damn this hits such a very specific set of pickups/body style/etc that i've been looking for
https://reverb.com/item/78494451-vintage-revo-series-surfmaster-thinline-twin-electric-guitar-greenburst
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 15:42 (six months ago) link
Oh wow, same -- though that set of features at that price almost makes me worry there must be some weak spots. I always find myself looking at Reverends in vaguely similar territory, but they only ever do Bigsby or Wilkinson vibratos, and I've come to really depend on the JM/Jag one.
― ን (nabisco), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 16:05 (six months ago) link
Sure is pretty!
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:08 (six months ago) link
I just had a dream Chrissie Hynde came to my house and I got to show her my Telecasters, she was so down to earth and friendly too.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:09 (six months ago) link
ve come to really depend on the JM/Jag one.
― ን (nabisco), Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:05 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
i'd had guitars with the classic fender style or a bigsby but not a jazzmaster trem until i got one installed in a guitar a couple years ago and it was definitely like a "oh yeah the porridge is just right" moment for me
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 18:05 (six months ago) link
The only bummer is thinline offsets (usually?) don't have contoured bodies. I've just come to really want that. I can tolerate a thick slab of Les Paul. But like a Tele for example? Definitely prefer something shaped.
A nice offset trem is really really sweet.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Friday, 22 March 2024 04:09 (six months ago) link
this guy does some of the best pedal videos out there, always has unique approaches to things that you've maybe not thought about before and a fun way of presenting stuff too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fetsd_qURtg
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Friday, 22 March 2024 18:33 (six months ago) link
that was fun, the sega genesis lead tone cracked me up
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 24 March 2024 03:00 (six months ago) link
Had my Greco P-bass up on Reverb for a couple of months, but then I made the mistake of playing it again and realising it's better than I remembered.So I might have to keep it now. The pickup doesn't sound especially impressive on its own, but it sits in a mix quite nicely. So it's useful as a recording tool.I installed some lightweight tuners and that made a big difference. It was too heavy before but now it's manageable. You wouldn't think 170 grams less would make a difference, but I guess it's more about the balance than the overall weight.
― mirostones, Friday, 5 April 2024 20:59 (five months ago) link
Dirt cheap Dolamo overdrive from eBay, YES. Beautifully cranked on my Tele, wide range of tones, no background noise, goes from a bit burred to snarly in very good ways. $A31 delivered so probably $US 20?
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 12 April 2024 01:54 (five months ago) link
Apparently it’s a Timmy clone. Nice quality for no money, and I can dial in the sounds I want to hear very easily.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 12 April 2024 12:59 (five months ago) link
following my acquisition of a shijie strat a couple of months ago, i've continued my quest to acquire high-quality knockoffs of established design classics with this mij tokai love rock, which arrived earlier in the week
https://i.ibb.co/BqzjjVS/IMG-6276.jpg
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 12 April 2024 13:00 (five months ago) link
that's pretty love the classic gold top look
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 12 April 2024 15:00 (five months ago) link
gorgeous!!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 12 April 2024 15:15 (five months ago) link
went to put a fresh set of strings on the love rock and the nut fell clean out of the fretboard, having apparently only been held on by the tension of the strings
ffs
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 13:52 (five months ago) link
That’s common enough and not a major issue. All you need is a dab of superglue / krazy glue to tack in in place, make sure it’s snug to the end of the fretboard and the edges of the neck, then hold it down firmly for a few secs while the glue sets. Only a small amount of glue, less than you may think, and doesn’t need to cover the surfaces completely.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 17:43 (five months ago) link
this is one of the worst looking things I have ever seen, no matter what clever shit it can do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgWLonnch_8
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 19:18 (five months ago) link
I guess you could slice an egg with the headstock though?
It's weird that 'woodworker' guitars are so often bad examples of both woodworking and luthiery.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 20:06 (five months ago) link
Charlie Clouser's Moog MIDI lap steel is cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OubCmnlEjiI
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 20:09 (five months ago) link
A little pickguard makeover for this 70s FST-70. Think I'll go black for the other plastics too.https://i.imgur.com/AcD5fKn.jpeghttps://i.imgur.com/evk6skX.jpeg
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 23:56 (five months ago) link
https://www.christies.com/-/jssmedia/images/features/articles/2019/05/21/the-black-strat-david-gilmours-iconic-fender-stratocaser/rl-138-eamonn-mccabe.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 3 May 2024 04:34 (four months ago) link
how did you get a photo of me?
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 3 May 2024 04:44 (four months ago) link
i just made my first electric guitar purchase ever - not really for me but for when my kids get older. they all take music lessons now so i won't be surprised when they get older and want to try and start a band so i figured why not have one around the house. for now it'll be for me to noodle around with.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 3 May 2024 04:47 (four months ago) link
what did you get!?
dig the gilmour look mkkkkk xps
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Friday, 3 May 2024 06:57 (four months ago) link
I just have Squiers for the time being - a strat and a Bass VI which I bought in a big Cure phase a few years back
― a3poify, Friday, 3 May 2024 08:01 (four months ago) link
I bought a VI during my big Cure phase, which started in 1985 and is still going
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 3 May 2024 23:26 (four months ago) link
My Bass VI is still waiting on me to take it to get the Staytrem installed and some La Bella strings and a full setup.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 3 May 2024 23:40 (four months ago) link
that's maybe the last guitar I really covet
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 May 2024 23:45 (four months ago) link
the classic Gilly black strat look is timeless
The whiter knobs are harshing my buzz tho. I have a commitment to the black/black/maple aesthetic for 70s Fender styles.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 4 May 2024 01:15 (four months ago) link
what did you get!?dig the gilmour look mkkkkk xps― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Friday, 3 May 2024 06:57 (yesterday) link
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Friday, 3 May 2024 06:57 (yesterday) link
lol, thought i mentioned it. 97 fender california series stratocaster.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 4 May 2024 02:01 (four months ago) link
Nice
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Saturday, 4 May 2024 05:32 (four months ago) link
now you’ve made me play Dark Side of the Moon for the first time in a decade
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 4 May 2024 08:04 (four months ago) link
howd it hold up?
