Topic: Re: The Guitar Topic - B (Read 384041 times)

Lummer · « **Reply #3850 on:** 21 Apr 2012, 15:42 »

Pretty simple actually:

Korg DTR-1 (love this thing!)
BOSS GX-700 (Love this thing even harder)
Air
Cover plate
Rackmount 220V power outlet thingy to power the whole thing
Rocktron Velocity 300.

The Rocktron in particular is brilliant. Right now, it's running with one cab in each channel and it's brilliant.
The "Reactance" and "Definition" knobs are amazingly useful for the application I'm using it for, ie. playing in a grindcore band with no bassplayer. The Reactance knob is seriously a godsend, since it somehow boosts the lows to almost absurd levels.
The setting that worked best, was the bottom bass cab turned up to around 6-7 on volume with Reactance on full. This gave a completely silly amount of low end, making a bass player officially obsolete.
Then, the 1982 on top with volume around 3-4 (it's ear height AND stupid loud by nature) with Reactance on 5-ish and Definition on full. Coupled with my Bolt Thrower wannabe patch on the GX-700, this gave a basic sound that can only be likened to something with Titans dickpunching mountains while several nearby planets explode.

Of course, there's not a single tube in this entire setup, at all.

A nice little detail is also the fact that the Rocktron still has two extra speaker outputs, so I can easily hook up two more cabs, totalling up to four cabs. However, given the absolutely absurd firepower these two cabs alone give, I might never have to.

IDMG · « **Reply #3851 on:** 21 Apr 2012, 18:26 »

Hm, 4x12 with 2x15, solid state pre- and power amps? Very Buzz Osbourne.

doombilly · « **Reply #3852 on:** 21 Apr 2012, 20:55 »

Lummer, you may make sounds in low frequencies but cyborg bassist are going to eat your face off when you sleep. So never sleep. Because..cyborg bassists are not amused by your tranny guitar rig.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3853 on:** 22 Apr 2012, 11:59 »

Project in progress!

Still needed:
-redrill 4-5 pickguard holes in the body
-remove some of the shielding (which is in place for humbuckers, and blocking mounting holes for JM pickups)
-pickups (Getting the neck pickup from Channel One, may get the whole set. If not, a GFS bridge pickup)
-Shim the neck
-replace trem with GFS X-Trem
-swap electronics over from Jagmaster
-Take off Strat jack plate, slap sticker of scowly Dustin Pedroia over hole

Kwaping · « **Reply #3854 on:** 23 Apr 2012, 11:21 »

I just got 2.5 new pedals over the last week, and one is coming back from over a week at the repair shop. New pedals are:

1. Plum Crazy Effects Squawk treble booster (actually, selectable-frequency booster), with si/ge switch

2. Catalinbread Semaphore Tap tremolo

2.5 Mission SP2-R expression pedal, to control depth of the tremolo dynamically (switchable to rate). woo!

Pedal that's coming back from the shop is my Monsterpiece Scratchy Snatch fuzz. The builder repaired it for free and gave it an upgrade or two to bring it up to current spec. All I had to do was pay shipping, woo! I didn't realize how much I used that pedal until it was gone.

I would post more of a review of the above pedals, but my damn Egnater Rebel 30 has gone belly-up for the third time in about a year. I sent it back for repairs (paid only shipping) a few weeks ago, and it came back with new volume pots and new preamp tubes. After about a week of enjoying it, it stopped making sound. I ran a known-good tube through all of the preamp positions, nothing changed. Egnater sent me two new preamp tubes to play with, still no change no matter where I put them (p.i. included). It still makes sound if I plug straight in to the effects return, so it's not a power tube.

So I have these new pedals and no good amp to try them out with.

At least Egnater is going to pay the shipping this third time around, I think.

Lummer · « **Reply #3855 on:** 23 Apr 2012, 14:19 »

Quote from: IDMG on 21 Apr 2012, 18:26

Hm, 4x12 with 2x15, solid state pre- and power amps? Very Buzz Osbourne.

Maybe.. Never really got that big into the Melvins BUT OH MY FUCKING GOD I LOVE THIS BASS CAB SO MUCH!

Melodic · « **Reply #3856 on:** 23 Apr 2012, 14:38 »

Hey Kwaping, I'd love a full-on review of the Semaphore if you have time (perhaps in the newly-created Gear Review thread?

