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    D.I.Y Pedal Board

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

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    Might be that the neck needs shimming in the pocket. I did a similar thing on a cheap Ibanez I have and its perfect now. Could also be that the frets need levelling. I bought some good levelling tools a while ago and learned to level and dress my own frets, which has proved invaluable. A cheap fret rocker from ebay would probably reveal the culprit.

    D.I.Y Pedal Board

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted · Edited by Ice9
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    As I have a few pedals laying around and having just bought a new one, I thought I'd make up a pedal board. 

    A quick check online showed me how expensive pedal boards are, even the most basic ones are around £30 ($42). After a bit of surfing around, I came across something that is apparently a "thing" in the UK, even amongst the pro's.

    Known as the "Gorm" or "Hejne" pedal board, its made from a pair of shelves from Ikea costing £5 ($7) and some Velcro strips. Total less than £10 ($14) , so I ordered them. The main benefit, apart from being inexpensive is that you can make it to exactly the size you want. I'll let you know how I get on over the next few days :)

     

     

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    NAD

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

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    7 minutes ago, Mike Hoodenpyle said:

    I took a leap of faith and made a quick trip to Guitar Center over lunch and picked up one of these. Very anxious to try it out, but I probably won't get to until Saturday.

     

    I think you're going to enjoy it. The more I play mine the more impressed I get. 

    I would recommend that you download the Boss Tone studio app and have a look at some of the presets in the library there as they make a great starting point for tweaking to your liking.

     

    NAD

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    28 minutes ago, Mike Hoodenpyle said:

    I'm looking for an inexpensive amp I can use in church and just leave there rather than carrying it to/from home. This looks like it may be a really good option, especially since it's for both electric and acoustic. 

    I reckon it would be perfect for that.

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    NAD

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

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    After spending a lot longer trying it out I continue to be very impressed with it. The tones are extraordinary for a solid state amp. It really does feel and sound like it has tubes in it. I'll see if I can get a small video done over the next few days. 

    The amp does have limitations. On this 50w version you can only store 4 "patches" on board at one time and there's a limit to only 3 effects at any one time out of the 55 built in boss effects. This is fine for me as I tend to stick with just a few sounds but it might prove limiting for some. According to Andertons, it does however take pedals very well so that would be a way around this restriction. The built in effects, being BOSS are excellent of course.

    Also as Blue Dog mentioned, the acoustic amp is great so it would be a great choice for someone that wants an amp that does more or less everything.

    For the price I can't see how anything can beat this at the moment. I'll update more when I get more used to it.

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    NAD

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

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    First impressions after 3 hours are excellent. It has 3 power settings, 50w, 25w and 0.5w which will easily cover anything I might need it for. The 0.5w is perfect for living room playing. It sounds and feels like a tube amp and is very versatile with options for anything between acoustic and metal. I'm particularly enjoying the blues sounds and it does a mean Angus Young too :)

    This is way better than my little Blackstar in my opinion and most certainly a keeper. I'm not quite sure if it will totally replace my beloved PODxt yet but it might :)

    changing strings

    in Guitar Open Talk

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    I do all my own fret work these days including levelling and dressing and to take the frets down to nothing says to me that the guy you took the lp to didn't really understand what he was trying to achieve. In your case a simple truss rod tweak would have been all that was needed. I'm sorry that happened to you. As others have said, Mr voros's maintenance DVD would be a wise investment and afterwards you will be able to make these small tweaks yourself with confidence and understand why you are doing them.

    changing strings

    in Guitar Open Talk

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    I've found it depends on the neck of your guitar and how big the change in guage is. If you're just going up or down one guage you should be fine but if you do need to have anything adjusted, it should be quite obvious straight away with buzzing strings etc. 

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