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Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 1:48 pm
by MEC
Thanks! With any luck it will rid this thread of some Grampas/Riff-Raff.
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 1:50 pm
by sylnau
CaptainWampum wrote:Nobody makes a hollowbody or semi hollow with single coils. DA FUCK.
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:00 pm
by Schlatte
Yeah... but isn't it too old to resurrect it? Meh... probably not
But- isn't it for people with.. like... ya' know... actually "good" semi hollows
Meh.. screw it! thanks for the link
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:09 pm
by behndy
Achtane wrote:behndy wrote:why does all this talk about tube bass amps make we want to drop a bunch of coin on one WHEN I'M THE HAPPIEST I'VE EVER BEEN WITH MY TOANZ?
Tubes look cool = yr toans...look...cool..er.
fucking YES. all the excuse i NEED.
........... actually just made some horribly awful noises with my 1x12 SS power amp home rig........ so fuck that. but DAYUM those toobies are enticing.
WHY??!?
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:16 pm
by Mudfuzz
behndy wrote:WHY??!?
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:37 pm
by behndy
man. that? with bass cabs for Robo Ballz? give some guitarist that knows how not to be a wanky bitch but still needs his ego stroked the head full of cabs? and an assssss full of drummmmmer.
GIMME.
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:54 pm
by McSpunckle
I don't get why anyone buys those cheap quite/flame veneer top guitars that Schecter, ESP, etc put out. Can they not see how flat the grain looks? Then again, I hate exotic tops in general, and I don't get why people would waste that wood on a guitar when it would make excellent furniture.
I don't get why companies like Fender and Gibson can't make $500 guitars in the USA. Seagul makes cheap acoustic guitars in Canada! And I think Godin (Seagul's parent company) are all made in Canada. It really seems like an American company could do it too.
I don't get why anyone would want a 1 pickup w/ volume guitar. I get simplicity, but there are -so- many sounds you're missing out on. A couple of pickups and a few switches, and you could get most sounds out of 1 guitar.
I don't get why there don't seem to be any semi-scientific experiments on the effects of body/neck wood on the sound of an electric guitar. I just don't buy the whole "resonating certain frequencies" thing. I think some woods just absorb more vibrations, and the higher frequencies are the first to go.
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:58 pm
by D.o.S.
I don't understand why I'm done lusting after rig enhancers.
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:07 pm
by Moustache_Bash
McSpunckle wrote:I don't get why anyone buys those cheap quite/flame veneer top guitars that Schecter, ESP, etc put out. Can they not see how flat the grain looks? Then again, I hate exotic tops in general, and I don't get why people would waste that wood on a guitar when it would make excellent furniture.
I don't get why companies like Fender and Gibson can't make $500 guitars in the USA. Seagul makes cheap acoustic guitars in Canada! And I think Godin (Seagul's parent company) are all made in Canada. It really seems like an American company could do it too.
I don't get why there don't seem to be any semi-scientific experiments on the effects of body/neck wood on the sound of an electric guitar. I just don't buy the whole "resonating certain frequencies" thing. I think some woods just absorb more vibrations, and the higher frequencies are the first to go.
I completely agree with these three points.
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:29 pm
by dubkitty
i think Godin uses a lot of Canada-sourced materials, which keeps their costs down.
you can to some extent look at the accumulated observational data of guitarists as semi-scientific observation showing that, e.g., ash is much brighter and snappier than alder for Fender-type guitars, and alder is brighter and sustains better than basswood. mahogany slabs tend to be boomy on the neck PU and sustain for a week; a maple cap chokes down the boominess but keeps the sustain. etc. It's just not quantified.
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:32 pm
by dubkitty
why does everybody play dreadnought-sized acoustic guitars when they're ill-suited for so many styles of music?
and why do all acoustic guitars' built-in PUs have to have that awful fucking hole in the side of the guitar for the install? hello? low-profile pots on the edge of the soundhole?
and WHY, WHY, WHY does everyone reissue guitars that originally had the Junior-style combination bridge-tailpiece with a fucking Tunomatic and stop tailpiece? it just ain't right.
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:35 pm
by Schlatte
dubkitty wrote:you can to some extent look at the accumulated observational data of guitarists as semi-scientific observation showing that, e.g., ash is much brighter and snappier than alder for Fender-type guitars, and alder is brighter and sustains better than basswood. mahogany slabs tend to be boomy on the neck PU and sustain for a week; a maple cap chokes down the boominess but keeps the sustain. etc. It's just not quantified.
And that surely matters when you run your signal through a 8m long efx chain...
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:37 pm
by dubkitty
well, it changes the characteristics of the controller
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:27 pm
by Muse FTW
What's the deal with active pickups?
Re: Things you don't quite understand.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:33 pm
by Fuzzy Picklez
Muse FTW wrote:What's the deal with active pickups?
AND HOW BOUT THAT AIRLINE FOOD