Guitar question! Please answer!?!
Question: Guitar question! Please answer!!?
I'm not really an expertise on guitars so!.!.!.!.!.!. I'm just going to ask a whole bunch of questions at once:
1) What strings do you use for a semi-hollow guitar (i!.e!. Epiphone Dot Studio)!?
2) Can you make an acoustic sound on a semi- hollow guitar when it is plugged in!?
3) Is it possible to trim guitar straddles!? If so, how much would it cost!?
4) How do you remove the guitar's nut!?
5) How loud is the semi-hollow guitar if played unplugged with acoustic strings!?
6) If the truss rod in my guitar doesn't turn, what does that mean!?
7) What are the pros and cons of a semi-hollow guitar!?
8) What parts of a guitar are common replace when newly bought!?
9) What should you use to buffer frets!?
10) How often should string be changed if you play guitar 4-5 hours a day on average!?
11) How do you properly execute a PINCHED harmonic!?
12) What is the basic method for chord building (i!.e!. C maj, Am7, Dm, Gsus)
Please try to answer only the questions you KNOW!. Thank you!
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1) What strings do you use for a semi-hollow guitar (i!.e!. Epiphone Dot Studio)!?
2) Can you make an acoustic sound on a semi- hollow guitar when it is plugged in!?
3) Is it possible to trim guitar straddles!? If so, how much would it cost!?
4) How do you remove the guitar's nut!?
5) How loud is the semi-hollow guitar if played unplugged with acoustic strings!?
6) If the truss rod in my guitar doesn't turn, what does that mean!?
7) What are the pros and cons of a semi-hollow guitar!?
8) What parts of a guitar are common replace when newly bought!?
9) What should you use to buffer frets!?
10) How often should string be changed if you play guitar 4-5 hours a day on average!?
11) How do you properly execute a PINCHED harmonic!?
12) What is the basic method for chord building (i!.e!. C maj, Am7, Dm, Gsus)
Please try to answer only the questions you KNOW!. Thank you!
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Answers:
1) Elixirs!.
2) Yes, with a judicious amount of EQ and possibly a compressor!. You might need something to block feedback!.
3) Why!? If you need lower action, just lower them, adjust the truss rod, file down the nut, etc!. I can't think of a valid reason to do this!.
4) Can't answer, as I haven't!. I would suggest brining it to a tech or luthier!.
5) Make sure it's intonated and can handle acoustic strings!. It's loudness will depend on the brand, but is usually still much much less than an acoustic!.
6) If you don't know how to adjust or when to adjust a truss rod, don't do it!. If you've done this, you may have over or undertightened the rod!. Bring it to a tech!.
7) It sounds 'woodier' than a fully electric guitar, a little warmer!. The downside is that certain tones are harder to achieve - certain types of distortion won't sound as good, for instance!. Getting a thin sound may be a little more difficult!. Otherwise, it's just the same as any other electric!.
8) Strings!. I replace the pickups as soon as I can!. I always get them intonated and setup!.!.!. but then again, I've learned how to do that now, so in the future I'll do it myself!. I also always install a buffer circuit onboard!. This way I can drive long stretches of cable without loss of tone!.
9) A very fine steel wool should do the trick, I think!.!.!. 000!? Google it or ask a tech!.
10) Depends on the strings and how well you take care of them!. If you wipe them off after playing them (cotton cloth) you should expect strings to last no more than 2 months with that much playing, a month without!. Get elixirs and double that amount!.
11) Can't answer!. I can't do it consistently!.
12) A full answer is outside the scope of this response, but in general you build by thirds - start with a root, and add alternating major and minor thirds!. Ie, start with a C then go up a minor third and you have Eb!. Go up a major third and you have G!. C-Eb-G is a C minor chord!. Go up a minor third and you have a Bb, making a C minor 7th chord!. You can swap out a third with a second or fourth, making a suspended chord!. There are other alterations, but these are the basic basic basics!. The third is the most important interval in the chord and will color it the most!. After that it's the seventh!. If you take away the third you leave a very ambigous sound!.
To learn more about building chords you've gotta study some music theory - learning the notes, whole step vs half step and other intervals, proper chord building, how chords relate to scales, modes, inversions, etc!.
EDIT: Your strings will sound horrible after 8 months or a year!. I play moderately often, and after three months non-Elixirs sound dead and lifeless!. I'm going on three or four months now with my guitars that have Elixirs and they still sound great!.
Do NOT just adjust your truss rod willy-nilly!. You have to know what you're doing or you will screw your guitar up!
A pinch harmonic is NOT made by hitting a harmonic then using a whammy! gaah! It's made by plucking a string then brushing it almost instantly thereafter with your picking hand's thumb - the fleshy part!. It's hard to describe and I can't do it very well, but it's kinda like that!. You should be able to do it, once you get it down, on acoustic guitars even!.
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2) Yes, with a judicious amount of EQ and possibly a compressor!. You might need something to block feedback!.
