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And does anyone have a decent beginners guide for refinishing bodies?
So many out there, a few recommendation would be priceless.
You doing poly or nitro?
Poly is pretty straightforward, easy to recover mistakes etc. Nitro is a whole other thing. I love my DIY nitro-finished Strat but I'm not convinced it was worth the weeks (months??) of work it took!
I didn't find any guides. Just loads of advice on various message boards. As with any paint thing, prep is key, BUT it's way more essential if you're doing nitro since the paint doesn't fill in the imperfections the way it does with poly. Plus nitro is best on bare wood whereas poly can be done over existing finishes.
You could just sand it smooth with some very fine sand paper. Go steady.
I've sanded one neck and the finish is much nicer than how it arrived.
You could always just play the stuffing out of it and age it the old school way 😉
New guitar day for me 🙂 A 2009 PRS Mira x. It's lovely, its light, it might be made of basswood. It was the shortest distance I've ever traveled to buy an instrument including going "up town" on the bus when I was 15 to buy my first bass guitar
Unfortunately it means I'm two, possibly three over my self imposed guitar limit. Can I interest anyone in a Harley Benton PRS copy, a Joe Doe salty dog strat or an ibanex Js 1000 with dimaizo upgraded pickups? All set up, playing great but gathering dust.
Ah ha, the classic 'guitars on a sofa' shot 😎
What are all yours, top left to bottom right?
I'll do mine later, haven't taken a group photo in years.
Larrivée super strat
PRS Zach Myers single cut semi hollow
OLP Stingray Bass
Squier Bullet Mustang
Thinline Telecaster partscaster
Fazely single humbucker strat
Custom built (by me) MM Axis/Tele mashup
The Deathcaster - single bridge humbucker Tele with kill-switch (again by moi)
Epiphone SST solid body electro-acoustic classical
Takamine F-400S 12 string (though currently converted to 6)
Aria Sinsonido by Soloette travel guitar (can be nylon or steel string)
ALP AD-80 folding guitar
Washburn Monterey Studio Custom 12 String Electro-acoustic
Hohner SE-400 arch top
Nice collection. Makes me feel better about being one over my limit of 3 (the Strat buyer never turned up and has gone quiet 🤫).
I love that PRS single cut.
If it was pedalboards and pedals I'd be a lot more embarrassed about the stuff I never use.
I also have a PRS SE Zach Myers single cut. Mines ones of the greeny ones. Also slightly modded like @ajantom
bit of a thread crosser but Jack White is playing a 'secret' slot at Glastonbury, and ****ting about on his new pitchshifter custom Jazzmaster
https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jack-white-custom-fender-jazzmaster-pitch-shifter
@ajantom lovely guitars, especially the self builds 🙂
Mine from top to bottom, left to right
PRS McCarthy dalas shootout. These were the (marketing) test for PRS 58 pickups and supposed to get close to a 58 Les Paul.
PRS mira x. USA guitar built to a lower price point. No birds or fancy tops and the electronics under a pickguard. It plays as nicely as the McCarthy 🙂
Harley Benton PRS copy with bare Knuckle pickups. I liked the look of PRS but wanted to try something similar before buying the real thing. It buzzed badly when it arrived so I used it to learn how to sort frets. It plays great now
Ibanez js100 dimarizo air noroton pickups. I played a lot of guitar in 2009 and was up to 6 electrics. My job changed, reducing time for guitars and this was the only one that survived a full. It's ace, but I've got no need for a locking tremolo. I never use it now.
Harley Benton telecaster copy. Bought on impulse, it is a super guitar. The frets were a bit scratchy, 30 Min of polishing and its great.
Fender 1978 music master bass. I bought it second hand when I was 15. My double bass teacher was horrified. It was massively beaten up and had huge divots in the frets. It would have had relic fans in raptures. Aged 16 I sanded most of the finish off, but couldn't get the sanding sealant off. So I left it half finished for 20 years. Refinished it in nitro white and dented it in a week 😱
Joe doe salty dog. Thought I'd like a relic strat. I'm not super fussed about strats. Plays well, sounds like a strat but not for me.
