Guitars & Bass

[rancid yew]

I don't understand why someone needs to boost a 5150. They have enough midrange, tightness, and gain on their own

[nimble jungle]

I personally like to add just a lil more

[rancid yew]

I don't normally boost my amps except the lower gain ones, that's about it

For guitar I usually use my mini Soldano head. Has tight lows and enough gain and midrange for pretty much anything. Only thing it doesn't do are cleans

[hexed igloo]

i find most amps just sound kinda bad on their own

[rancid yew]

That goes into an old Sound City 6x10 cab from 1973

[hexed igloo]

the only amp i actually like without a boost is the rockerverb

[rancid yew]

Skill issue

It's hard to dial a bad distorted tone on a 5150 imo

Mesas have a lot of margin or error

[hexed igloo]

5150 always gets a tornado drive in front, mesa usually a ts but sometimes just a clean boost

[hexed igloo]

yeah thats the problem lmao

[nimble jungle]

thats why its PEAK lol

[rancid yew]

As long as everything isn't at 0 or 10 it'd sound more than ok

[hexed igloo]

5150s are easy to make sound good but as a result a lot of tones with them sound ridiculously similar

which doesnt help with everyone and their mum using them

[rancid yew]

Everyone uses them because they're awesome

I don't have one. I've played several

[hexed igloo]

when i find guitar tones i like it tends to always be a dual rec or marshall of some sort nowadays

[nimble jungle]

lowkey see it less and less thanks to the Cortex...smh

[hexed igloo]

HIHA have one of all three

[hexed igloo]

quad cortex made the problem worse imo lmao

[rancid yew]

For my tighter stuff I always just use the mini Soldano. Cheap, sounds awesome. Recording wise I usually do direct with pedals or mic actual cab/qmp setups

[hexed igloo]

every amp model on that thing sucks balls except for the 5150

[nimble jungle]

IT DID

[hexed igloo]

thats why i sold mine

even the pod xt and headrush have better marshall and mesa models

[rancid yew]

Tbh I love Ampeg VH-140C and 5150 tones. Those are some of my favs. I have an SS-140C I also use a fair bit

[rancid yew]

PODs are my main bread and butter for recording

[nimble jungle]

trust me i love the cortex but its absolutely ruining Genuine amps like the 5150

[rancid yew]

I just bought an HD500X

I already have these

Tbh the POD Rectifier models are better than the actual amps

[hexed igloo]

i use an axe fx 2 rn but want a 3

also have a Peavey Invoy which fucks

[rancid yew]

Lately I just use Rectifued and put a Peper's Dirty Tree in front. Instant chug

[rancid yew]

Peaveys rule

I just did bass for my prog death band with my old Basic 50 combo

[hexed igloo]

the invoy is a shitty solid state amp though lmao

i literally only use it for black metal

[nimble jungle]

Im tryna get a Peavey vyper ngl

[rancid yew]

Shouldn't be that much different than a Bandit

[hexed igloo]

ihsahn used the 2x12 bandit which is the same circuit as an invoy

[rancid yew]

Our vocalist has a transtube Bandit and it's fucking awesome

[hexed igloo]

for the last few emperor albums

[rancid yew]

They're not bad amps. Cheap as hell, the later ones are harder to dial in than the early ones

[hexed igloo]

sounds good but its very much a one trick pony for distortion lmao

[rancid yew]

I have a reallllly early Bandit

First year of production

Fuzzy on its own but takes boosts well

Some of my amps

I don't mind using boosts if an amp isn't extravagant amounts of money. None of my amps were super expensive

[hexed igloo]

the only amps i really want irl are a triple rec, a rockerverb and an ampeg

[rancid yew]

I want a first gen Sunn Model T but I'm not paying $5,000 for an amp that's basically a Bassman preamp with an ultralinear power amp

[nimble jungle]

gimmie a full sized 6505 and im set

i just have the mini head rn

[rancid yew]

I'm more of a bassist than guitarist nowadays band wise. My Sunns have me set

[hexed igloo]

i want a sunn model t reissue kinda but not massively

[rancid yew]

The reissue is more of a Soldano/5150ish gain channel with a Fender style clean channel

[hexed igloo]

i think the reissues sound better than the originals tbh

[rancid yew]

Nothing like the originals. Way way way more gain

[hexed igloo]

but also im a diehard cult of luna fan so

Johannes basically only uses the reissues nowadays

[rancid yew]

The originals only get slightly fuzzy when cranked. The reissue has gobs of gain

All of my Sunns are old

This thing can actually do a pretty good OG Model T impression thanks to the parametric EQ

[nimble jungle]

Ibanez destroyer?

