The Guitar Thread
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- set5
I found one of these in a charity shop the other day. For... £20!
...and it came with a really nice vintage leather bag which is worth more than £20 alone. Good find!- Have just replaced the tuning heads and sanded down the neck. It's a beaut. Sounds really, really good... The neck is fat as fuck thoughset
- Nice find, looks unplayed, unscuffed. Who's the maker? (Looks like it starts with an 'F').BustySaintClaire
- You have guitars upon guitars.notype
- @Busty, details in the reverb link below the image. This pic isn't my one, but mine is in equally as immaculate condition, considering it's nearly 50 years old!set
- @notype - I own 5 guitars at the moment. I sold quite a few this year :)set
- futurefood4
- oh nice! always wanted to try one of these!kingsteven
- what is it?nbq
- les paul recording guitar, not sure if it's gibson or a copy.kingsteven
- This here is a 1973 authentic Les Paul recording model copy! XDfuturefood
- coolnbq
- My tech has had it for the past couple days. He said he's surprised at how close the electronics and pickup design are to his Gibson versionfuturefood
- Yea nice. Some of these old things sometimes sound better than Gibsonsset
- nice, is it Japanese? i've seen ibanez versions...kingsteven
- yea, its an ibanezfuturefood
- Calderone20003
- Sounds like this (playing slide for the first time ever): https://imgur.com/zu…Calderone2000
- Nice tone. I'd be more inclined to use it as a lap steel. (volume pedal and Duesenberg Multibender)zardoz
- Lovelyfisheye
- Lovely lump of wood and wire.
Great find!futurefood
- Calderone20005
- Really want to try the Strymon DECO pedal.futurefood
- I really like it @future. Slapback delay, flanger/chorus like sound, the tape compression... it's all pretty subtle, but very versatileCalderone2000
- I eventually picked one up! It is so good. really belongs on every pedal board :Dfuturefood
- ok_not_ok4
- Saw these guys a few times. Great showsGnash
- Brian Setzer - legend! Check out The Living End Chris does Brian Setzer better than Brian Setzer.bulletfactory
- These guys are going to go farfuturefood
- BusterBoy5
Bought my son a new Fender bass on the weekend. Only store in my city that had this particular one in stock. Was advertised my another company on the other side of the country for $500 less...and luckily for me they price matched!
- SteveJobs5
Wow.
- upvooooote!sarahfailin
- www.youtube.com/watc…...sausages
- whoops, meant to be super buck II by estradasphere. Another nice mario coversausages
- kingsteven3
Got this Bassman 135 with matching 2x15" cab last year but only just got a cab small enough to get the head home to bother the neighbours. The Bass channel (tbh. why I bought it) is acting up so it's going in to the shop next week... but hoping it does nothing to the guitar channel as it's breaking up around 4 and sounds incredible right now.
- nice ampApeRobot
- 2x15 - holy moly.section_014
- heh, was hoping to use it for bass but too slim and not ported so was a bit disappointed until i tried it with guitar... sounds feckin' incredible.kingsteven
- back up at the rehearsal room now... STACK! https://i.imgur.com/…kingsteven
- I’d LOVE one of those as half of a stereo setup with something else like a Hot Rod Deluxe or Twin.mg33
- yeah, cleanest of all the bassmen, perfect for effects... next show on a big stage i'm going to swap it out for the JC40 :)kingsteven
- i was using a 40w attenuator to crank it a bit in the house but didn't want to smoke it. i have a feeling with a 100w attenuator this will be recording goldkingsteven
- stoplying0
I'm trying to get a better understanding of how to write bass lines that don't entirely mimic the guitar part. I've watched youtube vids but nothing has really sunk in for me. If any of you happen to know of any explainers that work for you, please share.
