Guitar tone, component, and pedal advice.

[madman3]

I would like a guitar with a Floyd Rose Tremolo (but would have to change my style to play it, i rest my hand on the bridge), but i have no source of income except birthdays and christmas.

You'd better wait, I'm afraid. Most forms of the cheap forms of Floyd are pretty bad. Unless you can find, say, a BC Rich Ironbird Pro for a cheap price (generally it costs around £500), you're not going to find a decent one.

[Lupus]

I tried a Jackson flying V today,(think it was Randy Rhoads signature)with the same body design as the Jackson x, you can only play it standing up (which I rarely do) I also hate tremolo bridges as i have developed a distinct playing style that doesn't work with them so it's definitely not the guitar for me : /    .I did get to try a Schecter which was awesome,but i forgot the name, it had a cream trim all around it and it had the standard schecter looking body.

[madman3]

Lol you can sit down with any V. You just need to have it classical guitar style, with the lower spike going between your legs.

Trems are fine once your used to them.

[Lupus]

No place to rest your arm, which is what i like to do. (disregard anything that was once here,i'm probably too tired to be posting)

[Lupus]

In the first two weeks of having my guitar, i raised the bridge due to neck buzz (admittedly,way too high), i just lowered it to the perfect position (no buzz but pretty low) and no longer feel that i want a new guitar, it plays so much better now (surprisingly large difference just by lowering and raising the bridge)

[madman3]

In the first two weeks of having my guitar, i raised the bridge due to neck buzz (admittedly,way too high), i just lowered it to the perfect position (no buzz but pretty low) and no longer feel that i want a new guitar, it plays so much better now (surprisingly large difference just by lowering and raising the bridge)

This is good. By spec, your guitar is pretty good for a beginner guitar. Only real improvement you can do it replace the pickups. I'd recommend Seymour Duncan JBs, Di-Marzio Super Distortions (not actually very high output but a great pickup) or Activator X (very metal oriented). Avoid EMG like the plague, as they are hard to install.

Also, remember to adjust your truss rod when your neck gets too bent.

If you need to progress in terms of gear I'd get a Blackstar HT-5. Great, fairly cheap, nice sound, reliable, versatile. Not great for live performances due to its low output wattage, but great at home for that very reason.

[Lupus]

In the first two weeks of having my guitar, i raised the bridge due to neck buzz (admittedly,way too high), i just lowered it to the perfect position (no buzz but pretty low) and no longer feel that i want a new guitar, it plays so much better now (surprisingly large difference just by lowering and raising the bridge)

This is good. By spec, your guitar is pretty good for a beginner guitar. Only real improvement you can do it replace the pickups. I'd recommend Seymour Duncan JBs, Di-Marzio Super Distortions (not actually very high output but a great pickup) or Activator X (very metal oriented). Avoid EMG like the plague, as they are hard to install.

Also, remember to adjust your truss rod when your neck gets too bent.

If you need to progress in terms of gear I'd get a Blackstar HT-5. Great, fairly cheap, nice sound, reliable, versatile. Not great for live performances due to its low output wattage, but great at home for that very reason.

It costs more than my guitar...

[madman3]

In the first two weeks of having my guitar, i raised the bridge due to neck buzz (admittedly,way too high), i just lowered it to the perfect position (no buzz but pretty low) and no longer feel that i want a new guitar, it plays so much better now (surprisingly large difference just by lowering and raising the bridge)

This is good. By spec, your guitar is pretty good for a beginner guitar. Only real improvement you can do it replace the pickups. I'd recommend Seymour Duncan JBs, Di-Marzio Super Distortions (not actually very high output but a great pickup) or Activator X (very metal oriented). Avoid EMG like the plague, as they are hard to install.

Also, remember to adjust your truss rod when your neck gets too bent.

If you need to progress in terms of gear I'd get a Blackstar HT-5. Great, fairly cheap, nice sound, reliable, versatile. Not great for live performances due to its low output wattage, but great at home for that very reason.

It costs more than my guitar...

Fairly cheap for a valve amp. As I have said previously in this topic, save up and invest.

The best quality valve amps can cost from anywhere between £800 and £2300 pounds. That's a of a lot.

[Lupus]

Also how do I know if my neck is too bent? (guessing it's a noob question.)

[madman3]

Also how do I know if my neck is too bent? (guessing it's a noob question.)

Generally just looking down the neck to see what angle it is in comparison to the body, or:

Use the method covered in the later half of this vid.

[Lupus]

Guessing via doing the technique in the video my guitars arc is fine.But i have found two badly levelled frets on the d string "13,14".

[madman3]

Guessing via doing the technique in the video my guitars arc is fine.But i have found two badly levelled frets on the d string "13,14".

Either get a fret sanding block (Stew Mac sells them from abroad) or use tape on the frets on question.

[Lupus]

These strings are "ded", going to order dunlop ones off of amazon now. I found Zakk Wylde signature strings for a pound a set by Dunlop, will get 3 of them and a set of dunlop "heaviest"

[Lupus]

Do you recommend any distortion pedals that can do a wide variety of sounds? (if that exists, like fuzzy distortion, standard etc)

[Lupus]

Oh wait, you already posted one, still recommend it?

3 posts of pure doom.

[cephalopod]

I don't really know all too much but I use Super Slinky strings on one of my guitars and Not Even Slinky's on the other, they seem to work real well.

Another question, I'm getting a new amp soon, and it can't be too expensive, so I want something that can do a fair bit but also looks nifty.
Is the Orange PiX Crush 20LDX a good bet? It even has a few built in effects, etc

[madman3]

I don't really know all too much but I use Super Slinky strings on one of my guitars and Not Even Slinky's on the other, they seem to work real well.

Another question, I'm getting a new amp soon, and it can't be too expensive, so I want something that can do a fair bit but also looks nifty.
Is the Orange PiX Crush 20LDX a good bet? It even has a few built in effects, etc

Can you be specific of what your maximum price is and what purpose you're trying to fill with the amp? Certain amps are better at certain styles and volumes.

[madman3]

Oh wait, you already posted one, still recommend it?

3 posts of pure doom.

It's great for a thrash sound.
Really, you can't get a pedal with great variety of tone, other than maybe the Blackstar Gus. G Signature model, which has a nice variety of high gain sounds.

For more sort of Stoner and sludgy styles go steal a bass amp from a friend. That's how Kyuss did it.

[cephalopod]

Can you be specific of what your maximum price is and what purpose you're trying to fill with the amp? Certain amps are better at certain styles and volumes.

Maximum price is like £120, and I play a lot of alt (Muse, Biffy Clyro etc), a little metal (Metallica, Megadeth) and also a fair bit/a lot of pop-punk (Green Day etc - yes faggy I know). Mainly for home playing but for possible future very small gigs. Wanted something with a few built in effects too (oh Muse, why so many effects? D:)

[madman3]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

I'd say Vox VT20+. Nice little tube amp with variable output, good tone, and some built in effects. Not too heavy, not too light, should work fine.