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I didn’t win it either Simon.
Lucky thing too as I’m trying to clear some room.
About seven months ago I asked my local shop to let me know if they got hold of a Yamaha LL16 in sunburst. They finally got one with a big order and were happy to repsect the original price quoted. So here it is, no knobs to twidle (passive pickup), no mods apart from a 17 steel G-string so I can bend it 3 stops, nothing to do - it's perfect as it is.
No apologies for the Christmas song, it's amusing people with an acoustic time of year.
That doesn't seem to work embedded but it does on youtube.
Great sounding guitar Edukator!
And the only Christmas song I can listen to without wanting kill everyone involved.
Thanks guys.
You might want to find a youtube closer to the original to learn from, Ben. I learned it by ear when when it came out and do the whole thing speeded up in 6/8 time. Justin guitar breaks it down with the intro and correct time signatures.
Nice. I’ve been trying to work out an instrumental arrangement of that. Was hoping to post it soon but I’ll get no points for originality now you’ve beaten me to it 😛
Trying to learn some Oasis this week. Taking ages, even at 80% speed. I should probably turn my heating on to warm my fingers up! Also trying out the Ultimate Guitar app for backing track & tabs. I like how you can set up a loop of part of a song. This was about the 10th attempt of the solo in a row!
The hardest thing to do for me is to copy solos from people who couldnt play very well at that stage of their career
@simonbarnes
check out capo as well, there is a free version to try.
https://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/capo/
just going to leave this here for your listening pleasure
The hardest thing to do for me is to copy solos from people who couldnt play very well at that stage of their career
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Cheers @iffoverload
Just popping in to say thanks to the prior advice an Affinty Strat HSS with a Fender 15g amp is incoming for junior. This black one here: https://www.andertons.co.uk/brands/yamaha/yamaha-electric-guitars/pacifica?gclid=Cj0KCQiA4uCcBhDdARIsAH5jyUkKlQePKf7P5UroOlLY-PjCLbrIaUUBOaW2HBrfmg4UqkkdmYtYuSoaAq72EALw_wcB
Looking for a bundle and not to spend too much because teenagers go through phases, it was a toss up between this and a Pacifica 112v bundle which seems to have run out of stock, with the lower spec 012 being available. The important thing here is the “HSS” which brings the humbucker on the bridge rather that 3 x single coil pickups.
It’ll be good enough for his grade 5 learnings and a bit of fun, he can upgrade as he gets older if playing continues.
Noises will happen on his birthday in the 1st week Jan!
The hardest thing to do for me is to copy solos from people who couldnt play very well at that stage of their career
I think most musicians would consider it fair to say that NG's lead playing never really progressed beyond pedestrian meanderings around the pentatonic.
This particular solo with every phrase landing on the home note always struck me as notably awful though. Pity cos it's such a great tune otherwise.
I bought a mate an affinity strat as a thank you for helping me loads.
It is a really nice guitar. I think the previous owner had spent significant amount of time setting it up for his daughter.
Could you get it set up before he gets it.
Your link goes to Yamaha Pacifica guitars.
My favourite Noel Gallagher solos are on Don't Look Back in Anger - it's borrowed note for note from another song but Noel does it with much better timing, and Live Forever on which I find the timing really pleasing. Have a go at them and you might change your mind about Noel.
Could you get it set up before he gets it.
Yes most likely, a good tip thanks, and good to hear your experience.
Your link goes to Yamaha Pacifica guitars.
Yep, I changed / repasted it about 4 times then gave up... This should work: https://www.guitar.co.uk/squier-affinity-stratocaster-hss-montego-black-metallic
My favourite Noel Gallagher solos are on Don’t Look Back in Anger – it’s borrowed note for note from another song but Noel does it with much better timing, and Live Forever on which I find the timing really pleasing
I'll give them a go after Slide Away and The Importance of Being Idle 🙂
Great first guitar. You never know where these things lead, Kryton. I bought junior a Tele when he was 14 and nowhe's a DJ/music producer when he's not a ski instructor.
Great first guitar. You never know where these things lead, Kryton.
