The Guitar Pron Thread

[jimmyjazz 45537]

5 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Will have to pick one up next time I head to Denver.

Do you have Amazon Prime?  They're $1.95 with free same-day shipping if I'm reading the website correctly.

[Deej 76524]

8 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Do you have Amazon Prime?  They're $1.95 with free same-day shipping if I'm reading the website correctly.

Same day only if you place an order of $35 or more. Throw in some strings, picks, and an extra snark. 

Edited February 19, 2020 by Deej

[jimmyjazz 45537]

17 minutes ago, Deej said:

Same day only if you place an order of $35 or more. Throw in some strings, picks, and an extra snark. 

Ah, you're right.  Free tomorrow.  I don't know how much they pay for postage, but it would cost me at least $0.50 to mail that thing, so it's a pretty good deal.

[AnotherUTFan 9672]

At this point I couldn't imagine changing strings without a winder, especially considering how many of mine have a Bigsby.

While we on the subject of changing strings, let's all take a lesson from the master.

[hullabelew 3698]

I love when he hitches up his pants at about 1:50....like...OK...guitar string on...let's git down to business....

[Deej 76524]

[Celery Man 20881]

On 2/17/2020 at 10:35 PM, AnotherUTFan said:

This book told me that my guitar would stay in tune better with 3 wraps and always tuning up to pitch, never down. .

That Ralph Denyer is full of shit, man

[noharleyyet 2837]

 

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

4 hours ago, AnotherUTFan said:

At this point I couldn't imagine changing strings without a winder, especially considering how many of mine have a Bigsby.

While we on the subject of changing strings, let's all take a lesson from the master.
 

 

I love that shit

 

[DougO 5239]

On 2/17/2020 at 1:11 PM, Celery Man said:

It's Presidents Day, so you're going to need a new SG and Explorer as well

Does the drummer play with one stick and half a head on his drums?

[DougO 5239]

What the hell kinda Gibson bridge lets you wrap the tuning peg first before sticking the string through the other end?

Edited February 19, 2020 by DougO

[BoomMF 1398]

5 hours ago, AnotherUTFan said:

At this point I couldn't imagine changing strings without a winder, especially considering how many of mine have a Bigsby.

While we on the subject of changing strings, let's all take a lesson from the master.
 

 

 

After the "2 or 3 Wind Fracas of 2020," B.B. drops like 12 winds on the thread.

[AnotherUTFan 9672]

What the hell kinda Gibson bridge lets you wrap the tuning peg first before sticking the string through the other end?

I think this.

He wraps the peg, then slips the ball end into the slot here. I know this is the tail piece on the various BB King signatures out there.

https://www.gibson.com/Gear/Tailpieces/PTTP-Stopbar-Tailpiece

[Deej 76524]

The Dano is my first with a Pau Ferro fingerboard. It's a nice example that looks nicer than some of my rosewood ones. Very tight grain. Not porous. Looks like rosewood and feels like maple. I would steer away from any light examples if you don't like them, because oiling it probably won't darken it, since it probably won't soak in much. Imagine you'd need to dye it.

[Chad Fuck 17548]

I think this.

He wraps the peg, then slips the ball end into the slot here. I know this is the tail piece on the various BB King signatures out there.

https://www.gibson.com/Gear/Tailpieces/PTTP-Stopbar-Tailpiece

This is the original bridge on my 82 LP Custom. I forget the name of it. Like TX-7 or some such.

[Chad Fuck 17548]

Of course the link has the answer. Thanks AUTF.

[tbone_ 14020]

This is the original bridge on my 82 LP Custom. I forget the name of it. Like TX-7 or some such.

Problem with that is you can’t wrap the string around jimmy page style.

[Chad Fuck 17548]

Problem with that is you can’t wrap the string around jimmy page style.

True.

Guess I’ll just have to get a standard for that...

[jimmyjazz 45537]

You'd have to know how much string to wrap, though, right?  Seems odd.  I'm too old for that shit.

I just load the ball end into the bridge, and start the tuning knob wrap with X amount of slack in the string.  I use the width of my hand to roughly measure that slack.  Works for me.

[Chad Fuck 17548]

So that Guitar Handbook posting re-ignited my lust for Gibson arch tops of all varieties.  This one is pretty nice:

https://reverb.com/item/31047103-2014-gibson-custom-crimson-byrdland-archtop-hollow-body-jazz-guitar

 

I just don't yet have the jazz chops to justify such a fine instrument.  But if I've learned anything over time, it's that making an aspirational purchase of a guitar has definitely made me a better player.  

 

I mean, collector.  

