clifford_bao_777's forum posts 274

To anybody joining this thred the Bass can first be seen at 0:33.

So I've basically upgraded everything except for the electronics at this point.

I would also like to suggest somthing I posted on another forum topic:

Another idea I've had in my head is to modify a Strat with these Stacked Potentiometers. Basicly it's two pots stacked on top of each other and its got these split knobs so you could have a Volume and a Tone on top of each other, so you take three of these pots, do a bit of fancy wireing and then you have a Volume and Tone for each Pickup, add a 5-Way selecter switch and you have basicly the ultimate control Strat.

I got the idea from the new Paranormal Jazz Basses Squier relesed this year as it has the same kind of pots (look at it from a side angle).

I would suggest something made of Basswood, I belive it's one of the lightest Body woods, maybe route out under the pickguard as eyeseeofficial suggested. Squier has one model called the Cyclone, it's basicly a Mustang body with Strat pickups and Jaguar switches, I know its not a Strat, but to my experince with Mustangs they have a thin, lightweight body. This guitar has the Strat pickups with a thin body and a tremolo which would relive more weight so... something to think of I guess.

Another idea I've had in my head is to modify a Strat with these Stacked Potentiometers. Basicly it's two pots stacked on top of each other and its got these split knobs so you could have a Volume and a Tone on top of each other, so you take three of these pots, do a bit of fancy wireing and then you have a Volume and Tone for each Pickup, add a 5-Way selecter switch and you have basicly the ultimate control Strat.

I got the idea from the new Paranormal Jazz Basses Squier relesed this year as it has the same kind of pots (look at it from a side angle).

I found a 1984 Guild "price update" listing the instruments. It seems to have been part of a "Crossroad" series. Here is a Let's Talk Guild forum covering the line, with brochure images.

I also found a couple of listings for the CE. They don't talk about the instrument's history, but they so say a bit about the components.

https://reverb.com/item/4651192-guild-fs-46-ce-1983

https://www.31ststreetvintage.com/products/1983-guild-fs-46-ce-black

Holy Sh*t. Thank you, thank you very much!

Also has anyone ever heard of a "Variac"? (hope I spelled that right) It's this thing that lets you adapt power to higher or lower wattages.

I know Van Halen used one on I think a 150-Watt Marshall Head and turned it down to 89 Watts to get his tone.

Anyway I was just wondering if anybody has any experince with these things.

Good God, it's been 21 days sence I was last on here... Anyway:

I stack delays all the time. I also stack phase and chorus all the time. Course I do weird, ambient, proggy sounding doom shit, so I may not be your best reference point.

I'd like to hear something like this, are there any artists who play this style or is there something I could look up that sounds like this?

It's basicly a hobby, he has no interist in a musical career or bands, he might move it around the house, he dosn't take music classes and we do have an old piano and a Hammond electric organ around the house.

Edit: Also looking for somthing I can find on the Sweetwater website if possible.

I think borrowed gear does count if it was used, for instance Cliff Burton was photographed playing Kirk Hammet's Black Flying V, Cliff never did any Guitar recordings with Metallica so I guess that doesn't count. However in the case of Rush, Alex Lifeson used a borrowed/rented Fender Strat which he used to record one of Rush's albums (I'm not sure which but I think it was Permanent Waves or Moving Pictures and I think he bought the Guitar after the album sold) sure he didn't own the Guitar, but thats whats making the sound on the record, so if I was trying to get the same tone as the album I'd want to know what he used. So basicly Studio & Live recordings with borrowed gear, that gear would count in my mind.

Also: Do you think we should make a "Borrowed Gear/Rented Gear" section on artist pages? Maybe linkable to other artists?

So, as some of you know I'm a Guitarist/Bassist, however I need some help with buying a Keyboard. As you know it's the holiday season and I'm looking for a Keyboard for my brother (17 y.o. likes Classical Piano), but I have no idea how to pricerange Keyboards, I know what music websites to look at but have no experince with Keyed Instruments or shopping for Keyed Instruments.

Little Help?

No, I am planing on multiple Octaves, I'm just looking at one kind. Unless I pair an OC-3 with an OC-5...

I was talking about in series, analog Choruses, tube-driven amp and what I think is a analog Octave and Delay.

