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04-13-2016, 09:33 AM | #361 | |
Minion of Satan
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Anyone have a good rec for a bass compressor?
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04-13-2016, 11:45 AM | #362 | |
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I compared JJ 6550s, Groove Tubes 6550s, and Ruby KT88s for the 6550 spots in my S-500, and tried both JJ and GT 6L6s in those spots, and a variety of 12AX7s in those spots. On one side, I ended up going with JJs for the 6L6 spots, and Ruby KT88 for the 6550 spots. And all GT on the other side, and Electro-Harmonix in the 12AX7 spots. With this setup, the two sides of the amp make different kind of tone, volume levels, and high-gain impressions. I like them both. The GTs that I have on one side make a kind of squishy-mucusy attack that I like, and a crunchier, more rumpled type of gain, and flabbier lower-end, while the attack on the JJ / Ruby side is less pronounced, and the gain is more staticy and open-sounding, and the lower-end is more tightly controlled. Switching between JJ 6550s and Ruby KT88s for the 6550 spot on the JJ 6L6s side produces a minor difference, but I felt that the gain was more even and broader, and the lower-end larger with the Ruby KT88s. With enough tube sets to fill one side of this amp 4 times, and with spares tubes to replace any that go bad, I hope I'm set with tubes for this thing for at least the next 20 years. Though, the impression I get from what other people have said on the matter is that JJs aren't the most durable tubes. Last edited by he/she/it : 04-14-2016 at 03:06 AM. |
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04-13-2016, 10:21 PM | #363 |
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well i guess all this terminology might as well literally be about shit:
* squishy-mucusy attack * crunchier, more rumpled * flabbier lower-end related articles: >>> Why doesn't Corgan ever let it rip anymore?>>> |
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04-16-2016, 01:48 AM | #364 |
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I like Mexican strats too, they're lighter than the USA and you feel ok about punishing em with sweat and weather and stuff
Elph if it sounds good through your computer can you just find a way to run your computer out to a PA for live stuff? Until you get an amp/pedals you like? |
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04-16-2016, 05:10 AM | #365 | |
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Even if this sounds tricky at first, it comes down to muscle memorization, and developed-precision. Think of a baby learning to hold a cup, or maneuvering a crayon with their hand. They aren't very graceful or exact with it. But as an adult, you hardly even have to be conscious to do the same things with exactness. Also, a lot of guitarists hold their guitar's neck in a manner that keeps their thumb draped over the low E-string a lot ( https://youtu.be/wDvlErh5zcc ). This makes it easy to mute the top two strings, if needed, or to play the low E string with the thumb. Also, your telling yourself crap about not being able to do things when you can't play harms your ability to learn. Your brain has a certain consideration equity, and if it adds up to 100, and you're giving yourself crap for not learning, then it could be, say 40 % of that equity is working against the 60% that is trying to move forward. Considerations are directional, and every thing you tell yourself will be re-considered back through your brain, and its value will either compliment, support, or offset, or antagonize the other consideration value that you're sending through your brain. So, your self-deriding expressions of how you think are also your future platform that you will make your next move from. |
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04-16-2016, 05:34 AM | #366 |
Braindead
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don't rely on your thumb to mute strings. it can work here and there, but your technique should be a mix between using your fretting hand index finger to sort of lay over the strings your not playing to mute them, using your right hand to block out strings that shouldn't be ringing, and maybe using your thumb here and there to drop the top strings from vibrating.
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04-16-2016, 05:44 AM | #367 | |
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Some players aren't thumb-fretters, but that play-style looks awkward, less maneuverable, and less fun, to me. Actually, I'm going to try this out, and see how I do it. I don't usually think about it, so I'm unsure. |
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04-16-2016, 05:52 AM | #368 |
Ownz
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I just tried it, and the thumb is a muting mainstay, which I use all over the place. As far as I can tell, the top E string can't be muted while playing the likes of an open C-chord, or the top two string in the case of an open D-chord, apart from thumb-muting action. I also use the thumb all up and down the neck, both for string-fretting, and for string-muting. I'm going to suggest that if a person plays with their thumb, like in the Jimi Hendrix style, then their thumb is probably their most frequently-engaged string-muting tool.
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04-16-2016, 02:47 PM | #369 |
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Or wimps who are afraid to show the guitar who is boss
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04-16-2016, 03:13 PM | #370 |
Braindead
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Using the thumb all over the board is interesting
I only use it to mute the low E which I find mostly useless |
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04-16-2016, 06:28 PM | #371 |
Minion of Satan
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OK so I just bought an Aural Exciter, which allegedly used to belong to Billy Corgan and was used on the pre-Gish demos.
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04-16-2016, 06:41 PM | #372 |
Ownz
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That's cool. What's the story on it belonging to BC, and you learning about it?