Vintage v100 acoustic. £20 as two tuners were broken and half the strings were broken. It's a great guitar. After I got it I tried a few acoustics up to £1000. I couldn't hear much of a difference and preferred the neck on this.
Just one new addition to the pack, a Chapman ML3 Bea signature baritone.
28" scale length and running 12-64 strings in B or Drop A. Sounds good, feels amazing. Makes me work a bit harder at thinking what will work musically.
Very nice.
Physically I looks about the same length.as my short scale bass compared to the telecasters they are sat next to.
Its 2.5" longer scale but set lower in the body so the overall length is only 1" longer.
It also has lots of sounds. One amp model, basic drums from the RC5 looper. One inept play through with me seeing what I can get it to do with 3 way switch, coil tap and a Volume and tone control.
Don't drink and jive guys..
Listen to Bea 1 - 27_06_2022.mp3 by Lipstick on a pig on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/9kxoS
So going to do a Tele build, partscaster thing.
Two humbuckers (possibly Iron Gear) no pick guard, proper pots 500k etc, fixed bridge, string through body...
Looking at bodies and necks at the moment.
All guidance welcome, i have a fairly good set of skills as a mechanical engineer... but i aint a guitar tech.
Forgot to say the bit i am struggling with is how much to spend on a body/neck? If they are matched to a pair of £80 quid pickups?
Forgot to say the bit i am struggling with is how much to spend on a body/neck? If they are matched to a pair of £80 quid pickups?
For a first go, I'd get cheap body and neck off eBay. Means you won't be worried about mucking it up, or damaging them.
You could spend about £25-50 on each, and get surprisingly good results.
I've had amazingly good necks for £25-30. Generally they'll need a bit of fret levelling, but won't be terrible.
Bodies are bodies. More money gets you nicer wood and less pieces. But tbh, once painted or finished you won't notice the difference that much.
I always have assumed that the pickups do most of the heavy lifting.. i can see the benefits of string through body and installing a decent nut and decent locking tuners.
I am reasonably confident about getting a neck and frets sorted.
I have a 1977 fugi gen strat in poor condition that i also want to renovate so the Tele build is a dry run thing.
always have assumed that the pickups do most of the heavy lifting.. i can see the benefits of string through body and installing a decent nut and decent locking tuners.
Yes, yes, and yes 😁 though String through body is nice, but debatable whether it gives better tone.
I just bought a £117 Squier Mustang.
The neck is lovely, pickups are surprisingly nice and hot.
I've upgraded the tuners (Wilkinson EZ lock), nut (Tusq XL) and bridge (Wilkinson with compensated brass saddles) and it plays like a guitar worth 4-5 times more now.
@oldmanmtb2 what about one of those Harley Benton kit guitars?
@eddiebaby nice playing. I especially liked the ambient bit at the end. Baritones seem like an interesting n+1…
I fancy a telecaster HH and i can get an HH body easy enough. Will trawl ebay for hardware and try and avoid knock offs
I can recommend Northwestguitars.co.uk and guitaranatomy for bits.
Northwestguitars.co.uk
Yep, Northwest guitars are great.
Axesrus (terrible name, but really good company!)
Warman pickups are very good, and they do hardware.
BooBoo Guitars for good quality seconds of bodies and necks.
This is the wall of shame. Gear that doesn't get used since I got the Kemper and a Belle Epoch Deluxe.
I'm sticking it up on the Fretboard classifieds but if anyone is interested I'll post them on the classifieds here at a discounted price...
So string spacing,bridges and pickups..
Is it always a compromise?
So string spacing, bridges and pickups..
Is it always a compromise?
In what way?
Most electric guitars have standard(ish) string spacing (by manufacturer - it does vary by brand a bit), so most nuts and bridges will work.
That's not to say there aren't differences, but look up the type of guitar you are working on and you should be able to find what you need.
You can cut/file your own nut to fine tune string spacing.
