| The guitar player's [GEAR] thread
Posted: 8/27/2007 6:02:12 PM | Ok, im a bass player, but thats still a guitar!
Yamaha rbx 374 4 string, Peavey Grind N.T.B. 5 and 6 string bass.
Ashdown Labs Mag 300 combo (4 -10's) w/4-10 extension cab.
Ashdown Labs Dual Band Comp. pedal.
Boss EQ 20 programmable EQ. (2 active and 1 Passive bass)
Also am the keyboard in our group as well... so.... dont yell at me for doing this guys..... 1 M-Audio Stage Piano/Midi Controller.
Roland Juno G , Alesis Quadrasynth Sound Module. When Playing keys, I
use 3 modified onboard bass programs, (depending on what bass im playing) thats as close as I can get to my natural bass sound. This is "warmed up" a bit through a
Ampeg Billy Sheehan tube bass pre-amp. That signal is sent to my A/B box, as I run the "synth bass" and bass guitar through the same channel. The Quadrasynth has an array of modified programs that splits the keyboard into left side bass, right...piano, organ, strings, horns.... but, since both hands are tied up, thats why I also have the Juno G. By the way, I sing as well. Thanks for letting me post! | |
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| The guitar player's [GEAR] thread
Posted: 8/30/2007 7:32:09 PM | Well I have some odds and ends of things guitar wise.
Pedals: Ibanez TS7 Tube Screamer, Dunlop Classic Crybaby Wah, Line 6 POD XT Live
Guitar: Squier Standard Stratocaster
Amp: Fender Pro Junior
The reason I have a floorboard is for recording, I am gradually building up a chain of individual pedals though. I think my next pedal will be a high gain one of some sort, the TS7 is great for using as a boost for playing outdoor gigs. The 15 watt tube Pro Junior is a beast for it's size, after about 6 it starts to overdrive nicely to give an excellent tube driven tone, the TS7 helps prevent feedback so I do not have to crank the amp as much when playing live. Especially for doing Rush tunes, I like having the tube driven sound as I know a lot of Rush tunes were done with tube amp driven distortion instead of with a pedal. I like the POD for recording at home and it is ok for making funky sounds when playing live, you can mix and match things but I wish you could have all the features of the Line 6 Vetta III on it though, because being able to have dual stompers and dual amps would allow for more tone modification.
Next guitar I want to get will either be an Ibanez RG2550 or a Fender HSS Stratocaster. I want something with at least 1 humbucker, as I would like to place a Dimarzio EJ Custom in the bridge position and two Fender Custom 54's in the middle and neck of a Strat (would be just the middle of the RG with one 54 Custom) or an Evolution in the neck of the RG. Tonal versatility would be a big plus using those 3 pickups though because you get one high gain humbucker in the Evolution, a nice bluesy single coil and a Gretsch style humbucker as well. Thing is that the RG has better playability for me though due to the neck and having sufficient enough frets for the music I play. | |
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Posted: 10/7/2007 6:48:35 PM | | .... Any opinions on the Seymour Duncan SH5 Humbucker??...... I'm thinking of replacing the bridge pickup ( Gibson PAF) in my Les Paul... this might be the one I select.....I'm looking for something punchier, barks louder, longer sustain...but will still clean up reasonably well........ comments? | |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 9:48:42 PM | swapping pickups is very subjective
duncan sh5 is a nice pick up
you kinda almost have to try it in the guitar
I think bill lawerence L-500 or xl -500 are very articulate pickups too
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Posted: 10/8/2007 10:14:21 PM | | theres so many diff pickups to choose from nowdays its ridiculous..id say ur best bet is to just go try out some guitars that either have them..or pickups that are close to them to get the best sound ur lookin for...ive got a bad habbit of switchin out pickups all the time just to try somethin new haha..right now ive got about 10 guitars, 2 halfstacks, cpl stomboxes..but the list is always growing.. ..and the BL L-500 or xl-500 are both nice..im a big fan of seymour duncans and dimarzios more so over emg's... | |
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Posted: 10/10/2007 3:37:41 PM | Hooray, I picked up a guitar on Sunday off of ebay!
