I just bought the zakk wylde custom guitar and I wanted to get the same effects that he uses. He uses a Dunlop ZW-45 Zakk Wylde Signature Wah, and a Dunlop JD-4S Rotovibe Expression Pedal. My problem is that his site says he uses both, but I think they are the same thing. Are they the same, or do I need to buy both?
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the  JD-4S Rotovibe Expression Pedal is a rotary speaker simulator. it is used to mimic the sound of a speaker in a large cabinet that spins. the ZW-45 is a wah pedal. the wah boosts and cuts and boosts frequencies like mids, highs and lows(but mostly mids) as you "rock" your foot back and forth, moving the pedals position, resulting in the "wah-wah-wah" sound... email me with any questions, i have been a musician for over 20 years and will be glad to answer any questions.
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The brand/model of tuner doesn't really matter.\n\nIf you're tuning a guitar, you're not tuning keys (heh!) you're tuning strings (individual notes - the only way to go!)\n\nEach of the strings from top to bottom (standard tunings) correspond to the following frequencies. The 430Hz that you mention doesn't correspond to anything (not in this universe anyway).\n\nE 82.41\nA 110\nD 146.83\nG 196\nB 246.94\nE 329.63
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Any multi effects unit would be great. I would recommend anything BOSS from individual pedals right up to the GT8 if you have the money. Theres also the Vox Tonelabs. The Line 6 stuff is great as well. You could also try just some individual pedals. A delay, chorus, and reverb would even make a massive difference especially during worship songs. Also try to get your electric amp mic-ed up rather than going through the system. A basic condenser microphone while awkward will give you a much nicer sound overall. Just place it in front of the cab a little off set to the side. Otherwise your amp is being wasted and the effects will be overpowering.
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Digital Rhodes, Yahama, Korg just to a few. All thier models are great.:O)
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Since your husband already plays, the best idea might be for you to take him shopping!!! He can get some "hands on" with several different guitars, and save the hassle of not being comfortable with something you bought on "advice". This will be cheaper in the long run, and will guarantee that he loves the gift. After all, he's the one that chose it, so no worries he will return it. Hope this gives you some help!
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I think he uses a Schecter Omen 6 (at least in the videos for "So Cold" and "Sooner or Later"). It matches my own guitar (including paint of electric blue) but for recordings and live shows I'm not too sure. Wikipedia didn't have much info.
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get yourself to a guitar center.   they are everywhere.  they have all kinds of pedals all set up for you.
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The earliest version, which sweeps the peak response of a filter up and down in frequency to create the sound, was first heard in 1945 on a pedal steel guitar created by Leo Fender and in the early-'60s on Vox amplifiers (under the name Wah-Wah) and Thomas electronic organs (as the Crybaby). None of these innovators patented the effect. The variation in the peak response frequency of the filter resembles the change in formant frequency in the human vocal tract when saying the word "wah", making the wah-wah pedal a crude form of speech synthesizer. As the wah wah pedal is rocked back and forth, bass is taken off the guitar's tone, and treble is put on. The "wah wah" effect thus does not affect the guitar's volume.\n\nThe first recorded use of a wah-wah was by Chet Atkins, who used a wah-wah that he had built himself on the 1961 recording "Boo Boo Stick Beat".\n\nThere are two types of wah pedals: one that lets the player control the effect via a foot pedal manually, and one that adjusts the effect automatically according to the amplitude of the signal from the guitar (auto-wah, or envelope-followed filter).\n\n[edit]\nJimi Hendrix\nJimi Hendrix did much to popularize the wah-wah in the late-'1960s using his own modified effects pedal, as heard on his "Machine Gun" and the Electric Ladyland album (the track "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" in particular). There is still a commercial wah-wah pedal named after him, as well as Digitech's device which includes effects from several of Jimi's hits, and a built-in wah pedal. A song "Little Miss Lover" introduced percussive wah-wah effect made by muting guitar strings for the first time (that was later used by many other guitarists - most notable case being probably Shaft's theme music by Isaac Hayes). In the beginning of the song "...Still Raining, Still Dreaming" Hendrix used wah-wah pedal in a manner that sounds like if a guitar was talking. The first Hendrix release to feature the wah-wah pedal was "The Burning of the Midnight Lamp" single in 1967, that had another wah-wah song, "The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice", as a B-side. Hendrix has also claimed that he tried to create the wah-wah effect on his debut album by changing the tone of the guitar quickly (for example during a solo of "I Don't Live Today").\n\nHendrix and his contemporaries most commonly used the wah-wah on an already distorted sound, as the effect of wah-wah on a distorted sound is far more vivid than that of distortion on the output of a wah-wah. Few guitar amplifiers of the period had an effects loop, so this necessitated the use of a fuzz box rather than relying on amplifier distortion. Often the two were combined into a fuzz-wah pedal
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Definitely stick with it.  Glad to hear you're starting with acoustic; alot of people start with electric and I think it robs them a little.  Acoustic takes a little more to play because the action of the fretboard is greater and bends and hammer-ons have to be done more crisply.  I learned with tabs you can find on any of hundreds of tabulature sites.  Once you get the timing down you'll pick it up.
