[02:29] <notlikethesoup> i have two electrics and an acoustic; i love my elec
[13:02] <shakes808> morning
[13:02] <shakes808> https://opensource.com/article/17/5/ktype-mechanical-keyboard-giveaway
[13:06] <notlikethesoup> I just realize how silly what I said was; one of my electrics is an Epiphone Les Paul and that's the one I super love
[13:08] <cmaloney> morning
[13:08] <shakes808> notlikethesoup: that is a killer axe!  What style / color do you have?
[13:09] <shakes808> this is what i have for a bass: http://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/images/hohnerprobbassv/bbassvpro1.jpg
[13:09] <notlikethesoup> shakes808: thanks! cherry sunburst with. black pick guard, knobs, and gold tuning pegs and pickups
[13:09] <shakes808> nice
[13:09] <notlikethesoup> http://media.musiciansfriend.com/is/image/MMGS7/Les-Paul-Custom-Flametop-Electric-Guitar-Wine-Red/518321000025000-00-500x500.jpg
[13:10] <notlikethesoup> literally that
[13:10] <notlikethesoup> I absolutely love it
[13:10] <shakes808> classic
[13:10] <shakes808> i had this guy too
[13:10] <shakes808> http://www.guitarcenter.com/Ibanez/GSR200-4-String-Electric-Bass-519524.gc
[13:10] <notlikethesoup> sadly I think there's a wiring issue; one of the pickup doesn't work
[13:10] <notlikethesoup> doesn't always* work
[13:10] <shakes808> should be an easy fix.
[13:10] <shakes808> might just need a bit of solder
[13:10] <notlikethesoup> I love that red
[13:11] <notlikethesoup> yeah I've never soldered before :/
[13:11] <shakes808> or just get some new pickups :)
[13:11] <notlikethesoup> well I sorta think this issue is in the pickup switch
[13:11] <shakes808> there isn't much that goes into that stuff.
[13:11] <notlikethesoup> this sounds weird, but if I wiggle it a bit and then select that pickup, often it will work for a bit
[13:11] <shakes808> a buddy of mine built his own and i was seeing pics of it throughout the process
[13:12] <notlikethesoup> I forget which it is; it's the one that has less bass and mid tones
[13:12] <shakes808> pretty easy
[13:12] <notlikethesoup> bridge?
[13:12] <shakes808> could be the pickups or the switch.  next time you need to change out the strings, you can take it apart :)
[13:12] <jrwren> what makes a les paul a les paul?
[13:13] <notlikethesoup> the body shape?
[13:13] <notlikethesoup> I guess really that's what makes a lot of guitars what they are
[13:13] <shakes808> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul
[13:13] <notlikethesoup> though there are many similar style to a Les Paul
[13:13] <jrwren> shakes808: ha! that Ibanez is on my amazon wish list :)
[13:14] <shakes808> for being a cheap on, it is nice
[13:14] <jrwren> surely that wikipedia page is about the person, not the guitar.
[13:14] <jrwren> shakes808: yeah, i figured its a nice one to learn and play on.
[13:14] <notlikethesoup> it is lol
[13:14] <notlikethesoup> but you can go to the guitar from the top of that page
[13:14] <jrwren> ok, whew.
[13:14] <shakes808> " He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, which made the sound of rock and roll possible."
[13:14] <jrwren> i was going to cry if it wasn't. The man changed music as we know it.
[13:15] <jrwren> he invented the 4 track FFS!
[13:16] <shakes808> go to guitar builder in the wiki
[13:16] <shakes808> it is inspired by him
[13:17] <shakes808> The Gibson Les Paul, one of the world's most popular electric guitars, was inspired by Paul's "Log".
[13:19] <notlikethesoup> I don't think I've ever actually listened to Les's nusic
[13:19] <notlikethesoup> or even his music
[13:19] <notlikethesoup> stupid phone keyboard
[13:21] <shakes808> haha :)
[13:24] <shakes808> One of my acoustics looks similar to this
[13:24] <shakes808> http://www.guitar-museum.com/uploads/guitar/57/300165506391-1.jpg
[13:24] <shakes808> mother of pearl inlay epiphone
[13:27] <jrwren> nice!
[13:27] <jrwren> i've been playing on one a lot like that.
[13:27] <jrwren> it was my grandfathers.
[13:27] <jrwren> it plays oh so nice.
[13:28] <jrwren> I've also got a  1935 or 1936 gibson kalamazoo KG21 archtop
[13:28] <cmaloney> damn
[13:28] <jrwren> its kind of awesome to play around on an 80yo guitar.
[13:28] <notlikethesoup> hell yeah Kalamazoo
[13:29] <notlikethesoup> my acoustic is pretty crap honestly
[13:29] <shakes808> yeah, on that epiphone, i lowered the strings and put smaller gauge strings on it.  I have a Yamaha that the strings are lowered as well, but have normal / thicker strings on it :)
[13:29] <shakes808> oh man is it!!!
[13:29] <jrwren> lowered the strings?
[13:30] <shakes808> my buddy's step father has an old american strat ... oh how sweet that sounds :)  and he has a mexican newer strat, still sounds nice, but not as nice as the american one :)
[13:30] <cmaloney> closer to the pickups
[13:30] <jrwren> ah, i see.
[13:30] <cmaloney> likely different sounds / tapping abilities
[13:30] <shakes808> yeah, you can lower the strings so that they are easier on the fingers.
[13:30] <jrwren> i've always heard that described as adjusting the action, but I guess when the goal isn't fretboard distance, it can be called something else.
[13:31] <shakes808> yeah, lowered the action.  didn't know if you knew what that meant :) sorry
[13:31] <cmaloney> humbuckimg duophonic stratodopolous
[13:31] <shakes808> it is so you don't have to press down as far to get the notes to play
[13:32] <jrwren> yes, I need to adjust the action on my other epiphone. its so far its very difficult to play the lower frets
[13:32] <shakes808> yeah, it is nice :)
[13:34] <shakes808> http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o47/ANDREW_SHOULD_DIE/shim_explanation.gif
[13:34] <cmaloney> nice album name
[13:35] <shakes808> haha
[19:16] <notlikethesoup> man i'm starting to play my guitars more, my calluses aren't what they used to be
[19:16] <jrwren> i've got calluses like I've never had because I'm a new player.
[19:16] <notlikethesoup> oh man
[19:16] <notlikethesoup> yeah i started on acoustic and shredded the hell out of my fingers
[19:17] <notlikethesoup> but i haven't hardly played the last several years
[19:17] <jrwren> gotta start on accoustic with heavy strings... so that you get huge finger strength :)
[19:17] <jrwren> then if you choose to do lightweight you cn really shred :)