The Guitar Pron Thread

[Celery Man 20,996]

They should make it Roland ready with bits of a QAR.

[Chad Fuck 17,777]

13 hours ago, Celery Man said:

They should make it Roland ready with bits of a QAR.

I feel like there's a joke here and if I knew what "QAR" was I'd have a chuckle.  But I don't, so I just feel old and confused and uncool.

 

 

[tbone_ 14,161]

Just nod and give a sly grin. No one has to know you don’t get it. I do it all the time. Works like a charm.

[AnotherUTFan 9,782]

Just nod and give a sly grin. No one has to know you don’t get it. I do it all the time. Works like a charm.

Fuck, that's how I've made it through life this far. I never fucking get it. Just nod, smile, and repeat the last thing you heard. Repeat.

 

[Celery Man 20,996]

29 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

I feel like there's a joke here and if I knew what "QAR" was I'd have a chuckle.  But I don't, so I just feel old and confused and uncool.

 

 

Quick Access Recorder, the little/less crash survivable guy that grabs mostly the same data from the auxiliary flight data acquisition unit as the flight data recorder.  I thought maybe we could plane nerd together, but my aviation hardware knowledge is hyper focused and less sexy 😔

[Chad Fuck 17,777]

15 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Quick Access Recorder, the little/less crash survivable guy that grabs mostly the same data from the auxiliary flight data acquisition unit as the flight data recorder.  I thought maybe we could plane nerd together, but my aviation hardware knowledge is hyper focused and less sexy 😔

Lol. I know virtually nothing about those.  You and my brother should nerd out on the fight data recording shit.  He's all about it.  I'm into pre-data recording tech.  Wind and wire stuff.  But I'll take that over to the Airplane thread...

[Chad Fuck 17,777]

24 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Just nod and give a sly grin. No one has to know you don’t get it. I do it all the time. Works like a charm.

It was an oblique Simpsons reference, but your point it well taken.

[DougO 5,256]

15 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

I was at Oshkosh this week and they had this Fender Custom shop Strat with a pickguard from 747 bits:




Played real nice but I wasn’t interested in paying $4500 bucks to advertise for Boeing.

Well, crap, now I'm gonna have to dig up a used 747 for my next DIY project.

[DougO 5,256]

Looks like the neck might be Boeing a little bit.

[Chad Fuck 17,777]

3 minutes ago, DougO said:

Looks like the neck might be Boeing a little bit.

 

They had another that was natural wood, with the vintage Boeing logo but I didn't get to see it in person because they were having a meeting in the room it was in:

Much better looking natural finish.  

[the idoit 165]

I'd be down for one with a B-29 pickguard. My mom and her younger sister were legendary "Rosie the Riveters" at the Boeing Factory in Seattle. She, a Minnesotan, met my dad, a native San Antonian stationed Stateside, in Bremerton, WA. 

[Deej 76,921]

I might have to sell off some gear to pay for new puppy's medical expenses. Grrr...

Already $2500 in before surgery.

If I do, I'll post and offer the standard Surly discount.

[BoomMF 1,399]

Sorry to hear that.  Good luck with the pooch.

[Deej 76,921]

10 minutes ago, BoomMF said:

Sorry to hear that.  Good luck with the pooch.

Thanks. She has a liver shunt, a vein bypassing her liver, so toxins aren't being filtered out properly. Fun.

[Chad Fuck 17,777]

Yikes man.  Best to the puppy.  

[Bogeywon 2,519]

2000 GIBSON LES PAUL 57 HISTORIC REISSUE GOLDTOP  w/ OHSC EXCELLENT CONDITION!!! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F113170530679

someone talk me out of bidding on this 

[Bogeywon 2,519]

2 hours ago, Deej said:

I might have to sell off some gear to pay for new puppy's medical expenses. Grrr...

Already $2500 in before surgery.

If I do, I'll post and offer the standard Surly discount.

Good luck to the dog! 

[Celery Man 20,996]

1 hour ago, Bogeywon said:

2000 GIBSON LES PAUL 57 HISTORIC REISSUE GOLDTOP  w/ OHSC EXCELLENT CONDITION!!! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F113170530679

someone talk me out of bidding on this 

[tbone_ 14,161]

Bummer on the pup

What’s that les Paul worth?

