The Guitar Pron Thread

[Celery Man 20,934]

I would've left the dirt on the board, but the actual frets needed the cleaning desparately (it all got cleaned).

I was super pissed once when I took my p bass (main gigging weapon) in for a setup and it came back with all the funk cleaned off the board.

[TOR 5,548]

3 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

Back atcha buddy!

Oh the humanity!

[tigol 2,395]

Anyone have a rec for a set up in Austin? I went to Austin Vintage Guitars and they were pretty snobby. They scoffed at me because I didn’t have an appt. A bit of a turn off.

[tbone_ 14,115]

Some guy at AVG used cut up pieces of credit card plastic to shim the bridge of my Taylor once to adjust the action. I know because the next guy that did it right showed me the pieces.

Granted, that was a long time ago. Probably 09.

[Deej 76,759]

10 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Some guy at AVG used cut up pieces of credit card plastic to shim the bridge of my Taylor once to adjust the action. I know because the next guy that did it right showed me the pieces.

Granted, that was a long time ago. Probably 09.

The last time UT was good in football. That is a long time.

[Celery Man 20,934]

I think it's... Jess Baker at Strait that is really great? I do know the last time I took a guitar to Strait for a setup though it was like "uh 3 months". Either way, absent Ray Hennig's (I feel like i had a story about Austin Vintage being dicks and then Ray Hennig himself fixing my shit for free, but that would be 15 years ago) that would be my next stop.

[noharleyyet 2,838]

TV...

[TOR 5,548]

19 hours ago, Celery Man said:

Just for pics sake, at the old house…

 

 

Celery... no words.

[AnotherUTFan 9,730]

Some guy at AVG used cut up pieces of credit card plastic to shim the bridge of my Taylor once to adjust the action. I know because the next guy that did it right showed me the pieces.

Granted, that was a long time ago. Probably 09.

That's odd. Per some Taylor guys I was talking to when I lived in San Diego, their whole reasoning for having bolted on necks is so that you never have to shim the bridge.

[tbone_ 14,115]

That's odd. Per some Taylor guys I was talking to when I lived in San Diego, their whole reasoning for having bolted on necks is so that you never have to shim the bridge.

Correct. That’s what I meant by the next guy who did it right.

[Bogeywon 2,519]

Bought a blue silver sky SE from Sweetwater let the hate begins

dont care had sex

[Celery Man 20,934]

That's the right choice on color. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

[Bogeywon 2,519]

11 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

That's the right choice on color. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

I ordered the expensive ones way back and just couldn’t justify that much for that guitar. So this should scratch the itch. Was torn between the blue and the green  

[Napoleon 8,667]

55 minutes ago, Bogeywon said:

Bought a blue silver sky SE from Sweetwater let the hate begins

dont care had sex

Well, don’t be surprised when it shows up and it’s slate gray.

Other than that, eager to hear a report. 

[Deej 76,759]

1 hour ago, Bogeywon said:

Bought a blue silver sky SE from Sweetwater let the hate begins

dont care had sex

It's poplar body is not quite a wonderland. 

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Even though poplar is tonally similar to alder, it’s not as dynamic and exciting, resulting in a rather unexciting tone.

 

[Goredho 17,398]

1 hour ago, Bogeywon said:

Bought a blue silver sky SE from Sweetwater let the hate begins

dont care had sex

Its gonna play better than my ES-330

1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

That's the right choice on color. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

Yeah, I'm interested in your review as well.

[Deej 76,759]

11 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Its gonna play better than my ES-330

[Goredho 17,398]

For chords below the 5th fret and unless you have a toddlers hand, yes.

[Chad Fuck 17,669]

I think I've found your next guitar.  This is a sweet deal for what is a mostly original vintage player:  

https://reverb.com/item/49286478-gretsch-6120-chet-atkins-1957-western-orange-w-hump-inlays-and-ohsc

 

[Celery Man 20,934]

that's awesome. I don't always want the brand on a 6120, but that would look good with the brand.

[AnotherUTFan 9,730]

That's got the single coil Dynasonics that were on pre-58 Filtertron 6120s. I agree that the brand belongs on it, along with the engraved block inlays. That seems like a reasonable price though.

[noharleyyet 2,838]

2 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

Bought a blue silver sky SE from Sweetwater let the hate begins

dont care had grudge sex

Subscribed...

