mdc wrote: It rules, but if you're a dumb dumb like me you'll end up spending $1K on "upgrades" to that $350 guitar.

I'm at least half as dumb because I went ahead and bought it. If mods begin to happen send me a membership card to the dumb dumb club.

It’s a hottie. Both Paranormals I’ve bought have been stellar quality with slightly cheap hardware the only flaw.

mdc wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2023 7:06 am "upgrades" to that $350 guitar.

What got "upgraded"?

Oh I don't have one, just conceptually that's something I would 100% do. Like I haven't bought a mastery for my squier bass vi YET, but will I? Probably.

Maurice wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:54 am With luck, I'll have the body ready to go by the end of the weekend.

C'mon man. I can't be the only person who wants an update. Saw a Mpls/AZ luthier post a 9-string guitar the other day and it jogged my memory.

Bubber wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:01 pm

Maurice wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:54 am With luck, I'll have the body ready to go by the end of the weekend.

C'mon man. I can't be the only person who wants an update. Saw a Mpls/AZ luthier post a 9-string guitar the other day and it jogged my memory.

Still waiting on the neck! The board was scheduled to be slotted last weekend. I had a few moments of crisis-of-confidence about the tuning, but running it through Scale Workshop showed me that it was a good neutral bridge between typical 12TET and 24-fret JI.

Here's the interval set in Scale Workshop. As a comparison, here's a simple 7-limit arrangement: see how the note distribution is sparser and less even.

Gonna check in with the neck guy about progress. I'm on the verge of ordering all new electronics, though: the loaded Squier body has these little micro-potentiometers. I've seen inconsistent documentation about potentiometer values on these; I'd expect 500ks, but Fender's own documentation says 250. I'm going to order 500s and just...like... wire it up new.

Double Kick Pedal..

pros: I could achieve what I want right now (which is, as fast as you can get your strong hand), vs. months of single foot technique adjustment and disciplined practice on a kick pad.

cons: expensive, ergonomically clunky, the tendency for overuse..

penningtron wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 10:20 am Double Kick Pedal..

pros: I could achieve what I want right now (which is, as fast as you can get your strong hand), vs. months of single foot technique adjustment and disciplined practice on a kick pad.

cons: expensive, ergonomically clunky, the tendency for overuse..

I have one on my kit. Probably would never bother to use it for any recorded or band situation, but it’s fun to have when I feel like playing along to classic thrash.

I think mine is the DW 3000 which was about the same price as my DW 5000 single pedal and feels the same.

I dunno, I don’t feel like if you want to do a thing, there’s any right or wrong way to make that happen. Double kick is a legit skill as much as doing fast stuff on one foot, I feel like.

Ok so looks like that DW3000 double pedal was $219 back in 2013 and now it’s $329. I think back then I considered that an impulse purchase.

twelvepoint wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:04 pm Double kick is a legit skill as much as doing fast stuff on one foot.

How about the opposite? A million years ago, the drummer in my metal band had a double kick set. He pretty much never did any classic double kick stuff. But if he was playing a basic beat like boom boom bap boom boom bap, instead of playing the kick hits with one foot like literally every other drummer in the history of music, he'd alternate L and R.

Never sounded right, always wimpy, never driving. Like playing the verse riff in Master of Puppets alternate strokes instead of all down, it sounds stupid.

Sorry for the O/T, that just triggered that ancient memory.