Guitar Discussion V10 - February 2013 edition - General

Was jamming and accidentally learned Hyperdrive by Devin Townsend Project woops v:v:v

[QUOTE=TheDestroyerOfall;41883977]I find myself to be an active lover, as some of the passives in my price range sound like crud. Their tonalities don't really seem to be on spot with what i want. I usually use extremely fast playing, and i like hearing each note individually, so i picked both EMGx as well as a model of SD pickups i can't really remember. However, on my 7, i have regular EMG actives, and i find i hate their sound because they make a stupid farting sound since they don't register the low end very well. I'd get some blackouts for it, but that would mean routing it a bit, which i don't want to do, and there's no real shop in my area i would trust with doing it. (ie a pawn shop i got the seven string does the repair, and it's strings were rusted, and it's truss rod was a little fucked.)[/QUOTE] I'd agree that EMGs handle low end like a tuba. It doesn't exist anymore but there was an old thread where I took samples of a friend's 81/85 loadout and my 707s and compared them to an actual bass in terms of timbral structure and they were objectively garbage past a surprisingly high threshold. But in my experience EMGs also cull a bunch of stuff you'd consider integral to "heavy" guitar playing in the midrange too (pick noise isn't a fixed frequency thing but EMGs have some massive metaphorical gaps for them to fall through). SD makes a lot of passive stuff now for 7s and 8s that can be ordered in active housings, and their current active housing is dimensionally equivalent to EMG housings in every respect. Same screw hole dimensions, marginally wider (not "have to route" wider- it's a quarter millimeter on either side, nothing is ever routed that snug), same length, same height, same corner curve. You just drop that shit in. So I'd give their catalog a look over since they updated their extended range options.

[QUOTE=Xenocidebot;41888513]I'd agree that EMGs handle low end like a tuba. It doesn't exist anymore but there was an old thread where I took samples of a friend's 81/85 loadout and my 707s and compared them to an actual bass in terms of timbral structure and they were objectively garbage past a surprisingly high threshold. But in my experience EMGs also cull a bunch of stuff you'd consider integral to "heavy" guitar playing in the midrange too (pick noise isn't a fixed frequency thing but EMGs have some massive metaphorical gaps for them to fall through). SD makes a lot of passive stuff now for 7s and 8s that can be ordered in active housings, and their current active housing is dimensionally equivalent to EMG housings in every respect. Same screw hole dimensions, marginally wider (not "have to route" wider- it's a quarter millimeter on either side, nothing is ever routed that snug), same length, same height, same corner curve. You just drop that shit in. So I'd give their catalog a look over since they updated their extended range options.[/QUOTE] Keith Merrow/Wes Hauch made some great videos comparing pickups for 7s and 8s. They're what made me decide on the SH-5. Watch in at least 720 for the best audio (720/1080 on YT are 192kbps) [video=youtube;mFO9phrDBig]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFO9phrDBig[/video] [video=youtube;lPuPpE8xu7k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPuPpE8xu7k[/video] Personally I like the Pegasus, Nazgul and Blackouts on the 8s

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-KkbR5Cz3M[/media] cool stuff

Is 110 eur for a very slightly used Epiphone Les Paul II Special and a Peavey Audition amp good? + extra strings seems excellent also that guy in the above video is amazing.

it's a good price but it's not a great guitar

I'm fine with that, I just want something cheap to start with. I'd be fine with an old beaten up electric.

[QUOTE=skynrdfan3;41906488][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-KkbR5Cz3M[/media] cool stuff[/QUOTE] brb giving up

[QUOTE=skynrdfan3;41906488][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-KkbR5Cz3M[/media] cool stuff[/QUOTE] wankery I hate this popular new acoustic slap bullshit. it's worse than shredding by far

Maybe, but its not new by any means.

[QUOTE=skynrdfan3;41906488][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-KkbR5Cz3M[/media] cool stuff[/QUOTE] i can't even finish it. at 1:58 i hear the goddamn mic at the fretboard picking up the other end of the string resonating.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fKOY86p.jpg?1[/IMG] I totally bought that orange cab. I tried it out in the store with my telecaster and a random Laney head. 5 minutes of playing around I decided it was totally worth blowing a whole paycheck on. Next big purchase is a new head, because that Valveking blows.

