Topic: Re: The Guitar Topic - B (Read 407875 times)

glyphic · « **Reply #1300 on:** 11 Feb 2010, 11:32 »

Guys, you're killing me. I am getting ready to throw a new switch system on my crappy hollowbody and you're making me think that it's much harder than I thought.

A Wet Helmet · « **Reply #1301 on:** 11 Feb 2010, 12:57 »

Quote from: Christophe on 11 Feb 2010, 08:25

Considering I now realize how these switches work (the actual mechanical way they are supposed to switch) I am now entertaining the fact that I may have cooked both switches.

I guess the obvious question at this point is... Do you have a couple of switches laying around to troubleshoot with? That bottom picture looks like the plastic melted a bit. If that's what that shiny spot is, that's not usually a good sign.

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #1302 on:** 11 Feb 2010, 17:51 »

The other day I bought, sight unseen, a Gould copy of an Ernie Ball bass from a mate for a mere £35. I've lucked out massively here, because despite it being a Gould (which as far as I'm aware is a cheap-copy company like Squier or Encore...), it sounds NIIIIICE, it's been rewired recently, and needs very little work to make it a keeper - I need to find a chrome plate to screw in over the battery compartment in the back, tighten a slightly wobbly volume knob, and it should be good as new. I'll get some pics up once I've cleaned it up a bit and put new strings on.

Christophe · « **Reply #1303 on:** 11 Feb 2010, 20:00 »

ok I think for now I ought to leave well enough alone. I re-wired the guitar as it would normally be and have to live with the two pickups being out of phase in middle mode. After trying some things out, the pickups should be okay, the phase switch should work, but it's still not doing things properly--but when I played it through an amp through the normal in-phase two-pickup mode I could hear the guitar playing, but really really faintly and not audible unless you were right next to the speaker. They are meant to be rw/rp--maybe they canceled out the noise frequency a bit too well?

Or maybe I just fried the switch.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1304 on:** 12 Feb 2010, 09:17 »

Quote from: spoon_of_grimbo on 11 Feb 2010, 17:51

(which as far as I'm aware is a cheap-copy company like Squier or Encore...)

For the last fucking time, SQUIER IS MAKING REALLY GOOD AFFORDABLE GUITARS.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #1305 on:** 12 Feb 2010, 09:29 »

I love my Squire Thinline.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1306 on:** 12 Feb 2010, 10:25 »

Quote from: Sam on 12 Feb 2010, 09:23

the guitarist in my band is getting a squier thinline repro, the natural mahogany finish one and switching the pickups out for something else. i'm pretty stoked.

Are you guys starting a "when Weezer were good" cover band?

God. Brian Bell used to give me such GAS for thinlines.

Christophe · « **Reply #1307 on:** 12 Feb 2010, 13:13 »

OK, Phaseswitchgate update: Looks like the switch is indeed fuckered. After playing for a bit I realized that if I put the switch somewhat halfway, it functioned as it should; both pickups in phase. But put it all the way and no sound comes out.

Any way to fix the switch or should I just get a new one?

A Wet Helmet · « **Reply #1308 on:** 12 Feb 2010, 13:23 »

Buy a new one.

And don't feel bad about it. I have a strat about ten feet away from me right now that I burnt the switch in, and I've been soldering (though I must admit, not guitars) for 20 years.

A Wet Helmet · « **Reply #1309 on:** 12 Feb 2010, 14:23 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 12 Feb 2010, 09:17

SQUIER IS MAKING REALLY GOOD AFFORDABLE GUITARS.

I've been thinking about buying a couple of 51's just to have a framework for doing crazy ass mods.

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #1310 on:** 12 Feb 2010, 16:06 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 12 Feb 2010, 09:17

Quote from: spoon_of_grimbo on 11 Feb 2010, 17:51
(which as far as I'm aware is a cheap-copy company like Squier or Encore...)

For the last fucking time, SQUIER IS MAKING REALLY GOOD AFFORDABLE GUITARS.

what do you work for them or something!? calm down! i didn't totally trash them did i? but on the evidence of the squier bass i own, they're nothing special.

Spluff · « **Reply #1311 on:** 12 Feb 2010, 16:17 »

That makes me wonder just how poor their basses are.