[rancid yew]

Yep! DT-50 from 1982 🙂

[nimble jungle]

Ughhhh I love ittttt

[plain vine]

Buddy are you cornering the pod market?

[rancid yew]

They're everywhere cheap haha, anyone can get one. Not rare at all

[plain vine]

But why buy so many

[rancid yew]

Every single one has a different skill set. They all sound different, have different features, etc

[granite rapids]

Bleed by meshuggah is so unimaginably hard to play

How the fuck am I supposed to "DUDUDU DU" really fast

I'm determined to master it but it's like holy shit

I'm so glad I have a spark mini so I can just play this shit while laying in bed

Literally my setup rn

[open fjord]

https://youtu.be/BII6uoES4ek?

TLDR: Fender won a case that basically makes Strat body copies illegal to sell in the EU.

RIPP to my European guitar brethren.

[balmy vortex]

i just saw that yeah, im very curious on how much its going to change the industry

[open fjord]

Depends if Fender goes full send or not. If its a straight up 1 for 1 copy with the pick guard and single coils or they'll target everything.

Either way if Fender goes after a huge company like ESP or Schecter then they'll have a fight on their hands.

[half ibex]

Idk if anyone here plays tech death but if you do how do you go about writing riffs?

[charred whale]

How do you write something that actually fits together like if I have a cool chorus how do I write rest to it that it fits ?

Any genre

[vocal bloom]

mess around with different progressions of the same key of the chorus

or something

[spring haven]

Howdy y'all - been watching Mr Nik for years now. In his recent videos his guitar has been sounding amazing - anyone know what he's playing through or has he posted his tone?

[lethal jewel]

when i write tech riffs i try just try to make something very very hard to play while following some chord progression or scale

play around with time signatures

rhythms and techniques used to play riffs

[lethal jewel]

Try to think what part would be cool after the chorus and go on with writing the song once u gain some momentum it’ll get easier to write all of the other parts

if you can’t think of something you can search for inspiration in other songs or just you can just take a break it can be very helpful

or just play the ending part of the chorus and start noodling. After some time you’ll probably figure something out

[plain vine]

The most popular and copied body shape rip

[open fjord]

P much.

My fellow EU guitarists got it rough.

[odd coyote]

I needa tidy this up but this is a Sylosis inspired riff. and man my arm wanted to die

[spring haven]

I'm a big Buckethead enjoyer, here is me playing one of his solos

[plain vine]

Sick 🤘
As much as I also enjoy Buckethead, I couldn't tell you which solo out of his million solo's that one is

Dude almost makes too much music, almost

[spring haven]

This is the song Ghost Host. Yeah his musical output is insanity.. but at least there is always that hidden gem out there of his still waiting to be found

[fervent venture]

I realized I can just photoshop a guitar together. I want a custom guitar like this

iceman body with a multiscale fretboard and non multiscale bridge. also seven string.

there are other specs such as specific pickups and whatnot but those are the main details

[plain vine]

Looks killer with the fanned frets. Very slanty

[fervent venture]

Mhm

[novel goblet]

hoe can i get rid of the noise

its too loud and even noise gate doesnt help much and if i increase the threshold too high then the sustain dies

[vocal bloom]

turn the noise gate as far as it can go without impacting the tone

sweet spot

then drop the amp gain a tiny bit

if that doesn’t fix it, it’s probably just bad cables/patch cables or the speaker just being weird

[novel goblet]

i have to increase a threshold by a lot to remove the noise but that kills all the sustain

i hink its interface issue maybe

[solemn geode]

what interface do you have

jfc i hate my fret buzz on open strings

[novel goblet]

m audio duo

uhh its a bit better now actually idk how

but still there is noise and harshness i guess

[solemn geode]

hm

i have umc22

[solemn geode]

hate this thing

[regal hull]

In honor of me going to see currents in a couple weeks

[nimble jungle]

how many people here practice standing?

[graceful socket]

Like half the time. Got a standing desk so I play standing quite a bit

[plain vine]

Few mistakes (like the bend being flat because i got my fingers under the strings), but for learning in just an hour, I consider it pretty decent.

