Happy New Year Raul. I had been thinking about you recently wondering how you were. I'm still using my Fillmore East FV. I'm learning there are tricks to getting them to sound their best. It sounds best when it is just a cranked clean amp and effects can either make it better or worse in some situations. Either way, they like volume.
Thank you Jussie. I appreciate the appreciation because I’m realizing how much work goes into each Hendrix song. I get bogged down a little analyzing each song but the details are important to me. It gives you a little insight into Jimi’s genius.
Thanks Mr. X. I am going to do Title #3 first. I laughed today when I started to dissect it because it's typical Jimi, there's a lot more there than meets the ear.
@@millstap I was just listening to the purple box set record the other day and Title #3 was throwing me for a loop trying to figure it out. Glad you’re back and Happy New Year! Can’t wait to see it!
@@thomas6558 Yes, it's a doozy. Just in the beginning he bends one note of the two notes he hits on the same fret. Something I've never done. I'm not sure how he does it but I have to use my two middle fingers. You hear it and don't think much of it until you start playing it.
Happy New Year Jack. It is good to be back. I can't believe that year flew by so fast. I'll be super happy when we don't have to hear the words "lock down, mandates, vaccines, pandemic, death, darkness, Delta, Omicron, run for your lives (lol)" ever again. Good riddance!
Thanks. I just tried a set of the Pure Nickel and I think I will stick with the Nickel Plated Steel because they last longer. I didn't hear a noticeable improvement in tone with the Pure Nicke. Actually, I think I lost a little volume with them.
Good to see you back! If you’re going to do a Little Wing video can I suggest the version on the Jimi Hendrix Concerts album (recorded at Winterland, October 11, 1968). My absolute favourite version!±
Happy New Year Cade! I started working on Jimi's Title #3 and just started laughing. I thought it was going to be fairly simple until I realized I was dealing with Jimi again. What a genius.
Happy New Year Mik! I think my very next video will be a demo on the newer Fulltone CS-OCD-GE V1.01. Dezionlion (comment) mentioned it and I just had to try one out. Since I have used my old OCD for so long, I thought if they truly improved on it, how can I go wrong. We will see next week.
Hey my friend!!!!! So, soooo good to see you again, I was just thing about you last week bro. I'm glad to see you doing so well; God Bless and stay safe.
Happy New Year J.W.! I'm glad to be back. Thank you for thinking of me. I do pray for all of my subscribers. Honestly, I've neglected to lately but I will definitely start right now. Here's to a banner 2022!
That's not a bad idea on the interview. I would call them. I bet they would do just about anything. I have bought single .026" round core nickel plated steels since I wear them out the quickest. So, they should sell the other wounds too. I too have to used the nickel plated strings because pure nickel is softer and don't last.
Yes, I just tried the Mangan Pure Nickels and I wasn't blown away. I think the Nickel Plated still sound good, actually with a little more output and they last longer.
Hey Millstap glad you're back. Its basal arthritis of the thumb...I got 2 opinions so had and MRI ...They want me to have surgery, but it's a brutal surgery...I'm not doing it!
Hey Paul, that is very helpful. Thanks. I always avoid surgery on anything but this is so bad I was actually thinking about it. Not anymore. It does seem to be getting better which is surprising. It probably doesn't help to sit there and squeeze that joint all the time trying to get it to pop or something. It feels like it just needs a good relocation which I try to do my manipulating it. I stopped doing that. Maybe it is healing some now.
@@millstap hey what's up. Don't pop it, especially the thumb. It's not a dislocation. But man some days hurt more than others depending on the weather. I use a cold pack to help the inflammation. I also press on the joint for a few seconds at a time to relieve the pressure from the joint. It's arthritis so it doesn't heal you just have to maintain the pain. At Walgreens there are hand wraps with a thumb mobilizer to keep the thumb in place and not move especially good when sleeping. I'm happy I can still play my guitar
@@paulkardoulias9547 Yes, I need to get one of those thumb braces. I have one for carpal but it may not work the same for the thumb. Yeah, in playing guitar, the thumb is probably the most important digit. All the hand strength comes from having a strong thumb. It really does affect my playing. I try to play through the painful positions and it actually seems to move the joint into a position that relieves the pain. I found myself unconsciously favoring my thumb and that seemed to make things worse. Now, I play hard like I used to and it loosens up the joint some. I was also thinking about getting some steroid injections. Have you tried that at all?
