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This thread is in response to Aja's birthday presesnt.
I'm now officially jealous. You get a guitar for your birthday. I had to buy my own. It's not even a left handed one. I got a Stratocaster and I play it upside down. The way the strings are supposed to go makes no sense. The highest-pitched strings are at the bottom? Hello? I know very little about electric guitars. After all, my main instrument is still the piano. So I go about my house with my upside down guitar, without an amp, playing Eagles music. And miss Aja kitty gets a left-handed one, as a presesnt, and I'm stuck here. However I still like the Jimmy Hendrix approach.
So Miss Paul McCartney,
Congratulations and lots of love from Dante!

― Dante-Cubed (Sean3), Sunday, 15 February 2004 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks.

I got pedals too.

You want to see a picture of the modle?

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:03 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.zzounds.com/media/brand,zzounds/p20639H-df1b4f235931493f090485dfffa41af0.jpg

Ain't she a beaut! That's the right handed version though.

I haven't named it yet.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I called mine Jimi (Jimi Hendrix and my idol Jim Steinman). The picture on my Ilx info page is Mr. Steinman.
You..you..lucky..bi..big sweetie.

― Dante-Cubed (Sean3), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah.

I have two guitars now!

Maybe I should call my guitar Kitty?

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:10 (twenty-two years ago)

It does have a guitar strap with leopard print.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:11 (twenty-two years ago)

My strap has an Alien.
I can play "Life in the Fast Lane".

― Dante-Cubed (Sean3), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Aww.

An Alien!!

On my other guitar I have a strap that looks like police tape.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

God I love you.

― Dante-Cubed (Sean3), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Heh.

Why?????????

I know you do but why????

If only those other two boys weren't like you!!

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:19 (twenty-two years ago)

meh

― Dante-Cubed (Sean3), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Excuse me?

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Do you have any pedals Dante?

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Pedals? Just on my piano. Remember I know very little about Electric guitars. What kind of pedals are you talking about?

― Dante-Cubed (Sean3), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Any guitar pedals.

I have flanger and overdrive.

Their great together too.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 15 February 2004 22:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, anyone have ideas on places to look for a shit cheap bass?

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Sunday, 15 February 2004 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

recycler.com

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 15 February 2004 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

What's guitar pedal?

― Dante-Cubed (Sean3), Monday, 16 February 2004 01:10 (twenty-two years ago)

It is the method by which guitar farmers harvest guitars once they have reached their ripest stage

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 16 February 2004 01:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Sometimes they intentionally let them grow overripe; thus seven-string guitars are born into this world.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 16 February 2004 01:29 (twenty-two years ago)

13 year old gear-heads unite.

― ModJ (ModJ), Monday, 16 February 2004 02:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Sean, just re-string it you dip.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 16 February 2004 11:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Re-stringing is the way forward. Hendrix played right-handed guitars upside-down didn't he? I'm sure he re-strung it.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Monday, 16 February 2004 11:29 (twenty-two years ago)

What's guitar pedal?

An effects pedal like this

http://www.coastaltown.nildram.co.uk/jim/tubey.jpg

my lovely ST-9

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 16 February 2004 12:37 (twenty-two years ago)

What does an ST-9 sound like?

― Aja (aja), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Grrrrr-rawwwww-grrrriiinnngggg!!! etc.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

REAL MEN USE EFFECT PEDALS THAT SOUND LIKE THIS:

http://www.pulseonline.com/eh/Frequency_Analyzer.gif

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Cool.

I might try to buy another pedal today. Any suggestions?

But I'm a girl. What do we use Jon?

― Aja (aja), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmm, we should make a thread for posting pictures of stompboxes.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Girls play bass obviously!
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol18/issue46/music.dancing.jpg
http://www.cyclart.com/photos/Inventory/Ebay_misc./SpinKimDeal.jpg

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Bass is easier. But I play guitar.

Why no picture of Kim Gordon?

― Aja (aja), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Wait, isn't that Kim Gordon on top?

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Is it?

Can you get one where she wears sun glasses?

― Aja (aja), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

sheesh

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Do you want me to ask for a left handed bass player? I think that's a lot harder.

― Aja (aja), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

A left handed FEMALE bass player!

Also, I want one of those guitars with TWO NECKS!

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I could only find a male left handed bass player.

http://www.sadowsky.com/media/artists/flavio/flavio.jpg

http://www.migman.com/twg/2nd-edn/pics/bio-me-twin-neck.jpg

― Aja (aja), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Here's Kim with sun glasses

http://www.jimlawhead.com/Coachella/images/kim_gordon_01_4.jpg

― Aja (aja), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Electro-Harmonix is pretty commonplace stuff Jon. Check out Lastgasp Arts Labs noise Effects!!

http://www.analogman.com/lalfx.htm

heh, heh, heh.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I mean EH's ring mod is called the "frequency analyser", which is pretty k3wl, but the LAL equivalent is called the SICK PITCH KING!!!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I have a *VINTAGE* EH ring mod!
http://www.perrific.com/music/Devo.jpg

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 16 February 2004 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha, well I have a v1nt4j EH "Electric mistress" and "Electric mistress deluxe", but those LAL pedals - fuck! Gear Lust!!!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 16 February 2004 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Plus, Blacet Research' "klang Werk" ring mod pwns ALL other ring mods!!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 16 February 2004 17:02 (twenty-two years ago)

What about the "blue wave" or whatever?

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 16 February 2004 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

I know this is an old board, but my girlfriend is a lefty bassist... I'm trying to learn, but I'm right handed, so it's awkward...

― Dan Shephard (cueball ds), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 23:20 (nineteen years ago)

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