Jake Posted July 8, 2021 Posted July 8, 2021 8 hours ago, Tweaky said: I bought a few jars of Jacquard Pearl Ex powdered pigment that I want to experiment with for guitar finishes. I want to get a look of mother of Pearl on a entire body, but if you look at real MOP you'll see it's varies in color and grain, hence I got the ones I thought I would need to mix achieve that. effect. It's a 10-60 micro sized silica additive, which you add to either Varnish, Paint, Glue or paste. You can get a lot of different effects with it [ It can also depend if you put it over a light or dark background ] I got Micro Pearl, Macro Pearl, Pearl White, Silver, Brilliant Gold and Sparkle Gold in the 0.75oz / 21.6g size jars. https://www.jacquardproducts.com/pearl-ex I'll try it out a sheets of maple topped plywood first. I ended up buying them from a Ebay Artist supply seller based in Brisbane called Ripplewood arts for about $13 each [I'll post link], as I tried looking at the usual artist supply stores, and they only had the tiny little 3g pots [and missing a LOT of the colors I was looking for] and were charging $6.50 each for them to boot. https://www.ebay.com.au/str/ripplewoodarts/Pearl-Ex-Pigments/_i.html?_storecat=20808728012 I have a Keylab as well. And my Pearl Ex is going near it! :p
Itsmoi Posted July 16, 2021 Posted July 16, 2021 My trio, and the ones I play the most, the PRS a current red hot favourite, so easy to play. 5
Darryl Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 Nice. I've got a few guitars and also like my two PRS ones the best. Like you said they just about play themselves. 1
Tweaky Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 19 hours ago, Itsmoi said: My trio, and the ones I play the most, the PRS a current red hot favourite, so easy to play. Like you I love the feel of a PRS, and they are very easy to pick up and play. But ultimately they have always seemed a bit characterless to me sound wise, I don't exactly know why, maybe it's something to do with the in between Fender/Gibson scale length. Sort of reminds me of Yamaha's higher range SG's. Just a tip, don't leave your Gibson Les Paul with the tuner attached to the headstock, or sitting on a stand with foam padding on the neck and base, the foam eventually has a chemical reaction with the Gibson's Nitrocellulose lacquer [This goes for any Gibson or other make with a Nitro finish], which at first dulls the lacquer where the foam is touching, only to eventually cause marking [like a rib mark] in the lacquer. You can't get rid of either once it starts.
LogicprObe Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 (edited) On 7/6/2021 at 3:29 PM, oztheatre said: You still have a 73' SG? Closest I ever got was Les Paul studio model Yeah.............I think there's a photo of it in the early pages of this thread. It's the skinny neck model that they only made for a couple of years. I've only broken it three times....................... edit - in fact, it's on the first page................I say it's a '72 there.................maybe it is and I bought it in '73. Edited July 17, 2021 by LogicprObe
Itsmoi Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Tweaky said: But ultimately they have always seemed a bit characterless to me sound wise, Could be just the pickups, this is the cheaper Indonesian made version, and I am happy enough it sounds distinct enough from either the LP or Strat. I can get it to quack, and well humbuckers yeah. It is the current 2021 version so instead of push pull knob to get bridge into single coil mode it has 2 little toggles to have either or both as split coils on this particular model, like the one they call The Paul I think it is. These are also not the 85/15 pickups normally used , TCI Bright I think they are called, but I never played a PRS prior to this or paid much attention to their sound. Just saw this colour, and had to have it lol. No complaints so far And yeah, been getting slack taking the tuner off, I am aware of the stand issue too, must look for the rag again that's normally there Cheers 1
Tweaky Posted July 18, 2021 Posted July 18, 2021 On 7/17/2021 at 6:56 PM, Itsmoi said: And yeah, been getting slack taking the tuner off, I am aware of the stand issue too, must look for the rag again that's normally there Cheers You can get clear plastic tubing of a suitable diameter from Bunnings, that you can use to replace the foam on the guitar stands. Have you tried a guitar fitted with P90 pickups? Pretty awesome sound. 1
Itsmoi Posted July 19, 2021 Posted July 19, 2021 11 hours ago, Tweaky said: You can get clear plastic tubing of a suitable diameter from Bunnings, that you can use to replace the foam on the guitar stands. Have you tried a guitar fitted with P90 pickups? Pretty awesome sound. Ah will have a look see next time I am in Bunnings, will simplify it. Thanks for the tip Yeah, have had a guitar with P90's but long time back, will reacquire one some day, they do sound good indeed.
