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

[Whizzinby]

Changed strings and polished fretboards on all the guitars. Need to check the relief and intonation tomorrow.

I didn’t mess with the basses, they should be good for another 5-7 years.

 

[la szum]

Big swing in mood I think. In a bit of a shitty mood for no real reason. I thought some fuzz would cheer me up but I'm gonna go for Rick and Morty or Venture Bros instead.

Oh man! Sorry to hear that. May some laughter be just the medicine you need.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I've barely touched my guitars for 2 weeks. Hoping to change that this weekend though.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Oh man! Sorry to hear that. May some laughter be just the medicine you need.

I'm all good. My post was probably more dramatic than I meant. I was just in a bit of a grump. Been watching some venture bros and laughing my ass off with a beer.

 

[megametal7]

Tried to figure out riff from one of the songs i like and halfway I gave up, then I started soloing then gave up, tried to write a new riff …. gave up….
I feel horrible inside and I guess it translates in my actions….

We march on…

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Had one of those days where the same tone I was loving last night just sounded uninspiring and dull. Switched guitars same result, plugged my stomp into studio monitors for a change and it sounded dull too. Hung my guitar back on the wall, turned everything off and walked away.

I hate days like that. Think I'll watch some Rick and Morty and have a beer instead.

Today was much better. PRS into JVM Od1 orange mode at a decent volume and then Tone Bender Mk1 into Crunch orange = Win.

 

[unix-guy]

I decided it was time to pull my Ibanez SC-420 from mothballs and give it some love.

This was one of 2 main guitars for a long time and the first and only Ibanez (of many I've owned) that I bought new.

Cleaned, restrung and ready for some play time - hopefully tomorrow!

 

[norminal]

I decided it was time to pull my Ibanez SC-420 from mothballs and give it some love.

This was one of 2 main guitars for a long time and the first and only Ibanez (of many I've owned) that I bought new.

Cleaned, restrung and ready for some play time - hopefully tomorrow!

 

[unix-guy]

Tomorrow!

 

[unix-guy]

As requested:

This was the first guitar I ever saw with "natural binding". I still think it looks pretty cool!

Played it thru my FM9 for about 45 minutes this morning. Sounds great, too :)

 

[unix-guy]

I decided I should put new strings on my son's $169 Squier Tele that he got as a Christmas or birthday gift from me 5-6 years ago.

I don't recall when it last got a string change.

Overall these guitars are excellent for the money!

 

[norminal]

As requested:

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This was the first guitar I ever saw with "natural binding". I still think it looks pretty cool!
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Payed it thru my FM9 for about 45 minutes this morning. Sounds great, too :)

Great guitars! Here’s mine (sold it a few years back):

 

[Piing]

...sold it...

 

[Axe]

This one is on the bench at present. fret board cleaning, fret polishing and a new pickguard is inbound.. Going back to HSS like it was originally in 2014

 

[spawnofthesith]

After a hectic couple weeks of fostering pitbull puppies they’re finally all homed and I was able to clean and pull my stuff back out. Decided to rearrange while I was at it (still in progress)

 

[Jarick]

Okay, finally got some work done on guitars!

Been on a vintage Fender kick lately, and decided to restore my '97 California Strat more to it's original parts. I have modded this guitar to hell and back over the years, and lately I had Gotoh locking tuners and a Gotoh 510 bridge. Took everything apart, did a full shielding job with copper tape, reinstalled the original Fender AVRI tremolo (outfitted with Highwood saddles which are amazing), and put a fresh set of Fender vintage style slotted tuners. Oiled the board, cleaned it up, put it back together, and got a fresh set of 9.5's on it. Kept the same pickguard I had on it, which is mint green with aged white plastics and a set of Suhr V60LP pickups.

It's really nice now! The locking Gotoh tuners were great, but the old style tuners work really well too and just look a lot better. Honestly I prefer the action of the Gotoh bridge but the Fender is really solid. Maybe I'll cave at some point and put the 510 back on there.

Then for my Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster, I ripped that apart and shielded with copper tape. Reinstalled these Porter J90 pickups which are like lower output P90's. Again, fresh set of 9.5's and it's much quieter and sounds pretty good. I might swap out the tuners at some point because they feel really cheap, they have weird slightly oversized tuners, not true Fender vintage style. Also might try and find a hardtail conversion.

Last project for now will be the Tele. I have a Fender American Special Tele which is like their slightly cheaper USA model. I converted it to Fender locking tuners with the 6 saddle Gotoh bridge and Dimarzio Area T pickups. Ordered some of those Fender Classic Gear tuners which are drop ins for modern Fender but with the Vintage slotted style. Heard good things. Then I'm going to do the copper shielding, put it back to a 3-saddle bridge (Gotoh In Tune brass), and put the Suhr Classic T pickups back into it.

 

[PLX]

My grandpa, looking down from heaven, while 16-year-old me installs a Kahler tremolo on the 1966 Gibson Melody Maker 'D' he left me in his will.

 

[TJontheRoad]

I laid down a sluggy bass track for the new album. The Meteora is a beast and can get any tone I'm looking for.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Been spending most of the last couple days tracking guide tracks for drums recording still. CE24 semihollow and SE silver sky doing the majority of the grunt work. LP and cu22 came out for the chugs tho

 

[HomespunEffects]

I wasted a couple hours rewiring my RG655 to make the bridge pickup parallel or series using the diagram on the bare knuckle website. Parallel worked but series was dead. Maybe i have a bad DPDT on the potentiometer or I’ve got a stray wire strand grounding out.