The Guitar Pron Thread

[Chad Fuck 18134]

17 minutes ago, Bogeywon said:

Welp bad news I may have fractured my right wrist this morning carrying my daughter down the stairs. She’s 5 and I slipped carrying her down this morning for breakfast at like 6am. She was half asleep and I couldn’t see shit. I started falling forward but was like fuck that don’t want her to get hurt so I took the fall. She’s fine I’m not. Hope it’s a quick cast in and out with no therapy and shit Man. 4 days into 2021! Lol all good tho

It's more important to be a good dad than a good guitar player.  Well done.

BTW, your mileage may vary, but I had a lower end Washburn 12 a while back.  Loved it.  Until the neck warped on it like a candy cane.  If you're dying for a 12 string, I'd look for something used that the test of time has proven.  

Edited January 4, 2021 by Chad Fuck

[jimmyjazz 47152]

Are all modern metal songs in the key of D?

[tbone_ 14442]

Yes, but D minor. The saddest of all keys.

[Bogeywon 2548]

1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

It's more important to be a good dad than a good guitar player.  Well done.

BTW, your mileage may vary, but I had a lower end Washburn 12 a while back.  Loved it.  Until the neck warped on it like a candy cane.  If you're dying for a 12 string, I'd look for something used that the test of time has proven.  

Thanks dude! Yeah man I’m not dying for one to be honest. I just want a real hummingbird 6 string so every time I see those I’m like hmmmm... also every epiphone acoustic I ever picked up was hot garbage 

[Goredho 17652]

3 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

Welp bad news I may have fractured my right wrist this morning carrying my daughter down the stairs. She’s 5 and I slipped carrying her down this morning for breakfast at like 6am. She was half asleep and I couldn’t see shit. I started falling forward but was like fuck that don’t want her to get hurt so I took the fall. She’s fine I’m not. Hope it’s a quick cast in and out with no therapy and shit Man. 4 days into 2021! Lol all good tho

Glad the dad superpowers kicked in for your daughter's sake.  Heal up soon.

[Goredho 17652]

So this demo arrived today.  I think I'm going to bond with this one, or at least I have two weeks to make sure.  Its got some scratches on the pickguard (that is going to be replaced soon) and needs a good set up (the action is a little high and the intonation is off on a couple strings).  But that said, I spent a half hour today playing the solo for "Hey Joe" over and over because it felt great and sounded good enough.  That's a good sign, right?





I like the feel of the neck on this one.  The rosewood board, rounded frets, 9.5" radius and rounded neck contour at the body joint are all part of that.




Not sure about the pickups, all my tones are dialed in off of gibson or gibson-like guitars with humbuckers or P90s.  I'll need to spend some time there before I make a decision as to whether to grab some after market pickups.

[Chad Fuck 18134]

47 minutes ago, Goredho said:

So this demo arrived today.  I think I'm going to bond with this one, or at least I have two weeks to make sure.  Its got some scratches on the pickguard (that is going to be replaced soon) and needs a good set up (the action is a little high and the intonation is off on a couple strings).  But that said, I spent a half hour today playing the solo for "Hey Joe" over and over because it felt great and sounded good enough.  That's a good sign, right?





I like the feel of the neck on this one.  The rosewood board, rounded frets, 9.5" radius and rounded neck contour at the body joint are all part of that.




Not sure about the pickups, all my tones are dialed in off of gibson or gibson-like guitars with humbuckers or P90s.  I'll need to spend some time there before I make a decision as to whether to grab some after market pickups.

Beauty, eh!

 

[hullabelew 3730]

Damn @Goredho  That is beautiful.  I LOVE white guitars.  

