Topic: Re: The Guitar Topic - B (Read 387860 times)

Patrick · « **Reply #3450 on:** 14 Oct 2011, 02:50 »

My issue: There's 7 possible pickup configurations with a triple-coil pickup, sure. Then double that (and +1) by adding the JM pickup to any of the other ones (with the +1 as JM by itself). 15 possible combinations and you're limited to 5?

Why couldn't they put a bunch of little two-way toggles there (one for each coil) and a 3-way between triplebucker and JM? It's not like they don't have a similar system with the Jag, and it would be a less convoluted wiring setup.

I'm mostly annoyed that Fender isn't even trying to come up with something truly new and exciting. Recycling prototype names from 50 years ago? Check. Recycling prototype body shapes from 50 years ago? Well, they compressed it horizontally, but that body's basically the same Marauder otherwise, so fuck it, check.

Gibson and Fender both have the laziest design departments ever. Gibson because all they ever do is poke holes in shit and make R2-D2 tune 'em for you. Fender because they can't even do THAT; Vox beat them to triple-coil humbuckers by at least 4 or 5 years.

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #3451 on:** 14 Oct 2011, 03:52 »

Ibanez made some models with triple-coils in the 70's. Kramer probably made some in the 80's as well.

The point is, it's unnecessary and sounds like shit.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3452 on:** 14 Oct 2011, 04:37 »

I'm telling you, Fender need to hire me to be head of R&D.

All you motherfuckers would be playing Duo-Sonics again.

Patrick · « **Reply #3453 on:** 14 Oct 2011, 11:43 »

Send them the pic I drew up for you of that reverse Jag-Stang idea you had. For y'all's reference, it looks fucking awesome:

I'm still a little weird on the ergonomics around the upper frets, though. I'd like to alter that shit just a little bit. Still, if we post that to OSG, watch 'em speem everywhere.

Radical AC · « **Reply #3454 on:** 14 Oct 2011, 11:57 »

As far as the Marauder goes http://www.biltguitars.com/ seems like a cool concept. It has built in delay and fuzz. The damn thing self oscillates!

valley_parade · « **Reply #3455 on:** 14 Oct 2011, 14:19 »

This was my drawing based on Patrick's idea. It's a little dark, but fuck you.

Bearer · « **Reply #3456 on:** 17 Oct 2011, 23:42 »

Guys, guess who just got a 60's Univox U-45b tube amp? FOR FREE!
Along with a an old fender 2X12 cab that has some weird spraypainted logo that says "Oak Heart" on the back.

This Univox is so hardcore it has a 2-prong power cord.
In all seriousness I am either going to learn how to mod the fuck out of this thing to make it playable, or find an amp guy who'll repair it for me cause it needs a lot (new pots, new tubes, new output jack, an actual fuse, new power cord, etc...). I'd feel pretty shitty for selling this thing (considering 1. It's awesome and 2. my friend didn't really know what it was when he gave it to me), and I've been wanting a small all tube amp for a while. I'll get pics up when I get a camera, so, sometime? Possibly. Basically it's this:

valley_parade · « **Reply #3457 on:** 18 Oct 2011, 10:01 »

Oh dear god. Those U45s are supposed to be insanely good amps.

doombilly · « **Reply #3458 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 14:00 »

That is neat-o.

Kwaping · « **Reply #3459 on:** 21 Oct 2011, 12:44 »

Anyone getting Rocksmith?

doombilly · « **Reply #3460 on:** 25 Oct 2011, 13:01 »

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http://www.mjguitar.com/
edit...don't seemt o have those models on their site.
http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/Daily/News/MJ_Guitars_Introduces_the_GrooveMaster.aspx

valley_parade · « **Reply #3461 on:** 25 Oct 2011, 14:11 »

No me gusta. They look like they were designed by a bassist.

Kwaping · « **Reply #3462 on:** 25 Oct 2011, 14:50 »

So I came into some money and went on a pedal binge... I started off with my guitar -> boss bd-2 -> amp, and ended up with this:

guitar
fulltone 70
monsterpiece scratchy snatch
bd-2
rc-30
amp's preamp
cmatmods deluxe signa comp
cmatmods deeelay
solidgold fx surf rider
back to amp

Woo! Just had to tell someone.