[BrickHorn 18185]

1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

I just don't yet have the jazz chops to justify such a fine instrument.

Just play whatever you usually play, but make a few mistakes.  Voila!  You’re playing jazz.

[Bogeywon 2518]

GC guy sent me this. All the case candy comes with it. Said mid March they will drop the price. Hope it doesn’t sell!


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[Chad Fuck 17548]

41 minutes ago, Bogeywon said:

GC guy sent me this. All the case candy comes with it. Said mid March they will drop the price. Hope it doesn’t sell!


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He knows he's got you, doesn't he?

[Chad Fuck 17548]

1 hour ago, BrickHorn said:

Just play whatever you usually play, but make a few mistakes.  Voila!  You’re playing jazz.

Three times in a row, blues!

[Bogeywon 2518]

10 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

He knows he's got you, doesn't he?

He does lol! I worked with him back in the early 2000s. But it’s gotta be the right price. What do you think a good price on that is?

[Chad Fuck 17548]

2 minutes ago, Bogeywon said:

He does lol! I worked with him back in the early 2000s. But it’s gotta be the right price. What do you think a good price on that is?

The only other one similar on Reverb is quite a bit more.  But of course, it's still sitting there waiting to sell. 

https://reverb.com/item/31723442-fender-stratocaster-relic-1956-limited-edition-namm-2011-2011-black

[Chad Fuck 17548]

I spoke too soon.  Here's another:

https://reverb.com/item/31472494-fender-custom-shop-2017-namm-ltd-roasted-1956-stratocaster-relic-aged-black

[Goredho 17339]

3 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

So that Guitar Handbook posting re-ignited my lust for Gibson arch tops of all varieties.  This one is pretty nice:

https://reverb.com/item/31047103-2014-gibson-custom-crimson-byrdland-archtop-hollow-body-jazz-guitar

 

I just don't yet have the jazz chops to justify such a fine instrument.  But if I've learned anything over time, it's that making an aspirational purchase of a guitar has definitely made me a better player.  

 

I mean, collector.  

Good note about aspirational purchases.  The ES-330 has me playing and writing some things I probably wouldn't if all I had were solid bodies.

Now when can we expect to see your new jazz axe?

[dcbc 14397]

GC usually pays 40%--50% of retail for used instruments.  So they probably have, maybe, $1,200 in that guitar.  I'd over them 20% over that and tell them the guitar looks pretty beat up.

[dcbc 14397]

2 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Good note about aspirational purchases.  The ES-330 has me playing and writing some things I probably wouldn't if all I had were solid bodies.

Now when can we expect to see your new jazz axe?

And if a 330 interests him, I'd gladly sell him my Goldtop Casino. 

[AnotherUTFan 9672]

So that Guitar Handbook posting re-ignited my lust for Gibson arch tops of all varieties.  This one is pretty nice:
https://reverb.com/item/31047103-2014-gibson-custom-crimson-byrdland-archtop-hollow-body-jazz-guitar

 
I just don't yet have the jazz chops to justify such a fine instrument.  But if I've learned anything over time, it's that making an aspirational purchase of a guitar has definitely made me a better player.  
 
I mean, collector.  

This is why I've developed no fucks in buying quality guitars these days. If you take care of them they as good as money in the bank.

I told y'all years ago when I met my new boss, now close friend, who had over 65 guitars in his collection. He told me then that he figured he could sell them one by one to finance vacations and whatnot once he retired.

He's now retired and did well enough for himself that he and his wife get by on their fixed incomes and even travel a couple times a year. Now whenever he gets the itch for a new guitar he just buys it and digs something out his collection that he hasn't touched in years and leaves it on consignment to pay for it. He just bought a B-Bender Tele and sold a Sants Cruz acoustic to pay for it.

In short, Im kinda eying guitars these days the same way I do my 401k, only a lot more fun in the interim.

[noharleyyet 2837]

37 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

He knows he's got you us, doesn't he?

...enabl'rs R us

Edited February 20, 2020 by noharleyyet

[Bogeywon 2518]

23 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

The only other one similar on Reverb is quite a bit more.  But of course, it's still sitting there waiting to sell. 

https://reverb.com/item/31723442-fender-stratocaster-relic-1956-limited-edition-namm-2011-2011-black

thanks. i think if he goes to 2500 or 2600 im jumping at it

[Chad Fuck 17548]

1 minute ago, Goredho said:

Good note about aspirational purchases.  The ES-330 has me playing and writing some things I probably wouldn't if all I had were solid bodies.

Now when can we expect to see your new jazz axe?

It'll be a while.  I still have Chad Jr.'s college to pay for!

