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I had a bit of an epiphany recently - A carved top acoustic archtop with Phos Bronze strings is a thing of extraordinary beauty . A pickup equipped/amplified laminate archtop with flatwounds is a thing of extraordinary beauty. But they really are very different .
While I was once happy to play my pickup equipped/amplified laminate archtop with flatwounds unplugged accepting the "acoustic" sound , now that I also have a guitar specifically designed as an acoustic archtop I only play the former amplified .
I find myself gravitating to quite different music on each instrument and being very aware of "acoustic archtop" technique and "amplified archtop " technique as being related but distinct.
Will
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06-06-2017 09:12 PM
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That guitar and amp just screams "BadAss Simplicity". The tiny music stand tells me that you don't wear bi focals. Sweet setup.
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Middle ground, no noise amplified sound, even heavy distortion should you feel like it ...
Guitar - FX Box/ Amp Sim - (recorder -) Headphones
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Originally Posted by DaveLeeNC
Lol. Too much coffee
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Originally Posted by whiskey02
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As mentioned above the Yamaha THR10C is the perfect practice/home amp. Can't recommend it enough for anyone that plays guitar.
Previously I would never plug in at home, maybe just to check my amp was still working before I headed off to a gig.
I find I use the THR everyday. Probably not every single time I pick the guitar up, but always if Im playing along to backing tracks or intending to play for more than a few minutes.
I find run it on rechargeable batteries most of the time and love that I can go anywhere with the thing.
Great sound, even at very quiet settings. Responds to your playing in a way that feels tube like too.SaveSaveLast edited by Burrellesque; 06-08-2017 at 04:44 AM.
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Originally Posted by Burrellesque
When I get a moment, I will check out the Youtube review.
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I spent most of my life practicing without an amp. I could get away without bothering people. Practiced after a gig or hearing music. 2 AM. Nobody knew. Even in the day, I just got used to practicing without an amp on electric. But it had a bad effect ultimately. So now I pretty much only play plugged.
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Originally Posted by henryrobinett
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Originally Posted by AlsoRan
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Originally Posted by henryrobinett
It also illustrates to me how you advanced players can be affected by these things just as much lesser-skilled souls, such as myself. We will probably never know what challenges a given advanced players may have had to overcome to be able to put on a good performance. They just seem like Supermen (and Superwomen) who always deliver.
Thanks. All the more reason for me to continue plugging in as much as possible!
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Definitely check out the THR10C. It also works as an iphone/MP3 player or computer speaker setup when you aren't playing guitar through it.
Its a tiny thing and generally wife approved for looks, tone and volume rather than looking like a piece of backline. The THR5 is even smaller with a few less features.
I find that I get nice clean tones for jazz using the Deluxe and the Class A amp models, but my favourite is the Bass amp setting for some reason. Sounds great.
Alnico 2 vs Alnico 5 tone
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