Understanding Tradition

I wonder why was the pick named 'Tradition'. Maybe it has the tradition guitar pick shape?

As you can see, it does has the shape of a normal pick (like my Everly Star Picks). However, Tradition is much wider. Its thickness of 2.75mm also give this V-pick a better grip. It is also beveled like many other V-picks of this thickness; this makes alternate picking easier. 

However, Tradition does not have any pointed corners like Original Small pointed does. It may not make much of a difference on electric guitar but on acoustic, it will produce a less brighter sound. Anyway, I don't think 2.75mm thickness is appropriate for acoustic, which is why I got Tradition Ultra Lite. 

Tradition is a good choice of V-pick for those who are not used to the triangular picks. My favourite V-pick is still Original Small Pointed. 

"You've got mail"

To, 

      The Guitar Maniac.

From, 

BGW Guitars.

Well, I think you can guess what's inside it already. 

I believe you've seen a few of them already. Member No. 3, 4 and 7 are the new. Who are they?

<3> Tradition. 2.75mm. This pick is rather different from all the rest of them. The tip is rounded and it follows the usual shape of a pick. 

<4> Tradition Ultra Lite: A thinner version of Tradition. It is thin and suitable for acoustics. Why got two? One is for a friend. :)

<7> Original Small Pointed (new). The one Sub gave me is No. 1. Still using it. If you would zoom in, you can see how blunt one the the edges are already. That shows how much I spammed them.

Actually, I got these new picks for FREE. I was intending to buy them. However, Brendon insisted on giving them free. THANK YOU VERY MUCH BREDON!!

Oh, by the way, BGW is moving to Newton by next month or so. I think it is a good news to some of us. Definitely a good news for me!

Mugging and mugging

Hi,

I am going to be staying back in school rather late to study.. So this means that I definitely will not have much time to blog. However, I WILL still blog. Just that not as frequently. XD 

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No news for my Squier yet. Seems like it's really in some 'critical' condition. But nevermind. I have complete faith in SV, that they will definitely do a good job on it. =) 

Selling BOSS Drive Zone OD-20

This OD-20 is not mine. I'm just helping my friend post this here.

It may be named as OD-20 but this is not an overdrive-only unit. It is more of an overdrive/distortion. I would say it is like the Line 6 DM4 Distortion Modeler, giving a total of 22 stompbox models including popular overdrive like from Boss OD-1 to Tubescream and different distortions like Boss' very own MT-2 and DS-1. See the DST + there? I doubt it is Daylight Saving Time (that's what you get when you google it) but a simulation of MXR 104 Distortion +. Line 6 DM4 can store custom settings. Well, OD-20 comes with 4 user memory for you to store you settings as well. It's more compact compared to DM4. Click here for more info.

• Price: $160
• Condition: Mint. It is about 2 years old.
• Deal at the seller's convenience
• Don't mind trading for anything interesting, pedals(boosts, ODs, phasers), bags(for acoustic/es335 style), with top up mainly on your side.
• SMS me at 90775624 to deal

FREE PICKUP COVERS (TAKEN)

FREE Single coil pickup covers. 3 in total. Got them from my old Squier stock pickups. I don't want to throw stuffs away and I don't see any use for it for myself.

I don't know how many people actually need such a stuff. But there are cases when people break their pickup cover. I don't know how they managed to do that but there are such cases.
Deal at my convenience though. xD

SORRY! IT'S TAKEN

Shopping (again)^4

This time, I didn't buy anything for myself. It is mainly for my church back in Myanmar. The two items they wanted are:

• A decent amp below $100 to replace the one they currently have right now. It seems that that small Fernandes amp is starting to sound like mud (according to them). 
• A pedal. And it must not be expensive (about $60).

It was such a pain though. Firstly, $100 dollars is a very tight budget for an amp. Plus, I wasn't told what wattage they want. So assuming that they want the same wattage as the Fernandes, which is a 15W. Since they never mention about the need of a reverb, I introduced MK Tone EG-15. I can't think of anything else apart from Marshall MG15 but... not a real fan of MG15, you see..

