Guitar Thread

AlexWilliamsGloves said:
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
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I'll have to have a look into them.........
 
Onholiday(somemightsay) said:
I'll have to have a look into them.........
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Its hard to believe, but read the reviews of them....especially those reviews on youtube....amazing value

This is the only one i own, but have played their SG and les paul...

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AlexWilliamsGloves said:
Its hard to believe, but read the reviews of them....especially those reviews on youtube....amazing value

This is the only one i own, but have played their SG and les paul...

www.thomann.de

Harley Benton Electric Guitars

Large selection of Harley Benton Electric Guitars ᐅ Browse and shop now at Thomann - Europe's largest music store | free shipping ✓ 30 days money back ✓
www.thomann.de www.thomann.de
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Cheers
 
Im thinking of flogging my GIBSON SG Standard.....Heritage cherry finish....c.1999/2000 ..complete with hard ( fur lined ) case...would I be better off selling privately or see if Forsyths or someone would take it.
Basically I want a Telecaster to replace!
 
AlexWilliamsGloves said:
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
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I've fancied a Bass XI for a while now but they're a bit pricey can I ask how much you paid for this ?
Looks good.

Btw, they're not an octave higher than a Bass but the same.
A bass is only 1 octave lower than a guitar.
 
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Bill Walker said:
I've fancied a Bass XI for a while now but they're a bit pricey can I ask how much you paid for this ?
Looks good.

Btw, they're not an octave higher than a Bass but the same.
A bass is only 1 octave lower than a guitar.
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Really? i know gauge of the string isnt everything, but thickness-wise, the EADG strings are much much thinner than those of my bass....regardless, it sounds ACE :-)

Would you believe it was £189 :-)
 
Bill Walker said:
I've fancied a Bass XI for a while now but they're a bit pricey can I ask how much you paid for this ?
Looks good.

Btw, they're not an octave higher than a Bass but the same.
A bass is only 1 octave lower than a guitar.
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It seems to have gone up by £2 since i bought it :-)

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Currently exploring a few different tunings which is both semi-exhilerating and annoying at having to re-tune guitar's as I don't have enough to go around.

What tuning(s) has really 'unlocked' the guitar for you in either playing style or methodology.

Has anyone stumbled across any particular tunings that aren't particularly known or recognised?

Happy Sunday morning everyone............ ;-)
 
Onholiday(somemightsay) said:
Currently exploring a few different tunings which is both semi-exhilerating and annoying at having to re-tune guitar's as I don't have enough to go around.

What tuning(s) has really 'unlocked' the guitar for you in either playing style or methodology.

Has anyone stumbled across any particular tunings that aren't particularly known or recognised?

Happy Sunday morning everyone............ ;-)
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DADGAD has always been my personal favourite, great for noodling around with Irish melodies.
 
Wanted to try a budget electric guitar after hearing good things about some, and plumped for the Kramer striker with a floyd rose. Can't spend a fortune on a guitar nowadays but call it a midlife crisis, or apparently the male menopause is a thing now. Quite impressive considering it costs just over two hundred, my birthday present to myself and first guitar I've bought in over a decade. Was also looking at the budget Ibanez ones but the Kramer spoke to me.

Am now trying to remember some of Vito Bratta's solos now that I've been bitten by the 80s hair metal bug again. My fingers remember some of the patterns but the speed.... Can't get it just yet.
 
bluetonium said:
Wanted to try a budget electric guitar after hearing good things about some, and plumped for the Kramer striker with a floyd rose. Can't spend a fortune on a guitar nowadays but call it a midlife crisis, or apparently the male menopause is a thing now. Quite impressive considering it costs just over two hundred, my birthday present to myself and first guitar I've bought in over a decade. Was also looking at the budget Ibanez ones but the Kramer spoke to me.

Am now trying to remember some of Vito Bratta's solos now that I've been bitten by the 80s hair metal bug again. My fingers remember some of the patterns but the speed.... Can't get it just yet.
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Cort make some cracking budget guitars and I'm hearing Harley Bentons are not too shabby for the price. I own a Cort Les Paul that plays, looks, and sounds great. If Cort guitars are good enough for John Mitchell they're good enough for me.
Here's him playing one..
Wouldn't swap for my PRS though....;o)
 
aguero93:20 said:
DADGAD has always been my personal favourite, great for noodling around with Irish melodies.
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Currently noodling with the 'Keef' open G and D A E G# B E (who the fuck came up with that?) for Crest of a wave (anyone unfamiliar with this particular number, please give it a listen but no no I can't play it like he does )..........
 
Onholiday(somemightsay) said:
Currently exploring a few different tunings which is both semi-exhilerating and annoying at having to re-tune guitar's as I don't have enough to go around.

What tuning(s) has really 'unlocked' the guitar for you in either playing style or methodology.

Has anyone stumbled across any particular tunings that aren't particularly known or recognised?

Happy Sunday morning everyone............ ;-)
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DADF#BE was one I came across learning Crosses by Jose Gonzalez. He mixes up his tuning a lot in his songs so he can play the bassline and arpeggios and almost make it sound as though more than one instrument is playing. Good fun messing around with tuning but agree it's painful the next time you pick up and want to play something in the standard tuning! I'm pretty sure he tunes the G string up to an A as well but without the drop D on certain songs.
 
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