The Guitar Pron Thread

[Deej 76546]

He was 20 when he laid this down. Zero formal training. Amazing. So many ghost notes. 

[tbone_ 14020]

I was looking up information on [mention=1139]Goredho[/mention]Reverend when I saw this.
 
A sort of amalgamation of different styles that for some strange reason appeals to me?

That’s bad ass. Can you get it with a neck p90 too?

[Goredho 17345]

 

29 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

That’s bad ass. Can you get it with a neck p90 too?

Looks like they used to make a Sensei 290 (above is a Sensei JR).  I don’t see any for sale anywhere.

[Butch Had Not 2940]

 

 

 

[Deej 76546]

They need to round those horns a bit more, IMO. 

[Goredho 17345]

23 minutes ago, Deej said:

They need to round those horns a bit more, IMO. 

Now that you mention it, it DOES look a bit like a PRS headstock 😜

[Scooter Monzingo 820]

1 hour ago, Goredho said:

 

Looks like they used to make a Sensei 290 (above is a Sensei JR).  I don’t see any for sale anywhere.

Adding a second pickup changed the look. I would like to see that in red or white.

[Goredho 17345]

Another tone demo from the Club King and its magical P90s.  Whereas before was all warbly ambient chords, this is all melody/lead noodling over a sustained D chord.  This is through the Dirty Shirley with all its tone knobs neutral.  As for the guitar, the neck pickup is selected with the treble knob rolled back maybe 30% and bass knob rolled back about 20%.  Has some reverb and delay, but otherwise the signal is unprocessed.

I am really, really falling in love with this guitar's tone.
 

 

Edited May 12, 2022 by Goredho

[Goredho 17345]

12 hours ago, Scooter Monzingo said:

Adding a second pickup changed the look. I would like to see that in red or white.

Here you go, but the Sensei 290 isn’t listed on their website and I don’t see any on reverb, so dunno what’s up with them.  Some vids on YouTube as recent as 2 years ago.

Edited May 12, 2022 by Goredho

[Scooter Monzingo 820]

3 hours ago, Goredho said:

Here you go, but the Sensei 290 isn’t listed on their website and I don’t see any on reverb, so dunno what’s up with them.  Some vids on YouTube as recent as 2 years ago.

Damn, that’s nice. I can’t explain why, but I get a good vibe from that.

[Napoleon 8600]

On 5/11/2022 at 6:14 PM, Deej said:

Been getting into John Taylor’s bass tutorials on YouTube. Guy doesn't get enough love.

His bass dominates those 80's Duran Duran songs. 

 

Au contraire, I am fairly certain that John Taylor has gotten more love than scientists previously thought was possible. 

[Deej 76546]

I just don't hear as much about him. I think Duran Duran are underappriciated as musicians  sometimes because they were early 80s pretty boys

[AnotherUTFan 9674]

Its hard to call any band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame "under appreciated" while so many much more deserving bands are left out. In fact, with all due respect to Duran Duran, its a joke.

[tbone_ 14020]

He doesn’t get talked about really at all when people talk about great bass players. He probably should though.

[Deej 76546]

So all you double-bound telecaster haters, how do you feel about leather covered teles, playing country through a phaser?

 

[Deej 76546]

54 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

Its hard to call any band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame "under appreciated" while so many much more deserving bands are left out. In fact, with all due respect to Duran Duran, its a joke.

That's just a rock and roll hall of fame issue. Duran Duran are more deserving than a bunch of rap acts. 

[jimmyjazz 45546]

42 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

He doesn’t get talked about really at all when people talk about great bass players. He probably should though.

He absolutely should.  He's a terrific player.

There are a bunch of those 80's dance-pop bands that could really play.  It was largely the era before grid editing via ProTools, etc.  Duran Duran, INXS, Depeche Mode, the list goes on.  I didn't like much of it, but in hindsight, they were pros and they played pretty well.

[Deej 76546]

5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

He absolutely should.  He's a terrific player.

There are a bunch of those 80's dance-pop bands that could really play.  It was largely the era before grid editing via ProTools, etc.  Duran Duran, INXS, Depeche Mode, the list goes on.  I didn't like much of it, but in hindsight, they were pros and they played pretty well.

Yep. That isolated Rio clip I posted has more than a few mistakes that would be edited with software today, and it wouldn't sound as good. 

There's a clip where here discusses the evolution of Girls on Film, and talks about how he came uo with the bass parts and mentions he'd only been playing bass for a few months at that point. Just lots of natural talent in him. 

 

Edited May 13, 2022 by Deej

[AnotherUTFan 9674]

Oh ya, I have no issue with Duran Duran being there, I'm just saying that you can't really call any band in the RnR HoF under appreciated. Ill leave my general thoughts on that place for the other thread.