It is an 1992 or 93 made Ibanez RT650, cost me 470 with shipping. The guitar is not stock, it has coil splitting on the humbuckers and had an Earvana composite nut put on as well as a Seymour Duncan SH-5 humbucker in the bridge. The guitar comes with Ghoto Magnum locking tuners which were stock on the guitar, the pickup configuration is HSH, the neck humbucker and single coil are stock Ibanez IBZ V8, it also comes with the original bridge humbucker and a flight case. Apparently Andy Timmons favoured them back in the 90's, the neck profile on his signature guitar that Ibanez now makes is similar to that, very round like a Strat neck but thinner which is nice because I like the round shape of Strat C style necks, the Wizards are a little small for me sometimes. | |
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Posted: 10/17/2007 8:26:37 PM | | Anyone got a good suggestion as to what kind of distortion pedal I should buy for my guitar? I am thinking of either a Boss DS-1 or a Dunlop Fuzz Face, more likely the Fuzz Face though because I like their tone for some of the music I am playing at the moment. I might get the DS-1 later if I do. It is hard to get that staticy Fuzz Face sound that Eric Johnson gets, multieffects boards do not do that so that is why I am asking. I can get nice smooth distortion sounds out of my POD XT Live but not fuzz. | |
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Posted: 10/17/2007 10:49:25 PM | I saw andy timmons on Monday at a guitar clinic,he was playing his rg from 1994
a great player
I depends what kinda distortion/overdrive you want
ibanez ts9dx- is nice a versatile
exotica-bb preamp | |
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Posted: 10/18/2007 10:12:06 PM |
It is hard to get that staticy Fuzz Face sound that Eric Johnson gets
Don't ask me...I'm a tone snob...I think I was born two decades too late..hahahaaa
Perhaps a Big Muff?
I'm with G-man on the Ibanez tube screamers....
...I wasn't impressed with Boss distortion, but I was plugged into the bass pedal.....
try as many as you can and then make your decision....
btw G-man...I damn near ordered my bass parts from Warmoth when the dollar hit par....but then I got LAID OFF! dammit! But I've pretty much commited...as soon as I get them funds goin.....OH YAAAA....fretless vintage styled P...it's gonna be SWEET! | |
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Posted: 10/19/2007 3:14:56 PM |
I saw andy timmons on Monday at a guitar clinic,he was playing his rg from 1994
I missed him when he came around here. So sad.
My Gear:
Guitar(s): Schecter Hellraiser C-7, Jackson Fusion Standard, Charvel Model 3DR, ESP/LTD M200, and a custom.
Effects: GNX4
Amp: Mesa Boogie F50. | |
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Posted: 10/19/2007 4:47:16 PM | I think I'm finally happy with my setup (my official status is "dabbler hobbyist"):
Washburn Lyon Stratocaster wannabe
Epiphone Les Paul standard
Dean Flying V
Yamaha acoustic, although I don't recall the exact model.
Amp:
Fender Frontman 25R
Pedals/Stuff:
Boss Fender Deluxe Reverb FDR-1
Ibanez Weeping Demon WD7 Wah
DigiTech RP50 MultiFX unit
...and in the "I can't believe I bought this" department:
Lyon Wah/Distortion pedals
Lyon 25w digital amp | |
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Posted: 10/20/2007 2:56:09 AM | quesrtion.......the neck pick up on my tele came loose and i tightened it up ..but imay have run the screws down too far ..is there an optium distance between the pickup and the strings...it seem to play alright........
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Posted: 10/20/2007 10:15:53 AM |
is there an optium distance between the pickup and the strings...it seem to play alright........
Yes there is. If the pickup is too far away you lose some tone. If it's too close it will start interfering with what you are hearing. I would say you don't want it any closer then 1/4 inch. Anywhere between 1/4 and 1/2 should be ideal. Having it a bit lower won't hurt you much as long as it isn't so low the strings are not bathed in the magnetic field of the pickup magnet. | |
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Posted: 10/20/2007 11:18:14 AM | yes,if a single coil is too close to the string it causes strange overtones.
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Posted: 10/20/2007 12:03:54 PM | i love my boys Cash and Moonie (my accoustic guitars). they're portable, they're easy to play, they're there for me when i need them most... in fact i treat them better than i treat most people. LOL
i really love my accoustic pick up which allows me to turn my accoustics into accoustic electrics. makes life a whole lot easier when getting up on stage. also means my boys won't be drowned out by overly loud boys playing electric guitars and drums. i have to fight to be heard more times than not! | |
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Posted: 10/22/2007 7:15:53 AM | My guitar finally showed up at my door step last week. The SH-5 sounds very vintage, hotter then a standard PAF but not as hot as something like a DiMarzio Evolution which is probably what I am going to put in as a replacement, because I like something with more sustain and a thicker sound.
