Ibanez 25th Anniversary Flourescent guitar in Yellow:

http://www.amazon.com/Ibanez-Fluores...eywords=rg2xxv

299.99...


You could match it at M123 for ~$250... Or get it from MF and get a $100 GC and the same price...

Patch cable order was cancelled as price mistake, oh well

Originally Posted by mpaullin Okay, here's an update on my progress. I put new strings on my guitar, got it tuned, and bought the game. I played for a few hours yesterday and everything seems to be okay except for my E string. When I play, the game says the string is in tune and recognizes open notes. When I go to play a fretted note, however, it tells me that I am not playing the right one. I've been mostly testing "Go with the Flow". It tells me to play the fifth fret, I do, but it says I am playing the sixth. If I play the fourth, it is recognized as the fifth and accepts it. Based on the feedback on here, it looks like my intonation is off on that string, right? Specifically, my notes are sharp, so I should be moving the bridge saddle away from the neck, right? Well I went through several iterations of moving it a little bit, retuning, and still getting the same problem. Finally, I tightened it to the point where it doesn't look like it will go anymore. But I'm still having the same problem (fifth fret recognized as sixth). Anyone have any tips for me fixing this? Thanks in advance!

Gonna bump this in hope of tips. I'm a little too cheap/lazy to take my guitar to a music shop without trying all other options first.

Originally Posted by mpaullin Gonna bump this in hope of tips. I'm a little too cheap/lazy to take my guitar to a music shop without trying all other options first.

Which "E" string we talkin' about. The High or Low e; aka the fatboy or the slimjim. The fatty may need to get stretched out a bit to stabilize tuning. It'll happen naturally over time but you can speed up the process. Grab it between your thumb and index fingers and tug on it some while you go up the full length of the string. No need to go he-man on it; just enough to give it more tension than normal


And since I don't remember, is "Go with the Flow" tuned down to drop "D"? If it is, then you might be fretting too hard, making the note go sharp. Pretty common error to make on the drop D songs.
I'd skip all the drop D songs if only I could bother to remember all of them. They just bug me more than the standard stuff. And, for whatever reason, the dropped tuning stuff on bass is more of P.I.T.A. (to me anyway)

[QUOTE=crazedracerguy;10457757]Also... New DLC today!

Fall Out Boy Pack - 960 MSP / $11.99


Time to track down one of those special FB bass guitars from bestbuy

Originally Posted by mpaullin Gonna bump this in hope of tips. I'm a little too cheap/lazy to take my guitar to a music shop without trying all other options first.

I still think your intonation is off. The problem now is that the adjustments for intonation should be small - like 1 turn of the screw... With you tightening it all the way, you may be so far off now that it'll be hard to get it back right on your own. You can probably do it, you just have to go back to the middle, probably, and then adjust slowly.

Like rbarb said, though, there is a chance that you're just fretting too hard.

I had a similar problem with notes not registering right in drop tuning and it was because I was pressing too hard. Happened a lot on the top fret in the MUSE song.

Yeah, you can sharp and note by a fret in drop d easily. Make sure if you're changing your saddle for intonation that the string is tuned to its proper note (E for the largest string) and when adjusting, don't check at the fifth fret, you gotta check at the 12th. So you play an open E, then you play the octave at the 12th feet. If that E is sharp or flat, then you do your adjustment. The 5th fret will not give you as accurate as reading. Also, just to be sure that you're adjusting the right part of the saddle. If goes up and down for Action and forward and back for Intonation. You probably got it, but sometimes these things can be miscommunicated.

So yeah, tune to perfect E, check at 12th fret.

Any recommendations for a good rock band / guitar hero guitar with the buttons for the Wii? Seem hard to find now.

Originally Posted by mpaullin Gonna bump this in hope of tips. I'm a little too cheap/lazy to take my guitar to a music shop without trying all other options first.

Funny I am having the same exact problem as you are with my new guitar. Just hope yours is caused by something other than what my guitars problem is.

If you have it pulled back that far I doubt its your intonation. If I had the guitar in my hands I could get it figured out. Just more info would help on what type of bridge you have.

I will give a bit of a write up on what you can do when I get off of work. Hopefully I will be able to help you out. Its just simply better to be able to do it yourself. You never know how good of a job a place will do setting up your guitars anyways.

If your guitar has a floating bridge make sure the knife edge/body is level with the top of the guitar. If its not all your strings will intonate sharp on the 12th fret. Just open the back plate and tighten down the claw screws a bit to counter the pull of the strings. Use small changes and retune to ballance the stronger spring pull.

Check you neck arch. Fret the first and last fret. There should be about enough to get a 10 guage string under the low e. To straighten the neck tighten the truss rod. Only use small movements and retune each time. Doesn't need to be perfectly in tune. Just to balance the string tension to the new neck position. This will give you a little more length to your strings. Also lowers the action so you will stretch the string a bit less when fretting.

Now if when you intonated you lost the / / pattern on the wrapped and unwrapped strings. Like how your saddles on the low e should be farther from the neck than you d. Same for g being farther from the neck than your high e. They should have a steady even pattern. Assuming you are using standard tuning that rocksmith uses.

