What Did You Do With Your Guitar(s) Today?

[greatmutah]

Fucked around during work hours and played a bunch of Green Day tunes (I work from home on Fridays). Got our once a month practice with the tribute band this weekend and I always tighten stuff up at home the week of. Shits fun and feeling pretty effortless. Been feeling some more punk rock type vibes lately so when I’ve not been doing these songs I’ve been playing Rise Against tunes.

 

[megametal7]

Learned first solo for this song …..

Gonna learn second solo too…. Maybe tomorrow…

 

[DrewJD82]

Took a break from working on band stuff and banged out a couple riffs that most likely won't work in the new band. Some good, heavy shit.

I've been playing so much lately with no signs of anything stopping me, with a whole mountain of drama that got dropped on me in the last few weeks which is all coming to a close, kinda. There's going to ample fuel in the tank for a while to come!

 

[PLX]

Took a break from working on band stuff and banged out a couple riffs that most likely won't work in the new band. Some good, heavy shit.

Don't forget to write some killer turnarounds for those heavy riffs, Drew.

It's like switching hands while your crankin' that hog.

 

[Zodiac]

Lemon oil on fretboard, general clean all over and new strings.

 

[Jarick]

When I swapped out pickups yesterday I changed over from D'Addario XL to DR Pure Blues because I liked them on my Tele. Sure enough the high E string kept slipping while tuning up and the low E string actually broke when stretching (which has never happened to me in 30 years of playing guitar). Had to take off the entire set of strings and put on a fresh set of XL's.

 

[Dave Lewis]

I changed to speed knobs on my new Gibson LP Junior.

 

[Stone]

Practice/Play with the same one

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Got the five way rotary switch out of my prs case and cleared the old solder out of the holes. Seriously thinking about putting it back to stock with this and the original Dragon IIs. Been listening to a lot of old recordings recently and missing some of those sounds.

 

[Deleted member 472]

Got the five way rotary switch out of my prs case and cleared the old solder out of the holes. Seriously thinking about putting it back to stock with this and the original Dragon IIs. Been listening to a lot of old recordings recently and missing some of those sounds.

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I’ve been considering the same with my CE-24. I originally replaced the rotary switch with a three-way toggle for ease of switching, but I miss the other options.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I’ve been considering the same with my CE-24. I originally replaced the rotary switch with a three-way toggle for ease of switching, but I miss the other options.

That's exactly it. I really miss positions 2 and 4, can't get those sounds any other way. I gigged that guitar stock for 15 years and loved it. Over the last 10 years I've basically turned it into a Les Paul light with a trem and it doesn't get used anymore.

Edit - position 3 always sucked though. Really wish they'd have given us the two humbuckers together instead of those split coils in series.

 

[Deleted member 472]

That's exactly it. I really miss positions 2 and 4, can't get those sounds any other way. I gigged that guitar stock for 15 years and loved it. Over the last 10 years I've basically turned it into a Les Paul light with a trem and it doesn't get used anymore.

Exactly! The only issue I think I’ll have is with my pickup choice. I have a JB in the bridge and a PRS Vintage Bass in the neck. Both of these do not compliment each other that well as other pickup “sets” so I’m not sure how well the 2 and 4 positions will sound.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Exactly! The only issue I think I’ll have is with my pickup choice. I have a JB in the bridge and a PRS Vintage Bass in the neck. Both of these do not compliment each other that well as other pickup “sets” so I’m not sure how well the 2 and 4 positions will sound.

Yeah I've honestly no idea. I've still got my original pickups in the case which I'm going to put back in. I think the dragon IIs have the neck pickups magnet flipped for hum cancelling in positions 2,3 and 4. Not sure about the pickups yours would originally have had.

 

[Jarick]

I really wish my CE-24 had a 5-way switch. I don't like push pull knobs but I'd love to run hotter pickups with coil splits on it. Maybe I could try a push-push pot in mine.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I really wish my CE-24 had a 5-way switch. I don't like push pull knobs but I'd love to run hotter pickups with coil splits on it. Maybe I could try a push-push pot in mine.

I used one of these for a few years in my prs and it was fine but definitely didn't last as well as the CTS push pull I replaced it with. The action felt a lot less positive in use and I couldn't rely on it.

500k Push/Push Pot with US Specs Guitar Pot - Armstrong Music

500K ohm log (audio taper) pot with push/push actuator switch. For humbucker pick-ups. For coil tapping, splitting, phasing. Brass 3/8" bushing. Will accept ...

www.armstrongmusic.co.uk

 

[Jarick]

I used one of these for a few years in my prs and it was fine but definitely didn't last as well as the CTS push pull I replaced it with. The action felt a lot less positive in use and I couldn't rely on it.

500k Push/Push Pot with US Specs Guitar Pot - Armstrong Music

500K ohm log (audio taper) pot with push/push actuator switch. For humbucker pick-ups. For coil tapping, splitting, phasing. Brass 3/8" bushing. Will accept ...

www.armstrongmusic.co.uk

There's a CTS push/pull out there too that looks pretty solid. Something to chew on I suppose.

EDIT: I meant push/pull, not push/push!

 

[Eagle]

There's a CTS push/push out there too that looks pretty solid. Something to chew on I suppose.

Can you link it . I haven’t seen it yet.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Can you link it . I haven’t seen it yet.

Yeah I've only seen the push pull cts.

 

[Stone]

Recording part 2 of 5 parts

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Got the five way rotary switch out of my prs case and cleared the old solder out of the holes. Seriously thinking about putting it back to stock with this and the original Dragon IIs. Been listening to a lot of old recordings recently and missing some of those sounds.

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That's the replacement wiring loom and pickups out. Took ages to clean up the original pots, 31 year old me should never have been allowed near a soldering iron cause he had no idea WTF he was doing. I swopped pickups a few times after removing the Dragon IIs and younger me made a right mess of the pots, there was solder everywhere and I even had to straighten the lugs.

The only thing I don't have is the original tone cap but an oversized orange drop will look cooler than the ceramic one prs used anyway.

That's enough for tonight. I'll come back to it later.