The Guitar Pron Thread

[Bogeywon 2518]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv34YYnBXLK/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=y7h1xg141g6g

woah

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv34YYnBXLK/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=y7h1xg141g6g
woah

Mother of god.

[Chad Fuck 17565]

That is a beauty.  Would love to see one in LPB or Ocean Turquoise.  

[tbone_ 14022]

Electric strings: agnostic, new is always better than old, 10s. Usually buy the green slinky’s in bulk from Amazon.

 

Acoustic - Martin SP, 12s.

 

 

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

15 hours ago, Mojo Hand said:

String roundup.  What are y'all rocking?   I'm hooked right now on a combo of light on the steels and Gibson VR pure nickel mediums on the wrapped, going 10-13-17-30-42-50.  I have to break up 2 packs to make it, so I just need to make friends with someone who favors 11-14-18-26-36-46 and we can split the cost. 

John Pearce phosphor bronze on acoustic, medium gauge (13-17-26-35-45-56), Ernie Ball Power Slinky on electric (11-48)

I've been playing those Pearce strings for 20 years and swear by them

[AnotherUTFan 9680]

D'Addario .10's on almost everything, except I use .11's with a wound G string on my big Gretsch because the added heft holds the floating bridge tighter to the body.

On the acoustics I use either Pierce or Martin SP .13's.

Like JJ, I dont have a sweat issue and strings last me forever. I have guitars I play regularly that haven't had new strings in over a year. I dont know how, but that changed. I remember my string turning all dark and gunky after a few months and always having to replace them. I dont know if it was moving to San Francisco, building bigger callouses, or what, but as of 6 or 7 years ago I noticed that my strings always look bright and shiny regardless of how much i play. I can rehearse for 3+ hours with sweat running down my right arm and soaking the top. Put the guitar away, forget to even wipe it down, come back next time and the strings still look new. It's a nice problem to have.

[jimmyjazz 45557]

A good friend and former bass player sweats if you open the freezer.  His bass was disgusting.  The pickups and bridge were covered in salt and the strings were all kinds of fucked up a few days after changing them out.

[Deej 76566]

My strings stay pretty clean. I do prefer the sound on strings with a little age to them, particularly on the Teles. I think it dials a bit of the snappiness of the bridge pup back. 

[Mojo Hand 4580]

My strings also stay super clean.   I always change them before playing in front of people, but otherwise don't change them much. 

[tbone_ 14022]

I can hear when mine go dead. Usually change them every couple months.

[jimmyjazz 45557]

As a person with no sweat glands, I can't stand to have anyone else play my guitars.  Grody.

[Grandioso 2592]

double post

Edited April 5, 2019 by Grandioso

[Grandioso 2592]

 

[Deej 76566]

Is that really the one? The one on display at the Hall of Fame wasn't the one. 

[noharleyyet 2837]

Re-created Supro? #prop

[Mojo Hand 4580]

NGD!  The pics don't do it justice IMO.  Looks gorgeous and I love the feel of the ebony fretboard.  Something was wrong with the high E string, which kept popping out of tune and then broke pretty fast, but it sounds fantastic, even better than I remembered during the guitar center test run. 

[tbone_ 14022]

Ooooh. Yes.

 

Wtf is that again?

[jimmyjazz 45557]

It's an electric guitar.

[tbone_ 14022]

That much I figured out but I was trying to recall the story. It’s early out here.

[Mojo Hand 4580]

New American Pro Jazzmaster.  Sale at Adorama. 

[Foggy Notion 1202]

That looks great, Mojo! 

That silverburst paint job really pops. It looks a lot brighter and more vibrant than the stock pic from Adorama you had posted earlier. And $999 for that guitar, or any new American Professional model, is a steal.

[Mojo Hand 4580]

Thanks!  Yeah it is really vibrant IRL.   I like the pickups, which sound like a mix of tele and strat, especially on the middle and neck settings, but I still think I'm going to try some P90s to get a totally different sound in my arsenal.  

Only question is - stick with white or get black ones? 

[the idoit 165]

The white gives it a vintage vibe IMO.

Had I not already bought that Strat there’d be two of those in this thread. That’s a beauty.

[Foggy Notion 1202]

24 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

Thanks!  Yeah it is really vibrant IRL.   I like the pickups, which sound like a mix of tele and strat, especially on the middle and neck settings, but I still think I'm going to try some P90s to get a totally different sound in my arsenal.  

Only question is - stick with white or get black ones? 

Stick with the white. Lollar makes a Jazzmaster P90 that drops in with no modifications. 

https://www.lollarguitars.com/lollar-p-90-pickups/p-90-jazzmaster

 

[tbone_ 14022]

What are those if they aren’t p90s?

[Mojo Hand 4580]

23 minutes ago, Foggy Notion said:

Stick with the white. Lollar makes a Jazzmaster P90 that drops in with no modifications. 

https://www.lollarguitars.com/lollar-p-90-pickups/p-90-jazzmaster

 

Well, shit.  Do I need white, cream, or parchment? 

[Mojo Hand 4580]

Just now, tbone_ said:

What are those if they aren’t p90s?

They are a variation fender single coil made for jazzmasters, in soap bar covers like p90s.  Whereas p90s have two bar magnets with passive steel poles under the strings, each of the poles in JM pickups is an individual magnet like a strat pickup. 