I’m going to check out these strings. Glad to see you back! As far as request go, really like your guitar setup/tech videos. I switched all my trem springs on my guitars to the raw vintage and so glad I did. Appreciate the tips!
Thank Joel. I just ordered a new Fulltone Custom Shop OCD-GE and I will demo that sometime next week. Since I've been an OCD user forever, I thought the new Germanium version sounding like a big improvement. We will see. Raw Vintage springs are the best for sure. Over the past few months, I've realized how important it is to have the best sounding tubes in your tube amp. Unfortunately, they are becoming scarce. I really need to start a search for current production tubes so I have good replacements when I run out of NOS tubes.
@@JimmyDevere Yes, as far as I can tell the new GE has two Germanium diodes when the V1.4 only has one. They also changed to input impedance to 1 meg I think and the Enhanced Bypass is supposed to be Class A (whatever that does, I'm not sure). I should be comparing the two this weekend. I'll put it at the beginning and end of my chain to see how it reacts. It will be hard to beat the V1.4. If the GE is still as clean as the old one, it could replace the 1.4 on my board. It is supposed to have more gain too but I don't think I really need more gain. It is supposed to be more touch sensitive too.
@@JimmyDevere And Mike already is doing versions of the new GE. The one I bought was V1.01. Here is what Mike said about it on his website, "This is the newest v1.01 "less compressed" version! "less compressed" means I changed the clipping section to ignore lower frequencies, eliminating congestion and making the pedal more open and natural sounding.
Regarding the strings, those CM blue are nickel plated steel, the red CM are pure nickel so they may last longer but they will sound a little different than pure nickel. I use the GHS pure nickel round wound and they sound good to me. They don't make a pack so I have to order individual though.
I'll probably get a set of the pure nickel just to see how long they last. That is the deal breaker for me. I can give up a little tone for a string that lasts.
@@millstap I have let my current set of GHS pure nickel go way longer than usual and they still sound good even they have flat spots. One think I think I see on the Woodstock video, is Hendrix's strings don't seem that new or clean. Do you see the same thing on the close ups?
i have somewhat "young hands" and had numb finger on my fretting hand couple years ago. definatly came from too much guitar playing with either too thick strings and/or bad technique. went to the doctor with it, explained everything and recommended taking a little break, going to lighter strings and getting some Qi Gong Balls and just sping them around with the hand. it really helped. something about Qi Gong Balls that is really good for the hands. i feel like they bettered my muscles, reflexes and precision too. maybe give them a try if you havent already. there is even some positive effect on the whole body these balls allegedly give.
As I said before bro Milstap it is good to see you back.I have had problems with pedal order and had to re arrange boxes.Original order was what I call WOFU (Wah/Octave /Fuzz/Univibe.Jimi's setup.The noise was like a fight video from Godzilla vs Kong movie last year.Placed the Fulltone first in the chain and the noise ceased.Where do you think I should place the Octave/Fuzz pedal.Should there be a buffer somewhere in the chain?Cordell signing off for now... Oh and by the way my suggestion tune is STPLSD.That magician fluffy intro is great!
Looking forward to the new videos. Happy New Year back at ya. I have at least a dozen sets of Fender voodoo child 10-38 left but will try the Mangan strings. I have the numbing of my left hand , not all the time but vitamin D3 10000iu helps me big time, don't know why but it does. I am and older "Hendrix tone chaser guy" just like you. Springtime i will be 62. Been pickin for 50 plus years, love your videos, stay safe. Thanks for all the hard work you do.
