i think i will record something soon... not tomorrow (stupid school! leaving at 7:30(am), coming home 18:15 / 6:15pm on mondays...)

 

but keep in mind that i'm rather a guitarist than a bassist :D haven't played it for at least 2 months...

btw: i might have to change my potis, they crackle :(

 

 

hmm, i wonder what a fretless guitar would sound like.... damn hard to play i guess.... and chords are like impossible....

Wow that's very late!

What pots do you have? and can you make a photo of the pots and the hole in the bass?

Maybe it arn't the pots that crackle!

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-P9n6LuPkw]YouTube- Warmoth Fretless Guitar Demo II[/ame]

 

Also a very nice Tele :stunned:

 

Fretless guitar will be awesome!

yeah, but i think i would miss the chords....

 

the crackling pots seem to be a rather common problem with cheaper guitar and bass models

yeah, but i think i would miss the chords....

 

the crackling pots seem to be a rather common problem with cheaper guitar and bass models

My very first guitar, very cheap, stil plays great and no crackling at all, but it could be the problem, but there are more things that can give some crackling.

 

But new pots don't costs much, check here: http://www.allparts.com/250K-Pots-s/19.htm

well, i'll see....

 

btw: why the hell do ALL bassists have slim and long fingers? :laugh3:! i would never have expected that!

what also shows that i'm not a bassist :D

well, i'll see....

 

btw: why the hell do ALL bassists have slim and long fingers? :laugh3:! i would never have expected that!

what also shows that i'm not a bassist :D

I have no idea :laugh3: :laugh3:

if your gonna paint a guitar you might as well buy a really cheap guitar first, experiment with painting and see if you like it before painting more expensive ones.

sorry, but that's just a waste of money. a similar piece of wood will do perfect for this job aswell

sorry, but that's just a waste of money. a similar piece of wood will do perfect for this job aswell

 

Might be a waste for you, but can mean a lot to a performer. It adds personality to the look and performance.

no, no ! i like paintings very much. i meant buying a cheapo guitar for testing is not worth the money!

I agree with both of you.

What I'll do is...I'll just practice a couple of times on a real sized template and when I think I'm ready, I'll paint the real one!

I'll need to use as little paint as possible, so the vibrations aren't affected so much.

I gotta sand the surface of the guitar first.

i dont think coldplay sanded theirs, just by looking at it it looks like its just painted overtop of the finish. and it kinda goes over the edges in some spots.

That must make the wood very heavy, how does it still produce sound without vibrating as much???

the paint wouldnt change the vibrations very much, at least not very noticably and besides, your only plainting one side

how exactly can it affect the sound if i was to paint the front of the body?

it could compress the sound, make it rather dull.

however, chirs doesn't have to care about string vibrations, he's a guy up on a stage with a PA and a pickup-system in his guitar.

 

but you are not always playing your guitar over a PA, are you?!

 

it's that:

the pickup-system (either inductive/magnetic PU or piezo PU) does not really work like a microphone (especially the magnetic PU!) the piezo's sound will be affected, too, but you do have an EQ normally, allowing you to modulate the sound and compensating the loss of tone.

the damage to the pure acoustic sound is constant (and hardly reversible)