Hmmm... Nice for a lead guitar stack...

Acoustic 120W Half Stack Cab for $116.99
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampli...peaker-cabinet

Acoustic G120H Amp Head for $139.99
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampli...uitar-amp-head

Call the order in and get $50 knocked off... You have a pretty nice half stack for a little over $200... Must... Resist... Temptation...

How does the phone in discount work if you don't mind me asking?

It looks like a new version is coming out this year based on a Newegg pre-order promotion, may be the reason for the drop. Also, MY GUITAR FINALLY SHIPPED o.O

Originally Posted by Psybuster How does the phone in discount work if you don't mind me asking?

Get the order in your cart so you have totals. Call the 800 number and tell then you have an order in your cart, but the discount won't apply. They'll tell you that the exclusion list contains these items, but they'll go ahead and apply the discount because you're such a great customer.

Originally Posted by radioactivez0r It looks like a new version is coming out this year based on a Newegg pre-order promotion, may be the reason for the drop. Also, MY GUITAR FINALLY SHIPPED o.O

The "new" version is the one with bass support on disk. Everyone else will pay $30 to get it as DLC when it's released.

Congrats on the axe!

Originally Posted by crazedracerguy Get the order in your cart so you have totals. Call the 800 number and tell then you have an order in your cart, but the discount won't apply. They'll tell you that the exclusion list contains these items, but they'll go ahead and apply the discount because you're such a great customer.

Nice, although with $41 in shipping charges (cabinet classified as oversized, unless they'll waive that with the call too) and $25ish in taxes I'll have to pass. I'm not any good anyway, not yet, since I've only been able to play maybe twice a month on average. Should've known the bass add-on was going to result in the Street Fighter effect lol; I'll likely just hold off on that until there's a significant discount.

Originally Posted by crazedracerguy Hmmm... Nice for a lead guitar stack... Acoustic 120W Half Stack Cab for $116.99 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampli...peaker-cabinet Acoustic G120H Amp Head for $139.99 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampli...uitar-amp-head Call the order in and get $50 knocked off... You have a pretty nice half stack for a little over $200... Must... Resist... Temptation...

I'm glad I don't know what half of that shit does yet. Ignorance is saving me money

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UPDATE: Amazon went ahead and lowered the PS3 version a well. Both Rocksmith versions are selling for $45.70
http://www.amazon.com/Rocksmith-Xbox...ords=rocksmith
Guitar Center's weekly in-store deal is for a double cut Daisy Rock Elite (black) for $199
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Big-Cool-Deal-g25903t0.gc
And Musicians Friend has a couple other Epi guitars on sale
First a '66 Wilshire with Tremotone (worn cherry) for $337.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guita...lectric-guitar
Second, a Limited Edition Les Paul Studio Deluxe (black)for $270
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guita...81254000001000

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Hey, if you've come to like the Black Keys stuff on RS, you can download the "El Camino" album (mp3) for $1 on Amazon. Only a couple of hours left
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...pf_rd_i=507846
They also have other random albums for a buck
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...d_i=B006BXTOFC

Guitar Fetish has a 4th of July sale. Select deals on their Xaviere guitars, but you can get a Candy Apple red strat, with 3 single coil pickups for $139. Or a Lemon Drop les paul for $169
http://www.guitarfetish.com/Fourth-o...ale_c_399.html
And as always you can look thru the clearance section for other deals

And "As Seen on SD!!!" World Music Supply has a Washburn black strat for $100
http://www.worldmusicsupply.com/Wash...ic-Guitar.html

Originally Posted by elrobo8 It's $40 in-store too, and it's a permanent price drop.

Good to know. The other stores have been raising the price up to 60 after the initial drop

Originally Posted by crazedracerguy The "new" version is the one with bass support on disk.

The new disc version, with bass, is also gonna retail for $80. If anyone plans to wait, you probably won't see a deal 'til BF

Originally Posted by Keegs I'm glad I don't know what half of that shit does yet. Ignorance is saving me money

Lucky you. Not so much for me.

Just one of the risks you run with Rocksmith

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Happy FOURTH everyone!

Hello Music has a couple of 4th deals:
BC Rich eagle masterpiece (sunburst) for $218 after JULY30 coupon & shipping
http://www.hellomusic.com/ec/DealMai...198&cat=PROMO2
or a Michael Kelly Patriot (black w/gold hardware) for $325 after July50 coupon & shipping
http://www.hellomusic.com/ec/DealMai...385&cat=PROMO2

Catch ya later. Gotta do my part and fire up the grill

Got a nice surprise today. My order of stuff came in two days early

Won't get to really play the guitar 'til tonight. But liking what I see so far.

The Skull case is great. It's pretty sturdy and finished very well. Has gunmetal hardware, quilted liner and comes with a mini pillow to support your guitar's body. And there's a little strap to hold the neck in place. Not a fan of the skull pattern but I can live with it.

Those straps seem really good too. But I'll get a better idea over time. Easily worth $3. There's also some padding in there, not much though.

