Guitar Thread (and other gear)

[chvrchbarrel]

Sept 20, 2019 13:28:26 GMT -6 airportman said:

Sept 20, 2019 12:28:46 GMT -6 @wretched said:

my next one is probably gonna be something weirder than my other 3 (cause i totally need 4, shut up)

like a first act or electric guitar co or something off of warmoth.

i still kinda have a soft spot for the bc rich mockingbirds, especially with natural wood colors, but i'd definitely want one with different pickups than what bc rich's usually come with

Just go crazy with a partscaster! I know a guy who's been having a blast throwing them together with parts he gets on Reverb.

i just feel like once it comes down to neck/body attachments, its better off in the hands of a pro. always been scared to attempt a full build from the ground up.

[claypoolfan]

I got a pair of nice studio headphones for my amp for christmas. I was pumped to use them - I finally brought my electric guitar to my place from my parents where it has lived since college. Plugged them in and I'm only getting audio through one of the ears. I know it's not the headphones, I tried them with some other stuff and they worked perfectly.

After some googling this morning, is there a chance that I have a mono amp and would that only output sound through one ear no matter what? If so I'm gonna be a little bummed. If not, I think the headphone plug on my amp may be borked. I need to look up the specifics on my amp later.

[munkivelli]

Dec 26, 2019 10:18:59 GMT -6 claypoolfan said:

I got a pair of nice studio headphones for my amp for christmas. I was pumped to use them - I finally brought my electric guitar to my place from my parents where it has lived since college. Plugged them in and I'm only getting audio through one of the ears. I know it's not the headphones, I tried them with some other stuff and they worked perfectly.

After some googling this morning, is there a chance that I have a mono amp and would that only output sound through one ear no matter what? If so I'm gonna be a little bummed. If not, I think the headphone plug on my amp may be borked. I need to look up the specifics on my amp later.

sounds more like the headphone jack is borked...I would think a mono amp would just reproduce the same sound to both sides

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Yeah, need to repair/replace the input jack. It's not that hard. Plenty of youtube guides, no doubt.

[claypoolfan]

Oh shit I forgot to follow up on this. I went home last night and hooked it up properly and it worked. I think I was just extremely trashed when I was playing with it on Christmas Day. Probably had it plugged in halfway or something, don't mind me.

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welp, finally blew out the tubes in my valveking head.

went 10 years without having to open her up but i guess I'm gonna spend money i don't have on replacements this week lol


(i hope to hell that's what the noise and heat were caused by)

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welp replacing the tubes didn't fix it! so i guess i'm gonna take the head over to CME this weekend and see if they can figure it out

alternatively, we are getting our bonuses soon and this amp is 10 years old now. maybe i should consider a replaceme--

*starts binge watching reviews of the latest heads from Orange and cabinets from Sunn O))) *


meanwhile, i think i accidentally put larger gauge strings on my PRS torero last weekend so now i can't get the floyd rose to stay in tune and i want to throw it out the window

[airportman]

Feb 26, 2020 11:06:04 GMT -6 @wretched said:

meanwhile, i think i accidentally put larger gauge strings on my PRS torero last weekend so now i can't get the floyd rose to stay in tune and i want to throw it out the window

This is some extremely Wretched content and I'm all about it.

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well i don't see you guys keeping this thread alive!

[zircona1]

I bought a new pedal from a guy on another forum I frequent, he is making a bunch of them for a cancer charity. It is described as "a muff-type fuzz. The circuit is set up to be slightly lower gain like a Russian muff, with a removal of the standard muff tone control and replacing it with a treble cut control. The result is similar to a Russian muff if it had the older 'tone bypass' feature and a cut control to reign in any unwanted brightness (also not unlike the Cornish G-2 implementation of a muff). The circuit will also feature an added clean-blend control to allow it to play well with bass. Units will be pedalboard-friendly sized."

I haven't gotten it yet, but I hope it sounds good with my Tele!

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I got that newer EHX Russian Pi and it's like a fuckin buzzsaw with bass. I chain it with a Micro Pog and a compressor and holy shit!

My main FX chain has a Way Huge Swollen Pickle, also a muff clone, and it has a very warm, thick tone that fills the air. It's not as rowdy as the Russian.

[Deleted]

welp CME is pretty much shut down so my amp is locked up in their repair shop indefinitely

they have 30 day trials on all purchases so i might as well order the Orange Crush 120 Pro Head and try it out and see how i feel about it (or at least record some good shit on it while i have the chance lol)

[Deleted]

The Stupid Deal of the Day was truly stupid and I really needed a mixing board, so I guess I get an auxiliary amp, too (for CHEAP; $149):

www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid
www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/harbinger-lp7800-12-channel-powered-mixer/l25728000000000

[Deleted]

I'm picking up my new Jazz bass from the luthier tomorrow. He has had it for six weeks (just for a setup) and I am excite.