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04-16-2016, 06:47 PM | #373 |
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I was in a guitar shop near Boca Raton, FL about a decade ago and the owner was falling over himself trying to sell me this old practice amp he swore was unloaded to him by Billy Corgan, Sr. and was b0lly's childhood possession. He kept offering to pull out the bill of sale but I was a super awkward teenager at the time and really wanted him to leave me alone since he also wouldn't let me touch the guitars without standing over me.
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04-16-2016, 06:59 PM | #374 |
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04-16-2016, 10:41 PM | #375 |
Braindead
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lol i don't even bother stringing the D what are you a n00b or something lol
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04-17-2016, 07:42 AM | #376 |
Ownz
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I looked up the old SP ebay listings Twitter posts to see if I could find that Aural Exciter, but there wasn't mention of everything there, and I didn't see that one. Some of the signal processors mentioned in the SP ebay Twitter account, used by Billy:
DigiTech DHP-55 Preset Sound Demo (MCIS album & tour): there's no youtube vid for DHP-55, but here's one for the DHP-33 - https://youtu.be/-l3Dqz_-PI4 BBE 462 Sonic Maximizer (MCIS, Adore albums, and looks like it's in a picture of his Siamese Dream live rig): https://youtu.be/59nIe5qf2Ao https://youtu.be/dXUpG9s8oyM Digitech Valve FX (Mellon Collie, Adore, and Machina - presumably albums?): https://youtu.be/tgtsJZNUD5Y Line 6 Filter Pro (dunno where used): https://youtu.be/ibYqGIL6Bl4 Last edited by he/she/it : 04-17-2016 at 10:03 AM. |
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04-17-2016, 01:10 PM | #377 |
Minion of Satan
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Yeah I know, i checked that too earlier this week, also could not find it--hence my use of the word "allegedly" instead of "definitely" or whathaveyou. The guy is still tracking down the certificate of authenticity. No idea if I'll ever get it, and I'm fine with that. But I've always wanted an Aural Exciter, so this was my chance and it's a bonus that it might have been Corgan's.
Although, if it was an invited story, why say it was used on the pre-Gish demos instead of something more exciting like Adore or Siamese Dream? It's a really random factoid to make up that only a very specific and small demographic would care about. And who I got this from, that scene certainly doesn't care about Smashing Pumpkins at all. |
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04-17-2016, 08:51 PM | #378 |
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aural exciters are usually used in the studio to "magic up" some vocals, or thinking out of the box - maybe even guitars or drums. they basically boost a certain range of frequencies anywhere from 2khz-10khz, which on vocals is the sibilance and air.
i find it unlikely corgan owned an aural exciter when he was 19 or whatever, it's too obscure a piece of gear. but all that doesn't matter at all - if you like the way it sounds, that's your money's worth. do you use it on your guitar? |
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04-17-2016, 09:40 PM | #379 | |
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I could easily replace it with a C string or something I don't have. Anybody have a C string they're not using? Damn those things are hard to find. |
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04-17-2016, 10:41 PM | #380 |
Minion of Satan
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Does anybody have any experience with power attenuators and words of wisdom to share?
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04-17-2016, 10:49 PM | #381 |
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never get involved with a puerto rican. she will destroy your soul
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04-18-2016, 10:16 AM | #382 |
Braindead
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The idea behind dropping the low E from the majority of chords is mostly to put more space between myself and the bassist
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04-18-2016, 10:17 AM | #383 |
Braindead
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Like, I want to actually hear it
I mean in funk you pretty much NEVER would play that string Edit: An exception would be like the "Hendrix" chord which is a standard funk chord on the 5th fret where you let the open E ring Last edited by Elphenor : 04-18-2016 at 10:22 AM. |
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04-18-2016, 11:05 AM | #384 |
Minion of Satan
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You can still use the notes from the low E though, just roll off the bass on your amp or your strat's tone knobs, or use a pickup closer to the bridge. Do that and it's never gonna clash with the bass, I promise u.
Personally I would never stop playing the low E (frequently tuned to D) it's too important for the numbskull riff rock I like to play |
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04-18-2016, 06:49 PM | #385 |
Braindead
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I use an all of the above approach even use a capo
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04-18-2016, 06:55 PM | #386 |
Braindead
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Gotta get that twinkle twinkle sound
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04-18-2016, 10:25 PM | #387 |
Minion of Satan
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You might have been better served by a Rickenbacker.
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04-18-2016, 10:46 PM | #388 | |
Minion of Satan
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Gonna use it for mixing, sweeten mixes up with it. |
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04-19-2016, 02:28 AM | #389 |
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04-19-2016, 02:58 AM | #390 |
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