). Although it's too much tremolo for what I need, I'm really curious how it stacks up to other Catalinbread pedals, especially because it's a completely different design and layout than the Manx I have.

EDIT: Also mother of fuck Fender Telecaster Baritone for $550. I want this thing so fucking bad.

Kwaping · « **Reply #3857 on:** 23 Apr 2012, 15:10 »

I'll do what I can about a review for you. It'll have to wait at least until I get my amp working again.

Also, I can't compare it to other c-bread pedals because this is the first one I've had. I can possibly compare it against my old Empress and Tap-a-Whirl though, if my memory doesn't fail me.

Theyis · « **Reply #3858 on:** 24 Apr 2012, 00:35 »

Got myself an Ibanez RGR321, brand new at a sale at the local guitar store. About 40% off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq28xovp9mQ

Put some 12-60 gauge strings on em, downtuned to Drop B and I am totally rocking the sludge/doom sound now with my band. I'm totally in love with, especially how I can make it squeal like a pig when I want to, but it's absolutely dead quiet when I need it to. No more unwanted feedback for me...

They don't make the model anymore, but I'd recommmend it* to anyone who loves metal if you can still find it somewhere...

_{* Still in honeymoon phase, so take with grain of salt.}

Lupercal · « **Reply #3859 on:** 24 Apr 2012, 01:57 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 19 Apr 2012, 08:52

Speaking of Jaguars, little Fender birdies are chirping to people about early-mid June release dates on these probably $400ish suckas (I love cheap guitars, sue me, fuck you):

Apparently there'll be Jazzmasters in the same color, and Mustangs in red/white/sonic blue

Shit. They finally listened. Amazing.

They will probably be around the price (maybe just under) of some of the cheaper Modern Player Fenders (the Marauder is around £300ish, as are the top tier Squiers)

Patrick · « **Reply #3860 on:** 24 Apr 2012, 03:14 »

Shane, I am so fucking stoked to see pics of that! I can't wait until it is doneeee

valley_parade · « **Reply #3861 on:** 24 Apr 2012, 09:07 »

MSRP is $499, so expect to see these street a little lower than Classic Vibe series. Apparently they're part of the Vintage Modified line.

While I'm very intrigued by a proper $300 Mustang and Jag, they're also doing Tele Customs and Deluxes, apparently (according to the specs that were posted) using Fender's current WHRBs. I'm gonna have to get a Custom, I've GASed over those things for so long.

(thanks Pat! I need to wait for this unemployment money to come in so I can get a soldering iron and ze pickups!)

Lupercal · « **Reply #3862 on:** 24 Apr 2012, 11:53 »

Ah right. Yeah the tiny amount of research I did on OSG and around suggests that the upper end VM prices are £330 (Surf Strat etc).

I can't believe that they're doing student Mustangs, why on earth would you go for the Pawn Shop model when you could easily do something a lot better with a Squier?

It seems every so often you come and splurge some insanely nice looking Fenders on here and I get all excited thinking I'll finally have a bro for my lonely Strat.

The mod is looking good. Do keep us updated!

Patrick · « **Reply #3863 on:** 24 Apr 2012, 14:02 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 24 Apr 2012, 09:07

using Fender's current WHRBs.

Wide-hum rangebuckers? I like it. They did fuck up pretty bad by not sourcing CuNiFe magnets. Novak is perfectly capable of taking care of that for any interested parties though.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3864 on:** 26 Apr 2012, 11:31 »

Poject update: Shielding removed, neck shimmed. Debating clamshell tailpiece off Teisco instead of trem, but who knows. This GFS one seems to work alright (I threw a couple strings on to check action post-shim)

Kwaping · « **Reply #3865 on:** 27 Apr 2012, 07:54 »

I finally got my Jag set up for 12s. I miss the easy bending of the stock 10s, but less floppiness is good. Too bad my amp isn't fixed yet, so I can't hear the mighty *clang*.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3866 on:** 27 Apr 2012, 07:58 »

Quote from: Patrick on 24 Apr 2012, 14:02

Quote from: valley_parade on 24 Apr 2012, 09:07
using Fender's current WHRBs.

Wide-hum rangebuckers? I like it. They did fuck up pretty bad by not sourcing CuNiFe magnets. Novak is perfectly capable of taking care of that for any interested parties though.