I have a lead on a nice 1953 ES-175 with P-90s.  It's beat to hell, missing some binding, etc.  But it has the feel/sound.  I know the owner just bought a fancier, newer Gibson (no pics, haven't seen it yet).  So I'm hoping that'll make him decide to let go of the ES-175 at a reasonable "players" price.  We shall see.  Looks something like this:

[DougO 5239]

19 hours ago, AnotherUTFan said:

I think this.

He wraps the peg, then slips the ball end into the slot here. I know this is the tail piece on the various BB King signatures out there.

https://www.gibson.com/Gear/Tailpieces/PTTP-Stopbar-Tailpiece

I guess anything to keep Lucille out of the roving hands of other men.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11802]

47 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

It'll be a while.  I still have Chad Jr.'s college to pay for!

I have a lead on a nice 1953 ES-175 with P-90s.  It's beat to hell, missing some binding, etc.  But it has the feel/sound.  I know the owner just bought a fancier, newer Gibson (no pics, haven't seen it yet).  So I'm hoping that'll make him decide to let go of the ES-175 at a reasonable "players" price.  We shall see.  Looks something like this:

I've got a 1952 ES-175 I inherited from my wife's grandfather.  It's in fantastic shape except one fret has come unglued at one end.  I need to take it in and get it worked.

Edited February 20, 2020 by Judge Roybeanbag

[Chad Fuck 17548]

21 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

I've got a 1952 ES-175 I inherited from my wife's grandfather.  It's in fantastic shape except one fret has come unglued at one end.  I need to take it in and get it worked.

Wow that's a beauty.  I'll beat it sounds great.  

We've discussed this amp before, right?

[Judge Roybeanbag 11802]

Just now, Chad Fuck said:

Wow that's a beauty.  I'll beat it sounds great.  

We've discussed this amp before, right?

Yeah, it's the old '59 Fender Super.  I bought a little Orange Crush 20RT for myself for Christmas and have been using that to fool around on.  Much easier to play quietly.

[AnotherUTFan 9672]

Good to see you here Judge.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11802]

6 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

Good to see you here Judge.

Lurk a lot, not much to post other than liking other peoples' stuff.  Although my wife got a notion about a month ago to learn to play bass (my son plays), so there might be some new equipment in the future.  Kinda disconcerting to come home in the evening and see hear a middle-aged woman playing Nirvana bass lines upstairs.  😂

[Goredho 17339]

19 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Lurk a lot, not much to post other than liking other peoples' stuff.  Although my wife got a notion about a month ago to learn to play bass (my son plays), so there might be some new equipment in the future.  Kinda disconcerting to come home in the evening and see hear a middle-aged woman playing Nirvana bass lines upstairs.  😂

I bet!



Edit:  And great guitar, will have to rep tomorrow.

Edited February 20, 2020 by Goredho

[dcbc 14397]

Yeah, it's the old '59 Fender Super.  I bought a little Orange Crush 20RT for myself for Christmas and have been using that to fool around on.  Much easier to play quietly.

Thought that might be a Super. Very cool amp.

[Chad Fuck 17548]

38 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Lurk a lot, not much to post other than liking other peoples' stuff.  Although my wife got a notion about a month ago to learn to play bass (my son plays), so there might be some new equipment in the future.  Kinda disconcerting to come home in the evening and see hear a middle-aged woman playing Nirvana bass lines upstairs.  😂

[Deej 76524]

Not as disconcerting as heating her playing bass and then a guitar kicking in. 

The horror realizing she has some strange dude up there playing your guitar.

[Chad Fuck 17548]

1 minute ago, Deej said:

Not as disconcerting as heating her playing bass and then a guitar kicking in. 

The horror realizing she has some strange dude up there playing your guitar.

[Goredho 17339]

26 minutes ago, Deej said:

Not as disconcerting as heating her playing bass and then a guitar kicking in. 

The horror realizing she has some strange dude up there playing your guitar.

Guitar cuckolding is some sad, sad shit.

[Bogeywon 2518]

1 hour ago, Goredho said:

I bet!



Edit:  And great guitar, will have to rep tomorrow.

She had him killed I’m convinced from that doc. The Practice hand writing in her backpack all that shit she did it. 
 

ps happy birthday Kurt 

[Buzzrock 14870]

String winders also have a little notch in them for pulling out acoustic bridge pins. Very handy.

[Deej 76524]

New Dano needs 10's. Never filed down an aluminum nut before.

[Chad Fuck 17548]

Dad’s ‘57 Hot Rod RI. Great guitar.


The ‘59 also came to visit. But just briefly.