Guitar Player's Thread

[SteveMCsteve]

 

[srob7001]

I have the Tone Zone in my Ibby. It is a very fat sounding pick up, but I wouldn't say its the best for metal. More like 80's style metal......think Paul Gilbert

And FWIW...I love my EMG HZ's.....srsly.......they just sound so natural to my ears.


Also.....got this yesterday

Avatr 2x12 Cab with V30's....nice

 

[The Emptier]

Need to get a new amp asap because my little practice epiphone acoustic thing died.....hopefully will pick up a roland jazz chorus or something else that gives sexy clean tones <3

 

[TheKid]

Roland cube dude, the cleans are underrated as hell and it has a nice meaty distortion, great bang for your buck. Inb4 ensi says toenport

 

[Ensi]

Roland cube dude, the cleans are underrated as hell and it has a nice meaty distortion, great bang for your buck. Inb4 ensi says toenport

He said amp you dickwad.

Jazz Chorus' has teh epic cl33nz. Cube is good too.

One amp we've had in recently that I absolutely loved the cleans on was the Ibanez Tubescreamer amp+head:

But I don't know too much 'bout dem kleens.

Also I made a rage comic:

 

[eveningninja]

The equilibrium of playability and sound FTW.

 

[eveningninja]

Finally a reason to like Floyds again (I'm much less a fan of them now than I used to be):

Made swapping EMG's in my RV super easy

 

[marfal66]

anyone tried miles of machines by loomis here? sounds like it's a bitch to play

 

[Muffin]

So guys - Which volume pot should I use with JB 500 or 250 ?

in general for hums:
250 = darker muddier sound
500 = normal sound
1000(1meg) = brighter sharper sound

 

[T3h_Killjoy]

in general for hums:
250 = darker muddier sound
500 = normal sound
1000(1meg) = brighter sharper sound

JB is kinda trebly, some people prefer it with 250, because it cuts the highs a bit and gives lows and mids some boost. My guitar has basswood body and maple top (more like a cap, one serious peace of maple there). But thanks for info anyway.

 

[eveningninja]

Deluhi Instructional DVD preview. w00000000t




Damn, that is what a good Rosewood fretboard looks like. And how a tr00 musician plays his own solos... *cough* Alexi *cough*

its Mahogany which I always have liked Les Pauls growl(mahogany) so its nice to be able to get that growl with one of my guitars. It's just a totally different sound compared to my Alder and guitars.

Agreed. I love Mahogany tonewood. It pisses me off that more RR's aren't made with Mahog. The only one I really see right now that is Mahog is the Jackson Kevin Bond sig <-- anyone ever played that? I'm assuming its build quality is similar to that of an RR24.

Mahog rules though, makes my Alder guitars sound... well, just kind of weak in comparison

 

[srob7001]

One thing I did with my RR24M that gives it more of that growl(balls) is replace the floyds sustain block(steel) with a big brass block from floyd upgrades.com

It sounds sooooo much better than my LTD. Just fatter with more bite to it, and it sustains even longer than it did, which was alot considering its a neck thru. It just has a lot more fuller of a sound and everthing rings at the same volume. Before it seemed like certain freqs from the guitar rang louder than others.

Soon I will be getting one for my Xiphos, once I replace the Edge 3 with a floyd, so it should sound pretty kick ass being mahogany and all with the new sustain block.

It was the best $40.00 upgrade I have ever done to anything. I highly suggest everyone try one out if they can. Makes a world of difference

 

[eveningninja]

I totally wanna do that, kinda forgot I could! So doing this literally blocks the bridge, right? Or just changes the material/density and overall improves tone while still allowing use of the FR?

 

[TheKid]

Mahogany is the best tonewood imho, thunderous manpower

anyone tried miles of machines by loomis here? sounds like it's a bitch to play

I've never even thought about playing it but I listen to that song quite a lot, it's a motherfucker and a half, 7 string sweeps and 32nd note stuff at 120bpm, Loomis is a wizard

 

[eveningninja]

Mahogany is the best tonewood imho, thunderous manpower

Silly Explorer fanboy!

 

[TheKid]

I'm saving for an 8-string superstrat custom I'm speccing out with a builder and THAT's having mahogany too

Explorers are awesome for a reason, many reasons in fact

 

[SteveMCsteve]

Dying for a Gibson Traditional Les Paul right now.
Hopefully I save up enough money so I can get one when I start my first semester of college.

 

[eveningninja]

Explorers are awesome for a reason, many reasons in fact

Yeah dude I agree. I liked them now



My weaponry:

 

[SteveMCsteve]

What type of strat is that?

 

[Ensi]

That carpet looks nice, what brand is it?