| The guitar player's [GEAR] thread
Posted: 8/7/2008 11:44:12 AM | | ... had to make a tech suggestion with out a diagram so sort of guessed on your idea .why not reinforce the ebony with a metal fender type bridge. cut the ebony with a L so the bridge hole abut up to the ebony...so the strings run through the metal and the ebony, Glue the ebony to transfer the vibrations and screw the bridge into the ebony and the body | |
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Posted: 8/25/2008 12:13:23 AM | Hey congrads guitar dudes.....this is the longest running Guitar gear thread on POF
I will soon have to start a 'The GUITAR PLAYERS GEAR thread"PT. two
because the pages only go up to 99....
There is lots to talk about as far as gear and amps
I am sure we can go on forever
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Posted: 8/26/2008 6:59:38 AM | guitarman100 this is a good thread. You can never get enough feedback on this topic.
Any suggestions on new strings for a mid sized 4 string bass? I use Blue Steel but would like to experiment. Been using them for 17 years. Not into lights or extra lights, any ideas on mediums ? (.040-.105) Sites? Prices? I like the strings but the tech is changing everyday. | |
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Posted: 8/26/2008 12:29:35 PM | HEY 1pitstop
my old bass player in a band I was in ,is stupid picky about all of his bass gear
he swears by DR strings
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Posted: 8/26/2008 1:20:59 PM | Thanks for the tip. I'm going to try them out, time for change on this end. I'll get back to you. 
I know why he's picky. Most bass players seem to feel forgotten. | |
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Posted: 8/26/2008 7:43:06 PM | | not a brand but had an old no name 60's bass that had flat wounds. Never seen a RnR bass player use them but damm did they sound great recoding on this POS bass. Give it a try for a different flavor | |
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Posted: 8/26/2008 8:53:39 PM | Guitar: ESP Mirage
AMP: Trace Elliot Tramp 12" Combo
Effects: Digitech Legend II rack mount processor w/foot switches. | |
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Posted: 8/27/2008 9:50:34 AM | Hey people,
I'm new here :) Glad to see there are lots of guitar people here!
My gear:
Guitars: Ibanez RG-321MH WK and some sort of Morgan acoustic.
Amp: Ashdown FA 40 DSP | |
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Posted: 8/28/2008 2:46:40 AM | | Mesa boogies rule!!!!and I want a crank amp really bad. I've always wanted to get my hands on a vintage fender strat. preferably between the years 1968 to 1972.Do you all know how much they are now?It's crazy.I own a strat with a jb humbucker in the neck pick up,it sounds pretty close to the brown sound.I also own alot more other strats that are stock.I own a cordaba,it's a student classacal guitar,sounds like a dreamI also own an ovation.i own a line 6 flex tone 2.I also have a wha wha pedal the jimy hendrix one. | |
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Posted: 8/28/2008 8:09:11 PM | I can't use the Blue Steels, or any other stainless steel string, the mids are really cold sounding and they all have real low lows and real high highs, no matter what brand they are.
I use nickel round wound either Ernie Ball or GHS Boomers .045 .065 .085 .105
Nickel rw has for me a balanced tone between lows and highs and they are definitely warmer sounding strings.
They get that "piano string" tone for me, and I play pretty hard with my right hand and I break them before they go dead so changing them often keeps a great tone on the bass.
The DRs are just too expensive, and I break them just as fast as EB or GHS.
Try Stringthis dot com or Juststrings dot com for online orders I use both of them. | |
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Posted: 8/28/2008 11:21:21 PM | | I got something else to say.I went to a really good music school and met some of the worlds best guitar players.It does not matter what gear you play on.Eddie Van Halen can still sound the same on a piece of shit amp and a crappy guitar,aside from the effects he use.same goes with Stevie ray Vaughen and the rest of them | |
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Posted: 8/29/2008 2:19:50 PM | true but good gear just makes it so much better,
but then again the best delta blues slide tone I even had was from a 5.00 plywood no name guitar , that is an eception . | |
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Posted: 8/29/2008 2:38:08 PM | My gear,
Amps
Marshall
77 4x12 with G12H 55 HZ.
mid 70's 4x12 Ri Green backs
8x10 cab from 1970
homemade cab made to fit a jmp head , 1x12
76 Jmp 2100 lead n bass combo 2x12
76 50watt head 6550
74 50watt head El34
73 50watt head El34
Fender
77 pro reverb
67 Bassman /2x12 cab
68 Showman cab
other
1950 Oahu tonemastervalco/supro
1964 Gibson Scout
50's bogen pa modded for guitar
leslie 825
Sunn Beata lead
Guitars
Gibson
02 !958 ri les paul
73 Lp Custom 3 piclup black beauty
1974 Les Paul Standard stock humbuckers
1962 Melody Maker
1997 EDS 1275 double neck
1991 Firebird
1960 Lgo acoustic
Fender
1979 Strat
1962 Strat
57 ri strat
1984 MIJ squire strat
1985 Mij squire tele ....these are nothing like the shit squires made today
parts tele with a hipshot b bender
odd n sodds
electric sitar
Wasburn J6 ...older archtop think USa or Japan made
71 Guild D35
LaPatrie Classical
70's Yahmaha Classical
Dobro Df 60
Johnson Metal body national copy with a new bridge n quarterman cone
1947 supro lap steel
late 19th century sitar
washburn mandolin
mandolin bowl back ca 1900
effects
70's thomas wah
space echo Re 201
echoplex Ep3
Fulltone Tube tape echo
Ts808...bought it as a teen in 81
TS9
phase 90
rat
Fulltone mini Deja vibe
Analog man Sun face nkt 275
Dunlop Fuzz face Ri ..Blue( great for gilmour tones, not just jimi dunlop did a nice job
Analogman Beano boost treble booster | |
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Posted: 8/29/2008 3:44:09 PM | Nice kit there bud!!