There are pickups with slightly different pole spacings - but that's more aesthetic than functional... you want the string to be directly over the pole as it looks nice.
I'm in no way a trained guitar tech, so I might be talking total guff. This is just from my experience 😉
Hey proper guitarists, particularly those at the low end of the frequency spectrum.
I'm learning mainly on bass by either picking out a bassline (I've got an OK ear, not as good as it was though) but also by looking up tabs on t'internet. So today's dumb question is
open string vs fretted equivalent. Sometimes on a tab it'll suggest notes fretted at 5th fret or above when to me moving round the fretboard moving strings and playing open or lower fretted makes more sense. And indeed sometimes v/v. I guess that's down to ability and taste, but I'd say different on the open vs 5th fret equivalent.
No matter how well I fret the note the sound seems a bit deeper and warmer (not in pitch, in tone) vs the open equivalent which rings brightly. Is that imagination? It is a substantially heavier string vs the fretted equivalent? Or dampening effects no matter how well fretted? Is there a knowing nod and a wink by which proper guitarists spot a novice by their use of open strings or something as they rarely seem to be included on tabs?
No matter how well I fret the note the sound seems a bit deeper and warmer (not in pitch, in tone) vs the open equivalent which rings brightly. Is that imagination? It is a substantially heavier string vs the fretted equivalent? Or dampening effects no matter how well fretted? Is there a knowing nod and a wink by which proper guitarists spot a novice by their use of open strings or something as they rarely seem to be included on tabs?
Generally speaking playing an open string does indeed sound different to the same note fretted. Playing an open string also means you have to do more to prevent unwanted resonance once you move onto the next note, unless of course you're going to fret the same string you've just played.
There are no hard and fast rules, but, again, generally speaking you tend to learn most scales, riffs, licks and fills in patterns and boxes, and once you've got those under your fingers you can repeat them all over the neck, whereas using open strings doesn't have quite that same repeatability/transposability.
And so yes, I suppose you can tell a bassist that's "playing in the pocket" from a novice who uses the first notes that come to mind down at the nut. Tab is personal preference, a guide only. I play a lot of accompaniment from notated music scores, and will always look for the most logical place to play any particular note, and that's down to the way my mind and fingers work.
Soundcloud wtf?
You could bang the sound of a toilet flushing on the get likes and followers.
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This is the wall of shame. Gear that doesn’t get used since I got the Kemper and a Belle Epoch Deluxe.
Good lord, don't sell that lot!
Everyone seems to come back to pedals at some point and that's a nice little collection.
And prices are only going one way.....
Mate, they're just the ones I'm selling. The Revival Drive, Cali76 Stacked and Belle Epoch Deluxe are staying, but the digital stuff can be done by the Kemper.
I may keep the APE and almost certainly will keep the Trelicopter, the Spark does great stuff but I can get that from the Belle Epoch or the APE.
The Kemper Digital stuff is pretty good. Here us the seriously cut down stuff I posted from the baritone noodling yesterday.
Listen to Short Baritone Tone by Lipstick on a pig on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/7xDGK
I might be a couple of years behind the curve here... but is anyone else playing through a Strymon Iridium or a similar 'amp in a pedal'?
I've just got an Iridium and an FRFR speaker, and have been well impressed how easy it is to get tones that I love. My wife usually tunes out my guitar noodling, but she even remarked how good it sounded yesterday.
Boss Katana is now up for sale. As flexible and good sounding as it is, I kept finding myself going down a rabbit hole of tone fettling, rather than just practicing.
I've got a Helix and a Yamaha THR10. Both are modelling amps, but of course the Helix is 10x more powerful. There's definitely something to be said for simplicity though - I can pick up the Yamaha and get a great noodling tone within a few seconds of turning it on. I keep thinking I should sell one of them...
I did look at the Strymon Iridium but the lack of reverb on the Iridium was a deal breaker for me since I often use headphones and I went with the flexibility of the HX Stomp (then upgraded to a full Helix).
Wow, things have certainly moved on!