3) Why!? If you need lower action, just lower them, adjust the truss rod, file down the nut, etc!. I can't think of a valid reason to do this!.
4) Can't answer, as I haven't!. I would suggest brining it to a tech or luthier!.
5) Make sure it's intonated and can handle acoustic strings!. It's loudness will depend on the brand, but is usually still much much less than an acoustic!.
6) If you don't know how to adjust or when to adjust a truss rod, don't do it!. If you've done this, you may have over or undertightened the rod!. Bring it to a tech!.
7) It sounds 'woodier' than a fully electric guitar, a little warmer!. The downside is that certain tones are harder to achieve - certain types of distortion won't sound as good, for instance!. Getting a thin sound may be a little more difficult!. Otherwise, it's just the same as any other electric!.
8) Strings!. I replace the pickups as soon as I can!. I always get them intonated and setup!.!.!. but then again, I've learned how to do that now, so in the future I'll do it myself!. I also always install a buffer circuit onboard!. This way I can drive long stretches of cable without loss of tone!.
9) A very fine steel wool should do the trick, I think!.!.!. 000!? Google it or ask a tech!.
10) Depends on the strings and how well you take care of them!. If you wipe them off after playing them (cotton cloth) you should expect strings to last no more than 2 months with that much playing, a month without!. Get elixirs and double that amount!.
11) Can't answer!. I can't do it consistently!.
12) A full answer is outside the scope of this response, but in general you build by thirds - start with a root, and add alternating major and minor thirds!. Ie, start with a C then go up a minor third and you have Eb!. Go up a major third and you have G!. C-Eb-G is a C minor chord!. Go up a minor third and you have a Bb, making a C minor 7th chord!. You can swap out a third with a second or fourth, making a suspended chord!. There are other alterations, but these are the basic basic basics!. The third is the most important interval in the chord and will color it the most!. After that it's the seventh!. If you take away the third you leave a very ambigous sound!.
To learn more about building chords you've gotta study some music theory - learning the notes, whole step vs half step and other intervals, proper chord building, how chords relate to scales, modes, inversions, etc!.
EDIT: Your strings will sound horrible after 8 months or a year!. I play moderately often, and after three months non-Elixirs sound dead and lifeless!. I'm going on three or four months now with my guitars that have Elixirs and they still sound great!.
Do NOT just adjust your truss rod willy-nilly!. You have to know what you're doing or you will screw your guitar up!
A pinch harmonic is NOT made by hitting a harmonic then using a whammy! gaah! It's made by plucking a string then brushing it almost instantly thereafter with your picking hand's thumb - the fleshy part!. It's hard to describe and I can't do it very well, but it's kinda like that!. You should be able to do it, once you get it down, on acoustic guitars even!.
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1) Any strings that are for electric!. They should come with the guitar!. If not try getting electric Ernie Ball strings!. I dont know much detail about strings!.
2) Depends on the amplifier and the guitars humbuckers!. I played one and indeed it can!. Just get a amp that has overdrive and normal!.
3)Guitar straddles!? Do you mean a strap!? If so just adjust it!.
4)Which one man!!!!?!?!? Just get a wrench and twist left!. Just take to Guitar Center!.
5)Not as loud as a regular acoustic!. It is only semi hollow so it's not as loud!. It will not sound very good at all!.
6) It should turn!. Maybe it is becuse it is rotted metal and a old guitar!. Sounds messed up if you ask me!. The rods should work at all times!. I think thats repairable!.
7) The guitar looks awesome!. Looks cool!. Feels good!. But The one main con is: It can form holes easy if you dropped it!.
8)The tuning pegs!.
9) That is a job for a guitar store, not you!. They will do it for you!. Trust me!
10) about once every year or 8 months!. Try buying the product called CLARITONE becasue it keeps your strings fresh!.
11) Hit a harmonic and dump the whammy bar at the same time!.
12)I dont know 100%
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2) Depends on the amplifier and the guitars humbuckers!. I played one and indeed it can!. Just get a amp that has overdrive and normal!.
3)Guitar straddles!? Do you mean a strap!? If so just adjust it!.
4)Which one man!!!!?!?!? Just get a wrench and twist left!. Just take to Guitar Center!.
5)Not as loud as a regular acoustic!. It is only semi hollow so it's not as loud!. It will not sound very good at all!.
6) It should turn!. Maybe it is becuse it is rotted metal and a old guitar!. Sounds messed up if you ask me!. The rods should work at all times!. I think thats repairable!.
7) The guitar looks awesome!. Looks cool!. Feels good!. But The one main con is: It can form holes easy if you dropped it!.
8)The tuning pegs!.
9) That is a job for a guitar store, not you!. They will do it for you!. Trust me!
10) about once every year or 8 months!. Try buying the product called CLARITONE becasue it keeps your strings fresh!.
11) Hit a harmonic and dump the whammy bar at the same time!.
12)I dont know 100%
Please pick me best answer for taking my time!.Www@Enter-QA@Com