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dudeman · March 21

mcgruff10 said:

Thanks everyone! Kicking myself in the butt for not getting a Strat sooner. So far I Like the sound of it way better than a tele.

Love that color combo on a Strat. You really can't beat the ergonomics of the Stratocaster, either. Whether you're sitting down or standing with it strapped on, it just feels good. No sharp edges or corners digging in to you and the controls are so conveniently placed it is very intuitive to change settings on the fly. Leo got a lot right with that design.

BALLBOY · March 22

Walked into my local music shop today with no intention of buying anything & walked out with Les Paul Junior 2015 100th anniversary. P90 pick up is not a Gibson & swapped out with a Dimarzio & this one beautiful sounding axe Was a bit apprehensive about having only the single pick-up & you get such great tones

dudeman · March 22

BALLBOY said:

Walked into my local music shop today with no intention of buying anything & walked out with Les Paul Junior 2015 100th anniversary. P90 pick up is not a Gibson & swapped out with a Dimarzio & this one beautiful sounding axe Was a bit apprehensive about having only the single pick-up & you get such great tones

Very cool! Love the ASSMAN license plate, too. Haha!

mcgruff10 · March 22

BALLBOY said:

Walked into my local music shop today with no intention of buying anything & walked out with Les Paul Junior 2015 100th anniversary. P90 pick up is not a Gibson & swapped out with a Dimarzio & this one beautiful sounding axe Was a bit apprehensive about having only the single pick-up & you get such great tones

Awesome guitar! Loving the color.

Abe Froman · March 23

BALLBOY said:

Walked into my local music shop today with no intention of buying anything & walked out with Les Paul Junior 2015 100th anniversary. P90 pick up is not a Gibson & swapped out with a Dimarzio & this one beautiful sounding axe Was a bit apprehensive about having only the single pick-up & you get such great tones

I love this thread! Great looking axe

lexicondevil · March 23

BALLBOY said:

Walked into my local music shop today with no intention of buying anything & walked out with Les Paul Junior 2015 100th anniversary. P90 pick up is not a Gibson & swapped out with a Dimarzio & this one beautiful sounding axe Was a bit apprehensive about having only the single pick-up & you get such great tones

Very cool. Congrats.

mcgruff10 · March 23

Guys I m getting buzzing thru the amp when I plug in. When I press on the strings it goes away. Any ideas?

SVRDhand13 · March 23

mcgruff10 said:

Guys I m getting buzzing thru the amp when I plug in. When I press on the strings it goes away. Any ideas?

That's a strat for you! Do you have a noise suppressor pedal? Maybe turn volume down on guitar but up on amp too.

mcgruff10 · March 23

SVRDhand13 said:

mcgruff10 said:

Guys I m getting buzzing thru the amp when I plug in. When I press on the strings it goes away. Any ideas?

That's a strat for you! Do you have a noise suppressor pedal? Maybe turn volume down on guitar but up on amp too.

It happens with all three of my electrics.

SVRDhand13 · March 25

mcgruff10 said:

SVRDhand13 said:

mcgruff10 said:

Guys I m getting buzzing thru the amp when I plug in. When I press on the strings it goes away. Any ideas?

That's a strat for you! Do you have a noise suppressor pedal? Maybe turn volume down on guitar but up on amp too.

It happens with all three of my electrics.

You're grounding the issue when you touch the strings. Maybe it's a bad plug. What's your power supply?

mcgruff10 · March 25

8 way daisy chain plugged into the wall.

lexicondevil · March 25

Are you running a compressor pedal? Did this just start recently?

mcgruff10 · March 25

No compressor pedal. It's been happening for some time.

SVRDhand13 · March 25

mcgruff10 said:

8 way daisy chain plugged into the wall.

It's probably the daisy chain tbh. I would either change power source and/or work with a noise suppressor.

mcgruff10 · March 25

Change the power source to what?

SVRDhand13 · March 25

mcgruff10 said:

Change the power source to what?

A power supply that isolates each pedal. They're expensive though.

lexicondevil · March 25

Does it do this when you go direct or only when using pedals? I remember having this problem a while ago, can't remember exactly what I did, but I think I removed one of my overdrive pedals from the board, and it seemed to eliminate the buzz.

SVRDhand13 · March 25

lexicondevil said:

Does it do this when you go direct or only when using pedals? I remember having this problem a while ago, can't remember exactly what I did, but I think I removed one of my overdrive pedals from the board, and it seemed to eliminate the buzz.

Also do you have the 1991 pedal? Mine is very noisy.

dudeman · March 25

mcgruff10 said:

8 way daisy chain plugged into the wall.

If I were you, I would start with a power strip with circuit protection and surge suppression and plug your amp and effects pedals into it.

