The Guitar Pron Thread

Celery Man · February 14

2013, maybe 2012. Custom shop “Elite Mystic Rosewood”.

hullabelew · February 14

@Celery Man That J45 is stunning. I borrowed one to play at @Litig8r open mic several years ago at his kickass house in FL. Loved it. I started wanting one after hearing Peter Case's song, "Still Playing".

"I'm up in the with a J45, waiting on a wire and wondering how I'll survive,
With a stack of yellow paper and a broken pen".

Gil Bang · February 15

Maybe a bit off topic, but it looks like Paul is back in possession of his original ‘61 Hofner bass, stolen from a van in the 70’s.

Chad Fuck · February 15

26 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

Maybe a bit off topic, but it looks like Paul is back in possession of his original ‘61 Hofner bass, stolen from a van in the 70’s.

Did he tell you?

dcbc · February 15

3 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

Did he tell you?

Yesterday

Chad Fuck · February 15

Just now, dcbc said:

Yesterday

tbone_ · February 15

It seems as though that Hoffner is here to stay I guess

Gil Bang · February 16

Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner bass guitar — dubbed “the most important bass in history” for its role in the creation and recordings of dozens of the Beatles classics — has been found over 50 years after it first went missing.

The Lost Bass Project, a grassroots campaign that hoped to discover what happened to the instrument, announced Wednesday that the 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar had been rediscovered, and McCartney himself confirmed in a statement that he was back in possession of the bass.

“Following the launch of last year’s Lost Bass project, Paul’s 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar, which was stolen in 1972, has been returned,” McCartney’s official site announced. “The guitar has been authenticated by Höfner and Paul is incredibly grateful to all those involved.”

The Lost Bass Project was launched in 2018 but only came to prominence in 2023 when worldwide coverage reinvigorated the search. Initial tips revealed that the bass hadn’t simply gone missing: It was stolen from the back of a van on October 10, 1972, in the Notting Hill area of London.

Without naming names, The Lost Bass Project managed to track down the perpetrator of the robbery and then who the thief sold the bass to, the landlord of a Notting Hill pub. “Looking into old records we established who that was and then gained further information about what happened next, who had the bass and what was done with it. We were able to trace the bass over the years,” the Lost Bass Project wrote of the search.

A September 2023 article in the British press brought additional attention to the search, including its most important lead.

“As a result of the publicity someone living in a terraced house on the south coast of England remembered an old bass guitar that was in their attic,” The Lost Bass Project wrote Wednesday. “They got this out and realized just what they had. Within days it was back with Paul McCartney!”

Despite its half-century in the wilderness, McCartney’s 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar — which he purchased that year in Hamburg and used on the Beatles’ first two albums, including the hits “Love Me Do” and “She Loves You” — thankfully just had some wear-and-tear.

“The bass is complete and still with its original case,” the Lost Bass Project added. “It will need some repairs to make it playable again, but a team of professionals can easily carry these out.”

Hornius Emeritus · February 16

Paul with the bass in at the Cavern Club in Liverpool

Celery Man · February 17

playing a dreadnought strung up with 12’s -

Mileslong · February 18

Super intense, just like me…

jimmyjazz · February 18

I'd have to dig in a little more into the math, but if those are sequentially out of phase, then . . . ??? Could be 8 single coils = little more than 2 single coils (and god knows what combinations of humbuckers might come into play).

Chad Fuck · February 18

Super intense, just like me…

Pups and knob numbers don’t match up.

Fastbreak · February 19

I am back to having the Silver Sky SE next to my desk for easy pick up and play. The neck profile still feels like it’s the easiest for me to play.

jimmyjazz · February 19

The drummer in my dad band wanted to buy a guitar so he could learn what the bass player and I would talk about (chord progressions, basic theory, etc.).

He bought a fucking Ovation.

Chad Fuck · February 19

9 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

The drummer in my dad band wanted to buy a guitar so he could learn what the bass player and I would talk about (chord progressions, basic theory, etc.).

He bought a fucking Ovation.

Very hard to sit down and play. They go wandering off your lap.

