Guitar Discussion V10 - February 2013 edition - General

[QUOTE=Nazereth666;41995017]Holy fuck why did I stop listening to Airbourne, their new album kicks ass. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIH6f1NSIfg[/media] I love the fact that there are still bands coming around playing simple raw rock n' roll, and that riff is so pleasing to the ears.[/QUOTE] Hell yeah. No One Fits Me (Better Than You) is the first song that I learned to play on guitar that had full chords in it. Black Dog Barking is best out of their albums so far as well. Running Wild was my favourite, even when No Guts, No Glory came out. Some of the songs on No Guts were pretty boring but everything on Black Dog Barking is awesome. Also Justin has the best bass tone ever on BDB. Some songs it sounds overdriven or distorted, but on Ready To Rock it defines what the perfect Precision bass tone is to me. Fuck if I know how to get my Squier Precision to sound like that though.

[QUOTE=dcalde78;42000752]Hell yeah. No One Fits Me (Better Than You) is the first song that I learned to play on guitar that had full chords in it. Black Dog Barking is best out of their albums so far as well. Running Wild was my favourite, even when No Guts, No Glory came out. Some of the songs on No Guts were pretty boring but everything on Black Dog Barking is awesome. Also Justin has the best bass tone ever on BDB. Some songs it sounds overdriven or distorted, but on Ready To Rock it defines what the perfect Precision bass tone is to me. Fuck if I know how to get my Squier Precision to sound like that though.[/QUOTE] Yeah I remember my father bought Runnin' Wild on a whim because he heard about it on some rock website. We cranked it up in his truck and even though we got home with about 5 songs left we sat in his truck and listened to them. Amazing album, but yeah I didn't care much for their second album. I think it had like one good tune and that is when I stopped listening to them. Their new album popped up on an ad for spotify though so I gave it a listen.

[QUOTE=butre;41998564]I gorilla my strings too, but never break them because I use 13s. If I used 9s I'd probably snap strings constantly.[/QUOTE] I must be doing something wrong bcuz I break at least 1 string every month or so and I use 13s too

[QUOTE=DesumThePanda;42003463]I must be doing something wrong bcuz I break at least 1 string every month or so and I use 13s too[/QUOTE] having a well set up instrument helps.

[QUOTE=DesumThePanda;42003463]I must be doing something wrong bcuz I break at least 1 string every month or so and I use 13s too[/QUOTE] yeah you probably are

[QUOTE=DesumThePanda;42003463]I must be doing something wrong bcuz I break at least 1 string every month or so and I use 13s too[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=butre;42003940]having a well set up instrument helps.[/QUOTE] butre is right, get your guitar set up by a professional. Snapping them once a month doesn't sound natural. I had the same problem with my jazzmaster and all it needed was a proper bridge adjustment. [editline]28th August 2013[/editline] fuck i miss that guitar though, had to sell it for college

Just found out my preferred cabinet model for high-gain shit in Amplitube is a Fender MH-412. :suicide: High-power cabinets are the fucking bane of being all digital. Revalver's convolver sounds like ass, Guitar Rig's impulses were made by a low-functioning autist (oh why thank you for giving me five different selections of the same bloody condenser mic and no on/off axis options or an SM57, Hanz), Recabinet is a buggy piece of shit, and Amplitube's cabinet simulator is [I]really good[/I]... until you try using a Mesa/Boogie anything. I can't fathom how they have three models of the same basic 4x12 and only one of them doesn't sound like a goose farting.

to be fair a lot of mesa cabinets actually do sound like goose farts I sold all my mesa stuff though so I might just have sellers remorse

[QUOTE=Xenocidebot;42005926]Just found out my preferred cabinet model for high-gain shit in Amplitube is a Fender MH-412. :suicide: High-power cabinets are the fucking bane of being all digital. Revalver's convolver sounds like ass, Guitar Rig's impulses were made by a low-functioning autist (oh why thank you for giving me five different selections of the same bloody condenser mic and no on/off axis options or an SM57, Hanz), Recabinet is a buggy piece of shit, and Amplitube's cabinet simulator is [I]really good[/I]... until you try using a Mesa/Boogie anything. I can't fathom how they have three models of the same basic 4x12 and only one of them doesn't sound like a goose farting.[/QUOTE] Whenever I record I use the amps in guitar rig and the cabs in amplitube, whenever I do covers I just stick to standalone guitar rig. So far the only cabinet I have found that sounds decent is the Vintage 4x12 V1 inside the Control Room module.

[QUOTE=Xenocidebot;42000425]Something I found helpful for reducing my tendency to pick like I'm trying to kill shit is using a sharp bronze pick. You'd think that'd make it worse but because of the friction you end up snagging like mad unless you ease up. But I never had a string breakage problem, my issue was always that I basically ground the tips of most picks off or made celluloid ones crack.[/QUOTE] Admittedly, I am guilty of that... I use these babies, [url]http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/clayton-acetal-small-teardrop-guitar-picks[/url] , and after about two weeks of playing around they're worn to the logo mark. As for the strings, I play with 11 lower strings and 10 high strings and have never had a problem with them breaking (obviously; I've only ever replaced the strings myself on both of my guitars combined three times the entire 12 years I've owned them).

The problem I have with playing guitar is I am so inconsistent. Every time I play anything there is a good chance I will fuck it up, even something I have played a lot. Sometimes I will play something perfectly and then 3 seconds later I mess it up. Every time I play something I am wondering if I will mess it up this time. Don't really know how you get to that stage when you can just play something perfectly every time.

