I studied physics and mathematics at school, but this simple empirical demonstration of standing waves is still magical to me. I just run my finger down any string towards the nut without anchoring it anywhere (this works on both basses, O anjo azul and Kimberly, frets are not involved here) while plucking it rapidly. Harmonic tones emerge at predictable points in between the ghost notes. As my finger approaches the nut, the open string begins to assert itself, producing a very satisfying end point to this harmonic odyssey.
Better still, you can anchor the string at any point, and the remaining length acts like an open string with its own harmonics at the same intervals relative to its length.
I got this guitar in return for modding my friends peavey 6505mh amplifier. Itâs an entry level Ibanez Gio grg121. Man, is it 1000x better than my own first guitar. Hardware is of course cheap but the instrument itself is perfectly fine
After a year of playing on this i decided iâm going to upgrade this. Just for fun i ordered some pickups on AliExpress for âŹ12 that actually sound pretty nice. I was planning on buying ârealâ pickups but will probably keep them on.
They look like theyâre modeled after Seymour Duncan Invaders, of which thereâs actually a comparison video on youtube. Sound is different but definitely usable
Coming up are (gold?) locking tuners and bridge, Graphtech nut and saddles, full rewiring with cts pots, âbetter treble bleed circuitâ and maybe some coil split or series/parallel switching that i am still figuring out
it was my first quality guitar, but now too metal typed for me (even if I still like metal), I no longer played with it so I decided to sell it for a more versatile one but with tremolo and blocker ( to complete my Gibson and my Strat)
The drums take some getting used to. If I play one of those drum pad-type practice apps I score fairly highly on basic timing, but playing to the metronome with actual drumsticks is altogether different. I havenât yet worked out why. Maybe the app Iâm using is set too forgiving. Maybe I just need to work harder on my timekeeping.
The keen eye will spot one missing tube and an ef184 that shouldnât be there. The ef184 was there just for the picture.
I have a bunch of pcl86 and similar tubes, which are basically an el84 and a triode in the same envelope. The triodes are different among the pcl/ecl series so i can swap them around. It also allows me to use just 3 tubes
Iâve heard many excellent renditions of pop and rock songs by Luna Lee on the traditional Korean zither known as the gayageum. I posted one or two in the Inspirations thread. Here she talks about her gayageum collection, their different tunings, and other technical details.
To my ear, the easiest way for an English speaker to replicate the instrumentâs name is kayak-um.
