The Guitar Pron Thread

[Celery Man 21,021]

[Goredho 17,455]

4 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Yours?  Reverend makes great guitars.

Edited May 5, 2023 by Goredho
Missed the previous post

[Celery Man 21,021]

I wish. Junior or senior year of high school I really wanted to order a bass in that finish and that’s what I was remembering. Now I want those. Preferably the “bug eye” texture.

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

I for one dig that lucite sob

Also always liked the idea of a chrome guitar. Like real 57 Chevy bumper chrome. Someone somewhere probably did that at some point.

You mean like this?

or like this?

[tbone_ 14,211]

Yes. I always figured the Satriani one was just paint though.

[Paul Wesley 3,289]

So I needed a couple things - a 3-pack of phosphor bronze acoustic strings and some compressed felt picks for bass (<--- if you are a guitar player trying to occasionally fake your way through playing bass, you should try these).  

Sweetwater:  $47 delivered next week.  

Identical items on Amazon:  $35 delivered tomorrow.  

I gotta say, it's a much bigger difference than I would have guessed.  I bought it from Amazon. 

[jimmyjazz 46,351]

Yeah, it feels like the days of walking into big box stores and expecting a 2-1 price deal on strings are over.

I probably need to change my strings on a bunch of guitars, though.

[Celery Man 21,021]

Yeah but what does bit o honey go for these days

[Deej 77,003]

4 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

You mean like this?

or like this?

That second one even has a pair of headlights.

[DougO 5,257]

7 hours ago, Celery Man said:

tone plastic

Acrylic is the Mahogany of resins.

That thing is pretty, though. All it needs is a bigass scorpion inside. Or maybe filled with water and have a couple of goldfish in it.

[DougO 5,257]

Skunk had a clear custom Strat, too.

 

[Napoleon 8,709]

7 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

I mean, this guy got some cool sounds out of a plastic guitar...

Could've had something to do with that stack of greatness behind him, but still.

Back when he played with 6 strings.

[Deej 77,003]

[Napoleon 8,709]

Dallas Guitar Show

May 5th-7th (Yesterday through to tomorrow, Sunday.)

Dallas Market Hall

$30 entrance fee

 

https://www.guitarshow.com/

[Goredho 17,455]

Am sure we’ll see the estimable Mr Fuck’s report soon.

I threw a Goldo/Les Trem and roller bridge on the Tennessean and will be seeing if I like it.  These just drop into the stop tailpiece bushings of something with a tune-o-matic bridge and can be reversed back to the original stop piece without a modification to the guitar.  I kind of like it so far.  It’s spring feels like a Bigsby, is a lot easier to string than one and doesn’t weigh as much.  Doesn’t look as cool, though.

I’m gonna keep this around even if I don’t keep it on 100% of the time.  It will be as easy as changing strings to have a wiggle stick for warbly chords if I want that sound for a recording.

 

Edited May 6, 2023 by Goredho

[Superhero 8,870]

On 5/5/2023 at 9:22 AM, tbone_ said:

I for one dig that lucite sob

Also always liked the idea of a chrome guitar. Like real 57 Chevy bumper chrome. Someone somewhere probably did that at some point.

Delete.

Chad Fuck beat me to it.

Edited May 7, 2023 by Superhero

[BoomMF 1,399]

On 4/30/2023 at 4:08 AM, Fastbreak said:

I flew up to Vietnam for the long weekend (Monday is a holiday in Singapore) and I just made a huge mistake.



Ordered it while I was drinking $0.50 beers

Badass. Looking forward to hearing you play Playing God.

[Buzzrock 15,008]

Yeah, it feels like the days of walking into big box stores and expecting a 2-1 price deal on strings are over.
I probably need to change my strings on a bunch of guitars, though.

Changed some strings recently on a couple guitars and plugged a bunch of shit back up and was like, damn, everything sounds awful. Wtf?

Any guesses?

And my playing ability was already factored in, so it wasn’t that.

[Celery Man 21,021]

Trick question, you didn’t say it was more awful.

[G650 14,285]

19 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Changed some strings recently on a couple guitars and plugged a bunch of shit back up and was like, damn, everything sounds awful. Wtf?

Any guesses?

And my playing ability was already factored in, so it wasn’t that.

At the risk of a dumb question, are you in tune

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

Well it’s that time again. I made it the guitar show but it was late in the day and probably a good 1/3 of the booths were already packed up. Still got some good shots though. Here we go.


The heritage auctions booth is always great for very high end or unique stuff off the bat. If you’re into these the auction is Tuesday.


Pretty Pauls. 59 left, 52 right.


A whole rack of cool vintage stuff.


This one was pretty cool.

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

More Heritage.


55 LP Custom. I really want one of these with the neck staple pickup.





This is really cool. Original Rosewood Tele made for Elvis.

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

Rack of amazing stuff.




Lucite!

