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  • January 16, 2009 at 6:41 pm in reply to: Do most EHX users also use Fenders? #90915
    Dr. Matt
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    Ha! Does the hair metal superstrat wear a bandana over its wig like bret michaels? Actually Hair Metal Superstrat would be a good band name. Not my band, but someone’s.

    It’s just a 24-fret strat shaped guitar which is a crimson sort of colour that reminds me of the kind of guitars the less over-the-top hair metal bands would play. Actually, another one of my cousins has a flourescent orange aria pro from the same era! 😆

    January 16, 2009 at 6:38 pm in reply to: I should be an EHX door to door salesman #90914
    Dr. Matt
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    ….like any of us could be trusted not to just sit around at home playing on them. :D

    +52.

    On this topic, it seems like i should be an EHX pedal demoer. When i started at college i was the only person in my group with a big muff – a lot of people hadn’t even heard of it, so i brought one in to show them, cranked it up and did some harmonic feedback/sustain style solos. Since then a fair few guitarists within the group have bought one, and they’ve all come to me asking how to get that sound 😆

    January 15, 2009 at 5:48 pm in reply to: Do most EHX users also use Fenders? #90815
    Dr. Matt
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    I use them with any guitar, 90% of my pedal board is all EHX

    “90% of the game is half mental”

    — Yogi Berra

    Why do i always read that as Yogi Bear as i scroll down this thread? 😆

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    The only Fender gear I currently own is a Hot Rod Deluxe, but I’m saving up to get a Highway One Telecaster sometime soon. Any brand goes with EHX (Well, except Jackson, Ibanez, BC Rich, Dean, ESP, and all of the other generic “metal” guitar companies). EHX is vintage (for the most part) so vintage styled guitars are best paired with their effects.

    I have an Ibanez JTK2 which goes well with my EHX pedals. But it is a vintagey styled guitar. I think even the generic metal guitars would probably work well anyway. Something i must try with my cousins genuine 1980s ‘hair metal’ superstrat.

    January 15, 2009 at 5:28 pm in reply to: Post your Pedalboard #90813
    Dr. Matt
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    Mids :)

    Was it difficult to install that mod? i’m guessing it allows you to boost them, instead of cutting them even more 😆 (mine needs a mid boost!)

    January 15, 2009 at 5:20 pm in reply to: My Doctor Q needs a doctor! #90811
    Dr. Matt
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    yeah, i had a sneaking suspicion that it was meant to be like this since mine is just the same.

    I guess the use would be for crazy FX just like you can get from just about other EHX pedal :D Combined with distortion it can make some interesting screechy noises – i guess they’d have some use to people like tom morello 😆

    January 14, 2009 at 5:17 pm in reply to: My Doctor Q needs a doctor! #90695
    Dr. Matt
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    have you tried replacing the battery?

    i’ve had mine for a while and still not changed the battery (i’m looking for an adaptor to plug it into my daisy chain style power supply) but your post seems to describe what happens to mine with the bass switch flicked up. Mine used to belong to a guy who works in the shop i bought it from and he said that it does that when the battery is low, that’s why it was doing it when i bought it.

    If i get a chance to i will try a new battery in mine and get back to you.

    edit: I got a slight opportunity to change the battery and it seems the same, except there is less noise :doh: has it always been like this? Because i might need to have a word with the people who sold me this pedal, if this isn’t just the way it is meant to function (which does seem kinda odd)..

    January 12, 2009 at 5:01 pm in reply to: New Fender Jazzmaster :D #90518
    Dr. Matt
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    Well, i’ve PTFE taped all the screws now, and there are no problems anymore, except the potential string slippage, which seems like it won’t happen. I use .10-.46 Ernie ball regular slinky sets, and that seems just right with the jazzmaster. the strings feel tighter than i’d expect these sets to be (i have been using the same sets on my strat for about 6 months now), and i don’t know how i’d handle going up to 11 on a 25.5″ scale (my 24.75″ scale fender cyclone has .11-.49).

    I was told in the shop i got it from that the strings popping out of the saddles is more of an issue with the jaguar, than the jazzmaster, due to the shorter scale, but if it does happen, they’ll give me a set of replacement saddles with 1 slot for the strings to fit into.

