Quote from: Jill F on August 21, 2014, 04:19:19 PM
Hi, people!

Now for my take on amps. 

I like Orange, but I've never owned one.  Line 6 amps annoy me and Crate, well, sorry, that's something I wouldn't touch with a barge pole. 

I have always had a thing for vintage Marshalls and Hiwatt.  For clean(er) tones I like my Marshall Super Lead from 1969, and for dirty I like my Marshall Silver Jubilee from 1987.   Hiwatt is for when I want to sound like David Gilmour or Pete Townshend.  I love using an Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS 808) for overdrive and a Way Huge Fat Sandwich for fuzz. 

I had a Hiwatt combo amp once that I knew was dying, so I traded it to this serious jerkwad a*hole (A guy that once tried to screw me over once on a vintage Strat deal.) for a real refinished 1954 Strat body at a guitar show.  When he plugged in the amp he was very pleased with himself.  I got the hell out of there immediately because I knew the amp probably had an hour or less of playing time left in it before it blew a ->-bleeped-<-. (Did I just say that in that particular context? Bad Jill!!!)  I put a 1965 neck on that 1954 body with a bunch of other vintage parts, and to this day, that is my favorite guitar to play.

Yeah, Bad Jill. Really bad Jill. A lot of gutters in the LA area so we know where your mind is. Or is it mine in the gutter on skid row? I I know really well where skid row is in all cities.

I love my Line 6s. But I love my Marshalls better though. But Line 6 hasn't let me down yet. But I set my own sounds to the channels and never use the presets. As a matter of fact, presets are a waste, for me anyway. Especially when you want to go your own sound. But Line 6 goes pretty good for me with Epis and Gibsons. The only Strat I have sounds like crap on the Line 6s or any other modeling amp and if I don't play it on the Marshalls, I just cant get the same sound with the Tex Mex pickups. But that Strat is strictly nothing but a Blues Guitar and that is the only genre that I play on it. I messed up and bought the Tony Iommi pickup and put it on my cherry SG and with ultra light strings, 8 on the B and high E which I end up breaking quite a few, and then only 32 guage on the low E it sounds like crap so don't get it or if you know anyone else that is thinking about it tell them  not to buy it. GC makes it sound like a hot pickup but it ain't. I got used to the orange ,9 to 42 Slinkys and OMFG I was bending sometime two steps or more higher and then "Pop".

I ain't even gonna' mention the "G" string, "cause I think it's my mind that is in the gutter. But what "Ax woman" or "Ax man" has never ended up in the gutter? I won't mention names. But do know quite a few.

Well thanks y'all.....now I'm even more torn then before lol.

I wish it was as easy as when I had my Ibanez because back then it was "ok what is Mick Thompson and the guys from In Flames running" but now I'm trying to broaden my sound range to stuff like Sixx AM, Brantley Gilbert and some classic rock.

Quote from: Jess42 on August 21, 2014, 02:23:22 PM
Sorry Laura. I like Line 6. Now I'm gonna duck just in case you wanna throw something at me.

Quote from: kariann330 on August 21, 2014, 11:06:44 PM
Well thanks y'all.....now I'm even more torn then before lol.

I wish it was as easy as when I had my Ibanez because back then it was "ok what is Mick Thompson and the guys from In Flames running" but now I'm trying to broaden my sound range to stuff like Sixx AM, Brantley Gilbert and some classic rock.

What about a Fender?

Quote from: kariann330 on August 21, 2014, 11:06:44 PM
Well thanks y'all.....now I'm even more torn then before lol.

I wish it was as easy as when I had my Ibanez because back then it was "ok what is Mick Thompson and the guys from In Flames running" but now I'm trying to broaden my sound range to stuff like Sixx AM, Brantley Gilbert and some classic rock.

Hell hon forget about them all and focus on karianne. Ibanez, Gibson , Jackson Epiphone, Fender, Marshall, Line 6, Marshall, Orange. As long as it is yours, it don't really matter, as long as it is your own sound. BTW how close are you to New Orleans? I really need a good guitarist, preferably lead so I can drink before gigs? Besides if you can play rhythm I can wait to drink or at least do the hard stuff first? Then drink OMG I would love to find enough trans girls for a real trans band. but..... the singer, my BF for now said he was game. Kind of like when Bon Scott wore the blond braids and school girl uniform. So really all I got to worry about is the Drummer but he is hidden most of the time and if not he said he would consider padding a bra. So.....

