Recent content by bobsbarricades

Thanks guys!! I've been thinking and playing around with what you've all said and FOR ME with these strings setup as they are and yadayada it is mostly me slapping the heck out of the strings with my left hand. A softer touch and cranking down my Konnekt 6 pre's helped in a large way to get it...

Do they make "tighter" strings? The trebles are TOO tight because of bridge issues but if I could get those lowers tighter...well I don't know it would be a plus minus thing. From my limited guitar knowledge it seems like electric guitar strings would be tighter just by being either higher guage...

When you say parallel - what do you mean exactly? Perpendicular to the strings makes sense but parallell to the fretboard? I have tried going straight 90 degrees against the string to a "swipe" and I still seem to get a lot of that "thum thum thum" sound from striking the string. On the...

Lemme start by saying I do not by any means concider myself a good bass player. I'm still trying to figure it out TBH. I'm a classically trained guitarist (without a nylon in sight =() and am working on prog rock stuff. Yippee right? Well I grabbed me a 206 a bit ago to see what it would be...

Hey...so having some issues maybe you guys can help me solve? 1) To clarify, if I have inconsistent frets that buzz, frets above the fretted note, that's what exactly? 2) I've got an Ibanez GSR206 and the intonation is such that I can't adjust the bridge saddles far enough forward. The screw...

Got some D'addario EXL170's that seem to be real nice. Thinner high's but a low .130 that doesn't flop about. Having some issues with the bridge/frets. Can you guys clarify 2 things for me? 1) If the open strings don't buzz, but then there are inconsistent, very metalic fret buzz's - how...

My word this guys a treat! This GSR206 has strings have got to be a year old and it still has better intonation, tightness of string, action, and less buzz than the Peavey. Bought it for $150. Strings though....They may well be the default strings they come with which TBH I think are perfect...

Thanks a lot for the advice! I still really like the a lot of what the brice has to offer but I feel a lot better going into this GSR206 - I DO hear lots of good things about it and I imagine a preamp upgrade would help even more down the road. I will think about how to do things without...

I'm a guitar player really just getting into 7 string and..well I need a 5 string :D Not adverse to getting a 6 as the low B (A) is really what's most important. Anyway, I've stumbled across these guys - Link Removed and Link Removed as well as a local guy who is selling his Ibanez GSR206. I...