I had a Vox Valvetronix AD50 for ages and tbh, it sounded excellent.
I only got rid because it was too heavy to take to jams.
Went to pedals and an Orange Rocker 15, which does sound much better and is much easier and intuitive to use and dial in the sounds I like.
I have just picked up a Fender Micro headphone amp and have to say I'm very, very impressed.
It sounds far better than I expected and I can be up and running in seconds.
Great fun.
I might be a couple of years behind the curve here… but is anyone else playing through a Strymon Iridium or a similar ‘amp in a pedal’?
I use a Tech 21 Flyrig 5 live (and for recording).
It's a amp sim + plexi overdrive + boost + delay + reverb.
I have used it once or twice straight into a PA, but normally it goes into a Vox MV50 AC + 2x12 Celestion cab.
Sounds great, is a really versatile and easy to dial in a lovely tone.
Personally I love the simplicity of it, I'm not a massive fan of modellers with 100s of settings (I used to use a line 6 floor POD - too many options!)
As with Superficial I have my 'big' modeller but I find myself playing the THR10-II a lot as it is always there and I have a £30 wireless system to make things even easier.
That and a looper and I'm sorted.
Oh,and WAZA Air headphones as well.
Of course that doesn't stop the urge for N+1..
I was tempted by a HX Stomp, but thought I would end up with the same fettling issue as with the Katana. Maybe I'll try one at some point...
I have a £30 wireless system to make things even easier.
Which one and how does it compare with a cable? I always turn anti-clockwise and have to unknot the cable after a few numbers.
How to buy a guitar remotely?
I've found a guitar I need. Trouble is, it's a private seller on a forum I don't frequent and it's 200 miles away so I can't go and see it. FWIW there are people on that forum that vouch for the guy, but I'm not that trusting.
What's the best way of purchasing this safely? I'm tempted to ask him to list it on Reverb for me to buy - there's good buyer protection and the fees are better than eBay I think (Reverb total fees = 7.7% vs a whopping 12.8% for eBay).
Or is Paypal safe enough these days (Fees = 2.9%)? I've been burnt by them in the past so I am skeptical.
Guitar is ~ £1500 so whichever way I do it, the fees are significant.
I'd offer to pay a small deposit, and then go and collect it for that kind of monetary value...
If you’ve asked for all the pictures you can think of, and the seller’s willing to knock off ebay/Reverb fees for a collection, then it has to be time for a road trip!
What’s the guitar?
@Edukator I bought the ammoon 2.4GHZ Wireless Guitar System in 2020 for £35 but they seem to be discontinued
I gave Barbie a set for her electric violin and she loves it.
After 2 years of a lot of playing a round the house I'm down to 2 hrs play time on the transmitter. Barbie only uses hers for gigs and still has no problems.
No problems with noise or the connection and loves the freedom it gives her to move.
The current versions seem to be these.
They look identical.
If you’ve asked for all the pictures you can think of, and the seller’s willing to knock off ebay/Reverb fees for a collection, then it has to be time for a road trip!
What’s the guitar?
I definitely won't be able to go on a road trip. Out of the question unfortunately. But yes, that would be the easy option.
It's an AO Jazzmaster. Been on the lookout for one for months. Don't want to dally.
Now here's an interesting little rabbit hole:
John Squire (of Stone Roses/Seahorses/John Squire fame) is a bit of a guitar nerd I think. He played a '59 Les Paul on the Second Coming, apparently. Anyway, he commissioned a custom guitar that's pretty funky:
There's an ongoing debate about what this guitar actually is. Probably a Jag neck, with Jaguar++ switching and humbuckers, and either a completely custom body, a modified Jazz Bass body or a Jag with an extra horn grafted on. Oh, and it has both a Strat trem as well as a redundant Jaguar one!
Anyway, in searching for in, I came across this hero who'd made one basically by himself.
And documented the build, too:
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/63903/now-complete-first-guitar-build-project-underway-project-diary/p1
Annnyway, to close the loop, it turns out the guy who built it works for 18Bikes in Hope.