Its not really a first, we have les Paul copy which was free from here, I should really shout out to the forum member that offered it but cant remember and need to sift through my DM's. Unfortunately it remains rather heavy and the neck has bent, he finds it difficult. Plus, little Miss Kryton borrowed his amp for her drums - she's becomes a bit of a sensation so its stayed with her while he's remained on his acoustic.
I bought junior a Tele when he was 14 and nowhe’s a DJ/music producer when he’s not a ski instructor.
Thats cracking, best of luck to him!
I had to catch a train into Guildford for a couple of Christmas gifts.
Took 20 minutes to get them so I wandered to Andertons and spent an hour amongst the Fender Custom Shops.
Lovely guitars that didnt feel that much nicer than my Strat or Tele, the weights though were at least 2lb lighter on both styles with swamp ash bodies over my alder bodied toys.
I left with 3 pairs of strings and no longings for better toys. Maybe I'm growing up,
Fender Custom Shops
Got to be honest, I'd love one of the distressed/antique paint jobs but I couldn't really justify the price tag.
I got some 1965 re-issue pick ups ready mounted on a scratch plate from US Ebay and had them dropped into my Mexican Strat by my local guitar shop. Sounds mega stratty and improved the guitar enormously. A really affordable upgrade and a fair bit cheaper than a visit to Fender Custom Shop.
My favourite Noel Gallagher solos are on Don’t Look Back in Anger – it’s borrowed note for note from another song but Noel does it with much better timing, and Live Forever on which I find the timing really pleasing. Have a go at them and you might change your mind about Noel.
This wasn't about Noel specifically, 60's and punk bands can be dire
This wasn’t about Noel specifically, 60’s and punk bands can be dire
But all still way better than me!
I need the weather to warm up so that my fingers work better. Hopefully tomorrow 🙂
https://youtube.com/shorts/m4j-yWpiItE?feature=share
I need the weather to warm up so that my fingers work better. Hopefully tomorrow 🙂
I know the feeling. Sunday mornings is guitar day when my mate drops his wife off at 8 for her church group. He picks me up on the way back and we have 3 hours or so playing before grabbing a Wetherspoons breakfast on the way back to my place.
The last few weeks gave taken a lot longer to get started even with his heating on from 7.00. Worth it though.
👍
Well my fingers are warm enough today.
Shame about the torrential rain and no doubt floods on my way to Farnborough via Aldershot.
One potential highlight is that the Crack Convertors in Aldershot has a boxed secondhand BOSS BD-2 Waza Craft edition for £50 in the window...
Can anyone recommend a reasonable clip on tuner that will survive being sat on?
Oh, and Merry Christmas you talented sods, thank you all for the inspiration........much appreciated!
I use tc electronic unitune - haven't lost it or broken it so that the greatest accolade I can give it
I've got a Silver Snark which I haven't managed to break or lose yet that seems to work quite well.
Snark chews batteries compared with the TC. I have a PolyTune clip and a Peterson Stroboclip HD. PolyTune is great but the Stroboclip handles weird tunings and sweetened tunings.
If I had to choose one I’d go PolyTune.
Snark chews batteries
This also my experience….
I have a DAddario one but doubt it would stand up to being sat on (it has a flimsy looking hinge to angle the screen, not been a problem for me as it’s either on the guitar or the case).
How do you even manage to sit on them?
Any opinions on high end floor modellers? Thinking about getting a Fractal FM9 or a Quad Cortex. Plan on trying a QC in Guitar^2 after Xmas but can’t try the FM9. Sure they’ll both be amazing
I bought a Kemper Stage. I love it but I'm sure I'd love a Helix LT just as much.
Sonething about the QC makes me feel a bit meh. Sounds are great though. I know nothing about Fractal.
Edit: love the Stage but I have reservations about some of the modulation effects. I can't get the chorus or flangers to sound as good as my cheap pedals. Luckily there arefx loops to get round that.
Sonething about the QC makes me feel a bit meh.
It's definitely a couple of firmware updates away from where it needs to be but it's only going to get better.
