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  1. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    I taught myself the guitar after having learnt flute and piano, and the musical side played a great part in working out the theory side of the guitar etc., but knowing scales and arpeggios is a fat load of use if your fingers don't stretch out for a bar chord lol. I started out learning on an acoustic first, for the record, so I don't have much difficulty making the transition, but I know people who do.


    Yea that's what I'm not sure, my brother plays acoustic and he says he has difficulty with some chords but not a big deal. And I have bigger hands than him so I should be ok, if I practice enough.

    What do people think about the amp choices?
  2. How do you guys afford all of this? This is why I rarely post in here, I can't just seem to pull an Explorer out of my arse.
  3. Originally posted by U2Nick:How do you guys afford all of this? This is why I rarely post in here, I can't just seem to pull an Explorer out of my arse.

    Can't say I know many people who can...



  4. I have a feeling that this will end in a really bad sex joke (as a lot of things do)
  6. Originally posted by U2Nick:How do you guys afford all of this? This is why I rarely post in here, I can't just seem to pull an Explorer out of my arse.


    Part time job=guitar stuff. I only spend my money on guitar stuff usually, maybe some fast food and video games come into play as well But yeah, most of the time I just buy guitar stuff, sell guitar stuff, and that's how I manage. I've probably gone through about 8 guitars now, and right now all I have is my strat, IMO, most versatile and best to play guitar out there.
  7. Originally posted by U2Nick:How do you guys afford all of this? This is why I rarely post in here, I can't just seem to pull an Explorer out of my arse.


    Well, i'm not rich. As I said before i'm pretty frugal lol, I don't tend to spend smaller amounts all the time like most people, instead I spend occasionally and usually BIG.
    I guess you just have to sacrifice smaller things to save up for something you really want.

    And it's not a proper Explorer, just an Epiphone.

    But any suggestions on amps? How are the Vox Pathfinders?
  8. My mother was in a good mood today, and she agreed (very reluctantly) to me buying the M13

    But she made me promise not to spend any more things this year (financial)

    All I need now is a case, a strap and Herdim picks. Haven't asked her about those yet, might wait a month... or two.

    With regards to the M13, I know next to nothing about this stuff, is it a good FX unit (esp. for getting Edge tones)? Are there better ones I can buy at a similar (or cheaper) price? How does it compare to Line 6's Pod X3 Live?

    And what's the market lifespan of these devices, will it be replaced next year by the M14 or something (so should I wait for that)? Or are there longer intervals between model upgrades.
  9. Since I already own a humbucker equipped Gibson Les Paul (Studio Worn Brown, by the way) I decided to go for something completely different in my Gibson BFG. The neck pickup is already a P90, but at the bridge I replaced the stock zebra Burstbucker#3 with a Duncan P-Rails. Not that the BB3 had been bad... but I wanted something different.

    I didn't install the whole wiring and switching that's nesseccary for all 4 P-Rails modes (Rails / P90 / serial / parallel), but I did install a push-pull for P90 / serial humbucker.

    This thing rocks! As a humbucker it's an output monster, while as a P90 it growls and bites. Edge doesn't use it but he doesn't need a versatile guitar - he just gets one for every single sound he desires.

    The only unexpected Problem was the size. The P-Rails is deeper than the Burstbucker, so I had to extract and bend the metal piece that holds the pickup. But in the end it turned out fine, and thanks to some soft foam rubber it's now exactly parallel to the strings.

    The wiring is Gibson standard, by the way. I bought it unwired, so I went for the original layout instead of the killswitch.



    Alex
  10. Originally posted by Alex:Since I already own a humbucker equipped Gibson Les Paul (Studio Worn Brown, by the way) I decided to go for something completely different in my Gibson BFG. The neck pickup is already a P90, but at the bridge I replaced the stock zebra Burstbucker#3 with a Duncan P-Rails. Not that the BB3 had been bad... but I wanted something different.

    I didn't install the whole wiring and switching that's nesseccary for all 4 P-Rails modes (Rails / P90 / serial / parallel), but I did install a push-pull for P90 / serial humbucker.

    This thing rocks! As a humbucker it's an output monster, while as a P90 it growls and bites. Edge doesn't use it but he doesn't need a versatile guitar - he just gets one for every single sound he desires.

    The only unexpected Problem was the size. The P-Rails is deeper than the Burstbucker, so I had to extract and bend the metal piece that holds the pickup. But in the end it turned out fine, and thanks to some soft foam rubber it's now exactly parallel to the strings.

    The wiring is Gibson standard, by the way. I bought it unwired, so I went for the original layout instead of the killswitch.

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    Nice axe! Too bad about the killswitch, now you can't play Jordan by Buckethead
    Alex


  11. Nice axe! Too bad about the killswitch, now you can't play Jordan by Buckethead

    I don't even know that song... and if I knew it I guess I wouldn't be able to play it anyway. I've heard about the guy, and he's said to be a mean virtuoso.

    But every LP toggle can be used as killswitch. Just reduce one pickup's volume to zero and crank the other. This was the main reason for me to choose the standard wiring. In fact I don't really understand why they installed an additional stock killswitch at all. Probably just to keep it in its price range.

    Alex
  12. Just bought an M13 off Ebay for only $550 AUS.
    Now all I need is an amp, might get that after my exams are over so I'm not tempted to play instead of study

    EDIT: Oops, It's coming from the US and I completely forgot about the different power in Australia
    Does anyone know if they come with adaptors?
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