The Guitar Pron Thread

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

Hey fellas, any Kurt Vile fans here? He’s got some heckin’ sweet lo fi Fender tone (listen to KV Crimes). But anyway, his new album is out this week. The album cover is damn great with the fake ring wear and throwback to the Doobies “What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits” cover, but can y’all tell me what the guitar is? It almost looks like a Mosrite or an Eastwood Hi Flyer, but it’s got 4 knobs there.



Help pls.

[BoomMF 1398]

You cats might dig this. At the show last night, homeboy walks out into the crowd and jams, then walks into the street, then back up on stage.  People were going crazy.

 

He encored with Purple Rain (which I might upload as well) and the crowd was all into it singing along.  If you dig blues or want to see what the younger generation is doing with it, check Kingfish out. He might give you hope for the future of our species.

Edited October 7, 2018 by BoomMF

[jimmyjazz 45513]

I saw Albert Collins do that once at the old Antone's on Guadalupe.  No footage, but hell, here's some Albert Collins.  Perfect vibrato.

 

 

[Deej 76511]

Albert Collins once went out the door playing, went in the back door of Milto's, ordered a pizza, came back, and the pizza was delivered onstage.

[Chad Fuck 17503]

I saw Albert Collins do that once at the old Antone's on Guadalupe.  No footage, but hell, here's some Albert Collins.  Perfect vibrato.  

 

 

I saw him do the same thing same place in the fall of 94. It was “fall back” at midnight. He just said “It’s 11 again so imma just play another hour.” And he did.

 

[jimmyjazz 45513]

2 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

I saw him do the same thing same place in the fall of 94. It was “fall back” at midnight. He just said “It’s 11 again so imma just play another hour.” And he did.

 

That was probably the show.  Black Tele with white polka dots?

[Chad Fuck 17503]

That was probably the show.  Black Tele with white polka dots?

I don’t recall that one. I recall him playing his standard blonde Tele with white binding. The one he’s known for. Doesn’t mean he didn’t switch out and I don’t remember.

[Deej 76511]

I thought the polka dot guitars were Buddy Guy's signature.

[tbone_ 14020]

Randy Rhoads brah

[Grandioso 2592]

"Electric Guitar in American Culture" Conference Comes to Lubbock, Texas, Next Week. 

https://reverb.com/news/electric-guitar-in-american-culture-conference-comes-to-lubbock-texas-next-week

Schedule:

https://sites.google.com/view/electricguitaramericanculture/schedule

Ought to be some sexy ass pron at this thing. It will also answer the question, "Is it possible to make electric guitars boring?"

“The Electric Guitar in American Culture” will combine an academic conference (where scholars present research papers on subjects related to the electric guitar) with concerts, demonstrations, panel discussions, and an exhibit hall where companies, products, and organizations will be represented.

[Chad Fuck 17503]

Oh man. I hope this doesn’t kill the cool of the electric guitar, having a bunch of eggheads dissect it. Pron though, so cool.

Btw - did anyone go to the big guitar show in FW this past weekend? I got booked up and couldn’t make it.

[jimmyjazz 45513]

12 hours ago, Deej said:

I thought the polka dot guitars were Buddy Guy's signature.

They are, but this wasn't Buddy at Antone's.

[noharleyyet 2835]

Edited October 8, 2018 by noharleyyet

[Chad Fuck 17503]

I saw him back at Liberty Lunch.  Man, that was a killer show seeing legend in the flesh.

His gimmick of mimicking pretty much every other blues guitarist was pretty cool too.  Basically saying, "They either stole all their riffs from me, or I can do it better" was funny.

[noharleyyet 2835]

[Grandioso 2592]

2 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

I saw him back at Liberty Lunch.  Man, that was a killer show seeing legend in the flesh.

His gimmick of mimicking pretty much every other blues guitarist was pretty cool too.  Basically saying, "They either stole all their riffs from me, or I can do it better" was funny.

Saw him at auditorium shores in 2000 or so. Best blues show I've ever seen. He was spry and just slaying. And usually I detest medleys, but he did one that was at least 10 minutes and it was the absolute shit. 

[Chad Fuck 17503]

4 hours ago, noharleyyet said:

That's the one.

 

[Grandioso 2592]

Some beautiful/interesting boutique builder designs and finishes:

Tom Anderson

Dan Grosh

(Never seen transparent seafoam green)

)

Fano

Collings

Knaggs (these guys are nuts)

 

[Deej 76511]

Take the middle pickup out of that blue Tele and I'm in.

[Buzzrock 14867]

The world needs more of that Kingfish video, and I need more of that cream colored single cut Bigsby whatever it is up there. That is good-lookin.

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

Fano

 

[BoomMF 1398]

15 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

The world needs more of that Kingfish video, and I need more of that cream colored single cut Bigsby whatever it is up there. That is good-lookin.

He did eventually bust out his trusty LP that he's been using for years. (Dude's only 19 so that a significant portion of his career!)

 

A few other people put video up of the crowd walk, and you can tell by my vid that there were camera phones all over the place.  It didn't take long for me to find myself in one of them. 

Me an my trusty UT hat top of center frame smiling like an idiot as he walks by recording phone.