[keen light]

A few rough spots, but I think it is decent

[plain vine]

Had to record a better attempt, No unbaked solos here, no sir.

[open fjord]

https://youtu.be/YNhGIercI_k?

[crystal mango]

Who in here is good with VSTs and NAMs

I was starting to learn tonocracy, tried to use the cloud search and kept getting errors, uninstalled and reinstalled latest versions and now I can't sign in. Reddits saying it's dead, figured I'd ask for myself and see if anybody has other recommendations cuz I can't pay for amphub rn

[crystal mango]

Void guitar

[balmy vortex]

[bronze mortar]

Crap wrong person LMAO

Not sure about NAM Profiles but ik @cursive hemlock actually made a guitar amp vst so he might be able to help

[crystal mango]

Wheremst

I must consult this magical wizard of machinery

[bronze mortar]

Are you asking where he sent it

[crystal mango]

Wait he sent it here?

I was just where he be

[bronze mortar]

AFAIK he sent it in a few days back

Lemme find it so I can forward it here

[crystal mango]

Give this user $1,000,000

[crystal mango]

Based. Thank you dude

Imma check it out here in a bit I got shit to do rn lmao

[bronze mortar]

No problem

[cursive hemlock]

Has no cab sim at the moment

but ive integrated a nice fuzz pedal and overdrive pedal

[cursive hemlock]

lepou legion

[bronze mortar]

"parroting" accusation incoming

lmao

[cursive hemlock]

bro

[cursive hemlock]

.

.

.

How about before you act like a higher up, you should learn how to mix a song properly

[bronze mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/james-franco-wait-what-wut-wtf-nani-gif-25479769

"Acting like a higher-up"?

[charred whale]

what should i get if i want to play in tones like bad omens-hedonist bmth-kingslayer etc also i like mirar a lot any suggestions what amp sims could i aim for ?

[odd coyote]

Wrote this after weeks off due to being sick p happy

[robust hatch]

https://open.spotify.com/album/0Q4aJfQ44o720WiznOIg7c?si=MehZspIcRcGahKsKOGO7CQ

[keen light]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWri_4WCCX0/?igsh=MTZvNnM1amR1MHI4cQ==

jira_fun_side

Just a first raw practice of The Spell by @mammothwvh @wolfvanhalen (I'm still learning it)
This song has an absolute vibe!

Prs#guitar #prsguitars #mammothwvh #wolfgangvanhalen #practice

Instagram

I couldn't post the video cuz it was too big, so I roll with my ig

[charred whale]

Does 14-68 baritone strings have point in drop B I saw lee malia uses 70 even on drop b with 628 mm scale same as mine

[balmy vortex]

not in my book

i'd go 11-56 at most for drop b

[fervent venture]

this is basically my dream setup

[plain vine]

Does your dream setup include that lil tube guy?

[fervent venture]

Yes

I dont actually know if its possible to run a Pod X3 Pro through a Mesa cab

[boreal haven]

Throwback to 2016 sweeping on the Hagstrom XL-5, from my personal IG.

My current baby though right now, with the Boss Katana 50 MKII.

[solemn geode]

i have an aria stg 004 strat with joyo dc-30

great amp btw

[boreal haven]

Appreciate you, good taste in guitars
I also have an 8, it's a Jackson JS32-8 the matte black one.

[boreal haven]

& yeah it puts in hella work, I had a Fender before this & a Vox before that

[south kayak]

I wrote this riff in c standard

[plain vine]

Why scary mask 😨

[south kayak]

Sorry. I'm a fan of Slipknot

[rancid yew]

You'd need a power amp for the X3 pro too, in order to run it that way

I have several PODs. To run them into actual cabs and stuff, just keep the pedals/effects/amp sims, disable the cab sims, and send the output to a power amp, the power amp is what will power the guitar cab speakers

[rancid yew]

It is with a power amp. Trust. Just need to make sure the watts and ohms match up

You'd essentially use the X3 as a modeling preamp 🙂

In itself the X3 pro can't power a guitar cab without a power amp

You wouldn't want to exceed the wattage of the Mesa cab. Say it's rated 300 watts, you'd want to be at or below 300 watts at whatever the ohmage the cab is, let's just say 8. I will also say distortion raises RMS wattage a fair bit so you'd probably want a power amp that puts out half of what the cab itself can handle, it's a little excessive but far less likely to ever blow the speakers so it'll last a hell of a long time

Also wattage with speakers is only thermal handling, how much heat they can take.

