My guitars
Jan 11, 2018 13:51:42 #
clint f.
Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa
Kmgw9v wrote:
One of my retirement goals was to learn to play. To that end, I purchased a Les Paul Standard.
It is beautiful Fireburst color guitar displayed in my family room, but I haven't learned to play yet. Still on the bucket list-- maybe this year I will make some noise.
It is beautiful Fireburst color guitar displayed in my family room, but I haven't learned to play yet. Still on the bucket list-- maybe this year I will make some noise.
Take lessons from an instructor for at least a few months before depending on YouTube for instruction. Having somebody show you how to hold the guitar, how to hold your wrist, teach you some scales, help you train your ear and how to tune up and answer your questions. Following a structured program is efficient for learning and feedback is invaluable. If you aren’t going to use that Les Paul I am in a position where I can take donations at this time😁. Do be careful, guitars carry the same GAS virus that cameras carry.
Jan 11, 2018 15:26:39 #
TH
Loc: minnesota
Yeah,
I have a rosewood guitar made in 1976 in toronto by Serge DeJong. And a Larvee made in Santa Cruz Cal. It's Peruvian walnut with a Western Red Cedar top. Very woody sounding. The secret is never change your strings. And never use Phosphor-bronzes, too bright.
Hadn't played for years. Had to relearn from scratch. Also have a Japanese or Korean knockoff Les Paul electric with the world's worst amp. Got it for work done for a client. Good luck to you. I'll be watching for your next recording.
TH
I have a rosewood guitar made in 1976 in toronto by Serge DeJong. And a Larvee made in Santa Cruz Cal. It's Peruvian walnut with a Western Red Cedar top. Very woody sounding. The secret is never change your strings. And never use Phosphor-bronzes, too bright.
Hadn't played for years. Had to relearn from scratch. Also have a Japanese or Korean knockoff Les Paul electric with the world's worst amp. Got it for work done for a client. Good luck to you. I'll be watching for your next recording.
TH
Jan 11, 2018 15:45:56 #
rfmaude41
Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)
I used to play a classical guitar, which, of course is an acoustic.
Jan 11, 2018 16:05:39 #
[quote=TH]Yeah,
I have a rosewood guitar made in 1976 in toronto by Serge DeJong. And a Larvee made in Santa Cruz Cal. It's Peruvian walnut with a Western Red Cedar top. Very woody sounding. The secret is never change your strings. And never use Phosphor-bronzes, too bright.
Hadn't played for years. Had to relearn from scratch. Also have a Japanese or Korean knockoff Les Paul electric with the world's worst amp. Got it for work done for a client. Good luck to you. I'll be watching for your next recording.
Mark O'Connor the fiddler.
20 Year-Old Guitar Strings – Mark O’Connor’s Martin D-28 Herringbone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkbRAkpYc
They say the test of a guitar is how does it sound with old strings? 20 years seems excessive in anyone's book. lol. Two months is old for me. I use 12's and 13's round wound phospher bronze on the flat tops and white phospher round wound 12's and 13's on the archtops with the humbuckers. What do you suggest in lieu of phosper bronze? Strings are funny. I use flat wounds on guitar basses and double basses.
I have a rosewood guitar made in 1976 in toronto by Serge DeJong. And a Larvee made in Santa Cruz Cal. It's Peruvian walnut with a Western Red Cedar top. Very woody sounding. The secret is never change your strings. And never use Phosphor-bronzes, too bright.
Hadn't played for years. Had to relearn from scratch. Also have a Japanese or Korean knockoff Les Paul electric with the world's worst amp. Got it for work done for a client. Good luck to you. I'll be watching for your next recording.
Mark O'Connor the fiddler.
20 Year-Old Guitar Strings – Mark O’Connor’s Martin D-28 Herringbone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkbRAkpYc
They say the test of a guitar is how does it sound with old strings? 20 years seems excessive in anyone's book. lol. Two months is old for me. I use 12's and 13's round wound phospher bronze on the flat tops and white phospher round wound 12's and 13's on the archtops with the humbuckers. What do you suggest in lieu of phosper bronze? Strings are funny. I use flat wounds on guitar basses and double basses.