Basicly the exact gear I had in mind was a Carvin V3 100 watt amp w/ 4-Ohm 15 in speaker, EHX Small Clone, Walrus Audio Julia and MXR M234 Choruses, Boss DD-8 Digital delay and Boss OC-3 Octave/Drive.

I was looking at Octave Pedals today and I had a thought: What happens when you rig two Octave pedals in line next to each other? Does it take an Octave higher/lower note and take it yet another Octave up/down?

And also, Chorus Pedals. Does putting two in line next to each other make the Chorus twice as deep? Does it make it too muddy?

And same thing for Delay, if you take 2-3 Delay Pedals and rig them in line does it replicate the note three or four times?

I'm mostly asking these questions because I'm curious, can't find any videos about these things on youtube and God knows I don't have the money to buy all these pedals.

Maybe post some of your effect questions/ideas below.

Also: Were you talking just about Amp Heads or are you interisted in Cabs to?

Yeah, but those are like $3000 Guitars aren't they?

And also, I don't like Ernie Ball Music Man. I think their products are way overpriced, except maybe the Petrucci models with the advanced Tonewoods, Electronics, Ergonomics, Finishes, etc. PRS I'm not into but they're okay.

So you didn't get any B-Stock or Demo discounts only the Black Friday savings?

So basicly watchout for these guys?

And for a Strat-Copy it would be one of these:

G&L Tribute Comanche $600, Has three really weird split-coil type pickups.

Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH Fr $900, Deep Purple Metallic finish looks awesome, Seymour Duncan pickups, Floyd Rose tremolo.

Jackson Pro Series Signature Mick Thomson Soloist SL2 $900, Slipknot guy's signature guitar.

Jackson X Series Soloist SL3XDX $750, Silver Crakle finish looks awesome, two hot-rail single-coils and a humbucker in the bridge.

Schecter Sun Valley Super Shredder III FR $800, Aurora Burst finish looks awesome, Floyd Rose tremolo.

Schecter C-1 Exotic Ebony $750, Striped ebony top looks awesome, full inlayed fretboard, Wilkinson tremolo.

Kramer Nightswan $900, Polka-dot finish looks weird, humbuckers are positioned closer to the bridge than most guitars.

EVH Striped Series $900-$1000 EVH Striped paint-job looks epic, single bridge humbucker, single volume pot, no tone controls, Floyd Rose tremolo with "D-Tuna" Droptuner.

If I had to recommend a Strat it would be one of these:

Fender American Professional II $1500, Dark Night finish looks awesome, available with rosewood or maple fretboards and HSS or SSS pickup configurations, comes with hardshell case.

Fender Deluxe Strat $855, Blizzard Pearl finish looks awesome, Comes with gig-bag.

Fender Yngwie Malmsteen Strat $1750, Full scalloped maple fretboard, Brass inserts with machine screws in bolt on neck, Comes with hardshell case.

Fender Ritchie Blackmore Strat $1225, Full scalloped rosewood fretboard, Dummy pickup in middle position, Comes with gig-bag.

Well, I realize this is like right at $2500 but what about a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier? It's 150 Watts, Tube-Driven, 3-Channel and has five output jacks (Two 4-Ohms, Two 8-Ohms and One 16-Ohm) so you can power multiple Cabinets with different Ohm-Ranges at the same time.

This also isn't gear...

https://equipboard.com/gear_photos/8087

For starters I mainly use Ernie Ball Mammoth Slinkys, Nickel-Steel (12-62).

I was thinking tonight, what's the best lesser-known brand of strings? I'm thinking about ditching Ernie Ball, Rotosound, D'Addario, etc. for some smaller brand like Picato, D'Aquisto, La Bella, etc. and was wondering if anyone could suggest anything.

I was also wondering what kind of strings does everybody else use? I'd like you to leave a reply below saying what kind of strings you use with some info about the strings e.g. brand, model, gauges, metal-type, etc.

I know it also comes in a Natural Finish with a Rosewood(?) Fretboard because the one I got has those features.

Yeah maybe not then, but thanks anyway.

I login and literally the first thing I see is this:

https://equipboard.com/gear_photos/7908

I know drugs have been a substantial part of music but really? On top of that it wasn't even the kind of drugs used in music so it wouldn't even count if it was used!

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Cool, I'll be sure to look that up. Thanks!

I've had this old Guild Bass laying around for about a year now, I pulled it out of my dad's collection and never paid much attention to it.

