Guitar
- Thread starter White Cluster
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Thanks guys...I appreciate everybodys input. I am probably going early next week to buy one. I will still check this to see what you guys recommend. I will keep you guys posted. Thanks
A Gathering In Black
Death Swept Tears
dont get b.c rich they blow... unless your looking to be an image guitarist..... i would suggest getting an epiphone or like a shecter c-1 classic.... if you dont have an amp get one and get a distortion pedal if there isnt distortion on it... its ok to buy used amps and pedals as long as they work good... and everything is functional..... its kinda hard to play death metal without an amp and distotion..... if i didnt have that when i started i would have lost all intrest in playing i tought myself basicly learned how to read tabs and printed out music off the computer and i just went on from there...... if you have the dedication oir the talent to play you'll be playing opeth songs in a year ... i am.... i started last may.... i can play a couple opeth songs..... and atleast a riff or two from each song....... i have a new gibson gothic explorer i just got last month and a old old discontinued gibson invader........ and another tip...... power chords... once you get power chords down ... theres thousands of songs you can potentially play.... thats all most of the mainstream music is today is power chords
DE
vote bnp
White Cluster said:
off topic -> chat/off topic
if you ever wonder
just poting randomly as I know fuck all about guitars.
StephenSLR
Member
Sullen Jester said:
You may need to see a chiropractor for that neck of yours.
But seriously,
Have you tried adjusting the truss rod? Hold down your thick E string at the first and twelvth fret (the string will act as a guide since it is a straight line) and check the gap between the string and sixth fret.
On my guitar there is a gap of about half the thickness of the sixth string and it is a matter of preference as to how you may like it.
After doing this you can then adjust the action of your strings at the bridge.
Be careful not to overtighten the truss rod!!!
Stripped trussrods are expensive to repair.
Sullen Jester
Corporate Executive
What the hell is the trussrod? I've been looking up guitar parts for the last six months or so and I still haven't gotten this one..
The action is really low at the first fret, and probably three times higher at the 24th, so that may be a bit of a problem..
I'm wishing I got a cheap Ibanez instead.. heh..this guitar is CURSED I tell you.. first the .52 gauge string tears the nut, then the store chips the headstock, then I chip the headstock, then my friend scratches the body, then he chips the body.. then I find that the neck is bowed and I'll probably just have to get a replacement... THen I find out that (possibly) most of the BC Rich's are made by samick and its made in china (cheap wood) so it's really just an odd shaped piece of shit.. I"m nit sure if I'll put money into making this worthy of guitar-wank or just save up for the RG3120
The action is really low at the first fret, and probably three times higher at the 24th, so that may be a bit of a problem..
I'm wishing I got a cheap Ibanez instead.. heh..this guitar is CURSED I tell you.. first the .52 gauge string tears the nut, then the store chips the headstock, then I chip the headstock, then my friend scratches the body, then he chips the body.. then I find that the neck is bowed and I'll probably just have to get a replacement... THen I find out that (possibly) most of the BC Rich's are made by samick and its made in china (cheap wood) so it's really just an odd shaped piece of shit.. I"m nit sure if I'll put money into making this worthy of guitar-wank or just save up for the RG3120
Smitty
Prick
The Master
Racist Melon Farmer
Sullen Jester said:
Due to the greatly added stress on steel string guitars, all of them have a truss rod, which is basically a long metal rod that goes through the actual neck of the guitar.
This rod supports the neck so it doesn't collapse due to string tension, and it also bows and can be adjusted to increase and decrease its bow.
Ever looked into the soundhole of an acoustic, towards the neck joint, and seen a small metal nut sticking out that looks like you can place one of those hex head screwdrivers in it? That's it. For electrics, they are usually adjustable at the top of neck on the headstock somewhere (sometimes covered up by a small plate i.e. Gibsons), or if it is a bolt-on neck they may be adjustable on the bottom of the neck by taking the neck off of the body.
StephenSLR
Member
>What the hell is the trussrod?
A truss rod is inside your guitar neck similar to a spine. You should be able to access it from a little plastic plate in your headstock (remove the screws) or under your scratch plate if you have a fender strat (certain models). You will need an Allen key to tighten or loosen it. If your guitar neck is bowed either way you can straighten it - Do not use the truss rod adjust the action (this is done by adjusting the bridge and/or nut) however action is sometimes lowered as a result.