[jimmyjazz 45546]

That guy has great tone.

[Deej 76546]

I get it, but I just think folks seem to forget how talented they were on their instruments.

[Deej 76546]

 

[tbone_ 14020]

He absolutely should.  He's a terrific player.
There are a bunch of those 80's dance-pop bands that could really play.  It was largely the era before grid editing via ProTools, etc.  Duran Duran, INXS, Depeche Mode, the list goes on.  I didn't like much of it, but in hindsight, they were pros and they played pretty well.

I’d absolutely add The Fixx to this list. They had some great way underrated shit.

[tbone_ 14020]

So all you double-bound telecaster haters, how do you feel about leather covered teles, playing country through a phaser?
 

I’m in.

Some serious chord changes up on the neck with that thumb over. Wth is he playing there?

[Deej 76546]

13 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

I’m in.

Some serious chord changes up on the neck with that thumb over. Wth is he playing there?

I don't know.

I'm not sure I've shared this story...

Early 70's. My dad was a hard drinking good ol' boy. One night he comes home later than he was supposed to, after a night out drinking. He always had valuable firearms that we was always willing to part with for the right price. Anyway, he comes to the door with some guy he met at the bar, who he was going to sell a gun to. My mom, with me and my sister in tow, greets him at the front door with her little Derringer in hand, and tells him "You were supposed to be home hours ago, you SOB. Get your long-haired drinking buddy out of here!"

Guy skedaddles.

That guy was Waylon Jennings. ,

True story.

[BoomMF 1398]

There's a great little movie about some kids in Dublin starting a band to impress a girl, Sing Street, with a bit of appreciation for the musicianship of Duran Duran. When the movie came out in 2016 first thought was it was about time they got credit for their songcraft.

John Taylor's autobiography, though, left a lot to be desired. He does well to document the fascinating times of the early days of Duran Duran's ascent, but I was there for the juicy bits about the members' relationships, especially with Simon or the early departures, and he glosses over almost every bit of that.

Regardless, Team Duran Duran.

[Napoleon 8600]

27 minutes ago, BoomMF said:

There's a great little movie about some kids in Dublin starting a band to impress a girl, Sing Street, with a bit of appreciation for the musicianship of Duran Duran. When the movie came out in 2016 first thought was it was about time they got credit for their songcraft.

 

People who have seen “Sing Street” seem to love “Sing Street”.

[Paul Wesley 3277]

14 hours ago, Napoleon said:

Au contraire, I am fairly certain that John Taylor has gotten more love than scientists previously thought was possible. 

[Paul Wesley 3277]

9 hours ago, Deej said:

I don't know.

I'm not sure I've shared this story...

Early 70's. My dad was a hard drinking good ol' boy. One night he comes home later than he was supposed to, after a night out drinking. He always had valuable firearms that we was always willing to part with for the right price. Anyway, he comes to the door with some guy he met at the bar, who he was going to sell a gun to. My mom, with me and my sister in tow, greets him at the front door with her little Derringer in hand, and tells him "You were supposed to be home hours ago, you SOB. Get your long-haired drinking buddy out of here!"

Guy skedaddles.

That guy was Waylon Jennings. ,

True story.

This is awesome, Deej.

[AnotherUTFan 9674]

 

Thats an interesting and timely video. I've spent a lot of time developing bass lines recently. I almost posted here yeaterday to ask peoples approaches. That video is very insightful and speaks directly to where I'm at currently. When to play something straight vs when to swing it, when to play a line the same vs when to develope it into something else. Its what makes playing bass so fun.

[topochico 1049]

That Sensei looks a lot like Yamaha's Revstar.

https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/guitars_basses/el_guitars/rs_2022/lineup.html#d1547684

[Chad Fuck 17557]

24 minutes ago, topochico said:

That Sensei looks a lot like Yamaha's Revstar.

https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/guitars_basses/el_guitars/rs_2022/lineup.html#d1547684

This is a beautiful color combo.  The blue with the cream is nice. 

[Scooter Monzingo 820]

By chance is anyone familiar with the electric mandolin that Del McCoury plays that looks like a mini Stratocaster?

I tried searching for it, but I found nothing. I’m guessing it was some custom made instrument. 

[Chad Fuck 17557]

By chance is anyone familiar with the electric mandolin that Del McCoury plays that looks like a mini Stratocaster?
I tried searching for it, but I found nothing. I’m guessing it was some custom made instrument. 