Just tonight I tried looking it up to find it and found this:

http://www.guildsofgrot.com/images/full_size/Sets/guitar_bass/Crossroads.JPG

The Website identifys this as a "FS-46 Bass" (Right) a Bass version of the FS-46 CE Guitar (Left), these were very weird Basses, I assume they have a Piezo Pickup under the Bridge, Single Volume and Tone knobs on the Sholder, a Straight-4 Headstock (which I didn't know came with many Guilds) a darker Back wood and a lighter Top wood (on my model) and weirdest of all a Soundhole on a Solidbody.

I was only able to find this image and no others, I would like to ask any of you if you could find any info on these Basses, or if you have info could you pass it on to me.

I know what the Bass is, I now want to know how many where made? when were they made? were these just prototypes? etc.

I Greatly thank anybody in advance who can pass on any info.

Got the Serial Number, back of the Headstock reads: 70099009 along with the standard Made In U.S.A.

Also: Another few odd features I forgot to mention were that it's got a Brass Nut and looks like Bridge Saddles too, a Heel at the back of the Headstock and no binding on the back.

It looks like a one piece Body & Top, at least from what I can tell from the outside, I'll look up the Serial Number tomorrow if I remember. I'm working with my Amp room and a project guitar of mine so I may or may not remember.

Well, I'd have to say DiMarzio, I'm a DiMarzio guy and so were many good artists like Steve Vai, Phil Collen, Joe Satriani, Kiko Loureiro and Yngwie Malmsteen. They were all Single Coil/Single-Humbucker guys so if you like any of their sounds you might like DiMarzios.

Also, a cool idea I've had for a while is to have a Bass-heavy pickup in the neck, a Mid-heavy pickup in the middle and a Treble-heavy pickup in the Bridge to get the full range (this would work best with a 5-way selecter switch).

You're welcome.

I don't know, I'm not even Left-Handed, I just use it for practice. I don't think there's anything special about it aside from it being Leftie, and apparently the fact that it's got Regular-Sized Humbuckers.

Edit: it also looks to have a 3-Piece Neck.

They did come with Regular Humbuckers, I have a Sunburst Les Paul Deluxe Leftie from the 70's with Cream Coloured Humbuckers.

Edit: And when you look up "Les Paul Deluxe" in google you do get a LOT of images of the Mini-Humbucker ones.

Best Amp I can suggest is my personal favorite of the Carvin V3 Amp Head.

It's got 3-Channels, one Clean, two Drive, so you can get about any sound you want out of it, it's Tube Driven, can be set for 4, 8 or 16 Ohms and can feed two Cabinets. The manufacturer's page has more info on it than I can remember.

I'm not sure if they're still making these Amps but I found this listing on Reverb for $800, says it's Mint Condition and it is in your price range however this one is pretty expensive as I've seen other listings for $400 - $600.

It's fine, I acknowledge that I'm dumb, I joke about it a lot...

Should get to the Amp>Cable>Bass thing much sooner, but I'm just that lazy.

To show how much I.Q. I have in real life... no.

I'll try that later tonight, I've thought of it I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

You're welcome dude.

This month I've gotten two Active Basses, (One new and one from a local Pawn Shop.) and I've been having this problem where the Basses barely work when I plug them into my main Amp. To make things weirder, the Basses work perfectly fine with my CRATE Speaker (8in Combo-Amp with no effects), I know these Basses work because of the before mentioned CRATE and the fact that my one Bass has a Push/Pull Active/Passive Knob and it will work when I make it Passive.

I was thinking the problem might be in my setup but I'm not sure where, so I'd like to ask for some help with this. Here's a list of my current equipment:

Basses: Schecter Stiletto Stage-4 (New), Ibanez BTB (Pawn Shop).

Amp: Carvin V3 Tube Amp (3-Channel, Running Both Amps, Set To 4 Ohm).

Cabinets: Peavey 1x15 Speaker, Fender 1x18 P.A. Speaker (Exact Models Unknown, both 4 Ohm).

Effects: EHX Green Russian Overdrive, EHX Small Clone Chorus, Ibanez Weeping Demon Wah-Wah (Powered By Plugin Chain).

I'm not sure where the problem here would be, I suspect around the Effects area, however I don't know.

Proportions look right to me.