I got a really cheap acoustic guitar (less than 50 dollars) from my school for free from some rewards thing, anyway, the thing has just been collecting dust and rather than let it waste away I did a project with it today.
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Decided to go fretless with it. Whole procedure only took about an hour and a half to two hours, and I was pleased with the result. It has a distinct sound to it I think. Also, you have to be exact with these things because you don't have frets to keep your notes in tune.
Bonus blurry pic!
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All I did was stick a knife under the frets, loosened them and pulled them up a bit, then pried them out with a flat screwdriver. After that I sanded the fretboard to get it smooth again, applied a little wood filler and viola! a fretless guitar was born. And yes, I know I could have easily fucked up my fretboard but I don't really care for this guitar. (Except now.)
(And yes I am fully aware the fretboard looks like shit, I play to fix that when I get new strings.)
My amp broke after three years of service... Now how am I supposed to get cool tones now.
What kind of amp?
'twas a peavy vypyr 15 watt, my first amp.
When is the recommended time to get new tubes?
Like a year of solid use?
Hmm. Just got some weird-ass "valued customer" letter from Guitar Center talking about a 2hr. sale tomorrow morning. Free $15 gift card so I'll head over if just to buy some picks and shit, but it struck me as strangely formal when they normally send bigass BUY SHIT NOW flyers.
Especially when I'm sure they'll have nothing else on sale I'd want, at all. Don't need pedals, don't need a cheap Ibby or LTD, and don't need any amps, and I doubt they'll have monitors any cheaper than I can find them online.
[QUOTE=TimeBomb;28289660]'twas a peavy vypyr 15 watt, my first amp.[/QUOTE]
What broke on it?
I want to prevent the same thing from happening to mine...
Tubes last around 9 months I think
[QUOTE=Peavy262;28283580]For some reason....I find that slightly disturbing.
[editline]25th February 2011[/editline]
Like I could totally see myself being in a dark forest in the middle of nowhere and hearing that thing echo in the distance.
OH GOD IT'S COMING FOR US![/QUOTE]
Here's some other horrible shit that guy's done.
For starters, he attached [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa-zpiz3gLo]one of these[/url] to a...thing.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhZbpYky3jM[/media]
There there's these perfectly normal guitars in the second section, which are played by robot.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnx3P2V4pRQ[/media]
[QUOTE=Reset Panda;28291454]Tubes last around 9 months I think[/QUOTE]
I guess that I'm accustomed to listening to my tubes then, because it's been way past 48 months.
You need new ones when an open E power chord waves as it rings out
[QUOTE=Reset Panda;28291885]You need new ones when an open E power chord waves as it rings out[/QUOTE]
That's so last year.
I'm afraid to use it now, I'm going to go buy some tomorrow then and probably get the amp itself cleaned.
[QUOTE=Xenocidebot;28291837]Here's some other horrible shit that guy's done.
For starters, he attached [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa-zpiz3gLo]one of these[/url] to a...thing.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhZbpYky3jM[/media]
There there's these perfectly normal guitars in the second section, which are played by robot.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnx3P2V4pRQ[/media][/QUOTE]
what...the fuck
[QUOTE=Siminov;28290972]What broke on it?
I want to prevent the same thing from happening to mine...[/QUOTE]
I dropped it on it's head like a small child one too many times and now the input jack is b0rked.
That's probably fixable
Gonna block my ESP LTD EX-401DX's trem.
[QUOTE=Xenocidebot;28291837]Here's some other horrible shit that guy's done.
For starters, he attached [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa-zpiz3gLo]one of these[/url] to a...thing.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhZbpYky3jM[/media]
There there's these perfectly normal guitars in the second section, which are played by robot.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnx3P2V4pRQ[/media][/QUOTE]
Second vid is nightmare fuel.
So, I've just picked up a guitar and I want to start playing it. Here is a pic.
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Can someone explain the nobs on the front for me? It says volume (which ofcourse is obvious) and then 2x 'tone'. If you want I'll also snatch a pic of my amp.
Volume is self explanatory, the middle knob is for midrange boost/cut, the right tone knob is for bass boost/cut, i could be wrong, but that's what i think it is.
EDIT: My guitar still isn't fixed. It's exactly the same after grounding it. I've yet again tried it on several amps and wall outlets, to no avail. There is no difference whatsoever. The only way to avoid noise at this point is to hold on to the guitar-end of the jack... Any ideas on what i could try next?
[QUOTE=Knorre;28297989]Volume is self explanatory, the middle knob is for midrange boost/cut, the right tone knob is for bass boost/cut, i could be wrong, but that's what i think it is.
EDIT: My guitar still isn't fixed. It's exactly the same after grounding it. I've yet again tried it on several amps and wall outlets, to no avail. There is no difference whatsoever. The only way to avoid noise at this point is to hold on to the guitar-end of the jack... Any ideas on what i could try next?[/QUOTE]
Ground the jack somehow.
