AArdvark's amplifier project

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Re: AArdvark's amplifier project

by AArdvark » Fri Jun 07, 2024 4:14 pm

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by AArdvark » Fri Jun 07, 2024 3:33 pm

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by Jizaboz » Thu Jun 06, 2024 11:45 pm

I'll post some pics of my Fender stuff and pedals sometime..

I always used whatever pickups were factory in the guitar. The older the better.

My lead guitarist in my old band though insisted on playing humbuckers and his shit did sound nice and mean.

Re: AArdvark's amplifier project

by AArdvark » Mon Jun 03, 2024 5:35 pm

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It only came with dual humbuckers but there's room for a single coil as well. They probably have a stock body and just throw in whatever electronics depending on the model. I'd say it's in the same range as a Squire Strat only more geared to the metal audience

Re: AArdvark's amplifier project

by AArdvark » Mon Jun 03, 2024 5:32 pm

I'm resurrecting this thread because it's where my Strat mod photos are. ( Photobucket sucks!)

Im going to mod my new (to me) Ibanez Gio. First some background...

Pros:

Free
Plays and feels pretty solid
Smaller and lighter than a Strat

Cons:

Too pointy
Cheap hardware
Paint is dinged and it's black, I already have a black guitar'

I don't play metal or thrash so the need for the instrument to look dangerous is objectionable. I'm going to reshape the body and make it more nice.

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Danger headstock!

Re: AArdvark's amplifier project

by Jizaboz » Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:52 am

Cool Jazzmaster, man!

I'll post some pictures of my Fender setup sometime. Still love my old Mustang, but wish I had a cooler long neck guitar other than a Squire someone gave me for free.

Re: AArdvark's amplifier project

by Billy Mays » Fri Dec 29, 2017 7:27 pm

If you'll allow me this suggestion:

You are really into EDM, and we are really into the band Beaver...so why don't you take that Beaver song that was posted here a while back and use the software and equipment you guys have to mix it into an EDM song?

Re: AArdvark's amplifier project

by AArdvark » Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:41 pm

Cool. Just got me a new set of studio headphones and put the finishing touches on the mixer setup. Anytime is fine.

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Re: AArdvark's amplifier project

by Ice Cream Jonsey » Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:43 pm

OK, now of course I am taking a trip out of town. I'll bump this when I get back and try to use the Music program I bought in that Humble Bundle to lay down a beat. I'm thinking the song should have the following characteristics:

1) Be three minutes or less in length.
2) Have drums and a bass line and a keyboard part that we can take out if we don't need the keyboard part.
3) Probably no real vocals, as it violates Ben Parrish's #1 Rule for Text Game Music: the vocals interfere with reading the text.

And I'll keep the chord progressions simple - not for you, but for me. :/

Re: AArdvark's amplifier project

by AArdvark » Fri Dec 29, 2017 6:06 am

Most definitely!

Re: AArdvark's amplifier project

by Ice Cream Jonsey » Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:49 pm

NICE!!

If I laid down a beat, bass line and a melody, should we make a song for Cyberganked?

Re: AArdvark's amplifier project

by AArdvark » Thu Dec 28, 2017 5:19 pm

I wrote three years ago.....
I'm thinking about buying amp knobs that DO go 11. Just because of that movie!



But these go to eleven.......


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by AArdvark » Sat Apr 30, 2016 7:01 pm

Just saw a Chevelle SS with an 8 track player in it. Very nice. I wonder how they kept the records from skipping when going over bumps.


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by Tdarcos » Fri Apr 22, 2016 9:51 pm

AArdvark wrote:I like vinyl records because you have to go to where the music is being played rather than taking the music with you. It makes for a much more immersive experience. Psycoacoustics, man.

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You may find this hard to believe, but before they had 8-track players in cars, back in the 1960s some had record players in them. I kid you not.

I looked it up; they had them as far back as the 1950s. http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news ... /index.htm
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I preferred the line, "If it don't fit, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway."

by AArdvark » Sat Apr 16, 2016 2:36 pm

This is fascinating to read a thread where I do not know any of the jargon!
I feel the same way anytime someone posts an IT related thread...


On the Jazzmaster guitars the strings go over the bridge and down to the..oh, here...

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The buzz stop pulls the stings down more toward the body, increasing the sustain and reducing string buzz.
This guy built a custom one that bolts on to the body

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I think it looks like a toilet paper holder. I was thinking of making a one piece unit out of stainless round stock and putting that on my Jazzmaster. Once I saw how much work I'd have to do, and remembering that I already own something that works just fine, I gave up on it.


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by Ice Cream Jonsey » Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:42 am

What is a custom buzz stop?

This is fascinating to read a thread where I do not know any of the jargon! I enjoy it, though!

by AArdvark » Sat Apr 09, 2016 6:47 pm

Rewired the Jazzmaster tonight. Eliminated the tone control and made both pots volume controls. With both pickups on the tone is fantastic. Best it's sounded since I bought it. The neck volume control acts like a tone control and rolls off the blaring treble from the bridge pickup. Real mellow, man. I was gonna build a custom buzz stop like Robert Smith's but...eh. I already have a Whizzo so I put that back on. That's about as much as I want to mess with it.

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by Jizaboz » Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:57 am

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by Flack » Thu Nov 12, 2015 6:55 pm

Donald Ebinsen wrote:
Jizaboz wrote:I dunno, Vark. I still like the sound of my '69 Fender Mustang way over the newish Stratocaster I have. It's more "full" or "warm". Hard to describe. Though the Strat is a bit easier to play certain things due to the longer neck.
Could the Stratocaster be a digital instrument? Your exact comment is why a lot of people, even now, still like, and why audiophiles still buy, recordings on vinyl (which is why companies still press vinyl records). The effect of analog sound often has certain aspects which are lost when converted to digital. A lot of people say there is a certain shall we say, "feel" to analog over digital.

Also, seeing the Fender was made back during the height of the hand-made equipment days (1969 was very primitive as far as developing automation), maybe the Fender is a hand-built wood and the Strato is a machine constructed plastic and/or composite (either condition could be a factor which changes the characteristics of the sound)? Or could one of the two be a partial or full steel guitar?
Yes. His Stratocaster guitar is a digital steel guitar.

by AArdvark » Thu Nov 12, 2015 3:36 pm

I like vinyl records because you have to go to where the music is being played rather than taking the music with you. It makes for a much more immersive experience. Psycoacoustics, man.

I wont go into the history of Fender guitars. I do like the fact that you didn't research this topic before posting. It's so much more organic this way. Sometimes it's nice to just post off the top of one's head and let it all out.
I think most guitars are analog instruments (there are exceptions!) but running them through various processors can change the signal to digital. The feel is still totally analog.


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