Also, I bought one of those new TD-3 303 clones from Behringer. It's sweet AND cheap af!

[chvrchbarrel]

i think im gonna try to learn "hot for teacher" like a damn fool

i need a challenge and the little bit of evh i can play makes me feel like im flying

[Deleted]

Godspeed, sir!

I taught myself Megadeth's Black Magic a few weeks back. Just that dark, creepy bass riff that plays throughout the song took me about a week before I could play it without flubbing notes.

[chvrchbarrel]

i gave some of it a whirl last night and jesus its just so much fun to play eddie van halen parts

ill probably be 60 before i can do anything close to the intro taps... but the licks in the verse over that really fast swing beat are so fun to play, i cant wait to practice the hell out of it

[Deleted]

So I got two mostly identical Peavey Fury bass guitars (early 90s models; Made in US). One of them I got when I was 16. It's red. Later on, I got a black one for real cheap on ebay, modded it and then actually played out with it awhile.

Well, I don't need two basses (I need to make room for another later), so I literally swapped the bodies, so I can have my old red body with all the better parts of the new one. I'm gonna give the leftover bass to my drummer, which will still be pretty nice).

But I ended up needing a new bridge, so I got a black one (I love all black hardware, as opposed to Chrome, on certain guitars). Now I need black tuners to go with it, but they are not cheap. /sigh

/edit... Did I say I don't need two basses? I mean I don't need two identical basses. I currently have six plus an acoustic. Kill me.

[Deleted]

This should go in the Stupid Bought Things thread, 'cause I'm probably gonna slap this on a card (the only card I use and always pay down, tyvm). I will never need another cab again and it weighs 39 lbs.

barefacedaudio.com/products/super-twin

By all accounts, it is loud af. My current cab weighs close to 90 lbs with its casters. Also, loud af, but prob not this loud.

[doso]

Jul 7, 2021 15:48:16 GMT -6 @sethcantpickanamefu said:

This should go in the Stupid Bought Things thread, 'cause I'm probably gonna slap this on a card (the only card I use and always pay down, tyvm). I will never need another cab again and it weighs 39 lbs.

barefacedaudio.com/products/super-twin

By all accounts, it is loud af. My current cab weighs close to 90 lbs with its casters. Also, loud af, but prob not this loud.

If that is as loud as advertised, that would be incredible (I’ve loaded in/out many a bass rig in my day). Steel or cloth grill?

[Deleted]

I would get steel. It will get gigged until it no longer works. I might get the baffle painted, though. If I'm spending that much, what's another $60 to make it purdy?

I emailed them and asked some questions. Maybe they got a scratch and dent or there's a discount I'm not aware of. Might as well check first.

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Oops, I got purple.

[doso]

Nice! Be sure to post a pic when it arrives. How long do you have to wait?

[Deleted]

2-6 weeks. Not too bad.

[Deleted]

So like... if anyone is looking for an amp and maybe you don't want to get a combo and you can't afford a tube amp, which are overrated to varying degrees, imho, here are your two best options:

Quilter Tone Block
Quilter Power Block

If you play bass:

Quilter Bass Block

That's it. You are welcome.

My right ear is fucked from the new Tone Block we got. I shoulda wore a plug in that ear. :\

Anyway, they're a 200w solid state head (bass is 800w of gigantic cojones). The volume knob has the watts labeled on it, 10w, 40w, 80w, 200w. We had it just below 10w through a 2x12 cabinet and my ear cicadas are very angry right now.

I strongly doubt I will ever play through another brand amp again. I don't need that Darkglass amp with the microtubes bullshit. Just pure power. All your tone comes from your pickups and your effects. That's it.

/sethtalk

[Deleted]

Hi Seth,

I'll have a look through our custom paint and find a good one for you!

We sent a purple baffled Big Twin II to a local studio to us, it looked boss!

Kind regards,

Tom

I really like this response and informed them that they can proceed.

[chvrchbarrel]

Jul 11, 2021 17:54:50 GMT -6 @sethcantpickanamefu said:

So like... if anyone is looking for an amp and maybe you don't want to get a combo and you can't afford a tube amp, which are overrated to varying degrees, imho, here are your two best options:

Quilter Tone Block
Quilter Power Block

If you play bass:

Quilter Bass Block

That's it. You are welcome.