Gambit 1870 Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 I picked this up a couple of weeks ago, I stuck my nose into the shop for a bit of of a sticky and this one said "come on Jason buy me, you know you want to" I'd never touched a PRS before, it is so much more playable than my old Epiphone LP Custom. Happy enough so far with the stock 85/15 pick ups, I had SD slash pups in the LP which are a lot hotter than the PRS. Already fitted strap locks and will order a set of locking tuners soon. One thing I did on the LP was to sand the back of the neck with 1500 grit pad to remove that sticky feeling from the lacquer finish, made it much smoother to play, might do the same with this one. 6
Gambit 1870 Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 49 minutes ago, Darryl said: Nice little Mesa. I used to have one of those. They're not a bad little house amp, mine is the 5/25 12" version. I had a JCM900 25/50W Twin Reverb and this a little while ago, I ended up selling the JCM. Great amp, but it sucked on the clean channel What did you upgrade to?
Jake Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 8 hours ago, Gambit 1870 said: I picked this up a couple of weeks ago, I stuck my nose into the shop for a bit of of a sticky and this one said "come on Jason buy me, you know you want to" I'd never touched a PRS before, it is so much more playable than my old Epiphone LP Custom. Happy enough so far with the stock 85/15 pick ups, I had SD slash pups in the LP which are a lot hotter than the PRS. Already fitted strap locks and will order a set of locking tuners soon. One thing I did on the LP was to sand the back of the neck with 1500 grit pad to remove that sticky feeling from the lacquer finish, made it much smoother to play, might do the same with this one. Beautiful guitar. Interesting you should mention locking tuners. I have them on a few guitars and have gone right off them. They are a PITA and I now feel they offer nothing that a good set of vintage tuners can. You might have a different opinion. 1
Gambit 1870 Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 18 minutes ago, Jake said: Beautiful guitar. Interesting you should mention locking tuners. I have them on a few guitars and have gone right off them. They are a PITA and I now feel they offer nothing that a good set of vintage tuners can. You might have a different opinion. I've never had them, what's the issue?
Darryl Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 4 hours ago, Jake said: Beautiful guitar. Interesting you should mention locking tuners. I have them on a few guitars and have gone right off them. They are a PITA and I now feel they offer nothing that a good set of vintage tuners can. You might have a different opinion. I have guitars with and without locking tuners and I don't find an advantage in tuning either way. My favourite tuners are the vintage Fender ones where the string goes in the top. Nice and easy to restring.
Darryl Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 5 hours ago, Gambit 1870 said: They're not a bad little house amp, mine is the 5/25 12" version. I had a JCM900 25/50W Twin Reverb and this a little while ago, I ended up selling the JCM. Great amp, but it sucked on the clean channel What did you upgrade to? I had a bunch of amps at one point so didn't upgrade as such. I had the 10 inch version of this amp that I bought on here actually, although it turned out to have a fault which was difficult to get fixed. I culled most of my amps a while ago and have only held on to a Marshall JVM410C and a Mesa Boogie Mk V combo. Although I also have a Katana and an Orange micro terror for a bit of fun.
LogicprObe Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, Darryl said: I had a bunch of amps at one point so didn't upgrade as such. I had the 10 inch version of this amp that I bought on here actually, although it turned out to have a fault which was difficult to get fixed. I culled most of my amps a while ago and have only held on to a Marshall JVM410C and a Mesa Boogie Mk V combo. Although I also have a Katana and an Orange micro terror for a bit of fun. I'm so keen on my Spark Amps I'm selling my vintage valve job! 1
Tweaky Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 7 hours ago, Jake said: Interesting you should mention locking tuners. I have them on a few guitars and have gone right off them. They are a PITA and I now feel they offer nothing that a good set of vintage tuners can. You might have a different opinion. I'm with you on this one. Locking tuners were originally designed to make quick string changes at a gig easier, but I've found that if you don't wrap the string under it self like on regular tuners, the strings still slip out of tune, which defeats the purpose of them. Plus the added mass of locking tuners can tip the balance of the guitar to being neck heavy, especially on something like a SG, which is something that puts me off a guitar almost immediately.
