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[sheady]

Originally Posted by everblades2

It's a really cool instrument. I fell in love with Bluegrass a few years back and wanted to learn something unique. I was torn between the fiddle and the Dobro, but I'm really happy with my choice. It's great because it's so versatile and you can't beat the sound.

same here, that's why I want to teach myself mandolin

[thruby]

what the hell, boys? this thread is already dead?

how about some videos of a young shirtless me?

Five Star Fracture - YouTube

how about an even YOUNGER shirtless me?! (that's a tough watch, be warned. there were like 300 people in a place that could hold 100. awesome. actually, i just found this video and got a bit misty eyed.)

Unspeakable Atrocities - YouTube

i have a whole Takes Manhattan show, that's no uploaded, but if anyone is interested, i'll put it up.

[Phila26Flyers]

Thanks for the videos, thruby. It's not my kind of music but it's still cool to hear some art from people I know. There's a big thrash metal scene here in Downingtown, PA. For whatever reason, that real heavy and fast stuff has a definite cult following. Maybe it has something to do with the Paul Green School of Rock starting in Philly and Downingtown before going nationwide. They teach and perform a lot of classic rock there, but a lot of the kids are into metal, too.

[thruby]

Originally Posted by Phila26Flyers

Thanks for the videos, thruby. It's not my kind of music but it's still cool to hear some art from people I know. There's a big thrash metal scene here in Downingtown, PA. For whatever reason, that real heavy and fast stuff has a definite cult following. Maybe it has something to do with the Paul Green School of Rock starting in Philly and Downingtown before going nationwide. They teach and perform a lot of classic rock there, but a lot of the kids are into metal, too.

i don't know if you listened to any of the other **** i posted, but my main goal as a drummer was to ****ing play fast. i really didn't care about much else. just fast. that's how i ended up in a metal band and that's how i ended up in a punk band. i love both genres, but it was honestly just because i wanted to ****ing speed up. hahahaha.

[Gunslinger]

Another great post from Kam.

[AvsFanatic]

Originally Posted by Phila26Flyers

Maybe it has something to do with the Paul Green School of Rock starting in Philly and Downingtown before going nationwide. They teach and perform a lot of classic rock there, but a lot of the kids are into metal, too.

My son has been enrolled at the Denver school since he was 9, 13 now. He's played in a bunch of different shows with all types of genres. He's in a show on Sunday which is a Tribute to Seattle. He def prefers the classic rock/metal genres. Heres the gear we play with, his Gold Top is the household favorite.

[Phila26Flyers]

Nice pic AvsFan! You guys are SG fans huh? They're really solid guitars. I feel like I can chop down a fukkin tree with mine. They're notorious for being neck heavy but the action on them is second to none in my opinion! I saw a thread you made a while ago about your son playing a SoR show at Red Rocks. Sounds like he's having a blast in the program; I never was in it myself but a couple of my friends were and I've seen many shows at the local joint. Nothing but good things to say about everyone there.

[AvsFanatic]

Originally Posted by Phila26Flyers

Nice pic AvsFan! You guys are SG fans huh? They're really solid guitars. I feel like I can chop down a fukkin tree with mine. They're notorious for being neck heavy but the action on them is second to none in my opinion! I saw a thread you made a while ago about your son playing a SoR show at Red Rocks. Sounds like he's having a blast in the program; I never was in it myself but a couple of my friends were and I've seen many shows at the local joint. Nothing but good things to say about everyone there.

Thanks he started out on a SG and I've always liked them, but he only uses his Gold Top at shows since aquiring it on CL. It's a 2001 Epi I found for 300.00. Everyone thats played it loves it and he always gets complemented on its tone. Funny thing is I got it about 3 yrs ago and I always send the guy we bought it from videos from his shows of him playing it. He always watches and responds. He was really stoked to see a guitar he had sitting in a closet collecting dust on stage at RR.

We've been talking about getting a Strat cause he really needs to work on some stuff that only a Strat can really deliver.

I will be a lifelong supporter of the SOR program even when my son is to old to participate. I may even have to addopt a kid that wants to learn just to have an excuse to hang out, help out, w/e. Lots of good people, good friends and they truely do an awesome job. I've said many times its like our "Little League" only for RnR.

He had a Seattle Tribute show on Sunday and he's signed up for a Megadeth vs Metallica show for the fall. He has to audition again for the fall/winter House Band.

This was the show closer Sunday which hopefully will make the Best of Season show. The drummer who just turned 16 is the oldest kid on this song mine being the youngest. That drummer is just as good a guitar player as he is a drummer. The girl doing vocals is one of the best erolled at the Denver school. They just sent there best ever guitar player off to Berklee in Boston(Well that kids parents did lol)he was the first kid to sign up for lessons when they opened in 2007. Unbelievabley talented kids out there. Long live RnR.

School of Rock Denver "Jesus Christ...