On the 12 string front, I told this before, but in the early 82, I bought a 12 string Hohner.  I had sold most of my stuff and got guitar hungry.  I was looking at a this one, a 12 string Tak and a couple of teles.  I think I paid $450 for this.  For a couple of years, Hohner made GREAT guitars.  Really wood bindings...I've never found any flaw in how this thing was built and it stays in tune better than any guitar I own.  I don't play it a lot but when I do, I LOVE it.   Several times over the years, I've thought about selling it but none of the used places can find it in their books.  All say they could give me $100 which means they think they could sell it for $200.  But all agree it is worth between $600-$800 and honestly, I wouldn't take less than $800 for it.  It is loud as fuck and gets louder and better sounding each year.  

 

 

[NoRagrets 1140]

22 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

Welp bad news I may have fractured my right wrist this morning carrying my daughter down the stairs. She’s 5 and I slipped carrying her down this morning for breakfast at like 6am. She was half asleep and I couldn’t see shit. I started falling forward but was like fuck that don’t want her to get hurt so I took the fall. She’s fine I’m not. Hope it’s a quick cast in and out with no therapy and shit Man. 4 days into 2021! Lol all good tho

I may have broke my wrist on Sunday. Waiting for x-rays to come back, hoping it’s just a bad sprain. All I can think of is not being able to play guitar as well...

[AnotherUTFan 9982]

I broke my left wrist bad about 5 years ago. Shattered. I got pretty good at playing with 1, then 2 fingers. Learned to play scales up and down the neck on a single string rather than across the frets like normal.

[Bogeywon 2548]

1 hour ago, NoRagrets said:

I may have broke my wrist on Sunday. Waiting for x-rays to come back, hoping it’s just a bad sprain. All I can think of is not being able to play guitar as well...

Fuck man! That stinks. As far as my injury is concerned I didn’t fracture my wrist like I thought I actually fractured my arm so I have to get a cast tomorrow for 4 to 6 weeks. Also it’s my right arm so you know what that means how do I wipe my own ass.

[tbone_ 14442]

Damn. That shit freaks me out. Best of luck to both of you.

[Deej 77813]

32 minutes ago, Bogeywon said:

Fuck man! That stinks. As far as my injury is concerned I didn’t fracture my wrist like I thought I actually fractured my arm so I have to get a cast tomorrow for 4 to 6 weeks. Also it’s my right arm so you know what that means how do I wipe my own ass.

I recommend a bidet. 

[Buzzrock 15136]

My first rig was a black and white Cort strat copy, a tiny little solid state T Power amp, and a metal zone. She was ugly as hell and sounded like shit but I was in love.

[Buzzrock 15136]

So this demo arrived today.  I think I'm going to bond with this one, or at least I have two weeks to make sure.  Its got some scratches on the pickguard (that is going to be replaced soon) and needs a good set up (the action is a little high and the intonation is off on a couple strings).  But that said, I spent a half hour today playing the solo for "Hey Joe" over and over because it felt great and sounded good enough.  That's a good sign, right?





I like the feel of the neck on this one.  The rosewood board, rounded frets, 9.5" radius and rounded neck contour at the body joint are all part of that.




Not sure about the pickups, all my tones are dialed in off of gibson or gibson-like guitars with humbuckers or P90s.  I'll need to spend some time there before I make a decision as to whether to grab some after market pickups.

Swoon...

[Buzzrock 15136]

Jeebus.  Wait for Vince's solo.  (Yes, I know this isn't the live performance thread -- this is pure guitar, though, the 2003 Crossroads Festival, jorts and all.)
 

Love Jerry Douglas just basking in the jam

[Bogeywon 2548]

That’s happened this morning after I did fractured my arm some idiot went through a green making a right turn too wide and front end and me had I had collisionI am in the black car

[jimmyjazz 47152]

Damn, man.  Duck!  Your luck is not good the past few days.

[Bogeywon 2548]

All good no one hurts sorry can’t Type with us cast on

[Goredho 17652]

Dude, you need to repent or something.  Glad no one was hurt.

[Chad Fuck 18134]

All good no one hurts sorry can’t Type with us cast on

You should buy a guitar. It’ll make you feel better.

[Handcruser 2815]

You should buy a guitar. It’ll make you feel better.

For sure. This is good advice and I think Chad is pre-med.

