The Guitar Pron Thread

[noharleyyet 2838]

58 minutes ago, hullabelew said:

When I was in high school, our jazz band won some contest where some hot shot Yamaha sponsored sax player was going to come give us a clinic.  That dude died a week before the clinic and the found a replacement.  The head of the guitar department at North Texas State.  I didn't know shit about jazz music, but I knew this guy was a big deal and I was likely in for a long day.  

He picked up my guitar, strummed it one time and said, "get rid of these damn rock-n-roll strings".  I likely had 8s on at the time.  I started playing 10s after that and have since that time. 

Also, going to have a NGD on Saturday.  

 

[Buzzrock 14926]

Team 10 here

Me too but I’ve never tried 9s or 8s. I will be doing so. I wonder if there is any translation to acoustic.

[Deej 76842]

Team 10. 9's feel crazy thin to me. I can't imagine 8's.

[DougO 5250]

In that test overall I liked 9s and 10s the best. 8s were good for some stuff, but a bit brittle sounding on some riffs. 9s had a good balance, 10s had nice tone. The 11s sounded really dark, probably great for stoner type heavy riffs. Of course it would probably sound different in person than a youtube, even if the mic job was pretty accurate.

I'll stick with 9s. Probably doesn't make much difference with how shitty I play.

[DougO 5250]

Once upon a time I tried some 9.5s and kinda liked them, but got too lazy to find another set. Pretty good compromise.

I'm not sure about the guy saying 11s are the same as 10s tuned down a half step. Maybe in terms of slinkiness, but I doubt the sound would be the same.

[hullabelew 3724]

We got us a new (to us) guitar. 1962 [piphone Century.  Hardly a scratch on it.  I got it from a guy who bought it last April from Carter Vintage in Nashville.  The serial number finder gives 3 different dates (actually a range of dates) but Carters certified it was a 62.   I think the strings are probably from 74.  Haven't plugged it in yet but I know it works.   It is loud as hell just by itself.  

 

 

 

Edited February 1, 2020 by hullabelew
Fuckin' tapa-picture-post.

[jimmyjazz 45985]

I love it when we get new guitars.  Nice.

[Foggy Notion 1202]

 

[tbone_ 14132]

That’s cool

[hullabelew 3724]

Holy shit Foggy. Great catch.

[DougO 5250]

Cool looking Epi.

[jimmyjazz 45985]

Foggy connecting dots.  Nice.

Plus, Stan Lynch.  I am a "digital" acquaintance of Steve Ferrone, and he's a cool dude and a great drummer, but there's just something about Lynch and his groove.

[tbone_ 14132]

I’ve tried lighter strings before. With 8s I had a hard time not bending them sharp just by fretting a note due to the fret height / string width ratio.

[Bogeywon 2519]

16 hours ago, tbone_ said:

I’ve tried lighter strings before. With 8s I had a hard time not bending them sharp just by fretting a note due to the fret height / string width ratio.

I rock skinny top heavy bottom for my metal guitars 

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

I play 10s. I played 11s without really thinking much beyond the cliched "Stevie Ray played heavy gauge strings!" and just got used to them, but 10s work out better now that I have enough guitars that I end up lending them out.

[Deej 76842]

42 minutes ago, SwanderedTalent said:

...I have enough guitars that I end up lending them out.

[topochico 1049]

1 hour ago, SwanderedTalent said:

I play 10s. I played 11s without really thinking much beyond the cliched "Stevie Ray played heavy gauge strings!" and just got used to them, but 10s work out better now that I have enough guitars that I end up lending them out.

So, is this like the old Netflix business model where we have a que and when we send the current guitar in we receive the next one on the list? What is the subscription fee? I’m in. 

[Buzzrock 14926]

I’ve tried lighter strings before. With 8s I had a hard time not bending them sharp just by fretting a note due to the fret height / string width ratio.

You’re a jumbo fret guy though right?

[tbone_ 14132]

Yes but now that I think about it this was on my daughters 3/4 strat.

[topochico 1049]

Me: I just got a new bass. I really don’t need anything.

Also me:

[DougO 5250]

I pretty much just hoard all my guitars. I don't even let myself play them.

[Bogeywon 2519]

7 hours ago, DougO said:

I pretty much just hoard all my guitars. I don't even let myself play them.

Same. Mine are all mint

[topochico 1049]

2 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

Same. Mine are all mint

Reverb ad: Mint condition, never left my home studio, all case candy included, plastic still on the pick guard.......

[Gil Bang 25978]

I pretty much just hoard all my guitars. I don't even let myself play them.

I’m imagining Nigel Tufnel “don’t point at it”.

[Bogeywon 2519]

1 hour ago, topochico said:

Reverb ad: Mint condition, never left my home studio, all case candy included, plastic still on the pick guard.......