[Bogeywon 2,519]

1 hour ago, noharleyyet said:

Subscribed...

Lmao

[tigol 2,395]

6 hours ago, Celery Man said:

I think it's... Jess Baker at Strait that is really great? I do know the last time I took a guitar to Strait for a setup though it was like "uh 3 months". Either way, absent Ray Hennig's (I feel like i had a story about Austin Vintage being dicks and then Ray Hennig himself fixing my shit for free, but that would be 15 years ago) that would be my next stop.

Thank you for this.  I took it to Strait and had a much better experience.  It's going to take 5 weeks, but they let me leave the guitar with them and were very friendly.

[Buzzrock 14,917]

On 1/12/2022 at 3:52 PM, Celery Man said:

I bet that's the nicest strat you can buy off a rack for $850.

i'm not a color technician but that green needs to be a bit closer to british racing green, and then i'd want it.

i don't mind the headstock generally, it looks weird on a strat, the main problem with it is that there's not a ton of real estate for a snark tuner.

With well put together and well intonated guitars, I don't have tuning issues. But I appreciate the... not having the strings bend along that axis to get to the tuning post.

My Breedlove has that same Snark real estate issue. 

[Buzzrock 14,917]

On 1/12/2022 at 6:33 PM, Celery Man said:

SE is for paralegals.

 

I’m both sides on PRS. If I’m real, my Les Paul plays and sounds great, if it played and sounded like my McCarty I would think I had the best Les Paul in the planet.

So my two nicest electrics are my American HH Strat and my PRS Custom 24. If my PRS sounded like my Strat or my Strat played like my PRS I’d have the perfect guitar. 

[Buzzrock 14,917]

23 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

For me, it's simple.  They are beyond ugly.  They are aesthetically irredeemable.  No way would I ever play one -- I mean, for one thing, I'm not a good enough player to pull off the look, but besides that, I've never ever in my life seen a single player make one look good.  They're just horrible looking guitars.  I don't care how good they are.

Does that make me a bad person?

Dave Navarro and Carlos Santana make everything look good. 

[TOR 5,548]

On 1/12/2022 at 9:17 PM, dcbc said:

On an actual Fender, it would be called "vintage white."  Here's my very early 1990.

 

 I'm spent.

[Celery Man 20,934]

1 hour ago, Buzzrock said:

So my two nicest electrics are my American HH Strat and my PRS Custom 24. If my PRS sounded like my Strat or my Strat played like my PRS I’d have the perfect guitar. 

it doesn't even make sense to me from a.... physics standpoint? why this would be the case with one guitar so much more than with other guitars but I can just pick up my PRS cold and pinch a harmonic first try. I could play 27 notes in a row and pinch each one into a harmonic on that guitar. I feel like that should all be just right hand stuff and it shouldn't make that big of a difference which comparable guitar it is, but it's not - PRS just obeys.

[BERT 4,358]

This kind of makes my broke ass want a CV 70’s

 

[Deej 76,759]

The CV's are nice guitars for a nice price point. I had a 50's and 60's Tele and a 50's Strat, from when the first came out and were made in China. There was absolutely nothing wrong with any of them. The new ones are made in Indonesia, I think and they seem to be getting heavier, but still get great reviews. One thing to remember is they have very thin necks. If that's an issue, avoid them, or get a replacement neck. Otherwise, don't be ashamed or rocking a Squier. 

The double bound sunburst 60's I had was gorgeous. 

[tbone_ 14,115]

That fact that it’s a squirt isn’t the issue. It’s that damn cartoon headstock.

[Goredho 17,398]

First a boy named Sue, and now a guitar named Squirt.

[Deej 76,759]

24 minutes ago, Goredho said:

and now a guitar named Squirt.

It's piss. 

[Buzzrock 14,917]

Love the big headstocks.

This guitar is cool as shit, and Doug can play:

 

[BERT 4,358]

2 hours ago, Deej said:

The CV's are nice guitars for a nice price point. I had a 50's and 60's Tele and a 50's Strat, from when the first came out and were made in China. There was absolutely nothing wrong with any of them. The new ones are made in Indonesia, I think and they seem to be getting heavier, but still get great reviews. One thing to remember is they have very thin necks. If that's an issue, avoid them, or get a replacement neck. Otherwise, don't be ashamed or rocking a Squier. 