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i'm more familiar with old ampegs, peaveys, and fenders. however it seems to me from what i've seen and heard of the 6100 that what you are saying sounds corect. a lot depends on what type of music you are playing, and what pickups you are running through it, of course. the crunch channel should give you more of a classic rock blues sound, and the lead should be more of a metal screaming tone, and i would think the lead would have a lot more gain than the other 2 channels. and certainly i would agree that there shouldn't be an excessive amount of 60 cycle noise. one thing i would try to do if you haven't is to set it at the 100 watt setting, i'm sure you had the preamp volume and gain set where you wanted it, as well as had the master turned up a bit. with this amp you should be able to get very clean tones, clapton sounds, as well as guns and roses sounds, but with a little MORE gain. it's hard to describe what it should sound like, you just kind of know. i've been playing for 34 years. my advice would be to either give it a little time and play around with the settings until you get it where you want it, and sounds right to you, or return it if you got it from a store and are not happy with it, or trade it for something you will be happy with. good luck.
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I've never heard of it - and if the price is right and you can't find it anywhere - it may be too good to be true!\n\nI think you might be better of with the used Keilworth 90 in the nickel, but those sometimes have problems with some notes warbling or being out of tune.
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You can't just do that.\n\nI think that the Destroyer and JEM have different scales (distance from nut to bridge) and are not interchangeable. Even if one neck fits another, it may cause it to be impossible to tune the guitar.\n\nMeasure the distance on each guitar between the nut and center of the bridge. If they match exactly and the neck attachment is the same, then, as long as the necks are the same width, go for it.
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I actually did know that.  I spoke with Pete Sampras' personal racket stringer.  I met him actually on the tennis warehouse message boards.  I think his discussions can still be found in the archives.  As for Roger Federer's racket the European N-code six / one with leather grip is very close in specs to his racket.  Federer I am fairly certain has a custom handle put on his rackets.  Also if you look at the specs between the n-code six / one 95 and the old Wilson prostaff 6.0 with the 95 square inch head you will see their weight and swing weight is virtually identical.  You can do a comparison at tennis Warehouse.com  I know an actual used Pete Sampras racket complete with gut strings can be purchased for about $800...a little pricey if you ask me, but Federers' racket I have never handled or know anyone that has one.  However before Federer used the n-code six / one he did use the exact model racket as Sampras the Wilson Prostaff 6.0 85  I think heard he was stringing that one at around 62 lbs at the time.  the actual tension lb's is slightly off because his racket tension was always measured in kilograms which was around 27kg or something.
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I have personally built 2 guitars plus I started on one that I didnt finish.  I got started on that hobby back in high school.  The teacher to my schools woodshop happened to be a professional luthier in addition to his teaching job.  He guided me step by step until the guitars were done. Made completely from scratch and came out looking pretty amazing.  Though I forgot most of what he taught me, I can offer you some advice.\n\nBe prepared to spend a lot of money on the project. Every part of guitar will cost something and it really adds up. Good quality tuning machines (the knobs on the headstock) such as Gotoh brand can cost at least $10.00 a piece or way higher.  A good quality bridge  can run into the over one hundred dollars range. Plus you need pickups, easily 80-100$ a piece. There are cheap shortcuts you can take though, like buying a premade body or neck.  That would save a lot of time and effort plus the cost of lumber.  Some more important advice I have is always use standard laquer finish if you are a beginner.  It is relatively inexpensive and simple to use. Also laquer tends to "heal" itself as you apply layer upon layer.  What I mean is the solvents in the layer of fresh laquer meld together with the other layers and this causes any imperfections in the finish to partially smooth out. But you still need to lightly sand the finish between sprays.  You can buy laquer at an auto parts store. Be sure to get a can or 2 of the colored laquer plus 2 cans of clear laquer. If the laquer is a non transparent solid color like black you will need to use some primer first.Dont use paint, its ugly and incompatable with the clearcoat laquer. There are other finishes like polyurethane, but if you use that and screw up you will have a terrible time trying to remove it.  It hardens into a nearly inpenetrable plastic shell.  I know this because I have a squier guitar that I stripped and refinished and it had a hard poly finish. The only way I removed it was with a full days worth of tedious sanding. \n\nOther advice I have is dont wire the guitar yourself unless you are 100% sure of what you are doing.  If you mess up it wont work plus you could potentially scorch the electronics and the finish with the soldering iron.  \n\nMeasuring and positioning are crucial.  I recommend the purchase of a routing template. The routed out pockets in the body have to be exactly spaced and the correct depth or else the neck and other parts wont fit correctly. \n\nFinally, dont even bother with the neck just buy one. It is way harder to build the neck than the guitar itself.  Every fret has to be exactly level and smooth and the neck has to be tapered just right. It is pretty tough.\n\nFor more advice I recommend reading the various guitars forums on the web. I may have missed some steps, its been a while since I built a guitar.
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Pick for sound quality not looks. There alright but really matters how much your spending.\n\n\nCLASSIC- that would be the thunder bolt guitar I think that was like one of his first guitars.
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redz rule.i've had mine for about six months and they are still fast as heck and i haven't needed to do anything but spray a little WD40 on em. black panthers and tensor oust bearings both work really well, too. my old school deck is set up with reds and since you do any tricks on that type of deck, i use it for cruising and hills, and the redz work.
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I assume you are looking at acoustic guitars.\n\nA full bodied guitar tends to be slightly louder with a little more bass response than a cutaway, while a cutaway tends to have a little more sustain and also gives you the ability to reach the higher frets.\n\nI personally don't dig Yamahas and would strongly recommend you sit down with a bunch of different guitars and try them out. If you can't play yet go to a store and ask one of the salespeople to play them, then listen carefully to the sound. Be sure to hold each guitar just to see if it feels good to you.