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  1. Here's some of Mr. Clayton's 360 Bass guitar goodness:

    Epiphone Rivoli - natural finish
    Epiphone Rivoli - tobacco finish: Used for ‘…Boots’ for one of the awards shows… might have been the Grammy’s

    Fender Jazz - (vintage uncertain/Fender says it was a refinish of an older bass of Adam's) - gold sparkle
    Fender Jazz - (196x) – red
    Fender Precision – gold (gold finish not sparkle). Used for ‘…Boots’ at Echo Awards in Germany.
    Fender Precision – purple or dark blue – Used for ‘No Line…’ on The Culture Show.
    Fender Precision - gold sparkle
    Fender Precision - purple sparkle
    Fender Precision - white w/ tortoise pkgrd

    Me thinks that the gold and purple sparkle finish Precisions might have been the gold finish (not sparkle) Precision and the dark blue/purple Precision – post refinishing.

    Gibson Les Paul Signature Bass - gold finish: ‘Mysterious Ways’
    Gibson Triumph Recording Bass - white finish: Used for earlier 360 shows for ‘One’
    Gibson RD Artist - natural finish: ‘Magnificent’

    Lakland Darryl Jones model – 2005 – metallic green: Used at Fordham Univ. promo show but not during 360 tour.

    Warwick Streamer Stage One - Electrical Storm
    Warwick Styker - natural finish





  2. Originally posted by LikeASong:Well, in a new guitar the strings use to go out of tune pretty easily. You have to bend them quite hard, push and release them, in order for the strings to get their actual tension. Once they've got the right tension, they must stay tuned for a quite long time...

    Anyway, if the strings go out of tune just lying on the bed, without strumming them... it's strange, maybe something's not 100% right. Do you have any music store near? You sh/could take the guitar to it and ask the sellers (they are musicians, usually) if something's wrong.

    Good luck, and glad you got it already

    If you bought it new, you'll need to set it up properly, which would probably be easier to do by taking it to a guitar shop and seeing if they offer such services.
  3. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    If you bought it new, you'll need to set it up properly, which would probably be easier to do by taking it to a guitar shop and seeing if they offer such services.


    But doesn't it come from Epiphone set up and checked for proper intonation etc. as part of their testing process? (it says so on the checklist included on the warranty card)

    So I'll just need to keep retuning the strings until it starts holding tune?
  4. A trip to your local Guitar Center or Sam Ash will show that no guitar comes "set up and checked for proper intonation etc. as part of their testing process".

    Many guitars have string buzz off the shelf.

    That said, I've mentioned this to retailers time and time again - why don't they at least set them up when they put them out for sale.

    The response? Everyone likes their guitars setup different.

    My response? Perhaps that is true but NO ONE I know likes string buzz or bad intonation!




    Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

    But doesn't it come from Epiphone set up and checked for proper intonation etc. as part of their testing process? (it says so on the checklist included on the warranty card)

    So I'll just need to keep retuning the strings until it starts holding tune?



  5. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:A trip to your local Guitar Center or Sam Ash will show that no guitar comes "set up and checked for proper intonation etc. as part of their testing process".

    Many guitars have string buzz off the shelf.

    That said, I've mentioned this to retailers time and time again - why don't they at least set them up when they put them out for sale.

    The response? Everyone likes their guitars setup different.

    My response? Perhaps that is true but NO ONE I know likes string buzz or bad intonation!




    [..]




    Mine doesn't have string buzz, my brother checked and was quite surprised, I have to check the intonation.

    To do that you just play every note on the fingerboard and see if its in correct pitch right?
    The M13's tuner makes that a piece of cake to do.
  6. Originally posted by vanquish:But doesn't it come from Epiphone set up and checked for proper intonation etc. as part of their testing process? (it says so on the checklist included on the warranty card)

    So I'll just need to keep retuning the strings until it starts holding tune?

    As Jeff says, I've never received a guitar from any retailer that has been properly set up. It might not be string-buzz, but there's a host of other things that can be wrong. My Les Paul was a perfect example, it felt like a completely different guitar after having it properly set up.
  7. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    As Jeff says, I've never received a guitar from any retailer that has been properly set up. It might not be string-buzz, but there's a host of other things that can be wrong. My Les Paul was a perfect example, it felt like a completely different guitar after having it properly set up.


    Ok, i'll go to a music dealer and get someone to set it up after I finish my exams.
  8. I don't mind a bit of buzz, since it's not possible to get the strings real close without it.
    Also, be aware that a guitar will never be perfectly intonated. Because of the way it is built, some notes will always be a little off. It is more like you have to choose which ones will be right and which ones will be wrong. Most likely, if a decent setup is done, you won't notice these little "wrongs" here and there on the neck.
    Be aware too that as the weather changes, the wood changes and the guitar changes. A guitar that sounds good on the summer is likely not to sound good on the winter, it may need another set up.
    That is why I do all of this myself. It is easier, cheaper and more satisfying.
  9. I mind buzz.

    Per Dallas, if the neck and intonation and all are set up proper, you can have a guitar without buzz.

    Intonation may not be 100.00 perfect but if done proper, one can get 99.987% correct.

    I have my guitars set up an Neeley in Hollywood. He's worked on many pros guitars - including Bono, Edge, The Eagles and many more... Keith Richards...

    He asked: "so you trust me as I've worked on Edge's guitars?"

    I said: "That is a plus but actually, more that you worked on Keith Richards... because if you didn't get his proper he'd have stuck you with his switchblade." Dave got a good laugh outta that.


    Originally posted by thechicken:I don't mind a bit of buzz, since it's not possible to get the strings real close without it.
    Also, be aware that a guitar will never be perfectly intonated. Because of the way it is built, some notes will always be a little off. It is more like you have to choose which ones will be right and which ones will be wrong. Most likely, if a decent setup is done, you won't notice these little "wrongs" here and there on the neck.
    Be aware too that as the weather changes, the wood changes and the guitar changes. A guitar that sounds good on the summer is likely not to sound good on the winter, it may need another set up.
    That is why I do all of this myself. It is easier, cheaper and more satisfying.


  10. i might get my SG set up properly then, had it for a yr now, prob needs new strings too.
  11. Hey guys, if I don't have any fret buzz and if I do an intonation test (was reading how to on the net) and it doesn't show any problems, I should be ok to play right? Are there any other things I should check?

    As apart from my earlier tuning problem which was just due to new strings I haven't noticed anything wrong with the guitar, other than a small crack in the finish where the nut joins the neck and some dents at the tip of the horn on the back (unfortunately the Epiphone cardboard box wasn't designed to withstand the rigours of international shipping). But apparently nearly everyone who has an Explorer gets it damaged in that exact same spot, which makes me feel better.

    Small annoyances aside I'm happy and most surprised at how easy it seems to play, I already know a couple of basic riffs ( my favourite so far is TTTYAATW).

    PS: my pickups (which are apparently gold plated) had an oily looking film on the when I got the guitar, is that normal? ( it could have been from the stickers though)
  12. Well, if you haven't chanegd strings in one year, they surely need changing, hahaha
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