Ron G Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 My Dot just didn't sound right. So I installed Gibson pickups, CTS pots, Bumblebee caps, shielded wires, Schaller bridge & tailpiece, bone nut, Kluson tuners and D'Addario strings. And it still sounded pretty much the same. I was totally bummed. Cost me hundreds of dollars for nothing! Then I had one more idea - I plugged it into an amplifier........ WOW! What tone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntelligentAl Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Sounds like a nice upgrade, Ron. Got any pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 . . Ron G - I have to say, THAT'S why we hang out here. Radical ideas on guitar stuff. You have changed my life for the better. (I had always wondered what the glowing valve filled box was for.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWANG Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 amplifier! man, I have one of those! But.. I tried it once, but it just said 'standby'..well I stood there for over an hour and nothing happened, not even a commercial or breaking news story, so I just gave up. Anybody know how to get around that? TWANG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMcClane5000 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 amplifier!man' date=' I have one of those! But.. I tried it once, but it just said 'standby'..well I stood there for over an hour and nothing happened, not even a commercial or breaking news story, so I just gave up. Anybody know how to get around that? TWANG[/quote'] Maybe you need some sort of physical connection between your instrument and that magical glowing box thingy they call amplifiers... Maybe some sort of wire or maybe cable... I don't know... Maybe the standby stands for: "Stand by, you need to connect me to something man!!!! DO IT! NOW!! CAN'T YOU SEE I'M GETTING HOTTER AND HOTTER! I'M GLOWING!!!" Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenrirlupus Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Maybe you need some sort of physical connection between your instrument and that magical glowing box thingy they call amplifiers... Maybe some sort of wire or maybe cable... I don't know... Maybe the standby stands for: "Stand by' date=' you need to connect me to something man!!!! DO IT! NOW!! CAN'T YOU SEE I'M GETTING HOTTER AND HOTTER! I'M GLOWING!!!" Nick[/quote']but you're still standing, now with an instrument connected... maybe get someone else who isn't paying attention to the amplifier to flip the switch and make you stop standing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 . . Damn this electrickery and it's wily ways..... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenrirlupus Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 .. Damn this electrickery and it's wily ways..... . i used my tv as an amplifier once... it worked, but i wouldn't suggest it. if you become the path of least resistance to ground (i.e., touch a radiator... which was likely because i had to stand near a radiator...) you get shocked... not badly, but it's enough to startle you... messes up your solos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Back in the early seventies I had a mate who was into bio-feedback for meditation. Scalp electrodes picking up brain-waves and stuff like that. (proper medico dude.....) I had a VOX busker or some such named battery amp (NOT mains powered.....) So I borrowed his electrodes and wired a couple up to the speaker terminals. You can see colors if you do it right, but you need all the +nine/-nine volts peak to peak. And I recall it was most vivid across the head, temple to temple. Or was that the lysergic. DO try this at home kids, but discuss it with your neuro-surgeon buddies first. The trick is (a) to believe you CAN fly but (:D NOT to try to fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic24 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 amplifier.... hmmmmm...... might try that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntelligentAl Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 What's an amplifier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverman Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Psst!..er.. Ron. Don't let those flea-bay speculators know how much difference those bumblebees made... otherwise, the prices could skyrocket since the 'bees" are become more and more in short supply unless the Russkies start making them...like all the tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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