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I don't really "GIG" anymore since leaving my last band.
But I started out playing in church.
I wouldn't recommend it to anyone...too many egos, politics and confusion to start out playing public-guitar with.
Open Mic night or a party/funeral/wedding would be a much easier and simpler start.
Heck, I consider quitting my church band at least twice a week. If I got one chance to join another band I'd probably take it without hesitation.
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A-MAZING!!!
Even though it's midi it's soooo accurate!! The tunings are all there as well as the individual instrument tracks!!
GREAT SITE!!!
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Thank you all, I figured it out.
It's in the key of A and using hendrix style chords.
Starts out in A and goes to A# with an embellishment and a drop-back on the pointer finger. Then goes back to a hendrix-A with picked embellishments on the G and B strings. Then drops back to a Am7 with a 6th for the embellishment.
2nd half starts out on F# and drops down to F then goes to two open chords with roots on the 2nd fret (don't know the actual names of the chords).
Now once I get home and can use my delay and reverb I can nail it!
I can't wait!!!
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Hey all!
I heard this song on youtube recently and it brought tears to my eyes.
Could anyone help me figure out the chords?
I know that there is an F and an F# in there but the opening chords are a mystery to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMn4jmlz … r_embedded
Thank you all!!
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Keep up the great work!!
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Sounds like they're just relaxing their finger-grip on the chord to get that "Chunk" sound.
Chord is F# I think...not a lot of bass in that audio sample...that or they're only playing on the higher 4 strings and leaving out the E &A strings.
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I will definitely be posting a long video of me playing my usual tunes with this pedal instead of the MXR C-D.
I can't wait til friday!!!
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My BD-2 has new life!! My Galaxie Mod kit from MACHINE-HEAD-PEDALS arrived the day before yesterday. I couldn't wait to assemble it this weekend so I did it last night. Wow...I learned a lot of important lessons last night.
1. Modding pedals is HARD!
2. Having micro-tools helps A LOT!
3. The smell of burning human flesh is nauseating.
Keith, I don't know how you do this on a regular basis or at length but you've definitely got a gift. This was the most extensive mod I've ever done to ANYTHING electronic. I've built electronic devices before and that was easier because the components aren't in the board yet and you have sooo much more space available to work with. Modding something that is already put together requires a whole new level of work.
Wow...
But all went well. The new pedal is just nothing like the old stock BD-2.
I can finally use the gain knob more than 1/4 of the turn. AND THERE'S NO GRITCH!!! THE FIZZ IS GONE!!! Heck, I'm gonna sing a version of BB's "The Thrill is gone" but sing it "The Fizz is gone" 
I'm giddy as a little kid in a playground fooling with this thing.
It has all of the great qualities of the stock BD-2 that I loved...like how it doesn't cut the bass or treble of your original signal. Only, with the Galaxie Mod it adds in the ability to use the GAIN knob! The gain sounds like real Overdrive now and not that gritchy-fizzy wannabe distortion that the stock BD-2 comes with. OMG, I came so close to sounding like Hendrix on "Red House" last night while playing with the pedal before bed. I can't WAIT to demo it live on friday night!!!
Here's some photos for the voyeurs. :wink:
Allright, Lets get started.
Ouch, Soldering irons are mega hot. That's gonna leave a mark...
All done, now to test it out.
:shock:
My BD-2 is now officially back on my board.
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Repetition and small increases in speed.
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I gave away a Yamaha Pacifica 112 and an Ibanez short-scale Bass to people who I thought were really interested in playing but were full of crap.
they weren't worth bunches but they could have gone to people that actually have a REAL interest in playing.
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Favorite is my Squire '51. It's the most resonant solidbody guitar i've ever picked up. It plays perfectly unplugged or plugged in.
So much so that I rarely ever pick up my Acoustic anymore. But then, I never really had a reason to play loudly un-amped to begin with.
I let my son fiddle around with the acoustic nowadays.
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I'm not on the Zeppelin bus either. Could never stand the whiny lead singer's voice.
Like someone has his nads in a vise or something...
Same reason I can't stand to hear Prince sing.
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My Squire '51.
Resonant unplugged to the point that I don't even pick up my acoustic anymore unless I'm sitting in the driveway grilling.
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Well I can't say as it saved my life, but it has saved my sanity. When I am down or mad at something I always find comfort in picking up the guitar and playing songs. It is a good outlet for those times when you just have too much on your mind and need to vent. That's what it does for me. On the up side, it is also fun to play when I am happy.
My sentiments exactly!!
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Thanks!
It really wasnt that hard of a mod...this time. There have been other times where modding a pedal includes adding something or replacing something. That's the hard part...
lol....C4
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here ya go. http://baldguitardude.com/video-guitar-tip-of-the-week
Nice inversion lesson.
