ALiLPinkMonster wrote:I guess that's why I've always preferred the "skinny top heavy bottom" strings, because they kind of balance out the tension.
D'Addario's balanced sets are going for even tension, not a gradual increase.
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ALiLPinkMonster wrote:I guess that's why I've always preferred the "skinny top heavy bottom" strings, because they kind of balance out the tension.
derFunkenstein wrote:I refit my Strat kit over the weekend with a new tighter-spacing bridge (from a MIM Standard Stratocaster; the USA strats use a different mounting mechanism which means a whole new way to drill), some Fender-branded locking tuners, and a MIM maple neck (which had the guide post holes to match the tuners). I have a Squier Strat with a maple neck and thought the colors looked nicer together, plus something about a maple neck "feels" like my hands move faster. I dunno. At any rate, I'll put up new pics eventually, but it plays quite a bit nicer just by tighter spacing. The strings aren't falling off the instrument.
derFunkenstein wrote:Tell me this isn't a guitar you just want to put in your mouth and then rub all over your body (click it for full sized image).
derFunkenstein wrote:A friend of mine has a MIM Telecaster. It's a nice guitar. I see Telecaster and think "country twang", though it can do a lot more than that.
derFunkenstein wrote:As a kid who was a big Van Halen fan, when I thought "guitar" I would see "Strat" in my mind. So it made sense that this is what I'd build and play.
Captain Ned wrote:Seeing their best salesman 6/21 with the daughter.
derFunkenstein wrote:Daryl Stuermer plays that solo with Genesis from time to time, and he's playing it on a Strat. So... you know...
morphine wrote:Captain Ned wrote:Tip: if you're starting out, buy a guitar you're totally comfortable playing, not the one your idols have.Seeing their best salesman 6/21 with the daughter.
morphine wrote:Oh, heh.
morphine wrote:Tip: if you're starting out, buy a guitar you're totally comfortable playing, not the one your idols have.
morphine wrote:Metal guys occasionally use teles, in fact. Just not with the original pups. And on the other hand, I personally really dig the clean and blues tones you can get out of a "metal" guitar.
There's far too much pigeonholing when it comes to guitars and amps, I'll say.
derFunkenstein wrote:I could probably look into a hardtail mod
derFunkenstein wrote:reverse wound middle cuts a ton of noise on high-gain settings
morphine wrote:It's called the Tremol-no. $25, IIRC, 5-minute installation, removable.
morphine wrote:Are you using a noise gate of some sort? That's pretty much a requirement for high-gain anything.
derFunkenstein wrote:edit: https://www.allparts.com/tremol-no - more like $80, but may well be worth it.
derFunkenstein wrote:There's a gate built into my amp, and it's always on. Also, if I'm recording through Guitar Rig 5, I turn that gate on as well. Just high enough that the smallest hint of buzz is poking through, in both cases.
morphine wrote:No shortage of these. For example, Schecter usually has for each a model an "FR" variant, and a fixed bridge one. Like this: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DME6CRBThen add to that the fact that I wanted a hard-tail guitar with EMG 81+whatever pickups, and I was left with a severely short list. Seems like every effin' guitar has a Floyd Rose these days.
Change tuning? Don't you have a guitar per tuning?or the fact that you can't really change your tuning without a lot of trouble.
meerkt wrote:For example, Schecter usually has for each a model an "FR" variant, and a fixed bridge one. Like this: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DME6CRB
Change tuning? Don't you have a guitar per tuning?
meerkt wrote:Didn't get that PM.