Topic: Re: The Guitar Topic - B (Read 380213 times)

Patrick · « **Reply #4200 on:** 30 Oct 2012, 02:08 »

I'm going to go ahead and speak for Shane and myself both when I say that the Blue Album is tits with chocolate sauce

Lummer · « **Reply #4201 on:** 30 Oct 2012, 04:43 »

How can you NOT love Weezer? Is that possible?!

Worldview = Broken.

valley_parade · « **Reply #4202 on:** 30 Oct 2012, 08:40 »

Quote from: Patrick on 30 Oct 2012, 02:08

I'm going to go ahead and speak for Shane and myself both when I say that the Blue Album is tits with chocolate sauce

I'm going to go ahead and speak for myself when I say that Maladroit is actually my favorite Weezer album. The Blue Album is indeed 'tits with chocolate sauce', though.

Thrillho · « **Reply #4203 on:** 30 Oct 2012, 14:01 »

Blue is literally my favourite album ever fucking made. I am deadly serious.

But I like all of their albums in varying degrees.

Kwaping · « **Reply #4204 on:** 30 Oct 2012, 17:05 »

Who's Weezer? Does he play guitar?

boneykingofnowhere · « **Reply #4205 on:** 02 Nov 2012, 07:39 »

Pinkerton is quite possibly my favorite record ever. I love it so much I wrote a Sociology paper on it. Anything that they put out after it has been garbage.

valley_parade · « **Reply #4206 on:** 02 Nov 2012, 08:10 »

*AHEM*

Quote from: valley_parade on 30 Oct 2012, 08:40

I'm going to go ahead and speak for myself when I say that Maladroit is actually my favorite Weezer album.

Anything, not even POST-MALADROIT...no. Post-Make Believe DEMOS. Have you ever heard the Make Believe demos? There was maybe one song that made the album, and it was probably the weakest of the demos. They were amazing.

Bearer · « **Reply #4207 on:** 02 Nov 2012, 21:57 »

Guys

I just modded my buddy's bass so its two pickups run straight to the output. No knobs, no bull shit. It is a beautiful sound, like a growly telecaster from hell. Also added a kill switch because why the hell not?

It was pretty rad to play for the 20 minutes I had it before the damn radio-shack switch I used broke in half. Oh well.

warcabbit · « **Reply #4208 on:** 03 Nov 2012, 05:18 »

I thought about doing that, but I was going to use this instead.
https://store.djtechtools.com/products/arcade-buttons?utm_source=google-product-search
Two bucks, nice and durable, momentary switch.

I'm going to use it when I finally build one of the bodies I have laying about.

Kwaping · « **Reply #4209 on:** 03 Nov 2012, 07:34 »

I don't think arcade buttons would work, unless you want to be holding it down all the time while playing. There are two types of momentary switches - on-when-pressed and off-when-pressed. I think arcade buttons are the first type, but what you want for a guitar kill switch is the second.

I could be wrong about those particular buttons, of course. Just make sure you know what you're buying before purchase.

Bearer · « **Reply #4210 on:** 03 Nov 2012, 08:27 »

It all depends on how you wire it. If it's the type that's always off until you press it, just make it so that the "on" position shorts the signal to ground. Otherwise, wire the guitar normally. That's the type of button I got from the shack, but much less cool. I'm totally getting a couple of those arcade buttons now though, those look great.
EDIT:
I'd rather go with these though: http://www.ultimarc.com/goldleaf.html since they are the screw-in type.

Patrick · « **Reply #4211 on:** 03 Nov 2012, 19:43 »

Dude, do they make a toggle switch version

Bearer · « **Reply #4212 on:** 03 Nov 2012, 19:51 »

I mean, a gibson style pickup selector would work too, you would just wire the switch in reverse so that one "pickup" is the output and the other is the ground. Is that what you mean?

Patrick · « **Reply #4213 on:** 03 Nov 2012, 20:50 »

Nah I wanna be able to just smack a button on my bass and kill the output so I can switch instruments with Matt onstage and not have to go to all the effort of using my pinky to roll the volume to 0 gently.

Bearer · « **Reply #4214 on:** 03 Nov 2012, 20:55 »

Oh yeah, those are totally a thing. Give me a sec to pull one up.

