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Talkbass vs the Real World

#25
As far as guitars that keep going out of tune, I had huge issues with my Epiphone Les Paul with a Bigsby going out of tune...

• First I tried swapping in a roller bridge and lubing the nut--helped a bit...
• Then I had the nut replaced with graphite nut--maybe helped a bit...
• Then I changed strings... a set of .010's instead of .009's... and had locking tuners put on--helped more, but still going out of tune too much too easily...
• Then recently I put on a set of .011's, with a wound G (Blue Steels), and did not thread the strings under the tension bar (which adds downward tension to the strings behind the bridge; I figured I wouldn't need it with the heavier strings, so now the strings pass clear over the tension bar between the bridge and the string anchors)----FINALLY the thing stays more or less in tune... it feels a LOT more stable, less prone to temperature changes, and the tone is much better, much more clarity and with a really pleasing note contour... I guess this particular guitar just needs at least .011's on it to be happy...
 
#26
MikeBass said:
<SNIP> Just because your bank account allows you to have some great gear does NOT mean you have the knowledge that goes with some of that gear.
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I see this in all walks of life; the belief that one's ability to afford equipment of a certain price or quality level conveys upon the owner a sense of superiority commensurate with the gear they own.

The guy typically shows up with stellar gear and a big chip on his shoulder. He talks a good game, but doesn't play well with others, and has no observable sense of humility; these guys are usually outplayed by the quiet guy with huge ears using run-of-the-mill gear.
 
#31
sloasdaylight said:
No, but not simply because some one plays out all the time doesn't mean that they're any more knowledgeable about their gear or how to have anything sit in a mix than some one who records in his own studio. I was playing a gig the other day with a band that's probably played 100 shows the last 2 years, and their bass player's EQ was so bad he was clipping his amp all show.
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My point was, the guy who doesn't do either, but talks like he's a seasoned pro........
You can track all day long by yourself, and get good results. But that doesn't make you a studio musician because you record yourself a lot.

I've logged close to 200 gigs thus far this year alone.
And literally thousands in the last 25 years.
But it's the guy who sits at home either tracking with his Mac and a Digi-001 but will tell you how to get a good sound through a Neve counsel. Or will tell you how to EQ to get you bass to cut through on a big stage etc.....
 
#32
lunarpollen said:
As far as guitars that keep going out of tune, I had huge issues with my Epiphone Les Paul with a Bigsby going out of tune...

&#8226; First I tried swapping in a roller bridge and lubing the nut--helped a bit...
&#8226; Then I had the nut replaced with graphite nut--maybe helped a bit...
&#8226; Then I changed strings... a set of .010's instead of .009's... and had locking tuners put on--helped more, but still going out of tune too much too easily...
&#8226; Then recently I put on a set of .011's, with a wound G (Blue Steels), and did not thread the strings under the tension bar (which adds downward tension to the strings behind the bridge; I figured I wouldn't need it with the heavier strings, so now the strings pass clear over the tension bar between the bridge and the string anchors)----FINALLY the thing stays more or less in tune... it feels a LOT more stable, less prone to temperature changes, and the tone is much better, much more clarity and with a really pleasing note contour... I guess this particular guitar just needs at least .011's on it to be happy...
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call me crazy but if I was going to swap out parts in the hopes of getting my instrument to hold better tuning the first thing i'd go for would probably be the tuners
 
#38
actually me and my friend noticed this recently. we were talking about speeker dispersion (or however you spell it) and the phycology of the people who use neo cabs. my mum walked past and said "jesus christ. its a box with a speeker in it. it doesnt sound that hard to fathom"

or i was talking to my gf and i got on the subject of the 6l6 power tube and she just said "do you just make up words and expect people to understand you"
 
#39
Jazzdogg said:
I see this in all walks of life; the belief that one's ability to afford equipment of a certain price or quality level conveys upon the owner a sense of superiority commensurate with the gear they own.
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This I agree with; let's call such people "gear snobs".
Jazzdogg said:
... these guys are usually outplayed by the quiet guy with huge ears using run-of-the-mill gear.
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This I don't necessarily agree with. There are such people as "reverse gear snobs" who think that using cheap gear automatically makes them better than people with expensive gear.
 

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