The Guitar Pron Thread

[Deej 76510]

For only about $5000 more, you can get a 54 Murphy Lab Goldtop. They have two sub-9 pounders in inventory. 

[G650 13990]

I support goldtop acquisition at all times. And sub 9lb Les Pauls are for bitches.

 

 

 

[noharleyyet 2835]

Gettin' a woody . . .

[Deej 76510]

Or for people who don't need a boat anchor. 

[Celery Man 20874]

i'd like to get a weight on my existing les paul but I can't find my mattress scale

[Celery Man 20874]

2 minutes ago, Deej said:

Or for people who don't need a boat anchor. 

sorry you don't have a boat #shaggy99%

[G650 13990]

I think this R7 is actually my lightest. It's feather compared to my '77, and I honestly don't know if I have held it back to back with my '58 which is 9 lbs even according to Carters. Haven't weighed it myself but maybe that will be tonight's adventure as I'm curious now..

[Deej 76510]

Buddy has two Norlin-era LP's. One is 12 pounds. Fuck that.

[Celery Man 20874]

weigh it while standing on top of the mattress, for safety

[noharleyyet 2835]

My VOS R6 is not light...don't remember the #, haven't weighed & don't care

[Paul Wesley 3277]

NGD.  This is about to be a rubber-bridge guitar.  

It's a Fender "American Professional" series Jazzmaster.  A few years ago, I bought an almost identical G and L Jazzmaster, and I only kept it a few days before sending it back.  Ironic that we're talking weight right now, because the main reason I sent back the G and L is because it was just absurdly heavy.  Generally, weight is not a make-or-break metric for me - within reason - but IMO that G&L was heavy beyond reason.  It was a rock.

Anyway, this one has already had some electronic mods done to it and it already had a bridge upgrade (pictured).  It was one of those guitars that had been on Reverb for a while, so I think I got it for a really good price.  

I've got some ideas for pedals that I think might be cool with this plunky sound.  

If the rubber-bridge thing doesn't work out, then I own a Jazzmaster, and if that doesn't work out, I think I can sell it for pretty much what I got in it.  

 

Already ordered some heavy-gauge flat wounds with a wound third, which it what they recommended

 

And the only thing that's not here is the bridge (coming tomorrow), which I bought from waterslide.

 

 

YouTube video from waterslide:

 

 

[Celery Man 20874]

[Paul Wesley 3277]

“Listen to the lack of sustain?”

[Goredho 17302]

Anyone know anything about Lowden acoustics?  From Ireland, high end, supposed to be on par with Martin, Gibson, Collings?  An O35 model with a ridiculous flamed body showed up for sale locally.  Dude’s including a strap signed by Tommy Emmanuel.  Prices on reverb are all above $7k, this is priced at $4.5k.

 

[Deej 76510]

I give up. I tried my best to keep up with Goredho, but alas, it was not to be. 

[Goredho 17302]

3 minutes ago, Deej said:

I give up. I tried my best to keep up with Goredho, but alas, it was not to be. 

You’re better off for it.  I’m gonna go check it out on my lunch hour tomorrow.  I won’t have the cash in hand to buy it even if it’s the shiznit, so there is always the chance that fiscal sanity prevails before I get to my bank.

[Celery Man 20874]

Careful with those as they are prone to craic.

[Deej 76510]

1 minute ago, Goredho said:

You’re better off for it.  I’m gonna go check it out on my lunch hour tomorrow.  I won’t have the cash in hand to buy it even if it’s the shiznit, so there is always the chance that fiscal sanity prevails before I get to my bank.

[jimmyjazz 45513]

2 hours ago, Paul Wesley said:

NGD.  This is about to be a rubber-bridge guitar.  

I'd never heard of such a thing until you mentioned it.  Is it just a way to get a different sound?  What do they sound like cranked into an overdriven amp?

[Paul Wesley 3277]

3 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I'd never heard of such a thing until you mentioned it.  Is it just a way to get a different sound?  What do they sound like cranked into an overdriven amp?

As a sound, it's just a muted attack and then instant decay, so that the notes have no body.   I think they're getting used more for modern pop - Harry Styles, Taylor Swift - and a ton of indie bands... making guitars sound like plucked harps or like less obnoxious banjos or even just putting enough delay/verb on it so that it seems like a synth patch.