Also grabbed some thin and medium picks. Been slowly working my way back down from the 1.5 picks I've been using. Gonna be interesting using those thin ones cuz they feel like paper to me

I say go for the straps and case if possible and use the 20 off coupon

Originally Posted by rbarba4 Various things that caught my eye were: Rock Steady leather strap for $3 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/acces...r-guitar-strap Musicians Gear thin picks for $1 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/acces...-pick--12-pack Skull Guitar case by coffin cases for $50 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/acces...by-coffin-case Epi Limited Edition Wilshire (white) http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guita...lectric-guitar Clayton pick pack for $1 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/acces...plus-pick-pack Rock Steady medium picks for $1 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/acces...picks--1-dozen

Toys r Us(online) and Amazon are holding steady on Rocksmith pricing (40 & 46 respectively). And someone mentioned it being $40 in-store, for good now. Other stores are holding at $60

Those Musicians Friend deals are a little less awesome. Current coupon deal is save $10 off 99, 40 off 349 using coupon code "summersale".
They fixed the free shipping glitch so it's gonna cost you $3.50 to ship those straps (unless you're doing a big order). Really like them and I'm thinking of ordering more. Hey, 12.50 for another 3 is still pretty sweet.
Also found a Road Runner LP case for $42 (graphite color)
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/acces...ic-guitar-case

Originally Posted by jsivley Anybody ever jump on this? I'm curious to find out what kind of stuff people got from it just in case the do it again. They claimed there could be amazing stuff like expensive guitars, or some not so amazing stuff. I was too skeptical (chicken?) to order myself.

Finally got my mystery box and got let down this time. My last order was good enough so that I try again. But this one sucks

Got two mic holders (cheap plastic that'll break under any real use), 3 Fender thin picks (couldn't even send me a dozen, really????) and the crap de resistance... a Ranger Boats baseball cap (WTF!!!). What's a boat cap gotta do with musical instruments?

I got my $5 mystery package today from goingtoday.com that we were talking about a few pages back. The contents included an obscenely red hat, a few picks and a microphone holder. Yay?

In any case it might have been worth the $10 total ($4.99 shipping) to somebody haha. Was a fun little gamble though.

I need to stop beating myself up for waiting until the actual July 4th holiday before trying to order at MF, missing out on the free shipping glitch and not having anyone around to pick up the phone that day to be able to apply the 20 off 100 coupon (because it didn't seem to work on like...anything on the site) :(

To make things worse I got up to 50 for free shipping by ordering stands and straps in semi-bulk plus a guitar bag only to find out that I actually ordered a bass bag instead of an electric guitar bag when I reviewed my shipping confirmation. At least it'll still [probably] fit inside, just with a lot of extra space. I bought it with the intent of using it to take it to a community college guitar class I'm signing up for though, so hopefully it doesn't wiggle around too much; it'd probably cost me more to return the bag than it would to just keep it.

Think I'm just going to sit it out for a while until there's another fire sale deal similar to the DBZ Barchetta with case for 200 or the Schecter Damien Special for 240.

Hey, hey, hey it's
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*Redneck - Lamb of God
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Originally Posted by Keegs I got my $5 mystery package today from goingtoday.com that we were talking about a few pages back. The contents included an obscenely red hat, a few picks and a microphone holder. Yay? In any case it might have been worth the $10 total ($4.99 shipping) to somebody haha. Was a fun little gamble though.

Your box sounds real similar to mine

Originally Posted by Psybuster I need to stop beating myself up for waiting until the actual July 4th holiday before trying to order at MF, missing out on the free shipping glitch and not having anyone around to pick up the phone that day to be able to apply the 20 off 100 coupon (because it didn't seem to work on like...anything on the site) :( To make things worse I got up to 50 for free shipping by ordering stands and straps in semi-bulk plus a guitar bag only to find out that I actually ordered a bass bag instead of an electric guitar bag when I reviewed my shipping confirmation. At least it'll still [probably] fit inside, just with a lot of extra space. I bought it with the intent of using it to take it to a community college guitar class I'm signing up for though, so hopefully it doesn't wiggle around too much; it'd probably cost me more to return the bag than it would to just keep it. Think I'm just going to sit it out for a while until there's another fire sale deal similar to the DBZ Barchetta with case for 200 or the Schecter Damien Special for 240.

Well, try calling if they haven't shipped yet. They should be able to switch it

Same goes for the DBZ deal. That's what my buddy did back when they first pulled the case. And looking at their site, they still have the case since they're giving it away for free with the purchase of those "bare bones" models.
http://www.worldmusicsupply.com/DBZ-...tar-Devil.html

***** ***** ***** *****
Last night I noticed I'm about 4 million points away from hitting level 11.
I'm at 16+change and kinda estimate I need to hit 20. Let's just say I'm surprised that I'm this close, especially since I had one month where I didn't play at all and there was the following month where I went on a Scale Runner binge. And all w/out sandbagging events. Played almost everything as it was tossed at me

Of course, every event is now loaded with 90k songs; like 5-6 90k songs to 1 at 40-50k. So I'm avg about 500k per event

And really enjoying the Wilshire Pro I got. Neck is really similar to my LPjr. Feels the same to me anyway. It's really light and the thin contoured body makes it very comfortable. Coil tap's not as noticeable as my friends DBZ while in RS. But really makes a difference when plugged into an amp

Only issue I'm having is with the ebonized fretboard. My fingers turn black after about an hour of play. At which point it becomes harder to play since my fingers don't slide as easily . Most noticeable during bends. Haven't oiled the fretboard or changed strings cuz of this.