I love a shiny music toy, and the Quad Cortex looks like it's only a drunken midnight accidental purchase away from being mine. However, my sensible side knows that I've had similar things before (TC Nova System, TC G-System, Boss EP-3, TC Plethora X5, HX Stomp... hmm, quite a few...) and I only ever use about four presets on each one in total, so the idea of having 300 amps at my fingertips fills me with dread and realisation that I really shouldn't buy one... 🙂
Merry Christmas folks. Hope you all get some playing in over the next few days.
Right down the pub for the traditional two pints before returning to eat far too much. Followed by opening the bulk of the presents.
(I've only got one really naff guitar related gift given to me so far. We should have a competition to see who gets the worst.)
The Mrs ordered me some presents from That Pedal Show that somehow got lost somewhere. Dan and Mick were a huge help in sorting it out and took the time to do this for her to give to me!
That is cooler than getting the gifts.
She sounds like a keeper.
Ace. I do like Dan & Mick 🙂
I've hurt my back so finding a comfortable position to sit in is almost impossible at the moment. I still need to practice though! Have had a little go at trying to learn a bit of Plug In Baby. It's going to take a while to get up to speed!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h6LeZqGyapw
Sounding good Simon!
I have been enjoying my Christmas present this year (which I only had to make a few obvious hints to secure... 🤣) - a TC Blood Moon phaser.
I'm assuming it's based on a classic circuit, but I don't know exactly what. Anyway, it does warbly psych stuff as you'd expect, but personally I like more subtle "slight movement" type sounds: works well for doom-y cleans. And it overdrives/distorts slightly if you hit the strings hard enough, which is quite pleasingly dynamic.
Good stuff for a cheaper pedal.
Cheers Tom, something to work on! That pedal looks good, have fun playing with it 🙂
Re Floor modelers
With the current crop excluding QC I'd say the stomp xl is the best value for money given the latest update is very good.
I see the QC as the first of the next generation, has had it problems but will probably mature to be very good.
Assuming there will be no kemper update ever as seems to be a realistic proposition giver where Virus synths ended up
I think a reasonable upgrade to 'modern' firepower is a UA Ruby/Dream paired with your current pedal/modeler.
Realistically I'm waiting for the next line 6/Yamaha issue which is around 2 years away I think (hoping that Midi 2 will be available by then).
I must admit I wish I'd kept my Iridium.
Some of my current favourite sounds come from amp in a box distortions through the reverbs and speaker sims/IRs in my THR10 or my GT1000 Core. I bought the Core when the price of the Stomp shot up by £100, I should have bought a Helix LT instead.
The Core sounds great but lacks the built in buttons the Stomp XL has. There are workarounds though.
The Kemper is awesome but somedays I just want to plug into a couple of easily tweak able pedals and let rip.
THR10 is really great, though trying the Ruby/Dream through is less than stellar unfortunately
I've always enjoyed the sound of boss multifx and picked up the slicer pedal last week
Never played or even seen an axe fx which I bet is amazing
Kinda spoilt for choice nowadays. I have a HX Stomp and an extra 2 footswitches which are set up to snapshot up and down, which leaves me one on the pedal for tap/tuner and 2 more to switch FX on/off. This is probably enough for me.
I love my HX Stomp at home but found it a bit lacking at a gig pre Xmas. Have got a first rehearsal with a potential new band tonight so will try the Stomp out in that setting as it probably just needs tweaking which as my current band don't ever rehearse never happens. I'm leaning towards the FM9 now though if I'm going to be gigging more!!!!
Sorted for home though as my IK Multimedia Axe I/O arrived so I've been playing with the bundled Tonex Max software and been blown away by the captures. Joe Bonamasa's old Dumble anyone? Don't mind if I do. Crazy times.
Sounds good mate.
I'm in a similar place with the GT1000. A Boss pedal to switch presets freeing the 3 buttons on the unit for toggling effects. I usuallly stick a drive and a compressor in front of it and then run it into a Hot Rid Deluxe or a Katana 100 (Both borrowed) for the 4 short gigs I've done in the last 4 months.. terrifying but fun.