Akima · « **Reply #3463 on:** 25 Oct 2011, 15:57 »

Quote from: doombilly on 25 Oct 2011, 13:01

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My first thought was of those Salvador Dali melting watches. I'm not sure that's a good thing.

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #3464 on:** 25 Oct 2011, 16:12 »

Quote from: doombilly on 25 Oct 2011, 13:01

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That's actually pretty hot.

Radical AC · « **Reply #3465 on:** 25 Oct 2011, 16:21 »

Man, I've been saving up for new pedals. I need to get that Timeline/Space combo, but it costs about a grand for those two alone. I'm also getting a ss/bs Fuck, a Dr. S Cosmichorus, Lightfoot Labs Goatkeeper, and Frequency Central Sonic Death Ray Phaser. I'm also saving for a Dunwich Wizard amp. (Totally baller guy makes them) Should be summer by the time I'll be able to have them all...

valley_parade · « **Reply #3466 on:** 25 Oct 2011, 20:22 »

Quote from: Kwaping on 25 Oct 2011, 14:50

fulltone 70

Jealousy, I has it.

Kwaping · « **Reply #3467 on:** 26 Oct 2011, 10:00 »

Thanks valley! Even better, I got it used in as-new condition. Woot!

I finally understand the whole "each fuzz is different than the others, and you will want them all" thing.

IDMG · « **Reply #3468 on:** 26 Oct 2011, 11:42 »

I should invest in a new fuzz. My Swollen Pickle is hard to get a good sound from (but when you succeed it's amazing).

Kwaping · « **Reply #3469 on:** 26 Oct 2011, 14:48 »

The sad thing is, I think I'm discovering that I'm more of an OD guy than a fuzz guy. :/ And I really can't figure out the benefit of delay.

Melodic · « **Reply #3470 on:** 26 Oct 2011, 21:06 »

Speaking of OD, I got my Nobels ODR-1 in the mail the other week! It is my new favorite thing in the whole world. It's now the default sound in my signal chain -- no matter what else is on or off in my collection, that thing is always going. I highly, highly recommend getting one of these things.

IDMG · « **Reply #3471 on:** 27 Oct 2011, 00:08 »

What would you compare it to in terms of sound? The look screams "Tube Screamer" and I honestly don't like that sort of OD pedal.

Also,

Quote from: Kwaping on 26 Oct 2011, 14:48

:/ And I really can't figure out the benefit of delay.

It can add ambience, rhythmic repeating effects, thicken your solos at lower delay times and act as a sort of ghetto harmonizer. But, I think it's one of those "less is more" deals.

doombilly · « **Reply #3472 on:** 27 Oct 2011, 05:30 »

Yeah, delays always seemed cool sounding when I was playing by myself. It just made my sound less coherent with a full band. But now that my drummer is basically locked down to a static bpm and my pedal allows me to also dial that in and specify a delay or mod note value, I'm finding these time based effects more useful. Usually the bass player will make a face and tell me to turn that crap off and play the guitar. Sometimes she asks for it though. /tmi

valley_parade · « **Reply #3473 on:** 27 Oct 2011, 10:40 »

Quote from: tuathal on 27 Oct 2011, 10:00

Delay is great for sounding like the Edge.

So it pretty much has no useful purpose is what you're saying.

doombilly · « **Reply #3474 on:** 27 Oct 2011, 16:05 »

Melodic · « **Reply #3475 on:** 27 Oct 2011, 16:30 »

Quote from: IDMG on 27 Oct 2011, 00:08

What would you compare it to in terms of sound? The look screams "Tube Screamer" and I honestly don't like that sort of OD pedal.

You can hear for yourself here. Playing through an SG and a Deluxe, I've noticed a big change in the lower-end breakup register, especially on the lower drive & spectrum settings.

Lummer · « **Reply #3476 on:** 27 Oct 2011, 23:55 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 27 Oct 2011, 10:40

Quote from: tuathal on 27 Oct 2011, 10:00
Delay is great for sounding like the Edge.

So it pretty much has no useful purpose is what you're saying.

I use my two delays and the reverb to sound like feedback coming from the grim and frostbitten forests of Norway. Delay can be versatile!

Kwaping · « **Reply #3477 on:** 28 Oct 2011, 09:13 »

Speaking of spring reverb...

http://zerotronics.com/coolsprings/index.html

WANT.