It's appealing to me because anything that forces me away from familiar chord shapes and chord sequences -- it's a great way to come up with something new.  So I'm anxious to try to write some modern pop stuff with it.  I'd like to hear what an envelope filter would do with those little plucked notes, I'd like to see what it does if you played a really gooey, wet part that's heavily  modulated like Duran Duran "Come Undone."  I'd like to see how it takes delay pedals, especially those that degrade the original signal with multiple repeats.  I want to hear how a POG octave pedal treats those body-less transients.   I'd like to try all of those things that I just mentioned into a talk box.  

I don't know what it would do into a muffroom cloud, but I'll bet it's a sound you haven't heard a lot of.  

Here's the thing:  It might be an experiment where every dish turns out to be a big shit sandwich.  I still wanna live with it for a few days. 

 

 

[G650 13990]

4 hours ago, Paul Wesley said:

like less obnoxious banjos

Unpossible

[hullabelew 3698]

14 hours ago, Goredho said:

Anyone know anything about Lowden acoustics?  From Ireland, high end, supposed to be on par with Martin, Gibson, Collings?  An O35 model with a ridiculous flamed body showed up for sale locally.  Dude’s including a strap signed by Tommy Emmanuel.  Prices on reverb are all above $7k, this is priced at $4.5k.

 

Never seen a Lowden in that big body or maple.  Richard Thompson plays a lot of Lowdens.  Seem to be better fit for finger picking.  Everyone I've ever played has been incredible.  That thing is beautiful.    

[Goredho 17302]

8 minutes ago, hullabelew said:

Never seen a Lowden in that big body or maple.  Richard Thompson plays a lot of Lowdens.  Seem to be better fit for finger picking.  Everyone I've ever played has been incredible.  That thing is beautiful.    

Yeah, it's a looker, to be sure.  I don't really want to invest this much in an acoustic, but given the prices on reverb, its a steal unless there is something wrong with it that the seller is not disclosing that would bring down its value.

[sidis 9713]

1 hour ago, Goredho said:

Yeah, it's a looker, to be sure.  I don't really want to invest this much in an acoustic, but given the prices on reverb, its a steal unless there is something wrong with it that the seller is not disclosing that would bring down its value.

guess who's getting a new guitar today.......

[Deej 76510]

2 hours ago, Goredho said:

its a steal unless there is something wrong with it that the seller is not disclosing that would bring down its value.

And that never happens. 

[Goredho 17302]

Just got done playing it, it’s a super clean 30 year old guitar that shows no signs of damage or even being played.  Extremely playable with a great set up, great sound.  No scratches, cracks, splits, fret sprout, signs of neck reset, etc...

Gonna think about it over night.

 

[noharleyyet 2835]

Guard screws pass muster . . .

[jimmyjazz 45513]

Lowball him.

[sidis 9713]

26 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Gonna think about it over night.

guess who's getting a new guitar tomorrow.....

[Goredho 17302]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

Lowball him.

These O35's in maple are a little hard to find pricing info on, they seem to be discontinued/not as common as some of their other wood combos.  But I found this product listing that is active right now at $5250 and this one from reverb from 3 years ago for $4400.  The one I played today is as minty as mint can be, so $4500 is probably a good price, but its not the steal it looked like compared to the $7K+ prices I see for new + other woods for this model.   

So I told the seller I'll pay $3250 if he winds up not being able to move it for $4500.  He says he has some others that have shown interest, and he'll get back to me if he has trouble moving it to see if we can come to a price that works for us both.  We'll see.

[jimmyjazz 45513]

That's the way to play it.  Lord knows you'll find another guitar . . . tomorrow.

[Goredho 17302]

He's also trying to sell a high end guitar locally in BFE Colorado.  There isn't a big pool of buyers for that here.  If he sticks to his $4500 price, it is gonna sit for awhile.

Edited March 24, 2023 by Goredho

[tbone_ 14020]

That's the way to play it.  Lord knows you'll find another guitar . . . tomorrow.

Why wait. Today isn’t over.

[Goredho 17302]

[Deej 76510]

After sleeping on it tonight, Goredho offers $4499 tomorrow. 

[noharleyyet 2835]

This thread's anthem . . .

 

[G650 13990]

9 minutes ago, noharleyyet said:

This thread's anthem . . .

 

[Deej 76510]

1 hour ago, noharleyyet said:

This thread's anthem . . .

 

We're just doing our part for the economy. 

