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Today, 02:31 PM
I usually compare the fretted 12th fret note to the 12th fret harmonic. I do understand there are other methods. What do you find when you compare...
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Today, 02:30 PM
Thanks RJVB ,
I forgot to reply, please excuse me.
Yes I think you've understood what I was writing about. The fact that my intonation is now...
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Today, 02:20 PM
Serial number on the ES125? PM if you prefer.
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Today, 02:16 PM
I too looked at that guitar but really too much for a Wine Red. I see just now it is on hold. I would not pay this for a wine red but possibly a...
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Today, 02:02 PM
Were you allowed to set the prices or did you have to use Dave's prices ? I think that's where I got confused.
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Today, 01:59 PM
Bit of a rough take, but this has been a fun one.
https://youtu.be/urDK8t1v-9M?si=UU5-M3j_Lpz2ye5y
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Today, 01:57 PM
Good to know.
Thanks
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Today, 01:54 PM
Me too. Otherwise I would pick up that Silvertone for sentimental reasons.
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Today, 01:51 PM
Those are very nice guitars. There used to be some good used shops in Madison, and there was a guy in La Crosse who used to be Dave's main guitar...
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Today, 01:50 PM
Here's an L5 you don't see every day. Not sure what to think of it. The pickguard def. has to go! :-)
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Today, 01:50 PM
I've consigned a few of my guitars at Dave's in the last 2 months. All sold quickly and they pay 80% of what they sell them for.
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Today, 01:47 PM
I thought Dave consigned guitars too, but two years ago he told he didn't . ( ?? )
Anyway, good luck with the sales.
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Today, 01:44 PM
I haven't messed with guitar VSTs in a while but I think amplesound was good.
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Today, 01:44 PM
^ Thx. There's a flute player's posting I'm going to reply to.
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Today, 01:40 PM
A friend of mine, Buck Wilkerson, with whom I used to play frequently, died two years ago. His widow contacted me recently to see if I could help her...
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Today, 01:33 PM
To keep the post count/how annoying I am down, I took notes throughout the year. So here is a mashup of the more interesting entries. It seems a...
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Today, 01:28 PM
Here are a couple of original pieces I am working on.
***Disclaimer: I am not a schooled player. Never had a lesson or read music. I play by ear....
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Today, 01:05 PM
So, a little update on this. I did find one that popped up on eBay overnight, shipped from Canada. This is the one in the configuration I wanted but...
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Today, 12:56 PM
I may be interested in that, we will see. It's definitely exciting. Would need to get my hands on one when they are out
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Today, 12:28 PM
Thanks. I've no intention to sell it. I should play it more!!
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Today, 12:27 PM
D'Angelico electrics (the ones where John D'Angelico only made the necks) are NOT Excels. Those guitars were not even recorded in his ledger. The...
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Today, 12:20 PM
No need to apologize. A well played, great looking Favino deserves a double look. Looks like a keeper.
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Today, 12:19 PM
Actually that's not true a lot except for The New Yorker was made by someone else out of plywood and he just put on the necks....A few months ago, I...
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Today, 12:09 PM
Not to derail you Chris, but there is the new Metheny model with the CC pickup coming this summer if your search continues that long....
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Today, 12:06 PM
Vince Magol, a lawyer, guitarist, and once-co-owner of Heritage talked about breakage. He said 2-3%. That includes all damage. Nothing will...
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Today, 12:04 PM
The Korean made Excels are not identical to an original Excel at all.The originals were hand carved, solid wood archtops and the Korean made examples...
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Today, 11:54 AM
The neck on the 59 reissue is pretty fat. That took me awhile to get used to. Some guys actually like that, I tolerate it. And with the skinny frets,...
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Today, 11:51 AM
I see a lot of "missing part X, which is like ten bucks..." nonsense. Just buy the damned part and install it yourself, and add the $10 to price...
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Today, 11:47 AM
Seeing them October 9th, can't wait!
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Today, 11:40 AM
I know some forum members have stated this before but I never heard the difference people claim. I.e. input gain up doesn’t seem to make a difference...