This?

https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/vintage-vault-1958-fender-electric-mandolin

[Scooter Monzingo 820]

1 minute ago, Chad Fuck said:

This?

https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/vintage-vault-1958-fender-electric-mandolin

Yes, I believe it is. I saw a few seconds of video of Del, along with some other musicians I didn’t know. Covering Buffalo Springfield (For what it’s worth). The song itself wasn’t very good, but the solo on that little thing was nasty good.
 

[Celery Man 20882]

This is the most enticing pedal design I have ever seen

Sweetwater

[Deej 76546]

[tbone_ 14020]

That’s fucking cool.

[JSB 677]

On 5/14/2022 at 7:27 PM, Celery Man said:

This is the most enticing pedal design I have ever seen

Sweetwater

well now I'm torn. My latest excuse for guitar shopping was I wanted a semi hollow with a bigsby because I've never had one. Now you post this cool new pedal that takes that excuse away. 

[Paul Wesley 3277]

I have a teaburst R8 that is really pretty wood, is super light and sounds glorious.  But I never really bonded with it because of the chunky neck.  It’s in mint condition.  
 

I’m mentioning that because it’s probably headed to Reverb in order to fund another purchase.  If anyone wants to do something financially irresponsible, I’ll try to entice you with a below-market price (avoiding Reverb fees will help).
 

I haven’t bought a guitar in several years, but I hope that I just broke that streak (hoping my offer will get accepted).   I have 24 hours to find out. 

[Goredho 17345]

1 hour ago, Paul Wesley said:

I have a teaburst R8 that is really pretty wood, is super light and sounds glorious.  But I never really bonded with it because of the chunky neck.  It’s in mint condition.  
 

I’m mentioning that because it’s probably headed to Reverb in order to fund another purchase.  If anyone wants to do something financially irresponsible, I’ll try to entice you with a below-market price (avoiding Reverb fees will help).
 

I haven’t bought a guitar in several years, but I hope that I just broke that streak (hoping my offer will get accepted).   I have 24 hours to find out. 

Whatcha aiming for?

[tbone_ 14020]

Yea how much and pics

[Chad Fuck 17557]

47 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Yea how much and pics

This.  

 

[Deej 76546]

11 hours ago, Paul Wesley said:

I have a teaburst R8 that is really pretty wood, is super light and sounds glorious.  But I never really bonded with it because of the chunky neck.  It’s in mint condition.  
 

I’m mentioning that because it’s probably headed to Reverb in order to fund another purchase.  If anyone wants to do something financially irresponsible, I’ll try to entice you with a below-market price (avoiding Reverb fees will help).
 

I haven’t bought a guitar in several years, but I hope that I just broke that streak (hoping my offer will get accepted).   I have 24 hours to find out. 

[Paul Wesley 3277]

Selling my 2018 Les Paul R8 - True Historic specs.  Gloss teaburst.  Pretty perfect flame, and very light at 8.2 pounds.  Case still has the tags and all the case candy.

And yes, uploading these photos to sell it has me questioning my decision-making.  

 

 

[Paul Wesley 3277]

If you search "2018 Les Paul R8" on Reverb, you'll get five hits, average asking price $5464... which would be close to 6K with tax and shipping. 

Those asking prices are a lot higher than I remember... Honest question:  did these things go up by a grand during the pandemic?  

[ohchaucer 1443]

Gotdamn that’s a nice looking guitar.

[AnotherUTFan 9674]

If you search "2018 Les Paul R8" on Reverb, you'll get five hits, average asking price $5464... which would be close to 6K with tax and shipping. 
Those asking prices are a lot higher than I remember... Honest question:  did these things go up by a grand during the pandemic?  

I looked up the invoice for mine. I paid $4,100 all in for a new one that looks just like it in 2014, but if I recall they jacked up the prices significantly a year or 2 later. Mines Gloss Sunrise Teaburst and weighed 8lbs.

[Goredho 17345]

30 minutes ago, Paul Wesley said:

If you search "2018 Les Paul R8" on Reverb, you'll get five hits, average asking price $5464... which would be close to 6K with tax and shipping. 

Those asking prices are a lot higher than I remember... Honest question:  did these things go up by a grand during the pandemic?  

60th anniversary model may be part of the appreciation?  Edit:  also, Reverb usually shows recent sales data when you start a listing that’s probably a better indicator of real prices than unsold listings — especially if the unsold have been listed a long time.

Edited May 17, 2022 by Goredho

[Paul Wesley 3277]

AUTF, that price lines up better with what I recall, though it's been 4 years.  Just to clarify, these *might* have gotten a boost in appreciation as 60th anniversary, but Gibson does not use that word anywhere on this guitar or its papers.

How's $3950 plus actual shipping?  If I take it to reverb, I'll probably ask something around $4400 (plus Reverb will hit you for another $300 in tax).

First dibs to the person who already PM'ed me with interest.