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So, hey, does anyone do their own customization?  I've never done more than pickups and electrical, but I want to do something ambitious with my backup bass.  It's too shitty to be worth playing, and I want to rectify that.  New bridge and new neck, first.  I'm trying to get a straight replacement neck in 34" scale and stick it on a 30" scale body.  It's a bolt-on.  Does anyone know about scale lengths?  I think I either have to move the bridge back an inch, or do custom frets.  Anybody know if the Bad Ass bridges are any good?

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I just recently had a new neck put on my 72' Strat. All nice and smoooooooooth. 

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@Nasty: Nice guitars man, especially the Rickenbacker. Also, a good choice your guitarist made on the "Black Beauty Les Paul" I have to say that they are damn good Guitars, they sound good and look good too.

I'm thinking of getting a Casino, but I need the money.

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Look at all my posts on the previous page about how much i love the Casino and you'll go out an steal it.

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Well, Nasty you are part of the reason I'm thinking of getting one. That and the fact I have only heard good things about them.

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Originally posted by Nasty Pasty:
I just recently had a new neck put on my 72' Strat. All nice and smoooooooooth.   

Yeah, but that'll devalue it.  My bass is worth nothing to start with, so I'm free to improvise.  I just don't want it to end up unplayable.

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Originally posted by canned eggs:
 Yeah, but that'll devalue it.  My bass is worth nothing to start with, so I'm free to improvise.  I just don't want it to end up unplayable.

My neck was absolute shit on the strat. All cracked and broken. It NEEDED a new one.

And squeaky, if your curious, here are some pics of me and my Rickenbacker:




Best guitar EVER.

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It sounds like jesus taking a dump... yea thats right, its some good shit...  Cept he plays it all the time in his basement... so yea, its nothing special to me all the time...

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*drool* Good choice on the Paul. Dude, next time you guys have a gig, it'd be cool if you announce it.

Our lead's got an epi paul and a strat (I haven't seen her strat yet since it was raining when we first brought her over to practice), but that and my Artcore sound really cool together. I love it!

I found a nice acoustic for only $129, from the 60s. And I can definitely afford that. I'm gonna try it out soon... it's called a Harmony Stellar, or something. Never heard the name, but I'm intrigued nonetheless. Couldn't hurt, and it'd be nice to have a steel string acoustic.

But no guitar replaces George, ever.

--EDIT-- You stole my hat, Nasty! Or did I steal yours? Hmmm...

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No, you stole my hat. I've had that spitfire hat for years. 

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My sister plays the guitar and the piano.

[Reply #131 on:]

...mint wins.

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Here's your prize,



On topic now, I got a chance to play a Casino the other day, I now definatly getting one. Damn good guitar!

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Thanks guys.... 

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Mwahaha! I have converted the guitar playing populous of PEEL to Casinos! 

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My housemate has a Casino. 

So after ten years of playing the bass without ever picking up a guitar or learning a single chord, I've been practicing for about five days now.  I'm still at the stage of trying to learn the chord fingerings well enough not to leave an audible pause, but I can do it pretty good as long as they're not hard barre chords.  It's fun.  I can play "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" like a pro.  Now to go to every music store I know and play the beginning of "Stairway to Heaven" on their most expensive guitar.

And anyone who knows a source for a straight up replacement bolt-on neck for a Gibson EB, hook me up.  I don't want to have to make my own.

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Heh heh. If I get another guitar, it's gotta be that Jagstang. But maybe one day, just one day... Casino me, baby!

And I'm kinda shy in a music store about picking up a guitar and playing. Still. I always think they expect me to buy it or something. I guess that comes from playing sax too... but I shouldn't be thinking like this. It's not like you spit all over a guitar (or inside, more likely) to try it out.

And about that neck... hmmm... maybe guitar bar?

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The employees always try to pressure you into buying stuff. But that's the same as any store. If they dont want you to play it, why do they have all those floor models out?

Although I have been kicked out of a certain Sam Ash for hogging a guitar for a few hours. 

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I heard George Harrison and Paul McCartney did their damage at a music store one time. George was looking for an electric, and he found a Strat knock-off called the "Futurama". So anyway, they plug it in, but they don't get any sound, so Paul turns the amp all the way up...

BOOM!

The other guitars on the wall are... no longer on the wall.

So I guess as long as I don't pull a George (or a Paul, it WAS his fault), I'll be good, right?

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^^^^^This is the guitar that I want for Christmas. I probably won't get it though..

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You are not alone there Waffles... SG's are very good guitars.

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I have an awesome purple Jackson that was free.  It has a super-cool American flag sticker on the back, the finish has deep cracks between the pickups, the electrical is all shot to hell, and I think I'm pretty damn good at it considering I've only been playing for a few days.  I'm gonna take it apart and re-wire it once I get a soldering iron.

