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Hey K.O.S (king of scotch land , double malt no less.)
Don't use WD 40, use lizzard spit (www.lizzardspit.com) or fast fret the lizzard spit is basically a citrus oil that will conditionnyour fret board and clean your strings. In a pinch you can season your fret board with olive oil and cook with the rest of the bottle.
Bootlegger.
Phil,
How much do you want or need for the Paul? Do you want top dollar or at lease a profit from the original price you paid? These questions only you can answer. It's your guitar and only you can put that price tag on it. Try these sites and as mentioned by "Joey E" be prepaired to pay at least 20 to 25% of the guitars current value for the pickups. www.rareguitarparts.com & www.vintagecheckout.com
Bootlegger.
I've decided to add some brass to my list of instruments competent on. My life goal is to be hired on in a reputible studio somewhere as a session musician. Right now I play the resort circuit on the west coast of Florida, USA. My instrument list includes; guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards(synthesizer), drums, percussion, harmonica, mandolin, uke, bowed psalter, keytar, and pretty much anything with strings or keys. Playing out is fun and sometimes rewarding but the majority of the people I'm playing to don't appreciate the efforts of local live music. Anyways, I digress. Anyone out there have some good, solid, practical, applicable advice for the beginning trombonist?
Jimi Hendrix & Robin Ford started as sax players and look where it got them keep it up and incorporate what you learn on the trombone and iapply it to your guitar playing. Did you ever get your pickup problem resolved? If not drop me an email I will try to trouble shoot it from your email.
Bootlegger.
bootleger wrote:Last_rebel,
You left out Pentacostal holy rollers.
Rev. Bootlegger.
(not a fake title I' am actually ordained)Oh wow I guess I did.... dont know how that happened half my familys backslid pentecosts lol
They actually kind of fit in with the assembly of god, and holiness, the main difference being that the majority of pentecostals are not trinitarians (trinitarians means you believe that all three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, are God Himself).
As far as I know they dont believe in loss of salvation (or at least in losing it as easily as the assembly of gods and nazarenes holiness etc.) They do believe the manifestation of the spiritual gift of tongues is a neccesary proof of salvation, as is adhering to a strict standard of holiness. (women cant wear make up, cut thier hair, wear pants, men or women cant watch tv, listen to music, and so on and so forth). These days they're not AS strict as they used to be.....
An interesting fact about pentecostals: they hold the secret to the world's greatest peanut brittle.....Anyway how was that lol? Oh and if you dont mind me asking, what kind of minister are you?
Right now one who is in a spiritual desert, I call it my Moses experience. When the needed is done in my life the Almighty will call me out as He did Moses to do what I have been call for. As for denomination I would tend to fall under Pentacostal. I had a street witinessing ministry (not to mention I was also a worship leader and played in a worship band) and would go out on the streets and witness to people telling them my hope I have in Jesus Christ. There was some church politics involved that caused me to leave an A.O.G church I was in. So I am in a spiritual desert, but I know where my feet are planted on the rock of my salvation Jesus Christ. I am a very blessed and fortunate man not in treasures that I can spend on this earth but blessed beyond belief. When GOD speaks I listen and will share a word of knowledge to the person HE intended it for where ever HE chooses.
As far as trinitarian GOD is actually a trioun GOD. Let me explain it to you this way, you have one egg, the egg consist of three parts. Those parts are the yoke, the egg white (not white until you cook it) and the shell, three parts one egg. Father, Son & the Holy Spirit, three parts one Trioun GOD. Also what you mentioned the speaking of tongues it is not necessary proof of salvation but refers to Acts 2:2 where the persons in the upper room were blessed with cloven tongues of fire which was the Holy spirit. So not proof of salvation but proof of the Holy spirit. Your salvation comes by inviting Jesus into your heart to become you saviour. Confess with your mouth that your a sinner, believe in your heart that he died and rose again on the third day and ascended to the right hand of the Father and you shall have everlasting life (paraphrased).
In short (ha, ha) there is your answer.
Bootlegger.
Last_rebel,
You left out Pentacostal holy rollers.
Rev. Bootlegger.
(not a fake title I' am actually ordained)
Quite Riot they covered Slade songs.
Bootlegger.
What should I use to keep my electric guitar body nice and clean?
Likewise the neck is getting sticky with all my practising, what product will keep it smooth and fast?
GHS guitar gloss it is a non silicone polish that don't streak or smudge. I also use lizzard spit (www.lizzard spit.com) to oil my fret boards.
Bootlegger.
Boss loop station (www.rolandusa.com).
Bootlegger.
bootleger wrote:Last_rebel:
Are you sure your a girl?
You have good taste in music.
