[QUOTE=absinthe;28043403]and generally acoustics are harder to play just because it takes more effort to fret the notes[/QUOTE]
What's the reason for this?
The strings are often thicker (starting with 0.013 in most cases, instead of 0.009 or 0.010 on electrics), and the strings are... tighter, there is more tension in general.
I might have the chance to trade my:
[img]http://images.guitarcenter.com/products/full/Epiphone/633786861750188190.jpg[/img]
For ~$100 Plus a:
[img]http://www.drumza.com/images/GibsonFadedFlyingVFadedBrown.jpg[/img]
Good Choice?
Keep in mind that I love Flying V's and have played on them before.
What about e. bass, is that thicker strings / less tension?
Weird, in my experience, acoustics have thinner strings.
I always cut my fingers open when playing on one.
[QUOTE=Siminov;28072759]I might have the chance to trade my:
[img_thumb]http://images.guitarcenter.com/products/full/Epiphone/633786861750188190.jpg[/img_thumb]
For ~$100 Plus a:
[img_thumb]http://www.drumza.com/images/GibsonFadedFlyingVFadedBrown.jpg[/img_thumb]
Good Choice?
Keep in mind that I love Flying V's and have played on them before.[/QUOTE]
wouldn't do it, v's are just too uncomfortable sitting down, unless you're trained to play classic style, wich i doubt because you're playing electric guitar.
well that is unless the v is of substationally better quality.
[QUOTE=Siminov;28072759]I might have the chance to trade my:
[img_thumb]http://images.guitarcenter.com/products/full/Epiphone/633786861750188190.jpg[/img_thumb]
For ~$100 Plus a:
[img_thumb]http://www.drumza.com/images/GibsonFadedFlyingVFadedBrown.jpg[/img_thumb]
Good Choice?
Keep in mind that I love Flying V's and have played on them before.[/QUOTE]
I'd go for it. Contrary to common opinion learning to sit with a V is not difficult in the slightest, just takes a bit of adjusting. I don't sit any other way now. Not only that but having Gibson on the headstock will help the resale value whether you like it or not, so in my eyes it's a pretty good deal. Though if at all possible try it beforehand
okay. so i got my guitar. im uploading a pic of it now. i want to start easy so i figure acdc would be reasonable since ive heard their music is easy, and i like it alot.
i don't have a amp, but i plan to use my computer as one until i can get a decent one for 120 bucks.
right now the guitar sounds like an acoustic, but without any depth. how do i tune it so it sounds right if i want to play music like acdc
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whoops.
wasnt holding my finger down to the board. was holding string in air
[QUOTE=Tezzanator92;28056404]I've been gigging a (Currently) [url=http://dl.dropbox.com/u/286964/Photos/l_b505a7324a4f47d2a7cb583ef2c985ed.jpg]150W Gallien krueger Backline 600 into an Ashdown 2x10 Cabinet[/url] for around 3 years now and it's Loud, Reliable and a workhorse I am very happy with.
My personal experience with Ashdown has been less that stellar... I owned a Perfect ten and it broke after a couple of weeks and I have used ABMS, MAGs and EVOs in past and they just seem to lack a certain "presence" to them... I find I am cranking them HARD just to hear myself! - I would have trouble recommending ashdown at this point because I am put off. YMMV.
For Gigging with a rock band I wouldn't dip below around the 70W/100W mark, personally.
These stuck out to me while browsing around the £150-250 mark.
[url=http://www.thomann.de/gb/gallien_krueger_mb112.htm]GK MB112, £246, 200W - 1x12"[/url]
[url=http://www.thomann.de/gb/swr_la15_bass_combo.htm]SWR LA15, £201 100W - 1x15"[/url]
I'm still waiting for a [url=http://www.thomann.de/gb/gallien_krueger_mb115.htm]GK MB115 (£326, 200W, 1x15")[/url] to come in stock in a store near me because I am looking for something lighter. I haven't played an amp that has come close to the clarity of GK stuff.
For the sort of cash you are talking, a nice combo is the way forward.
