mtairydude's forum posts 3

Thanks, eyeseeofficial. I will definitely try shortening the strap before doing anything else.

I'm looking for suggestions for another guitar. My main ax is a 2005/2006 MIM Strat. I've had a fair amount of work done on it by a luthier (complete fret replacement and leveling, new bone nut, Callaham bridge and setup) and also added locking tuners. So I've basically upgraded everything except for the electronics at this point. I'm pretty happy with the way it feels, plays and sounds. The only fly in the ointment is that when I play it standing up it gets to feel a bit heavy after a while, sometimes leading to back pain.

A few years ago I got an Epiphone SG (G-400 Pro). I wanted something as thin and light as possible, and the humbuckers were an added draw. After having the luthier add a strap button to the tip of the upper horn, it no longer suffers from neck dive. It plays well and sounds good. But it has also made me realize just how much I really like the feel and contours of the Strat.

I do a lot of practicing on a bottom of the barrel (and very lightweight) used Squier Bullet Strat that came with an amplifier I bought, and even that lowly instrument feels good in my hands, and even sounds good when all the knobs are set just so. But I don't think it makes sense to put any money into upgrading it.

So basically what I'm looking for is another guitar that as much as possible feels and plays like a Strat but with a few pounds shaved off the weight. I play mostly classic rock and blues-based stuff. I've been considering the Squier Classic Vibe series, the PRS SE series, and several of the many Ibanez models (in particular the S670QM and RG450DX). I'd appreciate any suggestions anyone may have, either about these models or others that might fit the bill. Thanks in advance.

I'm looking to pick up a looper pedal (probably either the DigiTech JamMan Solo XT or the Boss RC-3), but have a question that doesn't seem to be addressed anywhere. I've read the manual for the JamMan, and it seems as if once you record a loop and play it back, there's no way to stop it and later start playing it again without first going into overdub mode. What I want to do is select a stored loop and be able to start and stop playback of that loop multiple times WITHOUT going into overdub mode; I'm concerned that if I have to go through overdub mode to return to playback, there's a chance I might change the loop, when all I really want to do is start and stop the same loop multiple times without changing it. I know the JamMan allows you to change the order of operations from record-play-overdub to record-overdub-play, but that doesn't seem to address my issue. The manual for the Boss SEEMS to say that you can cycle between play and stop for a stored loop without going through overdub, but it's not explicit. Does anyone know if I can do what I want to do with either of these pedals (especially the JamMan)? Thanks in advance.