Radical AC · « **Reply #3478 on:** 28 Oct 2011, 14:35 »

Christ, $550 for that? It's more than the Eventide Space. A big reverb unit might be fun for home playing, but it isn't as versatile as some board friendly pedals. Neither, is it very gig friendly.

Lupercal · « **Reply #3479 on:** 28 Oct 2011, 14:41 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 27 Oct 2011, 10:40

Quote from: tuathal on 27 Oct 2011, 10:00
Delay is great for sounding like the Edge.

So it pretty much has no useful purpose is what you're saying.

but delay is fun to noodle with, I can just never really construct a note pattern that sounds any good with it.

leftandleaving · « **Reply #3480 on:** 31 Oct 2011, 00:07 »

Okay, so I've had the same guitar (a MIM Fender Strat with a humbucker at the bridge) since I first started learning guitar 7 years ago. It worked out well because I just wanted to play punk music and it sounds great distorted. Then I started learning jazz and it was okay at that because it's got a pretty jazzy clean tone and it sounds fine. But now, my needs are no longer being met by my guitar. My band plays a mixture of post rock-y echo-y pretty music and pretty aggressive post-hardcore. My guitar is absolutely the weak link in our sound; the clean tones are too tinny and bright to sound pretty and the distorted tones aren't deep enough to sound powerful. I figured it was my amp, so I bought a classic, used Randall tube amp, but it just sounds worse. I'm thinking either new pick-ups, some kind of equalizer pedal/pre-amp, or new guitar entirely, maybe you guys have some ideas for how to go about fixing this problem.

Lummer · « **Reply #3481 on:** 31 Oct 2011, 00:52 »

Just stick a new pickup in the bridge and you're golden.

Melodic · « **Reply #3482 on:** 31 Oct 2011, 13:19 »

more buckers! need at least 4 in that fucker

doombilly · « **Reply #3483 on:** 31 Oct 2011, 13:19 »

So my wife is not a fan of my guitar effecterizations. And last night we did a mini prac after the big afternoon prac to work on new stuff. Just plugged that old MIM '95 Tele str8 into the Tiny T. Dialed up slightly more gain then I usually use and it sounded quite nice. I know, no surprise. But
I was amazed how good of a sound I got playing lightly (even fast strumming)- but lightly enough so it still sounded clean. And just laying into it when I wanted more volume/distortion. It's that red Tele I changed the bridge out on last yr or so.\

I'm almost considering phasing out the POD eventually.
Also whatever numbnuts owned my (new to me but) older Parker NFV1 wiped it down with something stupid because the 2nd fret came off. Searching for someone not a moron to glue it back on. Guy who normally works on it is not making me feel confident. The Nitefly V1 is like a Strat (SSS). Also due to the carbon fiber wrapped fingerboard/neck frets are glued on. In case what stupidity I was going on about was not clear.

leftandleaving · « **Reply #3484 on:** 31 Oct 2011, 19:59 »

How are you supposed to find the pick-ups you want when all anyone wants to do is recreate Metallica tones? I don't even know where to start, anything I look at that isn't Metallica-ready is "great for that SRV tone." I don't want to sound like SRV or Metallica. What it do.

greenMonkey · « **Reply #3485 on:** 01 Nov 2011, 02:17 »

http://www.lollarguitars.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=humbucker-pickups

Lupercal · « **Reply #3486 on:** 01 Nov 2011, 05:10 »

Yeah but now you need an aging stooge to help you put out new material that sounds like something you recorded with your dad 6 years ago drunkenly.

Anywho

I haven't looked at this thread for a while but BAM:

This is Out Now and costs just over £300. For a Jazzmaster. And is better in every possible way than the previous strat-jack ugly as sin things that Squier brought out a while ago.

I AM EXCITE

Haven't read any reviews so far but I'm sure they're around.

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #3487 on:** 01 Nov 2011, 10:57 »

Jeez, what do people have against basswood? It's not like the "alder" they could get at that price would be any higher quality.

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #3488 on:** 01 Nov 2011, 15:39 »

Man, they could probably have used poplar. It's usually a bit cheaper than basswood too, so they could put a decent trem on it for once. (Insert trollface here)

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #3489 on:** 01 Nov 2011, 16:45 »

Tape; truly the finish of kings.

Lupercal · « **Reply #3490 on:** 01 Nov 2011, 17:49 »

Would it be anything to do with J's wants for the guitar?