[QUOTE=Mr._N;41912510]Maybe, but its not new by any means.[/QUOTE] it's newly popular

That acoustic slap bullshit was REALLY big here for a semester. All the kids who used to bring their plywood acoustics to school and play Wonderwall in the commons became obsessed with that Andy McKee guy and tried their darnedest to strait up rip him off.

I slept 15 hours and I have an pimple on my ass which hurts. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZwH4LTU-SE&pxtry=1[/media]

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[QUOTE=butre;41912719]it's newly popular[/QUOTE] Yeah it isn't annoying when some people who are good at it do it, but it seems like one of those things (like slapping) where it's temporarily stupid popular and then every asshole who just learned to do it semi-competently abuses the hell out of it. Anything that a bunch of kids just figured out how to do as a fad is awful.

I understand wanting to abuse a new skill, when I learned how to slap I played pretty much everything in that style the difference is that when I learned to slap, youtube didn't exist so I wasn't able to upload thousands of videos of me being not very good at slapping

There's a girl hunting guitars in the exact way I am on an Estonian guitar site. competition grr :v:

[QUOTE=butre;41912402]wankery I hate this popular new acoustic slap bullshit. it's worse than shredding by far[/QUOTE] every new fad will always seem like its worse than the last [editline]21st August 2013[/editline] personally i dont really dislike this one

Hi, I'm a new comer to the Guitar world. I was given a violin bass for my birthday last year since I am a big beatles fan and stuff. So, I ask since I still don't have an amp or anything to hear what the actual bass sounds like, what can I get to play my bass like an amp or something that gives it a "Beatles" sound?

[QUOTE=Rapist;41906668]Is 110 eur for a very slightly used Epiphone Les Paul II Special and a Peavey Audition amp good? + extra strings seems excellent also that guy in the above video is amazing.[/QUOTE] buying it tomorrow evening!

good move I have a copy of that guitar and it plays as well, my friend's roommate got one with rocksmith tried it it plays really great

I got some D'Addario regular lights on my flying V now, replacing some old Ernie Ball 9's I had on there. And boy do they sound good. Even acoustically. I just wish that I had a proper headphone amp to use them with rather than my Vox Bass Amplug. I'm considering getting the AC30 Amplug next payday though.

[QUOTE=XenoCrab;41920433]Hi, I'm a new comer to the Guitar world. I was given a violin bass for my birthday last year since I am a big beatles fan and stuff. So, I ask since I still don't have an amp or anything to hear what the actual bass sounds like, what can I get to play my bass like an amp or something that gives it a "Beatles" sound?[/QUOTE] You could get an interface for your computer and play on virtual amps.

I now own a Les Paul II Special! the strings are absolute fucking shit and the first one broke with a bend of just below 1 step buying good ones tomorrow, but its really fun to play otherwise. 5 string guitar now yay. [editline]23rd August 2013[/editline] My first electric!

congratulations dude you got a pretty nice starter guitar there

[QUOTE=Rapist;41942092]I now own a Les Paul II Special! the strings are absolute fucking shit and the first one broke with a bend of just below 1 step buying good ones tomorrow, but its really fun to play otherwise. 5 string guitar now yay. [editline]23rd August 2013[/editline] My first electric![/QUOTE] Should it need it, there's always the option to mod the shit out of almost anything on that guitar. Nut, tuners, pickups, tailpiece and bridge, pots, jack, etc etc. What strings came with it as spares?

So my band is in the studio for the whole next week to record the EP and I just got an gut infection and I am getting emotionally sick. Stress, loneliness, depression, gut pain, stomach pain, fever alike pain all hit me at once since yesterday, great... I won't survive next week.

[url]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ad_1377269970[/url] what in the christ, is this real [editline]23rd August 2013[/editline] according to the comments it isn't. how to make a guitar ladies!