23 Dec 05
Originally posted by CenterNutI play live and it does make a difference.
Its just I spoke to some guy on irc who was great guitar player really knew his stauff .. had great collection of guitars .. he said you'll swap erm over and it will still sound the same.. and he rekons was talking from experince..
But i dont mind spending £30-40 on humbucker to learn a lesson..
thing is i record direct into cubase then use guitarrig ...[text shortened]... posted back that when u record into things like Pod thats where a big difference is made/heard.
That strat sounded like a toy before, now it sounds like a strat should.
Your mileage may vary tho, my experience might have something to do with the amp I'm running.
23 Dec 05
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I got 2 more days till I get my amp. 😀 I know the amp sounds great.. so now if my guitar dos'nt sound like a guitar.. then I know I got probs with the guitar.. and maybe 1st thing i'll do is replace the humbucker to SD or EMG's all others are too expensive or to cheap.
I read on forum that actice pickups was good on cheap guitars.. but I dont have a 9v battery slot on my pickguard and can't find one.. means i'd have to take all the strings off and pickguard just to replace the batterys
🙁 you know and better metohds for hooking up active pickups on strat?
23 Dec 05
Originally posted by CenterNutIf you aren't happy with the guitar at all, like basic stuff like playing in tune, action, how it sounds unplugged etc. then get something you are happy with.
I got 2 more days till I get my amp. 😀 I know the amp sounds great.. so now if my guitar dos'nt sound like a guitar.. then I know I got probs with the guitar.. and maybe 1st thing i'll do is replace the humbucker to SD or EMG's all others are too expensive or to cheap.
I read on forum that actice pickups was good on cheap guitars.. but I dont have a ...[text shortened]... to replace the batterys
🙁 you know and better metohds for hooking up active pickups on strat?
I liked the little Squire before putting in new pickups, it was just a little thin sounding, sounds like SRV now 🙂
23 Dec 05
Originally posted by KneverKnightWell this is what I think.. when I had a radio control car.. as stock it was crap.. too heavy.. crappy motor .. pretty slow overall..
If you aren't happy with the guitar at all, like basic stuff like playing in tune, action, how it sounds unplugged etc. then get something you are happy with.
I liked the little Squire before putting in new pickups, it was just a little thin sounding, sounds like SRV now 🙂
then one of 1st things i did was put a fast motor in it.. and yep it made it go faster.. but the batterys didnt last so long.. over time like 2 years or so.. i changed all the parts from plastic to carbon.. and metal parts on the bits that kept breaking each time i crashed it.. but after a few years I had one fast ass electric radio control car.
So i agree changing the pups on a guitar is like changing the motor in my car. And is going to make improovments.. but its not going to make it like a rocket becuase the other parts arnt the greatest. But im sure just changing the pups will keep me happy till I get £600-£900 for usa strat. 😀 i dunno i still like that maverick guitar 😉
23 Dec 05
Originally posted by StarrmanYeah, but what kind of amp can you get for 90 pounds?
Agree, a 15 watt amp is no louder than an acoustic guitar and the addition of effects is just another of Marshall's slimey attempts to make you buy their amps rather than anyone else's. The effects are rubbish and you'd do a lot better to save up for a decent acoustic or a decent amp.
If amp, at least 40 Watts and preferably one of these: http://ww ...[text shortened]... n electro-acoustic and prefeably something like this:
http://www.takamine.com/?fa=series&sid=69
whats that, 150 bucks US? Well maybe at a hock shop.
They are right, you shouldn't get such a dinky amp,
you won't be satisfied with it in about ten minutes.
You may want something small to keep the rest of the house from
vomiting but don't get such a small amp.
Usually those amps have zero in the way of effects.
If you are looking just for practice, think about an effects box with
an earphone output.
That way you can practice with an electric or even an acoustic with
a piezo pickup or some such, wouldn't need an amp to practice
with an acoustic though.
Those little gizmos can have a lot of effects like reverb, flange,
echo, vibrato, tremolo, etc. So when you get a real amp, you have
all those effects waiting to plug in.
Sometimes called 'direct box' or effects box, check it out.
Just don't forget to get one with an earphone out.
My son Kevin got one, a bit more expensive but it is pretty incredible,
records, dozens of effects, mixes. Its the same size as a regular
effects box, just costs about 300 bucks US, so 180 ish pounds?