I'm nationwide.

[the idoit 165]

Love the way you always rep, Boom. Awesome. +1

[the idoit 165]

And, damn, that transparent sea foam offset with the “bars”... that shit is glorious.

[jimmyjazz 45513]

I wouldn't do this finish, but this looks great.  I'd probably do a classic brownish-red stain with a white pickguard a la Gibson.  I absolutely love the body shape.

[destroya 366]

Anyone know a good refinisher in Austin? Have a black P bass I want to paint shoreline gold and put an aged pearloid pickguard on. 

Edited October 9, 2018 by destroya
Mike’s mom

[Deej 76511]

Mark does refinishing. 

http://www.erlewineguitars.com/pgs/repair.htm

[jimmyjazz 45513]

So after much due diligence (I emailed them), it turns out Warmoth does not make knockoff Firebird or Reverse Firebird bodies.  Damn.

[Chad Fuck 17503]

11 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

So after much due diligence (I emailed them), it turns out Warmoth does not make knockoff Firebird or Reverse Firebird bodies.  Damn.

If I recall correctly, they got into it with Gibson over their single cutaway LP knock-off.  So they probably stay away from Gibson influences altogether.  It's mostly Fender/Fender-ish stuff they do.

[noharleyyet 2835]

Either of those Collings, especially the double cut...

 

[jimmyjazz 45513]

Yeah, I knew what the answer was gonna be, but I saw a body that looked sorta like a Flying V on their site, so I figured I'd try.  (Theirs is a bit asymmetrical.)  They also inch up on an Explorer.  Why they can't modify a Firebird is beyond me, but I guess the demand isn't there.

[noharleyyet 2835]

2011 City Limit....fetching

[Chad Fuck 17503]

Looks like some people on Reverb are making them.*

 

*Firebird bodies.

 

 

 

Edited October 9, 2018 by Chad Fuck

[Deej 76511]

I'll just leave this here.

[DougO 5239]

 

This one is pretty sweet. Its the kind of thing I would have thought of doing if I could do stuff like that, the double-reverse-faded tone thing.

[Paul Wesley 3277]

11 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

 

That’s a great looking guitar.  I’ve been “watching” one in Reverb for a while.  Maybe one night I’ll have a cocktail and do something reckless.  

[Jograves 357]

https://reverb.com/item/15725415-guitar-and-amplifier-collection-for-sale-minimum-offer-is-50k

 

One of you ballers needs to get on that. 

[Chad Fuck 17503]

Listing unavailable.

 

[hullabelew 3698]

I tried and tried to get both of my daughters to play guitar.

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/09/655846555/guitars-arent-dead-theyre-for-girls

[tbone_ 14020]

Me too. At least I got a little 3/4 pink strat out of the deal.

[Chad Fuck 17503]

I tried and tried to get both of my daughters to play guitar.

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/09/655846555/guitars-arent-dead-theyre-for-girls

Great article.

[AnotherUTFan 9659]

I go to a lot of local shows; small venues, house parties, underground punk shit, etc. I've been noticing a huge increase in the number of women musicians over the last few years. If you look at the evolution of Rock and Roll, I think the ladies are gonna carry this next chapter. I couldn't be happier.

My oldest daughter learned to play guitar, strumming and singing, but she doesn't play much these days. My other daughter gave up after I gave her about 2 lessons.

[Mojo Hand 4580]

I've read that Taylor Swift is a big part of inspiring that, starting around 5-6 years ago. 

[AnotherUTFan 9659]

I've read that too. I don't know her music very well, but I told a friend who went to see her recently that I have a ton of respect for her because of that.

[tbone_ 14020]

Yea that’s cool

[Celery Man 20874]

My niece I gave the pink strat to is/was definitely on the Taylor Swift thing.  Nephew gave up guitar (he's not interested in anything but video games, trying to get him into programming) and so she has his acoustic now too.

[Grandioso 2592]

Ok, which is which? That Fano model is called the PX6 or something, basically a reimagining of the Gibson Firebird. Is that a "reverse" or "non-reverse" style? The original Firebird looks upside down - with the bottom jutting out and fucking up playability high up the neck - and the strap buttons' placement would seem to make the guitar's balance/center of gravity all weird. 

Eventually Gibson made models the other way round. Are those the "reverse" because it's the reverse of the original? Or did the original style become known as the "reverse" because it looks upside down and the flipped over, new version looked more natural/normal?

Or am I wrong and the one pictured above come out after the flipped version?

Edited October 10, 2018 by Grandioso

[noharleyyet 2835]

New version looks offsettish to me...so yea, more natural.

[jimmyjazz 45513]

Grandioso, what you posted is a photo of a Reverse Firebird.  The headstock should be flipped upside down.  (To my knowledge, that's not why they're called "reverse", but it's an easy way to remember.  That said, I always have to re-educate myself.)

A Non-Reverse Firebird has the body horns staggered in the opposite direction and the headstock looks more like that of a Strat, as in the blonde model posted up above.

I find both guitars absolutely beautiful.  I honestly can't ever figure out which is better.  The obvious answer is that I need to buy both.

[DougO 5239]

The G&L Ash natural ASAT is $299 today on the stupid deal.