In other news, I had a red letter date yesterday. Chad Jr. has been taking piano lessons for a long while. Way back during covid, he got interested in guitar and we tried to do the Fender lessons together, but he got frustrated, then I got frustrated and didn't handle it so well. So I just left it alone hoping I hadn't fucked it up for life. Last night we had made a deal to practice together (he on piano, me on guitar) and after about an hour of that, he asked me to show him some basics on guitar. You could have knocked me over with a feather. One of my great dad moments showing him how a C on the guitar was just like a C on the piano. Thought I'd share that will y'all.

G650 · February 19

29 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

The drummer in my dad band wanted to buy a guitar so he could learn what the bass player and I would talk about (chord progressions, basic theory, etc.).

He bought a fucking Ovation.

tbone_ · February 19

Did anyone tell him?

jimmyjazz · February 19

2 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Did anyone tell him?

We didn't know he had bought an Ovation until he texted us that photo of his beautiful new Ovation. At that point, we were pretty much "ah cool, congrats!".

We had already suggested the usual -- Yamaha, a decent Seagull, whatever. He didn't listen.

Celery Man · February 19

I honestly thought that Ovation was dead, but I guess they’re still making them in Asia.

jimmyjazz · February 19

6 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

I honestly thought that Ovation was dead, but I guess they’re still making them in Asia.

This one's used, but he couldn't find a serial number so who knows how old it is?

tbone_ · February 19

I guess at the end of the day all that matters is does he like it. Hopefully that’s a yes.

jimmyjazz · February 19

2 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

I guess at the end of the day all that matters is does he like it. Hopefully that’s a yes.

I'm sure it's fine for what he's trying to do. I just never liked the brand. The lap walk, the sound, eh . . .

Chad Fuck · February 19

One of the singers in my Dad's band had an Ovation Adamas. It was their top of the line back in the late 70s. It was a fine guitar, as long as you were standing up.

Buzzrock · February 20

They are not hard to sit and play, they are impossible to sit and play. One of the dumbest designs ever, including the silly clustered sound holes.

Deej · February 20

Jimmy Page laughs at y'all.

AnotherUTFan · February 20

Or guitar player scored this 1968 Mosrite bass today for a song. It was a lucky day to be him. He got it for a fraction of what they list for on Reverb.

Rimbo · February 20

https://www.threads.net/@taliesingovannon/post/C3lovSOrzbG/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

83Horn · February 24

NSIAP, something for you guitar guys to look forward to:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/we-think-of-jimmy-as-an-ambassador-emeritus-of-guitars-and-a-music-trailblazer-in-the-birth-and-evolution-of-rock-gibson-and-jimmy-page-are-teaming-up-for-a-multi-year-partnership/ar-BB1iLL8l?ocid=mailsignout&pc=U591&cvid=516cfbac018d483ca17119e789830d7a&ei=19

Celery Man · February 24

There go the improvements to Gibson’s quality control

Celery Man · February 24

Facebook marketplace is not any better than Craigslist, goddamn.

tbone_ · February 24

1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

Facebook marketplace is not any better than Craigslist, goddamn.

I’ve had good luck on both but just have to weed through the morons.

psa if you reach out to me on either, be able to string actual English words and sentences together in a way that forms coherent thoughts of you want me to respond.

Deej · February 24

1 minute ago, tbone_ said:

I’ve had good luck on both but just have to weed through the morons.

psa if you reach out to me on either, be able to string actual English words and sentences together in a way that forms coherent thoughts of you want me to respond.

will $50 take you for giutar today.

Celery Man · February 24

I listed the Katana plus a boss FS-6 switch pedal for $125. I think that's pretty reasonable, I'm not trying to squeeze a bunch of money out of the amp (it's a mk1 probably 4 or 5 years old, a brand new mk2 is like $250) but even just the pedal is $80 new. I've got a guy trying to haggle with me, started at $90 and I said "no", he keeps insisting that it's today. $90 today. He worked up to $100 today. Another guy asked how far I am from Myrtle Beach (different state, like 4 hours or something). Another wanted to give me a Yamaha acoustic. And the most reasonable offer is a guy who wants me to drive it to Durham for $135. But I'm not going to do that. I really wish you could flag this for strictly local.

