Guitar Discussion V10 - February 2013 edition - General

[QUOTE=Grindigo;42788891]Do you often get this feeling that one day you play on your guitar and it sounds good, then the next day you play on same settings and it sounds horrible, why is that, is it just me? :v:[/QUOTE] some days my tuning sounds better than others some days it's so good I end up just holding powerchords for 30 seconds at a time

Starting to hybrid pick. Stuff's intense.

I don't even tune unless it is really out. I prolly need to unlock the nuts and retune everything but I have too little time.

[QUOTE=absinthe;42790700]some days my tuning sounds better than others some days it's so good I end up just holding powerchords for 30 seconds at a time[/QUOTE] I know that feeling, my Ibanez has a couple messed up saddles so the intonation is a little out on couple strings. I end up having to tune those strings to find a good balance between the tuning at the 3rd fret and the 12th fret. But when I get it in... My explorer has pretty much perfect intonation so it just snaps right into tune.

I've spent most of today trying to learn The Trooper by Iron Maiden. My fingers know pain again.

I did a similar thing trying to write a decent chorus today in that weird ass B-tuning-thing that Tremonti uses. Man, these chords look weird...

[QUOTE=mastoner20;42804810]I did a similar thing trying to write a decent chorus today in that weird ass B-tuning-thing that Tremonti uses. Man, these chords look weird...[/QUOTE] They look normal when you get drunk, I mean your fingers just fall into right place on their own.

This is true. I guess for me, is I took advantage of the 1st-3rd string octaves in Dropped-D tuning, so now having to find a weirder way of doing that transition is just weird.

Either my old strings were odd, or 11s are easier to play for me. Loving the thicker feel. Also new strings for my acoustic, sounds so different! [editline]9th November 2013[/editline] besides the upper 3 unwound nylons, they sound identical or a bit muddier even.

It depends on the type of guitar, more than anything. My acoustic and a few PRSs I've played through the years sound fine with 2 or 3 year old strings (my current set on my alvarez are original from when I bought it new four years ago). Others, like my Tremonti, I have to put new 11 and 10s on it every 6 months to be able to play high notes on my low strings with any tone or sustain to them.

Think I got all the pentatonic shapes down, woopee!

[QUOTE=Rapist;42817567]Think I got all the pentatonic shapes down, woopee![/QUOTE] Good, now try shifting them, 3 notes per string etc. I switched to D Standard now, fuck this I'm not going back to E Standard, it's so boring to play and I can't come up with riffs in that tuning because it always sounds like something I've heard somewhere before.

I've done the same long ago, I prefer D standart and Drop C gives me plenty of range to have fun. I probably should consider a pedalboard power supply, most of my pedals batteries died around the same period (considering I've put em in last year around that time) guess I'll play straight through the amp for a while

I'm too lazy to change from E standard

Too much work for me to droptune a floyd.

I have 9 guitars now and they're all in e standard just too lazy to set some up for specific tunings

which is why I'm building a partscaster on steroids for dadgad and fun

fagdad. I need a 7 so I can have drop A/standard in one and tune my SG to C or D

[url]http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/u_eg_page13.php?data_id=330&color=CL01&year=2013&cat_id=1&series_id=150[/url] this is next in line for my collection since that new destroyer reissue is on it's way here as we speak [editline]10th November 2013[/editline] that model name is absolutely ridiculous though "SIX27FDBG"

[QUOTE=absinthe;42826201][url]http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/u_eg_page13.php?data_id=330&color=CL01&year=2013&cat_id=1&series_id=150[/url] [b]this is next in line for my collection since that new destroyer reissue is on it's way here as we speak[/b] [editline]10th November 2013[/editline] that model name is absolutely ridiculous though "SIX27FDBG"[/QUOTE] Let me know how it is, I am really interested in them.

i have 8 guitars and they're all in different tunings.

D Standard is just one step down from E Standard, D-G-C-F-A-D, then Drop C is just lowest sixth string one step down from D to C, that's it. Tuning down is a bit of pain in the ass too, first I tune down higher strings so the tension stays on lower three strings once it's down then I tune lower ones and repeat again, my bridge is floating so it's not accurate until it gets some tension. One of the reasons why I want tension this way is so my strings don't snap, I have like 09 gauge on first string.

I'm playing around with Natural Pure Minor scale in F and with D standard tuning, holy crap it sounds so sad. Ahh, didn't merge.

Think I might get a floyd rose on my Ibanez sometime, I don't want to modify the neck though so I think I am gonna go with a Kahler string lock instead of the locking nut. That way I can take it off in the future if I wanna go back to the old bridge. Used one before on a knock off strat that didn't have a good nut shelf for a locking nut, they seem to work pretty good.

[QUOTE=Nazereth666;42829198]Think I might get a floyd rose on my Ibanez sometime, I don't want to modify the neck though so I think I am gonna go with a Kahler string lock instead of the locking nut. That way I can take it off in the future if I wanna go back to the old bridge. Used one before on a knock off strat that didn't have a good nut shelf for a locking nut, they seem to work pretty good.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't, that guitar seems to have a bit of mojo theway it is.

[QUOTE=cpt.armadillo;42833036]I wouldn't, that guitar seems to have a bit of mojo theway it is.[/QUOTE] I agree, but that is why I would do it in a way that is reversible. Hence the reason I would use the string lock instead of a locking nut.

[QUOTE=Nazereth666;42833351]I agree, but that is why I would do it in a way that is reversible. Hence the reason I would use the string lock instead of a locking nut.[/QUOTE] I guess you wouldn't be recessing it then. So much wood routed out just for the spring cavity.

[QUOTE=cpt.armadillo;42834100]I guess you wouldn't be recessing it then. So much wood routed out just for the spring cavity.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't have to touch any wood in the body, I am pretty sure even the posts would go in without any modification. I see no reason to recess the cavity, I am not big on pulling up. I break way to many strings that way. :v:

[video=youtube;8qoaQ3lr930]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qoaQ3lr930[/video] Periphery's headliner/festival was nucking futs, all dem pretty guitars doe

[QUOTE=Nazereth666;42834266]I wouldn't have to touch any wood in the body, I am pretty sure even the posts would go in without any modification. I see no reason to recess the cavity, I am not big on pulling up. I break way to many strings that way. :v:[/QUOTE] Wait what. It's a hardtail, right?