By the way, that's $380 worth of pickups being put into $299 of guitar.

doombilly · « **Reply #3867 on:** 27 Apr 2012, 11:15 »

v_p that makes me want to go get some serious wheels on my minivan. Maybe a spoiler and 97 coats of candy apple lacquer.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #3868 on:** 28 Apr 2012, 00:28 »

Quote from: doombilly on 21 Apr 2012, 20:55

tranny guitar rig

what does this even mean?

pwhodges · « **Reply #3869 on:** 28 Apr 2012, 00:49 »

Solid-state (transistor) amplifiers, with not a tube (valve) in sight.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #3870 on:** 28 Apr 2012, 22:46 »

Ah, gotcha.

Lummer · « **Reply #3871 on:** 01 May 2012, 01:26 »

So yeah, New Guitar Day yesterday!!

Yesterday a stupidly good deal came up on my local used market so of course I had to snag it. It's an Indo-made S520EX, and the real treat is, that it had a pair of Ceramic War Pigs installed already! Pretty neat!

I have had my S7420 as my main axe since forever, so I guess it was high time I got a little sister for it. Anyway, here are the pictures:

Sisters.

Lupercal · « **Reply #3872 on:** 01 May 2012, 01:39 »

Most of the time with Ibanez, the simpler the better. I also love the S/SA jack inputs.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3873 on:** 01 May 2012, 08:37 »

Fender GB is apparently in charge now, and the Pawn Shop series is getting a relaunch:

"Offset Special". If you swapped in some Novak JMWRs, oh hey wassup Starcasterish.

Mustang Special: now in 3tsb

This is a "Jaguarillo". And it is pretty cool.

Reverse Jag Bass, which kinda seems like a bass version of the custom shop Borracho model.

Kwaping · « **Reply #3874 on:** 01 May 2012, 08:47 »

So apparently page 171 is the hotness. Nice page break, Lummer! Happy NGD too, that's awesome!

In other news, that Jaguarillo warrants further inspection... Looks like it might be the budget answer to the Johnny Marr jaguar, maybe? But not quite.

doombilly · « **Reply #3875 on:** 01 May 2012, 09:10 »

Guys, I'll probably never do this... but if Parker ever sends my Nitefly V1 back from the factory, I am considering doing something ultimately with the pickups. The NFV1 is more like a Strat (SSS, 5 way switch, piezo is passive). It has a heavier maple body than my Nitefly M. Thicker too. In some ways, I'd like to set it up like my M. Which is a HH, with an active piezo. The new Parkers have Graphtech ghost piezos, a lot of folks have said they sound a lot better than the Fishmans. Meh, I am inclined to just not touch that stuff or yank the passives in there. I play my M with a mono cable anyway. I typically use very little of the acoustic pickups and mostly to just to add some high end to the DiMarzios. In any event. What options are available in single space slots for a hotter pickup? I'm not sure what's under the pickguard of the NFV1. So I'd rather not have to rout it for bigger ones. Also Parker has had it since the beginning of the year and I can't get them to return phone calls or emails. So maybe I'm just fucked. They weren't charging me for the repair so I guesss they don't feel the need to communicate with me. Still frustrating. I'm not happy with the way the SSS pickups sounded. My Tele and my Mustang sound better and they have pretty crappy pickups.

Kwaping · « **Reply #3876 on:** 01 May 2012, 15:54 »

That's pretty much the worst thing I've ever seen.

celticgeek · « **Reply #3877 on:** 01 May 2012, 19:57 »

Check this out.

Kwaping · « **Reply #3878 on:** 02 May 2012, 10:41 »

Quote from: tuathal on 01 May 2012, 19:51

Firebird it is then.

Hope that isn't a buzzkill, just wanted you to be informed.

In related news, here's an old photo of the ukulele wall at Buffalo Brothers (local guitar shop). I think they have a lot more now!

valley_parade · « **Reply #3879 on:** 02 May 2012, 12:02 »

Technically, that's a mandolin, not a ukulele. They did an 8 string version as well. Because Firebirds are awesome.

doombilly · « **Reply #3880 on:** 04 May 2012, 01:35 »

NSFW Dano

Patrick · « **Reply #3881 on:** 04 May 2012, 12:00 »

I never want to hear another fucking ukulele as long as I live.

