Your next guitar?

[hibidy]

Is it just weird that I'm 45, buying a "kids" guitar, and trying to learn Satriani stuff

[egbert]

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

None of the verses seem to mention a whammy bar specifically but I'm sure that is what he had in mind

[Ian B]

I just bought this one, came on Thursday:
http://www.imuso.co.uk/Acoustic-Guitars ... ar-Natural



I will keep it, got a nice sound due to the nylons.
Will be trying the pickup today.
The action I need to fix, bit high, but good quality build and stuff.

The reason I wanted this is it is basically a classical but with an acoustic neck, meaning it's not really wide, so I don't have to adapt.

I intend on using it for gigs with a mashall acoustic amp with two inputs git/mic,

cu

Nice

If it's half as much fun to play as my recently acquired Skylark roundback classical, your other guitars will soon be neglected. I picked up one of my electrics yesterday, for the first time in about 2 weeks, and what a never mind the much slimmer neck, using steel strings again did nothing for my fingertips Like yours, the action on this nylon strung was a tad high for my liking, but my tech lowered it while giving it a full setup. It will go lower still imo, but is eminently playable as it stands.

[susiwong]

Is it just weird that I'm 45, buying a "kids" guitar, and trying to learn Satriani stuff

Really ?

One of these ?



I always knew you'd make it big time !

Lol,
susiwong

[bluelife]

Hi, yeah it's really good, I still haven't tried the pickup, but will soon.
I didn't actually have an acoustic any more, I sold it a while back.
I tried a Fender too but sent it back (steel string).
This one is really nice to play, maybe I'll do the action myself, but it doesn't bother me too much, high action means it's louder when not plugged in,

cu then

richard

[Dean Aka Nekro]

Is it just weird that I'm 45, buying a "kids" guitar, and trying to learn Satriani stuff

Im 27, Does that make me a kid? (Otherwise i feel abit old today (probably slept funny)

@susiwong guess whom out my kin got within to an inch of persuading me into buying that very Squire guitar? Yep my 5-year old Molly who is relentless!

In the end She got this smaller one:


Dean

[susiwong]

@susiwong guess whom out my kin got within to an inch of persuading me into buying that very Squire guitar? Yep my 5-year old Molly who is relentless!

In the end She got this smaller one:


Dean

Not wanting to give you any ideas, but I bet it would make a cute little hellbilly ukulele if you could paint it black and mess with the PUs a bit.
In return Molly could paint that Ibanez any colour as long as it's pink ...
Lol,
susiwong

Nice photo btw !

[rectus_dominus]

If that poor Ibanez would be painted to pink, I suppose there'd be histerical weeping for days.
Anyway, not a next guitar; but maybe my next guitar stuff: I'd like to ask if a Digitech pedal can make a usable DI box alternative, with it's mixer output? Usable means that my guitar's sound won't get raped by evil impedance differences.
Thanks for help! Cheers

[susiwong]

If that poor Ibanez would be painted to pink, I suppose there'd be histerical weeping for days.
Anyway, not a next guitar; but maybe my next guitar stuff: I'd like to ask if a Digitech pedal can make a usable DI box alternative, with it's mixer output? Usable means that my guitar's sound won't get raped by evil impedance differences.
Thanks for help! Cheers

Check out the input specs, the impedance should be 1 MegOhm or above for proper PU loading.
True Bypass won't help in this scenario, obviously, you might just as well plug directly into the soundcard then.
And you definitely don't want to go digital and back again.
The Waves PRS GTR Interface can be had for $85 here http://www.jrrshop.com/catalog/waves-in ... -7284.html using the forum discount, well worth a recommendation imho.
Cheers,
susiwong

[rectus_dominus]

Sorry, I didn't really understood the first part of your post.
I thought that if I plug in the guitar to the Digitech pedal, then plug the pedal to my soundcard (via mixer output), I won't have impedance issues.
As far as I knew, mixers have the same line level impedance as integrated soundcards.

