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But it is a million times easier and safer to use a modern shaped diamond crowning file
Agreed. Always assuming it fits the fretwire you are using, there again he is a perfectionist in his videos and does seem to be trying to make his viewers into Pro builders even if it is inappropriate to their needs.
Just in case you’ve got a mani-esque itch to scratch...
‘Excluding vat‘
https://www.thomann.de/gb/rickenbacker_4005xc_af_90th_anni.htm
She's here!
Just had a play.
Set up is amazingly good out of the box, no fret buzz, neck looks spot on, low-ish action, intonation seems good, fret ends are all well finished.
It does need a fret polish and neck oil through. Doing bends you can feel the frets are a bit scratchy, and the fretboard feels/looks a bit dry.
Awesome!
First time on fan frets, feels surprisingly normal.
The width of the neck is weird though 😆
I know a few people on here play Tele's. Has anyone done the 4-way switch mod, which adds the additional position with the pickups in series? Is it a noticeably different sound to the normal middle position?
Or should I just get a Les Paul...
That 8 string looks lovely. I struggle with accurate fingering with 4 fat strings though. I’d have no chance with that 🙈
Just seen the price of the 8 String.
That is a total no brainer. Good call.
Just seen the price of the 8 String.
That is a total no brainer. Good call.
Yeah I know. I own more expensive shoes!
I bought a b-stock one for £128, and they seem to have forgotten to charge me Vat on it 🤨
According to the website, for purchases under £135, Thomann invoice you the Vat before finalising the sale. But as I paid by PayPal, they didn't do this.
I was expecting the UPS guy to hand me a vat invoice, but nope, just dropped it at the door and left.
So we'll wait and see if anyone works out what has happened. I'll keep schtum until they do 🤭
I’ll keep schtum until they do 🤭
And we'll do the same as long as you let us borrow it. 😉
Woke (early) this morning and after bleeding the central heating the house got toasty and outside looked awful so I set about the guitar. Strings off, thorough clean and oil of the fretboard new Ernie Balls on to replace the D’Addarios that have been on there for a couple of months and then tweak the truss rod, action and intonation.
Damn! Does anything feel better than fresh strings on a well set up guitar? My mood would be even better if I didn’t find 2 of the new strings had the ball ends missing from the ends. Luckily there was enough length to twist in a couple cut off the old strings. First time that has happened to me.
Anyway a quick ride out for an hour and then a shower and some playing.
Have revisited Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here this afternoon. I desperately need some lessons so could really do with covid ****ing off! Did try using Chipps's Ditto Looper so that I was playing the solo over the chords but my timing is awful and it sounded even more dreadful that when just on it's own!
Sounds more than good enough to me Simon.
When recording the backing chords to the looper can I suggest a metronome app for your phone or tablet?
I was OK on short sequences but found I was prone to wander a bit over more than 8 bars.
Someone on here recommended the Soundbrenner app that has a great free version. Crank the volume up loud or stick a little bluetooth speaker on it to get it even louder and away you go. Timing and rhythm needs as much practice as playing the right notes.
Even when not recording loops have the metronome running at a pace you feel comfortable playing the piece at. You'll soon notice the places where you slip away from proper timing.
Thanks, I'll try and give it a go 🙂
I tried practicing with a metronome for the first time last week. Very distracting! I really struggled with it at first but could see the benefit once I locked into it.
Yeah, personally I couldn't play along with a metronome as it was too CLACK - CLACK - CLACK for me. It was an old school wind up one mind.
I ended up buying a drum pedal (Mooer Micro Drummer) and that's brilliant. Having a more authentic drum loop seems to absolutely fine in not being distracting. 🙂
@simondbarnes sounding pretty good there! Chapeau for posting up, you're a braver soul than I am 🙂
I was bored, so I made this. Zebrano and flamed maple truss rod cover for my PRS SE. I never liked the plastic one it came with.
That's nice. 👍🏼
Good shout. If you have an iphone or ipad I suppose a Garageband loop would work.
If you have an iphone or ipad I suppose a Garageband loop would work
Better still, the virtual drummers in Garageband. They're fantastic to play over and really easy to tweak the drums to whatever you want
@benman Yup, I've got a 4-way switch in the tele I built. Very simply, just do it. There's definitely enough difference in tone to warrant the faff - it's great for leads.
Better still, the virtual drummers in Garageband.
Never even tried them before. Excellent advice. Thanks.
There’s definitely enough difference in tone to warrant the faff – it’s great for leads.
It's not the same as they are virtual pickups but I've been trying that on the Variax. Also interesting what a difference playing with pickups and pot and capacitor values can do. Not the real world sounds but definietly more for the tone palette.
Currently having fun with tunings and killing strings with the flick of a switch. Going from Standard Tele to 5 string Open G instantly.
Ooly works if you are playing loud or through headphones as the acoustic sound of the strings clashes so much with the pitchshifted sounds.