More important is the xmax, mechanical limit. How much the speakers can push before they no longer function. You'll almost always kill a speaker mechancally before you ever do thermally

You could also run the X3 into an FRFR powered speaker and use the built in cab sims for that. I will say FRFRs always have bullshit wattage ratings so take them with a grain of salt. No FRFR is actually pushing 2,000 watts into a 1x10 or 1x12 speaker 😭, they use "peak" wattage which is next to meaningless. Peak is usually 2x program which is 2x RMS continuous, aka what the amp actually puts out. Companies even flub the RMS rating with crazy amounts of THD (total harmonic distortion)

[fervent venture]

Yeah i knlw

Thats the idea (what all you said)

I also want to use pedals with it and ill probably get a 10 band eq for before the cab

[rancid yew]

The X3 has more than enough modeling. Has pretty much everything, not sure why you'd need pedals with it. Has a built in parametric EQ, several drives, distortions, reverbs, delays, tons of modulation, a built in tuner, and more. They do handle pedals well but I have an X3 bean and it gives me options paralysis as is 😭

That, the HD500X, and the 2.0 are my favs. The X3 has more options than any of them though

[plain vine]

Fair enough

[fervent venture]

I want a wah pedal, some noise pedals, and a pitch shifter

[rancid yew]

Ah, there's a floorboard you can buy with expression pedals so you can use the X3 wahs, it also has a pitch shifter built in. Some of the effects it has could be used for noise (Purple X and Octisynth especially)

[fervent venture]

It doesnt allow multiple stomp effects per patch. Also I dont think mine has a pitch shifter...?

[rancid yew]

It's the Bender. Also I forgot you're limited to one drive at a time on the X3 😭

The HD had a different layout and you could use however many effects you wanted (within reason)

[fervent venture]

Should I get an HD? I have heard the sound is different.

I do have Pod Farm 2 and I like being able to add multiple drives with that

[rancid yew]

The sound is different. Has way less models than the X3, but you can run a lot more in your chain than on the X3

[fervent venture]

Ah

Hmmm

[rancid yew]

The HD has a paywall for everything too, unlike the X3

[fervent venture]

Oh ew

[rancid yew]

You have some models stock and then have to pay $40 to unlock the rest 😭

[fervent venture]

Then I dont want it

Alrhough

[rancid yew]

The stock models are pretty decent though. I never bought the expansion shit

[fervent venture]

Ah. I like my specific tones on my X3. I think I would like just get pedals to use with that.

And Im also planning on getting an Axe FX II

Im also gonna try to figure out porting some of the plugins I use for processing and effects in my DAW onto a Raspberry Pi with a midi controller cuz I dont think anyone has really done that befpre

[open fjord]

https://youtu.be/uYVh-BH-CmY?

[boreal haven]

Keaton Goldwire (Invent Animate) sig collection.

[plain vine]

https://youtube.com/shorts/sxCKx2VYvaE?si=Q9nYrVRb6KPwLNGf

This guitar looks wild

[boreal haven]

Got them shits dialed in

[balmy vortex]

Aristides goes hard

[boreal haven]

Trying out some new strings (10-52), & cleaned my baby. 🎸

[solemn geode]

at what tuning do you play with those?

[boreal haven]

Personally?: restringing to down in the C Standard area

Meant for?: D Standard (Drop C#)

[solemn geode]

I'm pretty sure I have the same strings actually

I play from drop D to A

[boreal haven]

Noice I played Drop C# for the past 4 or 5 years

But have been learning a lot of darker, more melodic heavier stuff, cuz- ya know- metal

[boreal haven]

TBDM is fun af to play I'm learning What a Horrible Night to Have Curse.

[solemn geode]

tbdm mentioned

i actually have a tbdm t-shirt

[rancid yew]

Birthday scores. $40 fretless bass and I finally picked up the DOD Stereo Flanger that I had on hold 🙂

[boreal haven]

That's metal af brother 🤘

[balmy vortex]

tbdm is very guud

[solemn geode]

True

[harsh fern]

very weird question, i have a schecter sunset 7 extreme, and i need some more backplate screws, i lost two and also i stripped the wood, so im also looking for threaded inserts for them
where would i even begin looking for that
and what screws would i get?

[nimble jungle]

Has anyone tried the ABR-OD?