Is it true that if I want distorted sound, I can use the pedal, but if I want clean, then I just turn the processing off; while it still converts my high guitar impedance to low line level for the soundcard. I guess I don't need true bypass if I want to lower my impedance (?)

About PRS: Looks nice, but I really don't want to support Waves with anything. They don't even offer any kind of tech support for my GTR Solo, I can't have an "upgrade plan" (therefore tech support) with my free license. Even if I have it in principle.
Also, if I can solve my impedance problems and have a distortion as a plus for $65, I'd be really happy.

Please, correct me if I'm wrong!

[Dean Aka Nekro]

The X-Series Metal Master i have has a direct 'mixer' out, its alright but not as good as using it infront of a DI then using BoogieX or ReValver Mk II. The X-Series Tone Driver the same but its better used as an overdrive IMO oppose to a speaker emulated mixer thing, same the bad monkey od and Death Metal which i got for £20 each, tone driver was £25 & MM was £45. Just got a CM-2 Overdrive from their latest Hardwire series but that is just a straight up overdrive. The Rothwell Audio Love Squeeze compressor pedal i have can do the DI thing/Line Driver/Buffer as well as dope compression but they sell for more than Digitech's drive/distortion boxes AFAIK. A second-hand Radial Tonebone/British HotPlexi or similar might be a better option? And offer more sounds also.

Dean

So yes you can do that i think as the X-Series are all DSP. Do not know which Digitech pedal you have in mind

[susiwong]

Sorry, I didn't really understood the first part of your post.
I thought that if I plug in the guitar to the Digitech pedal, then plug the pedal to my soundcard (via mixer output), I won't have impedance issues.
As far as I knew, mixers have the same line level impedance as integrated soundcards.

Is it true that if I want distorted sound, I can use the pedal, but if I want clean, then I just turn the processing off; while it still converts my high guitar impedance to low line level for the soundcard. I guess I don't need true bypass if I want to lower my impedance (?)

About PRS: Looks nice, but I really don't want to support Waves with anything. They don't even offer any kind of tech support for my GTR Solo, I can't have an "upgrade plan" (therefore tech support) with my free license. Even if I have it in principle.
Also, if I can solve my impedance problems and have a distortion as a plus for $65, I'd be really happy.

Please, correct me if I'm wrong!

Total reset for one moment, please, and forget about all you heard.
It's actually pretty simple.
1. The only connection that matters impedancewise is between a passive guitar and whatever it's plugged into directly, 1 MegOhm or more will keep you safe from treble loss and warped frequency response.
2. A pedal in true bypass mode is nonexistent electrically, it reappears as soon as you switch it on. Then it has an input impedance of course, see above.
3. The easiest solution (not the best) actually is a non-bypass pedal in bypass mode, any BOSS or Ibanez would do the job, kinda.
4. Pretty sure you'll hurt Waves more if you actually buy their DI , I don't think they are making profit off that thing, it is meant to help sell software. I'm not their biggest fan either but it's hard to argue with the build quality of the DI.
Of course there are alternatives, like Dean pointed out, but most cost a lot more.
5. Speaker emulation is a completely different topic, suffice it to say for use with ampsims you don't want speaker emulation before the PC, period.
6. And finally, symmetric wiring (2 wires + shield) arguably is more needed for mics, really long asymmetrical cable runs (up to 10m or more) with line level rarely cause issues when using HQ cable ime.

Hope that clears things up a little,
susiwong

All a bit simplified, but hey ...

[rectus_dominus]

Thanks!
I was thinking about a Digitech Death Metal, but I think I'll go for a Boss SD-1. At least it would be used always

[susiwong]

Thanks!
I was thinking about a Digitech Death Metal, but I think I'll go for a Boss SD-1. At least it would be used always

That'll probably work, and it's one of the classic circuits, base for a multitude of mods and stuff.
Even in bypass it buffers your signal.
Ymmv,
susiwong

[Dean Aka Nekro]

SD-1 Cant go wrong with that one. I like them alot FWIW