***The Official Guitar Thread***

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Initial impressions (not having a clue about all the dials):

* Tubscreamer Mini - into the high gain of the JCM800 ... oh my.. this really sings in front of the JCM and with the guitar's high output pickups.
* Comp Engine - why did I never have a compressor before?
* Angel Wing - ok, think I have it dialled .. sounds good both in distortion and out of distortion.
* Heavenly Lake - this took a while to get right or at least to a reasonable point. Its dials are different and feel different to my old Boss Pitch Shift and Delay. I started with dialling in reverb first then went for the echo.
 
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Sexy Carpet.. So once this has uploaded - it will be a cleans and distortion quickly play with the pedals:

Funny that it sounds more distorted/fuzzy and direct with the phone in front. I should sort out some living room playing over the next couple of days :D

The JCM has 10 on the pregain, cranked open a little on the master volume, tone stack at 12 oclock, presence at 10. Also running on solid state rectification rather than tube.

I can dial this in more but the sound is starting to appear (stranger in a strange land).
 
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I've never bothered with wireless guitar systems, I've never been impressed enough to buy one but a couple of months ago I took a punt on these - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CRKS96NS?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
I paid £60 at the time and I've used them for the last five gigs.
I'm very impressed.

I've used in ear monitors since the 80s, a cable across the stage and up my back and then of course proper wireless systems where I've had to take a big case with the transmitter, psu and receiver in it.
because of the Joyo above I took a punt on these from their sister company - https://lekatodeal.com/en-uk/products/lekato-ms-02-in-ear-monitor-2-4g-stereo-wireless-system
£44 I paid, they're tiny but brilliant and I've done 3 gigs with them with just one ear piece in my right ear.
 
Continuing on my journey of making a guitar analysis tool:
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So this has essentially a window at each fret's frequency that it uses on the audio recording of the guitar. In the case there's 176 of them.

The idea is that this will detect the notes, work out which frets are being played and then work out the error for each of the frets in cent. Then it will continue to work out the errors of the frets and fretboard.

Coincidentally it's already showing which frets are closest to the centre (correct) pitch by how bright the note is.. Note there should be 7 notes.. but as always you get noise and harmonics making it fun..
 
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NickK said:
Continuing on my journey of making a guitar analysis tool:
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So this has essentially a window at each fret's frequency that it uses on the audio recording of the guitar. In the case there's 176 of them.

The idea is that this will detect the notes, work out which frets are being played and then work out the error for each of the frets in cent. Then it will continue to work out the errors of the frets and fretboard.

Coincidentally it's already showing which frets are closest to the centre (correct) pitch by how bright the note is.. Note there should be 7 notes.. but as always you get noise and harmonics making it fun..
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Do you ever just play the thing and enjoy it?
 
SexyGreyFox said:
Just remember Leo Fender didn't know one chord.
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He didn't play guitar either! He was more interested in build a product and making the most money out of that product!

Quite enjoying the new pedals, learning a few new songs but I can't just give up on learning and trying new stuff because they gloss over the mistakes :D
 
About 10 years ago I gave up guitar, at the time we were buying a house, then marriage, kids etc, one of the guitars I sold was a Gibson Les Paul Studio satin fireburst. Not the fanciest but something about it just spoke to me, I'm a bedroom played as they say but I loved it, it had dings, paint was stripping off in places. I always regretted selling it but the money was needed at the time.

Well about a year ago, maybe longer come to think of it, I decided to get back into it, but to be a little sensible and start if cheap to see if it sparks an interest again.

Initially I picked up a Jet js400, for the price I was pleasantly surprised, anyways after about 6 months I decided to pick up something nicer.

I always admired a PRS so I grabbed a PRS se Zach Myers in blue, love the look but over time I just couldn't get in with it, the neck just never felt right to me, as if I was fighting it. I struggled to want to play it, so I rarely practiced.

So with that said I still had that itch and wanting that Les Paul back, I also just celebrated the birth of my third child, and my first son so I decided to treat myself.
I picked up a Gibson Les Paul Studio once again, this time in a lovely gloss tri-burst finish. Amazingly, it just felt right once again.
I will say that I still own the Jet and the PRS and my playing ability does not warrant such nice instruments. However, having something that just feels right and looks awesome is making wanting to play and practice much easier.

Anyways, longer than anticipated post, here's some pics
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Interesting little device if you use a wha wha pedal:
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True Bypass Wah-Pad

True Bypass Wah-Pad (TBWP) is a full analog device that makes the use of wah-wah type effects more comfortable. Using a […]
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It's a switchable bypass so you don't have the pedal in circuit hitting the tone or accidentally switch it on.
 
NickK said:
Interesting little device if you use a wha wha pedal:
glab.com.pl

True Bypass Wah-Pad

True Bypass Wah-Pad (TBWP) is a full analog device that makes the use of wah-wah type effects more comfortable. Using a […]
glab.com.pl glab.com.pl

It's a switchable bypass so you don't have the pedal in circuit hitting the tone or accidentally switch it on.
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Interesting, you can just do a 5 minute mod for true bypass. But this saves you pressing the wah footswitch to engage it.

They are claiming they're the first, but this was a feature of the Dunlop bass wah!

It also won't let you leave the wah on but half cocked. It's sort of, adding a feature but removing one?
 
LuckyBenski said:
Interesting, you can just do a 5 minute mod for true bypass. But this saves you pressing the wah footswitch to engage it.

They are claiming they're the first, but this was a feature of the Dunlop bass wah!

It also won't let you leave the wah on but half cocked. It's sort of, adding a feature but removing one?
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It's like having a separate pedal that simply diverts the signal to pedal or not.

As you say - bypasses have been around for a while but some wha pedals don't have that and some people don't want to modify the pedal for obvious reasons.
 
Just had a nice surprise for anybody who wants a free DAW.
I've used Cakewalk Sonar for a very long time and now I find it's free.

Go here https://www.cakewalk.com/sonar

Scroll to the very bottom where is says Sonar Download, install and follow instructions.
You need to sign up to Bandlab but that's it.
My Sonar wasn't able to do some things because it was so old but this puts a new front end on.
 
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