Quote from: Laura Squirrel on August 21, 2014, 11:16:43 PM


What about a Fender?

OMFG!!!!!!!! that is you? I am so sorry. The only time I ever pull out the Fender is fo0r Texas blues. Hell hon. After that pic, I will let you throw something at me and hit me. Where was that? I just can't see the face. I won't say pretty 'cuase I don't want Portia  to kick my butt. and I ain't no fighter. I am listening to ACDC though like any really good redneck girl. For Those About to Rock. HMMM does Portia have any friends?

Quote from: Jess42 on August 21, 2014, 11:34:25 PM
OMFG!!!!!!!! that is you? I am so sorry. The only time I ever pull out the Fender is fo0r Texas blues. Hell hon. After that pic, I will let you throw something at me and hit me. Where was that? I just can't see the face. I won't say pretty 'cuase I don't want Portia  to kick my butt. and I ain't no fighter. I am listening to AC/DC though like any really good redneck girl. For Those About to Rock. HMMM does Portia have any friends?

No. That is not me. That is the late, great Seth Putnam. Former (obviously) vocalist for the Boston Grind/Noise GODS, A.C.. The pic is not the best quality. I haven't thrown any chairs at anyone playing live...yet. But I've only played one show so far. Honestly, I doubt that I would do it unless someone REALLY got on my nerves (and it was an out of town show).

ACca/DCca is pretty sweet. But I like the Bon era best.

Meh...Portia is pretty harmless. It's a few of her friends that you should worry about. 



This is the ESP that I had years ago. After I stopped playing guitar, it was gathering dust for a couple of years. I sold it to some hippie since I knew I was done with playing and it was just going to waste.

I almost bought an ESP, then I found out am SG sound really good with what I play.

Seth Putnam, I am so sorry I have no idea, but most of the music on XL  Liquid metal on the XM, I have never heard of but like it.

BTW sis. what is wrong with hippies? I may be one. I just really don't know.

BTW ACDC Bon Scott and Brian Johnson, I don't care. Its all rock and roll to me and Angus is the main front man as far as I'm concerned. My band I am definitely not the front woman but I do get a little crazy with the teased hair and makeup. So yeah other than the front man I am the front woman. Sean is the cfront man. I am the front woman but a little more under control than Angus Young. But OMFG I wish I could have that kind of talent. I wont go too much about Sean other than he is a live in. What happens is all up to him.

Quote from: Jess42 on August 22, 2014, 12:16:12 AM
Seth Putnam, I am so sorry I have no idea, but most of the music on XL  Liquid metal on the XM, I have never heard of but like it.
BTW sis. what is wrong with hippies? I may be one. I just really don't know.

Actually, I have nothing against hippies. It was just totally obvious that the dude was a hippie (He was around my parents age. As it turns out, they actually knew the guy in high school.)



A.C. live in North Carolina in 1995.

Just joking, Laura, my parents were hippies so I really can't complain. It's kind of lame where they hid their stash. Really, who hides their stuff under the coffee table? Duhhhh. But I acted stupid. It wasn't as much an act as just being me. Still is hon. t\The dumber people think you are the really dumb crap they let you know. Act or not. I got stuff on people I could actually use. They have no idea. But I just can't. My conscience wouldn't let me.  

Stupid me. Growing up right before the D.A.R.E. days. I wasn't going to tell them any different. OMG Let's just say I had a whole lot of friends.

Quote from: Jess42 on August 22, 2014, 12:47:14 AM
Just joking, Laura, my parents were hippies so I really can't complain. It's kind of lame where they hid their stash. Really, who hides their stuff under the coffee table? Duhhhh.

Actually, I've known a lot of people that did that. 

Quote from: Laura Squirrel on August 22, 2014, 12:57:52 AM
Actually, I've known a lot of people that did that. 

So you know why us eighties children are like we are, huh?

Quote from: Jess42 on August 22, 2014, 12:47:14 AM
Just joking, Laura, my parents were hippies so I really can't complain. It's kind of lame where they hid their stash. Really, who hides their stuff under the coffee table? Duhhhh. But I acted stupid. It wasn't as much an act as just being me. Still is hon. t\The dumber people think you are the really dumb crap they let you know. Act or not. I got stuff on people I could actually use. They have no idea. But I just can't. My conscience wouldn't let me.

