Guitar Nerds Anonymous

I find set up from scratch just a process of sneaking up on the best compromise between nut height, saddle height, relief, intonation and trem adjustment (if you have one). I find it kind of meditative. Kinda. It’s satisfying to start with a mess and home in on something approaching decent.

It’s way more annoying when you have a guitar that DID play perfectly and has drifted into fret buzz in only a few spots on the neck or whatever, and you’re not sure which of those variables to start with. Especially if everything else feels fine. The fear of making it worse always makes me defer from attempting to sort it.

My SG is very much in this camp. Is it the humidity? Do I raise the whole bridge? How’s the relief? Gah. Annoying.

My mustang does this, i think its partially temp/humidity but partially that the silly bridge is a bit knackered

Thanks mate.
I watched an hour long video from That Pedal Show.
I will never get that hour back.
Probs going to stick with decked for now.

I think that since I now just hand my bike over to be sorted these days, I might just support the lgs.
It does seem pretty straightforward but strong chance I'll get myself in a twist and make it worse.

I watched an hour long video from That Pedal Show.

Fuck those tossers.

The twat with the Strat.

He is so fucking smackable, I didn't used to mind the Aussie guy but they can both get fucked. I was very disappointed to hear that Noel G was on their show, minus one thousand points, mate.

If you're a masochist, watch them interview BEATO

I'll pass!!! I don't really like that guy either. It's all cross marketing/YouTube circle jerkery. Uncle Larry makes them ALL look like knobs.

It’s way more annoying when you have a guitar that DID play perfectly and has drifted into fret buzz in only a few spots on the neck or whatever, and you’re not sure which of those variables to start with. Especially if everything else feels fine.

This is currently my Squier Strat, which I thought I'd completely refurbished but has fret buzz on one string and one fret only. Nowhere else. Just one. And if it's truss rod adjustment I need, which I suspect it may be as I've tried raising the string to daft levels and I'm not having it that high, then I need to take the neck off as it's one of the 'authentic' (read: fucking stupid) models where you need to adjust at the neck pocket rather than at the more sensible headstock end.

Edit: could just be that fret, I suppose, but I had it refretted a few years ago and haven't dropped it on that specific area or anything.

Got someone coming over to take this away later, bit sad but I made a bit of cash on it and the Glaser Bender is soooo much better that I can't complain. Fare thee well, Fender Bender!

A ventriloquist is buying it. Not. Even. Joking.

EDIT: SOOOOOOOOLD!!!!!

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Oh man. That’s nice. Is it an OG esquire or have you just covered one of the pickups?

Anyone know owt about reissue Firebirds? Mate has just put a deposit on this in a local sketchy cash converter type shop. We think it’s a non-reverse firebird III studio from 2011… the serial number stamped on the back of headstock seems to match, can’t find any other examples online tho.

Possibly this model? https://reverb.com/uk/p/gibson-firebird-studio-non-reverse

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Shop wants 900 for it, which appears to be a bargain. Alarm bells?

It’s fucking cool right? Help a mate do the right thing.

It came with THREE pickups! I got my tech guy to change the bridge and pull a couple of pups out and turn it into an Esquire.

That Firebird is an ALL TIME FAVE, I would fucking love one. Pelham Blue too, so fucking nice. Couldn't tell you if it was legit or not but I would have a real problem not jumping on it if it turned up at my local Cashies. 🤩

That Supro amp in the background is pretty sweet too.

It's rad eh? I'm egging him on to go back and grab it today.

Looks spot on to me! 900 lids is a good price too!

I think YOU should buy it. 🙃

Boss Katana / Spark / Yamaha should all do a nice clean tone.

I've used all three and sold all kept spark.

Will probably get the tiny one next.

Today’s lesson was my first attempt at transcribing. The most out of my depth I’ve felt since the first time I tried to tune my first guitar on day one minute one.

Oh man, I’m just about solvent for the first time in years. No new guitars for me any time soon… which is fine because I have too many anyway.

What is too many guitars? 🧐🤣

I can relate... I'm still trying to downsize the flock a bit and refocus on getting some proper nice guitars going forward... it does come a point when you have to decide if you're going to keep accumulating in volume or try and focus on quality over quantity 😅

On the topic of Firebirds my local store has a glorious 1968 non-reverse Firebird at the moment and it's probably the best guitar I've ever played...

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Happy to see the new Vintera range has gone back to rosewood instead of pau ferro. The Jag in particular looks nice.

https://www.fender.com/en-GB/electric-guitars/jaguar/vintera-ii-70s-jaguar/0149122306.html

£1229 RRP though??

Not a fan of the block fret inlays