It is nothing special in terms of look. However, never judge a book by its cover. Despite its plain look, it has a lot to offer an 15W practice amp. The clean channel of EG-15 produces a lot of warmth (which is what I like about this). It's drive channel is rather good as well as the gain can give different tone, ranging from mild overdrive to intense distortion. It is very versatile indeed. After all, it is designed to cater different needs for various genres. In my opinion, this EG-15 is the best value for $$ within all the 15W amps I've ever tried. 3 band equalisers, Aux in, headphone jack. So what does it lacks? This is an awesome amp made by Mike himself (but most of you already know this, or so I think xD). I just hope the guitarist back there know how to extract its full potential out of it. 

Next, the pedal. This is a hard one. I wasn't told what type of pedal, if they want a multi-effect or what but the budget and the hint "the most useful". Since it is for church, definitely no metal distortion of anyway. So I thought of Boss BD-2 Blues Driver and other Boss pedals. None of them are in the budget and Beta Aivin is the only pedals that is below $60. The look doesn't really seems to appeal him so I introduced the Modtone Mini Distortion.

I think I've mentioned this before. Among all the Modtone Mini, this Mini Distortion is the closest to its non-mini Speedbox Distortion. Now, I hope that this fits in the category 'most useful pedal'. -.-

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My results were a total disaster. I really need to start working hard. So I might have to trade off some of time blogging. =(

Collectors alike, what's the difference?

I was watching some videos on Malmsteen and John 5's individual guitar collection.
Malmsteen collects Stratocasters...

while John 5 loves to collect Telecasters. 

They are both collectors, but apart from the fact mentioned above, what is another difference?

In my opinion, John 5 takes real care of his collection (by placing them in cases and arranging them neatly in his collection room).

Malmsteen just leaves his collections lying on the floor. Since he can afford so many Stratocasters, I wonder if a guitar stand costs a lot to him.

Homecoming? Not really.

My dear Squier is back (for one day and I still haven't got a name for my Squier yet).

My results for my Prelim-1 were rather discouraging (I'm not sure why we have 2 prelims). However, my Squier cheered me up quite a lot (and of course all my friends who have been cheering me up). The new pickups that 'dwell' in my Squier is Tesla Plasma-1 (but you already knew that, don't you?). And the wrapped neck is already reverted to normal. Action is set to relatively low but not too low. I tend to hit the other strings during a bend when the action is too low.

It was pretty much of a gamble when I decided to install these pups. I have little prior knowledge about them. I was told, "Tesla sounds good with almost any guitar". Based on this statement alone, I decided to change the pups. And I'm not disappointed at all. Plasma-1 gives the exact sound I want from a single coil (not too twangy).

I decided to give my Squier an Orange drop as well. Many people said that orange drop improves a guitar's tone. I believe orange drop gives a guitar a wider range of tonal control instead. 

All 3 pots, one volume and 2 tone, are changed to Tone Drive pots. The old pots were unresponsive. I had many troubles because of that during the Stardust 2011. I should have changed it since then but I somehow managed to survive with that this long. Anyway, the knobs are now more responsive and this is very important for me since I use all the knobs. 

And do you notice something here?

Well, no more rusty screws! Mike replaced all the rusty ones with a set of fresh screws instead, and it is F.O.C. Thanks very much, Mike! :D 

UPDATE (7.21pm): The Squier is back at SV. Some fret problems to be fixed. Only God knows when it will be back. Not that SV takes that long but I don't know when I will be able to collect it. 

P.S. Bro Z, I promised to give a sound sample but apparently, my sound guy isn't free and I am a total noob when it comes to recording and stuffs. xD Will try to get it done soon.

Bare Knuckle Promo!

SV Guitars is currently having a promotion for it's Bare Knuckle pickups.

All Bare Knuckle pickups are 20% off the retail price. Contact SV Guitars for more information. The base price of Bare Knuckle pups aren't that small. 20% discount will save you at least $40 for a single pup or $80 for a set.

Many in One

I've got this multi-purpose toolkit from a hardware shop. 

This little box has almost every single thing you need to open up your guitar, effects pedals and other guitar related stuffs! Do note that opening up the pedals and stuffs may void the warranty of the product.