I think I know the theory that if you're playing a C G D chord progression, you could play any note in the C chord on the bass, then any note in the G chord, and D chord. Right?- concentrate on the root scale, most pop music if the song is in C maj you're using the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B. When it doesn't work it should be obviouskingsteven
- but yeah, chord shapes are important to me. like if i was playing in Cmaj I'm thinking about 3 places i can play a Cmaj chord and work around them but alsokingsteven
- C maj has the same notes as A min (circle of 5ths) so you can double your 'boxes' - a good cheat if you are familiar with chord shapeskingsteven
- Cool - thank you ksstoplying
- Focus on following the drums more. Start by playing a note on every kick and snare, then switch up the patterns (skip a snare, play two 1/8 notes on the kick)section_014
- In terms of the actual notes, lots of basslines are just root - 5th - octave. You can get pretty far just by using those.section_014
- play with the kick not the guitardoesnotexist
- Rhythmically, yes I play with the drums. But notes wise, these comments are great - thanks all.stoplying
- Never forget the rhythm of what you play too, move around the guitar and accent the drum — even one note can sound great.robthelad
- Fuck it, start by writing a really nice bass line with the drums and make the guitar fit around that.
youll probably have a better sounding track :)woowahesque
- ok_not_ok3
- oh jaysus. incredible... was thinking if this was around £250 i'd get it. £450 eekkingsteven
- Treat yourself. It''ll only go up in value. A good place to park yer moneyzardoz
- already selling for over a $1000 lolfuturefood
- haha, shoegaze lawyerskingsteven
- kingsteven2
Not sure why it took me so long to try Dunlop Jazz III XL picks, I've been using 1mm Tortex IIIs or Ibanez Steve Vai for years (normal pick shape with a pointier Jazz III tip). But these are really something else: the grip, the bevel and the shape and size are all an improvement and they're less clacky than Tortex so a better all-rounder for lead and strumming. Seems I'm about 20 years behind on pick technology.
These 'Primetone' picks seem to be similar to the material used on Dunlop big stubbys but are a lot stiffer without the indented grip, 1 was expecting it to be floppier so bought 1.4mm. Seems perfect but going to try moving down a thickness and the same shape in Flow and Ultex in the name of science.
Boring post but worth thinking about if like me and every guitarist I know you've been using the same picks for 20 years!
- I've tried every pick out there it feels like. Keep coming back to a worn down Fender medium.section_014
- I’ve not seen that pick before. Always been Dunlop mediums for me.Gnash
- got the .88 primetones and love them too. probably a better all-rounder tbh.kingsteven
- Funny enough, I went down this same rabbit hole as I'm getting back into playing electrics after a long hiatus, and I ended up on the 1mm Tortex IIIs... for nownocomply
- I was previously a .88mm standard tortex guy. It's amazing how much more cleanly I can pick through the strings with the pointy Jazz III tip.nocomply
- I liked the regular Jazz III XL shape too. Maybe I'll give these Prime Tone ones a shot.nocomply
- slappy4
- This is very nice Parlor shape guitar. Usually used for blues ...fisheye
- Love these 3/4 guitars. Currently have a 50s Regal. Looking to pick up a Taylor GS soon. Might look into this nowfuturefood
- Krassy4
- woahh...this is such a beautyCalderone2000
- headstock looks like a ukelelesarahfailin
- shapesalad3
Just when you thought you were getting half decent at playing the guitar you stubble upon Yamandu Costa's video on YT:
- wonderful. tip top 'guitar face' alsoDoris_McSquirter
- Love that soundstoplying
- This is lovelyNonEntity
- helloeatbreathedrive3
Tommy's enjoying himself :)
- and a chaser :)
http://www.youtube.c…helloeatbreathedrive - I saw this the other day...fabulous. My son is learning guitar and he was mesmerised.BusterBoy
- wow that few bars of walk, don't run in there is incredible.kingsteven
- and a chaser :)
- zardoz2
- Why am I immediately imagning she's clumsily plucking out the main riff to 'Seven Nation Army'?Continuity
- because you're gaycrazyprick
- /end threaddoesnotexist
- zardoz1
- Some things are just not meant to be kitbashed.Continuity
- Headstock lets it down.zardoz
- Well. If they *had* to go ahead with this horrific kitbash, then a Jackson-style headstock would probably have worked best.Continuity
- Flying Tele?ok_not_ok
- ouchGnash
- ok_not_ok2
I want one so bad
- sounds good!futurefood
- Ha that’s pretty coolGnash
- hahah, wantBrabo_Brabo