Someone else may have their favorite brand to recommend, I'm not going to pass off that I have played every brand and can be extremely objective, I can't. - Various Ashdown, GK, Peavey, Kustom, Ampeg and Marshall amps are what I have had contact with.[/QUOTE]
Why not just buy from Thomann? I'm sure they're cheaper.
well, acdc is easy but, you need to develop a feel first, and dont dive headon into stuff you dont know.
For ACDC i suggest learning "the four chords of Rock n roll" A,D,C, E and G, As for tuning acdc has always kept it kinda flat with a lot of treble for angus's solos and lotta volume and a little less for verse amd chorus.
If anybody is wondering why a bass amp needs a lot more volume then I can give a little explanation. A big part of it comes from what our ears are sensitive to. There was research done on this in 1933 and it was found that different frequencies had different perceived volumes. The data gained from this is called the Fletcher-Munson curve or the equal loudness curve.
[IMG]http://i54.tinypic.com/do6fsj.gif[/IMG]
They tested people by playing a reference tone at 1000hz and then playing other tones at different frequencies, and would ask for when the subject thought the two tones were equal in loudness. At 120db the curve is much more consistent than the curve at 40db, which means that the louder you get the less of a difference there is. What the graph is saying is that a 50hz tone would have to be at 70db to be the same loudness as a 1000hz tone at 50db. If you know anything about decibels, you know that is a big difference. The curve also shows that our ears are most sensitive to 2000-5000hz which makes sense because that is where a lot of the sibilance comes from. Guitars, especially distorted guitars, produce a lot of frequencies in that range, which means that a guitar is going to sound louder no matter what. It's a major reason why rock singers need to have gritty/shrill voices, because if they don't they are going to sound overly muddy. The guitar masks the singer's sibilance, which means that it becomes a lot harder to understand the words. Also, a pretty interesting thing is that a baby's cry is at around the frequency that we are most sensitive to, which leads scientists to believe that it is an evolutionary result.
So beyond just the curve which only takes a single frequency into consideration, if you have a tone of 40hz playing with a tone of 2000hz at equal loudness, the 2000hz tone is going to be much more noticeable, which means that some further boosting of the 40hz tone may be needed. Also, when you get into the physics of it, it takes about 10 times the energy to make a sound twice as loud. So in conclusion, there is a decent bit as to why bass amps need more power and I don't know why I wrote all of this.
[editline]15th February 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=eventual0;28073983]For ACDC i suggest learning "the four chords of Rock n roll" A,D,C and G, As for tuning acdc has always kept it kinda flat with a lot of treble for angus's solos and lotta volume and a little less for verse amd chorus.[/QUOTE]
You're forgetting the E chord, otherwise known as the fifth. The most popular and overused progression is the I IV V.
[QUOTE=Pepin;28074130]If anybody is wondering why a bass amp needs a lot more volume then I can give a little explanation. A big part of it comes from what our ears are sensitive to. There was research done on this in 1933 and it was found that different frequencies had different perceived volumes. The data gained from this is called the Fletcher-Munson curve or the equal loudness curve.
[img_thumb]http://i54.tinypic.com/do6fsj.gif[/img_thumb]
They tested people by playing a reference tone at 1000hz and then playing other tones at different frequencies, and would ask for when the subject thought the two tones were equal in loudness. At 120db the curve is much more consistent than the curve at 40db, which means that the louder you get the less of a difference there is. What the graph is saying is that a 50hz tone would have to be at 70db to be the same loudness as a 1000hz tone at 50db. If you know anything about decibels, you know that is a big difference. The curve also shows that our ears are most sensitive to 2000-5000hz which makes sense because that is where a lot of the sibilance comes from. Guitars, especially distorted guitars, produce a lot of frequencies in that range, which means that a guitar is going to sound louder no matter what. It's a major reason why rock singers need to have gritty/shrill voices, because if they don't they are going to sound overly muddy. The guitar masks the singer's sibilance, which means that it becomes a lot harder to understand the words. Also, a pretty interesting thing is that a baby's cry is at around the frequency that we are most sensitive to, which leads scientists to believe that it is an evolutionary result.