― encino morricone (majorairbro), Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:02 (four months ago) link
Did it...rule?
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:39 (four months ago) link
Alas I am just not a Floyd fan - I will rep for Us and Them any day but too many of the tracks go for giant overkill (and sax, far too much sax)
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 5 May 2024 05:25 (four months ago) link
I’ll happily watch Live at Pompeii any day of the week tho
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 5 May 2024 05:26 (four months ago) link
Syd's Esquire would be a fun partscaster to build, I always thought it was olympic white but I guess it was Inca Silver (or a spray paint silver?)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Syd_Barretts_Fender_Esquire.jpg/480px-Syd_Barretts_Fender_Esquire.jpg
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 5 May 2024 05:32 (four months ago) link
Fender sold a signature with mirrors you stick on yourself, a few years back
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 5 May 2024 06:03 (four months ago) link
Someone returned one of those Jimmy Page mirror Telecasters to my local Guitar Center after attaching the mirrors. I guess they just accepted it but were only knocking $200 off retail.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 5 May 2024 09:31 (four months ago) link
oh that must be the one I’m thinking of, duh
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 5 May 2024 09:54 (four months ago) link
i didn't now tweedy had a signature martin (makes sense though), obviously entirely out of my price range but this is gorgeous, i love the finish so much, not sure how i feel about the goofy fretmarkers thing
https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/discontinued/00-DB-Jeff-Tweedy.html
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 6 May 2024 21:00 (four months ago) link
nothing on 12? really?
i think this is an issue with acoustic signature models, it's hard to make them look distinctive without a weird inlay or a reimagining of fret markers.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 00:29 (four months ago) link
Tweedy’s signature SG was nice, kind of a desaturated Pelham Blue
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 00:36 (four months ago) link
The Martin OO is my favourite (although I own an O). Sigma’s versions of that series are so so cheap and so excellent and I recommend them to everyone, I gave an OO-15M to a friend as a Big Gift a few years back
― your dog is fed and no one cares (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 01:59 (four months ago) link
is Sigma related to Martin as a company? I was never sure on that
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 13:43 (four months ago) link
They were the Martin “made in Japan” offshoot in the 70s. Bought by a German company fifteen years ago. Fantastic guitars, I’ve played them through all eras and they’re terrific. Cheap as anything.
― your dog is fed and no one cares (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 14:16 (four months ago) link
My taste in musical equipment occupies two zones: the irreplaceable, and the easily replaceable. My main studio guitar is a 1934 O-15M, impulse bought it for 5k in 2016. My then-bf was with me and he always discouraged my acquisitionary tendencies but he said “holy shit buy it now” when I played it. It’s the best guitar. I love its chunky V-neck.
But I can’t take it anywhere except to a studio. I like have a humidifier for it and it alone, it’s my only valuable acoustic instrument. (I had a really nice Lowden for a while but sold it, sounded amazing in a room but was hell to record). Got a Sigma OO-15M as my “same thing, but replaceable” guitar. It was and is great.
I play high gain in the live setting and the Sigma wasn’t working so good. I switched to an archtop. I play an ES-350 clone now, also made in Japan, but with a fancy noiseless P90 installed. (I got a Kinman. Somebody posted online “stop shopping around, stop hesitating, just fucking buy a Kinman”. I echo this sentiment. I can’t imagine a pickup sounding better than the one I bought from them).
So, my Sigma wasn’t getting used, by me. Thom Gill was borrowing a lot, taking it on tour. Martha Wainwright plays it in various YouTube videos. Thom had a bad time a couple years ago so I gave him the guitar because I love him and he’s the best guitarist I can think of. So yeah, I don’t own a Sigma any more but I loved mine, I’d buy another in a heartbeat if I ever needed one for anything.
― your dog is fed and no one cares (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 14:28 (four months ago) link
I’ll post about my archtop, why not. I have a couple songs where I fade up an Eventide H9 on the “Mangledverb” setting and it was always making my Sigma feed back. “Try a Godin,” they said.
So I got this Acousticaster. I fucking hated it. Too light, neck felt flimsy, sounded vaguely annoying. But it didn’t feed back. I took it out on tour but hated the sight of it, it felt like I was dating somebody who wouldn’t stop quoting The Simpsons.
I was on tour in Japan. I was walking in Shibuya. I had never played an archtop before. Sam Amidon plays one, I looked it up after seeing him live, it’s some kind of an L6 or whatever, so I knew what they were. I walked in to Walkin. I wasn’t even planning on it, I literally just saw the place as I was walking by and though “ooh a guitar store”. They stock Westville guitars, almost all new stock, and a cheaper factory-made line called “Archtop Tribute”.
I didn’t know anything about electric pickups. I played every guitar in that store. I got to their Archtop Tribute ES-350 clone, it had a single P90 on it. I fell in love. I bought it on the spot.
I didn’t know about humbuckers or Charlie Christians or anything. Over time I started to realize the drawback of a P90– the hum. I thought about getting a second pickup installed, for the phasing trickydoodle, but I play fingerstyle, and I had been told (and had noticed) that you lose your transients when you do that. So I frittered away wondering how on earth I was going to solve this problem and then bit the bullet and bought a Kinman and my friend Andy installed it and it sounds so fucking good.
I wish Archtop Tribute would make more 350s! I follow them and look at all the axes that come out of their factory. Really good price for those guitars.
― your dog is fed and no one cares (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 14:53 (four months ago) link