[Goredho 17652]

On 1/4/2021 at 4:42 PM, Goredho said:

So this demo arrived today.  I think I'm going to bond with this one, or at least I have two weeks to make sure.  Its got some scratches on the pickguard (that is going to be replaced soon) and needs a good set up (the action is a little high and the intonation is off on a couple strings).  But that said, I spent a half hour today playing the solo for "Hey Joe" over and over because it felt great and sounded good enough.  That's a good sign, right?





I like the feel of the neck on this one.  The rosewood board, rounded frets, 9.5" radius and rounded neck contour at the body joint are all part of that.




Not sure about the pickups, all my tones are dialed in off of gibson or gibson-like guitars with humbuckers or P90s.  I'll need to spend some time there before I make a decision as to whether to grab some after market pickups.

I was having issues dialing in some tones on my helix for the new strat last night, everything I put together sounded thin and weak, and I was starting to wonder if I was just going to be unhappy with the pickups or the guitar itself.

Today I poked around on the Line 6 customtone site and found a "Texas Blues" preset made by some random dude that I think works pretty well with this guitar.  Here's the previously mentioned solo for "Hey Joe" kind of sloppily played using this preset over a backing track.   This tone sounds pretty decent to me and makes me think its probably just my shitty inability to craft a decent strat tone.  Anyone got any advice on how to eq or otherwise come up with decent tones on a strat?  Maybe something a little more like a David Gilmore tone or something?
 

 

[Deej 77813]

Maybe adjust the pickup heights and see where that gets you. 

[jimmyjazz 47152]

1 hour ago, Handcruser said:

For sure. This is good advice and I think Chad is pre-med.

I thought he was pre-law?

[AnotherUTFan 9982]

Sorry to hear Bogey.

Whatever Pre- Chad is, he's a dude to listen to for sure.


On mybside of the world, new guitar dat finally arrived. I think I'm going to love this big, fat, glossy neck and contoured heel!

[Chad Fuck 18134]

I thought he was pre-law?

Post-law. But technically, I can be pre-med for life if I’m thinking about med school, right?

[tbone_ 14442]

https://www.musicradar.com/news/gibson-acquires-mesaboogie-amps

This can’t be good for Mesa can it?

Huge fan of Boogies.

[Deej 77813]

Now that Henry J is out of the picture, it might not be that bad. 

[tbone_ 14442]

I thought that too but every time some company buys another company it’s always because they have convinced themselves that they have a different better way, because they have to grow value.

It’s rarely better when the acquired is good at what they do.

They should have bought crate or Peavey or something, changed the name, and tried to make them decent.

[dcbc 14644]

17 hours ago, Goredho said:

Anyone got any advice on how to eq or otherwise come up with decent tones on a strat?

My usual cure-all for a strat is turn up the volume and use the neck pickup.  But I'm playing through tube amps.  So that's kind of the cure-all generally.

That tone sounds good overall.  The part I'm hearing that's a little wanting in maybe in the low mids.  I can hear it in the "take a walk" part at the end of the solo. 

What gauge strings?  Also, could be just a pickup adjustment as suggested.

[Goredho 17652]

22 minutes ago, dcbc said:

My usual cure-all for a strat is turn up the volume and use the neck pickup.  But I'm playing through tube amps.  So that's kind of the cure-all generally.

That tone sounds good overall.  The part I'm hearing that's a little wanting in maybe in the low mids.  I can hear it in the "take a walk" part at the end of the solo. 

What gauge strings?  Also, could be just a pickup adjustment as suggested.

Thanks, I'm using 10s.  This is the best I've heard the guitar sound through my all-digital setup.  I did find a couple of other highly reviewed strat presets that I've downloaded but haven't gotten to play with yet.  I hope I can deconstruct what they are doing to fatten things up in some of what I want to do, or just use them as a starting point for hacking.

I've got a Vox AC30 in storage I'll bust out this weekend and see how the guitar sounds with it vs the Helix.  That might allow me to rule out the pickups/pickup height as an issue.