I bought a Catalinbread RAH pedal from Reverb a few weeks back and the designer of the pedal, the delightfully batshit Howard, said you need a Herco75 Flex pick to get the Jimmy Page sound.
I just bought a 12 pack at Andertons but have discovered it hasn't helped.
Maybe the Eric Johnson Journeyman lightly reliced strat I tried would help.
I suspect not. It was stunning though and surprisingly under £3k.
I've got my finger hovering over the buy button for the Helix LT. Was hoping to see some January sale discounts on it but absolutely nothing so far. No Doubt the second I buy it'll have the price slashed
There are a couple on Reverb but the sign of how good they are us how they hold their price.
“Eric Johnson Journeyman lightly reliced strat”
Ooh! Two tone sunburst? How was the neck? I was after finding a chunky Strat neck as they’re all a bit weedy, so my pal at Fender suggested that the EJ ‘Virginia’ Strats have biggish necks.
I’ve been eyeing up a Shell Pink HSS Pro II strat (internet stalking only) and it’s only dropped by £200...
I need to be strong....
The necks on my Pro II Tele and Strat are amazing. They feel so good and the slightly sculpted heel really opens up the dusty end more than such a simple mod should. I’m a tart and went for Miami Blue / Maple.
I have a Pro II jazzmaster, if the strat is the same level I’d certainly not be disappointed.
Shell Pink would be me being a total tart. I prefer a rosewood board but shell pink is a limited colour and only maple (or full rosewood neck at several £100 more) available.
God, I can feel myself weakening...
I have 4 guitars and a bass.
Too many pedals, a modeller and a profiler.
Don't look to me for any suggestions of restraint.
😀
£1499 at Andertons
Just getting back into playing after more then a year of not bothering due to lots of bad stuff happening. Unsurprisingly I’ve now found playing my guitar helps.
Christmas Covid has let me sit and read this entire thread…big mistake as I should have known it was going to cost me money, but so much good information it’s been very useful at helping me get back up to date with the guitar world...oh, and so many youtube videos.
Lots of my enjoyment comes from trying write a song, playing, recording, and then playing with the recording tools to produce something I’m pleased with. I’ve never been good at learning other folks songs, not really very good at remembering my own to be honest and very much have used this as a way of pushing my limited ability rather than proper formal practice.
I have 30 year old Gordon Smith leftie guitar (amongst others) Fender Princeton 112plus amp and a Line 6 pod X3. Lots of other bits and pieces, 4 tracks and such like collected over the years, mostly now redundant.
So, new kit time. My GS is lovely to play, I knew nothing about them when I bought it, but something colourful and maybe semi hollow body is on the horizon. The POD effects are outdated but still work ok.
The amp though, although it’s fine, I really want something smaller and more portable but still with good tone. I know the Spark is extremely popular but I’m leaning towards the Yamaha THRs. The question is the 10 or 30? Is the extra power of the 30 a significant step up given that you also gain more bulk?
I’d love to go have a listen, but getting to any music shop is a trial from here at the best of times, but with the rail strikes and ferry disruption it’s not going to happen for a bit and I have a birthday aproaching and want to spend money now! 🙂
Oh, and any recommendations for music shops around Glasgow way to use or avoid for when I can get to one. I know Guitarguitar has a decent range but I’ve never had any dealings with them.
Welcome back to the fold!
I have the THR10 and it's perfect around the house but that is it. The thirty has enough oomph to be a but more versatile but crucially has amp outs so you can run it into something more powerful like a PA
@crewlie I’ve bought a fair bit from Merchant City Music (guitar.co.uk) over the years and found them decent and who I use as my main ‘internet’ based guitar shop. They’ve shipped me guitars, amps and pedals (I’m in the Black Isle). They are about 2 minutes from guitarguitar in the real world too, so not even that far out your way (if you’re out that way anyways).
Smaller than gg’s (and no Gibsons) but I like them.
I have a THR10II and I’ve really struggled with it.
I tend to spend ages searching trying to find a sound I like then when I come back, have to go through the process alll over again...
It just sits in its box now🤷🏼♀️
I actually prefer my microcube (I had a wee blackstar amp that I also struggled with that got punted pretty quickly). So I guess it’s just me...