[Goredho 17302]

Yeah.  Broke musicians need bailouts, too.

[dcbc 14388]

On 3/22/2023 at 6:56 PM, Superhero said:

 

I have burstbuckers on my Classic. Ive had to adjust the pickup heights because of significant difference in volumes. The neck pickup is probably way too high and sounds muddy. The bridge pickup is much clearer, but I would prefer a more scooped sound.

Anyone have experience with a Seymour Duncan Custom 5 in the bridge? I listened to a few clips and prefer it over the JB. 

I had that issue with my 498 pickups on my SG.  Replaced with Mojotone 59s and the sound really good.  But the neck pickup is buried in the body.  But it sounds great and is even with the bridge.

[dcbc 14388]

On 3/23/2023 at 2:23 PM, Celery Man said:

i think a lot of the color difference is lighting, I was trying to decide how much that was the case and the picture of the back convinced me it's quite a bit. sweetwater rep agrees. Which makes me think lighter weight #2 is the choice. Pretty heavy, although not expecting a non weight relieved les paul to be particularly light.

I've got a 10+ lb LP and it sits so well in the strap, that I could play it standing up for hours.  Sometimes, it's not the weight, but how it lays strapped up.

[Goredho 17302]

21 hours ago, Paul Wesley said:

As a sound, it's just a muted attack and then instant decay, so that the notes have no body.   I think they're getting used more for modern pop - Harry Styles, Taylor Swift - and a ton of indie bands... making guitars sound like plucked harps or like less obnoxious banjos or even just putting enough delay/verb on it so that it seems like a synth patch.

It's appealing to me because anything that forces me away from familiar chord shapes and chord sequences -- it's a great way to come up with something new.  So I'm anxious to try to write some modern pop stuff with it.  I'd like to hear what an envelope filter would do with those little plucked notes, I'd like to see what it does if you played a really gooey, wet part that's heavily  modulated like Duran Duran "Come Undone."  I'd like to see how it takes delay pedals, especially those that degrade the original signal with multiple repeats.  I want to hear how a POG octave pedal treats those body-less transients.   I'd like to try all of those things that I just mentioned into a talk box.  

I don't know what it would do into a muffroom cloud, but I'll bet it's a sound you haven't heard a lot of.  

Here's the thing:  It might be an experiment where every dish turns out to be a big shit sandwich.  I still wanna live with it for a few days. 

 

 

I would be interested to hear what that sounds like if you feel like sharing a sound clip here.

[Celery Man 20874]

Was it the jaguar or the jazzmaster that originally came with a little muting contraption on the bridge? The rubber bridge is how I always imagined that sounding.

[Celery Man 20874]

Wait, is that what that sound is? Hayl yeeeah.

 

[Celery Man 20874]

Mattress scale is getting calibrated.

[tbone_ 14020]

Anyone have a rec on a good boom mic stand that can hold up to gigging? I bought the best one I could find a while back for around $100 and it’s sturdy but the clutch is cracked and it’s falling apart. Wonder what the pros use?

Thanks in advance.

[G650 13990]

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

Anyone have a rec on a good boom mic stand that can hold up to gigging? I bought the best one I could find a while back for around $100 and it’s sturdy but the clutch is cracked and it’s falling apart. Wonder what the pros use?

Thanks in advance.

The biggest thing is you have to trade off weight for ruggedness. If you are toting your own gear, it's a consideration. For "professional" type use, I'd look at K&M

[Paul Wesley 3277]

Yeah, K&M makes higher quality stuff, IMO. 

[tbone_ 14020]

I’ll trade weight for durability. I’m looking for the Sherman tank of boom mic stands, if anyone knows.

[nbmishoid 930]

On 3/24/2023 at 1:13 PM, Goredho said:

These O35's in maple are a little hard to find pricing info on, they seem to be discontinued/not as common as some of their other wood combos.  But I found this product listing that is active right now at $5250 and this one from reverb from 3 years ago for $4400.  The one I played today is as minty as mint can be, so $4500 is probably a good price, but its not the steal it looked like compared to the $7K+ prices I see for new + other woods for this model.   

So I told the seller I'll pay $3250 if he winds up not being able to move it for $4500.  He says he has some others that have shown interest, and he'll get back to me if he has trouble moving it to see if we can come to a price that works for us both.  We'll see.

Can you say a bit more how it played and sounded,  vs some reference std?