Bootlegger.
yeah last time i looked i was still a girl lol
Good taste in music really doesn't have anything to do with gender, but sadly it is true that alot of girls listen to crap... I think alot of us are kind of scared to step out and say we like some music cuz girls tend to be more clickish... Me I don;t care they all know what they can kiss and where they can go if they don't like it lol
Thats why I asked not because I was insulting you. As you said most girls are not willing to listen to that type of music. Your into Skynyrd & ZZ Top I know you can't be bad.
Bootlegger.
Last_rebel:
Are you sure your a girl? You have good taste in music.
Bootlegger.
Phil,
G&L is located in Fullerton California, Mrs Fender is the honory chairperson. I believe musicman is owned by ernie ball. The G&L Fender style copies were basically an upgraded design of the original guitars. Mr. Fender wanted to make his strat better than the CBS Fenders.
Bootlegger.
OK, I know next to nothing about this, but from what I understand, electric amps are open, or partially open in the back for....I don't know why. And Acoustic amps are closed in on all sides--something about how much the guitar vibrates...causing feedback something along those lines, how a closed in amp helps--I don't know. I've also heard that an acoustic amp sort of acts as a PA, just increasing the signal the same across the spectrum, and an electric amp treats different parts of the signal differently. All I know is I have the same problem when I plug my acoustic into my Hartke, and I don't when I plug it into my Crate Acoustic amp.
Told you I know nothing about this topic...why I'm writing....beats me.
Your on the right tract in your train of thought. The pickups on a acoustic/electric guitar are usually piezio type pickups and they act as a microphone. They pick up the excessive vibration of the sound box which helps project the sound of a non amplified acoustic guitar.
Bootlegger.
Bootlegger guitars.
whilst I think you generally get what you pay for in guitars I think the manufacturing in far east and China has had a significant effect on the quality of guitars over recent years. The only thing that I find on the lower priced guitars is the quality of pickups is often poor.
I need another guitar like a moose needs a hat rack, I have Fenders and Gibsons etc but I liked the look of the Reverend range of guitars. Sort of Jaguar / Mustang shapes.
I recently bought a Reverend Charger 2x P90 for £269 (Special offer) from Dolphin music including hard case! The quality of finish and components is amazingly good for the money. It was playable straight out of the box. Sounds like a fat sounding Tele, no naff wooly sounding pickups here. Cracking guitar for the money.
Chordcrasher:
Check out the michael kelly guitar models patriot and valor series
(www.michaelkellyguitars.com) they use rockfield pickups for the most. I like them very much and the price is right for $100.00 american a set. Check out the sound clip from Ademption on the MK site you'll see (hear) what I mean. The MK's go for $399.00 to $499.00 american.
Bootlegger.
Thanks so much for the tips, I rechecked the wiring and found out I needed more solder on the neck and the bridge was wired into the volume pot wrong. I'm planning on doing some work on my '02 G-400 deluxe soon, so I'll have to look into those cts pots... by the way, is it normal to hear a little hum from my neck pickup when I touch the pickup cover?
It is definately a grounding problem (earth to you brits) as chordcrasher mentioned it is either the ground to the jack or the ground to the pots. You also may check the ground to your switch. I don't think that the screening (?) as chordcrasher mentioned is a problem since you used new pickups and pots. Check that all your ground solder points hace a good connection. Email me if I could be of any help.
Bootlegger.
I can. Here's a question, is musical ability genetic? I think that there's no doubt if you grow up hearing music and seeing players, then you will be more musical. But what if your family is musical, but the one's that can play never do it around you or they don't live close, as is the case with me.
I can bet it would never be genitic because one of my brother in laws a drummer and the other brother in law could not carry a tune if you turned on the radio, found the song and gave the radio to him by the handle.
Bootlegger.
thanks
some really good ideas here.
when I started playing I bought a fender squier and twenty year later still play it
some people knock them and I don't know whether the quality of the newest models is quite what it is was - but with a entry level guitar by a respected manufacturer you will always get an instrument that beginners can learn with - although the tonal quality may not be all that great
The newer squire bullets are plywood bodies and the higher end squires are bass wood. Plywood for guitars do not have any tonal qualities what so ever, you might as well make it from press or particial board. Now it your using 9 or 13 ply birch plywood for making seaker cabnits thats a different story but for guitars it just don't cut it.
Bootlegger.
Fender USA made and MIM (made in Mexico) differ in quality. The USA fenders use better wood two piece swamp ash and alder where as the MIM are usually three piece alder. There is not much difference in the tonal construction between two or three piece bodies but the three piece will vibrate more that the two piece. Also the hardware and electronics are better on the USA fender than the MIM ones that's why you will see a three hundred and up price difference.
Bootlegger.
Phil,
Please go to the Myka and Mc Naught websites and take a look you will be awe strick in their craftmenship you really have to see it for your onw eyes.
Bootlegger.
