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

[Spaced Out Ace]

Played some of my maple fretboard strats, and the frets/fretboard feel sticky, so I'm probably going to have to take some time as some point, and sand the finish off some, as it is unpleasant. I have maybe 6 or so with maple fretboards, so that'll be fun.

 

[strings2000]

Restrung my baritone

 

[Rocco Crocco]

Bought this 2016 LP Traditional during the COVID shutdown. It came stock with 57 Classic pickups. I am not a fan of these so I installed a couple dimarzios I had laying around, but the sound was still meh.

I saw a set of Gibson T Type (T Top clones apparently) on Reverb so I snatched them up. I installed them yesterday and they are amazing. The neck pickup has the least amount of mud I’ve encountered. Bridge sounds sort of a combo of a Tele pickup meets an AC/DC sound.

Really impressed.

 

[GLiDE-BPM]

Changed out 3 more bridge pickups and restrung them after that!

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

I am thinking of getting some Wilkinson bridges to replace my Fender 6 point bridges, as I like the saddles and bridge plate design more.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Intonated my 335 using fretted strings and chords are sounding better

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Intonated my 335 using fretted strings and chords are sounding better

Care to elaborate on what you did?

 

[Val Kill More]

Fretboard treatment, blocked the trem, restrung with 11-52, tuned to double drop C#, raised the saddles, did intonation, and now PLAYING!

 

[EOengineer]

Ripped out the PCB and 490r/t set in favor of a 920D SG-V 50s wired harness and a pair of Burstbucker 60s. I’d normally do my own wire job but I had musiciansfriend bucks expiring so snagged the harness.

It’s looking a touch naked at the moment.

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

Messed around with a track with AI vocals.

 

[Jazz Padd]

Checked the 9V battery in my 1978 Gretsch Chet Atkins “Super Axe.” After two 3-hour jam sessions this month so far, it registered at 9.28V. The battery powers two on-board effectors, a compressor and phaser. I used them both always on for both sessions, no breaks and tonight will be the third session.

After taking February and March off from playing to travel and attend other matters, before which I used an archtop at the jams, I’m putting Gretsch into circulation for the next several months. I’d like to get idea of how long is the usable life of its battery. I’m still getting used to the switches and such, but after a while I plan to add one of these:

9V battery powered, and plugging directly to the guitar output jack, these put another effector at my fingertips. The compressor (Orange Squeezer) would be redundant, so I may start with the Blue Clipper or maybe the Green Ringer, both “fuzzy” type boxes.

I’m an amateur guitarist (in the sense of A. Merrifield “the pleasures of doing what you love” and am in no rush; part of the fun is messing around with the old school tools. I want to keep involved with playing out live but without the pressures gigging formally, so jams are a happy medium between the practice room and the stage, just for fun.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Finally strung up my 20th Majesty in D, using 11-52's. It feels slinkier than my others in E using 10-46's, but I didn't have to adjust ANYTHING! (which I was hoping for!)

Now I can play all those Dream Theater songs in D w/o using the VC on the Axe III. And for the ones in C std, they'll sound better, since I only have to drop the VC 2 steps instead of 4.

Next on the list, restring one in C std. That'll take another year. (And maybe a nut adjustment. 12-56's)

 

[Progressive_disclosure]

Finally strung up my 20th Majesty in D, using 11-52's. It feels slinkier than my others in E using 10-46's, but I didn't have to adjust ANYTHING! (which I was hoping for!)

Now I can play all those Dream Theater songs in D w/o using the VC on the Axe III. And for the ones in C std, they'll sound better, since I only have to drop the VC 2 steps instead of 4.

Next on the list, restring one in C std. That'll take another year. (And maybe a nut adjustment. 12-56's)

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I’m still waiting for my local tech to get back to me about picking up my PRS SE. I’ve had it in D before but it needed adjusting and also a long overdue fret leveling.

Hoping to do the same, play in D and drop to C with VC/transpose, when it’s back. It was supposed to be 2 weeks, and that was last week…