Patrick · « **Reply #1312 on:** 12 Feb 2010, 22:26 »

Don't make me post that sound clip of my Squier that I made last year. I will pull that trigger SO FAST

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #1313 on:** 13 Feb 2010, 06:50 »

Does that mean that the jagmaster is actually a good guitar? I've never tried one out.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #1314 on:** 13 Feb 2010, 08:27 »

afaik the Jagmaster is a pretty decent guitar for the price.

doombilly · « **Reply #1315 on:** 13 Feb 2010, 16:43 »

I think my island of misfit guitars needs the company of one of them Dan Armstong Plexiglas re-issues.
Someone run out an' fetch me one. Get the little woman the bass model too. Hurry up now.

Patrick · « **Reply #1316 on:** 14 Feb 2010, 03:14 »

It has a total of three strap buttons

Why does it have so many

doombilly · « **Reply #1317 on:** 14 Feb 2010, 17:58 »

Because 11 is more than 10. Duh.

boneykingofnowhere · « **Reply #1318 on:** 15 Feb 2010, 18:29 »

Quote from: Patrick on 14 Feb 2010, 03:14

It has a total of three strap buttons

Why does it have so many

My guess is so it can be converted into a lefty.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1319 on:** 15 Feb 2010, 21:54 »

Wouldn't there need to be a button on the lower horn for that?

Hey Guitar Fucks, can someone explain GAS to me? I'm assuming it's an acronym of some kind?

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #1320 on:** 15 Feb 2010, 22:52 »

Gear Acquisition Syndrome, it's a terrible disease.

Patrick · « **Reply #1321 on:** 17 Feb 2010, 01:14 »

"Disease" is a word used for stuff like gonorrhea or chlamydia or AIDS or some shit. Feeding the purest vice I have? Call it what you want, mang, but it ain't no disease.

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #1322 on:** 17 Feb 2010, 07:42 »

Well i'm pretty much broke because of it. I mean, even aids can't get you broke (break you up?).
Disease is probably the wrong word though.

The Duke · « **Reply #1323 on:** 17 Feb 2010, 13:11 »

Hey Guitar Topic, I saw this list of novelty guitars and thought you might like to see it too!

Nodaisho · « **Reply #1324 on:** 17 Feb 2010, 14:09 »

Oh god, the comment section. I need to borrow a Neutron bomb, be right back.

Who is the one with the mountain backdrop used by? I know I've seen it somewhere before.

A Wet Helmet · « **Reply #1325 on:** 17 Feb 2010, 17:10 »

So this:

I've actually been thinking about building something along these lines only w/o it actually being two guitar bodies. I was thinking more like a chapman stick with pickups on both ends and maybe just frets five through seventeen or seven through nineteen (I haven't really started planning anything, just idly musing). Without having actually built the damn thing and trying it, I'm imagining some sick-nasty drone rock being possible.

Melodic · « **Reply #1326 on:** 17 Feb 2010, 17:43 »

guitar centipede

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1327 on:** 17 Feb 2010, 23:19 »

Quote

<12-neck strat>

oh come on

(also the dude in that guitarboat is Josh Pyke. Josh Pyke is cool!)

Patrick · « **Reply #1328 on:** 18 Feb 2010, 03:54 »

I would totally be the guy to bring an assault rifle-shaped electric guitar through security at an airport

I am the worst kind of person

Ballard · « **Reply #1329 on:** 18 Feb 2010, 06:35 »

God dammit guys Rick Nielsen isn't a novelty!

The Duke · « **Reply #1330 on:** 18 Feb 2010, 15:51 »

His guitar kind of was.

A Wet Helmet · « **Reply #1331 on:** 22 Feb 2010, 13:51 »

I don't know if anyone is particularly interested in making their own pickups, but if you are, Jason Lollar just put a re-print of his book up on his site today. You can find it here.

If you are in the botique pickup winding biz, you probably already know that photocopies of this thing sell for $500 on ebay. I was "lucky" (or not, depending on how you look at it) to get a used original from a collectible book dealer for $300 and some change about two years ago. If I'm going to be honest in my review of it the winder itself wasn't particularly better (but neither was it worse... just different) than one I had built myself already, but the traverse mechanism was something I hadn't really figured out yet and the little tid-bits here and there that he just drops in are well worth the price of buying an original copy.

