Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
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DeadSkinSlayer3
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Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
Happened with my XXX. Then I tweaked with the EQ a bit.
Happened with my XXX. Then I tweaked with the EQ a bit.
ledzepp29
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Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
ya when I got my dsl I put ontop of a 2 feet high wooden night stand for better projection but as soon as I took it off and put it on the ground and tilted backwards against the wall it sounded killer like 4x thicker. come to think of it, if putting my amp on the wooden night stand made it thin sounding would a 2x12 cab do the same?
ya when I got my dsl I put ontop of a 2 feet high wooden night stand for better projection but as soon as I took it off and put it on the ground and tilted backwards against the wall it sounded killer like 4x thicker. come to think of it, if putting my amp on the wooden night stand made it thin sounding would a 2x12 cab do the same?
Hot _Grits
Buttery Toneologist
Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
reverse honeymoon? -I'll get back to you after thursday and friday's gigs.
reverse honeymoon? -I'll get back to you after thursday and friday's gigs.
DiminisheD-7th
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Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
well
this happened to me before, but not with all my gear.
my theory is that this happens because when you hear your new gear at first, you are REALY investigating to see whats wrong about the tone. be sure, that you will always find something bad about your tone, if you look hard enough.
after you cool off, you plug in your guitar and you give the gear "the result test".
well
this happened to me before, but not with all my gear.
my theory is that this happens because when you hear your new gear at first, you are REALY investigating to see whats wrong about the tone. be sure, that you will always find something bad about your tone, if you look hard enough.
after you cool off, you plug in your guitar and you give the gear "the result test".
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
It usually happens with amps. You play it at home when it's new, and it only sounds OK. Then, you take it to a rehearsal room, crank it up, and realize it sounds a lot better than you thought.
With guitars, it's usually an issue of how it's setup. I've pulled a guitar outta the box, and hated how it played. Then, after it's setup a couple days later, I realize how truly good the guitar is.
It usually happens with amps. You play it at home when it's new, and it only sounds OK. Then, you take it to a rehearsal room, crank it up, and realize it sounds a lot better than you thought.
With guitars, it's usually an issue of how it's setup. I've pulled a guitar outta the box, and hated how it played. Then, after it's setup a couple days later, I realize how truly good the guitar is.
Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
I'm with GJ
I've bought two guitars from shops and had one built for me since i started setting up my own axe's.
My Gordon smith came with the lowest action i'd seen in my life and no buzz.. shows how well built it was.
but to me if you're actions that low the sound of the guitar is kinda choked, so after a day of it i raised the action, sounded immense!
Another thing i thought the guitar was rather bright.. till i spoke to the guy that built it - he rang me up to tell me to bring it every six months for a setup at no charge! service or what!!!
he told me he puts a no load tone pot on his guitars as standard and apologised for forgetting to tell me.
After i've had that i want all my guitars that way, clean the neck bucker sounds very defined, and i turn the tone to 8 for my bridge bucker dirty sound.
The RS ibie i got, the guy offered to set it up included in the price so i said ok, but he set it too low again, so i raised that
The RG i set right myself, but when i had the duncan put in it the guy set it back low again since after all the strings were off it would needed re set up etc.... so i had to redo that again!
I have a reverse honey moon everytime i change strings.. im getting lazy atm its once every 2 months
I'm with GJ
I've bought two guitars from shops and had one built for me since i started setting up my own axe's.
My Gordon smith came with the lowest action i'd seen in my life and no buzz.. shows how well built it was.
but to me if you're actions that low the sound of the guitar is kinda choked, so after a day of it i raised the action, sounded immense!
Another thing i thought the guitar was rather bright.. till i spoke to the guy that built it - he rang me up to tell me to bring it every six months for a setup at no charge! service or what!!!
he told me he puts a no load tone pot on his guitars as standard and apologised for forgetting to tell me.
After i've had that i want all my guitars that way, clean the neck bucker sounds very defined, and i turn the tone to 8 for my bridge bucker dirty sound.
The RS ibie i got, the guy offered to set it up included in the price so i said ok, but he set it too low again, so i raised that
The RG i set right myself, but when i had the duncan put in it the guy set it back low again since after all the strings were off it would needed re set up etc.... so i had to redo that again!
