Hendrix Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 (edited) Seeing as I owned it for a few months, I suppose it's classed as mine... ish? haha. - Inspired by post above. Edited January 7, 2009 by Hendrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 This......Is this from the Ford avert?Even if not, it looks fun.I really wish I would start playing agin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Tis indeed from the Ford Advert. Did the tour. Wanna do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 I've seen this on the internet several times, looks nice but not to my playing taste.Seeing as I owned it for a few months, I suppose it's classed as mine... ish? haha. - Inspired by post above. This looks good but it must be a bugger to hit high frets? Love everyones guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 This looks good but it must be a bugger to hit high frets?Anything above 7th was about 1/2c out. Still, made playing an acoustic a piece of piss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted January 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Anything above 7th was about 1/2c out. Still, made playing an acoustic a piece of piss! Thats quite alot, but ok for something made out of car parts, ha ha.Some other people must play guitar here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 I'm stuck, how the hell do i drop tune? ive been trying but i cant get it to sound right In other news broken accoustics e string ...and ibanez has finally worn in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 I'm stuck, how the hell do i drop tune? ive been trying but i cant get it to sound right In other news broken accoustics e string ...and ibanez has finally worn in.What do you want to tune to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 What do you want to tune to?Drop D more than likely, i know how to do it (obvious as anything) but it just doesnt want to stay there probably due to the new strings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) Drop D more than likely, i know how to do it (obvious as anything) but it just doesnt want to stay there probably due to the new strings?Shouldn't make a difference if you put the strings on well enough, and they aren't 9's or something. Does it stay in tune in standard?EDIT: By "well enough" I mean sticking the strings on with a few winds worth of string at the machineheads, tune it to standard, then pull each string in turn away from the body a few times. Tune it back up to standard, and repeat this process until when you go to retune it it's basically already in tune. This is pre-stretching your strings, meaning that they wont stretch as much during play. Edited January 9, 2009 by //JD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) . Edited December 17, 2009 by weirdoku Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 You don't want the EAD (and maybe the G string depending on your string gauge) to have too many wounds around the tuning pegs. The thicker strings have way more tension than the GBE strings.Don't wanna be too much of a pedant, but strings are designed to have near enough equal tension in relation to each other for their specific note range. Thats why you have different string thicknesses in the first place. As someone who went through a period of changing my strings every other day and playing 9/10 hours a day, I'm fairly confident in being right in my restringing technique. Everyone has different ways of doing things though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Nah, totally not a dig, I guess I just don't sit there admiring my gear as much as others. I can totally understand why people would though... All the kit in this thread is niiice. One of my fave guitars to play at the moment is a blue encore strat copy, such a dirty horrible sound but just 'feels' right. I love that about guitars, you can spend thousands on a shit one and sometimes be lucky enough to spend bugger all on something you'll love forever.Too right. I've got one of the first Mexican Strats which I got second hand pretty cheap, and it's just brilliant. Feels and sounds far nicer than the new Mex Strats, and to be honest it probably plays nicer than the new American ones too. I've had a couple of other guitars (and played a load more) since I got that and none of them have been half as good. I don't think I'll ever sell it, although I quite fancy a Les Paul to go with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Too right. I've got one of the first Mexican Strats which I got second hand pretty cheap, and it's just brilliant. Feels and sounds far nicer than the new Mex Strats, and to be honest it probably plays nicer than the new American ones too. I've had a couple of other guitars (and played a load more) since I got that and none of them have been half as good. I don't think I'll ever sell it, although I quite fancy a Les Paul to go with it!I have a friend who has an american standard and a les paul, apparently the les paul feels far nicer to play.Apparently there a great combination though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webber Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Heres a picture of my old Schecter diamond series. It made a beautiful sound.I really wish i never gave up and sold it i am actually on the hunt for it again.Also, a question for you guitarists.I have an acoustic guitar that i like to play on that currently has nylon strings on it.Would it be wrong to try and replace these with steel strings as i much prefer the sound.Or would i need a body properly suited for it?CheersJames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVWOCI WVS Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Do yo umean a Spanish guitar? you can't put steel strings on one, to much strain on the neck joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 I have a friend who has an american standard and a les paul, apparently the les paul feels far nicer to play.Apparently there a great combination though.Yeah, I've played LPs before and they sound nice, but I don't like the feel much. They've got sharp edges and are really heavy compared to my Strat. It's obviously just a preference thing, but if I had to choose ONE guitar I'd probably still have a LP because most of what I play (badly) is 70s / 80s guitar music like Led Zep, GnR etc - I.e. Les Paul music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Anybody like SG's?I'm thinking about buying one. Epiphone probably, the cheapest one because I'm a poor student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted January 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Yeah, I've played LPs before and they sound nice, but I don't like the feel much. They've got sharp edges and are really heavy compared to my Strat. It's obviously just a preference thing, but if I had to choose ONE guitar I'd probably still have a LP because most of what I play (badly) is 70s / 80s guitar music like Led Zep, GnR etc - I.e. Les Paul music You sir have excellent music taste and good guitar taste.Anybody like SG's?I'm thinking about buying one. Epiphone probably, the cheapest one because I'm a poor student.epiphone SG's suck sorry but they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Just because it's Epiphone or becuase it's a SG?I've always liked them more than LPs, had a quick go on both a while back and I just like the SG so much more. The LP was effing heavy to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadbury's cream egg Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 il get some pics of all my guitars up later, theres probably like eight il have to find em all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Lp's are heavy, but the epi SG's are good for the money, what sort of stuff do you play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Lp's are heavy, but the epi SG's are good for the money, what sort of stuff do you play?I've gotton poop since I haven't played on a e.guitar for 3 years. But I play mostly metal stuff, Metallica, Killswitch, Slipknot to Tenacious D and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) I'll get some pics of my two guitars.On the subject of string stretching, I like it most when you put them on and as you turn the machinehead to raise the pitch, the string actually lowers in pitch cause of the stretching.A tip for string replacing on a floating tremolo bridge, is to do it one string at once, presuming only one (or none) is snapped. This is because with the way the floating tremolo works, as the new string reaches the correct tension after stretching, all the strings are bakc in tune. If you did multiple strings at once, it would basically need retuning, which IMO takes the royal piss on a floating trem guitar. Edited January 11, 2009 by Bruce Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted January 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 I've gotton poop since I haven't played on a e.guitar for 3 years. But I play mostly metal stuff, Metallica, Killswitch, Slipknot to Tenacious D and Red Hot Chili Peppers.I'd concider an ibanez if i was you, depending on how much you have, in comparison to the low end strats and epiphones a low end ibanez will kill them when it comes to heavy stuff.i mean my ibanez cost £300 has the neck of some of the £1000+ and a seymour duncan blackout pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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