Hendrix technique...
Do it all the time.
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If you wanted your sound to be fuller without replacing pickups, I would recommend a reverb pedal or delay pedal...either on low settings will fatten up your sound and give your guitar a larger feel.
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Well, I can say that 6 individual saddles are easier to intonate than the vintage Telecaster bridge.
lol,
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The main thing you will have to get used to with a tele is the initial soreness in your ribcage where the edge of it rests up against you.
Then there's the overall brightness of the guitar that you will have to get used to.
Strats are pretty mellow compared to a Tele and you want to be sure you're ready for that when you try one out. You will have to realign your amp and effects pedal settings to account for the brightness of the guitar. Some of your effect pedals may no longer sound "correct" when you use the tele.
Also note: Squire guitars are the same quality as the Fender brand...just with cheaper electronics (Sometimes). If you get a Squire Tele, you will be getting the same quality as a Fender brand...you just won't have the "Fender" sticker on the headstock.
Good luck picking your Tele!!
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Greetings,
Just another demo of some modifications I've done to a pedal of mine. Basically consisted of taking out component C4 from the mainboard to reduce the limit on the highs of the pedal's tone.
The C4 component is the lower yellow one in this picture with "22n J100" (a .22uf cap)
The value of the capacitor can be replaced with anything between 0.1 and 0.47 or whatever value suits your needs.
I opted for just yanking it out and having full range. This mod just about doubled the effectiveness of the Tone knob on the pedal.
Before and After
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HypP2GiXjC0
Testing the sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqH_oe3R8Sw
EDIT: Forgot this site doesnt do embedded youtube tags.
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That is an option as well and a much more interesting one!
I couldn't find one of those "Loaded Pots" anywhere locally and was too impatient to wait on shipping.
I also didn't have any more room on my control plate on in the control cavity...hehe.
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Greetings all,
After rewiring my bridge humbucker to be in-phase (with my neck pickup) in the middle position, the bridge became exceptionally untameably bright.
(turned amp treble almost the full way off and it's still too bright)
Originally, The bridge pickup (SD SH-4-JB) was wired out of phase and completely backwards from how the SD wiring diagram specified. this was done by a guitar shop to allow the bridge pickup to play nicely with a "Kent Armstrong" pickup that was in the neck. (Tossed it I and installed a Charlie Christian instead)
I returned the bridge pickup wiring to SD-specs recently and removed the wires from the coil-split part of the volume pot (according to the SD diagrams for tele) and taped them together and tucked em away. After returning the bridge pickup wiring to SD-stock, the bridge pickup became "icepick-in-the-ear" bright and had extreme harmonic overtones...almost a chorusy sound. I tried lowering the bridge pickup to no avail, then lowering the treble side and raising the bass side but that just made it boomy.
At first I considered changing pickups but research into the issue led me to a better solution.
I figured there was something electronical that I could do to fix the issue.
The solution is much the same as taming the brightness of the overall guitar by adding a capacitor to the tone pot's connection to the volume pot and ground.
However, the difference lies in the fact that you put one leg of a capacitor in-line with the pickup's hot wire and ground the other leg to the pot/ground. I used Alligator-Clip Test leads from Radio-Shack to do my testing and then soldered in the winning cap after my testing was complete.
Here are a few videos of my test routine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESOLaVyhkuY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nFWI7cIGzo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH464zJC_iA
The 0.001nf capacitor seems to work the best. It takes the icepick highs off without muffling the sound and characteristics of the bridge pickup.
The 0.022 and 0.047 caps gave the bridge pickup too much of a "Wolly" sound...even with the tone pot turned all the way up and the treble on the amp turned all the way up.
The great thing about testing this way is that you can get a completely wide range of caps to test the tone with and even stack caps to produce in-between variances to lower or raise the treble levels in smaller increments. And all without soldering anything into your guitar until you find the right one.
Take care,
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Thanx everyone. I needed all the info I could get my hands on.Not finding much on the Net either. You guys helped me out overnight. The difficulty is not being on top of all the electronics and tech stuff ( Lines In, Line Out, etc. on the back of my amp ). Someone told me to put my Digitech RP 250 thru the back of the amp?
Sounds like they're talking about the "EFFECTS LOOP"
Effects Loop
The effects loop allows you to insert effects of your choice between the Pre amp and power amp section. The Effects loop also allows you to link two amps together using the Pre-amp out and Power amp in connectors.
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Wow, awesome work on that soundport!
Nice find inside the soundhole too!
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Wow!!! As Shirley Manson would say... "Stroke of luck or a gift from God, hand of fate or devil's claws"
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