Hey Greg. Yeah, 10,000IU of D3 sounds a little high. I take 2000IU. I know it can have some bad side affects. The U.S. RDA is 600IU/day. There was one time recently where my blood work showed I was high D3 and my doctor told me to back off a little. At the time I think I was taking 5,000IU. That is interesting that it helped your numbness though. I still have some Voodoo Child sets too. Those are good strings but these Curt Mangans even outlast the Fenders. I think the Fenders are about 1/2 the price too. I think I will write Curt to see if he can shed some light on how his D string winding holds up so well. Happy New Year!
Good deal. I remember when we were talking about strings last year I think. I mainly wanted a D string in a round core that would last and Curt made it.
@@millstap my only gripe with the Mangan strings is that they turn my fingers black. That’s not really something they can fix though. All of the pure nickel wrap strings do that, some much worse(DR Blues). I sent an email to the Tweed Deluxe Speed Shop guy to get the specs on those A10Q Weber built speakers. I hope they’re a paper former, low efficiency speaker. If they are, I’m buying four!
@@matthewf1979 Tell me more about the A10Q. What is the Tweed Deluxe Speed Shop? I forgot to mention the strings are nickel plated steel. I stay away from the pure nickels just because they seem softer and don't last as long. I am not sure about the tone difference so I will definitely order a set to see if it is a noticeable improvement.
It may just be in the construction and not the hardness. Wound string wear has never been much of a problem for me. It's the plain strings that eat my frets. I will gladly give up a little fret to have a string that lasts and holds up this well. Very impressive.
@@millstap true, there's so many I haven't been able to afford to try. I haven't even got around to trying the pyramids yet, I remember nearly buying some ten years ago when it was cheap (for us in the UK) to buy from Germany. It's not now, so I'll try these curt mangan's because they are very available and if they last, can't go wrong. Good to see you posting again, I think I used to watch in 2007 or 2008. Not sure but UA-cam has certainly changed since then.
@@dannyjonze Yes UA-cam has changed but it hasn't seemed to affect my channel and my subscribers except for the occasional Hendrix copyright hit. That's good to know the Mangans are available in your area. That's crazy that you have been watching since 2007. I think that is when I first started. I look back and laugh because I didn't want anyone to see my videos. I was just trying to help a few people learn how to work on their amps themselves as I learned to work on them myself.
I started working on Title #3 (Olympic Studio, 4CD Box Set) today, and had to laugh. I had jammed with it and also watched another cover on YT of the song and thought, simple enough. When I started listening to it I said, " I should have known by now that Jimi's style is to play seemingly the same lick over and over when he really is moving all over the neck to get different variations and sounds. It is going to take me longer than I thought, lol.
No. I’m actually an anti-DR guy. They were the first string that gave me serious problems many years ago. Sometimes I would have to install three of the same strings before I could get one to intonate correctly or not go dead. And I followed all of their instructions and a few I invented myself (and still use to this day) before I pre-cut them. They ended up sending me many free replacements but it wasn’t worth the hassle. They may be better now but I won’t try them again.
@@reubensolly2237 Yes, probably no issues with locking tuners but with the old Fender safety posts, it’s best to precut the string and stuff the end down into the post hole to keep the sharp string end from poking you.
I already bought one from the Fulltone site and Mike has already got a new version, V1.01. "This is the newest v1.01 "less compressed" version! "less compressed" means I changed the clipping section to ignore lower frequencies, eliminating congestion and making the pedal more open and natural sounding."
I may have missed it in a previous video, but did you get an echoplex or fulltone? Have you reviewed it? If so, is it the tube or solid state version? Also, I have the Ojai power and I have other strymon pedals, they are good but I have had really bad luck on the cables - at least four failed and they wanted to charge me $25 to send me new ones.
I ended up buying an old tube EP-2 Echoplex. I have not used it much because, in the beginning after it had been refurbished, it was very noisy. Turns out that could have been other amp issues so I should start using it again. It has a really strong preamp to it. The Strymon power supply seems fine. I usually use George L or Lava cables and haven't had any problems except with the solderless plugs so I moved back to soldered connections with no problems anymore.