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Today, 11:37 AM
I would probably agree with that. I still wish I had taken some time to play the two side by side for tone comparison.
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Today, 11:37 AM
I have found that the tone is more balanced on the wedge and that I can hear it better. In fact, without the wedge, my Les Pauls sound downright...
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Today, 11:37 AM
Yours is also a great post with a lot of great info. I've also had a couple '70s 175s that were great but the most recent examples needed a ton of...
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Today, 11:26 AM
This is a great post. The two 60's examples that I had may have been good guitars in the 60's, but they were not when they came to me. The two 70's...
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Today, 11:08 AM
I enjoyed Jack's video. I may have seen it before, but it is especially on-point for me at this time, so Thanks again, Jack!
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Today, 11:01 AM
Great words of wisdom Jack.
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Today, 10:57 AM
Ive had mine for a month now so still trying different strings and action, that said heres what I know the body is mahogany which I believe is...
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Today, 10:57 AM
I played the 2012 es-175 yesterday afternoon, made an offer, and it was quickly accepted. I think this was a guitar that was bought and cased for...
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Today, 10:55 AM
I bought a Bud a couple of years ago to replace an 80 watt Roland that was becoming too heavy for me to lug around. I tried it sight unseen, having...
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Today, 10:37 AM
I wonder what the actual incidence/prevalence of these damages is. When it happens, we hear about it at length because people are rightfully upset;...
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Today, 10:32 AM
My Broadway Elitist had no solid top. It had an second thin wood layer on the inner side of the top. Maybe due to easier fabrication because they had...
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Today, 10:32 AM
I think that the Korean made EXL-1 is pretty identical to the Original Excel. When I bought mine several years ago here in Los Angeles we put it up...
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Today, 10:22 AM
I actually much prefer my Bud 6 sitting on the floor.
I love mine. I agree with most of the comments here. It is very clean and perhaps not...
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Today, 10:21 AM
Just be careful, the suggestions in this thread may not work as well for sunburst guitars :cool:
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Today, 10:17 AM
Ah, I wonder if, without the amp contributing to your ambient sound, that was part of the problem with the out front sound? Especially since you’ve...
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Today, 10:14 AM
I always bring a $5k guitar to gigs, regardless of pay :smile-new:
Me too. I bought my guitars to play, not to sit at home and look at.
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Today, 10:14 AM
Same here...why oh why...
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Today, 10:09 AM
Can't believe I actually had one, which was absolutely perfect, and sold it.
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Today, 10:07 AM
Beautiful! Love the top, the back, the tailpiece, and that extended fingerboard. It's a winner!
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Today, 09:55 AM
i found a pm200 for cheaper than that but i'd rather have the 120/200 I think...
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Today, 09:49 AM
You had a nice sounding one once, why did you sell it?
Cheers,
Arnold.
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Today, 09:39 AM
There's one on eBay right now from a Canadian seller for $2500 (for some reason I'm having a hard time copying the link), looks like a better deal...
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Today, 09:35 AM
McCoy Tyner style Pentatonic sequence with 5ths, forward motion,
This is a very cool way to play Gm pentatonic sequences with 5ths (actually...
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Today, 09:35 AM
That's some good ribbon candy there! Sweet!
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Today, 09:26 AM
I might have agreed with you before the Zephyr adventure and I do like a nice P90. I traded a P90 Loar plus some cash for this Emperor and I have an...
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Today, 09:22 AM
Another vote for Gibson 57 classic. I think they’re very hard to beat in an archtop.
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Today, 09:08 AM
Sounds like you prefer the sound of single coil pickups.
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Today, 09:06 AM
Is that the guitar that is known as the pre Joe Pass?
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Today, 09:03 AM
You should find plenty of work with piano, organ and vibes under your belt. Good trio gigs.
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Today, 08:59 AM
I bought my Favino having heard and seen Boulou and Elios.
Not easy to source in the UK back then. It was advertised in the 'Banjo Broadsheet' which...
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Today, 08:29 AM
"Empanada." Excellent!