I've been playing guitar too long to still not really care about woods. Its probably that I can't really afford to care.

theoryC · « **Reply #3491 on:** 01 Nov 2011, 18:05 »

I just bought an Epiphone Dot as my first guitar! :O

doombilly · « **Reply #3492 on:** 02 Nov 2011, 07:50 »

Quote from: theoryC on 01 Nov 2011, 18:05

I just bought an Epiphone Dot as my first guitar! :O

Congratulations, TheoryC!

Yeah, I can't be really very snobby about wood. Lessee...
MIM 1995 Tele ?body / maple neck
Indonesian Yamaha AEX500, Nato body and ? neck
USA Fender 1978 Mustang, some crazy heavy (not Alder body possibly oak, maple neck w/ rosewood fingerboard)
USA Parker NiteflyV1 1996 maple body, basswood neck
USA Parker Nitefly M 2006 1 piece mahogany body, mahogany neck

The Yamaha is the only non solid body. It's full hollow, but thin. It's meant to be an electric you can play unplugged. But I have to say Nato must suck pretty hard as a tone wood. But that works for me bc if I'm playing it I'm usually trying to keep it at a low volume. Also mini humbucker neck, piezo bridge. I recently switched back to roundwounds but mostly due to I bought the wrong sized flatwounds the last time.

valley_parade · « **Reply #3493 on:** 02 Nov 2011, 08:15 »

Yeah, I've got basswood and agathis guitars, who am I to woodsnob?

celticgeek · « **Reply #3494 on:** 02 Nov 2011, 08:35 »

Kremona Orpheus Valley FC guitar:

Woods used:

Solid red cedar top
Solid Indian rosewood back and sides
Honduras cedar neck
Indian rosewood fingerboard, bridge and headstock
Indian rosewood tuning buttons

I love the way it sounds.

boneykingofnowhere · « **Reply #3495 on:** 02 Nov 2011, 11:12 »

Quote from: doombilly on 02 Nov 2011, 07:50

Quote from: theoryC on 01 Nov 2011, 18:05
I just bought an Epiphone Dot as my first guitar! :O
Congratulations, TheoryC!

Yeah, I can't be really very snobby about wood. Lessee...
MIM 1995 Tele ?body / maple neck
Indonesian Yamaha AEX500, Nato body and ? neck
USA Fender 1978 Mustang, some crazy heavy (not Alder body possibly oak, maple neck w/ rosewood fingerboard)
USA Parker NiteflyV1 1996 maple body, basswood neck
USA Parker Nitefly M 2006 1 piece mahogany body, mahogany neck

The Yamaha is the only non solid body. It's full hollow, but thin. It's meant to be an electric you can play unplugged. But I have to say Nato must suck pretty hard as a tone wood. But that works for me bc if I'm playing it I'm usually trying to keep it at a low volume. Also mini humbucker neck, piezo bridge. I recently switched back to roundwounds but mostly due to I bought the wrong sized flatwounds the last time.

My MIM Tele has an alder body, so yours is probably the same.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #3496 on:** 02 Nov 2011, 16:40 »

I'm not sure what my acoustic is built of, I'm going to have to look it up.

Spruce top, nato back and sides, doesn't say anything about the neck. This is still the best-sounding acoustic I've ever played, especially given that it's probably only worth a couple hundred.

doombilly · « **Reply #3497 on:** 03 Nov 2011, 10:33 »

Quote from: boneykingofnowhere on 02 Nov 2011, 11:12

Quote from: doombilly on 02 Nov 2011, 07:50
Quote from: theoryC on 01 Nov 2011, 18:05
I just bought an Epiphone Dot as my first guitar! :O
Congratulations, TheoryC!

Yeah, I blah blah blah

My MIM Tele has an alder body, so yours is probably the same.

Cool. It has taken some fairly hard whacks and keeps on going as my steady backup date. I was hoping for something more Mexican, like petrified drug lord victim or compressed agave worms.

Bearer · « **Reply #3498 on:** 06 Nov 2011, 07:18 »

Just found a place that specializing in western red cedar, so that means my dream project will come to fruition after all! Maple neck Western Red Cedar topped Black Walnut semi hollow jazzmaster with a p90 neck pickup and firebird minihumbucker bridge with a bigsby. UNF.

Lummer · « **Reply #3499 on:** 11 Nov 2011, 01:16 »

Someone fairly close to me has put up a Squier 51 for sale, for peanuts.

Should I?

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