The Bassist and Guitarist thread

[raleighnut]

Tuners

Do you suffer with slipping tuning or break a lot of strings

 

[FrothNinja]

Do you suffer with slipping tuning or break a lot of strings

On a couple of the guitars I need retuning after half an hour or so - at least that's when I notice it has changed

 

[DRM]

Try putting some pencil graphite in the nut, acts a dry lube

 

[Electric_Andy]

I'm still teaching my son Enter Sandman. We've only got the chorus to go. It's made me want to pick up the guitar more aswell, so I've just ordered a Behringer compression pedal and an ultra metal pedal of the same brand. At £22 a pop, thought I'd give them a try for a more Metallica ish sound. My Marshall Amp has a good bunch of effects but of course you can't change them while playing

 

[SuffolkBlue]

I'm still teaching my son Enter Sandman. We've only got the chorus to go. It's made me want to pick up the guitar more aswell, so I've just ordered a Behringer compression pedal and an ultra metal pedal of the same brand. At £22 a pop, thought I'd give them a try for a more Metallica ish sound. My Marshall Amp has a good bunch of effects but of course you can't change them while playing

You might find a graphic equaliser useful to "fine tune" the sound and add a bit of boost to the top end. You can obviously get some really expensive rack type stuff but I've got cheap and cheerful pedal which works fine for me. I got mine from this seller - the model isn't quite the same but looks pretty similar.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15403193...045FST&hash=item23dd04dc10:g:S40AAOSwCDxd5ybv

 

[Electric_Andy]

Thanks, I don't have much room yet so will just keep to what I've got. I just needed a pedal to switch between clean and OD for the moment, so thought I might as well try a metal inspired pedal rather than just a Marshall footswitch for my amp. I'm hoping that 28 years after my first distortion pedal even the cheaper brands will be ok. I will update once I've had chance to try it

 

[MontyVeda]

Don't do it!
I knew it was a mistake buying 'a' pedal. That wasn't even two months ago and since then I've bought a further four and i know there's others i'll convince myself i need. I'm trying to buy the budget pedals but it's already north of £200

 

[Electric_Andy]

Don't do it!
I knew it was a mistake buying 'a' pedal. That wasn't even two months ago and since then I've bought a further four and i know there's others i'll convince myself i need. I'm trying to buy the budget pedals but it's already north of £200

I know what you mean. I think I got that out of my system 20 years ago when I had a Digitech Whammy, and an expression factory. Now I just want a good tone. I might end up trying the noise gate as well, but we'll see. My dream is to get our cinema room back (currently held hostage by a 17 yo with a dungeons and dragons obsession), get a marshall head and 4x12, and then some sort of drum machine that I can plug into the surround sound for backing

 

[DRM]

I'm still teaching my son Enter Sandman. We've only got the chorus to go. It's made me want to pick up the guitar more aswell, so I've just ordered a Behringer compression pedal and an ultra metal pedal of the same brand. At £22 a pop, thought I'd give them a try for a more Metallica ish sound. My Marshall Amp has a good bunch of effects but of course you can't change them while playing

I’ve got a Behringer Compressor pedal, it’s pretty damn good considering the modest price, it really helps with sustain

 

[delb0y]

A friend made this guitar. It's very nice indeed. If I didn't already have too many guitars - including a D-hole- then I'd have bought it. But if anyone's interested in a pretty cheap gypsy jazzer get in touch with Francis (details are in the video description). A couple of choruses if Django's Minor Swing:


View: https://youtu.be/ZuSfoIVbcNY?si=EQG4J-XrxpAyPE8F

 

[Drago]

My Ltd edition print of Geddy Lee has arrived. Just need a frame and that's going up on my music room wall.

 

[DCBassman]

A friend made this guitar. It's very nice indeed. If I didn't already have too many guitars - including a D-hole- then I'd have bought it. But if anyone's interested in a pretty cheap gypsy jazzer get in touch with Francis (details are in the video description). A couple of choruses if Django's Minor Swing:


View: https://youtu.be/ZuSfoIVbcNY?si=EQG4J-XrxpAyPE8F

Ah, le grand bouche!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Gretsch G6120 please!
(or a Gibson E335 ‘dot’, as played by Dave Edmunds)

 

[FrothNinja]

Gretsch G6120 please!
(or a Gibson E335 ‘dot’, as played by Dave Edmunds)

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Sort of scratched that itch with a ten year old Verythin Ignition with a beautifully silky neck - looks gorgeous too

 

[raleighnut]

Sort of scratched that itch with a ten year old Verythin Ignition with a beautifully silky neck - looks gorgeous too

Aye but it's not a Telecaster