The Guitar Thread • Page 80

Short scales are fun but it depends on what you're gonna use it for. It'd be a fun second bass but I don't think I'd have one as my main bass unless it was just for messing around on.

 

i want that indie thump

but i also like post rock so thats where the p bass tones come in i think

 

Just installed the Staytrem collett & arm on my jazzmaster and I am soooo glad I did. There’s an element of too good to be true - it’s so smooth while strumming but then really does stay exactly where you let go of it. I had opted against it when I initially ordered all the parts because I figured it was worth seeing how the stock AVRI arm was but it’s not even close - wasted $20 trying to save $30 in the big picture.

 

New toy let’s get fuzzy

 

nice, i prefer the silicon ones but I prefer pretty much any fuzz face to a muff

 

Yeah for sure I played the Hendrix Silicon one, this germanium one and the op amp big muff at the shop today and liked both fuzz faces a lot deciding factor was just that the germanium one cleans up a bit when you roll back the guitar volume which is kind of cool To get some variance in tone with a strat.
The muff was just over the top and thin sounding

 

germanium with single coils is worth all the hype

 

I never get much joy out of the standard EHX muffs. The green russian variants and many of the clones made by others are way better. Strange to have a situation where buying the original isn't the way to go...

 

Absolutely agree, standard muff does nothing for me but I feel like boutique variants usually nail it for me. Even the cheap muff clone by Deadbeat sounds better to the original to me haha

 

i dont like scooped mids so im not really into muffs

 

there’s a clarity to open chords with it that definitely gives it its application, as well as neck pickup leads, but yeah. it’s a bit overrated.

 

I’m late to the discussion, but those Squier Affinity Precision basses with the PJ layout sound real good for the money.
As far as short scales go, you could absolutely make a short scale your main bass. I’ve been through p basses, sting rays, a grabber, and I always come back to shorts. My main now is a Squier Bronco I swapped tuners, nut, and put in a Curtis Novak Musicmaster-sized P pickup.
If you want short scale indie thump, check out that Justin-Meldal Johnsen signature Mustang. Comes standard with flats.

 

I have a Russian big muff clone and it's great for bass or doomy guitar stuff.

 

Sold a guitar and picked up a few pedals / rebuilt my board. This QTron+ is soooooo fun, that I don’t trust myself with loving you tone in a box.

 

i love my helix but sometimes i miss the fun of building a board

 

anyone fuck around at all with out of phase parallel pickups?

comes standard on mustangs and sometimes non standard on teles

 

think i might sell my dunable. for the price the custom shop ones like mine go for i can grab a nice strat and a nice tele

 

i put a switch on and old jazzmaster style guitar that did this - it was cool but i never ended up using it so i took it off. I preferred a switch that took my pickups from parallel to series.

 

Just finished up building my TS808 clone from BYOC, did the asymmetrical clipping mod on it and it sounds awesome. Definitely recommend their stuff i’m for sure building some more. Kinda fucked up the knob placement on the graphic I did for it but otherwise turned out great haha

 

sold the dunable. have about 3.5k to spend on two or three guitars. i’d like a strat to be one of them. i’m thinking a 335/ricky/gretsch for the other. any takes/opinions?

 

Which strats are you looking at / what are you wanting to spend on one?

 

i mean i’d probably split it down the middle between the two guitars so around 1.5-2k, depending on what i decide on for the second guitar. if i go 335, probably less than that since those can be $$

as for types, i’m not crazy about recent fender stuff so mostly been looking at slightly older ones or outside builders like nash or berly

 

The American original 60s strats are pretty great, the necks on those are perfect.
Could probably find a used PRS Silver Sky for around 2k those are beautiful.

also for something different I’ve been looking at these lately they’re pretty cool

https://www.baranikguitars.com/re-1s

 

that’s insane hahaha

 

If you want a 335 type and don't want to break the bank, have a look at Eastman guitars. Their T486 and T59 would be 335 equivalents. They're basically a handmade instrument company who are based in China (started with violins I think). I played one of their T386 models years ago and was shocked at how far £900 went.