[DougO 5,256]

We've had more sick dogs than new guitars in recent weeks. That's a disturbing trend.

Dog days of summer?

[DougO 5,256]

G&L ASAT classic Ash is on the stupid deal today, $299.

 

[hullabelew 3,724]

I must hear this. C'mon, Paul. Do it.

If you are talking about Paul's CD, it is fantastic.

[AnotherUTFan 9,782]

If Paul wont, somebody needs to turn me onto this record.

[BoomMF 1,399]

Yep.

[kopp0e 1,135]

I just came here for the solo, dude..!

And here are 2 covers:

vs

 

[Deej 76,921]

Nm.

 

Edited August 2, 2018 by Deej

[Paul Wesley 3,289]

On 8/1/2018 at 12:12 AM, AnotherUTFan said:

If Paul wont, somebody needs to turn me onto this record.

Lemme dig out some mp3's and I'll post them.  

jimmyjazz and hulla are too kind.  

(edit to add:  My record is at the iTunes *store* -- album is titled, "When I Let Go."  It's not on Apple Music though, so likely you'd have to dust off an old app to get it to your smartphone.  

Open to suggestions of easiest place to post mp3 files.)

Edited August 2, 2018 by Paul Wesley

[Anton Chigurh 3,319]

Lemme dig out some mp3's and I'll post them.  
jimmyjazz and hulla are too kind.  
(edit to add:  My record is at the iTunes *store* -- album is titled, "When I Let Go."  It's not on Apple Music though, so likely you'd have to dust off an old app to get it to your smartphone.  
Open to suggestions of easiest place to post mp3 files.)

SoundCloud.

[Chad Fuck 17,777]

Can I subscribe to this newsletter?

[Mojo Hand 4,580]

8 hours ago, Paul Wesley said:

Lemme dig out some mp3's and I'll post them.  

jimmyjazz and hulla are too kind.  

(edit to add:  My record is at the iTunes *store* -- album is titled, "When I Let Go."  It's not on Apple Music though, so likely you'd have to dust off an old app to get it to your smartphone.  

Open to suggestions of easiest place to post mp3 files.)

It's on Amazon.   That's where I got it. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001TW549U/

Edited August 2, 2018 by Mojo Hand

[Buzzrock 14,941]

SoundCloud.

This is the answer.

[the idoit 165]

Lemme dig out some mp3's and I'll post them.  
jimmyjazz and hulla are too kind.  
(edit to add:  My record is at the iTunes *store* -- album is titled, "When I Let Go."  It's not on Apple Music though, so likely you'd have to dust off an old app to get it to your smartphone.  
Open to suggestions of easiest place to post mp3 files.)

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[DougO 5,256]

Amazon sound clips sound very nice.

[DougO 5,256]

On 8/1/2018 at 5:09 AM, kopp0e said:

And here are 2 covers:

 

I like seeing someone doing pull-down bends rather than push-up bends. When I was first learning by ear back in the bronze age that's how I naturally did bends. Then when I saw good guitar players actually play I noticed they all bend upwards, almost exclusively, so if figured "I must be doing it wrong." So I started trying to learn to do the typical upward bends, which also made it more difficult for me to get decent vibrato when I wanted it. It just didn't feel natural, it was more stiff. I eventually, very gradually, made the conversion over time. But I still find myself doing pull-down bends, and I'm OK with it. Sometimes I'll do and up-bend followed by a down-bend to get a different effect. I don't necessarily recommend any of this, because I am not a good guitar player.

I also had a "beat it" joke in my head, but she looks kinda young. So I won't say it.

[Mojo Hand 4,580]

I'll check next time I'm in front of a guitar, but I think I do push-up bends on the high 3 strings and pull-down bends on the low 3.   At least, that was my thinking when I was deciding how to practice bends many years ago. 

[jimmyjazz 46,130]

I have spent my entire life trying desperately to avoid bending any string whatsoever.  I even moved up to 11 gauge on my electrics.  Staying in tune is paramount for me.  I couldn't do a good vibrato if you paid me -- I'd just wiggle the string up and down.

[Chad Fuck 17,777]

41 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I have spent my entire life trying desperately to avoid bending any string whatsoever.  I even moved up to 11 gauge on my electrics.  Staying in tune is paramount for me.  I couldn't do a good vibrato if you paid me -- I'd just wiggle the string up and down.

