northernguitar
Poster Extraordinaire
Dead spots on the fretboard? Sounds like a fret levelling would fix it up.
You Demanded It. Fender Heard You.
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BelairPlayer
Tele-Afflicted
Except that then, you wouldn’t be able to move it around and tune out dead spots. Not so clever now, eh?
Except that then, you wouldn’t be able to move it around and tune out dead spots. Not so clever now, eh?
{{{{{{{ wondering . . . . do they make one big enough to go over my head??? }}}}}}}}}}}
schoolie
Tele-Holic
They should make the weight adjustable with iron slugs that attach to the clamp. Then I can find the perfect resonance and produce the brown note.
schoolie
Tele-Holic
Nice LPB tele! Sorry, I'm not making any other connections.
A fool and his money are soon partying
northernguitar
Poster Extraordinaire
That’s weak.
Wildcard_35
Tele-Meister
I don't recall ever thinking "If I had more sustain, this would sound sooo much better!" Although I do love the idea of messing around with a Fernandez Sustainer pickup, but I digress. Once Fender hears my plea for a thing I can clip on my guitar that will correct wrong notes and help me remember lyrics, sign me up!
Blister
Tele-Meister
Can you explain sure I understand
Stocking stuffer.
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Slim Chance
Tele-Afflicted
Better yet, detachable headstocks in different weights.
Oh wait, Gibson already has those.
Oh wait, Gibson already has those.
Mowgli
Tele-Meister
I think we deserve to see "the data" from a well-designed study on multiple guitars; not just anecdotal reports of "this thang works... and it gits rids of my Cofid and humorroids, too..."
What next? Sales pitches like this: "Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine made my friend, Billy Bob, play like that there Ying-vae Millstein? Yeah, man... that there stuff works real good if you plays guitar..."
Thank you America's Frontline Guitarists.
Show us the data from a well-designed study!!!
What next? Sales pitches like this: "Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine made my friend, Billy Bob, play like that there Ying-vae Millstein? Yeah, man... that there stuff works real good if you plays guitar..."
Thank you America's Frontline Guitarists.
Show us the data from a well-designed study!!!
If you're experiencing dead spots in the context of a chord, it is possible your intonation is playing a role. When notes harmonize, the sum of the two, or more notes is greater than the whole. So you might hear a lack of volume from a note that is not in tune/harmony with the other notes.
The more likely situation though, is the role the wood, set up, and hardware play. Some notes just suffer a weaker resonance due to sympathetic, or lack of sympathetic vibration.
There are just so many possibilities. There's two places to start anyway.
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voskarp
Tele-Holic
It can also be used to give jou a fat finger…
Yep. They can be a problem solver for some guitars. It's part of the TDPRI vibe to make fun of anything (and I mean anything) that wasn't the way it was in 1956
. Having said that, Fender's marketing language is a bit over the top, I'll agree. And yes, at first glance it does look like snake oil.I know a guitar tech who has teched for bands and players you've all heard of. He happens to be a killer player himself, having been in touring bands and musical director for artists you've heard of and have seen on TV (especially the country fans here). He has one of these on the headstock of his Strat to address a dead spot. As a very knowledgeable tech and a very, very talented player, I'd tend to take his word for it over internet forum posters/bedroom players who very likely have fewer credentials and have never tried one of these. But that's just me.