@@millstap Well, we would love to see more of that and your thoughts on choosing the tube version, I guess that's what Jimi would have used, but if you think it changes the tone with the preamp tubes in the EP-2.
good to have you back stan!!! im still playing the sabbadius vibe
Happy New Year Raul. I had been thinking about you recently wondering how you were. I'm still using my Fillmore East FV. I'm learning there are tricks to getting them to sound their best. It sounds best when it is just a cranked clean amp and effects can either make it better or worse in some situations. Either way, they like volume.
Very glad you are making videos again.
Thank you Jussie. I appreciate the appreciation because I’m realizing how much work goes into each Hendrix song. I get bogged down a little analyzing each song but the details are important to me. It gives you a little insight into Jimi’s genius.
Thank you for sharing your work
Welcome back man! Love your lessons!
Thanks Mr. X. I am going to do Title #3 first. I laughed today when I started to dissect it because it's typical Jimi, there's a lot more there than meets the ear.
@@millstap I was just listening to the purple box set record the other day and Title #3 was throwing me for a loop trying to figure it out. Glad you’re back and Happy New Year! Can’t wait to see it!
@@thomas6558 Yes, it's a doozy. Just in the beginning he bends one note of the two notes he hits on the same fret. Something I've never done. I'm not sure how he does it but I have to use my two middle fingers. You hear it and don't think much of it until you start playing it.
I’m glad your back and up and running Milstap it’s so great to see you playing guitar again love all your videos especially the Hendrix tunes
Wow .. so happy your here ...
Thank you Mr. Stupot. I'm already getting a list of songs and amp tips together for future videos.
Great to see you back and happy New Year! Looking forward to future videos.
Happy New Year Jack. It is good to be back. I can't believe that year flew by so fast. I'll be super happy when we don't have to hear the words "lock down, mandates, vaccines, pandemic, death, darkness, Delta, Omicron, run for your lives (lol)" ever again. Good riddance!
I’m glad your up and playing again Mils
Thanks. I just tried a set of the Pure Nickel and I think I will stick with the Nickel Plated Steel because they last longer. I didn't hear a noticeable improvement in tone with the Pure Nicke. Actually, I think I lost a little volume with them.
Good to see you back! If you’re going to do a Little Wing video can I suggest the version on the Jimi Hendrix Concerts album (recorded at Winterland, October 11, 1968). My absolute favourite version!±
Good to see you again and great video
Happy New Year Cade! I started working on Jimi's Title #3 and just started laughing. I thought it was going to be fairly simple until I realized I was dealing with Jimi again. What a genius.
very glad to see you back, excited for what's to come!
Hey Edward. I will try to make it informative, interesting and fun.
Hey stan!!! It’s your come back!! I am very happy!! 🎸🎸😉🤩
Happy New Year Mik! I think my very next video will be a demo on the newer Fulltone CS-OCD-GE V1.01. Dezionlion (comment) mentioned it and I just had to try one out. Since I have used my old OCD for so long, I thought if they truly improved on it, how can I go wrong. We will see next week.
Glad to see you back happy NEWYEAR
Happy 2022 John. I'm glad to be back.
Hey my friend!!!!! So, soooo good to see you again, I was just thing about you last week bro. I'm glad to see you doing so well; God Bless and stay safe.
Happy New Year J.W.! I'm glad to be back. Thank you for thinking of me. I do pray for all of my subscribers. Honestly, I've neglected to lately but I will definitely start right now. Here's to a banner 2022!
Curt is such a great guy ! I enjoy hearing you guys both. Maybe an interview for the future? :)
That's not a bad idea on the interview. I would call them. I bet they would do just about anything. I have bought single .026" round core nickel plated steels since I wear them out the quickest. So, they should sell the other wounds too. I too have to used the nickel plated strings because pure nickel is softer and don't last.
@@millstap Thanks. You're the best ! Looking forward to it.
Good to see you back at it brother ! Going to have to always try a new recommendation of yours 👊
Yes, I just tried the Mangan Pure Nickels and I wasn't blown away. I think the Nickel Plated still sound good, actually with a little more output and they last longer.
