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    Problem with acoustic guitar

    in Solid State Technology

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    So I have a cheapo Takamine acoustic (I think it was around $300).

     

    It's been a great little guitar until a few weeks ago the strings started buzzing horribly. It seems like it's getting worse and worse. It started at the 12th fret, and now it's worked it's way all the way up to the 9th.. They are buzzing so bad that I can't even play notes in that area of the guitar..

     

    The first thing I thought "the neck must be warping or bowing".. I checked the neck, and from what I can tell from my untrained eye, it's not bowed/warped at all....

     

    Anyone have any ideas of what it could be?

     

    I assume I will need to take it to a professional, but I'd like to get an idea of how serious the issue is before I drop a bunch of $ repairing a cheap guitar.

     

    Thanks in advance!

    Have you moved in the past two years? Perhaps the heat kicked on and sucked the moisture out of the wood which caused enough movement in the guitar as a whole (not just the neck) to begin producing issues. Maybe a humidifier would help.

    Jeff's sound hole pick up

    in Solid State Technology

    Posted

    I put the LR Baggs M1 Active on my Santa Cruz 000 about a year ago and have been extremely pleased. The guys at the local guitar store were trying to talk me into the B-Band (which I have hear good things about) but no regrets on the Baggs at all. Just a very pure sound -- not tinny. I have played through a PA and through an amp, both with good results.

    Do you play it through a tube amp?

    I have an M1 Active on my 0-16NY...love it through a PA, but it sounds kinda honky through my tube amp...might be the amp though ('62 Silvertone 1482 w/ 12" Weber alnico).

    Harmony

    in Solid State Technology

    Posted

    Indeed, they are pretty over priced. They are at a similar price point as the Eastwood guitars which are also made in Korea. The new Harmony's have truss rods and other modern appointments which drive the cost up i guess.

     

    The Korean made Eastwood I had was very well made...as good or better than any Fender or Gibson I've seen (no offense intended, put your hair down).

     

    Peace.

    Harmony

    in Solid State Technology

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    Hi,

     

    By any chance has anyone here checked out any of the Harmony re-issues?

     

    http://harmonyguitars.com/ProductHome.asp?pl=vintage

     

    They look pretty cool...wondering if they sound like the old ones.

     

     

    I'm looking at the H-44 reissue in particular. I had an Airline H-44 but it didn't have the bite that the originals have due in part to the mini humbucker instead of the hershey bar.

     

    Anyway, I'd be interested to hear if anyone has played one.

     

    Thanks.

    Best.

    Pro Jr. issue

    in Solid State Technology

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    Ok...A week ago I'm playing with some dudes and after about two hours of fun my Pro Jr. starts sounding like the speaker blew...awful feedback, and the only way I could get it to stop was turn it off. So, I take it to an amp tech and he deduces that the pre-amp tubes are shot...problem solved. Until last night, when after about an hour and a half it starts doing the exact same thing but more sporadically...again, I have to turn it off to get it to stop.

    Does it sound like there is something in the circuit that's frying my pre-amp tubes?

    Thanks for any advice.

    New Amp

    in Solid State Technology

    Posted

    I just sold my Blues Jr. NOS in favor of keeping my Pro Jr. Tone was way better I thought...although I built a bigger cab and put a 12' speaker in it but still, even before that it sounded better (more organic breakup). It has to get pretty loud before you get nice breakup though. I have recorded some dirty tremolo soaked stuff at low volumes with an OD and some reverb.

    You might look for something along the lines of an old Silvertone. I have a 1482...it was cheap and it sounds amazing...circuit is similar to a 50's Deluxe. Scotty Moore (Elvis' guitarist) played a 5 watt Magnatone. I'll stop now...

    ...for what it's worth.

    Good luck.

    jumping channels

    in Solid State Technology

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    I have a Silvertone 1482...I rebuilt the cab out of pine and put in a new 12" Weber...it has two instrument input jacks and a mic input jack, and I hear about people jumping the channels to beef up the tone. This may be a stupid question but, how would one do that?

    Thanks!

    Jeff's nylon string?

    in Solid State Technology

    Posted

    While perusing the new photographs on the Wilco site, I noticed Jeff is playing an old nylon string Martin. Has anyone noticed this at shows? Wonder what pickup system he's using. What are some of you using to amplify your nylon stringed guitars?

    Best--

    What gear are you using

    in Solid State Technology

    Posted

    Guitars:

    1960 Danelectro U-1

    Late 60's Gibson ES-125 TCD w/Fralin P-90's

    1971 Martin 0-16NY

     

    Amps:

    Late Mex Pro Jr.

    1962 Silvertone 1472

     

    Pedals:

    Hot Cake

    Fulltone '69

    Boss tremolo

    TU-2

    Guyatone MD-3 delay

    EB volume Jr.

    E Harmonix Holy Grail

     

    wish I had:

    more talent

    Pro Junior Question

    in Solid State Technology

    Posted

    Good points. I have a Pro Jr. at this point and there's something about the tone I like better than the Blues Jr. but at the same time I think it can be improved.

     

    What kind of Weber did you put in? Do you recommend a standard retube kit or the high gain...?

     

    I play mostly original stuff in the vein of Giant Sand ...Neil Young ...dark dirty thick tone. Think Marc Ribot from Tom Waits "Real Gone."

     

    Thanks for the input.

    Favorite Key and Chord

    in Lyrics and Tabs

    Posted

    To be honest, I've never listened to him. Heard a lot about him, but never listened. Any starting album to suggest?

    There is a double CD with The Late Great Townes VanZandt and High Low and In Between that's very good...OR there is a new CD that goes with the documentary Be Here To Love Me with a compilation of stuff.

     

    I would really recommend seeing the documentary too.

     

    I'd be interested if you listened to any of this stuff and what you think.

     

    Steve Earle once said " I'd stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say Townes is the best songwrighter that ever lived!" ...or something like that.

    Favorite Key and Chord

    in Lyrics and Tabs

    Posted

    I've always been interested in what other people's favorite keys to play in are. Just thought I'd ask around here. For me:

     

    Key: Am

     

    Chord: Dm7

     

    ....mmmmmmm...Am

     

    You must love Townes VanZandt...lots of songs in Am...you should learn Our Mother the Mountain if you don't already play it...makes the hair on my neck stand up every time...

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