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[B1gg3stN00b]

Play more guitar, youll know the difference later on. Its deff there.

This.

Find an aged '50s through 70s Strat, even with identical pickups to a new one, the tonewood makeup and age are VERY important.

Also, old style finishes=win.

I love my 20 year old Ibanez through 6l6 tube amps!

 

[B1gg3stN00b]

I've since sold the Talman Semi

^D'Addarios in the most amazing smooth-saddle bridge ever.

Strat is without strings and awaiting some mods, Epiphone got sold for $100.

 

[Widjaja]

Thats one freaky looking bridge and stop bar you have on the Les Paul looking gat.
What guitar is it?

 

[B1gg3stN00b]

Ibanez ARC100, a 300$ Gibson destroyer.

 

[PP Mguire]

no need, I know what feedback sounds like. Your probably standing to close to an amp.

Its a squeel though. Like the high pitched squeel youll get out of an old school tea pot ect higher. Or the squeel you get out of a trans amp thats goin out. I found out what it is though. It was because i had it in my room the pickups where picking up some interferance from my LCD. Out in my dining room it dosent make any noise except the usual buzz i get out of it.

But humbuckers will also feedback. I myself enjoy a healthy hard-rock distortion, and even through my 100 watt (tube) amp, I get no feedback, and when playing buzz isn't all that noticeable.

Yes they do, except its the good kinda feedback The controlable kinda feedback.

Good news, sometime this week im auditioning for a local band on drums. They are signed by an independant label already so its like half the work already done. Lets hope they like me.

 

[PP Mguire]

Anybody on these forums use DiMarzio Evo pickups or Duncan Custom Invaders?

 

[OzzmanFloyd120]

I used DiMarzio during my Kiss-phase, never used EVO or that particular Duncan pickup, but if you want the best grit for your money then you should go with Diesel pickups. They're fairly unheard of, but they tone and power from them rivals EMGs I think.

 

[Widjaja]

My Ibanez Artstar 1980 has Dimarzio Evo prototype pickups in it.
Although they feedback more you can hear a distinct boost in the distortion compared to the P-90s when switching guitars while using the same amp setting.
Especially when using a wireless.

 

[PP Mguire]

Well when i use my wireless i get a +9db gain anyways. Im thinking of getting Steve Vais Evo2 pickup for the bridge for a less embrasive pickup and then his regular single and neck. Im getting a Duncan Invader for the bridge of my Charvel.

 

[olithereal]

Hey guys started playing guitar a few weeks ago so sorry if the question is kinda dumb. The thing is that the major E and the A are making some metallic noises, I'm pretty sure it's the strings hitting the metal bars separating the frets, it makes my powerchords sounds like crap. Maybe it's just that the amp I currently have doesn't have a good distortion? ( no game ) or if it's somewhat normal or is it the guitar or perhaps me who sucks. The guitar is in tune BTW.

Any help is welcome!

Thanks.

 

[Widjaja]

Sounds like fret buzz.
This is only happening when you press down on a fret?
The action could be too low for your E and A and need to raise the saddles of those two strings until they stop buzzing.

 

[PP Mguire]

What he said, action is to low or you dont have enough bow on your neck. What kinda guitar?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Ugh neck warp - sadly my PRS Santana is a victim of that - I can access the upper neck but anything after the 12th fret is buzzy as fuck & sometimes the correct note wont even play unless i press down really hard.



meanwhile the PRS Paul Allender is getting cheaper - its dropped about 100-150+ British pounds since i last posted on here, so roughly its about 100pounds more then a Prs Custom SE which is pretty fair tbh as for the extra cash you get better pick ups & a sweet purple - black 'allender burst' finish & gold hardware & the bat inlays which some people think are pretty gay.....

 

[Widjaja]

Ugh neck warp - sadly my PRS Santana is a victim of that - I can access the upper neck but anything after the 12th fret is buzzy as fuck & sometimes the correct note wont even play unless i press down really hard.



meanwhile the PRS Paul Allender is getting cheaper - its dropped about 100-150+ British pounds since i last posted on here, so roughly its about 100pounds more then a Prs Custom SE which is pretty fair tbh as for the extra cash you get better pick ups & a sweet purple - black 'allender burst' finish & gold hardware & the bat inlays which some people think are pretty gay.....