Wow, lots of feedback. Thanks guys.. let me elaborate:

Originally Posted by rbarba4 Which "E" string we talkin' about. The High or Low e; aka the fatboy or the slimjim. The fatty may need to get stretched out a bit to stabilize tuning. It'll happen naturally over time but you can speed up the process. Grab it between your thumb and index fingers and tug on it some while you go up the full length of the string. No need to go he-man on it; just enough to give it more tension than normal And since I don't remember, is "Go with the Flow" tuned down to drop "D"? If it is, then you might be fretting too hard, making the note go sharp. Pretty common error to make on the drop D songs. I'd skip all the drop D songs if only I could bother to remember all of them. They just bug me more than the standard stuff. And, for whatever reason, the dropped tuning stuff on bass is more of P.I.T.A. (to me anyway)

I am talking about the "fat" E string (top). The string is new, so perhaps it does need to be pulled on a bit. Will give it a try. "Go with the Flow" is not tuned to drop D (it at least never prompted me to re-tune and it recognizes open E with no problems).

Originally Posted by crazedracerguy I still think your intonation is off. The problem now is that the adjustments for intonation should be small - like 1 turn of the screw... With you tightening it all the way, you may be so far off now that it'll be hard to get it back right on your own. You can probably do it, you just have to go back to the middle, probably, and then adjust slowly. Like rbarb said, though, there is a chance that you're just fretting too hard.

Intonation seems like the problem here, but isn't it weird that the no amount of moving the bridge saddle changes the game from recognizing the 5th as the 4th?

Originally Posted by unopepito06 Yeah, you can sharp and note by a fret in drop d easily. Make sure if you're changing your saddle for intonation that the string is tuned to its proper note (E for the largest string) and when adjusting, don't check at the fifth fret, you gotta check at the 12th. So you play an open E, then you play the octave at the 12th feet. If that E is sharp or flat, then you do your adjustment. The 5th fret will not give you as accurate as reading. Also, just to be sure that you're adjusting the right part of the saddle. If goes up and down for Action and forward and back for Intonation. You probably got it, but sometimes these things can be miscommunicated. So yeah, tune to perfect E, check at 12th fret.

I don't have a very good ear for notes, so I was just trying to use the game for everything. So maybe I should check the 12th fret using my tuner.

Originally Posted by drastion If your guitar has a floating bridge make sure the knife edge/body is level with the top of the guitar. If its not all your strings will intonate sharp on the 12th fret. Just open the back plate and tighten down the claw screws a bit to counter the pull of the strings. Use small changes and retune to ballance the stronger spring pull. Check you neck arch. Fret the first and last fret. There should be about enough to get a 10 guage string under the low e. To straighten the neck tighten the truss rod. Only use small movements and retune each time. Doesn't need to be perfectly in tune. Just to balance the string tension to the new neck position. This will give you a little more length to your strings. Also lowers the action so you will stretch the string a bit less when fretting. Now if when you intonated you lost the / / pattern on the wrapped and unwrapped strings. Like how your saddles on the low e should be farther from the neck than you d. Same for g being farther from the neck than your high e. They should have a steady even pattern. Assuming you are using standard tuning that rocksmith uses.

Thanks for this. I'm at work now, but when I get home I will give it a run through and see what I can't figure out.

DEFINITELY use your tuner. The in game tuner is not anywhere near sensitive enough to pick up intonation.

crazedracerguy is right. Don't ever use the ingame tuner if you have a seperate tuner.

If you don't have a tuner handy. Go into precision tuner. Tune the low e and a ie red and yellow. Then when you are at the d/blue string fret your low e at the 12 and pluck. It should give you +20 or +21.

That should tell you if your low e is intonated properly. Again use a tuner first then the precision ingame to keep her in tune.

crazedracerguy

Forgot to mention this a while ago. You said you didn't play scale runner since you mostly play in the first position. If you go into one of the scales and scroll down. You can play any of the scales from the first position all the way down to the 12th.

Originally Posted by E-Z-B Any recommendations for a good rock band / guitar hero guitar with the buttons for the Wii? Seem hard to find now.

Anyone have any thoughts or preferences? Thanks!

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Originally Posted by drastion crazedracerguy Forgot to mention this a while ago. You said you didn't play scale runner since you mostly play in the first position. If you go into one of the scales and scroll down. You can play any of the scales from the first position all the way down to the 12th.

Yea you can move it but you can't do open scales like E minor pentatonic. I love scale runner anyways. I wish there was more to it but it makes it less boring to learn for sure.

FYI: today's the last day to get the new version of Rocksmith for $30. Best Buy's sale ends today.

And if you don't mind roses, there's a Perris Leather strap for $5.08 on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...pf_rd_i=507846
But if you want something more conventional, there's this one for $8.04
http://www.amazon.com/Perris-Leather..._sim_sbs_MI_27

Originally Posted by E-Z-B Anyone have any thoughts or preferences? Thanks!

Just saw the Band Hero thread. Maybe the store will have some Wii versions
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=337919
Not too bad for $30. Otherwise you gotta go aftermarket and don't know how well those hold up.

I don't know if it's been mentioned, or if it's just a fluke with my account, but in my Reward Zone "Offers and Promotions" section, there's an offer that states:

"Thank you for your musical instrument purchase of $299 or more. Now save 20% on every accessory purchase for the next 12 months. Offer expires: 8/31/2013"

The thing is, I've never purchased a musical instrument from Best Buy. So, this has to be some sort of fluke. Check your Reward Zone accounts, just in case!