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New Era

2011-02-16T02:41:00.000-08:00

Ini dia, 3 new picks I got recently. The rightmost completes the trinity of our picks. As I can remember Wheen you got a dull-toned golden one. Hooi, you got a black one but it ain't metal is it?

Yeah.

Mayhem.

Compiled of 3-4 sets of strings, a total of about 20 strings.

MRO

2009-10-08T16:00:00.000-07:00

MRO - Maintenance Repair and Overhaul
---stolen from aviation field terms.

Yeah. It's my turn.

I stripped my guitar off its strings. And even undress its bridge construction. Not to every inch. I wouldn't dare to remove the coil and magnet. Or try cut the wires off. I would be left with weeks or months with no electric but never mind.

Let photos do the work.

The new set of strings: D'Addario Light Top/Heavy Bottom

They are in thousandths of an inch.
From the 1st to the 6th string: 10, 13, 17, 30, 42 and 52.

The 0.052inch or 1.32mm heavy gauged string sure ain't no joke to the fingertips. It's almost as thick as a usual classical guitar thickest string. I think it's almost similar, comparing mine. But of course the classical guitar has less tension in the build and less tension held on the guitar I guess. Furthermore, electric guitar does not have a sound hole to amplify the natural acoustics produced by the vibration of the string. That explains why electric guitars has a much tighter tension by standard tuning. But erh...the amplification by electric pickup seals the case away. I have no more say...not technically well-versed in this field.

My bridge pickup. I freaking screwed it. Literally also. I was screwing the screws around it. The height of the pickup suddenly fluctuated from side to side. In the end, it lost its position. No matter how fixing I tried the orientation and position was just messed up. I was so worried if it would affect the signal pickup when electric is plugged.

yet There was no string to test.

The next day. I braved myself. I removed the outer two bridge construction components such as the springs and screw. I am not quite sure what the spring and screw are for. I thought initially they are to adjust height by varying the degree lengthwise from the bridge. But I just found out there are another set of screws which require a mini allen key to be adjusted. That is for the height, more practical and can be seen the difference in the height adjusted.

The two sets of screws I mentioned, one is horizontally fed to the bridge plate lengthwise to the guitar body. Another is vertically, standing on the bridge plate.

Yeah removed them. So I have access to all 3 large screws which are actually the only fasteners of the bridge construction to the body.

There. Only to find out that the mess of the bridge pickup was caused by the screws and springs underneath them. They screwed. No picture of it. Cos I was so happy to fix it the instance I rectified it.

And so I repaired all of the positions and screws and screws and screws.

That is the core between the screws, maybe iron core which is the core for the electromagnet of the pickup. Can't see the winding. Telecaster bridge pickup man yoohoooo...

Clean. Bright. New.

Colourful ball ends of the strings.

The sound. Great. Not much review on the sound. Depends on what kind of tone and sound you want.

I don't have the precise vocabulary to describe them anyway. But I think I can say they are quite crunchy. The 4th, 5th and 6th strings are new gauges so changes in the tone should be affected there. Quite balanced the sound produced when I strum them altogether. Broad sounding. Ghostly.

Kesusahan Teknik.

2009-10-08T06:23:00.000-07:00

a teaser for Jared.'s technical prob.XD

Once Upon A Time The Top Solo

2009-07-23T06:42:00.001-07:00

Guitardude84's youtube video. It's cool.

..and then one of the greats doing it. Give it up to Mr. John Petrucci...

Our fingers should be comfortably numb.

D.Addario 10s Check : Don't Say Lazy Improvisation

2009-06-30T07:40:00.001-07:00

A little bit of Improvisation.

Love my new strings.

Smooth.

But they look like they rust easily.

Pinch harmonic isn't easy on the bass strings too (especially the E string).

my comments :

Yes I love K-on. Any problems? Video was on the spot improvisation so I kinda messed up on certain parts. At first I thought of solo-ing along the vocal melody then it got weird and I was like "screw that" and things got out of control. Explains the overused pentatonic lick, but it fits so well into the song > : )

Note: Guitar Porn. Restringing a Floyd Rose.

