...unless you really want to get fussed over it, is what I think I was starting to say
― Extinct Namibian shrub genus: Var. (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 15 October 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
Dark rosewood >>>> maple
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 15 October 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
Fender switching to Pau Ferro for non-US because of rosewood laws a couple of years ago made all the vintage-style guitars look dumb as hell. The new Squier fretboard wood (Indian Laurel?) looks much better, almost rosewood.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 15 October 2021 20:54 (two years ago) link
Yeah I hear pau ferro is fantastic in terms of hardness and durability etc, but it looks like the generic $79 East Asian copies of the 70s and 80s.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 15 October 2021 21:30 (two years ago) link
for me the maple vs rosewood look depends on the finish/color of the guitar. that bass i just bought is black on black and has a maple next which i have always liked contrasted with black, on the other hand on my sunburst jazz i like the rosewood fretboard better lookswise
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 15 October 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link
jazzmasters, jaguars, mustangs, and most jazz basses just look wrong with maple fretboards
― joygoat, Friday, 15 October 2021 22:27 (two years ago) link
How do I tell what kind of wood my tele is made of? It’s an American standard, bought brand new in 97 or 98. The fretboard is light, not dark. I know next to nothing about guitars.
― tobo73, Friday, 15 October 2021 22:32 (two years ago) link
― joygoat, Friday, October 15, 2021 5:27 PM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflagli
This is otm. Strats, Teles, and P basses look good w maple
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 15 October 2021 22:44 (two years ago) link
xp i’m guessing alder
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 October 2021 23:29 (two years ago) link
For me, the tradeoff between maple vs. rosewood is far more practical. I'm nervous as fuck when I'm playing a gig and even with the better visible contrast of strings on a light-colored maple neck, sweat pools up on a maple neck but on rosewood it dissipates. I love my maple neck blonde Telecaster, but everything else is rosewood.
What's potentially more important than wood choice is the quality of the hardware. On my strat I swapped out the saddles and block with the heavy Callaham cold steel ones - tremendous improvement in sound and responsiveness. Loud af even when not plugged in.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 16 October 2021 02:09 (two years ago) link
Figured I would show this one off...I've had this geetar for right at about 10 years now. It is a pretty heavy beast.
https://i.ibb.co/QjmZ6xg/bigsby-T.jpg
― earlnash, Thursday, 21 October 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
ooh that's cool, did you put that together?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 October 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
No, it's a parts guitar though. There is a local guy here and some guys close by that are pros at this stuff(RS Guitarworks). Bob Davenport used to work for Willcutts (kinda well known guitar store in Lexington been around since late 60s) and was building guitars out of his house at the time. He works @ RS now. I got a couple parts guitars he worked on. I got another buddy that also hotrods pawnshop guitars etc. So I got a couple ringers on this stuff.
― earlnash, Thursday, 21 October 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
just went to their website - how sad, jeez
Last Thursday, October 7th, RS Guitarworks suffered catastrophic flash flooding which has interrupted our operations and ability to serve our customers.
Nearly 6" of rain fell in an hour, which led to 36" of sewage, oil, and water flooding our building. The scale of the devastation is beyond comprehension, and we've only just begun the process of assessing the scale and scope of the damage.
At this time, we will not be accepting new orders. Existing orders placed prior to Thursday will be assessed for feasibility of delivery, or refunded as soon as possible.
While we work through the flood recovery process, we ask for your patience and understanding, and if you are at all able, to give what you can to our GoFundMe effort, which we've linked below.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 October 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I donated on that a few days ago. Cool and wild to see how much love they are getting from Japan, as they sell quite a few guitars over there. They have done a work for pros over the last couple decades. They restored quite a few vintage guitars that got damaged in the bad Nashville floods a few years ago.
― earlnash, Thursday, 21 October 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
does anyone know what those "ashtray" things (those metal covers over the middle pickup and/or the bridge) on older models of P and J basses affect the sound? or just what the purpose of those was to begin with
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 5 November 2021 16:27 (two years ago) link
I always assumed they were palm rests but that only seems like it would work if you were playing with a pick which most people don’t.
― joygoat, Friday, 5 November 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
fwiw I always loved the way the old tele ashtray covers looked and wondered why more people don't have them, but otoh I've never tried playing with one on.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 November 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
i think they were strictly for aesthetic purposes and most people remove them because they get in the damn way.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 5 November 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
I recently bought this (used) and there’s no way I’m taking the covers off, it’s been interesting learning to work around them. https://i.imgur.com/51F7GBD.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 5 November 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
that's great looking
how is it? see SX around but don't know much about them
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 5 November 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
It’s great. Well built, well finished, plays well. Neck tint is hideous orange but otherwise about 80% as good as the AVRI version I once had. Fretwork and neck shape are faultless.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 5 November 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
cool! good to know, definitely see those on craigslist from time to time
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 5 November 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
Chinese made for Rondo in the States I think. I’d say on a par with newer Squires (i.e. better than the stuff they were putting out 5 years ago) or maybe some of the China-made Fenders.