Eyeing the hell out of it atm

[nimble jungle]

didnt realize i get paid tn so i put an order for it lol

[balmy vortex]

Stage setup is ready for my upcoming gigs next month

[harsh fern]

i would highly recommend leaving that aristides near open windows as the arium needs to vent out (not at all cuz im gonna steal it )

[balmy vortex]

nuh uh

[harsh fern]

but nah that rig is seriously nice

nano cortex too

hell yea

[balmy vortex]

its the brain of my whole sound. its running a custom capture i made of an Omega Ampworks Granophyre

not the plugin, the actual amp

[harsh fern]

hell yeah i think u told me about that

[balmy vortex]

Good picture now of the rig

[harsh fern]

[balmy vortex]

indeed

[open fjord]

We has a new Neural update and here are the cliffnotes.

1. Neural will be updating Darkglass Ultra to Ultimate with 4 new pedals, a new cab, and the bells and whistles. It will not be coming to QC as Doug no longer owns Darkglass.

2. Arc Petrucci, Rabea, Misha, Henson, and Mayer are coming to QC.

3. Tone King and Morgan to get X versions.

4. Fortin NTS and Morello will not recieve X versions.

5. Cali, Mesa Mark, Abasi, Asato, and Grano are under review for X update treatment. Note: partnership renewals may affect X update treatment.

[nimble jungle]

Now this is tuff

[balmy vortex]

One more addition to the picture

[graceful socket]

this is so fire

still kinda sad Aristides doesnt have lefty 070s, though it´d probably be too expensive and not in my preferred scale anyway but oh well. A man can dream

[odd coyote]

This is some 2000s metal stereotypes all in 1 out here

[open fjord]

https://youtu.be/fpogJZ3JvfQ?

[nimble jungle]

The ABR-OD is so goated

[odd coyote]

How much was the EQ pedal…

I’ve got an OD and a decimator I wanna expand my pedal board

[nimble jungle]

Like $30

It’s the cheapest piece of guitar equipment I have

[bronze mortar]

I need that pedal man

[nimble jungle]

It’s just under $200 usd

[bronze mortar]

Fuck

Well that isn't happening

[nimble jungle]

That’s pretty cheap especially with August Burns Red on it

[bronze mortar]

I don't really think 200$ is cheap for any pedal

[nimble jungle]

Well I mean yeah but it’s definitely worth the money

It’s significantly better than a TS9

[bronze mortar]

I mean given all the pedals in this are only $100 it's kind of hard to believe

If I get that one pitch shifter pedal, I'll have everything I need for live tones

[nimble jungle]

what are they?

[bronze mortar]

It's actually only one

NUX MG-100

[nimble jungle]

Yeah I don’t like it very much 🫤

[bronze mortar]

Really? I think it's really good

[nimble jungle]

Yeah.. idk if it’s just the way you dialed it but it sounds very thin and empty to me

[bronze mortar]

It's very simple I'm just not using much gain from the amp sim, EQing it a little with the pedals EQ knobs, and it's got a tube screamer emulation in front of it

What do you think I should do to improve it

[nimble jungle]

To me it sound like there’s not allot of low end

Maybe start there?

[bronze mortar]

Well I have the EQ knobs on my BOSS Katana flat (not the ones that are on the pedal)

So that could be it

[nimble jungle]

Maybe

[bronze mortar]

Because when I first made this tone (knobs were not flat) it sounded great

So that was most likely it

[nimble jungle]

Honestly, it’s probably the way you’re recording it. It’ll probably I bet it sounds better in your room than whatever you’re recording it.

[bronze mortar]

I was just recording it from my phone up to the amp

[nimble jungle]

Yeah

[bronze mortar]

Which is not great

Had I used my computer and gotten it from there it would've sounded better

[nimble jungle]

Record it straight through a daw

[bronze mortar]

I would but my computer isn't working rn

[nimble jungle]

Do you know what I realized

I have a NUX pedal

[bronze mortar]

Same one?

[bronze mortar]

Never seen this one

[nimble jungle]

It pretty dope

I got it used for $99

[bronze mortar]

Nice

[bronze mortar]

Also redid the tone I was showing you: boosted lows and highs

Sounding much better, the original sounds almost muffled in comparison

[nimble jungle]

That’s sounds fucking sick

[boreal haven]

Started messing around with my Katana Tone Editor a bit finally.
Trying to get the NS set right for the T-Screamer.

Never gotten in depth like this before, its intense to say the least but I actually love it alot...