I am still flip flopping on a few things I want to do. I would like to get a Korg Kaoss Pad (KP2 model) and use it sort of Matt Bellamy style for really weird effects processing, but I have no idea how you are supposed to hook the guitar up to it. The unit has a Line in channel (left and right) as well as a MIDI input. So I am assuming I need a MIDI based device like the Roland GK-2 | |
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Posted: 10/23/2007 5:21:58 PM | | ...hey guitarman & others .... just got my SH 5 I was talking about earlier.... any comments on capacitors in the circuit ?.... currently I have 022's in there , Seymour Duncan recommends 047's, ....wondering what audible effect, if any will occur? I also plan on a push/pull volume to split the coils, just as an experiment, don';t know if I'll like the results but I'll give it a try .... | |
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Posted: 10/23/2007 6:40:18 PM | any suggestion on upgrades for a Squier Telecaster... i want to use this one as a learning tool so i can learn to do some easy upgrades...are there any books that might help me............
i'm just starting out with whole guitar thing and usr all the help i can get | |
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Posted: 10/23/2007 6:47:14 PM | ohu8mydounut
push/pull is cool...i like doing it more on the neck pickup
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Posted: 11/2/2007 7:00:50 PM | Re: Tele Squier Mod
I've done lots of rewiring mods. on Strats but there is a cool one that you can do on a Tele which I've never tried. It's from Craig Anderton's book Projects for Guitarists. Basically you replace the 3 way switch with a Strat 5 way switch. You'll keep the stock Tele sounds and add Bridge and Neck pickup in series (they are combined in parallel in the stock wiring) and either Bridge or Neck pickup with a tone control capacitor on it to simulate a tone knob on 1. I find if you pick a lower value for the aforementioned tone control capacitor such as 4700pf you get a much subtler treble cut which sounds good with distortion and avoids that muddy sound. You can also add a push pull pot on the tone pot to get an out of phase sound if you're into that sound. | |
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Posted: 11/8/2007 11:12:05 PM | Hey all you gearheads....stumbled upon a pretty cool site the other day....this dude's got some wild ideas and he's right in my fricken BACK YARD!
http://www.ganderguitars.com | |
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Posted: 11/15/2007 1:55:35 PM | Hey everyone!
I finally grabbed an amp, would like to get some input on this because I'm financing new through Moncton music, so I don't want to get the wrong thing. This time I want to have what I 'want' and not what I have $$ on hand to get. Investment so to speak.
Most my life I've played metal/hard rock/prog/instrumental stuff, usually high gain tone wise.
I grabbed a JSX 212 Peavey, 120-130 watt tube amp. Built like a solid brick and weighs in around 100lb! Amazing, but it's like 2,000+... secretly wondering if I should have tried a Peavey XXX or asked if they could get a MesaBoogie in (big fan of that type of tone). Influenced heavily by Satriani/Malmsteen/Vai for a long long time ('cept the Malmsteen, that's much newer in terms of influence) and I have to say I love how clear a tone this thing has, on the Ultra gain channel I only get it up to 6 or so before the noise/background hum becomes noticable... and it's about right for gain at that point I think... it has a built in noise gate but I really believe lower gain settings get the same effect without weirdness in sustain.
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Posted: 11/16/2007 1:20:34 PM |
Hey everyone!
I finally grabbed an amp, would like to get some input on this because I'm financing new through Moncton music, so I don't want to get the wrong thing. This time I want to have what I 'want' and not what I have $$ on hand to get. Investment so to speak.
Most my life I've played metal/hard rock/prog/instrumental stuff, usually high gain tone wise.
I grabbed a JSX 212 Peavey, 120-130 watt tube amp. Built like a solid brick and weighs in around 100lb! Amazing, but it's like 2,000+... secretly wondering if I should have tried a Peavey XXX or asked if they could get a MesaBoogie in (big fan of that type of tone). Influenced heavily by Satriani/Malmsteen/Vai for a long long time ('cept the Malmsteen, that's much newer in terms of influence) and I have to say I love how clear a tone this thing has, on the Ultra gain channel I only get it up to 6 or so before the noise/background hum becomes noticable... and it's about right for gain at that point I think... it has a built in noise gate but I really believe lower gain settings get the same effect without weirdness in sustain.
Opinions?
Duuuuuuuuuude, the JSX is just a XXX with a noise gate tbh.
I think you should've tried a 6505 if you're a peavey fan, me, I'm having a struggle right now between engl and laboga, I tried most of the peavey stuff at my local guitar center and the 6505 sounded the best IMO.
You may want to check out the B-52 amps as well, they're relatively cheap for tube heads but have a really great tone. The marshall JCM2000/800 is a solid choice as well.
Check out engl and laboga amps also, they're pricey but well worth the tone you get. Laboga's hector head is going for 1650 right now and the only place you can get them is a dealer in CA. They're kind of a cross between mesa sounding low end and a 6505 high/mid.
Engl is a german company, check out the powerball by them. Engl heads run anywhere from 1200-2k. | |
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