The Official Guitar Thread

Noodleface · Feb 19, 2020

Julian The Apostate said:
I got a Victoria 20112 amp which is basically a late 50’s Fender Tweed Deluxe 5e3 with a some modern improvements like a better speaker and half power switch. Decided on this over a 12” champ clone for home use. Despite having some of the most archaic and unintuitive volume and tone control this amp sounds insanely good for its niche. Beautiful cleans to amazing rolling stone and Neil young tweed tone. I plugged my acoustic into it and it sounded really nice as well. I’m fucking thrilled with this amp. Only negative so far is getting up into distorted tones, even with the half power switch, is still a little too loud for home use.

Try an OD pedal?

Julian The Apostate · Feb 20, 2020

Noodleface said:
Try an OD pedal?

Not yet but I have a Soul Food OD that I’m gonna try with it. Nice playing by the way, watched some of you’re twitch steam and I was super impressed. That level of playing is so far beyond me it’s difficult to wrap my head around.

Julian The Apostate · Feb 20, 2020

I have a feeling Alex and some others bro’s here can shred too. Let’s see it boys!

Noodleface · Feb 20, 2020

I can't really shred hah, but thanks

Very rusty since I'm inconsistent

Julian The Apostate · Feb 20, 2020

I bet Dom can shred.

Julian The Apostate · Feb 20, 2020

I got drunk and learned the majority of Cant you Hear me knocking and She talks to angels tonight. I feel like the fucking God of Rock N Roll.

Noodleface · Feb 20, 2020

That's what it's all about

jooka · Feb 20, 2020

I've got a few toneprint pedals I like quite a bit so this is really interesting to me. Price is supposed to be around $400 or so which seems very reasonable.

FX include Hall Of Fame 2 Reverb, Flashback 2 Delay, Sub n Up Octaver, Brainwaves Pitch Shifter, Corona Chorus, Hypergravity Compressor, Mimiq Doubler, Vortex Flanger, Pipeline Tap Tremolo, Quintessence Harmony, Sentry Noise Gate, Shaker Vibrato

Noodleface · Feb 23, 2020

Busted out my Les Paul for the first time in years. Damn thing sounds amazing. Unplayable due to frets though. This is the year I do it

Julian The Apostate · Feb 24, 2020

Noodleface said:
Busted out my Les Paul for the first time in years. Damn thing sounds amazing. Unplayable due to frets though. This is the year I do it

Are you saying your frets are shot or LP frets in general? I feel the exact same way about my Les Paul but just that I don’t care for the low frets anymore. Since I’ve gotten my Suhr Standard with it’s the main guitar I play and it now impossible to go back to the low frets on my LP.

Noodleface · Feb 24, 2020

Julian The Apostate said:
Are you saying your frets are shot or LP frets in general? I feel the exact same way about my Les Paul but just that I don’t care for the low frets anymore. Since I’ve gotten my Suhr Standard with it’s the main guitar I play and it now impossible to go back to the low frets on my LP.

My frets are basically completely flat/gone on it, causes some frets to be entirely out of tune even though the guitar is tuned. Might even replace them with stainless steel like my kiesel

Julian The Apostate · Feb 24, 2020

I just bought my first vintage amp. I walked into a local store and they had a ‘68 Vibro Champ there for $950 in good condition, said he’d take $700 for it. It sounded great and I need a clean amp for home use so why the fuck not. Still has the 2 prong electric cord. You guys think I should change it to 3 prong?

jooka · Feb 24, 2020

Couldn't hurt as long as you can put it back to spec later on if you were to sell it.

Noodleface · Feb 24, 2020

I'd definitely do it , from an electrical standpoint

sukik · Feb 26, 2020

If you're in the mood for some gear porn, Premier Guitar did a rig rundown at Rick Beato's studio.

Janx · Feb 26, 2020

Need a mic for vocals. Any recommendations that wont break the bank?

Noodleface · Feb 26, 2020

SM7b is the king shit, but you can also use sm57/58

pharmakos · Feb 26, 2020

Janx said:
Need a mic for vocals. Any recommendations that wont break the bank?

Are Shure SM58s still the standard for good and affordable? I'd assume that hasn't changed too much

Edit -- yeah what Noodz said

jooka · Feb 26, 2020

Epic show last night:

Mick Fleetwood And Friends Celebrate The Music Of Peter Green, London Palladium, February 25, 2020 setlist

1. Rolling Man
2. Homework
3. Dr Brown (featuring Billy Gibbons on vocals and guitar)
4. All Your Love (featuring Billy Gibbons on guitar, Steven Tyler on vocals)
5. Rattlesnake Shake
6. Stop Messin' Around (featuring Christine McVie on vocals and keyboards)
7. Looking for somebody (featuring Christine McVie on vocals and keyboards)
8. Sandy Mary (featuring Noel Gallagher)
9. Love that burns (featuring Noel Gallagher)
10. The World Keeps Turning (featuring Noel Gallagher)
11. Like Crying
12. No Place To Go
13. Station Man (featuring Pete Townshend on guitar and vocals)
14. Man Of The World (featuring Neil Finn on vocals)
15. Oh Well, Part I (featuring Billy Gibbons on guitar, Steven Tyler on vocals)
16. Oh Well, Part II (featuring David Gilmour on guitar)
17. Need Your Love So Bad
18. Black Magic Woman
19. The Sky Is Crying (featuring Jeremy Spencer on guitar and vocals)
20. I Can't Hold On (featuring Jeremy Spencer on guitar and vocals)
21. The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) (featuring Kirk Hammett)
22. Albatross (featuring David Gilmour on lap steel guitar)
23. Shake Your Moneymaker (All-star finale)

Alex · Feb 29, 2020

Julian The Apostate said:
I just bought my first vintage amp. I walked into a local store and they had a ‘68 Vibro Champ there for $950 in good condition, said he’d take $700 for it. It sounded great and I need a clean amp for home use so why the fuck not. Still has the 2 prong electric cord. You guys think I should change it to 3 prong?

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I have a '66 Vibro Champ (blackface) and I never changed it. Got it in fantastic condition. Still has the original Russian tubes. Only had to change the speaker. Never play the amp anymore since I got my Orange TH30. I've considered selling it over the years, but I'd rather keep it than get like $1,200 for it.

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