I have a reverse honey moon everytime i change strings.. im getting lazy atm its once every 2 months
Quencho092
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Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
same with me and my new strat, when i first got it, i expected a whole lot more. After a few jams with the band and after playing my old ibanez GAX70 though, i couldnt stop playing it. What really helps in fixing this syndrome is playing your old instrument/amp to see what a real difference the quality of the new product has vs. its older counterpart. Me and my strat are inseparable now!
same with me and my new strat, when i first got it, i expected a whole lot more. After a few jams with the band and after playing my old ibanez GAX70 though, i couldnt stop playing it. What really helps in fixing this syndrome is playing your old instrument/amp to see what a real difference the quality of the new product has vs. its older counterpart. Me and my strat are inseparable now!
some_dude
Raging BB Gunologist
Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
I generally don't like any guitar until I've f*cked with it sufficantly. I'm a hotrodder at heart, and I'm not satisified until I've hotrodded my axes. Once I've added those personal quirks though..... :headbang:
Oddly enough though, I was 100% happy with my amp from the first time I plugged it in......
I generally don't like any guitar until I've f*cked with it sufficantly. I'm a hotrodder at heart, and I'm not satisified until I've hotrodded my axes. Once I've added those personal quirks though..... :headbang:
Oddly enough though, I was 100% happy with my amp from the first time I plugged it in......
y2stevo
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Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
I think its something to do with my personality,
My cousin is the same way about girls :laugh2:
I guess i am too..
Yeh Thats kinda what i'm like too.. I want to convince myself that "i did do the right thing spending my life savings on this amp/guitar" so i usually have really high expectrations of gear i get, but after the "newness" is gone I get critical about every little thing and second guess it too..ArtieToo said:
I think its something to do with my personality,
My cousin is the same way about girls :laugh2:
I guess i am too..
That90'sGuy
DyzaBoyzologist
Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
No regrets... yet. Every purchase I've made has been better than the last. Each time I become more and more educated on what it is I like and am looking for. I thought I'd regret selling the LP Standard, but my Grosh kicks way more than that guitar ever did and I wouldn't have done things any differently.
No regrets... yet. Every purchase I've made has been better than the last. Each time I become more and more educated on what it is I like and am looking for. I thought I'd regret selling the LP Standard, but my Grosh kicks way more than that guitar ever did and I wouldn't have done things any differently.
JammerMatt
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Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
Yep, me too. Takes awhile for me to "break in" a new guitar. Also, my favorite of the three changes all the time. Currently it's the USA Jackson. Last month it was the LP.
-Matt
Yep, me too. Takes awhile for me to "break in" a new guitar. Also, my favorite of the three changes all the time. Currently it's the USA Jackson. Last month it was the LP.
-Matt
Jonny R
Volcano Fireologist
Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
I know must of my stereo gear came with a recommended burn-in time before it was predicted to sound up to scratch.
Maybe with guitar amps they too can benefit from some burn-in time.
With my stereo amp the manual recommended giving it 24 hours power-up time before usage for best results. :saeek:
I know must of my stereo gear came with a recommended burn-in time before it was predicted to sound up to scratch.
Maybe with guitar amps they too can benefit from some burn-in time.
With my stereo amp the manual recommended giving it 24 hours power-up time before usage for best results. :saeek:
Indie P Bass
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Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
Yeah... I do that... whenever I get new gear, I'm SUPER CRITICAL of it, but, I've come to find out that that's how I weed out problems.... it's saved me a crappy cabinet, AB box and tubes.
When I got super critical of my vox and such, everyone I knew was like, "you aren't happy with it?" I took it it, they took out a set of POS chinese tubes, put in JJ's and it sounded great and there were no more problems.
Yeah... I do that... whenever I get new gear, I'm SUPER CRITICAL of it, but, I've come to find out that that's how I weed out problems.... it's saved me a crappy cabinet, AB box and tubes.
When I got super critical of my vox and such, everyone I knew was like, "you aren't happy with it?" I took it it, they took out a set of POS chinese tubes, put in JJ's and it sounded great and there were no more problems.
some_dude
Raging BB Gunologist
Re: Anyone have a "reverse honeymoon stage" with their new gear?
That brings up a good point.
Prior to me using the internet as a research tool, I made some dumb and regretable gear decisions.
Now that I therally (sp?) research my decisions, along with running idea's past others on forums such as this, I've made zero dumb decisions and only one that turned out regrettable (although, in all honesty it was a good decision at the time).
the_Chris said:
That brings up a good point.
Prior to me using the internet as a research tool, I made some dumb and regretable gear decisions.
Now that I therally (sp?) research my decisions, along with running idea's past others on forums such as this, I've made zero dumb decisions and only one that turned out regrettable (although, in all honesty it was a good decision at the time).