This exactly! I don’t have a music room yet. I’m 3 years away from moving and making this room a reality. All 14 (that I have now probably more by then) will be hung on the wall. All signature models will have 8x10s framed with the guitarist playing that model next to the guitar. All amps and drums plugged in ready to play 

[noharleyyet 2838]

Double felt that snark....

[AnotherUTFan 9761]

Just got notice that TV Jones finally shipped the Fultertrons for my V. Stay tuned.

[Bogeywon 2519]

I need a new amp. Want a Marshall. Either a head or tube combo amp

[tbone_ 14132]

They’re pretty easy to find.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

I rotate my guitars if I'm not using them for anything specifically-- if I want a specific sound or feel, then I know which one needs to come off the wall, otherwise it's just sort of an eenie meenie miney moe thing. They all get some love. 

I've been playing my longest-held electric, an HSS Strat w/a mild warp that prevents truss rod adjustment and thus has higher action than I like. A month ago I was trying to figure out how to get rid of it (I don't want to sell something that is "not broken but kinda defective", it's way too caveat emptor for my taste). Then I spent a few weeks playing it with the tone knobs dialed way back and the pickups split between the middle and humbucker and it sounds fucking cool. Not in a useful way, just in a funny quasi-metal kind of way.

How I'm s'posed to get rid of something that's still fun to play? Answer: I'm not, so I'm keeping it. I just gotta change the color. Fucking midnight wine. It might as well have an A&M sticker on it.

[tbone_ 14132]

Yea I don’t do maroon anything

[DougO 5250]

42 minutes ago, SwanderedTalent said:

I rotate my guitars if I'm not using them for anything specifically-- if I want a specific sound or feel, then I know which one needs to come off the wall, otherwise it's just sort of an eenie meenie miney moe thing. They all get some love. 

I've been playing my longest-held electric, an HSS Strat w/a mild warp that prevents truss rod adjustment and thus has higher action than I like. A month ago I was trying to figure out how to get rid of it (I don't want to sell something that is "not broken but kinda defective", it's way too caveat emptor for my taste). Then I spent a few weeks playing it with the tone knobs dialed way back and the pickups split between the middle and humbucker and it sounds fucking cool. Not in a useful way, just in a funny quasi-metal kind of way.

How I'm s'posed to get rid of something that's still fun to play? Answer: I'm not, so I'm keeping it. I just gotta change the color. Fucking midnight wine. It might as well have an A&M sticker on it.

I have a near mint midnight wine SSS 90s USA strat that I bought from a friend that needed money to buy another guitar. His house where he showed it to me is sort of dark and I have some red deficiency in really dark or light shades or shitty light, and I would have sworn it was a black strat when I bought it. Didn't know until I got it home and saw it under bright light.

I still would have bought it though, because at $400 bones it was too good a deal to pass up. But it rarely sees the light of day. Every time I see it I think "aggy." I keep thinking I'll use it for a trade towards something really cool someday.

[Buzzrock 14926]

I rotate my guitars if I'm not using them for anything specifically-- if I want a specific sound or feel, then I know which one needs to come off the wall, otherwise it's just sort of an eenie meenie miney moe thing. They all get some love. 
I've been playing my longest-held electric, an HSS Strat w/a mild warp that prevents truss rod adjustment and thus has higher action than I like. A month ago I was trying to figure out how to get rid of it (I don't want to sell something that is "not broken but kinda defective", it's way too caveat emptor for my taste). Then I spent a few weeks playing it with the tone knobs dialed way back and the pickups split between the middle and humbucker and it sounds fucking cool. Not in a useful way, just in a funny quasi-metal kind of way.
How I'm s'posed to get rid of something that's still fun to play? Answer: I'm not, so I'm keeping it. I just gotta change the color. Fucking midnight wine. It might as well have an A&M sticker on it.

Swap out the neck?

[jimmyjazz 45985]

4 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

I need a new amp. Want a Marshall. Either a head or tube combo amp

I can set you up with a ~ 1980 100 watt head.  My buddy has owned it since HS and wants to sell it.

[AnotherUTFan 9761]

I can set you up with a ~ 1980 100 watt head.  My buddy has owned it since HS and wants to sell it.

Details?

[Chad Fuck 17686]

15 hours ago, DougO said:

I have a near mint midnight wine SSS 90s USA strat that I bought from a friend that needed money to buy another guitar. His house where he showed it to me is sort of dark and I have some red deficiency in really dark or light shades or shitty light, and I would have sworn it was a black strat when I bought it. Didn't know until I got it home and saw it under bright light.

I still would have bought it though, because at $400 bones it was too good a deal to pass up. But it rarely sees the light of day. Every time I see it I think "aggy." I keep thinking I'll use it for a trade towards something really cool someday.