[QUOTE=tommyc225;28299606]Ground the jack somehow.[/QUOTE]
It seems like the most logical solution, yes. It's what i'll do when the tech is availible again... Which is on Tuesday. FML
[editline]26th February 2011[/editline]
I wish i could solder shit :smith:
PS: Sorry that i'm spamming this thread with my problems
Could any one link how you build chords on guitar, on piano it's pretty easy major is 4 + 3 and minor is 3 + 4 and C is before 2 black keys.
But I have actually no idea on how to do that on guitar, for example: On piano you can play the common tetris E C D C... But how do you do that on guitar without doing the entire chord?
Lets say I press a C key on the piano and I want to play exact same sound on guitar. Do I have to try every fret on every string or can some people just guess or is there a system?
I'm trying to learn guitar and I've got some of the basics like the regular chords, I can't even do barre chords yet and I don't know much about octaves and I can't play piano. I will learn piano when I'm done with guitar (or at least skilled enough to play normal songs).
I apologize for my bad English and if you didn't understand what I meant send a pm or write here and I'll try to explain further.
[QUOTE=IQ-Guldfisk;28299848]
Lets say I press a C key on the piano and I want to play exact same sound on guitar. Do I have to try every fret on every string or can some people just guess or is there a system?[/QUOTE]
The fat string is E. The one under it is A. It keeps going: D, G, B, and e.
Each fret goes up one "key"(half-step), for instance, if you want to play an A on the E string, you would go up 5 frets because it would be 5 "keys" away on a keyboard. This is also counting the black keys.
so a C would be the B string 1st fret (middle C)
needs gaying up in here
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[QUOTE=IQ-Guldfisk;28299848]Could any one link how you build chords on guitar, on piano it's pretty easy major is 4 + 3 and minor is 3 + 4 and C is before 2 black keys.
But I have actually no idea on how to do that on guitar, for example: On piano you can play the common tetris E C D C... But how do you do that on guitar without doing the entire chord?
Lets say I press a C key on the piano and I want to play exact same sound on guitar. Do I have to try every fret on every string or can some people just guess or is there a system?[/QUOTE]
You're making it far too confusing for yourself. Learn music some music theory and learn how the instruments are structured. There is quite an easy system in place for telling what octave a note is and that is done by putting a number to the octave. In standard tuning, the lowest note on the guitar is E2. On a bass it is an octave lower, E1. You can of course go lower than that and get into the B0 range, but there is no point in getting below the 30hz range because the ear doesn't pick it up. For reference, E1 is about 41hz, E0 is about 20hz. Also, E2 is 82hz, and E3 is about 164hz. If you can't see the pattern, look a little closer.
Writing out all of the possible notes with sharps would give you.
A A# [B]B C[/B] C# D D# [B]E F[/B] F# G G#
Each succeeding note is a semitone apart from each other. What does a semi tone interval sound like? Think of the Jaws theme. Note what I put in bold, there is no B# or E#, there is a semitone between B and C and E and F. If you look on the piano you'll find that there are black keys between all of the white keys except between B and C and E and F. Coincidence? No, not at all. Confused? There are a lot of sites that explain basic music theory, and I suggest going to them if you want to learn. You're not going to get simple and concise explanations without a basic foundation.
Thanks to both of you, I'll read both of your posts again tomorrow morning to make sure I really got it :buddy:
But really, learn your basic music theory if you're going to start asking questions about chords. A big issue with people asking music theory related questions is that they don't know basic music theory. Because of this their questions don't make any sense. You can't explain triads to somebody who doesn't understand scales. You can't explain scales to somebody who doesn't know about octaves and how they are divided. You certainly can't even talk to somebody about modes unless they completely understand the fundamentals.
Think of it like geometry. In order to solve a lot of the problems you need to have an understanding of algebra. Explaining geometry to someone who doesn't know algebra just doesn't work out. Now think of calculus. You not only need to know how to solve algebra and geometry problems, but you need to have a good understanding of algebra and geometry. Explaining calculus to someone who doesn't have a good understand of algebra and geometry just isn't going to work.
[QUOTE=cdh473;28300589]The fat string is E. The one under it is A. It keeps going: D, G, B, and e.
Each fret goes up one "key"(half-step), for instance, if you want to play an A on the E string, you would go up 5 frets because it would be 5 "keys" away on a keyboard. This is also counting the black keys.
so a C would be the B string 1st fret (middle C)[/QUOTE]
Except the 7th fret of the A string is an E note.
[QUOTE=SolidSnake52;28303554]Except the 7th fret of the A string is an E note.[/QUOTE]
What?
[QUOTE=Shibbey;28303805]What?[/QUOTE]
It's the low e string, one octave up.
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