[boreal haven]

Any other guitarists around wanna help me a bit?

[bronze mortar]

Why are we boosting mids is the first question I would ask

[boreal haven]

I haven't touched it past this yet lol but also didn't know much about the scoop until recently tbf.
Also don't quite got my head around all the FX/MODs yet.

Recommendations? 🤔🤝

[bronze mortar]

I don't use the in-amp settings or Tone Studio, but:
For a metal tone you want to subtly scoop mids, not by much but some, and don't use too much gain. Instead you want a tube screamer in front of the amp, no drive, level all the way up. This is called "boosting" the amp, and it adds the distortion. Go from there as you need, just use your ears and adjust from there.

[boreal haven]

It was on 3-1 preset, i switched it right before coming to Discord though.

[half ibex]

thoughts on the ibanez rgms8 for my first 8?

[nimble jungle]

Personally I keep my bass at noon, mids no more than 9 oclock, treble at 5 o’clock and then I just experiment with Presence and resonance

I also use an EQ front of amp

Also I recommend the Lead not Brown (that’s just a personal preference

[open fjord]

https://youtu.be/YuS6wg-SdlQ?

[wise shadow]

https://www.thomann.de/gr/ibanez_rgms8_bk_multiscale.htm

what are you guys thinking about this one

worth buying?

[half ibex]

I literally just asked about this earlier this week

Lmao

But it seems worth it to me

Pickups aren’t bad and its got a nice 5pc neck and body wood isn’t bad either

I’ve played an rg8 and it was nice so these should be good as well

[balmy vortex]

if you get a good one yes

which isnt always the case sadly

[wise shadow]

the pickups must be better than rg8 ones

and considering the multiscale this one looks more appealing

ive seen people complain about 12th neutral fret but tosin abasis 8 string guitars majority has the 12th neutral fret

[wise shadow]

wdym a good one? im talking about this specific guitar

[balmy vortex]

Not every single one of the same model will be good

Thats just the inherit nature of cheaper instruments

[wise shadow]

oh

[balmy vortex]

Ive seen it all too much on guitars even over 1000€

Just because the specs seem good doesnt actually mean you'll get a good guitar that plays well put of the box

If we were to get 10 of those in at my job about 8-9 would have to get sent back for qc

[wise shadow]

what are the most common causes of this

neck issues?

[balmy vortex]

Neck, frets, electronics, top nut, finish problems. Its usually done on a guitar to guitar basis tho

Some have more of one and others might have a more even spread of problems

It doesnt help that our store's qc is insanely strict

[wise shadow]

i had to fix alot of issues with my current jackson dx10d which was second hand

the neck pickup was on the bridge and the bridge was on the neck, the floyd rose tuning stability was pure shit etc.

[balmy vortex]

Cheap guitars with cheap parts, no surprise

[wise shadow]

and the capacitors were dead right after a month of usage

its still a good guitar imho, just needed extra work

[balmy vortex]

capacitors? Why are there multiple caps in a guitar

[wise shadow]

i meant pots sorry

i took the capacitor myself also i thought the issue was about capacitors that caused my tone to sound horrible

[balmy vortex]

How low is your action?

[wise shadow]

0.7mm on 12th fret low e 1.1mm on high e 12th fret

minimal fret buzz

[balmy vortex]

People usually have it the other way around, lower on the high e and higher on the low e

[wise shadow]

i can get on well with it but it really needs a light touch

[balmy vortex]

Thats always the case with action that low

[wise shadow]

yeah but both sides are as low as it can get so thats why it is like that

i really enjoy the ultra low action on low strings

[balmy vortex]

That makes fretwork even more of a necessity to get done well

[wise shadow]

the frets are worn

but it doesnt cause intonation problems or buzzing by themselves specifically

its due to the action of the guitar mostly

how low is your action on a 6 string typically?

[balmy vortex]

Im aiming for about 1mm flat on everything

Which my guitar does without problems at all

[wise shadow]

whats your guitar

[balmy vortex]

But its also in a whole different league compared to the humble dx10d

Aristides 060

[wise shadow]

damn

worths alot of bucks

[balmy vortex]

It would be around middle ground compared to the stuff we have at work

[wise shadow]

dx10d is cheap you know

[balmy vortex]

I know

[wise shadow]

but not bad for its competitors at the price range

[balmy vortex]

Eh, at that price point i have to try a bunch of the same ones before i know which one i'd want. But id also replace half the parts

[wise shadow]

you are smart and rich

lol

[balmy vortex]

Le work

[balmy vortex]

Nah, i know what to look for and save up for the guitar i want

My next big project, in ear monitor rack

[wise shadow]

do you fix the guitars or sell them

[balmy vortex]

Both

[wise shadow]

you own the place?

