love me some 'buckers, man


i can run either or both in single or dual coil mode

[Edited on May 21, 2005 at 10:02 PM. Reason : versatility]

5/21/2005 9:55:37 PM

yea thats hot man

5/22/2005 1:23:37 AM

Humbuckers ain't dirty enough.

5/22/2005 1:26:50 AM

see that back pickup? the one closest to the edge of the shot? i call him the Warwick

it can get as dirty as i want

5/22/2005 1:32:20 AM

If it ain't buzzin', it ain't dirty.

Nothing wrong with that, though.

5/22/2005 1:34:17 AM

lol

you guys and your distortion

[Edited on May 22, 2005 at 1:41 AM. Reason : ^what kind of pups you playin through?]

5/22/2005 1:35:04 AM

I ain't talkin' bout distortion, I'm talkin' bout DIRT.

I've got a couple guitars with P-90's, a couple Danelectros with ridiculously noisy (and awesome) lipsticks, and a beat-to-shit '60s Mustang with the pickups that came in it; Fender never put them in any other model, and they have phase switches for some reason.

5/22/2005 1:49:37 AM

yeah, my T-40 has a phase switch..it actually comes in handy, since the out-of-phase sound works really well with alot of my effects and such

i think i know what you mean by dirt....for us bassists, i think we refer to it as growl

5/22/2005 1:51:19 AM

Yes. Dirt = growl. BWAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH!

5/22/2005 1:58:25 AM

ha

we make peace with our shared love of grit


awesome

5/22/2005 2:06:01 AM

so your new bass has frets?

what a n00b

5/22/2005 10:14:46 AM

this bass also weighs nearly twice as much as my old bass
i figure if i i can swing that ax all night, i cant be much of a n00b any more

5/22/2005 11:02:51 AM

Guitars:
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Parker Nitefly (sunburst)
Fender '69 telecaster reissue (natural)
Taylor 310 CE (natural)
Ovation Celebrity (Red Transparant w/ leaf holes)
Ovation (some other generic one)


Amps:
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1972 Fender Bandmaster Reverb (original) 45 watt tube head
Mesa Boogie 4x12 cab
Fender Princeton Chorus 2x10 (for around the house dicking)

All run w/ monster cables, oh yeah.

5/22/2005 3:06:12 PM

How do those Monsters hold up when someone rips it out of your guitar sideways and spits water on it? Right now I'm using DiMarzios that can hold up to a non-nuclear ICBM, but I'm always looking to upgrade.

5/22/2005 10:04:46 PM

Guitar:
Fender American Strat
Epiphone Les Paul Standard (changed the pickups to Seymour Duncan 59s, sounds a whole lot better)
Taylor 410 Acoustic

Amp
Marshall JCM 900 combo

Pedals
Digitech RP200
Ibanez TS 9 tubescreamer (the original one)
Vox Wah pedal.

5/22/2005 10:46:58 PM

^^ my George Lo's have held up really well, and they sound awesome.

5/22/2005 11:39:31 PM

never buy monster cables. there is ALWAYS a better option for less

^^ TS-808s rock the boat. i have a custom TS-808 that goes to 11. rules.

[Edited on May 23, 2005 at 1:23 PM. Reason : adfd]

5/23/2005 1:18:46 PM

It was a joke, I would never buy a Monster cable. George L's are good for pedalboards, but they aren't really made for stage durability.

I agree that anyone can benefit from a TS-808, even if it's just to warm up the amp.

5/23/2005 2:34:46 PM

ive gotten a few monster cables dirt cheap randomly at diff guitarstores and theyve held up forever. but usually i just use whatever i happen to have in close reach in our practice space before we pack for the show hah

[Edited on May 23, 2005 at 2:36 PM. Reason : ]

5/23/2005 2:36:18 PM

I didn't pay fo rthe monster's, a gift from my folks way back in the day, i've never bought another cable.

5/23/2005 10:07:08 PM

Quote :

"George L's are good for pedalboards, but they aren't really made for stage durability. "

true and true

my cable just crapped out

[Edited on May 23, 2005 at 10:37 PM. Reason : but they do sound awesome]

5/23/2005 10:37:24 PM

Epiphone SG Special

Crate GX-212+ Flexwave Power Amp

Boss DS-1 pedal

5/24/2005 12:30:59 AM

i need to get a decent compressor

5/24/2005 7:06:55 PM

me too, I need to buy a good noise reducer too

5/24/2005 7:11:45 PM

seriously, do you really hear a difference between cheap and expensive cables? i've never run into any problems with a cheap cable that soldering iron couldn't fix.

5/24/2005 7:12:39 PM

Quote :

"seriously, do you really hear a difference between cheap and expensive cables?"

replace cheap and expensive with low quality and high quality

and yes, most people can tell the difference

5/24/2005 7:35:24 PM

I've never been able to tell the difference between expensive and cheap cable in any recordings I've done. The difference might be more noticable played live through an amp, but I don't really play that way.