2009-06-28T08:37:00.001-07:00

I'd usually take my guitar to the shop when anything's screwy for maximum care, but unfortunately today I had the urge to do it myself.

The thing with floyd rose guitars is, the tuning. One fucked up string and there goes the whole guitar.

And the process of restringing a floyd rose, redundant and boring.

The strings used are D.Addario 10s. Great gauge and strings for hybrid blues/metal playings.

Upon reaching the G string; I realised I couldn't cut the string. Fuck. How the hell am I supposed to cut the rest of the thicker bass strings now? ( To start off restringing a floyd rose, you must cut the string ball off. Yes, balls. Apparently not for all guitars.)

Stuck now with half stripped guitar. Poor Stephy. Gonna get me a string winder and cutter tomorrow, hopefully.

Stripped head of Etiennette. Jackson. Beautiful isn't she?

Stephy stripped. Ah.

For the E and B strings I used yes, a nail clipper.

At the start.

Passion

2009-06-25T07:29:00.000-07:00

"Note for YW: I feel like my improvisation doesn't fit in to the 12-bar blues rhythm we did. Doesn't sound in-mood. Or maybe it's not. I didn't try it with the backing track."

Elaborate on that a little...

by the way, hardwork IS passion. Waited damn long liao to jam. So don't go around giving excuses like " aiya he everyday play guitar mah of course pro". Since when do you become good at something the moment you like it? mmm

something to get out of my mind.

btw anything you want me to print i have 400 pages left to use as far as my free printing goes in college.

Pick a Pick so Pick it & Pick off

2009-06-22T11:00:00.000-07:00

Hey, the readers/bumpers/stalkers/fans and founders of this place. Thanks for keeping up to date for updates here. Amusement starts here. As given a deal through the cbox for reviews on gears.

I'd start on my picks. Beloved picks. Why would we wana compare so much about the sword and the pen and let the academicians be the judge. I give you a fart and then I'm off to get my picks.

Nah, I dun go diggin' rappin' y'all niggin' freakin' asses. Imma show u ma homies. Ma babes..
If precise and without mistakes, they are arranged chronologically clockwise. Inset, the other side of that last white pick and the other side of J.Garcia black pick.

The more I look at them, the less they look like. Am I losing some? Or they are actually just as few as that...heh.

They are:
Dean Markley .84mm
J. Garcia (YW's gift)
Dunlop Tortex 1.2mm
Fender Heavy
Fender Thin
Proline .5mm (metal)
ESP .8mm
Ibanez M (transparent)
Planet Waves ?.9mm
Kozik Tortex 1.0mm

One Fender pearloid Medium gauge was lost actually. I could remember this. Lost at Ye-Wheen's place. Must be John "jigSaw" Kramer and Tenacious D lent it and never returned.

That's all folks.

Note for YW: I feel like my improvisation doesn't fit in to the 12-bar blues rhythm we did. Doesn't sound in-mood. Or maybe it's not. I didn't try it with the backing track.

Flying Little Wings

2009-06-16T20:14:00.000-07:00

I foresee..maybe someday when we all improve and learn the techniques properly. We will do Little Wing jam.

As Ywheen has been starting already on the Little Wing blues. It sure sounds so good. Especially the blues tone that is produced by his Roland Microcube (RM430).

haha product promotion.

When You've Got a Good Friend

2009-06-16T05:29:00.000-07:00

Sundial Dreams

2009-06-07T09:34:00.000-07:00

Nice song to study to

JaredT: fux..haven't got this song yet. save me.

2010 - 1 = 2009 + Guitar = Cloud Nine

2009-01-29T05:46:00.000-08:00

Well, let's look for new stuffs. Let the awry past be the threshold of new set of future.

