Guitar Discussion Thread V7 - More strings the better - General

after seeing a guitar on friday made from perspex or acrylic or whatever, I have come to the point of wanting an acrylic P-bass. however, this is impossible to find.

[QUOTE=dcalde78;28840476]after seeing a guitar on friday made from perspex or acrylic or whatever, I have come to the point of wanting an acrylic P-bass. however, this is impossible to find.[/QUOTE] Build one :P

got a new bass, squier affinity jazz i am poor :( actually not a bad bass though :)

Squier Jazz Basses are nice.

[QUOTE=dcalde78;28839994]most of the sound would come from the wood and pickups. so if you want the tone, get alder for the body and seymour duncan SPB-1 pickups (I have SPB-3s and they still produce a great tone, my first bass has a composite body so it isn't really solid wood, but the duncans really give it a good punk tone)[/QUOTE] No, most of his sound comes from his strings, which are flatwounds, but if you break them in then they lose their brightness.

[QUOTE=dcalde78;28840476]after seeing a guitar on friday made from perspex or acrylic or whatever, I have come to the point of wanting an acrylic P-bass. however, this is impossible to find.[/QUOTE] [url]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=100767[/url]

Does anyone have that picture or website where it teaches you how to fix the bridge so the octave fret is actually an octave and not too # or to flat?

Ugh. Ultex sharps and IIIs are getting shredded, same for tortex, same for clayton acetals. Now I switch to nylon IIIs brielfy just to see if there's anything I don't destroy before buying [url=http://www.guitarcenter.com/Dava-Master-Control-Pick-101568764-i1123802.gc]one of these[/url] or [url=http://www.drguitarpicks.com/stainless.html]one of these.[/url] That and continue debating between swapping my neck 707 for a 60-7 or blackout. Friends give me pedals, strings doth overfloweth, and picks are everywhere, but nobody can loan a pup...

[QUOTE=Unreliable;28841791]Does anyone have that picture or website where it teaches you how to fix the bridge so the octave fret is actually an octave and not too # or to flat?[/QUOTE] You mean Intonation? It's quite simple. Get an electric tuner and plug the guitar in and then fret the 12th fret and tune the respective string to it's tuning.. then hit the harmonic at the 12th fret and if it's sharp then turn the screw in the saddle. If the tuner says the [I]harmonic[/I] is sharp then you want the saddle to move TOWARDS the headstock, if the tuner says the harmonic is flat then you want the saddle to move AWAY from the headstock. Do this for every string. It usually is a case of trial and error, just spend about 10 minutes getting it bang on. Every single time you turn one of the screws on the saddle you need to retune the fretted 12th fret (or you can tune the open string but all the techs i know tune the 12th fret) and then hit the harmonic and adjust the screws until it's in tune. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/9iibD.jpg[/IMG]

What I've always done is tune by the 12th fret harmonic, then check the fretted 12th.

[QUOTE=PwnNoobsFtw;28838902][img_thumb]http://www.premierguitar.com/education/images/200808_guitartech_1.jpg[/img_thumb] What in the actual fuck[/QUOTE] Cocaine is one hell of a drug. [QUOTE=Benf199105;28836211]anyone here have a Pod GX? Or use Pod farm in general? I have the metal fx pack but I just can't seem to find amps and settings that sound good, it all sounds too gainy and treble filled, i want something a bit like the tone posted above..... Like this tone, any help?[/QUOTE] Yeah, I have POD Farm. Personally, I believe that you don't really need the expansion packs to get a good tone. Just need the right distortion and EQ'ing. If you want, I can send you the patch for you to study. However, unless you have the same guitar and pickups as me, then you aren't going to get exactly the same sound. Also, since you have the Metal Expansion pack, I recommend you czech out the Big Bottom Amp.

Think I might pick up a Tele when I'm in London, provided I have the money. Got a bad case of GAS for a good singlecoil guitar

Uhh, my custom guitar is done (except we broke an A string :saddowns:), but I have to go scoop some dog poop. After, I will take pictures with all 6 of my axes.

[QUOTE=Dopey Trout;28845397]Think I might pick up a Tele when I'm in London, provided I have the money. Got a bad case of GAS for a good singlecoil guitar[/QUOTE] What does GAS mean?

Gear Acquisition Syndrome :v:

i have that. here's a complete list of what i want right now: ibanez 7321 peavey 6505 combo ibanez rga32 parts for an assembly of a sixstring (around 500 quid) maxon od808 boss ns2 mxr dynacomp line 6 pod

[QUOTE=deggie;28846150]line 6 pod[/QUOTE] 1. Have loads of money. 2. Get Axe-FX instead!

Some tasty stuff. (which needs a bit of cleaning) [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864447/PICS/CIMG5241.JPG[/img]

also axefx which is not gonna happen [editline]28th March 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Variant;28846183]1. Have loads of money. 2. Get Axe-FX instead![/QUOTE] oh yeaaaah no [editline]28th March 2011[/editline] more stuff that isn't gonna happen: music man guitars

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/QPziU.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/qF5jl.jpg[/IMG] Wam, bam! My custom is finished! It is unbelievably articulate, thanks to the Maple body :smug:. I may need to install a Dimarzio SD and The Breed into my Horizon now, cause they are sexy.

Fuck you Kab :fist:

[QUOTE=MoarFunz;28847004]Fuck you Kab :fist:[/QUOTE] :argh:

[QUOTE=Kab2tract;28846613][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/QPziU.jpg[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/qF5jl.jpg[/img_thumb] Wam, bam! My custom is finished! It is unbelievably articulate, thanks to the Maple body :smug:. I may need to install a Dimarzio SD and The Breed into my Horizon now, cause they are sexy.[/QUOTE] If I were to take 2 of those guitars, I'd have a hard time choosing between: 1) Les Paul. 2) Explorer. 3) Your Custom.

[QUOTE=>LEAD22<;28846197]Some tasty stuff. (which needs a bit of cleaning) [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864447/PICS/CIMG5241.JPG[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] man that peavey must be old, they don't even have that logo any more

[QUOTE=Chaotic Lord;28847459]If I were to take 2 of those guitars, I'd have a hard time choosing between: 1) Les Paul. 2) Explorer. 3) Your Custom.[/QUOTE] You probably wouldn't want the LP because it is just an Epiphone, but is decent. The Explorer is quite nice, and so is my custom.

[QUOTE=Kab2tract;28846613][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/QPziU.jpg[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/qF5jl.jpg[/img_thumb] Wam, bam! My custom is finished! It is unbelievably articulate, thanks to the Maple body :smug:. I may need to install a Dimarzio SD and The Breed into my Horizon now, cause they are sexy.[/QUOTE] y u no have 1 bass

[QUOTE=dcalde78;28847674]y u no have 1 bass[/QUOTE] Cause if I need to record bass, I'll just borrow my friends bass/amp. Also, full specs on my custom: Eastern Hard Rock Maple body Dimarzio Super Distortion (Bridge), The Breed Steve Vai (Neck) Hard Maple neck from Jackson Dinky, Rosewood Jackson Tuners (might get some grovers soon)

oh that's fair enough then

It's taken me 5 years as a guitar player to finally listen to Steve Morse. What the fuck is wrong with me :saddowns:

[QUOTE=Dopey Trout;28848324]It's taken me 5 years as a guitar player to finally listen to Steve Morse. What the fuck is wrong with me :saddowns:[/QUOTE] Who? :v: