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post 1629372033 01-22-2021, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted By Dominik
Twilight Zone.

He seems pretty happy. Personally I'm not a fan of that cawk shaped control plate but otherwise it's not really offensive. Ibanez has zero interest in cloning Fenders so the new line was always going to have a few polarizing tweaks. More importantly I can't hear any difference between the Chapin and the Ibanez when he's playing them. I'll bet that roasted neck feels great and build quality is superior to a $2500 Fender.
They have an all black one that doesn’t have that control plate, comes with jumbo stainless frets too. Not bad looking at all.

For what they’ll be charging for his instrument (artist prestige), with medium
, non stainless frets and that control plate are a no for me.

I am curious to try one of those AZ necks though
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Originally Posted By cjmadscientist
They have an all black one that doesn’t have that control plate, comes with jumbo stainless frets too. Not bad looking at all.

For what they’ll be charging for his instrument (artist prestige), with medium
,non stainless fretsand that control plate are a no for me.

I am curious to try one of those AZ necks though
I understand no stainless frets with reissues of vintage guitars but this obviously isn't a vintage guitar. Digging in and doing a lot of bending with 13s would quickly burn through frets so I think they dropped the ball there with the production model. I agree the one below is the best of the bunch. Also new for 2021 is a Martin Miller 7 string.



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Originally Posted By Dominik
I understand no stainless frets with reissues of vintage guitars but this obviously isn't a vintage guitar. Digging in and doing a lot of bending with 13s would quickly burn through frets so I think they dropped the ball there with the production model. I agree the one below is the best of the bunch. Also new for 2021 is a Martin Miller 7 string.



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Anyone have experience with swapping out the footswitch on a pedal? My Carcosa Fuzz has one that's failing.

I've never soldered anything.
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Originally Posted By MrBourbon
Anyone have experience with swapping out the footswitch on a pedal? My Carcosa Fuzz has one that's failing.

I've never soldered anything.
Soldering switches is easy because the pegs on the back side of switches have a little hole you can just make a j-hook with the wire shape and thread it through and just hold the iron to the wire/lug and melt some solder on it and you're good.

This assumes the switch is not soldered to a PCB, which is a whole different headache.
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Originally Posted By MrBourbon
Anyone have experience with swapping out the footswitch on a pedal? My Carcosa Fuzz has one that's failing.

I've never soldered anything.
Is it under warranty? The problem with a lot of pedals these days is the footswitch along with jacks and pots are mounted directly to the PCB. No matter how well they try to design these things there will always be some degree of flex and parts will break faster not to mention they usually use the cheapest components they can get away with and not Neutrik jacks, Carling switches, etc.

I have no experience with DOD pedals but I found this gut shot which confirms it's like TC Electronic with everything mounted to the board. Unless you can afford to experiment with it it's probably best to have someone with experience wire in a new DPDT switch. Maybe track down a local pedal builder and politely ask them if they'd do it for a few bucks. In the meantime try spraying a contact cleaner like Deoxit (or CRC 5103 on a budget) in the switch and see if that improves things.

Unless there's no way around it I try to avoid pedals built that way. Where possible I try to buy pedals that have a solid reputation or were made with a simple board and through hole assembly which I can fix myself and if something cheap has a questionable footswitch I'd feel better using it with a loop switcher.

While I'm up on the soapbox I've got a 1990s Made in Sweden Abu 6500 rocket fishing reel I strip down, put all 50 or so parts out on the table, clean them, oil, reassemble, and can enjoy for a lifetime. Parts are cheap and readily available. Beats using some Chinese junk for $50 that will eventually break, can't be serviced, and ends up as landfill. I wish more stuff was like that reel.
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...compare it to this.

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Originally Posted By Auburn
Soldering switches is easy because the pegs on the back side of switches have a little hole you can just make a j-hook with the wire shape and thread it through and just hold the iron to the wire/lug and melt some solder on it and you're good.

This assumes the switch is not soldered to a PCB, which is a whole different headache.
Originally Posted By Dominik
Is it under warranty? The problem with a lot of pedals these days is the footswitch along with jacks and pots are mounted directly to the PCB. No matter how well they try to design these things there will always be some degree of flex and parts will break faster not to mention they usually use the cheapest components they can get away with and not Neutrik jacks, Carling switches, etc.

