TJontheRoad
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Pulled out my Lab Series L5 and I'm getting ready to make some new Kemper liquid profiles of it.
What Did You Do With Your Guitar(s) Today?
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megametal7
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Finally had some time to dive into this guitar for a bit today. Went to do a full set up, checked the neck, was perfectly straight with no relief. Put on a set of Hybrid Slinky’s and checked the action and it was set up to 1.5 on the 6th string and 1.0 on the 1st string. The radius was spot on as well, so I left it as it came set up. I played for a few hours and damn it plays nice
I still may lower the action a bit more, but the more I played it, the more comfortable it felt. The neck isn’t thin like my Eclipse, in fact it feels a bit thicker and wider than my strat necks. The scalloped upper level frets felt different for sure, but I adapted pretty quickly to them. It’s peaked my interest further and may consider a fully scalloped neck guitar down the road. Anyway, was a blast to play and was worth the price of admission…
I still may lower the action a bit more, but the more I played it, the more comfortable it felt. The neck isn’t thin like my Eclipse, in fact it feels a bit thicker and wider than my strat necks. The scalloped upper level frets felt different for sure, but I adapted pretty quickly to them. It’s peaked my interest further and may consider a fully scalloped neck guitar down the road. Anyway, was a blast to play and was worth the price of admission…
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Spent the better part of yesterday finishing/arranging that tune from the vid I put up the other night. Bass track is done but I got tunnel vision/hearing after doing nothing but playing it all day. Waiting for this coffee to hit me so I can smoke pot and negate the coffee then I’m gonna see if I can bang out the guitars today.
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So once again, last night I realized I was doing something that was impeding my progress.
I like to practice using either some delay or reverb just to make the tone more enjoyable, but not to the point where it muddies the notes. So, Mix below 20%.
One of my practice riffs is this:
I don't finger it like Bellamy does. I use all 4 fingers. E.g., since the first 3 notes are on the 11, 12, & 14th frets, I use 1-2-4 fingers, and so on. The pinky can always use some work, and I don't want to neglect it, so it hits every fret in that riff except for 11 & 12.
But it's also the weakest finger, and to get a riff like that sounding good, those pull-offs need to be even, in time and dynamics (of course!)
I notice some days no matter what I play, I tend to fall behind the beat. And it's not the tempo, because I can play whatever it is faster. I realized it was the damn DELAY settings!
I went to check to see if the delay was set to the metronome tempo, and realized the Master Feedback Time was at 95%. No wonder I was falling behind the beat.
Once I fixed that, and set the tempo to 1/4 so the open strings would repeat at the same time I played the next open string, what a difference it made!! And it makes the riff sound really cool too. Now I just need to add the flange.
I like to practice using either some delay or reverb just to make the tone more enjoyable, but not to the point where it muddies the notes. So, Mix below 20%.
One of my practice riffs is this:
I don't finger it like Bellamy does. I use all 4 fingers. E.g., since the first 3 notes are on the 11, 12, & 14th frets, I use 1-2-4 fingers, and so on. The pinky can always use some work, and I don't want to neglect it, so it hits every fret in that riff except for 11 & 12.
But it's also the weakest finger, and to get a riff like that sounding good, those pull-offs need to be even, in time and dynamics (of course!)
I notice some days no matter what I play, I tend to fall behind the beat. And it's not the tempo, because I can play whatever it is faster. I realized it was the damn DELAY settings!
I went to check to see if the delay was set to the metronome tempo, and realized the Master Feedback Time was at 95%. No wonder I was falling behind the beat.
Once I fixed that, and set the tempo to 1/4 so the open strings would repeat at the same time I played the next open string, what a difference it made!! And it makes the riff sound really cool too. Now I just need to add the flange.
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Spaced Out Ace
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That you know of.
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Good point.
megametal7
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wrote this solo for one of bands new song.
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And silly me just did intonation on my Majesty yesterday, which did require some similar finger work. If you don't go to the trouble to remove the trem cover then you are using a 2mm allan wrench purely on feel.
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Over the weekend, new strings, I added some relief, leveled & polished the frets, adjusted string height, intonation and pickup height for playability. For aesthetics, removed the PU covers and painted the pickguard screw. That came off the first day I got it.
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I cant do guitar set ups myself, I take it to tech. I'm planning to do some course learning set ups and similar work. Hoping to start my own shop setting up guitars and make them scream ( no teles shall enter my shop lol )And silly me just did intonation on my Majesty yesterday, which did require some similar finger work. If you don't go to the trouble to remove the trem cover then you are using a 2mm allan wrench purely on feel.
My band mate plays Majesty guitars and he loves them
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I spent the majority if yesterday tracking guitars, but that final riff in the video I posted the other night is a fucking BITCH. Someone musically smart could probably easily tell what’s happening with the timing/subdivision but that won’t help me play it any better. I spent at least 3 hours just trying to get one good take of that section and it wasn’t happening.
Alas, I’m at the point where everything went from ‘fuck it, I don’t have the energy/care’ to me motivating myself by the small wins, so as soon as I get home from work I’m sitting in that studio until that fuckin’ riff is recorded, double tracked and PERFECT.
I spent at least 3 hours just trying to get one good take of that section and it wasn’t happening.Alas, I’m at the point where everything went from ‘fuck it, I don’t have the energy/care’ to me motivating myself by the small wins, so as soon as I get home from work I’m sitting in that studio until that fuckin’ riff is recorded, double tracked and PERFECT.
megametal7
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I had similar experience on one of my latest song, I just couldn't play that riff if my life depended on it long enough clean.... in the end I gave up lol and left whatever is there...... 
now, I'm waiting bassist and singer to complete the song but as always they are taking their time
now, I'm waiting bassist and singer to complete the song but as always they are taking their time
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TSJMajesty
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Have you guys ever gotten a..., I guess it's a ground buzz, after removing the PU covers? My LP did, long time ago. It would stop as soon as I touched the strings.
Byrdman
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Not any more than with them that I have noticed. I only play at home and it's an older home, so depending on what is on, I sometimes get noise or none at all. I will keep an eye on it though now that you asked. BTW, I have Gibson Classic 57's in my Epi ES335 and have not noticed it in that either any more or less than when I had the stock PU's in it.
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It didn't matter where I was, so it wasn't the power, or EMI. And it definitely appeared after I removed the covers.