[DougO 5264]

19 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I thought he was pre-law?

I had a polyp removed a few years ago. I am a pre-cancer survivor.

[Bogeywon 2548]

Good news went to the orthopedic doctor and they said that they didn’t see a fracture or break so I’m good!!

[dcbc 14644]

7 hours ago, Goredho said:

Thanks, I'm using 10s.  This is the best I've heard the guitar sound through my all-digital setup.  I did find a couple of other highly reviewed strat presets that I've downloaded but haven't gotten to play with yet.  I hope I can deconstruct what they are doing to fatten things up in some of what I want to do, or just use them as a starting point for hacking.

I've got a Vox AC30 in storage I'll bust out this weekend and see how the guitar sounds with it vs the Helix.  That might allow me to rule out the pickups/pickup height as an issue.

LIke I said, I thought it sounded good.  But since you were asking, I'd say that if it were me, I'd want a little more thump/spank out of the low strings.

[Goredho 17652]

Leather pickguard and tremolo plate came in, I think it’s going to look pretty sweet.  Going to hold off on an install until I am sure I’m sticking with the stock pups.

[hullabelew 3730]

Damn @Goredho  LOVE that look!  

[Goredho 17652]

4 minutes ago, hullabelew said:

Damn @Goredho  LOVE that look!  

Thanks, and me too.  I had a leather pickguard in mind but had no idea I wanted an olympic white strat to put it on until I started playing around with the american pro II color schemes and the leather look in photoshop.  Then I dropped a mockup here and everyone steered me in the right direction.

Edit: This is who prouced the pickguard, and I would recommend them if you want something custom & leather involving guitars https://reverb.com/shop/suedeskintools

Edited January 7, 2021 by Goredho

[noharleyyet 2864]

Very Ennio Morricone’ish Goredho. One of pop. 

[Celery Man 21095]

oh wow I don't think i've actually seen the... is it with the change to "Professional" that they started doing that neck plate scooping?

 

very cool, that'll look great.

 

if the Mesa guys are worried they should call up the folks at Baldwin

[Goredho 17652]

1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

oh wow I don't think i've actually seen the... is it with the change to "Professional" that they started doing that neck plate scooping?

 

very cool, that'll look great.

 

if the Mesa guys are worried they should call up the folks at Baldwin

Thanks, the American Elite were the first that had them, and it’s a more exaggerated scoop on them:

That feature then carried down to American Pro 2 which was released later last year.  It probably does help a bit playing above the 15th fret, but’s in not an earth shattering change.

[Buzzrock 15136]

I’m a traditionalist when it comes to Fender Strats. That looks weird.

[Deej 77813]

I can't wrap my head around the contoured bodied Teles. 

[tbone_ 14442]

I can't wrap my head around the contoured bodied Teles. 

I have one. Not gonna lie, the tummy cut is comfy.

[Deej 77813]

It's just wrong. It's like a roadster with an automatic transmission. 

[Goredho 17652]

12 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

I’m a traditionalist when it comes to Fender Strats. That looks weird.

The aesthetics of the contoured neck heal don't bother me personally.  I mean, I'm almost never looking at the guitar from that direction.  If it was something majorly divergent on the front of the guitar, it might bother me more. *shrugs*

[noharleyyet 2864]

I think it looks Deeee-luxe Goredho.....; )

[noharleyyet 2864]

On 1/5/2021 at 9:10 PM, AnotherUTFan said:

Sorry to hear Bogey.

Whatever Pre- Chad is, he's a dude to listen to for sure.


On mybside of the world, new guitar dat finally arrived. I think I'm going to love this big, fat, glossy neck and contoured heel!

Lookin fwd to this completion....really liking the color

[tbone_ 14442]

Nm

[AnotherUTFan 9982]

Lookin fwd to this completion....really liking the color

I look forward to sharing it. It would be done already except I dont have a drill bit small enough to drill the tuning machine screws on hand. Maybe I'll pick one up today.