So... If you want to make your own pickups but don't know where to start, this is a good place. Be aware, you have to be somewhat mechanically inclined to noodle out his concepts yourself. It's not a "go to Lowe's and buy this, go to True Value and buy this" kind of parts list. You'll need some tools and the ability to improvise.

Patrick · « **Reply #1332 on:** 23 Feb 2010, 02:02 »

Speaking of pickups, any of you remember that beat-to-hell 2006 Squier Bullet of mine? The one that had the middle pickup blow out on me, and I fucked around with it and made it super ghetto-fabulous?

Well, two summers ago, I bought new guts for her, and tried to turn her into a Telecaster-in-Strat's-body. This went well except for the fact that the bridge pickup I bought for her was defective right out of the factory. Hella bullshit, right?

Well, having moved back to California recently, I've had access to all of my guitars, including the piece of shit PRS clone my step-uncle gave me after he'd very poorly assembled it from a kit. While the workmanship during the assembly process was absolute shit, the hardware managed to avoid being damaged. Meaning I have a set of humbuckers in pretty excellent condition, just waiting for me to play with.

I'm totally putting one in the bridge of my Squier as we speak. This guitar's a fucking rat rod Frankensteined piece of shit but she's gonna sound and play like a champion. I love her so very very very much

Patrick · « **Reply #1333 on:** 24 Feb 2010, 03:21 »

OHHHHHH FUUUUUCK

Melodic · « **Reply #1334 on:** 24 Feb 2010, 03:54 »

IT'S FUCKIN' FRANKENTAR

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #1335 on:** 24 Feb 2010, 05:08 »

Now that's a proper crackwhore.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1336 on:** 25 Feb 2010, 09:07 »

YES, PATRICK.

(upside down jack?)

Cernunnos · « **Reply #1337 on:** 25 Feb 2010, 09:37 »

No, inside out.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1338 on:** 25 Feb 2010, 09:44 »

Oh shit! Weird. And awesome.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #1339 on:** 25 Feb 2010, 11:35 »

A guitar that is also an organ

http://www.grouseguitars.com.au/sold/godwin2.htm

valley_parade · « **Reply #1340 on:** 25 Feb 2010, 11:56 »

From what I've read about those, they sounded like ass and weighed as much as a redwood tree.

Patrick · « **Reply #1341 on:** 25 Feb 2010, 14:54 »

Quote from: Melodic on 24 Feb 2010, 03:54

IT'S FUCKIN' FRANKENTAR

Quote from: NotAFanOfFenders on 24 Feb 2010, 05:08

Now that's a proper crackwhore.

Thanks you guys. I love her so very much. Her name is Bitch.

GUYS GUYS GUYS that same site that Emilio found that guitar on also has a 1976 Fender Starcaster for sale

Hooooooly fuck

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #1342 on:** 25 Feb 2010, 15:20 »

Sweet dang, six thousand is way overpriced no matter how awesome starcasters are.

Christophe · « **Reply #1343 on:** 25 Feb 2010, 22:25 »

So remember that stupid neck pickup I installed on my Lead II that wasn't working properly?

Guess what. It doesn't fucking work in phase. There was nothing wrong with the fucking switches, it was the g.d. pickup that was the problem.

I promptly removed it from the guitar and replaced it with the original. Well, that's that.

glyphic · « **Reply #1344 on:** 01 Mar 2010, 06:45 »

That picture makes me furious.

boneykingofnowhere · « **Reply #1345 on:** 01 Mar 2010, 07:07 »

Quote from: glyphic on 01 Mar 2010, 06:45

That picture makes me furious.

Seriously. I think the only guy allowed to play a 2 string bass is the dude from the JAMC.

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #1346 on:** 01 Mar 2010, 08:04 »

Still better than those nine-string basses though.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1347 on:** 01 Mar 2010, 08:52 »

My friend offered me his old MusicMan head for $200 yesterday. It sounded rad as fuck, and I'm really debating it, but I need to do a little more research.

Edit: In a tiny house, do I REALLY need a 130 watt head?

imapiratearg · « **Reply #1348 on:** 01 Mar 2010, 09:16 »

Uh, yeah.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1349 on:** 01 Mar 2010, 09:18 »

It DOES have a master volume. And a "low" selection on the power switch.

Hmmmmn.

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