So beyond just the curve which only takes a single frequency into consideration, if you have a tone of 40hz playing with a tone of 2000hz at equal loudness, the 2000hz tone is going to be much more noticeable, which means that some further boosting of the 40hz tone may be needed. Also, when you get into the physics of it, it takes about 10 times the energy to make a sound twice as loud. So in conclusion, there is a decent bit as to why bass amps need more power and I don't know why I wrote all of this.
[editline]15th February 2011[/editline]
You're forgetting the E chord, otherwise known as the fifth. The most popular and overused progression is the I IV V.[/QUOTE]
Also bass speakers require a lot more energy to move them at lower frequencies.
[QUOTE=Pepin;28074130]
You're forgetting the E chord, otherwise known as the fifth. The most popular and overused progression is the I IV V.[/QUOTE]
!Snip!
Still you're entirely correct
[QUOTE=Pepin;28074130]and I don't know why I wrote all of this.[/QUOTE]
Got damn man, coulda just said our ears are less sensitive to lower frequencies than higher ones.
[QUOTE=eventual0;28073983]well, acdc is easy but, you need to develop a feel first, and dont dive headon into stuff you dont know.
For ACDC i suggest learning "the four chords of Rock n roll" A,D,C and G, As for tuning acdc has always kept it kinda flat with a lot of treble for angus's solos and lotta volume and a little less for verse amd chorus.[/QUOTE]
duly noted. i am starting out by getting a feel for it.
thanks for the info
[QUOTE=eventual0;28074549]Thats true, but ive never seen acdc use it much, and thats what he asked for[/QUOTE]
You're kidding right?
So many of their songs have it SOMEWHERE in one of the progressions.
[img]http://i378.photobucket.com/albums/oo225/gerbile3/333427003_photobucket_4601_.jpg[/img]
there she is
[QUOTE=SolidSnake52;28074819]You're kidding right?
So many of their songs have it SOMEWHERE in one of the progressions.[/QUOTE]
Fuck, Why did i say that, I am an idiot, or i dont know, gonna snip it and lets all forget about what i said Okay? ::3:
[editline]15th February 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=gerbile5;28075211][img_thumb]http://i378.photobucket.com/albums/oo225/gerbile3/333427003_photobucket_4601_.jpg[/img_thumb]
there she is[/QUOTE]
Is it an epiphone SG or a Gibson
epihpone SG
It's time to show your gear!
[img_thumb]http://data.fuskbugg.se/skalman02/HPIM3027.JPG[/img_thumb]
ESP LTD MH-400NT and an Ibanez 'shitty' TB which is seconds away from being replaced by a 6505+ combo.
[QUOTE=gerbile5;28075734]epihpone SG[/QUOTE]
Its quite nice, but its not the same as an sg special or standard i guess.
acutally on the head it says Epiphone special SG model
[QUOTE=deggie;28075792]It's time to show your gear!
[img_thumb]http://data.fuskbugg.se/skalman02/HPIM3027.JPG[/img_thumb]
ESP LTD MH-400NT and an Ibanez 'shitty' TB which is seconds away from being replaced by a 6505+ combo.[/QUOTE]
What's up with the red thingie at the headstock, I've seen a couple of guitarists with that but what is the practical use?
[QUOTE=Franke_R!?;28075916]What's up with the red thingie at the headstock, I've seen a couple of guitarists with that but what is the practical use?[/QUOTE]
Dampens the strings during solos
[editline]15th February 2011[/editline]
Cheating basically :v:
guess which is me :v:
[img]http://i56.tinypic.com/2d7vkw5.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=dcalde78;28076193]guess which is me :v:
[img_thumb]http://i56.tinypic.com/2d7vkw5.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
the one with the loldean.
So As my 2,300 post I did a sound demo on my strat.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lzqJfNEPb0[/media]
'dat Dean
you got me
[IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/294p11z.jpg[/IMG]
guy next to me has a Gibson Les Paul Junior is mint condish, got it for £500
Photoshop a winner badge on him :v:
I'm not gonna lie, your bass looks really out of place
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