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I watch the Crimson channel as I appreciate and am interested in what Ben is doing but I never actually like the guitars he makes!
Me to. I really like the way Ben comes across and I’d love a guitar from him. His craftsmanship is excellent but I find some of his finishes ‘challenging’.
Still always tune in to his 3 videos a week.
@tall_martin it must be a bit worrying taking a file to your precioussss the first time. My Floyd equipped beast has a couple of worn frets and I’m trying work out the best way to sort it. I’m thinking I’m going to have to go down the partial regret route at least.
Thanks! This looks like potentially quite a deep rabbit hole...
I went on Crimson’s site for the first time after a mention on here from guitarhero. I looked at the tool section as I like tools. Ten minutes later my cart was nearly up to £300 just from thinking “oooh, that looks useful...”.
Just spent a few hours with 'just' an Ipad, a THR10ii and my JTV.
Someone up there said how good modern gear is. Even with a couple of beers in me I was getting better sounding results with far less fuss than the Portastudios and pedals of my past.
Golden times.
Just spent a few hours with ‘just’ an Ipad, a THR10ii and my JTV.
I suspect a THR10ii maybe my next significant purchase.
I spent just a few hours with my Katana and a Windows 10 laptop...
Lots of fun making noises that weren't really music, but I hit on one bugbear.
The input through the USB to the laptop is really low. Unless I whack the output of the Katana to 200% and have it in a loud setting it's really quiet when recording into Audacity. To record my acoustic I just strummed it and used the laptop mic. This came through about 30 times louder than the USB.
I've heard this is a known issue with windows 10. Has anyone found a workaround? Installing drivers, that sort of thing?
I suspect a THR10ii maybe my next significant purchase.
I doubt you’d regret it.
Mine gets used every day, usually several times as it sits to the computer I work on. It sounds pretty great at low volume and is so easy to get great sounds from. I’m getting rid of gear before moving back to Weymouth and my much loved DT25 will go before the THR.
I've fixed my problem with the low input through the USB port; I downloaded Equalizer APO, a bit of free software, and I've now got a complete home recording set-up on the cheap!
I'm amazed by the number of sounds and effects I can find on the Boss Katana 50 II, plugged into my old Core i3 laptop. I'm just using Audacity and headphones which gives the ability to lay down a click track plus a number of other tracks. Even my acoustic comes across sounding quite real.
There is one major problem: just like nobody likes hearing the sound of their own voice, hearing my own terrible playing is truly terrifying!
More time spent playing guitar, less time playing with the tech is definitely needed.
Just spent a few hours with ‘just’ an Ipad, a THR10ii and my JTV.
Out of interest, what were you using / running on the ipad?
GarageBand normally. I also have CubaseLE3 but haven’t tried that yet.
My mate has just let me know he has a new guitar. An acoustic guitar. With a built in amp/speaker. And multi fx. And a looper.
I s****ed a bit until I saw this.
@markwsf I've recently leveled and re-crowned my three guitars.
In terms of tools the only special tool you really need is the correct size diamond crowning file. I started with a three sided crowning file from Crimson and it was bloody hard getting any reasonable shape. Diamond crowning file just does the job, don't bother getting any other crowning file!
I also wouldn't bother with the abrasive rubbers, I didn't find them all that effective. I got some varying grades of emery paper (400 to 2500) and just worked up through these to get pretty polished looking frets.
The process of leveling and crowning is quite easy, just take your time, don't rush it, and make sure you tape up the fretboard well!
Oh, and if you want advice, post on a forum of crusty old guitar dudes and brace yourself:
There's a Kevin Bacon fronted look at the electric guitar over the years. A bit of a generic documentary but it passes time.
If you have Prime it is on there.
If you haven't it is free on IMDB TV if you have an IMDB login (also free.)
https://www.imdb.com/tv/watch/tt1112291?ref_=tt_wo_fdv_1
Trailer:
BBC had a great series on drums, bass and guitar. Not available currently but I'm sure it'll be on again
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00024k9/episodes/guide
Yep, I downloaded them. Pretty darn good. Stuart Copeland on Drums. Lenny Kaye Guitar and Tina Weymouth talking bass.
I see a lot of people saying they wish that they had a better understanding of music theory, could someone please suggest some good reference books on this or other resources that might be helpful.
Hi Tagnut, there are lots of resources but it depends on where your starting point is
this video is pretty good and there are other beato videos (I've never read his book so can't advise definitively)
if you have further questions, post them on here and I'll help 🙂
I've been playing 12 months and think that learning the theory is best learnt as you progress otherwise it's information overload. Learning the neck becomes much easier as you build your chord vocabulary, I've found Barre chords relatively easy to get a grasp of going down the mainly classical route.
I got together with a drummer and bass player when lockdown eased and was surprised how basic most rock/pop stuff is.
Yes I let my Strat come out to play and I didn't stress about tone or my lack of pedals or whether my teeny amp cut the mustard either. 🤣
After mentioning it a week or so back I was wondering about starting a new thread for 2021 but thought nope. Anyone else wants to then fine. Was maybe thing about a technique or theory thread and then remembered this is a bike forum.
My aim for 2021 is to try to post a piece once a week. The Paul David “10 solos, one backing track” video got me trying to think more about what I’m trying to play. So time to pony up.
