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Originally Posted by rbarba4 Hey, hey, hey it's New DLC Day!!! *I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness

Holy s***, time to spend some Microsoft Points for the first time in what seems like forever.

Sam Ash has a coupon call-in deal: $30 off 199, 50 off 299, 100 off 599
http://www.samash.com/opencms/opencm...t+summer+deals
And I didn't see PRS on the exclusion list. So you can try to buy one of those PRS models they dropped to $499 and call them to apply the coupon. Plus there's a curent rebate deal to get a gift package from PRS (strings, strap, care kit)
http://www.samash.com/webapp/wcs/sto...ext=&iscached=

Here's a thread where you can see some real world pics of the 245 model
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/...Y-FIRST-GUITAR!!!!

Originally Posted by warpedsoul 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. 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 .

Read that link. Glad that worked out. But man that was crazy.

That's kinda what I think will happen to me if I try to do any serious mods
But thanks for the coil tap info. Seems easy enough. Maybe I'll give it a shot afterall

Oh and nice Silverburst. Kinda jonesin' for a Firebird studio ever since I saw the silverburst model. Just won't take that jump in $$ 'til I get better
http://www.samash.com/p/Gibson_Fireb...%20Bag_1952736

Originally Posted by crazedracerguy 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!!!

Damn that sucks. But now you get to crank it up to 11! And no wall neighbors to bug ya

Well, I got my goingtoday mystery box yesterday. Never again.

4 fender picks
2 mic stand pieces (just the swivel part at the top)
1 University of Alabama baseball cap

Quick Rocksmith update: Toys R Us online & Amazon have held their respective pricing (40 & 46). Other stores have yet to budge from 60. Maybe they'll do something as we near the updated release/version.
***** ***** *****
Best Buy has a d'Andrea clip-on tuner for $4.99, with free shipping.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/D'An...&skuId=1097199
May not be a Snark, but it's not priced like a Snark either

And if you need to get over the 5 buck limit to use an RZ certificate, you can add some d'Andrea picks+tin for $1.99 (also free shipping)
There's a few different styles so here's the link to the musical instrument deals
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstempl...e=listing&gf=y

Rocksmith has dropped to $39.99 at GameStop today. Amazon is price matching.

Looks like it's for both Xbox 360 and PS3.

Only a little time left, but you can get an Epi Flying V guitar from Amazon's goldbox for $259. Ends at 10am
http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27

Musicians Friend has a sound sale right now, so you're gonna get a second shot at buying some prior "Stupid Deals"

AKG wireless guitar system for $100
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-a...ug-transmitter
noise isolating CAD earbuds for $10
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-a...lating-earbuds

And here's a link to the other stuff on sale
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/get-o...catId=10001093

Originally Posted by Damanthia Rocksmith has dropped to $39.99 at GameStop today. Amazon is price matching. Looks like it's for both Xbox 360 and PS3.

Cool, thanks. OP updated

Saw this over on the HC forums:

Musicians Friend has a HUGE discount on the Kustom Defender v5 & v15 combo tube amps. They are $50 & $100, respectively, right now. Normally sell for 200/300

V5: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampli...itar-combo-amp
V15: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampli...itar-combo-amp

Might be a mistake like what they did with the v50 and v100 amps. But too crazy good to ignore at these prices. No reviews on MF but plenty of good reviews if you google

Awesome! Just placed an order for the V5, I also noticed the same prices on Guitar Center's website. So hopefully that means it's not a mistake or anything.

Look who's back. Hello Music has the BC Rich Masterpiece up on the front page for $225
http://www.hellomusic.com/ec/DealMain.aspx?did=14900

But if you're jonesin' for the bass add-on, then you can check out the Hofner contemporary 185. Hello music has the sunburst model for $198

http://www.hellomusic.com/ec/DealMai...5219&cat=promo

And those Kustom amp deals are dead everywhere but WWBW. They still have the v5 for $49.99
http://www.wwbw.com/-i2567070.wwbw?esid=kustom%20v5

^ If I was looking for a good bass instrument to prep for the bass add-on in RS coming up in the fall, would this be a good instrument to start with?