    The resonance behind the bridge is a minor nuisance to me, producing chimey dissonant harmonics which continue to sustain after i’ve muted the strings (this is being amplified), although it’s not a major problem. as long as a buzz-stop won’t change the sound that is produced between the bridge and the nut too much, it would be worth it, for me.

    January 12, 2009 at 4:38 pm in reply to: My plea to EHX… #90517
    Dr. Matt
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    What i think EHX should do is supply little adaptors that you connect to the end of a barrel style plug which goes to the classic style mini-jack plug so you can use a regular power supply with the pedal without any extra hassle.

    Ibanez do this with their classic pedal reissues such as the TS-808.

    They should also keep the old style chassis version of every pedal they convert to XO in production to allow people to choose which to go for, provided this is feasable.

    January 7, 2009 at 8:40 pm in reply to: New Fender Jazzmaster :D #90285
    Dr. Matt
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    yeah, that’s because the radius of the fretboard doesn’t match the bridge…I’d recommend getting one of these then you can set the height of the 4 outside strings.

    http://www.warmoth.com/hardware/bridges/bridges.cfm?fuseaction=mustang_modified

    btw, cool guitar …love the matching headstock! :love:

    I can adjust the height of all the strings with the stock bridge. The fret buzz was cured as soon as i raised the action.

    PTFE tape fixed the rattling grub screws, then the high E string intonation screw started to fall out…

    I’ve been told by a guy who has a 1965 jaguar (among many other valuable guitars – he owns the original ’53 les paul goldtop which features in the haynes gibson les paul manual!) that a buzz-stop should sort this out as well as improving tone, sustain and playability. he has one on his, and the chances are he knows his stuff.

    January 4, 2009 at 4:18 pm in reply to: wound 3rds Strings #90064
    Dr. Matt
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    I played a Rickenbacker 325 with the wound G, but much of the reduction in tension was probably due to it being a 20″ scale guitar (VERY small) as the other strings felt pretty loose too.

    January 4, 2009 at 4:16 pm in reply to: New Fender Jazzmaster :D #90063
    Dr. Matt
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    well, the screws have started to fall out of the saddles :S but apparently PTFE tape fixes this?!?

    it is something i’m going to try, anyway.

    January 1, 2009 at 1:14 pm in reply to: Thinking of getting a new guitar… I have a bit of a dilemma #89939
    Dr. Matt
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    I actually prefer the way my big muff sounds with my Epiphone G-400 more than how it sounds with any of my other guitars. That guitar seems to really bring out something special within that pedal. I think it’s the tonal qualities of the Mahogany body matching the tonal qualities of the big muff better than say, an alder body like a fender. So if you’re getting a gibson, i can only imagine it sounding better than my epiphone :)

    January 1, 2009 at 1:02 pm in reply to: Happy New Year! #89938
    Dr. Matt
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    Happy new year :D

    My gear plans for 2009 are Buzz stop for my new Jazzmaster (i’ve been slightly freaked out by how easily the strings can be lifted off the saddles!! so i just need one for peace of mind!) and probably some higher output pickups (SD Quarter pounders most likely).

    Also, Fender TC90 – i’ve wanted a P-90 equipped semi hollow, and a guitar with a smoothed heel, for years, i hope to finally get one, if it’s a fender that’s a huge bonus, these guitars have stock seymour duncan pickups too.

    Also, probably a Behringer SF300 fuzz (as more of a cheap toy than anything!), A russian Big Muff if i can find one (they work better with british voiced amps than the USA muff IMO), or a Tone Wicker, and probably a better delay pedal to replace my Danelectro which is pretty old and worn out and beginning to go screwy.

    December 31, 2008 at 10:43 am in reply to: LPB-1 set up #89881
    Dr. Matt
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    Could you try to describe what’s wrong with the sound when you boost? It’ll be easier to pinpoint the problem if we know what it’s doing to the sound.

    December 28, 2008 at 2:22 pm in reply to: I’d just like to say… #89753
    Dr. Matt
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    i keep the boxes to all the pedals i have boxes for. i got a few used so they didn’t come with boxes.

    I love effects but i don’t tend to actually make much use of them other than overdrive, distortion and fuzz.

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