EDIT: Okay, I think something like this is what you want: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062542
EDIT:EDIT: This would be it, sorry: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062500

Patrick · « **Reply #4215 on:** 03 Nov 2012, 21:09 »

Yeah, on second thought, you're right. I do get pretty apeshit onstage and so does Matt. That button would just be a nuisance.

warcabbit · « **Reply #4216 on:** 04 Nov 2012, 07:44 »

Oh! I thought you were doing some RATM/Buckethead music stuff. Not trying to have an instant-off.

Bearer · « **Reply #4217 on:** 04 Nov 2012, 13:54 »

Warcabit that is what I was trying to do actually. Although, now that I think about it, a kill-switch style out of phase or series/parallel button would be pretty righteous. Unrelated, but righteous.

IDMG · « **Reply #4218 on:** 04 Nov 2012, 13:56 »

Quote from: tuathal on 04 Nov 2012, 09:29

Anyone tried out the Behringer VM-1 Delay? I've heard tell it's like a stock oldschool Memory man. (read: pretty much an exact clone)

Also, it's 33 euros, so I'm tempted as hell. All it needs is modding to have true bypass, which is easy.

I don't trust Behringer's build quality but I've heard it more or less sounds the same.

valley_parade · « **Reply #4219 on:** 04 Nov 2012, 14:29 »

Quote from: Patrick on 03 Nov 2012, 20:50

Nah I wanna be able to just smack a button on my bass and kill the output so I can switch instruments with Matt onstage and not have to go to all the effort of using my pinky to roll the volume to 0 gently.

Maybe switch the type of pot you're using? I've got two audios in my Jazzmaster instead of an audio and a linear, and the volume just dies at about 7 or so.

Patrick · « **Reply #4220 on:** 04 Nov 2012, 16:57 »

Oh, the pots are fine, I'm just lazy and would rather punch a button than twist a knob.

doombilly · « **Reply #4221 on:** 05 Nov 2012, 05:15 »

1st show tonight using the double muff and not the Line6 X3Live. And a broken wrist. But hey, I've practiced some of the set this way. Thing I've realized is to get more of the variety of sounds I've actually gotten out of my neck only pickup fixation. So that seems somewhat relevant to the most recent Ford/Chevy discussion above. I'm not sure, tldr.

IDMG · « **Reply #4222 on:** 05 Nov 2012, 09:17 »

Got some money, prymaxe has a sale. Can't decide between BAT LSTR or a regular ol' big box Big Muff.

valley_parade · « **Reply #4223 on:** 05 Nov 2012, 12:43 »

How much are you looking to spend? The normal V10 Muffs are rad, but have you looked into dudes like Stomp Under Foot or Wren & Cuff?

IDMG · « **Reply #4224 on:** 05 Nov 2012, 13:11 »

I don't want to wait for an SUF and W&C is too expensive.

Melodic · « **Reply #4225 on:** 05 Nov 2012, 14:47 »

But SUF stuff is so good! Matt, the owner, is a regular at TGP and actually offered to fix an old Muff of mine for free.

Kwaping · « **Reply #4226 on:** 05 Nov 2012, 19:34 »

Maybe a Hoof? I've always known it was a popular pedal, but I recently got to try one and have become obsessed with getting one. That was a month ago. I finally have one coming in the mail - traded some guy a TC Flashback for it that was just sitting in my closet. I'd say I got the better end of that deal! Super excited. Dan Auerbach, watch your back!!

valley_parade · « **Reply #4227 on:** 05 Nov 2012, 21:33 »

Oh man yeah, Hoofs are gnarly good.

IDMG · « **Reply #4228 on:** 05 Nov 2012, 23:50 »

Lots of indie pedal makers are cool dudes.

Unfortunately my amp decided it was going to explode today so no new pedals.

Patrick · « **Reply #4229 on:** 06 Nov 2012, 04:13 »

DB, good to see you back on the intertrons, I was wondering where you'd disappeared to. Glad to know you're safe!

Kwaping · « **Reply #4230 on:** 06 Nov 2012, 07:18 »

Hey WitTTTTTTTshire fans... $299 today at Musician's Friend, Stupid Deal of the Day. Better hurry!!