[Deej 77,003]

43 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Changed some strings recently on a couple guitars and plugged a bunch of shit back up and was like, damn, everything sounds awful. Wtf?

Any guesses?

And my playing ability was already factored in, so it wasn’t that.

I'm a big fan of dead(er) strings. Every time I change them, I'm pissed off at the sound. Solution was going to the Gibson Vintage Reissue strings. They have a much softer sound when new. Expensive as shit, though. 

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

Two broadcasters. This one dyed red (faded to orange) by a guy who was a Tech fan and played in Lubbock.

Someone got a screw count?

[Deej 77,003]

1 minute ago, Chad Fuck said:

Two broadcasters. This one dyed red (faded to orange) by a guy who was a Tech fan and played in Lubbock.

Someone got a screw count?

Five, like it should be. They went to eight when they started skimping on the pickguards. 

Edited May 7, 2023 by Deej

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

A bundle of Tweed goodness.

This PRS caught my eye.




A couple nice custom shop Teles.

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

I love weird stuff like this.


A bevy of custom color offsets.


Nice gold top and Round Up.


I’ve always wanted a Switchmaster. This is the only one I saw. Maybe I’ll pick it up next year.


Weird Ibanez and weird LP. Maybe an Aldo Nova version?

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

Drip edge JBL Twin. Pretty rare bird.


Nice set of Voxes.


SRV documented Strat.


Desperately want this ES-350t

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

Jimmy Wallace always has cool stuff.


Strat row. I think I took this same pic last year.


Electric mandolin.


Pretty sure this is there every year.


Vees and a Moderne

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

I was just reading about this weird Epi that has all sorts of onboard effects. It needed a special amp.



Any Bon Jovi fans?



Been on an arch top kick lately. I love these.

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

I saw this blue 345 on Reverb for an insanely cheap price and I didn’t buy it. I’m kicking myself now.


A couple of pretty flame tops. This Murphy lab shit is getting out of hand though price wise.


I thought this was pretty unusual.




Another couple of early LPs.

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

Lovely custom color Firebirds. I don’t have a mini bucker guitar. Hmmm.


Unusually colored Mustang.


Some fun modern Fenders.

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

And for the grand finale…

Recognize this?

Let me refresh your recollection.


Think you have a shot?


And that’s it for this year.

[Bogeywon 2,519]

I came! Thanks for all the pics, made me realize I need vintage gear 

[jimmyjazz 46,351]

Speechless.

[Paul Wesley 3,289]

The yearly guitar show photos are like the swimsuit issue for this thread.

[Fastbreak 3,996]

holllleee shit

[noharleyyet 2,853]

Ahhhhhhh.....

[hullabelew 3,724]

Interested to see what that Guild 12 string goes for.  To me, that is a very important guitar in music history.  SRVs, refreshed and sober, simply destroying a 12 string, acoustic guitar.  Solo.    I've mentioned before, but that Sunday night, I was sitting on the couch, playing my 12 string and that Unplugged came on.  I put that guitar back in the case and didn't touch it for over a year.  I mean, what's the fucking point.  

[Chad Fuck 17,829]

1 hour ago, hullabelew said:

Interested to see what that Guild 12 string goes for.  To me, that is a very important guitar in music history.  SRVs, refreshed and sober, simply destroying a 12 string, acoustic guitar.  Solo.    I've mentioned before, but that Sunday night, I was sitting on the couch, playing my 12 string and that Unplugged came on.  I put that guitar back in the case and didn't touch it for over a year.  I mean, what's the fucking point.  

Above the case holding it, they had the MTV performance playing, just in case there was any doubt. 

[jimmyjazz 46,351]

That was the night the MTV generation discovered SRV.  "Unplugged" was exceptionally popular, and out comes this guy WE all knew about but a lot of the world didn't.  It was crazy.

[tbone_ 14,211]

That was the night the MTV generation discovered SRV.  "Unplugged" was exceptionally popular, and out comes this guy WE all knew about but a lot of the world didn't.  It was crazy.

I remember cold shot being in pretty heavy rotation. Always loved that video… “I can’t take it anymore Stevie Ray!” Lol

And this is just straight up otherworldly

[jimmyjazz 46,351]

Yeah, "Rude Mood" was when he blew the top off the joint.

[jimmyjazz 46,351]

He died 7 months later.  Man.

[tbone_ 14,211]

He died 7 months later.  Man.

God dammit.

[Buzzrock 15,008]

18 hours ago, G650 said:

At the risk of a dumb question, are you in tune

Wah pedal was on. 

[locodos 5,417]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

He died 7 months later.  Man.

Remember that day...  just a big bummer. 

[Bogeywon 2,519]

Mayer > SRV 

 

I’m kidding slooooow down! That’s incredibly amazing. MTV unplugged at its height was the best 

[jimmyjazz 46,351]

1 hour ago, Buzzrock said:

Wah pedal was on. 

I'm sorry, but that's hilarious and perfect.  Most of us have been there.