[Foggy Notion 1202]

12 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

Well, shit.  Do I need white, cream, or parchment? 

What color are the ones on there now? White?

I would probably want them to match the knobs, which, according to the specs on Adorama, are white.

[Mojo Hand 4580]

21 minutes ago, Foggy Notion said:

What color are the ones on there now? White?

I would probably want them to match the knobs, which, according to the specs on Adorama, are white.

You're right, it does say that.   Weird, though, because compared to my strat, which is definitely white, the JM looks cream.   And I don't know what parchment is. 

[Foggy Notion 1202]

Yeah those don't look white. 

Parchment is a kinda aged white, but it's not as yellow as cream. Fender uses a witch hat style knob on their American Vintage Jazzmasters that is listed as white but definitely looks more like parchment so those could be parchment plastic parts?

[jimmyjazz 45557]

I said this earlier, but I would prefer chrome on the pickups and knobs.  Get some chrome knurled Tele knobs and take it another direction.

[hullabelew 3703]

We are practicing straight into a PA and all my guitars sound shitty. Just one bass, one guitar and vocals. Without dragging an amp over and mic-ing it, are there any tips. Pedals help a little but just sounds hollow and tinny.

[jimmyjazz 45557]

I think that's the ideal environment for a modelling pedal/amp.  In general they give me hives, but sometimes they're the best tool for the job.

[Bogeywon 2518]

My new tele is just sitting in my office waiting for me. Cant

wait till Monday 

[Bogeywon 2518]

11 hours ago, Mojo Hand said:

NGD!  The pics don't do it justice IMO.  Looks gorgeous and I love the feel of the ebony fretboard.  Something was wrong with the high E string, which kept popping out of tune and then broke pretty fast, but it sounds fantastic, even better than I remembered during the guitar center test run. 

Love this! Congrats 

[Deej 76566]

1 hour ago, Bogeywon said:

My new tele is just sitting in my office waiting for me. Cant

wait till Monday 

I think I would find a reason to go in to work on Sunday. That reason would be a new Tele.

[AnotherUTFan 9680]

As as I go bragging about not having to change strings often I break one. A fucking D string. How the hell do you break a D string? These had probably been on here a year.

 

 

[tbone_ 14022]

Chrome knurled tele knobs ftw

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

Chrome knurled tele knobs ftw

Cobain liked em.

[Buzzrock 14871]

What are those if they aren’t p90s?

You’re making me feel good T

[Buzzrock 14871]

We are practicing straight into a PA and all my guitars sound shitty. Just one bass, one guitar and vocals. Without dragging an amp over and mic-ing it, are there any tips. Pedals help a little but just sounds hollow and tinny.

I mentioned this once some time ago, but the Tonebridge app is pretty fun to play around with. You use it with an iPhone or iPad and some sort of interface, and you can dial up all sorts of songs and their sounds. A lot of it is real crap but there is a huge library to sift through and you really only need a couple of good ones.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tonebridge-guitar-effects/id1117291846?mt=8

I have the first version of this for the interface:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/iRig2--ik-multimedia-irig-2-guitar-interface-for-ios-mac-and-android

Alternately I have a POD HD that I never use. Make me an offer:

I never had the patience to get a good sound out of it.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

14 hours ago, hullabelew said:

We are practicing straight into a PA and all my guitars sound shitty. Just one bass, one guitar and vocals. Without dragging an amp over and mic-ing it, are there any tips. Pedals help a little but just sounds hollow and tinny.

ditto what's been said about a modeling substitution-- if not that, maybe an EQ pedal?

[jimmyjazz 45557]

At the risk of alienating everyone with products built by my friend Alan, this is another terrific solution, but it's not cheap.  Check out the videos, especially Redd Volkaert.

Sitone

[tbone_ 14022]

I have one of these I’d make a good deal on:

[Mojo Hand 4580]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

At the risk of alienating everyone with products built by my friend Alan, this is another terrific solution, but it's not cheap.  Check out the videos, especially Redd Volkaert.

Sitone

How good of a friend?  Discount friend? 

And nothing to be worried about promoting Durham pedals.  They're top notch. 

Edited April 7, 2019 by Mojo Hand

[jimmyjazz 45557]

I never asked for a friends and family discount.  It's such a small shop, I figure he's priced them how he needs to.

[Bogeywon 2518]

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid?icid=200510&source=3WWMWXGT&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlOSJjcq-4QIVhcDACh0xIQA7EAAYASAAEgIN__D_BwE

these any good? I need 2 new chords. I use monster the last 20 years and these cables are about 17 years old 

[Bogeywon 2518]

5 minutes ago, Bogeywon said:

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid?icid=200510&source=3WWMWXGT&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlOSJjcq-4QIVhcDACh0xIQA7EAAYASAAEgIN__D_BwE

these any good? I need 2 new chords. I use monster the last 20 years and these cables are about 17 years old 

Bought them. Picked up 2 (UTAH GET ME TWO!)

[hullabelew 3703]

Today at practice I was able to dial in the compressor to where it really helped. I'm going to put the Screamer back on and that should help. Also going to pick up a small most pedal..... probably an EP.

[the idoit 165]

I never asked for a friends and family discount.  It's such a small shop, I figure he's priced them how he needs to.

As a small business owner and freelance illustrator/designer I’ll go ahead and thank you for him.