Thats a bit too much for you at this point but you should be able to
find something at either a pawn shop or a guitar shop.
Pawn shop won't usually give you more than a ten minute warranty🙂
Guitar shops usually give at least 90 days or so.
Try it, you'll like it!
23 Dec 05
Originally posted by CenterNutIt could simply be that you have a bad guitar. You can spend a fortune on new pickups, a new neck, new pegs, new bridge, but at the end it really just boils down to the wood used in the body of the guitar. That's why no two guitars could ever produce the exact same tone: no two guitars can ever have the same grain of wood.
Well this is what I think.. when I had a radio control car.. as stock it was crap.. too heavy.. crappy motor .. pretty slow overall..
then one of 1st things i did was put a fast motor in it.. and yep it made it go faster.. but the batterys didnt last so long.. over time like 2 years or so.. i changed all the parts from plastic to carbon.. and metal parts ...[text shortened]... eep me happy till I get £600-£900 for usa strat. 😀 i dunno i still like that maverick guitar 😉
I'd recommend to you that you shop around and find a cheap guitar with a good tone, then start upgrading it like the madman that you are.
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Originally posted by StarrmanI'll second that one. So many people buy these itshay sears
Whilst good equipment doesn't make a good musician, it is integral to being a good musician - that you learn what is and isn't good equipment, both in tone and workmanship. I don't think people should earn the right to play good instruments like some silly rite of passage.
specials where the strings are about a half inch off the frets or some
such and then it hurts like hell to play so they give up.
Absolute beginners should start with a nylon string or a steel string
set up really low, almost buzzing, that way the fingers have a chance
to get calloused before the dude gives up on the whole thing.
My guitar teach, guy that goes by the moniker of 'Backwards Sam
Firk' (long story), his real name is Mike Stewart, a real genius on
country blues (Mississippi John hurt, etc), Mike and his buddy named
'Fang', AKA Tom Hoskins actually were the ones responsible for
rediscovering John Hurt, went to Avalon Mississippi and went door
to door till they found him, in 1963 and John Hurt was forever the
darling of the folk circuit till he died in 1968.
Anyway Mike has a BIG problem with the physical playing of a guitar.
He has some kind of genetic defect that does not let him grow
callouses on his fingertips and when he does a gig, his fingers
bleed! He plays anyway, recorded with John Fahey and others.
He has about 4 CD's and vinyl out, great guitarist. I was lucky to
have run across him as a teacher.
23 Dec 05
Originally posted by CenterNuthow old is your guitar? if it's quite new then your stings shall detune more easily than older string (you're meant to stretch them before you put them on your guitar to minimise this...)
Edit: oh yes my guitar also plays nice the neck is nice.. the tuners stay in tune.. but the termolo is a joke.. and I remove it.. cos it detunes my instrument too much after use..
23 Dec 05
Originally posted by hopscotchhehe thx but if I'm going to buy a new guitar will be one im happy with .. I don't really want to upgrade it.. i'd prefer it to sound good from the shop.. I will be buying new guitar next year an i'll make sure I'm 100% happy with it when I buy it.
It could simply be that you have a bad guitar. You can spend a fortune on new pickups, a new neck, new pegs, new bridge, but at the end it really just boils down to the wood used in the body of the guitar. That's why no two guitars could ever produce the exact same tone: no two guitars can ever have the same grain of wood.
I'd recommend to you that y ...[text shortened]... and find a cheap guitar with a good tone, then start upgrading it like the madman that you are.
Its gota sound good with line-6 pod etc.. or I dont want it.. i'll probably take a pod to shop with me so i can test it out.
23 Dec 05
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Originally posted by geniusits not problem with tunings.. i change the strings like 5 times this year.. and each time used different strings.. strings i like most of all are aernie balls they gave me alot of twng.
how old is your guitar? if it's quite new then your stings shall detune more easily than older string (you're meant to stretch them before you put them on your guitar to minimise this...)
Hang about for 1 hour and i'll record my guitar and u can tell me what you think of the tone.
I got my guitar last year .. last xmas .. don't know the year it was made..
just gota pop up the shop to get lotto ticket.. 45mil roll over this weekend cant miss out on that.. then i'll do some recordings.. i'll also record the sound of guitar though mic.