My right ear is fucked from the new Tone Block we got. I shoulda wore a plug in that ear. :\

Anyway, they're a 200w solid state head (bass is 800w of gigantic cojones). The volume knob has the watts labeled on it, 10w, 40w, 80w, 200w. We had it just below 10w through a 2x12 cabinet and my ear cicadas are very angry right now.

I strongly doubt I will ever play through another brand amp again. I don't need that Darkglass amp with the microtubes bullshit. Just pure power. All your tone comes from your pickups and your effects. That's it.

/sethtalk

I am glad that you've found a solid state that you love, because that is definitely very exciting, but it is objectively incorrect to say that no part of your tone comes from your amp. Introducing the variable of a tube only makes that more true.

The Axe FM3 is the closest I've ever heard something replicate tube sound but even that doesn't sound "right," and I'd rather play through something solid than a modeler at the end of the day anyway. But having switched back and forth from practicing through a solid state Fender and gigging through a Vox AC30 (with all the same gear otherwise), I don't see how you could possibly ignore the introduction and impact of tubes.

Overrated? To each their own.

[Deleted]

Correct, more or less.

My thoughts more directly correlate to bass guitar and gigging in general. Countless bassists will lug a 75 lb 300w Ampeg SVT head and an 8x10 cabinet and will say some shit to me about their beastly rig and will come up after my set and are like... holy fucking shit. If you ask people why they prefer tubes, a common answer will be about dat "breakup" when you overdrive the amp. It's fucking great and tube amps sound great, but you can also push a solid state circuit in a similar manner. My Quilter will break up and growl like a SVT. I actually really want to put it up against one.

A Vox AC30 is both a good and bad example. A Vox AC has a distinct sound. There is some brand coloring there. The type of tubes will color tone and so will the pre-amp.

Maybe my argument should be more like "Tube amps are rad, and you should totally use one and record with them, especially if you *don't* use a lot of effects, but there are arguably better overall options for gigging".

*I did say "overrated to varying degrees". Both my guitarists and I have some strong feelings about it and might be a little biased after using them for so long at this point.

[chvrchbarrel]

I also think tubes present their color with much greater effect in guitar frequencies as opposed to bass; you gig far more than I do but come to think of it I've never heard a bassist boast about a tube rig before. I feel like more often than not the ones I run into mostly just DI these days which I honestly can't stand.

I disagree, though, that you can push a solid state amp the same way you can push a tube amp in terms of particular sound (again speaking in 6-string terms here)... but if you have a lot of effects in the chain like you indicate I'm sure the nuances are moot.

It's not just about pushing it and driving it, either - the clarity with which a good, compressed, clean, delayed tone chirps through a tube amp is very noticeably different than a solid state. Worlds apart, even. I would wonder if my delay or EQ settings would be fucked up when I practiced, only to plug into the backline and realize all I was missing were the tubes.

Serious question - do you play a lot of distorted bass?

[Deleted]

Jul 12, 2021 10:40:04 GMT -6 chvrchbarrel said:

I also think tubes present their color with much greater effect in guitar frequencies as opposed to bass; you gig far more than I do but come to think of it I've never heard a bassist boast about a tube rig before. I feel like more often than not the ones I run into mostly just DI these days which I honestly can't stand.

I disagree, though, that you can push a solid state amp the same way you can push a tube amp in terms of particular sound (again speaking in 6-string terms here)... but if you have a lot of effects in the chain like you indicate I'm sure the nuances are moot.

It's not just about pushing it and driving it, either - the clarity with which a good, compressed, clean, delayed tone chirps through a tube amp is very noticeably different than a solid state. Worlds apart, even. I would wonder if my delay or EQ settings would be fucked up when I practiced, only to plug into the backline and realize all I was missing were the tubes.

Serious question - do you play a lot of distorted bass?

This (in bold)!!!

Yes, oh yes. I am like 70% fuzz. If I'm "clean", I have a little overdrive. I also use a POG, chorus, env filter and a compressor on each chain.

So I'm more boasting about Quilters than saying tube amps are worthless and your observations and preference are 100% okay and great.

I could record a little video demo to show you the break up I'm talking about with my Quilter if you would like. The nuance is obviously going to be different.

For additional perspective, I use eight pedals on my board not counting my tuner. My guitarists prob have near twice that. In our specific cases, we only need pure neutral power for gigging. We use all sorts of shit when recording, because in a headset, you can hear all the flavor.

Tell me more about your playing and what you have been up to with it.