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Today, 08:26 AM
I have been very pleased. I use both channels, one for vocals the other for guitar (usually a 36 L-5 or a Holo gypsy jazz guitar). For the guitars...
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Today, 08:24 AM
The sad fact is that most of the guitars that are 30+ years old are starting to show signs of aging. Sinking tops, loose bracing, neck twists,...
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Today, 08:22 AM
No bleed because your amp will be in the way :) It is also a unidirectional mic.
Rather than a Tone Master I’d opt for a real tube amp. A...
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Today, 08:20 AM
Or even travelling with them, if you can't do all the handling yourself. My contact at Dowina experienced that when they went to the last NAMM and...
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Today, 08:14 AM
I'm also looking for a thinline full hollowbody with floating bridge, and the Guild T 50 with the Dynasonics has my interest. There's also the...
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Today, 08:13 AM
The guitar isn't an easy instrument to get right digitally, played from a keyboard. Any good software guitar instrument requires deft handling of the...
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Today, 07:58 AM
mine is a 2012/2013, i did a video about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ziF2giwUU8
It's not as open sounding as the '80s models....
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Today, 07:49 AM
I had the cab speaker turned off. I put it next to me because that was the only empty space on the stage…
The mic idea sounds good, but with the...
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Today, 07:43 AM
The two mechanisms of guitar damage in shipping are crushing and angular deceleration. I've experienced both.
Crushing usually affects the body. ...
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Today, 07:38 AM
In addition to the two channels, I like that Bud 6 has a preamp gain control (Blue does not). By turning it all the way up, you get a more saturated...
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Today, 07:11 AM
Yes. It is that good.
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Today, 07:10 AM
More body sounds appealing to me: the slightly slimmer Emperor already sounds thinner than the Zephyr. I have very little experience with pickups,...
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Today, 06:57 AM
Some great answers here. Thanks again all. I’ll look to work on these ideas at the weekend and also check on my own SGear amp settings.
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Today, 06:33 AM
it's really hard to pick just one, but i think i'll go with Dave Brubeck Quartet - Live at Carnegie Hall
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Today, 06:14 AM
I am a big fan of the Bud 6 and I rate it on its own terms as well as in terms of portability
I play principally with an Elferink (solid carved,...
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Today, 06:10 AM
I wonder if they'll make an Epi LP Jr. (with single P90)? I'd be in for one of those.
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Today, 05:31 AM
The odd choice Nice! Jazz is not reserved for archtops. I would like to hear that, I bet it sounds great and original!
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Today, 05:27 AM
Hey guys, first post :)
So I recently bought a Ibanez GB10EM that came with 0.011 gauge strings.
I asked a luthier to make a new bone nut and to...
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Today, 04:08 AM
I rather like Cardenas' sound
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Today, 03:47 AM
Another option - perhaps not feasible in your situation - is to use an electric piano and load the appropriate sound fonts into it. I have a Roland...
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Today, 02:38 AM
Long, boring response to come in the next day or so. Maybe I'll start another thread for it.
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Today, 02:11 AM
I think either of these would be sufficient enough as the PA should be doing the heavy lifting. I noticed in the photos you posted, it looked like...
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Today, 02:08 AM
Wow! Love everything about this. We tend to put a very fine grained top on a pedestal, but I really dig the plain, straight treeness of that one.
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Today, 01:58 AM
But you learned something and that's part of the journey. Pat Metheny said "a new guitar is a commitment". I'm not sure exactly what he meant, but to...
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Today, 01:48 AM
Mine played great right out of the case. I may not be as picky as some, but I for sure know when a guitar could use some attention. I waited about 5...
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Today, 01:41 AM
Thx. That's what I'm looking for. Scheming what to do because I might want to work on rock/metul too with guitar sounds controlled by my keyboard. ...
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Today, 01:24 AM
Have a look at Ample Sound - amplesound.net
Guitar sounds via Midi - so you could play a regular piano which has a midi output and use that to...
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Today, 01:22 AM
Bridge saddles and bridge body are often of different material. In the 60s for a while Gibson used Nylon saddles and apparently a member above uses...