Near as I can tell, it's common enough issue. Just trying to find a way to eliminate it. Otherwise I'll just hafta wear it out

My order already shipped on 7/5, and in fact that was what I read to realize I got the wrong item. I have a solution though: buy a bass to put into it

What the heck is a coil tap though? Heard about it on the DBZ guitars too but it's kind of over my head to understand I guess.

A few different Jay Tursers on sale at Amazon as well as a DIY kit.

Jay 300series strat in red @ $100
http://www.amazon.com/Jay-Turser-Jt-...d_sim_sbs_MI_1
or in ivory @ $113
http://www.amazon.com/Jay-Turser-Ser...000415&sr=1-19
Jay 200series les paul in black @ $204
http://www.amazon.com/Jay-Turser-Ser..._sim_sbs_MI_22
AXL do-it-yourself guitar kit for $75
http://www.amazon.com/AXL-Do-It-Your..._sim_sbs_MI_21

Originally Posted by Psybuster My order already shipped on 7/5, and in fact that was what I read to realize I got the wrong item. I have a solution though: buy a bass to put into it What the heck is a coil tap though? Heard about it on the DBZ guitars too but it's kind of over my head to understand I guess.

["buy a bass to put into it"] And it begins... dun dun dun

I'll let someone else give a proper explanation on coil-taps but at their most basic, they allow a humbucking pickup to behave like a single coil pickup. So it should give you a wider range of tones out of the same guitar

I like having it, so it's kinda become a requirement for me. Until I figure out how to install this mod myself that is Aw, who am I kidding, I'm not gonna learn. Only so much time in a day, even less free time to mess with stuff

Originally Posted by Psybuster What the heck is a coil tap though? Heard about it on the DBZ guitars too but it's kind of over my head to understand I guess.

Rbarb explained it pretty well. It's a switch that cuts the voltage to active pickups to make them sound like a Strat. It does ok. I'm a lot of cases, it just makes your guitar sound like you cut the volume down. I have them on my PRS, but I don't really use them. Mostly because I don't use my amp much.

Of course, I also don't use my PRS much, since the neck scale of my Fenders are much more to my liking than the Xtra Jumbo frets on my PRS or my ESP.

Some Fender pawn shops available at Hello Music
*black Pawn Shop 51 for $450
http://www.hellomusic.com/ec/DealMai...t=secretstore2
*blonde Pawn Shop 51 for $450
http://www.hellomusic.com/ec/DealMai...t=secretstore2
*sunburst Pawn Shop 72 for $450
http://www.hellomusic.com/ec/DealMai...t=secretstore2
Pretty chunky drop when you consider they usually retail for $850
Too bad they killed the july coupons; I couldn't get them to work.
But got an email with coupon "first20" so there's that

Originally Posted by crazedracerguy Of course, I also don't use my PRS much, since the neck scale of my Fenders are much more to my liking than the Xtra Jumbo frets on my PRS or my ESP.

You kinda develop favorites. I try to cycle thru mine but usually use the LPjr more than the others. Also tend to save the schecter for the song events. Starting to think it's because of the weight. Guess I'm a wuss

Coil-tapping is nice if you play a variety of music, but if you play metal like me, you wont use it much.

If you can solder, you can make any 4-conductor wired humbucker coil-split. All you have to do is replace the tone pot(s) with a push/pull pot and follow a wiring diagram. Not hard at all. Just make sure that the pickup you are going to split is a 4-conductor pickup.



But I've been following this thread for a while, but never posted. I've tried to play guitar all my life, but never could teach myself. Finally, I got Rocksmith last Christmas, and things started to click. I already had an Epiphone SG Special II guitar. Then, someone showed me an Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top in Trans Blue and I fell in love. I had to buy it. Then I decided I wanted to put the same electronics in as Tony Rombola from Godsmack. Well after about a 3 month wait on the pickups to arrive, and someone messing up my electronics, and a hella long story that you can read here. I finally got that part settled, and then I preorderd the Epiphone Les Paul Prophecy Custom Plus GX in Heritage Cherry in February since it has Gibson electronics already, and it still hasnt arrive. So I decided to get an ESP LTD EC-400 with EMG Pickups. It is a nice guitar. But as you have noticed, I am a Gibson man and always wanted a Gibson Les Paul, so I saved up some money and bought a 2009 Gibson Les Paul Studio in Silverburst. So that is 4 guitars in 6 months .

Originally Posted by warpedsoul So that is 4 guitars in 6 months .

And REALLY nice guitars!

I would have liked to have gotten in on one of those Pawn Shop Fenders from HM, but I have to keep my money close this month. We have to move, since the townhouse I was renting got foreclosed out from under us. Moving into a house with a finished basement, though, so that gets to be my playroom! Yippee!!!