Guitarists of Singletrack…

“I’ve gone Bigsby! Added a licensed Bigsby to my homemade Cabronita. OK to fit, an arse to string-up. Seems to stay in tune (I’ve got 11s on to give it some resistance…)”

I’ve got a Bigsby on my Gretsch hollow-body – what a wonderful thing! Your Cabronita looks so cool!

Recently started playing guitar with a pick – just clicked a few days ago. Now there’s the whole rabbit hole of picks to go down – I’m liking the purple tortex one I found kicking about at home. The huge Justin Chancellor bass picks I have feel way too big. I’ve got a Mick Lynch signature one which I gather is a carbon fibre Jazz III that’s pretty nice but a bit too tiny.

Looking into getting a baritone guitar for work for demoing heavier/downtuned sounds – Reverend Descent RA is top of the list for now…

Hey guys, this is my sons 1st attempt utube cover of iron maiden https://youtu.be/wXIjUZTdB_4

Pretty much taught himself during lockdown .

He is only 16 so any likes will be greatly appreciated cheers

@cheekyget – nice! Liked and subscribed. Very little helps etc

It does, cheers @whatgoesup he is well chuffed

Just picked up a.pedal board, got about 5 9v pedals should I go for a power source to go under the board or is it easier to just get one that sits on the floor next to it, also any ideas on what to buy seems to be so many choices

Also liked and subscribed @cheekyget. tell him to keep going. Music is amazing and music people are mostly amazing.

@cheekyget…..nice and clean. Tell him to keep at it….it’ll cost you a fortune obviously 😁

Excellent playing. Liked and subbed.

@chiefgrooveguru

Looking into getting a baritone guitar for work for demoing heavier/downtuned sounds – Reverend Descent RA is top of the list for now…

I’m using the Chapman Bea Baritone. The 28 inch scale works better for me than the 27″ that many companies like Fender use.

I’m tuning to B or Drop A and with 14-68 strings it feels right.

Just picked up a.pedal board, got about 5 9v pedals should I go for a power source to go under the board or is it easier to just get one that sits on the floor next to it, also any ideas on what to buy seems to be so many choices

strymon ojai under the board for me

I bought a cheapie from Thomann. Worked well until l kmover loaded it.

Multi voltages and rather slim and effective.

I’ve got a TGI Powerbox Micro which seems to do the job nicely.

Thanks @eddiebaby @joelowden  ( yes it’s cost me fortune all ready , he has 6 guitars now, I told him if he wants anymore he can pay for a extension..lol) @AdamT

He is really pleased, thanks

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People seem to say it’s bad to daisy chain power supply is that a real world issue?

This was mine

https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_powerplant_iso_2ac_pro_modular.htm

It depends on the pedals @ali69er. If it’s a couple of overdrives and a chorus, you’ll be fine, but if they’re clever and digital, or boutique and sensitive then they’ll complain if they’re not on isolated power cables. Power supplies are the ‘welding repairs for the MOT’ of the guitar world – they cost a load of cash, but don’t actually seem to make anything better – and no one will notice. 🙂

However, a decent power supply, with tidy cables is a joy to use – and any of your higher wattage or sensitive pedals will thank you.

I’ve got a wah, od, distrotion and a noise gate. Nothing crazy, all bought when drunk and now trying to resolve the real world problems when sober

Worth trying on a daisy chain, then, if you’re on a budget. Though it’s only £33 for a five-output isolated job from Thomann.
I’ve got one of these on one of my boards and it’s been great – and can handle digital pedals if you do upgrade. https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_powerplant_iso_5_pro.htm

Has anyone used the Positive Grid Spark Go?

It looks useful as a headphone amp for playing quiet, as a low power amp for playing in the spare room when others are watching TV and then apparently you can use it as a head unit to plug into a higher power amp.

I’m only a beginner and I thought that the learning modes on the app might help me as I’m struggling a bit(a lot) to get on. Plus I like audio tech and its not much cash….

Any thoughts?

I had a play of a mates and it seemed OK for exactly the situations you described.

I bought a Yamaha THR10OII when they came out but there were a lot less options back then. Luckily it is amazing. Dunno if I’d still get one.

Andy Timmons playing Bohemian Rhapsody solo… He’s great.

Music starts around 1:30.

Had one of my guitars in for a setup at my local shop. Went to collect and spotted they had a 2nd hand Epiphone Jared Nicols hanging on the wall. 10 minutes of playing later and I was in love. An absolutely phenomenal guitar. Good weight, neck fits my hand perfectly but most importantly that single Seymour Duncan dogear P90 might be the best sounding pickup I’ve ever heard. Such a simple guitar with an insane range of tones available. Best approach is crank the amp all the way up and roll the volume way back. The volume will roll off without sacrificing clarity and the tone control is useable all the way through its range

^ I like that colour, very minimalist and clean looking too.

