't posted in this thread in ages, mostly because I kind of stopped playing guitar. So, I have a question: where can I go and sell some of my gear? Since I don't really play much any more, I was thinking of getting rid of all of my electric gear (Strat, little amp, a couple pedals) and just stick with my acoustic (since that's what I play when I do play anyway). Off the top of my head, I'd say eBay for the small stuff, but what about everything else, the guitar particularly? I was thinking maybe Craigslist. I'm sure I could go to a pawnshop or Guitar Center, but I dunno how much they'd give me. I'm not looking to make a profit off anything, I just want to get close to what I paid for them.

Patrick · « **Reply #4187 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 12:53 »

Quote from: Caspian on 11 Apr 2009, 08:55

I've yet to hear a good reason for having a single coil in the bridge position? "Hey, I want a horribly bright and quacky sound" ?

Single coils are only ever good on the neck position, although I'd prefer a humbucker there, too.

You must not be into country. Or early rock and roll. Or Pavement. Or ANY of the music on Led Zeppelin's first album. Or anything by the Beatles past Revolver.

How much are you asking for the Strat? After I get my hollowbody this summer, I may be interested.

Catacombs · « **Reply #4188 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 13:14 »

It's a (I believe 2004) Mexican made Fender Strat. In damn good condition, $200.

jeph · « **Reply #4189 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 14:02 »

Quote from: greenMonkey on 10 Apr 2009, 20:28

My friend just had his Jazzmaster pickups replaced with Lollar P90's which are made to fit the Jazzmaster pickup size. It has completely changed the tone of the guitar, made it creamier, smoother, bluesier, and it also screams with the gain cranked. I kind if want to steal it from him.

My Creston is gonna have Lollars :3

boneykingofnowhere · « **Reply #4190 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 15:49 »

I've got a gold Lace single-coil in the bridge of my Tele, and I absolutely love the sound i get out of it. I play a lot of pavement, Smiths, and Built To Spill type stuff so I <3 the janglyness.

Patrick · « **Reply #4191 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 16:54 »

Quote from: Catacombs on 11 Apr 2009, 13:14

It's a (I believe 2004) Mexican made Fender Strat. In damn good condition, $200.

What's the color and what kind of wood is the fretboard made out of? Answer these questions and I may ask you to hold on to this beastie for a little bit.

Catacombs · « **Reply #4192 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 17:57 »

Quote from: Patrick on 11 Apr 2009, 16:54

Quote from: Catacombs on 11 Apr 2009, 13:14
It's a (I believe 2004) Mexican made Fender Strat. In damn good condition, $200.

What's the color and what kind of wood is the fretboard made out of? Answer these questions and I may ask you to hold on to this beastie for a little bit.

The body is navy blue with a white pick guard, the fret board is made out of rosewood.

Caspian · « **Reply #4193 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 17:57 »

Quote from: Patrick on 11 Apr 2009, 12:53

You must not be into country. Or early rock and roll. Or Pavement. Or ANY of the music on Led Zeppelin's first album. Or anything by the Beatles past Revolver.

Well, obviously. I'm a man of taste, y'know.

Radical AC · « **Reply #4194 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 18:32 »

Congratulations Caspian on joining Every Time I Die?

I would totally love a Fender Hot Rod Tele, or better yet (now cheaper too) a G&L ASAT Semi-hollow Bluesboy. Neck humbucker, bridge single coil, and it sounds incredible.

greenMonkey · « **Reply #4195 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 19:35 »

I've said it before, but that G&L is pretty much my ultimate guitar. I played one and nearly died. The versatility is amazing, and no matter what pickup configuration you choose it sounds heavenly. I would buy one and put a Bigsby on it but I have no money, and won't be getting the ridiculous amount needed for such a purchase in the foreseeable future.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #4196 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 19:52 »

Quote from: Radical AC on 11 Apr 2009, 18:32

Congratulations Caspian on joining Every Time I Die?

He'll probably meet Dave Grohl.

MakuseruSukotto · « **Reply #4197 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 22:44 »

Quote from: Radical AC on 08 Apr 2009, 19:26

I am curious about the new VOX guitars. The ability to choose if the pickup is a single coil, P90, or humbucker sounds interesting. Not interesting enough to justify $2500+ when I could buy 3 for that price that have the different pickup combos, but none the less.

So they're just like the SD P-rails?

Caspian · « **Reply #4198 on:** 11 Apr 2009, 23:58 »

Quote from: Jeans on 11 Apr 2009, 18:23

of bad taste?

Pavement: shit.
Beatles: very influential blah blah blah, shit.
Old rock 'n' roll: thoroughly boring; shit.
99% of country: shit. (I do like some Cash, but so does everybody).

I'm definitely a man of good taste ^___^

Cadeonehalf · « **Reply #4199 on:** 12 Apr 2009, 00:07 »

I'd agree if it weren't for the fact that the example of that noodly bridge sound was LATE Beatles, not early Beatles.
The Beatles from Rubber Soul on were anything BUT shit.

And Willie Nelson could out-country Johnny Cash any day of the week.

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