All fun and just another excuse to actually not bother learning to improve my playing. 🙁
I so want a JTV-59 and its all you guys fault 🙂
Haven't really posted stuff to my You Tube Channel for ages so thought I might start chucking some stuff up. This is a pretty awful attempt at a 2 camera angle video. The wide shot is me playing live and the close up shot is miming. Probably need better camera (using iphone) lights, ideas etc. and definitely video editor, iMovie 10 is awful. Might try my hand at a review video as they seem to get a lot of traffic. Alos note the slightly clickbaity thumbnail 😉
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Excellent! Really loved Devil went to Georgia. You’ve got some real Paul Gilbert faces going on there. 😁
Good to see and hear the Descendant in action.
Love it 🙂
I know a few people on here play Tele’s. Has anyone done the 4-way switch mod, which adds the additional position with the pickups in series? Is it a noticeably different sound to the normal middle position?
Or should I just get a Les Paul…
I have done this - I followed a youtube video - my selector goes bridge , bridge/neck (parallel), bridge/neck (series), neck - I know some have the "new" position as position 4 - if that makes sense
It sounds different - a bit fuller - some say its a bit like a humbucker - it was not too difficult to do - it was my first attempt at soldering
Here's another demo I've been working on.
Me on guitar and organ...
https://soundcloud.com/tom-harrison-322574521/silly-games/s-cIWpLcDczCc
I spent some of lockdown trying to recreate a childhood love of mine..Alien Sex Fiend 😉
Blimey thats is scary!!!
Best Pedal Show for ages. because they aren't focussed on tone but ar looking at phrasing. Worth a listen I reckon.
Continuing the vague Tele theme, this came home with me last night.
Nice!
Genuine or Relic? Looks great, what does it play like?
2020 Vintera Roadworn with some added road miles by the previous owner (purposefully, not just abused).
It’s a lovely guitar and a definite keeper. Will get it properly set up at the weekend - I think it could do with a gentle fret level to make it perfect (that’s been true of most new guitars I’ve had including the new MIM player Tele I returned before buying this used one).
Mmmm that Tele is lovely. I love my Baja Tele but I may have to give it a nitro finish. Fender are onto something with the option of nitro on the Mexican guitars.
EDIT: like this one
It's a Jason Isbell (I had to google him) signature model. Looks absolutely lovely although it's £1,339 which seems like American money (This one's a MIM).
EDIT2: JTFC when did posting images get so difficult?
I think I'm down to 2 Telecasters now
78 completely modded to 70's brass heaven before I got it
2014 Custom shop
Both lovely
Hey guys
Can anyone recommend a smart phone mic please?
Nothing too expensive, its just for messing about with as a first foray into recording myself.
Oh and while I'm here does anyone use a looper app ? Is there such a thing ??
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Whilst we're on the subject of recommendations, I'm currently on the lookout for a set of open backed headphones for quiet practice. I'm a bassist though, mainly playing a Dingwall five string, so something that has a reasonable reproduction of low frequencies would be desirable.
As I've got reference cans already, these will just be for this purpose. Open backed is my preference as I find them less fatiguing than close backed cans. I was think AKG K240's as they're pretty cheap, but if anyone has anything they could recommend that'd be ace!
Looks absolutely lovely although it’s £1,339 which seems like American money (This one’s a MIM).
I think it was the cost of the health implications of finishing in Nitro that started Fender moving a lot of production to Mexico thanks to California's workplace standards rules.
“If the first audio they downlink is from the descent, we probably won't be able to hear anything over the sound of the rover screaming.”
Can anyone recommend a smart phone mic please?
Nothing too expensive, its just for messing about with as a first foray into recording myself.
It's not a microphone but I just got an iRig HD. You can plug into a phone or laptop and use the supplied software to play through digital amps and pedals and stuff.
I've been using it to practice with Yousician and record myself with Garage Band.
Yousician is also great for any bass players who are wondering. I haven't tried the guitar lessons yet. It's like going to the gym and grinding away on it has progressed my playing more than anything I've ever done.
I’m looking for a gain/overdrive pedal (I think).
I've a Princeton ‘68 modified 12W tube amp which starts to break up with a hottish tele bridge pickup at 3-3.5 (which is plenty loud in the house).
id quite like to have it sounding like 6 or maybe even 8(! I’m not a turn it up to 11 kinda guy) but not annoy the neighbours/sheep.
so more grit than screamer.
I'm completely clueless wrt pedals I have a (now redundant) boss tremolo and looper. I’ve had a Marshall and Boss overdrives in the dim and distant past, but I’m not wanting full on distortion.
I've been looking at the EHx Soul Food and East River Drive... I did say I was clueless....
sub 100£.
oh, couldn’t quite make/justify the stretch of 1k+ uplift for the Gibson so I’ve ordered the Epiphone LPS in Tv yellow. Due next week....