Ambitions. Resolutions. Promises. Debts. Rocks. And Rolls...

Let there be light, in this new season of the phenomenal era. Every year has its significance and something spectacular to behold for.. And the new year 2009 is the year which will kickstart new hopes and dreams. Aspirations and resolutions to make of the betterment in life.

Cheers. With the knock of the the guitar necks. For those about to rock, we salute you. Let the vibratos speak for us.

And to kick in, I would like to introduce and present something which I haven't been updated to for so long and suddenly it came to my mind. Paul Reed Smith Tremonti SE.

http://www.prsguitars.com/tremontise/specs.html

5 years ago when I was so hot into the guitar and music industry, I learnt of that this Tremonti model was filed a lawsuit by Gibson. And then I thought I wouldn't get to get it one day in the future haha. And now I found out in the news the lawsuit has been denied. So it's in the market today. The age-old news here http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/press_releases/supreme_court_ends_gibson_lawsuit_against_prs.html

I listened to its sound demos and they sure sound so good. Totally warm and crisp and can be fat. Totally a must in the arsenal. Especially it's a Paul Reed Smith.

The New Pain

2008-12-20T03:30:00.000-08:00

hoho..just to keep this alive. By breathing in a new post. So there's something new to read or look at..

Did you know that G3 is formed? Yeah, as anticipated and hoped. The 3rd entry is a Squier Tele California Series. Price tag is RM540. Discounted to like Rm470 and plus more year-end discount around 10-15%. Really good. Good deal. It's married to a Marshall MG10CD limited edition Silver version. The cost is Rm370 and then discounted 10%. The price is something I didn't expected. Cos' earlier I was considering either a Marshall XXXX at Rm380 or Roland MicroTube which is the same model as Ye-Wheen's at RM430. They are in stock in Penang. But so luckily I stumbled on this Marshall amplifier. Cool huh...we've all 3 different amplifiers.

Low-end products of course to get a good price to save. Total cost = RM991. But it could not be better compared to Hooi's RM250 package from Andrew hahhaah.

Ok here's the line-up.

-> Jackson Dinky Lefty
-> Squier Strat
-> Squier Tele

And..I'm changing the looks of my Tele already. Maybe I would buy a different design of pickguard to beautify it. haha

No pictures sorry. Next post babes..

Finally Here

2008-11-11T04:24:00.000-08:00

Inconvenient Ideal
Dir En Grey

I need more!

Countdown To Uroboros

2008-11-01T06:30:00.000-07:00

Agitated Screams Of Maggot Unplugged - Comes with Glass Skin single

G3: Fux of The World

2008-10-18T10:46:00.000-07:00

Here's the deal. It's been taking too long. Partly procrastination. But nothing else matters. Ye-Wheen's got it early this year 2008 from KL. And Hooi secured and totally owned a deal with Andrew to get his at RM250 for the entire package recently, weeks ago.

Me,...? Not yet. All left is hope and a dream to come through. I shall never let go of this aim anymore. I shall never forget it. The dead enough longing for one. The electric. You may not feel it but it's in our blood that this masterpiece of mankind has gotten into us so badly that without one, we suffocate and die like a marthafarker asphyxiated dead pig lying on the street like a hungry mongoose with a horse stuck in the anus neighing for help. That's it.

I shall...make this happen.
From left: Jackson DK2L, Squier California Series Stratocaster(but with maple fingerboard) &...yet-to-be-born Squier Telecaster

sigh...few more weeks. Around 10 weeks maybe..

Let There Be Rock

2008-10-12T06:05:00.000-07:00

AC/DC - Rocker

Angus Young's energy.

Bluesy Blues

2008-10-08T07:45:00.000-07:00

End year jam list/ harmonizing is the main high

Rocking In The Free World
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Little Wing( but darn complex...)
BAT COUNTRY...if can.UAAARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!
M.I.A.
Beast And The Harlot
12 bar blues...jam and impro
our much delayed Undecided and Mushi

check this guy.a blind guitarist who plays guitar flat on the lap.he definitely made the guitar weep for him when he can't...