Looking forward to more videos. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Crow. Let's do this! I think 2022 is going to be a banner year!
Hey Millstap glad you're back. Its basal arthritis of the thumb...I got 2 opinions so had and MRI ...They want me to have surgery, but it's a brutal surgery...I'm not doing it!
Hey Paul, that is very helpful. Thanks. I always avoid surgery on anything but this is so bad I was actually thinking about it. Not anymore. It does seem to be getting better which is surprising. It probably doesn't help to sit there and squeeze that joint all the time trying to get it to pop or something. It feels like it just needs a good relocation which I try to do my manipulating it. I stopped doing that. Maybe it is healing some now.
@@millstap hey what's up. Don't pop it, especially the thumb. It's not a dislocation. But man some days hurt more than others depending on the weather. I use a cold pack to help the inflammation. I also press on the joint for a few seconds at a time to relieve the pressure from the joint. It's arthritis so it doesn't heal you just have to maintain the pain. At Walgreens there are hand wraps with a thumb mobilizer to keep the thumb in place and not move especially good when sleeping. I'm happy I can still play my guitar
@@paulkardoulias9547 Yes, I need to get one of those thumb braces. I have one for carpal but it may not work the same for the thumb. Yeah, in playing guitar, the thumb is probably the most important digit. All the hand strength comes from having a strong thumb. It really does affect my playing. I try to play through the painful positions and it actually seems to move the joint into a position that relieves the pain. I found myself unconsciously favoring my thumb and that seemed to make things worse. Now, I play hard like I used to and it loosens up the joint some. I was also thinking about getting some steroid injections. Have you tried that at all?
@@millstap yea I had a couple injections.they help for a couple months. But those hurt. Haha
@@millstap but you're right the thumb is essential
Glad to see you back!
Thanks for the warm welcome back.
So good to see you again!! Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year. Here we go, trying to decipher Jimi again.
Really pleased with the video
Happy New Year Mr. Garcia. I'm glad.
Awesome see the experience room. Your hand just prove that you are the best my friend.
When my fingers aren't sore, they seem to work pretty good still.
The Experience Room, lol. I did finally add a 24" x 36" poster of Jimi to the room that was a Christmas present. Now the Experience Room is complete.
I’m going to check out these strings. Glad to see you back! As far as request go, really like your guitar setup/tech videos. I switched all my trem springs on my guitars to the raw vintage and so glad I did. Appreciate the tips!
Thank Joel. I just ordered a new Fulltone Custom Shop OCD-GE and I will demo that sometime next week. Since I've been an OCD user forever, I thought the new Germanium version sounding like a big improvement. We will see. Raw Vintage springs are the best for sure. Over the past few months, I've realized how important it is to have the best sounding tubes in your tube amp. Unfortunately, they are becoming scarce. I really need to start a search for current production tubes so I have good replacements when I run out of NOS tubes.
@@millstap the OCD v1.4 is GE.
@@JimmyDevere Yes, as far as I can tell the new GE has two Germanium diodes when the V1.4 only has one. They also changed to input impedance to 1 meg I think and the Enhanced Bypass is supposed to be Class A (whatever that does, I'm not sure). I should be comparing the two this weekend. I'll put it at the beginning and end of my chain to see how it reacts. It will be hard to beat the V1.4. If the GE is still as clean as the old one, it could replace the 1.4 on my board. It is supposed to have more gain too but I don't think I really need more gain. It is supposed to be more touch sensitive too.
@@JimmyDevere And Mike already is doing versions of the new GE. The one I bought was V1.01. Here is what Mike said about it on his website, "This is the newest v1.01 "less compressed" version! "less compressed" means I changed the clipping section to ignore lower frequencies, eliminating congestion and making the pedal more open and natural sounding.
great to see you back!
Thank you Carlos. Happy New Year! I have a good feeling about this year, 2022.