Fantastic guitar Bob.

I’m certain someone on here has on that I’ve commented on before. (id search but… well you know.)

Got my first goldtop, a PRS SE and love it.

After months and months of swithering I’ve finally ordered that FSR shell pink Pro11 strat I’ve been eyeing up.

It’s getting restrung and a final set up in the shop (Merchant City Music in Glasgow) before getting shipped Monday.

The lovely people even took some photos and emailed me them (with the invoice). It looks amazing, honestly I can hardly wait, Wednesday cannot come fast enough (for a change).

MCM a real pleasure to do business with (as ever). Despite being a ‘long-distance’ customer they always treat me well (Richard there reminds me of Paul at Cotic, and that is as high praise indeed!).

That’s lovely and MCM is indeed a great shop

I remember someone else getting one of those Jared GT Epi’s on here, never having heard of it/him and YouTubing it. It certainly looks the business (and the vids I watched were pretty positive, but not enough to get one on spec…) A secondhand one would pretty much be ideal I’d have thought. Looks pretty mint.

I have a gold top scratch that, one day, will no doubt demand to be itched…

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Love my AmProIIs.

Sadly the Strat is going as I never play it on anger and my PRS SE covers what I need in the way of Strat sounds.

Hi all, Ive been a lurker / reader since day one (having met Mark at the Singletrack launch at the Bike Show, Birmingham NEC and my mate Jeff Wherlock SS World Champ that year, graces the cover of the first issue). I’ve been playing guitar on and off for many years and gotten stuck in the ‘guitarists rut’ a few times as we all do. I have a PRS 245 SE and an Epiphone Flying V through an Orange Crush amp. This is a wonderful thread  – you chaps certainly know your stuff! I play straight into the amp without any gadgets – Bernie Marsden style 😊 but I can imagine falling down the rabbit hole of gadgetry to be very easy 😃. Anyhow just saying hi and thanks for the goldmine of friendly info and support.

I’ve spent rather a lot of time today trying to play Sex Machine, Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag and And Justice For All – all unplugged on my big Gretsch Hollowbody! Still, I am at least now trying to do it with a pick!

And I’ve now added Back In Black and La Grange to my repertoire of things I can’t yet play but I’m going to make my fingertips sore trying! So much open mostly power chord action on Back In Black, v confusing to this bassist’s brain…

Goldtop fever has got me so I finally got all the bits on the DGT SE and took a photo.
The knobs are tabacco coloured from Aliexpress. The tuners are Guyker front lockers, also from Aliexpress.
Tuners work fine. Smooth enough and hold tune well.
Speaking of holding tune I’ve had a couple of minor problems. The third fret was a tiny bit high so was buzzing a tad on cowboy chords. A quick bit of work with assorted sanding pads sorted that mostly.
Worse was the nut being a bit tight on the factory fitted string and on the D’Adddarios I fitted. Very cautious slot filing and smoothing with a set of those cheapo wire ‘nut files’ from Amazon has got it prefect. Before any trem use tended to leave strings out of tune if they binded in the slots. Worse on the wound strings but slightly present on all.
I have a Switchcraft jack socket so I’ll change that next time I take the plate off the back as the current socket seems to have a lot of play in it.
The fingerboard seems nice and dark with some figuring but next string change I’ll put some Monty’s Montepresso on there.

Very nice. I have a couple of PRS SE’s. Both single cuts. They’re great guitars.

Yep. Very happy with it.

Now of course I want one of those Epiphone Jared Nicols.

Looks good eddie. Good cat action too 👍

I am not sure if I posted about it here or not but I recently built myself one of these:

https://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/product/gherkin

A Big Muff with a mid control AND extra clipping options. And hence bloody loads of knobs 😂

It’s a great fuzz pedal though. Very sculptable. I’ve not had a chance to play it very loud yet, but through my little Orange Micro Dark and headphones it’s fantastic.

Plus I decorated the case with nail varnish and sharpies, true “DIY pedal” style.

Wow, looks complicated. How long was the build process?

In the easy-to-play-crowd-pleasers list Stay or Go Now by the Clash has to be well up there. That got me messing around to get the sound and led to my Harley Benton Tele with low output vintage bridge pickup straight into the Marshall clean channel. Cowboy chords, low tech, just works 🙂 Anyone got an old Music Man for sale? 😉

Love a gold top – very nice eddiebaby