I recorded (remotely) this Sam Fender track with my sister in law. I found the intro note surprisingly hard to get consistent and on the beat. She did the female vocal. I did everything else, but drew in the drums in Ableton cos I'm rubbish. Female vocals recorded on an iPhone, which came out better than expected
Guitars in the "video" are my green PRS SE Zach Myers, my son's PRS SE 245 and my ibanez SR305.
Jesus! That is awesome. Ableton let you down by being the weak loop in the chain. Really good from both of you and your sister in law has a voice.
Very envious.
😳 Gives up on idea of posting music in future...
Good work @AdamT good to have someone you can call on to deliver vocals like that 🙂
@bazzer, totally agree, it's great. My brother has been shielding and lives in a different region etc. We used to get together often for a jam . This is a poor substitute for that, but fun all the same. Really feel bad for musicians and venues though this pandemic.
@AdamT I sent some stuff to a mate of mine to do some vocals for me on a song I wrote. It does work, but its not the same as being in the same room for me.
And people never send it back the way I want it 🙂 Yes it sounds better with reverb on it, but I want it dry so I can process it myself 🙂
I'll get junior to listen to that Adam.
Is anyone into guitar fettling to the extent of fretwork
I'm still on the refret on that old Sigma martin, I've accumulated tools over the years mainly from Thomann and the local DIY store. This is the first full refret I've done and has been a lesson in fret tang sizing. The Dunlop 6120 fit perfectly. They're properly jumbo frets and getting an even curve not easy. The more time spent on the frets before fitting the less time spent dressing is what I've learned from the partial refret I did. I'm currently debating whether to fit the frets beyond comfortable reach. I never use any beyond 17 on a guitar without a cutaway and the frets don't have an influence on neck relief beyond the neck joint so why fit them?
I’m currently debating whether to fit the frets beyond comfortable reach.
Maybe just fill the empty slots with a lighter wood veneer to give the visuals of frets?
Just found this fun little guide to Hendix’s chordal playing. Filled a few hours over the weekend...
https://www.musicradar.com/how-to/jimi-hendrix-rhythm-guitar-chord-lesson
guitarhero
Full MemberBrowsing my HD this morning and found this from 10 years ago. The contributors are listed below. Would be fun to do another sometime.
DavidB 0:00 – 0:36
grieviuostim 0:36 – 1:11
stratobiker 1:11 – 1:48
lodius 1:48 – 2:26
earl_brutus 2:26 – 3:00
jond 3:00 – 3:35
hummerlicious 3:35 – 4:11
guitarhero 4:11 – end
https://soundcloud.com/barry-dodds/stw-blues-jam
Well with lockdown here again and bound to get worse I'm totally up for this, just a little 8 bar or 16 bar segment to work over, Either run them all together or we do it as separate pieces a la Paul Davids' recent thing.
Anyone able to put together a suitable track to record over? Something moderate tempo that could offer a few opportunites to stretch harminically...
The Pauls Davids one
@eddiebaby, i happily put a backing track together and whack the individual parts together. Can anyone think of any other "rules" that might be needed?
Just a request to keep it under 180BPM. 🙂
That's great Adam, let's see if anyone else is interested.
I thing register interest in trying and then a cutoff date allowing everyone a week or so to plan it and then find time to record it.
Crikey was it really 10 years ago? My playing hasn’t got any better since
I'm up for this
I'm in, some good work on the last colective effort. The last one was in Em and slow, roughly 57bpm with people doubling it up to do their solos around 115bpm. How about Am and faster. A disco beat is around 125bpm, blues rock starts to move from 130bpm and at over 150bpm it's swinging. Or go the other way and slow it right down to 90bpm for those who do want to do bits at 180bpm.
I'm in 🤘
I was noodling around in Am anyhow and wanted to throw the odd interesting chord in there for fun. I'll see what I come up with. Hoping that @chiefgrooveguru might pop in a bass solo... That would be cool
Game on.
Right then! Here it is. Slightly funky feel I think? A nice Am pentatonic will do you OK, but thought I'd make you think with some kind of strange Eb6(#11) thing in there just to "funk" you all up a bit 🙂 95bpm btw.
Chord sequence is: Am7, Eb6(#11), D9, Am7, Eb6(#11), E9(ish).
I suggest you each work out a section which is twice the sequence above, so 16 bars. This is about 40s worth.
https://soundcloud.com/adamt-9/stw_collab
Right, going to loop that and have it playing at low volume as I sleep and see what comes mind in the morning. Thanks Adam. 👍🏼
Perfect Adam. Having spent 20 minutes noodling over it the ideas are coming. As you say funky, a Strat a greenbox and play something choppy.
What file format do you need and how can we get it to you?
Chord sequence is: Am7, Eb6(#11), D9, Am7, Eb6(#11), E9(ish).
Showoff 😀
Will have a play later 🙂
I got a Native instruments Maschine Mk3 yesterday and Komplete 13. I know its mainly used by the young people "Making Beats" but its a completely different work flow to something like logic and for me means I create stuff that is different to normal.
Can't hear the track at work but I'm keen. We did 3 of these back in the day if I recall, that I was involved with anyway, and they were all fun.
Hi all, I updated the SoundCloud link to allow downloading. Happy jamming.
Whoop!!!
Watched the Paul Davids vid. Wow, Chris Buck.
He talks it through on his channel and even gives a Transcription. Discovering him has been a source of much joy this last few months.
Dear Lordy. It seems I just ain’t funky!!
Loving this. Thanks again Adam.