I just got one of the hand made 1986 clones from Sligo amps built on a metro amps kit with Merc Mag trannies, it sounds great.
I am glad I didn't start with some POS reissue and then pay somebody to gut it and mod it, I would have ended up with $3k in it I am sure. I'm tickled with the tone, it's just like going back to 1970 and walking in a music store to plug up a 50w plexi, that was brand new then.
The cabinet I like most is a ri 1960ax with G12H heritage with the 55Hz cones. I tried that cab with the G12M 25w greenbacks, it sounded okay, but lacked bass and the highs were sharp and almost obnoxious. I swapped the heritage (ebayed, nicely used) into it and played it, big difference, but still didn't quite have it.
Plugged the variac in and set it with a meter to 10.94 VAC and let her hum for about 15 hours out in the shed. OH YEAH!! Now we talking!
You could hear the difference in the volume and low end that the cab was making inside the shed, halfway across the yard! Now this head and cabinet really compliment each other, it NAILS that exact tone you hear on so many classic tracks, I can't begin to name them all but early Skynyrd, Duane Allman, Zeppelin, all the good old stuff is right there...
It has incredible harmonics, and the dynamic response is super nice, it responds to every nuance of your right hand and fingers, it's the best Marshall I have ever plugged into, and I have played scads of them in 40yrs of picking. | |
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Posted: 8/29/2008 8:40:45 PM | mightbeme04
welcome,can you explain this process to me,I am interested in learning more
"Plugged the variac in and set it with a meter to 10.94 VAC and let her hum for about 15 hours out in the shed. OH YEAH!! Now we talking"
hey dudes thanks for the great posts,you have cool gear | |
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Posted: 8/29/2008 8:59:24 PM | | if you still have the Green back G12M been running 2 with 2 of the H. the bottom and top end of the H mixes well with the midds of the M. My Cab of H's are great but they have a 100bd rating that makes them loud next to the M 97db, so I can crank my NMV head more with the M. Mixing gives me a bit of both | |
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Posted: 8/30/2008 9:04:40 AM | I would mix them but then which one do you mic? Mic both? Expensive and time consuming but yeah neither speaker does exactly what the other one does so one adds what the other misses.
Google for "break in celestion speakers" and you will find this msg board:
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php
Also on the Weber site, there is a formula for calculating how much AC voltage to put to a speaker to break it in without blowing it up.
If you have old speakers, do NOT do this to them! This works by putting a 60Hz signal to the speaker and it just sits there and hums for as long as you leave it connected, it works the suspension and loosens up the cone so the tone is louder, has more bass, and is more dynamic than it was while the cones were stiff.
If you get a "Hellatone" speaker, this is ALL they do to them, to "age" them before they sell them. They don't use a variac, they play recorded sound through them at night after they leave the shop. | |
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Posted: 8/30/2008 3:58:42 PM | | well for live, find the one that sounds the best ...experiment, Id suggest the GB since it is a bit overpowered in the mix.at 97db vs 100db,...but use you ears. studio :what tone are you seeking also a big fan of ambient miking so get the mix of both | |
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Posted: 8/30/2008 7:21:23 PM | mightbeme04
thanks for the info,I have some 200 watt ev speakers from a boogie cabinet I might try that with....the speaker /volt calculator say to us 23 volts
that will be loud.but it might be a good thing to mellow that speaker out | |
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Posted: 8/30/2008 10:42:26 PM | 200w EV? They put the harsh voice coils in those when they build 'em. Can't uninstall it!
Ebay them and get something else.. I am going to auction a set of 25w greenbacks tomorrow sometime, the ones that I took out of the cabinet I upgraded to the Heritage 30w models.
Your ears will love you for it!
Your back will also love you for it! EVs weigh a TON! | |
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Posted: 9/17/2008 9:35:25 AM | | i too have an Ibanez artcore AG75-semi hollowbody electric, a Cheap Epiphone acoustic electric, and my baby= a 1966 Guild T-100 slimline hollowbody-all original=and a fender hot rod deluxe amp- which i love but it is very hard for me to carry. | |
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Posted: 9/20/2008 10:14:34 AM | | just a plain old 12 string acoustic - electric fender. Or a mid to top model martin 6 string acoustic. for electric i'd go with a telecaster or les paul custom. maybe a fender strat for clean sounding electric strumming ( i like the gauge of fender strats). As far as amps and pedals. Hiwatt amps and pedals I don't know about much cuz i haven't played electric in about 15 years | |
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