Always use the right size Allen key so you dont strip the rod and only tighten an eighth of a turn at a time, you don't want to strip the internal thread. If you have to replace a truss rod on a cheap guitar you may as well buy another guitar.
>The action is really low at the first fret, and probably three times higher at the 24th,
Sounds normal to me.
As I said before hold down the string at the first fret with your left hand and with your right hand hold down the string at the 12th or 14th fret at the same time. Look along your neck and check the straightness against the string.
>first the .52 gauge string tears the nut,
Sounds like you have a plastic nut. Locking nuts keep guitars with tremolos in tune a bit better.
If you have a plastic nut get yourself a 6B lead pencil and shave (with a razor or sharp knife) some of the graphite into the nut behind the strings. Lead pencils by the way are made of a graphite and clay mix not lead.
The graphite acts as a lubricant. Yngwie model guitars have a brass nut and you lubricate them with oil. As you use the tremelo the string slides up and down in the nut and acts like a file and eats away your nut.
If your string gets caught (due to friction - wedging) in your nut it doesn't return to the original position and hence gets out of tune.
Cheap tremelos can also cause a guitar to go out of tune if the spring action doesn't return the string to original position.
>then the store chips the headstock, then I chip the headstock, then my friend scratches the body, then he chips the body..
I remember reading that when Vito Bratta gets a new guitar the first thing he does is put a chip in it then he doesn't have to worry about handling the guitar with kid gloves till it gets a chip.
A truss rod is inside your guitar neck similar to a spine. You should be able to access it from a little plastic plate in your headstock (remove the screws) or under your scratch plate if you have a fender strat (certain models). You will need an Allen key to tighten or loosen it. If your guitar neck is bowed either way you can straighten it - Do not use the truss rod adjust the action (this is done by adjusting the bridge and/or nut) however action is sometimes lowered as a result.
Always use the right size Allen key so you dont strip the rod and only tighten an eighth of a turn at a time, you don't want to strip the internal thread. If you have to replace a truss rod on a cheap guitar you may as well buy another guitar.
>The action is really low at the first fret, and probably three times higher at the 24th,
Sounds normal to me.
As I said before hold down the string at the first fret with your left hand and with your right hand hold down the string at the 12th or 14th fret at the same time. Look along your neck and check the straightness against the string.
>first the .52 gauge string tears the nut,
Sounds like you have a plastic nut. Locking nuts keep guitars with tremolos in tune a bit better.
If you have a plastic nut get yourself a 6B lead pencil and shave (with a razor or sharp knife) some of the graphite into the nut behind the strings. Lead pencils by the way are made of a graphite and clay mix not lead.
The graphite acts as a lubricant. Yngwie model guitars have a brass nut and you lubricate them with oil. As you use the tremelo the string slides up and down in the nut and acts like a file and eats away your nut.
If your string gets caught (due to friction - wedging) in your nut it doesn't return to the original position and hence gets out of tune.
Cheap tremelos can also cause a guitar to go out of tune if the spring action doesn't return the string to original position.
>then the store chips the headstock, then I chip the headstock, then my friend scratches the body, then he chips the body..
I remember reading that when Vito Bratta gets a new guitar the first thing he does is put a chip in it then he doesn't have to worry about handling the guitar with kid gloves till it gets a chip.
StephenSLR
Member
>As you use the tremelo the string slides up and down in the nut and acts like a file and eats away your nut.
For those without tremelos it is also a good idea to lubricate the nut as bending strings also causes the string to move within the nut.
For those without tremelos it is also a good idea to lubricate the nut as bending strings also causes the string to move within the nut.
Sullen Jester
Corporate Executive
That's helpful.. thanks.. I"ll try doing something wtih my guitar when I get better..thanks dudes..
wankerness
Member
A Gathering In Black said:
You'd better get a B.C. rich and be an image guitarist unless you want "a gathering in black" to talk about how ugly you are and how you're a disgrace to your band. (See Martin Vs Johan thread for backstory.)
