I setup my seven string last night, truss rod, action, and revised pickup height. It definitely made my sentient and Pegasus sound better. I still wish to experiment with magnets but I can hear the qualities of the Pegasus better now. Have you noticed when you’ve completed a good setup, that average pickups end up sounding more as they should? I’m wondering if it’s a placebo effect of just having a more comfortable guitar to play on.
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I think a good setup not only can make you sound better, but it can make you feel better about playing.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Yes. That's why a guitar needs to be properly set up
Sent from my ONEPLUS A6003 using TapatalkOriginally posted by Myaccount876Attenuators are for pussies. Neighbors calling the cops isn't a problem - if the cops can actually still decipher the neighbor's complaint on the phone with the Marshall in the background, you're doing it wrong and it needs to be louder.
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Originally posted by Discharged View PostA proper setup is everything in an instrument.
I just can't understand how's that still to this day is so overlooked by so many players. It's disheartning, to say the least.
/Peter
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Discount shops or closed box online stores are the main culprits here.
Due to transport and associated handling aspects it is nigh on impossible to get guitars shipped to all over be in the same microscopic degree of setup perfection they left the manufacturer in.
And so you get some stores merely sending them out in that condition.....either because they are never opened or they are discount online based stores that chose not to (or cannot) go down the 'perfect instrument out of the store' business model.
Of course other less price obsessed stores get squeezed on price to compete, so may do just the bare minimum to try and close match on price.
The truly great stores charge more, but you do get what you pay for from them with almost hassle free instruments for every customer.
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Modern rule of thumb may be to set acion comfortably low, but old strat players know, that for best tone you want high action."So understand/Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years/Face up, make your stand/And realize you're living in the golden years"
Iron Maiden - Wasted Years
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Originally posted by AlexR View PostDiscount shops or closed box online stores are the main culprits here.
Due to transport and associated handling aspects it is nigh on impossible to get guitars shipped to all over be in the same microscopic degree of setup perfection they left the manufacturer in.
And so you get some stores merely sending them out in that condition.....either because they are never opened or they are discount online based stores that chose not to (or cannot) go down the 'perfect instrument out of the store' business model.
Of course other less price obsessed stores get squeezed on price to compete, so may do just the bare minimum to try and close match on price.
The truly great stores charge more, but you do get what you pay for from them with almost hassle free instruments for every customer.
Both observed at Guitar Center and from online retail. Honestly I don't care, I just do it my own way in a few minutes anyway.Last edited by Silence Kid; 08-23-2019, 08:16 AM.Originally posted by King BuzzoI love when people come up to me and say “Your guitar sound was better on Stoner Witch, when you used a Les Paul. “...I used a Fender Mustang reissue on that, dumbass!
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