Neck warp on a guitar with a set neck

I still want a PRS Standard but they are too expensive for what they are here.
Can't stand fancy inlays, like the birds and the Santana, the floral pattern on the Ibanez Jem and the bat inlays by the sound of things.

Dots or block inlays are enough for me

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I quite like the bird inlays on the high end PRS guitars. - I think bats are gimmicky but when it comes to birds it adds some class to the guitar. what i mean by class is that even if your daddy could afford one, he wouldnt let you touch it.

my PRS still sounds awesome but i only use it for some studio, rehersal or gigs where i dont do too much lead work. which is indeed a shame as it sounds absoloutely beautiful with my setup. the sound is really immersive. it has a stupid amount of sustain & even when you strum it you can feel the body vibrating from the body to the top of the neck. the tones are astonishing - its hard to describe it. it has a full bodied growl better then most Gibson Les Pauls, it doesnt matter wheather your doing vintage or more modern sounds this guitar just oozes tone. its also got great mids & not too harsh upper tones. I have never played a more beautiful guitar in my life.

so much that my main guitar which is my schecter Damien Ex is named & shamed as it cant give me the kinda full bodied flavour. but then again it was designed for metal in mind so it needs more of a cutting tone then low end

 

[PP Mguire]

Ive started to play my "Holy Grail" Squire again to get my bluesy clean tone. Been recording some clean stuff lately.

 

[olithereal]

What he said, action is to low or you dont have enough bow on your neck. What kinda guitar?

seems like this not 100% sure tho.
http://www.jayturser.com/jt-300.php

It's not mine, I rented it from the place where I take my lessons first to see if i wanna continue playing

I'm gonna upload a video with the sound it makes in a fee minutes and link it.

 

[Protius]

Yamaha FG735s

folken it up

 

[Widjaja]

seems like this not 100% sure tho.
http://www.jayturser.com/jt-300.php

It's not mine, I rented it from the place where I take my lessons first to see if i wanna continue playing

I'm gonna upload a video with the sound it makes in a fee minutes and link it.

The amount of times I have heard a learner using a poor guitar to learn on.:shadedshu
At least you know it's the guitar and not you.

 

[PP Mguire]

Lol i started on a red guitar branded "fame". Yea i smashed it over my amp during a show for effect

 

[Wile E]

The amount of times I have heard a learner using a poor guitar to learn on.:shadedshu
At least you know it's the guitar and not you.

Yeah, but I tell you what, if you learn to play good on guitar that has a shitty action, when you get a good one, you'll be flying all over the thing. I learned on a shitty, generic hand me down acoustic that the action was so shitty on, I practically had to crush the neck to get a clean note on any fret higher than the 7th.

When I got my Sigma, it almost felt like an electric, it was so easy to play.

 

[Widjaja]

Yeah, but I tell you what, if you learn to play good on guitar that has a shitty action, when you get a good one, you'll be flying all over the thing. I learned on a shitty, generic hand me down acoustic that the action was so shitty on, I practically had to crush the neck to get a clean note on any fret higher than the 7th.

When I got my Sigma, it almost felt like an electric, it was so easy to play.

Yeah I was talking baout the ones which are impossible to tune and sound bad all the time.

Ironically I also started on a guitar with very high action too before I knew the guitar was bowed

 

[OzzmanFloyd120]

Yeah I was talking baout the ones which are impossible to tune and sound bad all the time.

Ironically I also started on a guitar with very high action too before I knew the guitar was bowed

I know how you feel, my first two guitars didn't have truss rods.

 

[Wile E]

I know how you feel, my first two guitars didn't have truss rods.

Truss rods aren't necessary if you use the proper gauge strings/string tension and store it properly. My best friends mom has a 70's Martin acoustic (Orchestra model), and it has no truss rod. The neck is still in perfect condition. (It's also the most beautiful sounding acoustic I have ever heard in my entire life)

 

[OzzmanFloyd120]

Truss rods aren't necessary if you use the proper gauge strings/string tension and store it properly. My best friends mom has a 70's Martin acoustic (Orchestra model), and it has no truss rod. The neck is still in perfect condition. (It's also the most beautiful sounding acoustic I have ever heard in my entire life)

Yeah, that's true... but one was a $100 pawn shop guitar... I think it was a "bentley" strat knock-off. I could literally see about a 3* arch on the neck.