Patrick · « **Reply #3882 on:** 04 May 2012, 12:27 »

I already dated that girl

Akima · « **Reply #3883 on:** 04 May 2012, 18:14 »

Underestimate the power of four strings you should not.

Patrick · « **Reply #3884 on:** 04 May 2012, 22:19 »

I got maybe 5 seconds into each of those songs before I closed the tab. I cannot hear another ukulele for as long as I live. I'm actually gonna have to start banning them from my open mics, it's getting to the point where as soon as I see one they make me wanna grab them and hulksmash.

Melodic · « **Reply #3885 on:** 05 May 2012, 00:06 »

okay, so

i ordered two pedals last week from proguitarshop.com, who i've ordered from in the past. they emailed me right after it got shipped saying, woops, they made a mistake and only one of the pedals was in stock, the second one'll come later. okay, cool.

today i get the first package, i open it up to find... the wrong pedal. completely different, not-even-close pedal. but it's worth three times as much as the actual pedal i ordered.

dilemma! i like this shop, have no use for this pedal, and really just want the original two pedals i ordered. so i want to tell them they made an error, wait more time to ship the pedal back, and finally receive the products i wanted.

on the other hand, i could keep this pedal, sell it for twice what i paid and then buy the original pedal i wanted again.

tl;dr a website sent me the wrong product worth thrice what i paid for it. what do.

IDMG · « **Reply #3886 on:** 05 May 2012, 00:41 »

I'm tempted to say "that depends on the pedal" but seriously, just send it back to them.

Also, thought the rest of you might get a kick out of this:

doombilly · « **Reply #3887 on:** 05 May 2012, 15:17 »

Quote from: Patrick on 04 May 2012, 12:00

I never want to hear another fucking ukulele as long as I live.

Melodic · « **Reply #3888 on:** 05 May 2012, 16:47 »

Quote from: tuathal on 05 May 2012, 03:52

I have always wanted to smash a ukulele on a drumkit.

ftfy

Lummer · « **Reply #3889 on:** 07 May 2012, 00:36 »

Small update on my new guitar:

Holy balls this thing sounds brutal. Really.

I did expect as much though, since it came loaded with War Pigs and by golly do those things deliver, in terms sheer furious grinding glory. I am currently so pleased with my setup it's not even funny, so therefore recap with pics, for those tuning in late:

Guitars:

Gibson SG-I with a custom Bare Knuckle Pig-90 in the bridge. Basically a humbucker-sized p90 with a ceramic magnet, based off the War Pig design.
Fender/Warmoth Tele Deathluxe. Wax finished swamp ash, single Bare Knuckle War Pig (Alnico Magnet)

'09 Ibanez S520EX with a set of Bare Knuckle War Pigs, Ceramic magnet. Just picked this up recently really cheap. Currently my main axe for 6-string stuff in my Grind band.
'99 Ibanez S7420 with a single Bare Knuckle War Pig, Ceramic Magnet. "Refinished" (via heat gun and floor wood oil) and beat to shit, but the best guitar I've ever owned nonetheless.

Old-ass MIK Ibanez RG7321, with some pretty serious modding done to it. Turned out really good though. Seymour Duncan JB-7 in the bridge, wired for coil split.

Also, my rig:

Kwaping · « **Reply #3890 on:** 07 May 2012, 08:14 »

Quote from: Melodic on 05 May 2012, 00:06

a website sent me the wrong product worth thrice what i paid for it. what do.

Call them up and explain the situation. Try to get some sort of compensation for your inconvenience. Definitely make them pay for the return shipping! Then return the wrong pedal and try not to die waiting for the others.

If it were me personally, unless they really kissed my butt with some sort of major discount, I would just return the wrong pedal (on their dime) and get a refund of any money paid. I would then take my business to Prymaxe.

Actually, if it were really me, I would have dealt with Prymaxe from the beginning.

Love those guys.

Melodic · « **Reply #3891 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 #3892 on:** 07 May 2012, 15:04 »

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 #3893 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 #3894 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 #3895 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 #3896 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 #3897 on:** 08 May 2012, 13:42 »

So is the iStomp analog or digital?

I kid, I kid...

Radical AC · « **Reply #3898 on:** 08 May 2012, 13:51 »

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 #3899 on:** 08 May 2012, 15:21 »

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.

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