Jeff Healey - While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

FUX to the MAX

2008-10-04T08:16:00.000-07:00

This is the pinktube. Type pinktube and you will be directed here.

OK. Let me update you curious notorious humans.

Meng Jon, Penang.
Chin Hooi, Penang.
Khang Yang, wantanmee stall, Penang.
Jared, Jenderam Hulu.
Jonathan, Jenderam Hulu.
Ye-Wheen, Subang Jaya.

woohoo. What else you want to know? Who's engaged? Who's married? Who's shitting? haha

I won't tell. You're not supposed to know. Blog is weBLOG. A web log. So it means wood in internet. You know, timber..log. Plus web. So if ...

kaneh...my fingers kena hack liao..typing shit....muahaha

[sigh...i'm just trying to make a beast out of myself to get rid of the pain]

Here goes:

Bat Country

He who makes a beast out of himself
Gets rid of the pain of being a man

Caught here in a fiery blaze, won't lose my will to stay.

I tri-ie-ied to drive all through the night,
The heat stroke ridden weather, the barren empty sights.
No oasis here to see, the sand is singing deathless words to me.

Can't you help me as I'm startin' to burn (all alone).
Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction.
My confidence is leaving me on my own (all alone).
No one can save me and you know I don't want the attention.

As I-I-I adjust to my new sights the rarely tired lights will take me to new heights.
My hand is on the trigger I'm ready to ignite.
Tomorrow might not make it but everything's all right.
Mental fiction follows me; show me what it's like to be set free.

Can't you help me as I'm startin' to burn (all alone).
Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction.
My confidence is leaving me on my own (all alone).
No one can save me and you know I don't want the attention.

I'm sorry you're not here I've been sane too long my vision's so unclear.
Now take a trip with me but don't be surprised when things aren't what they seem.

Caught here in a fiery blaze, won't lose my will to stay.
These eyes won't see the same, after I flip today.

Sometimes I don't know why we'd rather live than die,
We look up towards the sky for answers to our lives.
We may get some solutions but most just pass us by,
Don't want your absolution cause I can't make it right.
I'll make a beast out of myself, gets rid of all the pain of being a man.

Can't you help me as I'm startin' to burn (all alone).
Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction.
My confidence is leaving me on my own (all alone).
No one can save me and you know I don't want the attention.

blah..

2008-07-16T01:51:00.000-07:00

sigh..things are not looking sooo good. era of gloom.

bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (buzzing)

Orgy Anouncement

2008-06-23T22:10:00.000-07:00

ok wokei vkei

everything here is temporary..names..template..titles..url wateva poop u see here.unless u r already comfortable with it.

dun kinda publicise this yet...holy crap.. our image n reputation go suck-ass
nvm..

i found one template cool..got 90% nude gal picture. really
preview it here...if u like it..u can edit it straight into this blog.
or not, i will do it. or u dun like it, then leave it.

http://blogger-classic.blogspot.com/2007/02/dark-angel-classic-skin.html

the primary authors should be
jared /
hooi
yw /
jona /(sent invitation)
jon
ky

if u find any other worthy/suitable author...which i dun think so there's any.maybe "chung shern" or sung ching.

so erm...jona jon ky ..hooi and yw pls help them get a blogger account.
then add them as blog authors lo..so they can come and write post...

i will use this place to post diary thingy la about outings n boozing.

but ofcos not personal one la.. so we use this to connect..HENG TAI

ask jona dun post gayfuck spam thing...
ask ky dun use stpm as excuse for being busy
ask jon when cc can post, or hooi let him into ur comp to post...or when i am in penang.

nacho macho ci bai bye bye

maybe i will compile all PHOTOS taken together last time in one post. agree bo agree...

delete this post la when all added as authors