tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932200531655459472024-03-04T22:44:30.290-08:00verging on the obsessivevintage guitar loverabit.of.a.nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682599710561020822noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593220053165545947.post-54121376969116169992008-01-14T18:54:00.001-08:002008-01-14T19:34:35.874-08:00Free - All Right Now + TABobject height='350' width='425'>param value='http://youtube.com/v/htuxb-m4-ng' name='movie'/>/object>Watch the video and play along its a nice simple one to learn and helps perfect the old vibratoloads of attitude is the only way to play this classic so give it some beans The main riff to this song is best played with two guitariststo give that slightly 'out of sync' sound. It is best played abit.of.a.nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682599710561020822noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593220053165545947.post-20350655828674340622008-01-14T18:30:00.001-08:002008-01-14T18:42:18.177-08:00GUITAR ELECTRICS - WANT TO SEE HOW EASY IT IS TO CHANGE YOUR PICKUPS???Its easy to change your own pickups you don't need to know what everything does or how it works its a simple quick job that anyone who can solder and replace wires like for like can do.All you have to do is work methodically, there are usually two wires on pickups one is your hot the other is your ground so the the ground go's to the ground point ( back of the pot's ) on your guitar, the hot abit.of.a.nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682599710561020822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593220053165545947.post-12793637768521764542008-01-14T16:09:00.000-08:002008-12-08T22:09:43.262-08:00GUITAR ELECTRICS - SHEILDING AND GROUNDING - WHY DO I CARE?????Ever been irritated by the fact that when you go near fluorescent lights, or TVs, or PC monitors in the studio you get followed around by that buzz. well maybe its time to sort it out, I'm not saying it will completely cure it but i know full well that by properly shielding your guitar you can make it a lot quieter, allowing you to crank your amp up that extra couple of notches before it even abit.of.a.nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682599710561020822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593220053165545947.post-77001204713150915372008-01-09T20:26:00.000-08:002008-01-10T01:09:49.307-08:00GUITAR ELECTRICS – POTENTIONMETERS ( POTS ) – WHY DO I CARE?Well as with any of the electrical components inside your guitar, the pots could be the final overlooked stumbling block in finding the tone of your dreams as they are in essence in control of shaping your sound. Using the wrong value, type, or just poor quality pots could be ruining all the other upgrades you may have done so far, and the good news is they are a cheap and easy fix.So what do abit.of.a.nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682599710561020822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593220053165545947.post-48228429108074953372008-01-06T17:27:00.000-08:002008-12-08T22:09:43.482-08:00GUITAR ELECTRICS - WHY SHOULD I LEARN TO SOLDER?When i first started playing guitar i didn't even think about opening the covers on the back of my guitar, its not my business, i don't know what it is what it does, wouldn't know what to do with it .After spending nearly £100 getting a tech to sort out all my wiring, two scratchy pots and a jack upgrade i finally realised how much it cost me for being lazy so i decided to learn to solder.This abit.of.a.nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682599710561020822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593220053165545947.post-36517507901366777252008-01-03T10:03:00.000-08:002008-12-08T22:09:43.566-08:00GUITAR ELECTRICS - CAPACITORS - WHY DO I CARE??If you've opened up the back of a guitar before no doubt you have noticed those little tubes/discs attached to the back of your tone pots these little beauties do next to nothing when your tone controls are set at ten but as soon as you turn the tone knobs down your bringing them into play.So what are they doing??Well there's no need to get into high pass filters etc the basic principal is a abit.of.a.nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682599710561020822noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593220053165545947.post-14813549736714566552007-12-29T12:28:00.000-08:002008-12-08T22:09:43.753-08:00HISTORY OF THE PAF - THE MAGIC!!!!!!!!So that's the components sorted but how does all the magic happen??????????All of the components inside a humbucker contribute a little of themselves to your tone.I believe that the biggest part of the paf sound comes from the fact that certain parts of the assembly process did not always have a constant outcome. This is where the beauty of 1950's manufacturing comes in.Original PAF'S from the 50abit.of.a.nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682599710561020822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593220053165545947.post-22343740124041379492007-12-29T09:09:00.000-08:002008-12-08T22:09:43.854-08:00HISTORY OF THE PAF - RECIPE FOR A PAF PICKUPSo what makes a paf pickup what it is?There are many online arguments regarding the subject but I'm only interested in the sound of a vintage paf, so here's my take on what's needed to replicate the sound of a paf for about four grand less. Well there's the basic components plus the variables from the manufacturing techniques of the fifties that give each paf its unique voice, so lets start with abit.of.a.nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682599710561020822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593220053165545947.post-20098474841465226452007-12-29T06:00:00.000-08:002008-12-08T22:09:43.946-08:00HISTORY OF THE PAF – SETH E LOVER THE MAN WITH THE PLANThe humbucker pickup was invented by Seth E Lover in 1955 whilst he was working for Gibson primarily as a amplifier designer. Lover worked for Gibson between 1952-1967 as a design engineer and was given the task of sorting out the 60-cycle hum inherent in their P-90 design by the management.Using his knowledge of amplifiers, Seth Lover realised that by connecting two singlecoil pickups in series abit.of.a.nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682599710561020822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593220053165545947.post-32251742398521603182007-12-27T19:50:00.000-08:002008-01-08T05:12:01.214-08:00VINTAGE GUITAR VINTAGE SONGS!!Well if like me you struggle with just a tab book for company how about this little gem I stumbled across a few months ago, it's called VANDERBILLY. Basically this is one guys attempt to keep the teaching of music online alive and healthy, you can get to it from my favourite places to go in the side navagation bar.With so many sites being shut down everyday for providing free tabs and it now abit.of.a.nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682599710561020822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593220053165545947.post-75521724168797953672007-12-27T11:37:00.000-08:002008-12-08T22:09:44.059-08:00THE GREAT PAF PICKUPPAF-patent applied for pickupsIn my opinion humbucker pickups sound fantastic. When it comes to blues and rock an amazing amount of legendary toneswere created using a paf equipped gibson with almost no help apart from a really loud amp. Just plug in and play anythingfrom weeping leads to heavy walls of riff all via the same simple machine.The biggest part of this tone comes from the pickups and abit.of.a.nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682599710561020822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593220053165545947.post-35995686415859616582007-12-26T07:34:00.000-08:002007-12-26T08:27:21.518-08:00Reason for my vintage guitar blogAlthough I have only been playing guitar for a total of probably 3 years I have found myself sucked into a world which I've personally found all encompassing. I can't get enough, it's been constant struggle not to spend all my money and time tracking down rare and desirable guitars, amps and pedals only to find I couldn't afford them even if I sold both of my kidneys.All was lost, or so I thoughtabit.of.a.nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03682599710561020822noreply@blogger.com4