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

[HomespunEffects]

I put a Callaham bridge block and bent steel saddles on my American Standard. It brought out that top end snap that that one has been missing.

The springs also don’t ring when you hit a Bb. That always drove me batty. It’s a good mod and actually does make a difference.

Oh, that’s their short bar as well. I like a little more resistance and the shorter lever is perfect. I’m really not used to a bar that stays where you left it. It only moves if you move it.

 

[Jarick]

I'm kind of back in a real single coil mood and have been swapping the noiseless pickups out of my guitars. Lately they have felt kind of dead sounding and uninspiring.

Rewired the original pickguard from my Ibanez AZ with a Suhr Thornbucker Plus in the bridge and ML's (V63+) in the neck and middle. Fresh switch and pots too as the noiseless set had 500k and I needed 250k with the real single coils.

Sounds and feels great, maybe need to tweak the single coil heights as they are sounding a bit warm but should be fun.

Other project of the weekend was to rewire my PRS S2 Standard 24. The volume has been shorting out at 10 which obviously isn't fun. Pulled it apart and sure enough it's a bad pot.

While measuring the pots, I found they were both under spec, around 450k. Maybe that's why this guitar sounds so dark and dull? I went to my stash and all four of the 500k pots I measured were below spec at 450-475k as well. Everything else I tested measured fine.

So I ordered a new set of 525k pots because I want max brightness in this all mahogany guitar. Not sure if I'll keep the current pickups in there (Suhr SSV's) or swap those out for a pair of Duncans (59/Custom Hybrid bridge and Jazz neck). Maybe keep it as is and see how the higher value pots sound.

 

[TJontheRoad]

Finish up my 2024 holiday track

 

[FuzzyAce]

Finally got around to finishing this one. Setting up the intonation and all that took a minute. Plays great though! Getting used to the scalloped board was no problem at all and not a drastic change tbh. I think if I use lighter gauge strings the difference will be more apparent, so maybe I'll do that next go around. Just going to enjoy it for a while and see what small tweaks I can make as time goes on, if any at all. The EMGs really compliment the overall sound of the guitar too. Happy how it turned out!

 

[DrewJD82]

Learned the "Time" solo thanks to the new Fractal beta.

 

[Rock Chalk]

Learned the "Time" solo thanks to the new Fractal beta.

That was fuckn' great!!!.......

 

[megametal7]

Learned the "Time" solo thanks to the new Fractal beta.

That guitar needs shot of rum and cigarette after that....

 

[megametal7]

today i did nothing with guitars.....


I looked at them and i was like ... fook yea... they look badass..... then i went to work.....


tomorrow im recording cover song....

my friends are helping me with vox . piano.... ( i know i said piano )_ I dont know whats wrong with me anymore.,... someone must have done voodoo magic on me....


So we will be recording that cover ... bass spot still open if anyone wants to join my madness...

 

[richey88]

today i did nothing with guitars.....


I looked at them and i was like ... fook yea... they look badass..... then i went to work.....


tomorrow im recording cover song....

my friends are helping me with vox . piano.... ( i know i said piano )_ I dont know whats wrong with me anymore.,... someone must have done voodoo magic on me....


So we will be recording that cover ... bass spot still open if anyone wants to join my madness...

What song and how are you recording it? Might be able to do a track from here……

 

[megametal7]

What song and how are you recording it? Might be able to do a track from here……

Song Godsmack Under your scars


recording in reaper then film it to put it on YT ( ill do all the video editing )

 

[megametal7]

 

[Jarick]

Finished rewiring my PRS S2 Standard 24. One of the old pots went bad and they were measuring around 450-475k. The guitar sounded a little dull so got some new pots that measure 515-525k. New pots work great and it sounds a tiny bit clearer but not as big a change as hoped. So may have to swap them out for brighter pickups (currently using Suhr SSV's).

Interesting thing though, I put 10's on the guitar and tuned to D standard, but it sounded super dark like it always does, so I tuned it up to standard. It still sounds a tiny bit dark but I noticed the tuning is a lot more stable feeling. Lately I've been using 9's or 9.5's in standard tuning, but thinking I should probably jump back up to 10's.

Also for pickups, I've really been a big fan of alnico 2 humbuckers lately. I put a set of A2 Wolfetones in my PRS McCarty, the stock 85/15's that are A2 in my PRS CE-24, have a Suhr Woodbucker (A2) in my Kramer Baretta, and have Gibson Burstbuckers in my Epiphone 335. I really like lower wind A2 PAF's in the neck because it has a clear single coil vibe, and hotter A2's in the bridge because it tames the high end nicely.

 

[DrewJD82]

Wanted to play with the new Fractal Drives into the Electra Dyne and then figured I’d setup a stereo rig ‘cuz why not. Big surprise, it’s awesome. Using a SD Powerstage 170 to power the cab on the left, with the EQ I can get it sounding pretty similar to the EVH cab. I’m just going straight into the input of the Electra Dyne and like last night’s noodle session, keep getting stuck on one thing and forgetting what I wanted to do.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

I changed back the cab to the York IR Cream 65. Sounds really good with the Super Reverb. I believe they are Celestion. My own cab was actually pretty good a/b but that’s why I decided to pick the York.

After that learned some from a course on Truefire. Truefire + live teacher is a good mix for me.

With a live teacher you learn a song and that is the focus for that week and weeks to come. But what else do I do in that standard 1,5 hours at night? With Truefire I feel like I am actually studying / practicing

With YouTube I way to often come in a 30 minute search for “the perfect song to learn” so I stopped doing YouTube as a practice tool for now.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Finally "finished" this Lindert project today. I'd put it aside for months doing other things but really wanted to get it done by the end of year. Glad I did!
This guitar's been with me over 20+ yrs with different necks and pickups, but it's nice to have the original neck back on without the thumb headstock . I added an iridescent sparkle over the gold I'd done previously, it kinda looks like pink champagne at certain angles with hints of purple and even orange. Hard to capture in the pic.

New laser cut pickguard with Dimarzio Air Classic neck and FRED pickups. Really digging the Air and they compliment each other perfectly, the position changes are seamless. I put in a regular volume and tone, added a bass cut control and for fun I added a switch to activate a piezo on the underside of the bridge. Gives some interesting texture to the output and a slight phasing which cool. I may change the knobs out to a different color or style but they're fine for now.

Playing-wise this thing is bouncy and acoustically loud, which puts a little something extra on the notes when plugged in. Plays super fast with jumbo Evo frets. Installed brass nut. Wilkinson bridge with Gotoh saddles. Planet waves locking tuners.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Shat out what potentially might be a new song for the first time since the summer


TBD

 

[6CA7-A]

 

[Jynx]

I slid it across the landing then hopped on it and Legolas-ed it down the stairs, firing Nerf bullets at my girlfriend.

 

[Axe]

Busy day but I found a few minutes to put this one on the bench to install locking tuners

 

[unix-guy]

Tell me you're a George Lynch fan without telling me you're a George Lynch fan