[Phila26Flyers]

Cool video, good to see the young one getting into a great lifelong hobby. As I said, I was never in it, but I could always tell the School of Rock program was an incredible program that gives aspiring musicians excellent opportunity to learn a craft and most importantly learn to play with other people! I feel like most people who take guitar lessons let playing music eventually fall by the wayside. But in SoR you get to experience the thrill of playing music with others, being surrounded by great people, and getting onstage. If you can find ways to volunteer at the end of it all, good for you man.

I definitely recommend picking up a Strat. It's not going to be your favorite guitar if metal and shredding is your thing, but there's nothing quite like the single coils of a Strat. And through that Marshall stack? It'll sound awesome. Like I said, I recently outfitted my Strat with three new DiMarzio's that I'm really happy with, but stock pickups are perfectly suitable. No guitar has as wide a range of tones as a Strat!

[Phila26Flyers]

Bumping this thread because I'm about to do another project on my Strat. It's time to replace the pickguard, so I'm going to clean up and rewire the sucker and put some fresh parts in. I'm going to replace all the potentiometers. For those that don't know, pots are the hardware that controls the tone and volume. No, not the knobs. What the knobs are attached to. This should freshen up the tone some, but also will give me a chance to make all the guts inside the Strat nicer.

Also bit the bullet and bought copper shielding tape, which is expensive. My Strat hums and buzzes like a mother ****er, as Strats are wont to do, especially with hot pickups like the ones I put in. I'm going to line the cavity of the guitar and the back of the pickguard with this stuff to finally eliminate that.

All in all, I spent close to $110 in parts, so I hope this is worth it. It'll give me more experience with wiring this kind of stuff anyway. I won't say it's become a hobby; I just prefer to work on my own sh!t when I can instead of paying someone else to do it. I love playing music too much to be a guitar hobbyist.

I'll post some pics after I do it.

[kam]

Originally Posted by Phila26Flyers

Bumping this thread because I'm about to do another project on my Strat. It's time to replace the pickguard, so I'm going to clean up and rewire the sucker and put some fresh parts in. I'm going to replace all the potentiometers. For those that don't know, pots are the hardware that controls the tone and volume. No, not the knobs. What the knobs are attached to. This should freshen up the tone some, but also will give me a chance to make all the guts inside the Strat nicer.

Also bit the bullet and bought copper shielding tape, which is expensive. My Strat hums and buzzes like a mother ****er, as Strats are wont to do, especially with hot pickups like the ones I put in. I'm going to line the cavity of the guitar and the back of the pickguard with this stuff to finally eliminate that.

All in all, I spent close to $110 in parts, so I hope this is worth it. It'll give me more experience with wiring this kind of stuff anyway. I won't say it's become a hobby; I just prefer to work on my own sh!t when I can instead of paying someone else to do it. I love playing music too much to be a guitar hobbyist.

I'll post some pics after I do it.

Is it humming when you use 2 pickups at once (position 2 and 4 if you have a 5 way)? If so it might not be a shield problem but a ground problem.

[Phila26Flyers]

Originally Posted by kam

Is it humming when you use 2 pickups at once (position 2 and 4 if you have a 5 way)? If so it might not be a shield problem but a ground problem.

It's both. It buzzes terribly at 2 and 4. Hums otherwise.

[kam]

Originally Posted by Phila26Flyers

It's both. It buzzes terribly at 2 and 4. Hums otherwise.

Thats a wiring/ground problem, 2 and 4 poitions on a strat 5way should have almost no hum or buzz at all, it’s essentially a humbucker when 2 coils are used together. Could also be a bad instrument cable, I doubt it but it’s the cheapest easiest symptom to check. Try a different cable if it still does it its problem in the guitar wiring.

[Phila26Flyers]

Originally Posted by kam

Thats a wiring/ground problem, 2 and 4 poitions on a strat 5way should have almost no hum or buzz at all, it’s essentially a humbucker when 2 coils are used together. Could also be a bad instrument cable, I doubt it but it’s the cheapest easiest symptom to check. Try a different cable if it still does it its problem in the guitar wiring.

That's the genesis of this project. I realized I should rewire everything, then realized I should clean it up, then realized it would be easier to get all new pots and start totally fresh with the soldering. Instead of having all the wires soldered into the same blob on each pot like the stock wiring, I'm going to space them out. Keep everything neat and separate and easier to fix if needed in the future.

[kam]

Originally Posted by Phila26Flyers

That's the genesis of this project. I realized I should rewire everything, then realized I should clean it up, then realized it would be easier to get all new pots and start totally fresh with the soldering. Instead of having all the wires soldered into the same blob on each pot like the stock wiring, I'm going to space them out. Keep everything neat and separate and easier to fix if needed in the future.

Right on, I used to fix and hot rod electric guitars guitars and bases for a living so I can't help throwing my 2 cents in when someone has a problem.