I like my reissue vibro champ Reverb (and the ‘68 Princeton but at 12W is RFL in the house) and mostly ‘clean’...
Thanks for the advice, probably going to give the THR 30 a go and then get to Glasgow and play with some guitars when I can.
The slippery slope starts here.
Waves from Glasgow👋
Merchant City Music is a very good shop. Been using them for years. Guitar Guitar is very good too.
There are a couple of smaller independent shops doing 2nd hand gear that are really good
https://www.the-wee-guitar-company.com/
And
https://www.theguitartradecentre.co.uk/
Both down in the southside and close to each other.
Waves from Glasgow👋
Merchant City Music is a very good shop. Been using them for years. Guitar Guitar is very good too.
There are a couple of smaller independent shops doing 2nd hand gear that are really good
https://www.the-wee-guitar-company.com/
And
https://www.theguitartradecentre.co.uk/
Both down in the southside and close to each other.
Waves back from Arran.
Thanks I’ll add them to the list.
Andertons - the guitar gallery
service still really poor
Thats all I'm going to say on that one
@BoardinBob - I have a Helix LT for sale on FretBoard at the moment- just put it on this morning. Comes with a hard case. Excellent unit -I've just moved on to the Rack unit for my use case. Let me know if you're interested ?
Andertons – the guitar gallery
Ouch. I never found that. It is my local shop and I'm in there most weeks, during the week when it's quiet.
Was in there late this afternoon at the other end of scale trying a Squier Classic Vibe Tele. Brilliant a bit of a setup and maybe swap for some of my pile of Tele pickups and it would be awesomer for open G 5 string Keith fun.
I thought I'd managed to work up to playing plug in baby at a reasonable speed but then I tried to play along with the backing track and I was all over the place. I always do this. I need to make myself play along with a backing track at a slow speed right from the start and then build up from there. Have dropped back to 60% and until I can nail that I'm not going to up the speed to 70% even though playing slowly is boring 🤣
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/38-juDPJ2GI
Well that's really rather shit news 🙁
https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/jeff-beck-dead-meningitis/
Yep. I've been playing a lot of Beck over the last couple of years.
I have a go at Hendrix tracks and Page's stuff but Beck...? No way.
A unique force in music.
I am really depressed now in a way I don't think any other musician's death has hit me.
I've worked through 60%, 70%, 80% and 90% speed for Plug in Baby. Full speed attempt was going to be after work tomorrow but I thought I'd give it a little go this evening. Definitely quite tricky for my mediocre skills but pretty happy with the progress this week 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r49LPgAiujY
Don’t know if many of you used to skateboard and remember Ray Barbee from the Powell peralta heyday?
His guitar playing ( & photography ) is fantastic.
working out one of his tracks was this weeks project….,
Like it. I can't play standing up 🤣
It’s just practice like everything!
( I often learn stuff sitting down first to be fair!)
It’s just practice like everything!
Well I've now practised plug in baby until my index finger bled 🤣
Going to have to have a break now
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rrrqD5TgtSc
Dedication pays off there, Simon! Very impressive.
And @ceepers - you got props from Ray Barbee himself! Very nice work there. 🙂
Ooh nice, @simondbarnes! I'm lacking a bit in live music options where I am these days...
Oh, and here's a four week warning that I'm going to be coming for my pedalboard... 🙂 Let me know if there are any pedals that you'd like to hang on to for longer, or which I could do you a swap for... Don't want to stop that creativity flowing 🙂
No worries @chipps - let me know when you're about and will arrange to meet up.
I've actually pretty much stopped using the pedals and have decided to spend my time learning to play rather than just playing around with different tones 🤣
But you're doing it wrong, surely? Better playing comes with buying more stuff, right? Same as you'll be faster on a bike if you have more bikes and shinier handlebars, eh? 😉
I've had a fun year of following 'Bontrager's Three Laws of getting better on a bike' - 1. Ride your bike more 2. Ride your bike even more 3. Ride your bike extra even more... I should probably follow that for guitar.