― assert (MatthewK), Friday, 5 November 2021 20:37 (two years ago) link
Enjoying my new Gibson Flying V, my first electric guitar. People who said it would be awkward to practice with were wrong. You put one part of the V between your legs and angle the neck upward on a diagonal and it’s fine. In fact it’s how classical guitarists play.
― Josefa, Sunday, 7 November 2021 21:48 (two years ago) link
I kinda like the vintage tint look myself, I like it better with a satin matte than a gloss and it looks better if the maple wood has some nice figuring. It is pretty much to get the look of what old Fender clear lacquer would do as it aged. I had a 78 P-bass that they would still use it on the front face of the head stock and it was that tone of orange. Buddy had a G&L ASAT that was black that had that type of paint on the maple neck and I thought it looked pretty cool.
― earlnash, Sunday, 7 November 2021 23:34 (two years ago) link
Totally agree on the tint look, but what you can't see in the pic is that this one is orange, not amber. It doesn't photograph well but the one on the left in this pic gives an idea of the difference:https://www.tdpri.com/attachments/img_20181207_164546-jpg.567473/(and yeah the oddness of orange nitro on the face of a yellowed poly finished 70s neck is yet another thing!)
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 7 November 2021 23:51 (two years ago) link
Congrats on the Flying V, Josefa.
That is a noble instrument and I hope it brings you joy.
― gin and catatonic (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 8 November 2021 00:43 (two years ago) link
Thank you, Puffin. Maybe being stuck indoors for many hours this coming winter will give me enough practice time to get good on it. I see myself ultimately as a capable guitarist, but I'm just a beginner now.
― Josefa, Monday, 8 November 2021 01:03 (two years ago) link
I keep trying to escape from playing the guitar but it keeps pulling me back.
Like, I spent most of the last 10 years on mandolin, bouzouki, percussion, drums, bass.
Anything but guitar. My town has a glut of guitar players. Like 62.5% of middle-aged white guys can play guitar. In two phone calls I can find four guitarists who play better than me. So why bother?
Then I recently had a gig where what made sense was guitar (in terms of keys and logistics). So I was like, oh yeah, I guess I can do that... And now I find myself sneaking up into the attic to get amps and pedals I'd forgotten about.
― gin and catatonic (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 8 November 2021 01:17 (two years ago) link
_Mars Volta dude did have a pretty sweet Ibanez signature model about ten years ago IIRC― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, November 9, 2021 10:24 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink_If I had $3K, I'd buy Omar's EBMM model: https://www.music-man.com/instruments/guitars/mariposa🕸
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 15:36 (two years ago) link
Yeah that sunburst natural finish is really pretty
Not a big fan of the Ernie Ball headstock but appreciate stuff like this and the St. Vincent where they just aren't recycling old designs like Fender etc
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 16:03 (two years ago) link
Reminds me a little of this sexy beasthttps://destroyallguitars.com/collections/197-versoul/products/2419-versoul-raya-6
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
LOL
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWJHOEbJWJ3/
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 12 November 2021 03:36 (two years ago) link
the ultimate boomer guitar and amp
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 12 November 2021 03:47 (two years ago) link
Awfully close to
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdVjkvzVMAAfdFI.jpg
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 12 November 2021 04:04 (two years ago) link
Haha
― Spottie, Friday, 12 November 2021 04:37 (two years ago) link
one of the weirdest things to me is dudes who list the same guitar on craigslist for months and months, maybe even years and never once drop the price. one that i always see actually re-posted it as MORE expensive recently. so odd.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 15 November 2021 18:39 (two years ago) link
it is weird. and then they often get mad when you throw a lower (but still fair) offer out there lol.
― Spottie, Monday, 15 November 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
there was this guy who had a squier strat painted like the cover of "in the court of the crimson king" in glow-in-the-dark paint (fucking horrifying), i think that thing was on there for 3 years
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 15 November 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
oh man i've lived where i've lived for almost 4.5 years now the same person has had two shitty partscasters listed on CL the entire time.
― joygoat, Monday, 15 November 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
wangcaster is perfection omg
― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Monday, 15 November 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
like it seems like a prop from a david lynch movie or something.
― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Monday, 15 November 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
Joe Bonamassa's BonerCaster
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 15 November 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
Ideal for Bonamasturbating
― weregoats of boston (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 15 November 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/article/news/7/75787_0_wide_ver1528919807.jpg@642
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 15 November 2021 20:39 (two years ago) link
Rudy Giuliani shreds
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 15 November 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
Vic Reeves farts
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Monday, 15 November 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
Rescued a 1986 Fender Japan P Bass from a hacky 5 string conversion (which made it very cheap at the local pawn shop):https://i.imgur.com/TpIFzbq.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/Z0hZVQh.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 22 November 2021 23:09 (two years ago) link
nice work!every time a 5 string bass turns into a 4 string bass an angel gets its wings
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 November 2021 23:22 (two years ago) link