Regarding the strings, those CM blue are nickel plated steel, the red CM are pure nickel so they may last longer but they will sound a little different than pure nickel. I use the GHS pure nickel round wound and they sound good to me. They don't make a pack so I have to order individual though.
I'll probably get a set of the pure nickel just to see how long they last. That is the deal breaker for me. I can give up a little tone for a string that lasts.
@@millstap I have let my current set of GHS pure nickel go way longer than usual and they still sound good even they have flat spots. One think I think I see on the Woodstock video, is Hendrix's strings don't seem that new or clean. Do you see the same thing on the close ups?
Maybe give some Elixer nanowebs a shot.. They last me ages, literally. Might be a bit expensive, but totally worth it. 👍
Happy new year 2022 👍😊
Happy New Year Hernán! I'm glad you're here. Let's make 2022 the best year ever.
i have somewhat "young hands" and had numb finger on my fretting hand couple years ago. definatly came from too much guitar playing with either too thick strings and/or bad technique. went to the doctor with it, explained everything and recommended taking a little break, going to lighter strings and getting some Qi Gong Balls and just sping them around with the hand. it really helped. something about Qi Gong Balls that is really good for the hands. i feel like they bettered my muscles, reflexes and precision too. maybe give them a try if you havent already. there is even some positive effect on the whole body these balls allegedly give.
I’ll have to check into them. Thanks for the tip.
As I said before bro Milstap it is good to see you back.I have had problems with pedal order and had to re arrange boxes.Original order was what I call WOFU (Wah/Octave /Fuzz/Univibe.Jimi's setup.The noise was like a fight video from Godzilla vs Kong movie last year.Placed the Fulltone first in the chain and the noise ceased.Where do you think I should place the Octave/Fuzz pedal.Should there be a buffer somewhere in the chain?Cordell signing off for now... Oh and by the way my suggestion tune is STPLSD.That magician fluffy intro is great!
Looking forward to the new videos. Happy New Year back at ya. I have at least a dozen sets of Fender voodoo child 10-38 left but will try the Mangan strings. I have the numbing of my left hand , not all the time but vitamin D3 10000iu helps me big time, don't know why but it does. I am and older "Hendrix tone chaser guy" just like you. Springtime i will be 62. Been pickin for 50 plus years, love your videos, stay safe. Thanks for all the hard work you do.
Hey Greg. Yeah, 10,000IU of D3 sounds a little high. I take 2000IU. I know it can have some bad side affects. The U.S. RDA is 600IU/day. There was one time recently where my blood work showed I was high D3 and my doctor told me to back off a little. At the time I think I was taking 5,000IU. That is interesting that it helped your numbness though. I still have some Voodoo Child sets too. Those are good strings but these Curt Mangans even outlast the Fenders. I think the Fenders are about 1/2 the price too. I think I will write Curt to see if he can shed some light on how his D string winding holds up so well. Happy New Year!
Man, you're a sight for sore eyes! I switched to Mangan round core/pure nickel in late 2020 and I'm not going back.
Good deal. I remember when we were talking about strings last year I think. I mainly wanted a D string in a round core that would last and Curt made it.
@@millstap my only gripe with the Mangan strings is that they turn my fingers black. That’s not really something they can fix though. All of the pure nickel wrap strings do that, some much worse(DR Blues).
I sent an email to the Tweed Deluxe Speed Shop guy to get the specs on those A10Q Weber built speakers. I hope they’re a paper former, low efficiency speaker. If they are, I’m buying four!
@@matthewf1979 Tell me more about the A10Q. What is the Tweed Deluxe Speed Shop? I forgot to mention the strings are nickel plated steel. I stay away from the pure nickels just because they seem softer and don't last as long. I am not sure about the tone difference so I will definitely order a set to see if it is a noticeable improvement.
I like 'em also. Solid sound.
Great informative gear videos. Love the Hendrix videos. Any way you could do some theory/Jam lessons?
If the strings are harder, they must wear the frets more. Depends on your choice of frets of course.
It may just be in the construction and not the hardness. Wound string wear has never been much of a problem for me. It's the plain strings that eat my frets. I will gladly give up a little fret to have a string that lasts and holds up this well. Very impressive.