Improvisation. Always warm up with something off the cuff and get your hands working. If you have the dexterity and time, do legato and alternate picking exercises for a half an hour to an hour before playing, ensuring you switch between one and the other often to not wear your hands out, but simply warm them up. It's amazing how something as simple as destressing your mind with some random chord strumming and downstroke runs can help with nerves like that.

I have such a massive stockpile of picks that I don't think I've used the same pick twice in a year or more. I have no idea how quickly I'm wearing them down

[QUOTE=butre;42005950]to be fair a lot of mesa cabinets actually do sound like goose farts I sold all my mesa stuff though so I might just have sellers remorse[/QUOTE] Oh sure but there's a difference between "sounds like a Mesa honk" and "honks like the programmer hates Mesas". I'm not super fond of them but the generic Recto 4x12 has a sound that works well with distortion and it's sad you can't get it out of Amplitube without some corrective EQ'ing. It's sorta infuriating because Amplitube is slowly adding more single amplifiers (Jet City stuff, SLO-100, ENGL Powerball) and not expanding the cabinet options at all. I'd buy a cabinet sim of an ENGL XXL or Blackstar or something.

I rarely use a pick, most often use fingerstyle, but when I do I alternate between jim dunlop nylon standard .66 or .73, and sometimes a large dunlop shell thumbpick. I've never really noticed any wear and tear issues, but I play with flatwound chrome .11's so maybe those just don't cut into the pick so much.

I pick like a dumbass sometimes, my picks usually end up looking like this after a day... [img]http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/193/qdzj.jpg[/img] Could be my picking technique but I don't break strings that often and picks last a surprisingly long time for me. Even when they look like that I just give it a couple strokes on some carpet to reform and smooth the tip and it works just fine.

Rather dark photo, but you can see what the four picks I use look like. The three dunlops are all the same (.8 mm) with the newest on the right being only about a week old and the far left one being about three months. It's sorta just natural since I strum so thick on my acoustic guitar to get the sound I like out of the 12s I have on it. [t]http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w72/mastoner20/0829032241_zpsbc62406c.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=Nazereth666;42016178]I pick like a dumbass sometimes, my picks usually end up looking like this after a day... [img]http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/193/qdzj.jpg[/img] Could be my picking technique but I don't break strings that often and picks last a surprisingly long time for me. Even when they look like that I just give it a couple strokes on some carpet to reform and smooth the tip and it works just fine.[/QUOTE] that's just weird, nearly everyone I know wears their picks smooth, not jagged

Well I'm never playing guitar ever again. I bought a pack of strings a week ago and strung my guitar, the G string broke while I was stringing it so I ordered another pack online. A week later here we are I'm restringing again and the D string breaks. [editline]30th August 2013[/editline] FUCK ME! someone please help me. I found some spare strings but the G string broke while stringing it. How do I stop this from happening???

[QUOTE=butre;42016292]that's just weird, nearly everyone I know wears their picks smooth, not jagged[/QUOTE] Well when I said I said I pick like a dumbass I really mean like a dumbass. [img]http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1514/0fio.jpg[/img] It has had an effect on my guitar as well.

the strings always break right here [img]http://i.imgur.com/0Oh1h6V.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;42016684]the strings always break right here [img]http://i.imgur.com/0Oh1h6V.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Is the edge on the tuning post too sharp?

[QUOTE=Nazereth666;42016701]Is the edge on the tuning post too sharp?[/QUOTE] I don't know how much too sharp is, if so what can I do about it?

[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;42016714]I don't know how much too sharp is, if so what can I do about it?[/QUOTE] Take a wound string and run it back and forth through the hole a few times to make sure their are no incredibly sharp edges. It could be the edge where the string sits that is just a little bit too sharp, I have seen it before. Usually it happens on new guitars.

So me, Being well, Me, Has bought 3 ebay guitars, A Daimen 6, a omen 6, and a hellraiser 6 BCHRY all by shecter, all under 500$ total. My GF WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT HIT HER!

[QUOTE=Nazereth666;42016740]Take a wound string and run it back and forth through the hole a few times to make sure their are no incredibly sharp edges. It could be the edge where the string sits that is just a little bit too sharp, I have seen it before. Usually it happens on new guitars.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure the break isn't because of the tuning post. It happens between it and the nut. Also while taking the strings off the D string broke again, this time on the bridge. This guitar is seriously fucked and I don't know what to do.

sounds like you're not wrapping them right to me

[QUOTE=mastoner20;42016235]Rather dark photo, but you can see what the four picks I use look like. The three dunlops are all the same (.8 mm) with the newest on the right being only about a week old and the far left one being about three months. It's sorta just natural since I strum so thick on my acoustic guitar to get the sound I like out of the 12s I have on it. [t]http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w72/mastoner20/0829032241_zpsbc62406c.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] I'm not trying to brag, but that happens to me nightly. I wear them down to goddamn circles every day. Usually when I gig i'll have a piece of ducktape on the microphone stand if it's hour+ so I can grab another pic (and never lose them!)

[QUOTE=butre;42017227]sounds like you're not wrapping them right to me[/QUOTE] Yeah in the absence of a mechanical reason for the string to break the only remaining causes can be manufacturing defect (happens, but not repeatedly) or user error. Strings don't just snap away from edges unless you're stringing something with a tremolo up and it pops free and pulls at the last second. Fucking up the winding and stressing the string in advance, though, sure.

[QUOTE=Nazereth666;42016642]Well when I said I said I pick like a dumbass I really mean like a dumbass. [img]http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1514/0fio.jpg[/img] It has had an effect on my guitar as well.[/QUOTE] I palm mute so hard I had to lower my neck pup so the strings don't touch it