For $400 bones, you could probably strip it down and paint it.  I'll let you guess what kind of paint job we'd all like to see.

[Deej 76842]

Or, you could slap an SEC sticker on there, forge Jimbo's autograph on it, and sell it on Bryan/College Station Craigslist for well more than it's worth. 

[Chad Fuck 17686]

Or, you could slap an SEC sticker on there, forge Jimbo's autograph on it, and sell it on Bryan/College Station Craigslist for well more than it's worth. 

This is a great idea.

[DougO 5250]

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[DougO 5250]

I would love to have a Setzer or other high end Gretsch, but that's out of my league. I hardly even touch the Korean Electromatic I have as it is.

They have that model on sale again too, for $450, cheaper than I payed. I got a message from a guy on Slickdeals that said the newer ones are coming with made in China stamps on them, so I feel a bit better about paying $100 more when I got mine. I guess that's the chink in the armor.

 

 

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Edited February 6, 2020 by DougO

[DougO 5250]

1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

For $400 bones, you could probably strip it down and paint it.  I'll let you guess what kind of paint job we'd all like to see.

I'm not sure I could deface a USA Strat for one of my primitive designs, even for aggy. I need to do another guitar, though.

[AnotherUTFan 9761]

How does this work DougO. Being a Gretsch hound I followed your link. In the bottom I see a deal for the double cut jet I've been drooling for lately with a price attractive enough to trigger a strike. But when I click it the price goes up to $2,599, even after putting it in the cart. I may need to call. I still love that Butterscotch Tele that y'all pointed me to at Adorama a few years back.

 

 

Edit - on the phone now. Looks like we'll have a new guitar day soon!

[AnotherUTFan 9761]

Incoming!

 

I've had my sights on this for years. Being a huge AC/DC - Malcolm Young fan my entire life, I've always wanted a good Double Cut Jet. The ones they have offered over the years have been either Malcolm signature relics, which I dont care for, or have had some other feature added or missing I wasnt crazy about.

 

I've wanted this one since it was released but couldnt justify that pricetag having 2 guitars already covering the same base.

 

Evidently I bought the last one. Went back to the page and got this message.

 

Thanks DougO, I owe you one

 

[jimmyjazz 45985]

1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

This is a great idea.

Oh, please do it.  Please.

[Goredho 17412]

1 hour ago, AnotherUTFan said:

Incoming!

 

I've had my sights on this for years. Being a huge AC/DC - Malcolm Young fan my entire life, I've always wanted a good Double Cut Jet. The ones they have offered over the years have been either Malcolm signature relics, which I dont care for, or have had some other feature added or missing I wasnt crazy about.

 

I've wanted this one since it was released but couldnt justify that pricetag having 2 guitars already covering the same base.

 

Evidently I bought the last one. Went back to the page and got this message.

 

Thanks DougO, I owe you one

 

Congrats

[DougO 5250]

1 hour ago, AnotherUTFan said:

How does this work DougO. Being a Gretsch hound I followed your link. In the bottom I see a deal for the double cut jet I've been drooling for lately with a price attractive enough to trigger a strike. But when I click it the price goes up to $2,599, even after putting it in the cart. I may need to call. I still love that Butterscotch Tele that y'all pointed me to at Adorama a few years back.

 

 

Edit - on the phone now. Looks like we'll have a new guitar day soon!

 

I think you have to go through the link from slickdeals. Here is the deal notification and thread. Click on the link provided for the model you want. It should give you the deal price.

 

https://slickdeals.net/f/13843469-gretsch-electrics-guitars-g6120sh-brian-setzer-hot-rod-electric-guitar-1699-more-free-s-h?src=frontpage

 

 

[jimmyjazz 45985]

On 2/6/2020 at 12:12 AM, AnotherUTFan said:

On 2/5/2020 at 9:38 PM, jimmyjazz said:

I can set you up with a ~ 1980 100 watt head.  My buddy has owned it since HS and wants to sell it.

Details?

Unknown at the moment.  He's on the road in an oil patch right now.  He says mid-70's 100 watt Mark II, believes it's all original.  He'll get serial number, etc. when he gets back home.

[Foggy Notion 1202]

22 hours ago, AnotherUTFan said:

Incoming!

 

I've had my sights on this for years. Being a huge AC/DC - Malcolm Young fan my entire life, I've always wanted a good Double Cut Jet. The ones they have offered over the years have been either Malcolm signature relics, which I dont care for, or have had some other feature added or missing I wasnt crazy about.

 

I've wanted this one since it was released but couldnt justify that pricetag having 2 guitars already covering the same base.

 

Evidently I bought the last one. Went back to the page and got this message.

 

Thanks DougO, I owe you one

 

This is gonna be badass. Congrats AUTF! Can’t wait. 

[DougO 5250]

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[topochico 1049]

Team Yellow Stripes.