Guitar Nerds Anonymous

Nice chunky electric neck, too, and I shimmed the neck for a nice low action.

Ooo, not heard of this before - Did DIY or get something like this?
http://www.stewmac.com/Materials_and_Supplies/Bodies_and_Necks_and_Wood/Electric_Guitar_Bodies_and_Necks_and_Wood/Electric_Guitar_Necks/StewMac_Neck_Shims_for_Guitar.html

Just jesting with you. The best guitar is the one you play. It's not a guitar I look at and frown that's for sure, it's great fun!

I was going to use proper shims, then I remembered that the guitar cost £100 and decided to use a business card.

Bought it secondhand and took strings off, thoroughly cleaned it, oiled the neck, shimmed it and popped electric strings on. Totally transformed it. Wouldn’t have dared mess with an expensive guitar that way. Turned out well. When it arrived the action was unplayably high.

Have we done this yet...

I'm going with "guitar company makes strat copy". Hardly earth-shattering, but then I'm not one for soap-opera celebrity stories.

Yeah pretty much. There have been a lot of butthurt guitar nerds online though. Bizarrely a lot of PRS nerds are really pissed about it.
I want one though. If I had budget for guitar buying at the moment I'd strongly consider one.

It looks lovely and all the PRSeses I've had a go on have been lovely....and that's just SE's.

I think I have solved my wrist problem. I watched a band last Thursday and one guitarist had his neck angled up much more steeply than the other. Got home and gave it a go, much much more comfortable for me. I had hoped it would be something simple like that. Happy I can play horrible metal and punk riffs in comfort now.

Glad to hear it fella! Best thing to focus on is making music rather than playing guitar even if it does mean a few changes!

In other news I just picked up an '89 OC-2 on the fleabay. Always regretted selling mine a few years ago!

Gibson have filed for bankruptcy:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/01/gibson-guitar-firm-files-for-bankruptcy-protection

The article above suggests that their debts are related to the other arms of the business away from guitars/instrument making and that they intend to carry on making instruments.

My first electric guitar was an Epiphone Les Paul and so many of my formative guitar memories are Gibson related, it’d be a real shame if they went under

waits for value of Les Paul to skyrocket

I remember reading when this was mooted a few weeks ago that the guitar side makes a good profit.
So it should continue.

Gibson haven't made anything worth buying in decades.
Crappy marketeer "innovations".
Appalling quality control.

It's been a long time coming.

This is getting closer and closer to being a thing...

I'd really like a Fender MIJ Reissue but they're hens teeth and the MIM Pawn Shop doesn't have the original wiring spec which makes the Squier a pretty tempting choice... has anyone else played one?

Edit: to be honest I'm still not sure whether or not I still just want a 6-string bass...

I do love this bass :)

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faek fret markers = cheating :D

nice tho. verr jaco p.

I had the fender Mij version of this. It's was good. But like a 12 string, unless you specifically need one, they're a bit niche and you find yourself not playing it so much after a while. I sold it after about a year

It is cheating!
Came that way I'm afraid and if I'm honest they're no harm. I used to play in a fairly energetic band and there's times you're giving it socks on stage that a little guidance is welcome :)

Specs as:
Early 2000s MIM Fretless Jazz
OEM Fender 3-ply black pickguard
DIY epoxy coated fingerboard w/ 0° radius
De-lacquered neck
Babicz FCH bridge
Lindy Fralin Noiseless Singlecoil pickups
Hipshot tuners w/ double drop tuner on E
Recessed straplocks
Pearloid top tone knob
45-105 Ernie Ball Cobalt Slinky strings (5yrs old, lol)

It's my only bass! I had actually ordered a Fender Marcus Miller Signature Jazz and found this for sale for €350 while I was awaiting delivery...

Played this solidly for a week and cancelled the Marcus Miller order!

I do play my Taylor 754ce 12-string an awful lot too though :)

just plugged in my spector and no sound. flat battery because active pickups?

Highly likely. Have you tried plugging something else in?

yup i smashed my king of beers bass in and it worked a charm so it ain't the amp. I've spent all day assembling furniture and putting up shelves and shit so completely forgot to buy a new 9v.

i've been learning whitesnake tunes inbetween bouts of DIY. don't @ me.

Anyone want to swap their classic fuzz (ideally a fuzz-face or clone thereof) for a box-fresh z-vex fuzz factory?

I spend ages deliberating before buying the z-vex. Primarily, I wanted the ability to do that super compressed farty flat-battery velcro fuzz thing, and while It can do that, most of the other settings are just too FACEMELTING for my needs. Just feel i'd get a lot more use out of a more classic circuit. Preferably something with a tone knob too.

The z-vex goes for around £175 new (not sure s/h) but would consider a straight swap at lesser value for the right pedal.

yeah it was the battery. could a battery that's on its way out affect the output signal and subsequently the quality of the sound you get out of active instruments? the difference in quality with a new battery is notable. Sure it looks like a sex-aid and has horrible gold finish hardware, but that fuckin' Spector is the best sounding guitar i've ever picked up.

plugging into one these = fuzz and sustain 4 dais.

They went creatively bankrupt years ago.

That article seems to have them blaming the yoof for not being into guitar heroes?

If they'd stuck to the basics and not tried going into consumer electronics they would've been fine... The guitar company has always made money...

I'd love to see them reissue all the late 50s/early 60s Epiphones... Some budget R4s, single pickup Les Pauls, stick to what they're good at, no robot tuners, zero frets or silly headstock decals... Guitar players don't want that shit, they're boring fuckers...