Gambit 1870 Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) Thanks guys, some valid points, mate of mine is just about to put some on his Tele, so I might wait and see how he goes. I had an epi SG Tony Iommi signature model years ago that was neck heavy, was a PITA to play so definitely don't want to go there again 11 hours ago, LogicprObe said: I'm so keen on my Spark Amps I'm selling my vintage valve job! Are they the ones I see being flogged on Facebook? Edited July 22, 2021 by Gambit 1870
Jake Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 16 hours ago, Gambit 1870 said: I've never had them, what's the issue? I have some Gotoh ones that have required me to RTFM just to change strings. And that's unAustralian! As @Darryl has said, the best ones I have found are the original vintage style with the slot in the top. Super quick and simple, and all I will ever use now. I also think the whole "tuning stability issue being blamed on the tuners" is a load of nonsense.
Tweaky Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 10 minutes ago, Jake said: I have some Gotoh ones that have required me to RTFM just to change strings. And that's unAustralian! As @Darryl has said, the best ones I have found are the original vintage style with the slot in the top. Super quick and simple, and all I will ever use now. I also think the whole "tuning stability issue being blamed on the tuners" is a load of nonsense. The people that say tuners are to blame for the guitar not staying in tune, are usually those new to guitar playing that have never been taught the correct way to do it. Even the cheapest tuners these days are pretty reliable. You see two different variations of bad string wrapping. The I'm going to get all the string on this tuner if it kills me type.....B.B. King used to do this, and always restrung his guitar himself. Then you have the, Mind if I poke your eye out while I play type, with excess string material sticking out of the headstock.....it bloody well hurts as well if you get jabbed with the end of a D string. I've read of people having excess strings going into power points, and even through the fabric of a guitar amp, both shocking the guitarist when they went to pick the guitar up........ I've seen this on a few Strat's at gigs, but mostly on a Les Paul's for some reason. Then there is the tried and proven correct way to do it, by wrapping the string under itself. I've got a FrankenStrat that I built with staggered height SD-91 GOTOH tuners on it [Non locking], set up with a standard vintage trem bridge, set as floating, and I can dive bomb away and pull up a tone multiple times, like a frenzied Eddie Van Halen, and this guitar will always still stay in tune. Mind you, it's all in the set up on being to be able to do this, which I learnt from watching a series of videos [ How to set up your Strat for best tremolo use ] from YouTuber FruduaTv https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXU3GYv5qEzuPePqXOJBgXw 1 1
Gambit 1870 Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Tweaky said: The people that say tuners are to blame for the guitar not staying in tune, are usually those new to guitar playing that have never been taught the correct way to do it. Even the cheapest tuners these days are pretty reliable. More than likely a poorly filed or cheap nut!
Tweaky Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 7 minutes ago, Gambit 1870 said: More than likely a poorly filed or cheap nut! Yeah, ironically the cheapest part on any guitar [The Nut] is the most important one to get right. Not just for making sure the guitar stays in tune [No string catch at the Nut], but also for the possibilities regarding the ' Action' of your guitar . Once you know the relationship between the Nut, Fret height and Bridge;, if you have the right tools, you can fine adjust how well a guitar plays. 1
Tweaky Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 I was watching a rather boring YouTube video about a Pedal-board build for the lead singer/guitarist form this band from the USA called Larkin Poe I'd never heard of them before, so decided to take a look. Although Good, their acoustic version of Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were here' seemed nothing special to me at first, that's until the latter part of the video where they seamlessly segue into 'Great Gig in The Sky'. Worth a watch IMHO.
Jake Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 Not sure where to post this, but post it I must. I have just discovered Kingfish. The guy is only freaking 22. But then I also just discovered this Rick Beato kind of dude that dissects the music and encourages active listening. Active. Listening. What all audiophiles do, or should do perhaps. It's all great stuff. Kingfish in this video reminds me a lot of the late, great Gary Moore. 1
Gambit 1870 Posted July 27, 2021 Posted July 27, 2021 On 24/07/2021 at 9:58 PM, Jake said: Not sure where to post this, but post it I must. I have just discovered Kingfish. The guy is only freaking 22. But then I also just discovered this Rick Beato kind of dude that dissects the music and encourages active listening. Active. Listening. What all audiophiles do, or should do perhaps. It's all great stuff. Kingfish in this video reminds me a lot of the late, great Gary Moore. This lad is a sensational blues artist, pretty handy guitarist to go with it. Thanks for sharing and bringing to my attention 1
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