The double bound sunburst 60's I had was gorgeous. 

What's wrong with thin necks? 

[Deej 76,759]

10 minutes ago, BERT said:

What's wrong with thin necks? 

Nothing, but a lot of people do not like them. Also, the CV necks are thinner than what most would consider thin. Very shallow from front to back. They are nicely made, just really thin. 

[BERT 4,358]

1 hour ago, Deej said:

Nothing, but a lot of people do not like them. Also, the CV necks are thinner than what most would consider thin. Very shallow from front to back. They are nicely made, just really thin. 

So would that hinder or help someone with smaller hands? Seems like would help. 

[TOR 5,548]

3 hours ago, Deej said:

It's piss. 

Don't judge.

[Deej 76,759]

Just now, BERT said:

So would that hinder or help someone with smaller hands? Seems like would help. 

I don't have huge hands, and I have found that a thicker neck plays more comfortably than a really skinny one. The really thin ones made my hand and fingers hurt after a while.  The CV's are really skinny, at least the older ones were. I would try before you buy.

[tbone_ 14,115]

I have huuuuge hands and I like a thin neck. So go figure.

[Foggy Notion 1,202]

1 hour ago, BERT said:

So would that hinder or help someone with smaller hands? Seems like would help. 

Are you in Austin? If so, I have two Squier CV’s you’re welcome to borrow and try out. I’ve got a 50s Strat in Fiesta Red that I posted a couple pages back and also have a 60s Custom Tele in sunburst with binding. Both of mine are earlier models made in China.  

[Celery Man 20,934]

13 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

I have huuuuge hands and I like a thin neck. So go figure.

it's all about what you're used to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[BERT 4,358]

37 minutes ago, Foggy Notion said:

Are you in Austin? If so, I have two Squier CV’s you’re welcome to borrow and try out. I’ve got a 50s Strat in Fiesta Red that I posted a couple pages back and also have a 60s Custom Tele in sunburst with binding. Both of mine are earlier models made in China.  

Unfortunately i'm in Longview. But thanks for the offer. 

[jimmyjazz 45,898]

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

I have huuuuge hands and I like a thin neck. So go figure.

Nice humblebrag.

[Goredho 17,398]

What are people’s thoughts on bigsby’s here? I am considering putting one on a 335.  I know it’s going to add weight and not stay in tune if I try to dive with it (I won’t), but does it change tone and or sustain?  Will it stay in tune with just light warbling of chords and shit like that?

[Celery Man 20,934]

he's going to need to check his tuning before playing Unchained Melody

I've never had tuning stability issues with my bigsby with little sleepwalk chord warbles. Biggest pain in the ass is restringing, but it's not a huge deal.

 

I just had to search my memory banks of why I was thinking of "Sleepwalk" as a song with bigsby chord warbles - 

 

man Brian Setzer was/is (huh, only 62 - would be a good pick for celebrity death watch, I feel like he's had some health scares) a monster player but the orchestra might as well be midi

Edited January 15, 2022 by Celery Man

[Buzzrock 14,917]

17 hours ago, tbone_ said:

I have huuuuge hands and I like a thin neck. So go figure.

I have little carny hands and couldn’t tell you what I like. Maybe I find them all equally difficult to play. 

[Buzzrock 14,917]

3 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

he's going to need to check his tuning before playing Unchained Melody

I've never had tuning stability issues with my bigsby with little sleepwalk chord warbles. Biggest pain in the ass is restringing, but it's not a huge deal.

 

I just had to search my memory banks of why I was thinking of "Sleepwalk" as a song with bigsby chord warbles - 

 

I assumed you meant Sleep Walk

 

[Goredho 17,398]

What you said:

1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

he's going to need to check his tuning before playing Unchained Melody

I've never had tuning stability issues with my bigsby with little sleepwalk chord warbles. Biggest pain in the ass is restringing, but it's not a huge deal.

 

I just had to search my memory banks of why I was thinking of "Sleepwalk" as a song with bigsby chord warbles - 

 

man Brian Setzer was/is (huh, only 62 - would be a good pick for celebrity death watch, I feel like he's had some health scares) a monster player but the orchestra might as well be midi

What I read:

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Do it and you will play as good as and sound like Brian Setzer every time you pick up that guitar.