Guitar Thread

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

I think if you are going to use your guitars a lot and they are going to end up showing some signs of life then might as well get used. You don't feel so bad when it gets that first scratch. A new one is lovely but its only lovely for so long.

Yeh if I got a brand spanking new one now I'd try to be really careful and end up twatting it on something.

Whereas as used, I won't give a shite and probably never end up with a scratch............ :-)

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Just come across this little vid of me playing Blackbird, sound check just before a little gig.
Takamine guitar.
I've always loved playing Blackbird.

Lovely stuff - I wouldn't be able to play that standing up nor singing.

What else you got? ;-)

 

[Bill Walker]

Lovely stuff - I wouldn't be able to play that standing up nor singing.

What else you got? ;-)

Sucker for punishment :)

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

What do we think Billy........

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For me, I don’t like the idea of a humbucker on a strat. Why put one on? Won’t sound like a strat then, imo. I’m not keen on the bridge….

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

For me, I don’t like the idea of a humbucker on a strat. Why put one on? Won’t sound like a strat then, imo. I’m not keen on the bridge….

I've got a Korean Squire Strat with a humbucker on the bridge pickup (Floyd Rose trem).

I can still get Strat tones out of it, just not the full range of tones.

 

[Bill Walker]

For me, I don’t like the idea of a humbucker on a strat. Why put one on?

More output without noise at high volumes.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

More output without noise at high volumes.

Yeah, but kinda negates the "low output" sound of a strat....but i get it, id just use a different guitar for that :-)

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

For me, I don’t like the idea of a humbucker on a strat. Why put one on? Won’t sound like a strat then, imo. I’m not keen on the bridge….

I did think like that but strats have been made with all sorts of setups for decades. I have a HSS strat. It's great. In an ideal world I'd have high end fender and Gibson guitars with classic pick up configuration. But kids aren't that fussed any more and I've come round to that approach.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

So i went and got the Harley Benton Guitarbass...their version of the Bass VI. If you arent sure what it is, listen to the "bass" on the Beatles "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"...they were also used a lot on the old Spaghetti Western songs

It arrived yesterday and i must say im very impressed with it...the action and intonation are perfect...slight tuning issue with the low E...but i think its just the new strings, they need stretch/worn in.

Its one octave lower than a guitar and one octave higher than a bass....a 30" scale length. I was playing along with stuff last night and it can sound like a normal bass when "clean" and playing single notes low down the fret board....but is amazing when you add drive, and play higher up the fret board...its really versatile.

Cheap as chips too....Harley Benton guitars are phenomenal

 

[aguero93:20]

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