Wait...you're a jazzer?

[jimmyjazz 46,130]

36 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Wait...you're a jazzer?

Nah, more like a loud electric folker.  Lots of chordal rhythm patterns, sometimes all the way above the 4th fret (lulz), at a high enough volume you can't tell I suck.  Bob Mould or Angus Young without the talent.

[AnotherUTFan 9,782]

Pretty much agreed JJ. I was jamming with a pro level guy a few years ago and he says, "man, that was a great solo. Too bad you took all those perfect notes and bent them out of tune". He talked about using bends sparingly, keep everything in tune then when you do find a place to fit in a bend it stands out. Use bends sparingly and with purpose. He also talked to me about vibrato and the difference in just wiggling the string with your finger vs getting it out of your wrist. Both those ideas are things I'm still working on always. The bending habit was a tough one to break, my vibrato has improved with practice but I'd probably still opt to play a note strait and stay safe at this point.

[DougO 5,256]

I think it's a style thing. Different strokes, different folks. Sometimes perfect notes are the most imperfect thing you can do to a song. I'm more from the BB King school of guitar. All I know is about five notes on a scale, so I try to squeeze anything out of them I can get.

[abuelo gringo 321]

6 hours ago, DougO said:

I also had a "beat it" joke in my head, but she looks kinda young. So I won't say it.

That's Maddie Rice - she's about 25.  She's the guitarist for Jon Batiste and Stay Human, the Late Show with Stephen Colbert house band.

We don't usually hear her solos, played during commercial breaks.

[BoomMF 1,399]

Looks like Shirley Manson's daughter.

[Buzzrock 14,941]

I’m a big bendy fan. And I think it’s natural to bend up because I can leverage the weight of the guitar. But there’s something cool about a down bend.

My vibrato problem is that I never practice it at different speeds so I’m kind of a one trick pony in that regard.

[tbone_ 14,161]

Bends are where it’s at. Push, pull you name it. Interesting topic though. The other day at rehearsal our other guitar player, who is an actual pro and has taught lessons forever told me he’d never seen anyone both push and pull bends the way I do. He said most are one or the other. I thought it was an odd comment.

 

I’m a total hack, but I do bend a lot. And I try really hard to bend to something that sounds good.

 

Push up bends are cool because you can grab stuff underneath for the gnarlies. Pull down bends are cool, well just because they are cool.

 

But what do I know. Maybe I’ve just listened to too much Stevie over the years.

 

 

[Buzzrock 14,941]

Good grief.

I’m off to burn all my guitars in the driveway.

[dcbc 14,509]

7 hours ago, Mojo Hand said:

I'll check next time I'm in front of a guitar, but I think I do push-up bends on the high 3 strings and pull-down bends on the low 3.   At least, that was my thinking when I was deciding how to practice bends many years ago. 

This for me, too.  But I might go either way on the 4th string depending on how I'm playing something. 

[Mojo Hand 4,580]

Bends throwing the guitar out of tune?  I haven't really noticed any problem with that, at least after new strings get stretched.   IMO, bends are what guitar is all about.  It's what distinguishes guitar from wind instruments and piano — the ability to play between notes.  

[dcbc 14,509]

I

6 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

Bends throwing the guitar out of tune?  I haven't really noticed any problem with that, at least after new strings get stretched.   IMO, bends are what guitar is all about.  It's what distinguishes guitar from wind instruments and piano — the ability to play between notes.  

It's difference between playing an E and Stevie Ray Vaughn playing an E.

[DougO 5,256]

I always had a lot of trouble getting vibrato at the top of an up-bend for some reason. Vibrato any other way always felt very natural, not over-done or too obvious, kind of subtle. I really have to concentrate and hit it right to get decent vibrato at the top of a bend.

[BoomMF 1,399]

1 hour ago, Buzzrock said:

Good grief.
 

 

I’m off to burn all my guitars in the driveway.

 

Sounds like the studio version.  Fuckin hell.

 

Team Bend.  Actually, more like Team No Rules.  I hate rules.  And I especially don't like them in my music.  Don't have a "no bends" policy.  Bend that shit.  If it plays, rock on with it.  If it doesn't, don't do it again.  Unless you play jazz, in which case do it twice more.