I think I'm gonna buy a new bass, depending on how much money I win at the track.  Probably a Fender J, or a Music Man if I get rich.

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Originally posted by Local Jerseyan:
I heard George Harrison and Paul McCartney did their damage at a music store one time. George was looking for an electric, and he found a Strat knock-off called the "Futurama". So anyway, they plug it in, but they don't get any sound, so Paul turns the amp all the way up...

BOOM!

The other guitars on the wall are... no longer on the wall.

So I guess as long as I don't pull a George (or a Paul, it WAS his fault), I'll be good, right?

Ah, classic lil Beatles story. But yes, i do suggest that you keep the volume on the amps down, so not to make the other shoppers angry or to cause guitars to fall from the shelves.

And on that note, I just recently played a Futurama guitar just like George's at a recent gig. A guy in a fellow band had one which he brought over from Scotland(where he lives). It had a nice sound, but the action on the guitar was absolutely horrible. The strings were a good 1/2 inch off the fingerboard. It is VERY hard to play, but a nice sounding axe.

And PS: B_W. As i told you, i highly doubt you'll be getting a brand new Gibson SG. Maybe a knockoff or a Epiphone. But a Gibson?! Nah. Sorry sis.

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You could probably drive a truck through those strings! I have a friend who insists on keeping his action so high... I have no idea how he does it.

Originally, my bass strings were too low, so I had to get them raised up a bit. Now, it sounds lovely.

And BTW, I took pictures of my guitars last week, and should be getting the prints soon to post for all. Hopefully a Jagstang will be joining the collection next year. ^____^

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Wow I just found this thread, My dad just aquired a Gibson Les Paul Standard the other week. Really good you get a proper meaty sound out of it.

I myself have a Fender Strat Deluxe with the Noisless Pickups, its pretty good but the noisless pickups are a  bit annyoing as you cant get very good distortion out of it.

Now I was wondering if any one here can sweet Pick, cause I bloody cant! 

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Sweet pick? I've never heard of that, actually. *is curious*

I'm learning to polish off my finger work though. It's coming along well. Maybe I'll get "Mother Nature's Son" down in about 20 years.

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Maybe after that then you can spend the rest of your life learning 'Dear Prudence'. 

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Originally posted by Jaswahhihi:
Now I was wondering if any one here can sweet Pick, cause I bloody cant!   

Do you mean speed pick?

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Originally posted by Nasty Pasty:
Maybe after that then you can spend the rest of your life learning 'Dear Prudence'.   

AND Blackbird. Or should I say... "Bachbird". Hur hur hur. *curls up with her copy of Guitar World Acoustic (Paul McCartney interview issue)*

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I played lead guitar for the first time ever today.  I came down to the garage after a break in practice and the guitar player was playing my bass.  So I picked up his guitar, with a grand total of about a week's experience, and we wound up jamming on this simple riff I stole from Two Headed Dog.  I'm not any good; I keep missing notes because the damn strings are too close together, but I'm surprised at how quick you can pick up melodic ideas.  I think this guitar stuff will make me a better bass player.

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Well, how long have you been playing Bass, Eggs? I mean if you have been that for a while and understand that, It's probably pretty easy to pick up guitar. Also, I agree with you that playing the guitar will probably help you with the bass.

Good luck to you and your band.

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Yeah, I've been playing bass for ten years, so I've got the foundation of wrist strength and knowing scale shapes and whatnot, so it is easy to pick up the mental techniques at least, but it's still grueling practice.

And I think I need to get back in practice on the bass, too, because they want me to play some sick stuff and I'm not that good at playing the fast shit anymore.

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Meh, I've been playing guitar for years and I still can't play lead really well. Do like i did and stick to strumming the rythm. It's a bitch to play lead and sing at the same time. That's why I'm the singer in my band.

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Originally posted by Squeaky:
 Do you mean speed pick?

Nope, Sweet Picking is probaly the hardest guitar teqnique you could learn
it involves brushing the pick up and down the strings while you, as quick as lightening follow the strings down and up with complicated movements over the frets,  using hammers ons and loads of other crazy teqnuiques.
John Pretrushi does it loads (if i havent spelled that right its the lead guitarist from dream theater who are just the bomb!) and steve vai does it all the time.

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Ah, I always thought that was called "Speed Picking".

My Guitar teacher gave me drills to practice that. It is definately hard to master, but with time and practice you can learn it. If I can find the paper I have it on, I'll post it here.

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just gotback form my friends house.. she has a pink fender and i am in love with it

and i found these really cute earrings while finding this picture hA

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Awwwwwww, that Strat is so pretty in pink...

*gets beaten up for crappy pun*

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I found this on the net a while ago, and I just cant see why you would want all those necks, especially the last really wide one?

[Reply #158 on:]

A siamese mongloid guitar that can only be played by an Indian god?

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That guitar looks very different than the normal ones, does the website says what more functions it can do?