@@millstap true, there's so many I haven't been able to afford to try. I haven't even got around to trying the pyramids yet, I remember nearly buying some ten years ago when it was cheap (for us in the UK) to buy from Germany. It's not now, so I'll try these curt mangan's because they are very available and if they last, can't go wrong. Good to see you posting again, I think I used to watch in 2007 or 2008. Not sure but UA-cam has certainly changed since then.
@@dannyjonze Yes UA-cam has changed but it hasn't seemed to affect my channel and my subscribers except for the occasional Hendrix copyright hit. That's good to know the Mangans are available in your area. That's crazy that you have been watching since 2007. I think that is when I first started. I look back and laugh because I didn't want anyone to see my videos. I was just trying to help a few people learn how to work on their amps themselves as I learned to work on them myself.
Mill is back!!!!!!!!!!!
Now, let's start delving into some more Jimi.
wow im early for this! i hope you post more tutorials!
I started working on Title #3 (Olympic Studio, 4CD Box Set) today, and had to laugh. I had jammed with it and also watched another cover on YT of the song and thought, simple enough. When I started listening to it I said, " I should have known by now that Jimi's style is to play seemingly the same lick over and over when he really is moving all over the neck to get different variations and sounds. It is going to take me longer than I thought, lol.
Ever tried the DR Tite-Fits? They’re round core nickel plated steel. Like the Curt Mangans.
No. I’m actually an anti-DR guy. They were the first string that gave me serious problems many years ago. Sometimes I would have to install three of the same strings before I could get one to intonate correctly or not go dead. And I followed all of their instructions and a few I invented myself (and still use to this day) before I pre-cut them. They ended up sending me many free replacements but it wasn’t worth the hassle. They may be better now but I won’t try them again.
@@millstap Sorry to hear that, I use locking tuners and never had that kind of problem yet.
@@reubensolly2237 Yes, probably no issues with locking tuners but with the old Fender safety posts, it’s best to precut the string and stuff the end down into the post hole to keep the sharp string end from poking you.
have you tried testing fender custom shop straotcaster or vintera series stratocaster
No, I’m stuck with two vintage Strats, my ‘57 Reissue from 1986 and a Nash. I don’t think I’ll ever buy another guitar.
Glad youre in the saddle again!
Check out the new ocd germanium!
Did you try one? I asked a pro about it the other day but he didn’t respond.
I'm about to pull the trigger on one. I just love anything Germanium so I can't resist. It will be an upgrade hopefully.
I already bought one from the Fulltone site and Mike has already got a new version, V1.01. "This is the newest v1.01 "less compressed" version! "less compressed" means I changed the clipping section to ignore lower frequencies, eliminating congestion and making the pedal more open and natural sounding."
I may have missed it in a previous video, but did you get an echoplex or fulltone? Have you reviewed it? If so, is it the tube or solid state version? Also, I have the Ojai power and I have other strymon pedals, they are good but I have had really bad luck on the cables - at least four failed and they wanted to charge me $25 to send me new ones.
I ended up buying an old tube EP-2 Echoplex. I have not used it much because, in the beginning after it had been refurbished, it was very noisy. Turns out that could have been other amp issues so I should start using it again. It has a really strong preamp to it. The Strymon power supply seems fine. I usually use George L or Lava cables and haven't had any problems except with the solderless plugs so I moved back to soldered connections with no problems anymore.
@@millstap Well, we would love to see more of that and your thoughts on choosing the tube version, I guess that's what Jimi would have used, but if you think it changes the tone with the preamp tubes in the EP-2.
Do two times a day some exercises to improve posture and watch you pain disappear. Every guitar player should do that before problems occur.
Lol, my posture is the worst for sure. I'm too lazy to do anything about it. I am thankful that things seem to healing some so that is positive.
Glad to see you back!
Thank you Henri. I'm glad to be back with all of you guys and gals. That year flew by too fast. I need to figure out how to slow down time a little.