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pharmakos

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Gamma Rays said:
Do you have a relative or friend that knows bass or normal guitar to just do a beginners check that you've got the basics right.

I was playing for several months before finding a work friend who was quick to spot that I was holding the pick totally wrong. I was holding it like I was pinching it ( thumb and tips of 2 fingers ) - sort of felt right, but once I was shown the standard way to hold it, it made sense.
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I don't always buy into there being one "right" way for stuff like this. For sure, TRY it the "right" way, but if something else feels more right to YOU? Don't be afraid to change it up. There is a lot of variation in the way humans are physically built, especially well documented when it comes to hands and wrists. I would be very surprised if, with perfect scientific knowledge, we found out there was one "right" way for all people and all styles of music and all guitars etc etc etc ..
 
Borzak

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Sweetwater had a release they took in their largest amount ever, $1 billion with stimulus and the shutdown.

In the mail today a 589 page sweetwater catalog. Mind boggling.
 
Borzak

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For no particular reason other than I'm very very bored I'm thinking about putting a humbucker in the neck of one of my telecasters. One of them I almost never play is routed for a humbucker already. Probably cheaper to rewire and add one in a body that's already routed than buy a 70's custom telecaster with a hum in the neck and the only thing you get extra then is two tones and two volume controls.

Guess I need to start looking.
 
Borzak

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Yeah in a tele. What makes a tele is the single coil in in the bridge and the metal around it giving it the twang. I mostly play on the bridge so a humbcucker at the neck would give more options. Also that's how it's normally done on a tele if you have a single coil and a humbucker. But if you had a single coile in the neck and a humbucker in the bridge that kind of cuts off a lot of versatility in a tele. Could always do both but at that point I'd just get another guitar entirely.
 
Springbok

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On my eastman I've got the single coil on the neck, humbucker on the bridge and it sounds fantastic. It's not quite as "twangy" as a real tele, but a decent enough approximation.
 
Borzak

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Big thing as well one telecaster I'm not using is routed for humbucker in the neck so that's a puls lol.

No real reason but anyone know the difference in the Epiphone ES-339 and Epiphone 339 Pro? Same specs, same price, but a few different color options. I think the Pro was available last year, change in the names from year to year?
 
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Epiphone Dot ES 339 vs. Epiphone ES339 Pro

Hello, To any one out there. I just purchased a Epi Dot ES 339 in Cherry. Amazing guitar ! I went on the website to the warranty site and it only shows the ES 339 Pro. Had a tough time even finding anywhere any info on the Dot ES 339. The Serial number sticker inside the guitar says Dot ES 339 CH...
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Alex

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My Kiesel I've been waiting on since October was set to arrive today and of course it was apparently delivered in the 50 minutes I had to step out over the course of the entire day. And the FedEx status says it was delivered and signed by someone that only signed their initials. And my name doesn't even have any of the letters in those initials. I swear if someone just ganked that shit and I have to wait another six fucking months I'm gonna be so pissed.

I'm holding out hope it's just a FedEx fuckup. Which doesn't sound like that much of a stretch based on /r/FedEx
 
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Alex

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FedEx sorted their shit out. This thing plays FAST.

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sukik

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Half off everything but soldano at neural DSP for the next few days. Not tempted myself yet since amplitude meets my simple needs.

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pharmakos

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Been playing / recording a lot lately. Singing a lot more, getting better at vocals but still a ways to go.... And can almost never think of good lyrics still haha so most of my originals are instrumentals....

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This one is an original with vocals tho, one of the few:











Pharmakos - "A Season in the Sky" (Neurosis cover)

Another original with lyrics

Pharmakos - "Dark Descending" (original, **with vocals/lyrics!!!**)

Pharmakos - "The Way I Am" (I probably shouldn't be rapping but hey yes it's an Eminem cover :) )

Instrumental with my quirky delay polyrhythms, one delay set to dotted eighth, the other set to 2.5 eighths

Pharmakos - Traversing

Bought some fretted fiddles recently (one violin sized one viola size) they sound awesome through my EHX Bass9 and Behringer Harmonist together, makes it sound like a full out chamber string quartet

Leigh Instruments electric fretted violin simulated string quartet using EHX Bass9 + Behringer US600

Heavy instrumental, 15/4 section in the middle

Pharmakos - "The Path of Least Existence" (original, "instrumental" just waiting for vocals)

Chill instrumental

Pharmakos - "Unacceptance" (working title)

Super rough take of my old Egyptian key metal song, but shows the riffs well. Skip to like 5 mins in if you want to skip the long intro, probably will be a separate track if it's ever on an album...

Pharmakos - Él (original instrumetal, rough take)
 
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Borzak

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2nd round of stuff being out of stock. Perfectly timed with having some money to spend.
 
Kalaar kururuc

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I've been working at home since last march, volume of work also slacked off, so I had loads of free time to noodle about with the guitar, so I bought a bunch of new pedals and laid them out on a new board. Almost immediately back in work and we're busy again! First world problems I guess.
 
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picked up a JHS bonsai to replace my Ibanez ts9. Loving the exar od-1
 
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sukik

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Got some new gear last week. I'm just a sucker for this color, new lake placid blue mim strat that Adorama always has on sale. The frets need some work, but other than that I'm really pleased. Not really a strat or single coil guy, but I like this thing. The GAS continues.
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