[balmy vortex]

I wish lmao

Im just the website guy and sales guy

And the photo guy

[wise shadow]

thats great man

[balmy vortex]

I have most of the stuff on a list for the in ear rack which is gonna be fun to put together ngl

Gear list cuz i need somewhere to put it anyway

[wise shadow]

i know about in ear monitors but whats an in ear monitor rack

oh these all

for live settings

[balmy vortex]

Damn right

[wise shadow]

whats your fav genre to play

[balmy vortex]

Melo death and tech death tbh

But i play black metal with my band

[wise shadow]

tech death is unbeatable

damn man i cant stand black metal

[balmy vortex]

[wise shadow]

i used to be a fan long time ago

[balmy vortex]

Our songs actually have decent production

[wise shadow]

but not for 4 years

[balmy vortex]

Try Walpurgis - Saille

[wise shadow]

thats your band?

[balmy vortex]

Yeeeep

[wise shadow]

the melodic synth like thing

it was great

[balmy vortex]

[wise shadow]

riffs are also good

i enjoy prog metal the most

because the complexity desensitized me to other music genres

its more like i cant enjoy any other genre

[balmy vortex]

Just wait untill you have to play seemingly simple riffs for 6-7 minutes at 240-260bpm

[wise shadow]

thats not easy for sure

[balmy vortex]

Youll be asking for the techy riffs back after that

We have this one song where i have to do 240 trem picking on 6 string chords

It goes on for so fucking long untill i get a break my arm feels like it wants to fall off

[wise shadow]

tremolo picking using all 6 strings?

[balmy vortex]

I usually play it at 8th note triplets but i can some days get close to 16th notes

[wise shadow]

may god bless your type 2 pronator and supinator muscles

[balmy vortex]

[wise shadow]

also metacarpal and ulnar nerves

[balmy vortex]

I can do it luckily without too many problems but man

Its something else

Black metal musicians have some incredible stamina

[wise shadow]

im currently stuck in a plateu for sweep picking

[balmy vortex]

[wise shadow]

i cant say i cant do it nor can i say that i can

[balmy vortex]

Want a song for that?

[wise shadow]

sure

[balmy vortex]

Colony - Alluvial

But

Bridge pickup only, like it's played

[wise shadow]

because the neck pickups give you the forbidden %10 accuracy stealth boost

[balmy vortex]

Yes

I dont play on anything but the bridge myself, even for solos and sweeping

[wise shadow]

i really l

ove neck pickup

its very sweet and tubular for high gain leads

[balmy vortex]

I take a brandon ellis approach

[wise shadow]

alexi laiho did the same

dude didnt have a neck pickup

all on bridge

[balmy vortex]

Aye

Thats how i always play these days

Also shows a bit of the right hand chops

[wise shadow]

how do u use nano cortex with tube amp

using power amp of the amp and the randall cab?

[balmy vortex]

Im going into the frond of the amp because of noise issues in the fx loop

But im doing it on the clean channel

And the profile on the nano im using is a custom one i made of an Omega Ampworks Granophyre

[wise shadow]

i have that one

i have a kemper profiler player

i also have a focusrite

i use both kemper and plugins

[balmy vortex]

Not mine lol

[wise shadow]

i meant granophyre

u meant nano cortex?

[balmy vortex]

Yeah one probably from omega themselves

But this profile im using i captured of an actual amp personally. Had to do a bunch of stuff to get it to sound right

[wise shadow]

yeah the profiles dont sound good by themselves most of the time

it needs a bunch of tinkering

[balmy vortex]

That's why i took the chance to capture one when we had the actual head in the store

[wise shadow]

good opportunity

the kemper profiler player cant profile cuz its the compact version of the kempers

[balmy vortex]

I forgot i had this vid. Sweeps are fun

I know, a kemper in general wouldn't ever cross my mind with what i look for in a modeller

[wise shadow]

why

[wise shadow]

pretty good

[balmy vortex]

Profiles dont respond to how i play the way i want them to

Especially to half guitar volume and to artificial down tuning

[wise shadow]

the transpoze sucks on kemper

the good profiles are rare to find and most of them need tinkering

[balmy vortex]

Hence why i make them myself

[wise shadow]

i couldnt send with mp3

[balmy vortex]

Homie that shit doesnt even have a format

[wise shadow]

lmao

kemper said they came up with profiling 2.0 but it sounds weird

i stick with older profiles they sound sharper and more defined

the ones so called liquid profiles are mostly undefined and woofy

[balmy vortex]

that sounds about right yeah

[open fjord]

https://youtu.be/2vR2vy5mdYs?

