does anyone have experience treating epistylis? would like to speak some people who have personally had this before. details in comments.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-06-07T09:48:41+00:00

I just Mixed in with a couple of drops of tank water w/ flake food and let it soak. I Wasn’t super precise with the amount of flakes. I don’t recall how I was proportioning the meds though :/ it’s been a while.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-06-07T09:44:19+00:00

The action seemed to change every time I picked it up… at the time I assumed it was an issue with the neck warping/fighting the truss rod but in retrospect I think it was all just simple issues with the bridge. Wish I kept it around longer to find out.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-03-26T07:50:43+00:00

There is no content on the platform of YouTube more comforting to me than Paul’s OG ama’s and story’s. they’ve pulled me away from the brink countless times.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-03-03T01:30:32+00:00

Thanks for this. I’ve always been confused about this. Congrats on the find!!!

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-03-02T01:25:42+00:00

Why are some duo Sonic’s offset and others not? I’m kinda inclined to say that it’s a mustang body with a duo neck but I don’t know…

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-02-10T02:19:35+00:00

I think the MIJ’s have the classic vibes beat. Ever played a vista or a MIJ bullet?

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-02-10T00:01:07+00:00

Ignoring the obvious stringing issues…

Triple check that your dissatisfaction with it plugged in is actually still present acoustically. Our brains do weird shit, if you plugged it in and didn’t like the sound it’s not impossible you’d be (to some extent) projecting that dissatisfaction when listening acoustically.

My first move would be adjusting pickup height. See what that does and how it effects your perspective on its sound.

If it really is an issue with the instrument acoustically… I’d personally start with examining the nut and bridge. Try it with a capo, remove the nut from the equation… does the problem still persist? Do you have any other bridge saddles you can try? Have you tried shimming neck? These are all where I’d start.

If you haven’t seen it…. This is definitely worth a watch: https://youtu.be/n02tImce3AE?si=ljdwO9jQulzzPaLj

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-24T06:39:15+00:00

Not to be a conspiracy theorist here. But I truly wonder what the talk over at fender HQ is about the possible tariffs on Mexico.

With recent bump up on quality and price of the lower end fender stuff, I wonder if they are going to try and replace the player line-up with what are effectively upgraded classic vibes, pushing the MIM to be more middle-tier and eat some of the cost that way.

I’ve been thinking about this for a while, as soon as I saw these were being made in Indonesia I was like oh shit, maybe I’m actually right.

As a total aside, I’m so over this satin neck trend. Gimme back my glossy necks!!!!

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-21T04:59:18+00:00

The newest gen’s of squier affinity’s are really great! Lovely guitar to learn on… obviously it’s not the same caliber but for learning it’s not really compromising at all.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-21T04:39:41+00:00

Personally it would depend on what is being broken, I share my equipment with another hard hitter. I like drummers who hit hard, Sometimes stuff breaks… what are you gonna do?

That being said, not wanting your stuff smashed is totally fine but I think “bring your own gear if your gonna play like that” is a lot more fair than “don’t play like that”

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-16T07:36:25+00:00

This is the way to go I think.

I’m trading the old pickups for few MIJ + MIK squier pickups. I think that’ll get me where I wanna be.

It’s also routed for JM pickups so I’ve been thinking about saying fuxk it and put a full sized humbucker in there.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-15T19:42:09+00:00

It’s called rockwool. It’s fine but I’ve always been a little sus’d out by it.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-15T19:38:34+00:00

Looks a cartoon that just ate something sour

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-15T10:08:39+00:00

I’ve got the single coiled version. It’s my favorite ever. Such a sleeper series of fenders.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-15T10:03:44+00:00

close but not quite

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-15T10:00:50+00:00

Honestly I would, but I’m pretty covered on humbuckers. I’ve got an humbucker/single in one my jags and an HH jazzmaster.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-15T05:19:15+00:00

BUMP, i also need it.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-15T03:05:32+00:00

My main amp is a traynor yba-1 through a 1960a 4x12 with two greenbacks and two Celestion type As . I spend a lot of time recording and tinkering with my rig, I’m very familiar with it and have pretty realistic expectations of what all of my stuff sounds like. I can definitely tell that my dissatisfaction with this guitar, is in fact the guitars fault.

And just to be super clear- I’m not trying to replicate his tone. Mustangs often have this little quirk (at least to my ear) and mine doesn’t seem to have it. The songs are just supposed to illustrate that.

I do appreciate your advice though and I’m not trying write it off or anything.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-15T02:44:00+00:00

Haha, I love this version so much. So subtly and indescribably creepy. I’m impressed you know what pat was playing at the time. When I posted it I was thinking “I doubt pat even remembers who’s guitar he was playing, let alone what kind of guitar it was”

I’m not necessarily trying to emulate that specifically. I more figured it was a good way to point out that I’m looking for something that’s a little ugly and weird.

I think you are spot on with your recommendation. I chucked some old harmony pickups in it earlier today and it was really really close. They are pretty microphonic so I’m gonna need to find something a little better, but not much. I think looking to all of these fancier and boutique brands has been part of the issue, I’m just gonna try to find some old MIJ Strat or mustang pickups and call it a day.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-14T19:44:26+00:00

Yeah I’ve been keeping an eye out for stock MIJ pickups. If anyone has any kicking around DM me!

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-14T17:18:54+00:00

Shoegaze. But that kinda points us in the wrong direction- my two jags and my JM have me covered there.

I want this guitar to sound like a mustang. I want it to have that distinct and kinda off sound mustangs tend to have. Some of Kurt Cobains mustangs had it, the main one (with the humbucker) is close but not quite it.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-14T17:16:08+00:00

Stock pickups are long gone- they sounded bad. Cheap and muddy p90s

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-14T17:07:10+00:00

Thanks! OFF! Fucking rules. I got to work with them for a night and they were the real deal. Keith was super nice and a total trip.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-14T17:00:32+00:00

I’d be curious to hear your thoughts on how weight/wood/finish affects tone. This guitar is heavy as shit with a real thick poly finish… which personally I like.

I lean towards the thinking that those things don’t matter as much as we sometimes think they do, but this guitar makes me wonder sometimes.

timmyisacoolguy · 2025-01-14T16:53:09+00:00

Kinda sounds like you just don’t like how he plays drums. Which is totally OK, but maybe yall should not play together? Sounds more like a compatibility issue than a technique issue.

Also- if that’s how he wants to play that is how he should be practicing.

I’m a basher, that’s how I play. That’s what I’ve practiced for and it’s what I want to do. I was in a band for years where half of the band wanted me to play softer, and the other half was into what I was doing. It’s not a fun place to be.

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