I'm also looking at one of these for bass? Out of these two plus the Hofner, which is best?

http://www.worldmusicsupply.com/Fend...allic-Red.html

http://www.worldmusicsupply.com/Fend...ass-Black.html

Squier Bullet and Affinity series = avoid
They're bottom of the barrel to the point that their physical dimensions aren't even the same as their Fender cousins and higher end Squier brothers (at least that's the case with the guitar lines, not sure about the basses).

I would go with the Hofner but I'd be buying blind; don't really know much of anything about that Vintage Modified Squier.

Hello Music coupons
HM20NEW - save $20
FIRST20 - save $20

Originally Posted by E-Z-B ^ If I was looking for a good bass instrument to prep for the bass add-on in RS coming up in the fall, would this be a good instrument to start with?

I've been heading over to the talkbass forums to get up to speed on bass guitars.
http://www.talkbass.com/

Hofner is more often associated with the "beatle bass" and finding reviews for their other products is a bit tougher. But here are a couple of links that might help:

user review: http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/gallery/bass2/bas1.html
bass demo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0q0UVXOb0E

Seems like a solid choice, but couldn't tell ya if there are other better choices in the same price range

And those Vintage Modified guitars are starting to build up a positive reputation. Not on the same level as the Classic Vibe hysteria, but could be good to check out the bass line to see if the quality is carrying over as well.

Hopefully, some bass players will start chiming in as we get closer to the bass launch

Love it or hate it, all I gotta say
it's New DLC Day!!!

*My Girl - The Temptations
*(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
*What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Got my D'andrea tuner last night. I swear BB loves to ship me stuff by the longest route around the world. Anyways, it works pretty well. Compared it to my korg tuner and the precision tuner in-game and it nails it. Nice bright display and easy to use. No brainer for the $5 it cost

Pretty convenient for me since I'm gonna keep it clipped to a nearby DVD shelf/case. That way I'll have quick access to a tuner instead of digging thru to find my Korg unit. Might get another as long as my next RZ cert hits soon enough

Couple of nice amp deals today at MF...

Kustom the Defender 50W TUBE amp... 199.99. Lists at over $800. Insance deal for a well reviewed amp. I will warn you, if you get a 50W tube amp, you better live all alone in the middle of nowhere. This damn amp would shake the foundations of an apartment or townhouse...

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampli...itar-combo-amp

Rogue 40W Stereo combo amp with chorus and reverb. Well reviewed. Seems solid and it's only $71.99!

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampli...itar-combo-amp

Today's stupid deal of the day is for the Rogue sc120r amp @ $149.99
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid/?icid=200510

Here's another bass deal from Hello Music:
Aria bass dmb380 for $198
http://www.hellomusic.com/ec/DealMai...241&cat=PROMO2
And a couple of links to help research it
Review: http://www.harmonycentral.com/reviews/338115

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC3-C3aJq8c

Originally Posted by crazedracerguy Couple of nice amp deals today at MF... Kustom the Defender 50W TUBE amp... 199.99. Lists at over $800. Insance deal for a well reviewed amp. I will warn you, if you get a 50W tube amp, you better live all alone in the middle of nowhere. This damn amp would shake the foundations of an apartment or townhouse... http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampli...itar-combo-amp

I think that's one of the amps they discounted last month, then pulled/cancelled. What's up with the GC family of stores. Someone either loves or hates Kustom amps

Oh well, here's a kustom bass amp for $200
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampli...86389000001000

And a link to other kustom amps sorted by highest % savings
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/searc...n=Kustom%20amp

EDIT: couple of b-stock guitars over at Rondo music. Read description for deets on flaws
SX Hawk w/gig bag for $85
http://www.rondomusic.com/product5332.html
SX Hawk ultra for $75
http://www.rondomusic.com/product4903.html

What's the difference between a 4 and 5 string bass guitar (besides the math)?

Originally Posted by E-Z-B What's the difference between a 4 and 5 string bass guitar (besides the math)?

Nothing. Just an extra string. If you were playing metal or jazz or somethign technical, you may find a use for an extra high string. Most likely, you won't. I go back to like I think of guitars with Floyd Rose, or 8 strings, or 7 strings... If you don't know why you'd need that, you probably don't need it.

Rocksmith is only going to recognize the first four strings in game. If someone were wanting to learn bass through RS, I'd suggest getting a decent 4 string bass to learn on. That's what I'm going to do eventually.