[harsh fern]

gonna buy a new guitar very soon, and im stuck between a brand new schecter c-7 apocalypse, or a used schecter km7 mk3

the km7 is about a 100 bucks more

1.3k for the c-7 and 1.4k for the km7

[open fjord]

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Schecter-Guitar-Research/Used-Schecter-Guitar-Research-Keith-Merrow-KM-7-MK-II-Trans-Gray-Solid-Body-Electric-Guitar.gc?

This one is half the price used.

Also what version of the C7 are u looking at?

[harsh fern]

us moment

im from the EU

also thats a standard km2

im looking for an artist km3

[open fjord]

Ohhhhh

[nimble jungle]

I’ve never wanted a LP more

[plain vine]

Ooh, I like the colour on that one

[bronze mortar]

New guitar, lfg

[trim briar]

I need 8 string recommendations under 1 grand

Thinking about Ibanez

[open fjord]

Good sirs.

https://youtu.be/20mV-caXGuM?

[nimble jungle]

I wanna try and get it for my birthday

Save up for it

I’ve never wanted a Les Paul more

[bronze mortar]

I thought I was a good guitarist, maybe not

/j

[plain vine]

Forgot how insane your playing is, that’s so fucking clean 🤘

[open fjord]

https://youtu.be/iWPTgjZ8Ehw

[spring haven]

Gave her a clean and a re-string, trying 'top-wrapping' for the first time. Using NYXL 10-46 strings

[trim briar]

This Sterling Cutlass is so no what I typically like to play but the neck fit my hand perfectly like it was tailored to me, never held a better neck, what should I do? Save and get it or get something more my style (Jackson’s)

[dusty jasper]

Guitar acquisition syndrome symptoms

[open fjord]

I need to install my BKPs

But I need new pots.

I think.

Or I'll just keep using the ones I have.

[sleek mortar]

My ever growing collection of stuff 😅

[plain vine]

I have a feeling you like guitar :p
Cool speakers too

[sleek mortar]

ehhh only a little bit lmao

and thanks the speakers were a gift from zzounds lmao

[trim briar]

Who’s on your Mt Rushmore of guitarist?

[odd coyote]

I kinda just wrote this randomly it’s not perfect but potential full song incoming

[dusty jasper]

Annual new string day

120 - 9 half step down "standard"

[pliant lotus]

Is there a noticable difference in sound with scarlett 2i2 gen 3 and 4? Has anyone here upgraded and noticed an audible difference for recording guitar/bass (i'm looking to upgrade from my old cheap interface and wanna know which is better)?

[plain vine]

What are you playing on a 10 string guitar?

[dusty jasper]

Mostly my own stuff, but you can play anything on it really

If not thall deathcore stuff then jazz and tapping, really good real estate for tapping

[trim briar]

thats fuckin nuts

[rancid yew]

I want an Agile 10 so bad 😭

[rancid yew]

Coma Cluster Void is a really awesome 10 string band! :3

[dusty jasper]

Yesss they are legends

[dusty jasper]

I think they still make them, there's some pretty crazy headless models they got now

[rancid yew]

The craziest part of that band isn't even their fucking tuning (CF#GEFBCG#C#D), but the fact that Jeanne does all of it FINGERSTYLE 😭

[rancid yew]

I've always been partial to the 30"-27" Pendulum Pro models they did. Sadly I have no idea if they still make that specific version

[dusty jasper]

Yeah she uses her fingers as a pick, also uses her thumb on the neck to fret the low c, crazy technique

[rancid yew]

She's incredible!

[dusty jasper]

She briefly had a microtonal project too, but it's been taken down. Cool to see others that like her work!

[rancid yew]

Yeah! She did. She's super versatile :), she does everything from classical to electronic. Dissonant death metal to microtonal music. Her partner, Sylvia, is amazing too!

I think they had an industrial doom project too

I just found out they had another death metal band together called Infinite Nomad!