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thanks guys.
I'll probably stick with the Boss pedal.
Unless I go out and buy 11 different distortion and overdrive pedals I'm never going to get the versitility the ME-50 gives you anywhere else for the money. I may invest in a decent wah pedal though. Thanks again for the advice
shaun
Hello everyone, I'm in need of a little help.
I currently play a Mexican Tele and a Mexican Strat through a Boss ME-50 Multi-effects pedal into a Fender Deluxe 90 solid state amp. I play blues, rock, punk, pop and everything in between(except thrash metal, but I never rule anything out completely).
I've been finding that the only thing I ever really use the Boss pedal for is for overdrive and distortion. I run the amp clean (it's got an outstanding clean channel) and just flick between distortions. I also sometimes use the wah pedal. I hardly ever use the delay or modulation effects (although they are all pretty good, just not my thing).
I've been thinking about getting rid of the multi effects and buying a single overdrive/distortion pedal and a wah pedal. The distortion effects on the Boss are very good but I'm not sure if I would be better off with one really good distortion rather than 22 ok ones. It would save me lugging it around from place to place as well.
Any suggestions for a good overdrive/distortion pedal that's versatile enough to play pretty much anything plus a wah pedal that will go nicely with it.
Or should I stay with the multitude of effects I've already got.
Your opinions, ladies and gentlemen, would be appreciated.
What about these..
'Plug in Baby' Muse (incredible)
'Purple Haze' Hendrix (still a classic)
'See the Light' Jeff Healey (I agree with you 'badeye' on this one, an absolute stormer!)
there are plenty more but these are some of my favorites.
I think a law should be passed that says that no one is allowed to pick up an electric guitar until they've done AT LEAST a year learning on an acoustic. And, furthermore ALL electric guitar players, regardless of style (including you shredders...you know who you are!) must be made to play an acoustic guitar at least once a month.
Even better, once a year, on a national holiday perhaps, all guitarists must play nothing but twelve string acoustics..blindfolded..on stilts.
Playing an acoustic guitar hurts your fingers and hands and, when you're learning, can leave you feeling inadequate, especially when you watch the four-hundred mile an hour shredders doing their thing and your still struggling to hit an F chord (ah, the F!). You'll hit a stage where you're not getting any better. Just keep practicing and you WILL improve. It just takes time and finger ends of steel. Then, when you've finally got it, get an electric and a HUGE amp and play away, knowing that you've learned to play the right way.
started playing when I was 14, stopped when I was 26, started again at 34 and I'm now 38. I've learned more in the last 6 months than all the other years put together. It's not your age or experience that matters, it's how much you want it.
Playing guitar is one of the most rewarding things you can do. To all you 9 to 90 year olds out there with a guitar in your knee while you read this I suggest you spread the word.
thanks guys, you've been a help. I'll keep it until it falls apart in my hand, then I'll buy an American Standard!
Cheers
I've got an old Korean Squier Telecaster that I've owned since the early 90's and was second hand when i bought it. Over the years I've replaced the bridge (and drilled through the body as the old one was a toploader) the nut (twice) and had all the electrics replaced including the pickups. The only original parts that remain are the neck, body and the machine heads. It now sounds great but the neck is on its last legs. The frets have been redressed a couple of times already and are wearing badly. The fretboard edge is wearing away and it's basically knackered.
Now for my problem.
Should I replace the neck with a cheapo no name replacement, buy a proper fender (or Mighty Mite) neck or just give up the ghost and buy a new guitar?
The reason I've kept this guitar so long is because it feels so nice to play. It just seems to fit me and that's why I've kept throwing money at it rather than buying a proper tele and just binning it.
Does anyone out there have any experience with cheap replacement necks? Are they any good? I'm not the most practical of people so how easy are they to fit? I can use a screwdriver and a bit of sandpaper but beyond that I'm a bit clumsy. Is it as simple as undoing and redoing screws or is there more to it?
Does anyone think I may be as well splashing out on an expensive neck and having it fitted and set up by a proper guitar tech?
Or is it time to buy a new guitar?
when doing a solo in any style I'm a big believer in LESS IS MORE. Don't fall into the trap of jamming as many notes into a phrase as you can. I'm not a massive Clapton fan but listen to the solo from 'Badge' and you'll see how economy of notes can become expressive.
Practice bends, they make a good solo ('While My Guitar gently Weeps').
Watching BB King showed my how to do vibrato, again essential when putting any note in a phrase that's longer than about three quarters of a second.
the best electric guitars are the ones that feel nice to play without an amplifier. There's a feeling that's impossible to describe when your hands start to become one with the wood (I'm starting to sound a bit weird now but you get the idea) and it all just feels right. I've got a Korean Squier Telecaster that I've owned for about 15 years. i've still got it because the neck feels so very nice to play that I can't bear to get rid. I've replaced all the electronics so it sounds far better than it should. I have other guitars but I still keep coming back.
the best advice I ever got about guitars was that as long as you can get along with the wooden bits of a guitar, everything else (pickups, tuners etc) can be replaced.
As with so many things in life, its not about how it looks but how it feels.
had a similar problem on my strat. If I bent the first string at the 13th fret it 'choked' after about a quarter of a bend. Took to someone who knew what they were doing who did a full set up (including removing a badly fitted 'shim' I didn't know was there) and the problem was solved. Best £40 I've spent for a while.
Guitar now plays perfect. Shame I don't.
You should be OK with anything bigger than 50 or 60 watts in a pub/small club sized venue. The biggest problem is the drums and getting over them.
One solution is to take a DI/line out of your amp and going into a channel on the mixing desk of the PA, or miking up the amp into the PA. This way you can use pretty much any size amp you want (even a little practice one).
One piece of practical advice to anyone thinking of gigging. Remember that having a Marshall full stack may look big and clever and you may fry the face of the audience and kill small animals in a 1 mile radius but at the end of the evening you have to get half a ton of gear home, up the stairs to your flat (without waking the neighbours), and into your home. When starting out, weight and bulk are just as bigger factors as volume.
Guitar chord forum - chordie → Posts by shaunm