Jan 11, 2018 17:12:20 #
bellgamin
Loc: Ewa Beach, Hawaii
jerryc41 wrote:
I love playing guitar but my ukes are a lot easier on my bum shoulder. Have you tried a guitarlele? It's a 6 string uke, usually with a tenor-uke-sized body, & usually tuned like a guitar (EADGBE=G tuning) capoed at 5th fret -- which gives you ADGCEA=C tuning -- uke-sized & uke-sounding, but a richer set of chord possibilities.Beautiful. I'm into ukuleles, and guitars look huge in comparison.
Of course this instrument is not quite a guitar nor is it truly a uke. With linear tuning, its acoustics have the problem that its small body is trying to span 2 full octaves. Ergo, 5th & 6th strings are pitched below a tenor uke's body-resonance (see NOTE-1 below), so the guitarlele will have a *muddy* bass end. Solution? Amp it (^_^). Ergo, if buying a guitarlele, it makes sense to get acoustic/electric.
NOTE-1: For a fascinating but somewhat technical essay on tuning & body resonance see:
http://www.southcoastukes.com/ti-tunings.htm
NOTE-2: With G tuning, even a dreadnaught guitar's 6th string can be a tad *muddy*.
Aloha from bellgamin
==>Some days you're the windshield. Some days you're the bug<==
Jan 11, 2018 17:35:00 #
Jan 11, 2018 19:33:34 #
Texcaster wrote:
One more than I currently have :)Wife ... "How many guitars do you need??"
Husband ... "Count 'em up when I'm dead."
Husband ... "Count 'em up when I'm dead."
Black one in the middle is probably the best - a Guild M80
Although the Red one Still has the classic English 60's tone !
Jan 11, 2018 21:37:15 #
Rab-Eye wrote:
I have a couple others, but this one is my favorite Taylor, an old 614ce. That’s Glen Campbell playing it.
Rab-Eye: Glen Campbell? How awesome that you got to sit with him.
Another uke player here. I started 3 and a 1/2 years ago on a whim. I have 3 now but my Martin Soprano is my favorite. Making music is so much fun.
Jan 11, 2018 22:46:16 #
Here are pics of my Strat and a cigar box ukulele that I built for my niece (finished it last week). Built a second uke for my other niece that is almost identical.
Jan 11, 2018 23:38:38 #
Jan 12, 2018 21:07:09 #
[quote=Texcaster]
The 20 Year-Old Guitar Strings Mark O'Connor's Martin D-28 Herringbone blank page has been updated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqn1TIb33ug
An archtop build. http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-280511-1.html
Two of my archtops, the cutaway guitar has since had a pickup and pick guard fitted. Note: no structurally compromising holes have been cut for the pickups.
TH wrote:
Yeah, br br I have a rosewood guitar made in 1976... (show quote)
The 20 Year-Old Guitar Strings Mark O'Connor's Martin D-28 Herringbone blank page has been updated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqn1TIb33ug
An archtop build. http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-280511-1.html
Two of my archtops, the cutaway guitar has since had a pickup and pick guard fitted. Note: no structurally compromising holes have been cut for the pickups.
Jan 14, 2018 09:22:31 #
Jan 24, 2018 23:19:38 #
I have an old Eko archtop acoustic, an old Alvarez/Yairi acoustic with cutaway, and an American made Guild D4 True American. I've had the Eko and the Alvarez since the early 80's.
Jan 25, 2018 17:06:19 #
grillmaster5062 wrote:
I have an old Eko archtop acoustic, an old Alvarez/Yairi acoustic with cutaway, and an American made Guild D4 True American. I've had the Eko and the Alvarez since the early 80's.
I learn something new everyday! I had never heard of Eko, there's a fair bit on line.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=eko+archtop+acoustic+youtube&&view=detail&mid=72E0BE91F82BC4D1D1F872E0BE91F82BC4D1D1F8&rvsmid=130D3D527105F035B5BB130D3D527105F035B5BB&FORM=VDRVRV
Nigel Foster and Ken Parker are two luthiers that have turned archtop design upside down.
Nigel Foster's fingerboard and bridge are one.
http://www.nkforsterguitars.com/instruments/archtop-guitars/
Ken Parker's adjustable neck joint is still a mystery to me.
http://www.kenparkerarchtops.com/
Jan 25, 2018 17:10:29 #
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