5/24/2005 7:54:10 PM

2003 taylor big baby acoustic
mexican strat into m-audio firewire solo w/ native instruments guitarrig software-> everything i need/want

5/24/2005 7:54:12 PM

~sunburst Fender jazz bass, with custom Seymour Duncan SJM-3 Quarter-Pound Jazzmaster Pickup above in place of the jazz pickup near the neck. (mexican, but sounds great with the new pick up)
~shure TGD wireless
~mesa boogie power house 1000
~gallien kruger 800rb
~behringer compressor
~furman power conditioner
~korg rack tuner

*looking to sell everything but the bass

5/24/2005 9:02:14 PM

The difference between CHEAP (Radio Shack) and good quality (DiMarzio) is much larger than the difference between good quality and elite (George L's).

5/24/2005 9:22:57 PM

would i still need a compressor if i used a DI, like a Sans Amp Bass Driver?

5/26/2005 12:42:35 PM

Fender SRV Sig Strat or Ibanez JEM 7VWH -> Boss GT-6 -> Marshall Studio 15 tube amp

5/26/2005 6:03:45 PM

working in the wire and cable industry, i know there are only a handfull of major cable manufacturers (regardless what is printed on the cable, it was probably manufactured by Comscope, belden, pacer, alpha, cannon, or tyco).

i realize putting the ends on can be done anywhere, but that shouldn't make a difference.

granted i don't do any recording and haven't specifically a-b tested different brands, so i'll have to take your word for it that you can hear a difference. since all instrument cable is shielded. i would imagine the physical difference in the cables at each pricepoint is in the quality of shielding (ie foil only, braid, mylar+foil,etc). the difference in price from the lowest quality shield to the highest is easily less than $1/ft. i guess that why i have a hard time justifying the added cost for any of them. just something to think about before you spend $30 for $5 worth of cable with a $0.50 connector on each end.

5/26/2005 6:31:25 PM

can anyone reccomend a decent compressor?

5/27/2005 11:06:40 PM

Fender Ultimate Chorus
SG
LP
Boss Blues Driver
Line 6 LX 4
Boss Phase Shifter PH-4
Vox Wah

It gets decent tone for SS. Great cleans with chorus/reverb/phaser, but the amp distortion is pretty weak unless the blues driver is on.

5/29/2005 12:23:12 AM

haha sweet

i love SG's

5/29/2005 12:50:07 AM

its got a few battlescars from being dropped... SG's are known for their strong mid frequencies, their LP-like tone, and lightweight. I just had to have it when I first saw it, it was a perfect match at the time.

5/29/2005 1:08:58 AM

ah, i cant wait for my T-40 to get some good battle scars....i plan on having the bass forever and ever and ever

[Edited on May 29, 2005 at 1:28 AM. Reason : but its nowhere near lightweight, trust me]

5/29/2005 1:27:02 AM

BEST STRINGS EVER

i finally have the sound i've been hearing in my head


oh, and fuck you guitar center. i sat in there for twenty minutes with my bass waiting for a saleperson to come up and try and sell me something, but y'all wanted to dick around up front with that blond wench. but dont worry, i wont be coming back in to bother you any more

thumbs up to Sam Ash though, they were very friendly and got me exactly what i needed, while offering some good advice and whatnot. plus i got a pretty sweet deal

6/1/2005 7:32:54 PM

The only people worth a damn at Guitar Center are Steve in keyboards (and possibly his graying, long-haired friend, who seems nice) and John up front.

6/2/2005 12:30:02 AM

Rickenbacker 330 through a Fender Deluxe

6/2/2005 12:42:10 AM

^ Nice. I've always wanted a Ric.

6/2/2005 12:45:43 AM

cable quality as far as instrument cables is more an issue of durability and reliability. i doubt anyone can hear much of a difference assuming theyre properly shielded

6/2/2005 12:01:09 PM

my cables pick up radio frequencies because they're not properly shielded?

6/2/2005 12:40:18 PM

i dono if thats what causes that..this past semester i used tons of diff cables shieled and expensive and all just because i had so many and i used whatever was laying around. and on my way out of band practice grabbed whatever cord was closest. (just saying that so ppl know i didnt buy new cords to try and fix this "problem"). but i picked up 88.1 pretty much nonstop in my amp no matter what cords i had ha. only at really low volumes andonly when i wasnt playing

6/2/2005 1:32:34 PM

yeah, i pick it up now in Metcalf


never was a problem in Wood, tho

6/2/2005 5:30:44 PM

yea never was in wood but in sully it was for sure

6/2/2005 9:32:14 PM

hey Chop, nice ASAT.

Finally a pic of my stuff--in case you missed it on page 1, it's a '97 G&L Legacy Standard and a Peavey Classic 30. Pretty simple, but the amp is all tube, sounds nice...

6/3/2005 12:50:14 AM

so i just got my zack wylde emg 81/85 set installed and i can pick up the guitar tomorrow ..or i guess today now rather. So will be picking that thing up, restringing it and playing with that tomorrow. im excited. its like christmas eve

7/15/2005 12:04:22 AM

Holy Cow. Im in love again. im glad i didnt switch amps from a 5150 to a mesa. my other guitarist and i have nearly identical tone note for note with two diff amps now with us having the same pickups. our practice last night was the tightest we've ever sounded together(guitars) and i just stayed up jamming till 5am and have been jamming for the last 3 hours as well. these things were worth every penny

7/16/2005 5:15:25 PM