The Official Guitar Thread
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Alex
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Getting Cory Wong to do that is quite the endorsement considering that dude is well known for being a strict analog kinda dude. Down to the recording methods he uses.
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jooka
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Really enjoying this channel, more so in the past week. The people he has played with over the years is simple amazing.
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Alex
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Really enjoying this channel, more so in the past week. The people he has played with over the years is simple amazing.
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Wow was literally talking about this dude last night with a friend.
Kalaar kururuc
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Has anyone got one of these or similar?
www.blackstaramps.com
I'm not expecting miracles, but might be nice to be able to play 'amped up' with headphones without pissing about with the full sized amp.
amPlug 2 FLY - Blackstar
These award-winning headphone amps for electric guitar and bass deliver Blackstar tone anywhere.
www.blackstaramps.com
I'm not expecting miracles, but might be nice to be able to play 'amped up' with headphones without pissing about with the full sized amp.
Alex
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Has anyone got one of these or similar?
amPlug 2 FLY - Blackstar
These award-winning headphone amps for electric guitar and bass deliver Blackstar tone anywhere.
I'm not expecting miracles, but might be nice to be able to play 'amped up' with headphones without pissing about with the full sized amp.
A friend has these and he says it sounds really good but he's a n00b and knows nothing so I wouldn't take his word for it.
Just do what I did and buy a Helix. It's only $1300 more.
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Kalaar kururuc
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Hah, not sure I can justify $1300 for me being too lazy to get the amp out while i noodle on the sofa.
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I've heard good things about the Blackstar, the Boss Katana and this Spark below. The Spark looks really neat but I guess they are taking months to ship. For dicking around on the sofa through studio monitors I'm sure they each give enough interesting tones to suffice.Has anyone got one of these or similar?
amPlug 2 FLY - Blackstar
These award-winning headphone amps for electric guitar and bass deliver Blackstar tone anywhere.
I'm not expecting miracles, but might be nice to be able to play 'amped up' with headphones without pissing about with the full sized amp.
For a few hundred more, I'd also highly (HIGHLY) recommend the Pod Go. Same exact audio sound as the more expensive Helix, but you lose some customization and the ability to do a few other things. For pure sounds though on the couch, for $450 I can't imagine anything better.
Boss Katana-50 MkII 1 x 12-inch 50-watt Combo Amp
50/25/0.5W 1x12" Guitar Combo Amplifier with 5 Amp Voicings, 60 Effects, 4 Tone Slots, Cab-emulated Headphone/Record Output, and USB
www.sweetwater.com
Spark | 40-Watt Smart Guitar Amp & Bluetooth Speaker | Positive Grid
Spark Amp & App let's you customize your tone and your look. Packed with 40 watts of immersive, room-filling sound, ultimate on-board control and massively inspiring smart features like all new Smart Jam Live, Auto Chords, 50,000+ tones and more!
www.positivegrid.com
Line 6 POD Go Guitar Multi-effects Floor Processor
Guitar/Bass Multi-FX Pedal and Amp Modeler with 8 Footswitches, Onboard Expression Pedal, 270+ Sounds, Analog and Digital I/O, and Color LCD
www.sweetwater.com
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I wish I didn't hate headphones because I'd love to get a multi-fx board and go digital. I hate having headphones on for long periods of time. I've been looking at low wattage amps or amps with built in attenuators. I bought a small fender mustang and it sounds fine, but it's a pain to tweak the settings with the software, and they just changed models and dropped support for the amp I have. A few of the amps I've been looking at are the newer boss katana 50, the PRS MT 15, the EVHII 5150 and the monoprice 1x12 tube combo. I'm looking for a pedal platform that genres well enough. I think the one I like the most so far is the PRS MT15, but I think it might be too loud, even in 7 watt mode.
Trying some new picks this week. A pointier version of my favorite pick:
Trying some new picks this week. A pointier version of my favorite pick:
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oh man that looks sweet.
Reprise
The PHRED instruments Reprise guitar is an archtop style guitar featuring a dual humbucker setup, with discrete split coil switches and a 3-way pickup toggle for 8 different tone combinations! Reprise is professionally setup with low action and D'Addario 10-46 strings, and the frets are leveled...shop.phredinstruments.com
Looks great for how much I like mine but certainly taking it to the next level. I've actually gotten to know Freddy pretty well over the years since I bought my Dockstar. Might be time to give him a visit at his shop. I would want to rearrange where the 3 way and the toggles are currently tho. Have the 3 way up by the lower horn and the toggles in between the humbuckers, as low down to the edge that they could be.
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I'm sure this is old news, but this guy is probably the best blues teacher I've come across on youtube on my hunt to learn more licks. Very digestible way of teaching, has a ton of awesome licks from really simple to pretty involved and they all sound awesome.
Also bought another new guitar, and after playing it the past two weeks it's probably the best one I own. Easy to play, sounds excellent and the build quality is equal to my PRS. Made by Heritage - never hear of them before, but after playing one I just bought it. Really nice instrument and a joy to learn the blues licks on.
Also bought another new guitar, and after playing it the past two weeks it's probably the best one I own. Easy to play, sounds excellent and the build quality is equal to my PRS. Made by Heritage - never hear of them before, but after playing one I just bought it. Really nice instrument and a joy to learn the blues licks on.
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Just started digging deep in 70s rock bands on youtube and just learned who Tom Scholz is, which is kind of amazing considering how much I love Boston. Jesus fuck that dude is a BOSS.
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I decided to go from 10's to 9's on my sterling jp160 this weekend without realizing the Floyd has to be restrung differently and that I would need to adjust the tension. It took about an hour, but I got the bridged leveled after removing one of the springs and adjusting the screws. I bought a set of 8s, but I haven't felt the need to go lower than 9s yet.
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I use to use Ernie Ball extra slinky 8-38 when I first started playing (easy on the fingers) but i was constantly breaking the High E string. Now i use EB 9-42 on my Floyd equipped guitars and 10-46 on my others. My drop tuned guitars I use the EB Skinny top Heavy Bottom. 10-52.
Alex
You like the Helix? Have you tried an Axe FX II or III? I've been using a Line 6 Firehawk for a bit (because of the price at the time). Trying to decide between Helix and Axe FX. Do you run the helix into a FRFR cab?
Alex
You like the Helix? Have you tried an Axe FX II or III? I've been using a Line 6 Firehawk for a bit (because of the price at the time). Trying to decide between Helix and Axe FX. Do you run the helix into a FRFR cab?
Alex
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I'm a huge fan of my Helix. Digital tech has come a long way since my last processor (GNX3). I've never tried any of the Axe FX but from what I've heard they're possibly even better.
I actually mostly run through my headphones, but I've been playing through my Orange TH30 as well. Not ideal, but the clean on the TH30 is very clean so it still sounds really good.