Phil,
If you go the route of Gibson pickups you still are buying pickups that cost more than the guitar it's self. I almost bought a Dean Evo just for the price They were on sale for $99.00 american, there good guitars but I could not see spending a hundred dollars and then hot rodding it with even cheap pickups (inexpensive, not cheap in quality that would have cost $50.00 american and another $20.00 in pots and a capacitor. Not to mention that if I did not do my own work installing new pickups would cost about another $150.00 american to have the work done. It would just not be cost effective.
Bootlegger.
Last rebel,
I've never been a girl and not even the devil himself scares me. But when you mention that hormone stuff that's when you see the dust kicking up from my heals because I'm headed for them hills and FAST. What I really wanted to say is I like your tag line especially "thank GOD I'm a guitar man" and I know your a girl and your giving GOD HIS do. Here's one for you " I've tried everything in my life, the things I liked I've done twice". I know I don't have to tell you where that came from because I know You got that right.
Bootlegger.
Well, Johnny your correct in saying that string brand is a personal choice. To find the correct string gauge look for your owners manual or go to the tanglewood website and look up the spec's on the model you have it should mention what gauge strings are used.
Then try different brands of strings of the correct gauge to find which is your brand of strings.
Bootlegger.
Go to www.seymoreduncan.com and look for a wiring schematic for two humbuckers and a 3 way toggle switch. Chase the wiring backwards, (look at the schematic and see if you wired it the same). Don't use gibson pots the probley charged you $10.00 to $15.00 each you can get a up gradr kit with cts pots and mallory capacitors for and the toggle switch from Guitar specialties for around $ 40.00 american or a alpha set from Guitar fetish for about $ 22.00. If you go with the guitar fetish kit change the capacitors to the 0.22 orange drop caps they sell.
If you run into any problems get me an email and I'll see if I can help. What it sounds like is that one of your conectons to the switch or the volume pod is not making a proper connection.
Bootlegger.
i haven't been playing for too long but i do know that it was best that i bought a cheaper one. i spent about $100 US on mine and it has been pretty good. i do recommend taking it to a Luthier of some sort so that it can be properly set up. Having it so inexpensively means that i can learn on it and not worrry too much about what damage may happen to it. even better is now that i have learned a few songs i have gone down my local guitar Center and tried out all kinds i like the sounds of some of them but some of the more expensive ones i don't really care for the sound. It is a matter of your own taste I ended up getting mine at a local target store. took it down to the Luthier to have it set up and put better bridge pins on it and it sounds great. the best part is that i plan to learn to make my own guitar. and what better way to learn than on a cheaper one? I will probably buy a more expensive one once my first year of playing is up.
Lilliepop,
Your correct in getting your guitar setup by some one that knows how. However you did not specifiy if it is an electric or acoustic. From your statement "and put better bridge pins on" I take it is an acoustic guitar. The work you had done was probley half if not 2/3's the cost of your guitar? You still have a $100.00 guitar but now it plays good and your happy that's what counts.
Bootlegger.
Yard sales or swapmeets (flea markets to some) is a good place to look. Alot of times people do not know what they are selling. I have 300 albums. When I read the title of your posting originnaly before I opened it up I was thinking lps= Les Pauls. What can I say I am guitar minded.
Bootleger.
Hello everyone! This is my first post on this forum, although I have been reading it for some time.
I've been playing acoustic on and off for several years. Just recently I got my first electric. It's a Dean EVO. Based on some reviews I read online, it's supposed to be a cheap but decent beginner's guitar.
I belive this guitar is setup to be simiar to a Les Paul with twin humbuckers.
My quesiton is what does the toggle switch do, and how do you use it? So far, this is what I know: 1.) It switches between which pickups are active. If it's in the middle position, both pickups are active. If it's switched towards the bridge, the bridge pickup is active, and if it's switched towards the neck, the neck pickup is active.
Now the real question is when do you use the different pickups?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Bz,
First of all when you refer to a pickup as active it indicates that is is a battery powered pickup like a EMG 81 pickup the pickups you have are actually passive pickups (no battery or preamp required). I understand what you mean as active that when you switch to the bridge pickup it activates or allows the brige pickup to be heard. Your summation of how your toggle switch works is correct. With that said which pick up to play on what type of music is a personal preference.
As you develope your playing ear for electric you will know what sound that you are after whe you hear it. All the other post mention some valid points on which direction to go. However the correct determination as to which pickup is louder or what type of sound you get is determined on the "K" value of your pickups. The bridge pickup depending on who made them will usually be around 7.5"k" and the bridge will be around 8.2 "k". So the bridge pick up with the higher "k" value will have a higher output.
You can always put a push/pull pot in and as you pull it up you will split the coiuls on you pickup that you selected and get a single coil strat type sound. Of course it will cost you about the price of your guitar to have one installed unless you know how to do it yourself.
Good luck.
Bootlegger.
Bootlegger guitars.
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