I have no experience with DOD pedals but I found this gut shot which confirms it's like TC Electronic with everything mounted to the board. Unless you can afford to experiment with it it's probably best to have someone with experience wire in a new DPDT switch. Maybe track down a local pedal builder and politely ask them if they'd do it for a few bucks. In the meantime try spraying a contact cleaner like Deoxit (or CRC 5103 on a budget) in the switch and see if that improves things.

Unless there's no way around it I try to avoid pedals built that way. Where possible I try to buy pedals that have a solid reputation or were made with a simple board and through hole assembly which I can fix myself and if something cheap has a questionable footswitch I'd feel better using it with a loop switcher.

While I'm up on the soapbox I've got a 1990s Made in Sweden Abu 6500 rocket fishing reel I strip down, put all 50 or so parts out on the table, clean them, oil, reassemble, and can enjoy for a lifetime. Parts are cheap and readily available. Beats using some Chinese junk for $50 that will eventually break, can't be serviced, and ends up as landfill. I wish more stuff was like that reel.
Thanks guys. I just called the local and it's $80 an hour for service, and the pedal was $90. I think I'll start with some Deoxit and if that doesn't fix it may give it a go myself after practicing my soldering. It is indeed attached to the PCB and there's also some foam on the back of the PCB which appears to be glued on. Hell of a fuzz for the money but it does seem like it's going to be harder to service because of that.
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Originally Posted By MrBourbon
Thanks guys. I just called the local and it's $80 an hour for service, and the pedal was $90. I think I'll start with some Deoxit and if that doesn't fix it may give it a go myself after practicing my soldering. It is indeed attached to the PCB and there's also some foam on the back of the PCB which appears to be glued on. Hell of a fuzz for the money but it does seem like it's going to be harder to service because of that.
Good luck. Hopefully some contact cleaner is all it needs for now.

I realize doing production runs in the thousands every cent counts but it's a shame they cut corners with cheap components and especially one that will be subjected to a lot of on/off cycles. There are plenty of Boss pedals from the 80s still going strong so it's disappointing when you find something you like and it starts crapping out after a few years and worst of all they make it difficult to service and not cost effective to send it back for servicing either.
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I would consider trashing it and grabbing one of the JHS fuzz pedals if you really love a good fuzz. They have a lot of options. If you're after a specific sound of vintage, they have 4 different "legend" series pedals. Their Muffuletta has a 6 way voicing knob to alter the shape/character of the fuzz and their 3 series fuzz is a simple $99 3 knob fuzz but still built pro.

JHS are top of the heap IMO when it comes to pedals. Wampler is up there too. There's tons of others who make incredible units but once you leave JHS and Wampler, Keeley, etc, you start going into "wierd" pedals from companies who make your reverb, delay, chorus, etc pedals but have unique twists to how they can mainpulate the sound.
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Originally Posted By rollerball
If you wanna play like yngwie, you gotta start learning fast stuff.
This solo sounds good but these types of solos will not improve speed and accuracy
So learn Yngwie songs on my SG
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Originally Posted By CherryPopinski
So learn Yngwie songs on my SG
I have no idea who Yngwie is but I'm a firm believer in the you make the gear the gear doesn't make you camp especially when it comes to electrics.

SGs are nice and you should be able to play whatever you want on one
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Originally Posted By TBO1313
I have no idea who Yngwie is but I'm a firm believer in the you make the gear the gear doesn't make you camp especially when it comes to electrics.

SGs are nice and you should be able to play whatever you want on one
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Originally Posted By rollerball
wtf, of course. why not?
It doesn’t have a tremolo but I’ll try lol. I’m so used to playing my SG that a Fender neck feels so thin to me now.
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I am pretty sure Yngwie scalloped the frets of the neck too so he could play that. What that means is the wood between the frets was sanded away so you could more effortlessly move up and down the neck. They do the same thing to sitars. My room mate in college, yes it was mid '80's did it so he could play Yngwie.