Guitar Center sells relatively inexpensive LiveWire power strips and they work well. One of those eliminated a lot of noise from my guitar rig.

Also, check your house wiring to make sure the outlet you're using is properly grounded and doesn't have reversed polarity. I have seen that even in newly built homes.

lexicondevil · March 26

SVRDhand13 said:

lexicondevil said:

Does it do this when you go direct or only when using pedals? I remember having this problem a while ago, can't remember exactly what I did, but I think I removed one of my overdrive pedals from the board, and it seemed to eliminate the buzz.

Also do you have the 1991 pedal? Mine is very noisy.

I personally haven't noticed my 1991 pedal being noisy, but I honestly don't use it that much. It is on the board, but I prefer my Crayon pedal for a bit of overdrive.

SVRDhand13 · March 26

lexicondevil said:

SVRDhand13 said:

lexicondevil said:

Does it do this when you go direct or only when using pedals? I remember having this problem a while ago, can't remember exactly what I did, but I think I removed one of my overdrive pedals from the board, and it seemed to eliminate the buzz.

Also do you have the 1991 pedal? Mine is very noisy.

I personally haven't noticed my 1991 pedal being noisy, but I honestly don't use it that much. It is on the board, but I prefer my Crayon pedal for a bit of overdrive.

I have not heard of anyone else having a problem with the 1991 pedal but unfortunately I think I got a dud. Bass knob fell off the first time and I twisted it and still causes me problems. It's very frustrating.

Which crayon? JHS or Electro-Harmonix?

lexicondevil · March 26

SVRDhand13 said:

lexicondevil said:

SVRDhand13 said:

lexicondevil said:

Does it do this when you go direct or only when using pedals? I remember having this problem a while ago, can't remember exactly what I did, but I think I removed one of my overdrive pedals from the board, and it seemed to eliminate the buzz.

Also do you have the 1991 pedal? Mine is very noisy.

I personally haven't noticed my 1991 pedal being noisy, but I honestly don't use it that much. It is on the board, but I prefer my Crayon pedal for a bit of overdrive.

I have not heard of anyone else having a problem with the 1991 pedal but unfortunately I think I got a dud. Bass knob fell off the first time and I twisted it and still causes me problems. It's very frustrating.

Which crayon? JHS or Electro-Harmonix?

Electro. I didn't know there was another one, until you asked. I really dig that pedal for giving me just a little umph. I'm sure many pedals can do the same thing, but this is the first one that worked exactly as I'd hoped.
Sux about your 91. Wonder if you could write them about it?

Go Beavers · March 28

SVRDhand13 said:

lexicondevil said:

Does it do this when you go direct or only when using pedals? I remember having this problem a while ago, can't remember exactly what I did, but I think I removed one of my overdrive pedals from the board, and it seemed to eliminate the buzz.

Also do you have the 1991 pedal? Mine is very noisy.

Something I never heard about but I came across it the other day. I got a new Chase Bliss Blooper and put it next to my Zvex Distortron, and it made the Distortron sound horrendous. Tons of noise and static to where it was unusable. Everything went to normal after separating them on my board.

dudeman · April 6

Found a good deal on an ESP 400-Series neck so I turned this Fender into a Partscaster. The neck is from 1991 and feels like an old, comfortable pair of shoes. Totally transformed this guitar.

The nice thing about Fender guitars is that I can swap it back to stock in probably 10 minutes or so.

lexicondevil · April 16

Cool! I've never messed around with switching out any parts on guitars. Maybe I'll get motivated in the future.

dudeman · April 16

lexicondevil said:

Cool! I've never messed around with switching out any parts on guitars. Maybe I'll get motivated in the future.

This is the first one I've really experimented on. The stock Fender neck had a ski jump warp that was beyond my ability to fix. I bought a replacement Fender neck with a Pau Ferro fretboard that is really nice and feels great, but I never loved the way it looked on this body. When I came across a good deal on this ESP neck, I jumped on it and really like the way it looks AND feels. The rosewood is nice and dark, the frets are finished perfectly and the quartersawn maple is very resonant. I can feel the whole guitar vibrating through me when I play it. Neither of the Fender necks I had on there did that.

DE4173 · April 17

Happy Thursday everyone!

Quick question to ask if anyone has had any luck negotiating price on guitars at Sweetwater?

I'm a first time customer, so maybe not as successful as a frequent buyer, but was just curious.

Thank you for your time! 🎸🤘🔥

Looking to upgrade from Hondo H76 I bought in 1988-89 🤣

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gimmesometruth27 · April 18

i've never negotiated with sweetwater. if it is an expensive item i just finance it at 0% and pay it off that way. i will negotiate in person in stores all the time, but that usually only works when i have cash in hand or if i am trading something in towards it.

DE4173 · April 18

Thanks! 🫡

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