Thanks, Eddie, that's worth a try.
De nada.
On a sidenote as a total lover of baritone guitars based on owning a Chapman Tele Style one for 2 weeks can I point out that Andertons are doing the Squier Baritone Cabronitas on sale at the moment...
The Paranormals are even cheaper.
So views please.... humbuckers for a telecaster build.. is it irongear or are the cheaper options (Vanson, Warman, Wilkinson) worth a try? looking for something in the middle not thrash metal.
Warman...I really rate them.
Good range, and excellent Bang for your buck.
I have some pickups coming from Bootstrap for my Tele. Highly rated on the US tele forum and cheap. (Under £75 including first class postage from the states).
Cheers, also any guidance on a tele neck?
Guitar Anatomy for fancier stuff
https://guitaranatomy.com/product-category/https-guitaranatomy-com-product-category-bodies-and-necks/necks/tele-necks/
Northwest guitars
https://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/telecaster-style-necks/
How do those aftermarket necks stack up compared with real Fender ones? When you compare a Squier to a MIM to a USA Fender neck, you can feel the difference. It's not often a huge difference. MIM necks are about £350 IIRC while USA necks are ~£600. Warmoth necks are highly regarded and range from about £250 to £600 depending on spec (not that you can buy them easily in the UK). Obviously those ones eddiebaby posted are way cheaper than any of those options.
I'd like to build up a partscaster but I can't shake the feeling they'd be a bit rubbish, quality wise.
I liked the feel of the one guitar anatomy supplied but it had some grain defects on the front of the headstock so I sent it back. The backs on my US Strats are fantastic but obviously pricey. My Vintera Roadworn neck felt right but the body was screwed up so that went back.
I was looking at building a tele earlier this year, but even looking at used parts I couldn't get it to stack up cost wise vs buying a complete guitar and modding it.
I'd look at something like an East Coast tele and tweak it...
https://www.andertons.co.uk/brands/eastcoast/t-series-guitars
Of the necks I own I can't say some are much better, they're all different, but not necessarily better. A Harley Benton gets played a lot but will only fit an HB body as its heel is thicker (unless you are confident about taking a plane to it). The MIM and Squier Classic vibe maple necks are nearly identical, the MIM rosewood a little chunkier. I gently wet and dry the finish if it feels sticky.
The Warmoths are what you spec. Junior's stage Tele has a vintage modern C ten inch radius maple with gloss nitro and stainless frets - simply perfection if you like Fender's C necks. I have two modern necks, a C and a shedder. I regret not speccing stainless frets and the matt nitro soon glosses with play so I should have bought gloss. 10-12 radius on both, I prefer it over Fender's 9.
I should point out that I'm not keen on rolled edges or overly rounded fret ends which in part explains my love of Warmoths - they leave you to round the frets yourself. Some Fenders are over-done IMO.
I’d look at something like an East Coast tele and tweak it…
Wow, they're a great price.
The Squier Bullet series guitars are an excellent base for mods.
My Squier Bullet Mustang has a neck as good as guitars that cost 10 more. Really lovely shape and finish.
I agree the basic Squiers are great guitars and worthy of upgrading. What they are not so good as is as a donor. The parts aren't exactly the same as MIM, Classic Vibe, Fender US and Warmoth and require some woodwork/shimming to get the neck in place and the deck height right - just my experience.
Wow, they’re a great price.
So cheap I was going to buy one just for 5 string open G.
Sadly I saw the baritone tele thing and needed the money towards that.
So views please…. humbuckers for a telecaster build.. is it irongear or are the cheaper options (Vanson, Warman, Wilkinson) worth a try? looking for something in the middle not thrash metal.
Haven't tried their humbuckers, but have been very pleasantly surprised by the set of Tonerider pickups I put in my old Korean Strat last year (Classic Blues, in case you were wondering), good value at ~£80 for a set. Humbuckers seem to be a little cheaper for a pair with exposed bobbins, or a little more expensive for a pair with covers
So, should I? Or nah?