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Originally Posted By rollerball
tremolos and neck thickness doesn't matter, nor does playing a fender.
who gives a chit what your guitar is, just learn his fukking songs.

start with the first minute of far beyond the sun.
Lol I know I’m making excuses, I just get side tracked riffing out on Sabbath, and Motörhead stuff.
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Originally Posted By Uber_Dad
I am pretty sure Yngwie scalloped the frets of the neck too so he could play that. What that means is the wood between the frets was sanded away so you could more effortlessly move up and down the neck. They do the same thing to sitars. My room mate in college, yes it was mid '80's did it so he could play Yngwie.

There is a huge difference in guitar play ability. If you haven't done so, get a pro to setup your guitar.
I actually have a late 80’s strat with a scalloped neck but it desperately needs a proper setup and the fret ends need to be filed.
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Originally Posted By Uber_Dad
I am pretty sure Yngwie scalloped the frets of the neck too so he could play that. What that means is the wood between the frets was sanded away so you could more effortlessly move up and down the neck. They do the same thing to sitars. My room mate in college, yes it was mid '80's did it so he could play Yngwie.

There is a huge difference in guitar play ability. If you haven't done so, get a pro to setup your guitar.
If you have proper left hand technique (efficient and light touch), scallops make zero difference in speed. If you have ****ty left hand technique, then your intonation will be sharp all over the place and you'll get caught between the strings.

An argument could be made that one with poor technique would benefit from scallops because they need to press lighter to play in tune and be more precise to not get tangled between strings, but in my experience, if these people can't hear it, they won't fix it - scallops or not.

Scallops do do make a difference for bending, for a variety of reasons. You can pretty easily get a 2 or 2.5 step bend on the G-string at the 2nd fret with the 1st finger by hooking the finger, for example.
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What up, boyos. Got tired of just drinking and playing videogames and recently got back into practicing!

Over December I started listening to Polyphia and legit inspired me to want to start practicing again, I've played since middle school but have only been plinkin' around the last 7 years.

My gear isn't the greatest but it was rewarding to clean stuff up and make some repairs while I was putting new strings on, and the sentimental value is more than anything. The N4 needed it's bridge pickup retainer ring replaced and while it only has a Licensed Floyd, I finally correctly set it to float parallel with the body. The Les Paul is a cheap knock off, but it has Gibson pickups and both guitars I re-wired, insulated, and re-potted back when I was in college.

And yeah, its a Blue Voodoo, lol. El34s, a good clean channel and the dirty channel is good when EQ'd right. As a kid it was cheap, a 2 channel tube combo, loud as fuark, and I was chasing after unattainable metal tones (No More Tears Zakk Wylde era aka JCM 800 cranked to 10 and guitars recorded 4 times and 1992 Nuno Bettencourt aka ADA MP-1s), I've made peace with the fact the Blue Voodoo cannot do that, haha. In all honesty I probably will do a speaker upgrade in the next year or 2, thinkin' vintage 30s or greenbacks.









And to think I used to lol at guitarists like Eric Johnson who just stood there and played meanwhile it's what I've been playing on a loop for 2 months.


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Originally Posted By JaymzJ
Pinched harmonics, cannot figure it out for the life of me.
This is a good tutorial

Originally Posted By lmnopotts
What up, boyos. Got tired of just drinking and playing videogames and recently got back into practicing!

Over December I started listening to Polyphia and legit inspired me to want to start practicing again, I've played since middle school but have only been plinkin' around the last 7 years.
Welcome back to the fold! What have you been practicing to get back into the swing of things?
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Originally Posted By DerkBezerk
Welcome back to the fold! What have you been practicing to get back into the swing of things?
Non-boring stuff:
Queen - '39, Tie your mother down, Brighton Rock (all good stumming stuff and chords)
Extreme - Cupid's Dead
Ozzy - Desire
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Boring stuff:
Scales, lol
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Originally Posted By lmnopotts
Non-boring stuff:
Queen - '39, Tie your mother down, Brighton Rock (all good stumming stuff and chords)
Extreme - Cupid's Dead
Ozzy - Desire
Steve Vai - Eugene's Trick Bag
Polyphia - Blood Moon

Boring stuff:
Scales, lol
I just checked out Blood Moon...Tim Henson is a madman.

I don't know about you but the biggest challenge I've found when picking back up is rebuilding pick hand endurance. I'm a sucker for 80's thrash and trying to get the speed back for songs like Disposable Heroes was a chore.
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