I know this was Laura's quote, but I'm not looking up how to do this properly right now.
ACca/DCca is pretty sweet. But I like the Bon era best

Jess- Why didn't I think of that?  I always used to stash my weed on top of the coffee table.  No wonder it always disappeared.

And Laura, IMHO you are so right about Bon Scott.  I could probably still "do him" live and not get sh*t thrown at me. 

I've got big balls...

Quote from: Jill F on August 22, 2014, 03:58:19 AM
Jess- Why didn't I think of that?  I always used to stash my weed on top of the coffee table.  No wonder it always disappeared.

And Laura, IMHO you are so right about Bon Scott.  I could probably still "do him" live and not get sh*t thrown at me. 

I've got big balls...

Oh hon I knew where my parents, older cousins aunts and uncles all stashed their stuff. Oh yeah we don't do that, but Jess knows otherwise. Quarterbag at a time, so Dimebag Darrell, RIP, ain't got nothing on Quarterbag Jessica. But seriously so sad about Dimebag. Crazy Effers.

Let's stay on topic folks    Pretty sure we've all been here on Susan's long enough to know that certain discussions about various substances are not aloud

Quote from: V M on August 22, 2014, 04:39:57 AM
Let's stay on topic folks    Pretty sure we've all been here on Susan's long enough to know that certain discussions about various substances are not aloud

So sorry VM.

my g-string doesn't want to stay in tune today. it's downright comical i tell you.

i start playing and 10 minutes later i notice that the pitch has shifted. then i of course quickly check whether my guitar is still in tune, but that one string has detuned itself.

i suspect it's the climate. it constantly wavers between really hot and really cold here in Germany. It's really strange. This is not normal anymore.

And of course i can't practice this way.

Quote from: Zóôt Threepwood on August 23, 2014, 11:17:18 AM
my g-string doesn't want to stay in tune today. it's downright comical i tell you.

i start playing and 10 minutes later i notice that the pitch has shifted. then i of course quickly check whether my guitar is still in tune, but that one string has detuned itself.

i suspect it's the climate. it constantly wavers between really hot and really cold here in Germany. It's really strange. This is not normal anymore.

And of course i can't practice this way.

With me the G string is the one that I bend the most. Any kind of AC vents blowing on your guitar, fans or just the AC coming on and off is enough of a temperature change to put your strings out of tune. New strings take a day before I have to stop running them after every song I play. Could be a bad string too. Could be that you need some nut lube or like Jill suggested way back using a pencil led in the grooves. One other thing that I found works is to tune the strings down and then back up into tune. If they are up and you tune down to bring it in tune it seems to come out of tune a lit easier.

How long have those strings been on the guitar. I get it where they go dead sometimes. Also clean them with string cleaner like Finger Ease. If you do a lot of power chords like me it really makes chord changes easier, faster and more precise. Not to mention prolong the life of the strings by sometimes twice as long.

Yeah, temperature changes are a royal pain when it comes to guitar strings. Bad strings are even worse. Nothing is more irritating than buying a brand new set of strings and you end up with one that decides to never stay in tune. (Even if the intonation on the instrument is set properly)

Quote from: Laura Squirrel on August 23, 2014, 05:39:23 PM
Yeah, temperature changes are a royal pain when it comes to guitar strings. Bad strings are even worse. Nothing is more irritating than buying a brand new set of strings and you end up with one that decides to never stay in tune. (Even if the intonation on the instrument is set properly)

Sometimes it could be the hardware on the guitar itself. I have one guitar that I always break the A string on. Right around the saddle. I use Slinky Cobalts, but I do usually play a whole lot on the E and A strings or the A and D stings with power chords. If it keeps happening I will get better saddles or just the whole bridge. Also the tuners make a lot of difference in staying in tune. I like Wilkersons, I have two with Grovers on them but still rather the Wilkersons. A whole lot with the hardware can make it not stay in tune. Check all the saddles on the bridge. Next time you replace strings check all the tuners on the head and if you find any loose, tighten them up. Lube the nut especially if you are doing any behind the nut bends. Other than that it's just normal strings, temp fluctuations and normal tuning. Also keep the strings clean. Nothing sounds crappier and more dead than over tightened strings 'cause they got junk on them.