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[quote title=cobby wrote on Sat, 17 March 2007 07:39]Hi All

I have been taking guitar lessons now for a whole 3 weeks!!  I'm learning the blues scales very slowly.

My question is I have just bought myself a new amp and I'm wondering if someone could give me some settings to start from?

I'm interested in blues the amp I'm using is a Randall rg75d g2 series.  The guitar is a Washburn Pro X series.  I also have a Les Paul custom (chinese copy) <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_redface.gif" border=0 alt="Embarassed"> which I'm not sure about. (quote)

You'll have to try every knob you have and find the sound your happy with. Everyone has different taste so not every one's settings will suit you. I always have my master on 10, the reason is when you are playing distorted if you have your master on a low volume and your volume on a higher volume the speaker coil does not warm up and you sound real muddy.

With the master cranked you can control the volume and the volume knob on your guitar. It gives you a clearer distortion (oxy moron, clear distortion). I myself like more midrange and some highs and usually play on my clean channel with effects or an amp moduler. But that's me.

Bootlegger

Bootlegger guitars.

It is a LP design without a carve top and 490/590 pickups. It is a flattop and a p-90 pickup. Take it it is something to learn on.

Bootlegger.

Oubass: Did by chance you retire due to good fortune in the music industry?

bidjindustriez: If you are touting Martins so much, do you own one? or just your Yamaha?

Bootlegger.

Bootlegger guitars.

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Infact I hate electric guitars in general, and wished i'd never bought it, but at the same time i'm glad i bought it so now I know that I hate it  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">

You know what I mean I hope, I wanted one from the minute i could play a G chord, so i bought one for £100 and liked it for 10 minutes!

I'm selling it now so I can put it towards a decent acoustic.

Is this normal behavior for someone or am i an abnormal guitarist?
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No your just abnormal. If you truly loved to play it would not matter to you if it was acoustic or electric. Your desire would be just to play.

You learn fast.  Take it with a grain of salt because the teacher is also becomes the student at times. There is no end to learning. The experienced on this forum are trying to give advise as they learned from others and their own trials to help you become a better overall player.

Most of us elder statesmen (most of the time I don't act like it and it doesn't mean were old men either  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy"> ) have made mistakes and learned the hardway. But that doesn't mean you can't learn from our experience as we have learned from others who took the time to teach. Will you make mistakes of your own and learn yes and that's when you'll remember these threads.  Be glad that we take the time to share our experience.

Bootlegger.

Bootlegger guitars.

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did you say stratocaster? there is no bridge on a stratocaster...not a standard one anyway, they have a metal saddle (with a pickup in it) but if you got the name wrong and you have a guitar with a bridge, I would strongly reccomend a bone bridge..(A Real bone bridge, not plastic) which will last longer.  The bridge doesn't really affect the sound that much unless it's not installed properly (the highest part goes towards the top string) your problem more than likely is being caused by the neck not being set up.  This may also cause the strings to rattle or buzz..I Have the same problem with my strat. copy. Take it to a music shop, or if you are so inclined, set the neck yourself by turning the truss rod(s) about a quarter of a centimetre either way, depending on which way the neck needs to go. Hope that helps.
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DUDE, where have you been?  What  you are refering to is a acoustic guitar saddle, the wood would be your bridge.  The complete unit (in this case a tremolo) is considered a bridge on an acoustic or electric guitar. The single metal saddle you are refering as is correct but it is one piece that makes up the complete bridge. If your strat copy has a plastic bridge it is a copy of an acoustic strat not the MIM Fender as the original post suggest. Read the complete thread.

Bootlegger.

Bootlegger guitars.

I have a Fender DeVille with 4 10's as my main amp and also an old Fender champ amp kicking around besides my Roland blues cube, Randall RG80 and small Guitar research(for checking wiring and rewire jobs)a Rockman head phone amp and my Behringer acoustic amp. I like the tube sound for the styles I play (just about everything except goth, punk or speed metal, yeah I know here comes the hate mail).

Both Fenders and Marshalls are really nice amps (and expensive depending on what models) but their a lot of really good amps out. You have to decide if you want a tube or a transistor type amp and how much you want to spend. You have to go and play different amps and find the sound that you are looking for.

Good luck.

Bootlegger.

Bootlegger guitars.

The package you mentioned as a beginners package and is usually a very cheap guitar not only price wise. Check the body and see if it is not laminated plywood. Either way it is a bottom of the line guitar. That's not to say that you can't learn on it as you say you have. They are made to be corner kickers (when intrest is lost it sits in the corner collecting dust) you or the parent is not out $850.00 american for that American made strat.

With that said I've seen people that can smoke on just about guitar it is there talent not the instrument or effects. Youy asked the question what do we think, should you buy a new guitar?  Can you afford one? Do you want one? What is cool to me may not cool for you or your style. Play them all and find one that you like.

I just can't get away from strats or strat type guitars. Of my 14 guitars (current and adding) I have 7 strat types (3 Fenders, 1 Washburn, 1 Series 10, 2 Bootleggers,(I made them) and a 1964 Fender Mustang.

Good luck.

Bootlegger.

Bootlegger guitars.

What you may be discribing is a locking nut and you should stretch your strings when you replace them so that you can tune and not go out of pitch because your strings are stretching.

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I believe that the newer Roland blues cube can be patched into the main board which means that you can also use your practice amp for small venues when the time comes. A hollow body guitar when played at loud volumes tend to feedback alot. I prefer solid bodies myself and something that I can hot rod down the line and make it my sound.

I have a Behringer ACX series (can't rember the model and or find the manual, 60 watts) it has built in effects but I don't play it all that much only with my acoustics. There great priced but if your effects module goes down I don't think it has a bypass so you can still get sound out of your amp. You can buy a Johnson J station or Line 6 POD XT amp moduler to get a thousand (figure of speech)sounds.

Bootlegger.

Bootlegger guitars.

P.S. to Scotty3day The Gretsch is probley made in the same factory (SAMICK) as the Gibson knock off and the cheap Ibanez.

I played a japanese strat with a single EMG 81 humbucker through a Johnson J station and a Randall RG80 with a Celestion G12-80 in it. Yes it was in a worship band for about 2 years before I got my Fender DeVille with 4-10's. We were loud.