(No context)
My view is i am building a partscaster because it interests me, i have a Toolroom Engineering background so i can (in theory) work to high tolerances.
I am interested in how "good" i can get the guitar to work, i plan on buying some tools including fret dresser etc.
I am no great shakes as a guitar player but interested in the mechanics, i have a joe root (copy) telecaster body which i will add the tone control back on and coil tap it. Plan on a rosewood neck and good quality hardware (string through body)
This is more of a mental challenge than a parts caster build.
Hey guys...my kids 16th coming up and he would like a used guitar that's perfect for blues...what do you recommend....not opposed to building one up...
Cheers
First choice is electric or acoustic blues. If it's the latter then a beat up steel string and a bottle neck. If it's electric then a Gibson ES335 through a Fender 57 deluxe amp.
Or just about any guitar with 6 steel strings. The blues is in your head and your fingers if you've got it (I haven't)
How about one of mine?
Three guitars for sale.
They are all lovely guitars, I’ve just got too many and not enough time to play them all.
Harley benton CST 24 in Emerald. 2019
https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_cst_24t_emerald_flame.htm
This currently has a set of Bareknuckle pickups- a mule and a black dog.
£150 with the original pickups.
£370 with the Bareknucles in. They are currently £300 a set
It has been upgraded to locking tuners.
It has some bird stickers over the dots. These can stay or come off for sale. My wife called it the lizard so I stuck some eyes on the control knobs. These can be replaced with the originals or the bird knobs that are pictured.
Plays great, feels great. Condition is mostly good. There is no damage to the body that I can see. In the sun for the photos today I noticed some dye marks on the back where it looks like the original finish has run a bit. In 3 years I’ve never noticed this before. There are a few marks to the fretboard where I have lowered some frets to allow a very low action.
Ibanez Joe Satriani JS100WH
I’ve had this since 2011 and it’s been great. I’ve never gigged and it seems unlikely that I will in the next few years.
This is a white Ibanez JS100 from 2003. They only made the JS100 in white in 1993/94 and 2003/04, so it's quite an unusual color. This guitar was made in Korea, and features a great neck (slim and modern but not a skinny shred neck like the Ibanez Wizard) and the Ibanez Edge Pro II bridge, which is vastly better than the earlier Lo-TRS II, and a definite improvement on the current Edge III bridge. It holds its tuning far better, and you can fit the strings without having to cut the ball ends off. Basswood body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 medium frets, and the "Joe Satriani" moniker on the 21st fret. Very comfortable guitar to play - it's light and ergonomic, and balances well. Trem arm is provided.
As stock, this guitar came with weak-sounding Ibanez Infinity pickups. However, this guitar has been upgraded to feature color-matched white DiMarzio D-Sonic bridge pickup and Air Norton neck pickup, as used by Brad Delson from Linkin Park and (until recently) John Petrucci. They transform this guitar to a whole new level of sonic excellence. They're fantastic sounding pickups - more meaty sounding than you'd expect and very versatile. I use these pickups on both of my main guitars as well - they sound awesome. The pickups have a pull-up coil-tap on the tone knob, so you can also get those single-coil sounds when needed. It's set up for (and fitted with) D'Addario XL120 9-42 strings. There are currently a few rust marks on the bridge pick up. I only noticed these in the sun (hence the sale).
This guitar is 19 years old, and has been played plenty, so it's not perfect. There are a few minor marks on the finish,and a couple of small imperfections. But considering its age, it is in AMAZING condition. It comes complete with a matching white DiMarzio Clip-lock strap.
Joe Doe by Vintage Guitars Strat.
https://www.joedoeguitars.com/product-page/salty-dog
This is lovely, I’m just not so keen on single pickup sounds.
Other than the relicing it came with its as new.
The neck has had a very very light sand to smooth it.
I liked the idea of a reliced guitar with a backstory.
