John Wayne was a piece of shit
John Wayne was a piece of shit
Agreed. I just like it to make changing strings slightly easier.
I bought these for my Les Paul last year. They fit perfectly.
Depends on the role and company you’re applying for but I’d say if you’re going for something entry level or if you have no experience they help.
I know some helpdesk places near me require A+, NET+, and SEC+ at hire or within the first 6 months. Whereas I’m a small business IT manager and I look at those certs as bonuses for entry or mid level positions. I’m way more interested in your work experience than how many certs you have.
A few recommendations:
All of these can be found used and new under $100.
Like you said it’s important to reduce noise during recording. It does build up when you have more pedals especially big digital ones. If you’re just playing with a few pedals and don’t notice significant noise you’re probably good for now.
I do think it’s a good investment if you plan to get more pedals simply for the fact that many of them have outputs that allow you to power bigger pedals or switch up to 18v for pedals that support that.
The bottom line is if you don’t like how it sounds or feels then return it.
Now if you want advice:
You talk about the “tele sound” a lot. Could you be more specific about what that means to you? Telecasters can basically do any genre, they’re very versatile. I think you’ll be fine if you keep it.
You’re also a beginner. If you’re not playing in a band I don’t think it’ll matter too much which guitar you have. Think of it as learning what you like and don’t like.
You should tune your guitar. Not only is it good to train your ears but your guitar is designed to have strings on it that are in tune. Leaving the strings too loose might cause the neck to bend in undesirable ways. Especially if you’re in an area where the temperature changes each season.
Also, you’re not going to break strings from getting it in tune unless you go several steps above the intended note. Learning what an in tune string sounds like will help you avoid that.
I hate how accurate this is
Probably would help if you could send pics of all the wiring. Much easier to troubleshoot if we can see everything.
You could build a modular synth that you could run your guitar through but that’s a real expensive rabbit hole.
The Moog Grandmother is a traditional mono synth that has an instrument input on the back that you can plug a guitar into. Not sure if that is what you’re looking for.
Honestly if you picked up a guitar that felt good to play that’s in your price range just buy it dude. I have a few Mexican and American fenders and love them all. Can’t go wrong with a PRS either, you might find one with coil tapping that will get you more tonal options.
String thickness is kind of personal preference. Thicker strings won’t give you different notes but they will sound more pronounced than thinner strings.
I find thicker strings really come into play when you’re doing alternate tunings. Especially drop tunings like Drop D, Whole Step Down, Drop C, etc. This is because when you loosen thinner strings for those lower tunings the notes won’t ring clear because the strings will be super loose and buzzy. Those tunings really only come into play for playing heavy metal. Some “metal” guitars are specifically set up for those lower tunings too.
I believe Steve Ray Vaughan was also rumored to play on .13s (.13 being the high E string thickness). So again thickness is kind of personal preference unless you’re doing low tunings. I think most people use .10s like you do.
Yeah I know Adam uses their amps. It’s on my radar I just have so many drive pedals lol. My two notes cab simulator has a Tool setting too.
Yeah for the first few months I had it I was running just Regular Slinks but every time I went to D the string got too saggy and was hard to do chugs on.
I haven’t kept up with Gibson for a few years now but I thought they had a big dip in quality in the past 5 years? Not sure if that’s changed or not. Someone else might be able to chime in. I guess my point is the differences between “budget” brands and “real” brands is getting slimmer.
Actually Invaluable but not exciting - Boss TU-2/3. Accurate tuner pedal. Probably indestructible. I just realized when posting that I’ve had mine for 20 years.
For Knobs you might be able to get some from Tayda: https://www.taydaelectronics.com/hardware/knobs.html
I order pedal knobs from there and they’re pretty solid quality. You’ll need to make sure you get knobs that fit the shaft diameter of the pot on the guitar. I’m not sure what it is for an LP Junior. The knobs are relatively cheap so you could order a few sets to try but the shipping costs will probably be $10 USD minimum and they don’t do returns.
If you want to put in your own pickups you’re going to need to learn to solder and de-solder. This is a good guitar to practice that on though. Watch some youtube vids on how to solder if you’re not familiar and get a good soldering iron. If you can afford it I’d recommend buying a whole new set of innards you can assemble without potentially damaging the original parts. If you mess up you can always put the old parts back in.
There’s so many pickup types out there. I don’t think you can go wrong with Seymour Duncans.
As Cold Hotman said I wouldn’t bother with the switch because you’ll need to carve the body out for a second pickup and that can ruin the guitar. Coil tap might be possible but I’ve never looked into it myself.
Agreed
Like others have said, this is an opportunity to build something new and be the change we want to see. This mindset has led to me posting more here in the past week than the 10 years or whatever I was on Reddit.
They’re beating this drum now so they can claim the election was stolen by “illegals” voting in swing districts. They just need to (at a minimum) challenge a couple thousand votes in 2-3 states.