Chad Fuck · February 24

1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

I listed the Katana plus a boss FS-6 switch pedal for $125. I think that's pretty reasonable, I'm not trying to squeeze a bunch of money out of the amp (it's a mk1 probably 4 or 5 years old, a brand new mk2 is like $250) but even just the pedal is $80 new. I've got a guy trying to haggle with me, started at $90 and I said "no", he keeps insisting that it's today. $90 today. He worked up to $100 today. Another guy asked how far I am from Myrtle Beach (different state, like 4 hours or something). Another wanted to give me a Yamaha acoustic. And the most reasonable offer is a guy who wants me to drive it to Durham for $135. But I'm not going to do that. I really wish you could flag this for strictly local.

I'm here for these stories though.

Napoleon · February 24

1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

I listed the Katana plus a boss FS-6 switch pedal for $125. I think that's pretty reasonable, I'm not trying to squeeze a bunch of money out of the amp (it's a mk1 probably 4 or 5 years old, a brand new mk2 is like $250) but even just the pedal is $80 new. I've got a guy trying to haggle with me, started at $90 and I said "no", he keeps insisting that it's today. $90 today. He worked up to $100 today. Another guy asked how far I am from Myrtle Beach (different state, like 4 hours or something). Another wanted to give me a Yamaha acoustic. And the most reasonable offer is a guy who wants me to drive it to Durham for $135. But I'm not going to do that. I really wish you could flag this for strictly local.

I would have listed their prices separately totaling about $150 to $165 and then said “Willing to Negotiate Package Deal”.

Then they think that they are scoring getting you down to $125 to $140.

Edited February 24 by Napoleon

Gil Bang · February 24

2 hours ago, Celery Man said:

I listed the Katana plus a boss FS-6 switch pedal for $125. I think that's pretty reasonable, I'm not trying to squeeze a bunch of money out of the amp (it's a mk1 probably 4 or 5 years old, a brand new mk2 is like $250) but even just the pedal is $80 new. I've got a guy trying to haggle with me, started at $90 and I said "no", he keeps insisting that it's today. $90 today. He worked up to $100 today. Another guy asked how far I am from Myrtle Beach (different state, like 4 hours or something). Another wanted to give me a Yamaha acoustic. And the most reasonable offer is a guy who wants me to drive it to Durham for $135. But I'm not going to do that. I really wish you could flag this for strictly local.

selling shit is a PITA. On the rare occasion I need to sell something, I put it on consignment and eat the fee, because it's easier than dealing with assholes.

Celery Man · February 25

Yeah I’m sure I could maximize value by splitting up, anchoring high, whatever. I just want to get rid of stuff but don’t quite want to give it away. They should have a “buy nothing” for neighborhood sales, although even our suburban buy nothing group is infested with Jawas.

83Horn · February 27

Just going to leave this here. Beautiful:

Deej · February 27

Incoming...

Chad Fuck · February 27

Incoming...

That’s a stunner! What version is it?

Deej · February 27

It's one of those Sire Larry Carlton LP's.

I kept reading nice things about them, but was always a bit doubtful. A buddy bought the humbucker version and it is really nice. Ebony board, rolled edges on the fretboard, really nice fret work, satin neck, and a nice heel carve. I was really impressed. Just feels and plays fantastic. Saw the P90 version and pulled the trigger. (Actually saw that top on the P90 version and pulled the trigger. I'm a sucker for wider flame and a bit of asymmetry.)

Edited February 27 by Deej

Celery Man · February 27

9 minutes ago, Deej said:

I'm a sucker for wider flame and a bit of asymmetry.)

Napoleon · February 27

57 minutes ago, Deej said:

It's one of those Sire Larry Carlton LP's.

I kept reading nice things about them, but was always a bit doubtful. A buddy bought the humbucker version and it is really nice. Ebony board, rolled edges on the fretboard, really nice fret work, satin neck, and a nice heel carve. I was really impressed. Just feels and plays fantastic. Saw the P90 version and pulled the trigger. (Actually saw that top on the P90 version and pulled the trigger. I'm a sucker for wider flame and a bit of asymmetry.)

Sweetwater?

Is that your actual one?

Deej · February 27

2 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

Sweetwater?

Is that your actual one?

Yes, and yes.

Deej · February 28

Another pic and on of the heel carve. Nice access above the 12th fret.

Goredho · February 28

You made me go look at Sires, you bastard.

Deej · February 28

The one I was able to play punched well above its weight.

tbone_ · February 28

Great Les Paul. Love those flame fenders too.

Deej · February 29

Here...

Edited February 29 by Deej

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