At age 17, Bill Downey started his career in the US Navy deep in the bowels of the USS America Supercarrier as a boiler technician. Over the decades and through numerous conflicts, the Vietnam War (1955 to 1973), the Lebanon Crisis (1983), the Persian Gulf War (1990 to 1991), Downey rose to the rank of Chief Engineer. Dedicating his whole life to the Navy meant forfeiting the chance to start a family, but Downey was not alone in this world - his faithful companion was a white electric guitar which he won in a gambling den in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam in 1963.
As well as being a slick guitar player, Downey was also an avid collector of sailor tattoos, getting himself inked at every major port. When he finally ran out of space on his body, Downey used his trusty electric guitar to provide extra real estate. “My guitar’s been with me so long, it’s part of me now. If my ship ever sinks, that guitar will either be a paddle or a float.” In 1996 the USS America was decommissioned, which led Downey to retire and settle on land for the first time in his life where he formed blues funk band, “Howlin’ Albatross”.
@tall_martin That Ibanez JoeS is gert lish! Always preferred them to the JEMs.
Finally got a pedal I ordered on New Years Day. The sting of the wait was somewhat alleviated by the fact the price had dropped by £20 since I ordered it.
Its a TC Electronic Stereo Chorus Flanger and it choruses divinely and the flange is pretty good too. The weak spot on the Kemper (other than me) is the Chorus, Flanges and Trem IMO and this fils the gap nicely.
Dog sitting at my brother's for a week so had to take my computer, so I loaded up the minitravel pack and am set for a few days noodling.
Any of you 'guitarists of singletrack' posted a vid of yourselves playing in this long thread ?.
Any of you ‘guitarists of singletrack’ posted a vid of yourselves playing in this long thread ?.
Well yeah - there's plenty if you go back. Do 'you' want to see them or just be snarky, though?
Nope. I ain't pretty.
I occasionally post up some sounds
Well yeah – there’s plenty if you go back. Do ‘you’ want to see them or just be snarky, though?
Well yeah 🙄 but it's 66 pages long and i don't want to scroll through that lot hunting out the occasional vid.
Some of the best times i've had in life were at a friends gaff/studio/parties and when they compered in the Halt bar in Glasgow's west end .My mate Zac was probably one of the best guitarists playing the circuit at that time (mid to late 90's)
So from these experiences ive always loved it as an instrument.
We kind of lost touch. He went full pro, tours moved south and just havent seen him in 20 years, but fond memories indeed 😀
Actually I've just discovered he's a YT page. Dumbo me just never thought to check that place.
https://www.youtube.com/user/zacster71/featured
I wish I could play like this, but my poor skills on the strings just torture people ears 😆
Just for you @dyna-ti
Last Saturday at a local football club social. I’m in the red shorts with the jazzmaster playing the solo. If anyone is interested it’s a vintera JM into a tube screamer into a vox ac10
Live music in the sun... Can't go wrong. Wish I'd been there.
Yeah, sound was great. Post some longer stuff up. I enjoyed that.
There’s some more band clips of you scroll back on that insta feed.
I’ve posted this already but had a weekend with the family away a month or so ago and learnt the solo from Alive by pearl jam. Would have blown my 17 year old mind to think I could play this someday!
( it’s not perfect but close enough for a new learn )
Saw that earlier, one of my favourite songs from back in the day. Love it.
I'm just working through Sped Spedding's Zepp lessons on YouTube:
Got a few gig vids...
Playing my homemade deathcaster
You guys always sound like you are having so much fun. Must be a great atmosphere at your gigs.
I've played this enough times in the past to know that I will never be able to shout the right lyrics again...
Any of you ‘guitarists of singletrack’ posted a vid of yourselves playing in this long thread ?.
Yeah, but playing is stretching it for me, more like making noise!
I've had a few weeks without playing, was ill, lost interest in playing (actually, doing anything at all) but I've picked a guitar up again and will be auditioning for The Skids soon 🤣
Oh and no idea why I typed The Skids and not The Only Ones 🤣
Hi Simon!
Glad you're back. Definitely noticed you were MIA.
Another favourite song of mine. I'd better start to post a few more.