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid/

valley_parade · « **Reply #4231 on:** 06 Nov 2012, 07:49 »

Dude, just because you played one crappy one, cmon.

I've played a couple Wilshires. They definitely look better than they sound, but they weren't horrible.

Patrick · « **Reply #4232 on:** 06 Nov 2012, 16:19 »

Quote from: Kwaping on 06 Nov 2012, 07:18

TTTTTTT

That's 7 Ts

That's 7 poops on your chest

valley_parade · « **Reply #4233 on:** 07 Nov 2012, 07:32 »

Let's see.

Strats: Never played one I've really actually loved
Pointy superstrats: I know they sound good, but don't like the flat radiused fretboards. Mostly designed for genres of music I give nil fucks about.
PRS: overluxurious for the most part. I like simplicity. I would play the hell out of a Mira or some of the SE line, though. They sound rad.
BC Rich: Ugly as fuck

IDMG · « **Reply #4234 on:** 07 Nov 2012, 09:01 »

I hate every style of Gibson that's not an LP or SG, and I hate everything BC Rich does.

Kwaping · « **Reply #4235 on:** 07 Nov 2012, 09:11 »

I think my hatred of Floyd Rose-equipped guitars is perfectly rational.

Melodic · « **Reply #4236 on:** 07 Nov 2012, 10:58 »

Quote from: IDMG on 07 Nov 2012, 09:01

I hate every style of Gibson that's not an LP or SG

what else is there, bro?
what else is there?!

PS: Hey guys, I'm totally shit at setting up my guitar, and I want to do it right -- talking string action as well as pickup height, et al. I've got an SG. Can anyone walk me through the tools I need and what to do to get everything just right?

valley_parade · « **Reply #4237 on:** 07 Nov 2012, 13:43 »

...335s?

Kwaping · « **Reply #4238 on:** 07 Nov 2012, 16:00 »

Melodic, everything you need to know is right here.

http://bit.ly/QpkMHF

IDMG · « **Reply #4239 on:** 07 Nov 2012, 17:18 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 07 Nov 2012, 13:43

...335s?

Semi-hollows are gross

Patrick · « **Reply #4240 on:** 08 Nov 2012, 03:51 »

Quote from: tuathal on 07 Nov 2012, 10:36

Yeah, definitely. Those things suck ass

FTFY

Quote from: IDMG on 07 Nov 2012, 17:18

Semi-hollows are gross

YOU TAKE THAT BACK

valley_parade · « **Reply #4241 on:** 08 Nov 2012, 07:06 »

If semi-hollows were so gross, as you put it, would Lord Theodore Leo play them?

Thrillho · « **Reply #4242 on:** 08 Nov 2012, 10:54 »

Something is off about 335s for me. No idea what it is. I played one once, and it just felt... wrong. I had no idea why.

Patrick · « **Reply #4243 on:** 08 Nov 2012, 13:12 »

It's because you're a fucking filthy commie

Thrillho · « **Reply #4244 on:** 08 Nov 2012, 13:59 »

I may be a commie, but I shower on a regular basis.

Akima · « **Reply #4245 on:** 08 Nov 2012, 22:59 »

I used to be a commie. Isn't semi-hollow like being a little bit pregnant?

Bearer · « **Reply #4246 on:** 09 Nov 2012, 09:19 »

One day I'm actually going to build that "semi-hollow bigsby jazzmaster P90/Mini-humbucker wired like a telecaster beauty" I keep talking about. One day. One day when money grows on the black walnut trees I need to make this guitar happen. One day...

like this test body I made a while ago, only without that middle pickup and stupidly big f-hole

Patrick · « **Reply #4247 on:** 10 Nov 2012, 01:53 »

Keep the middle pickup, just use a proper florentine F-hole

Thrillho · « **Reply #4248 on:** 22 Nov 2012, 15:49 »

Bought a wammy-free Squier Strat months ago, and have finally found the wammy bar I own from another guitar. Put it in the guitar, played one chord with it, and fuck me it ruined the tuning like you ain't never seen. No wammy-ing for me...

doombilly · « **Reply #4249 on:** 24 Nov 2012, 05:26 »

IT is like the previous owner did that and threw the trem bar away. WHAM-NO

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