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Today, 12:44 AM
Hey Paul! All I'm looking for is to play keyboard into the daw and have the VST change the sound into jazz guitar.
As I already have good sounding...
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Today, 12:31 AM
Hey JS,
what exactly do you have in mind when you say VST? Is it something like Toontrack EzKeys (EZkeys 2 | Toontrack) that will play midi notes...
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Today, 12:15 AM
Not sure if it the mindset of those that have a strong opinion,
Does color play into the perception
of value…?? it seems that the standard...
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Today, 12:15 AM
That's awesome. 3 is the max for me right now. For my keys playing If I can get command of improv where I can control the bass, melody, and an...
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Today, 12:10 AM
Oh, I thought you said you wanted the new neck pup to match the look of the existing bridge pup.
Anyways, do you want the new pup to have more...
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Today, 12:05 AM
Bobby Stern is a sax player who has many improv lessons for sale on his site.
the thing about his approach is that it is harmonic..and explores...
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Today, 12:02 AM
I am an atheist but sweet baby jaysus...Very reasonable? Wine Red?? In that condition???
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Yesterday, 11:56 PM
You're welcome. I thought it might be blended but couldn't tell because it sounded so realistic. I like that acoustic string tizz.
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Yesterday, 11:49 PM
^ I'm a fan of that spiky bluez.
I thought so! My lil $600 Yamaha CP-125 digital piano is a good instrument apparently. Better watch it or I'm...
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Yesterday, 11:44 PM
Not the power amp stage. That’s an analog class d amplifier
The amps we’re talking about have physical knobs that lower the output of an analog...
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Yesterday, 11:34 PM
I lack experience with a wide range of amplifiers, so making a comparison wouldn't be fair. However, I've been using the Blue 6 in both quartet and...
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Yesterday, 11:21 PM
I toyed with that this evening. I kind of like how light the maj7 makes it sound, but I put a Dom 7 in there around bar 7-8.
It might be too...
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Yesterday, 11:05 PM
Does anyone have any insight on this WesMo?
The price is very reasonable…
Hutchins has some validity…
Any thoughts…
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Yesterday, 10:42 PM
Thanks very much. I actually use quite a bit of mic’d amp and DI in my mix for the body of the sound with the mike on the guitar mostly addi mg the...
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Yesterday, 10:35 PM
Yes, it's boxy compared to a Fender. I've done side-by-side comparisons with a friends amp and my Princeton TM, tweaking the tone stack this way and...
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Yesterday, 10:30 PM
Figured I'd post this here. This is my blonde '89 Emperor that I have modified to be more like a Harmony H-62/Espanada. Since it's a cross between an...
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Yesterday, 10:11 PM
I thought some more about it.
One of the Bose L1 models, at least, I think comes with a mixer that's similar to the Bose S1, which I owned...
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Yesterday, 10:09 PM
57 Classics have sounded great in any guitar I’ve heard them in. You could possibly tease something slightly better out with some boutique...
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Yesterday, 10:02 PM
Count me in as a big fan. My Blu 6 has become my main gigging amp. The tube amps have stayed home mainly since I bought one.
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Yesterday, 09:54 PM
As far as looks go, I too like the NY'er tail better than the finger. From a practical standpoint, I would have kept the original guard and tail,...
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Yesterday, 09:49 PM
Thanks for the suggestions!
Sorry, I meant Zephyr. Tired today and I did own a Triumph Regent years ago like the guy from Hot Club of Cowtown...
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Yesterday, 09:49 PM
Hi Ricko, can I ask a few questions about your T-50?
So i'm currently shopping for an archtop guitar and i've narrowed it down to this and a...
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Yesterday, 09:28 PM
You should see Ben harmonizing 4 moving voices on the fly, and reharmonizing it in 4 voices and melody on top in real time. It can be done if your...
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Yesterday, 09:18 PM
Super cool ...
... one small point. The arpeggios in the main riff seem to be min7 off the thirds of the dominant chords in the blues form. You...
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Yesterday, 09:17 PM
I would say go with a Gibson pickup. The 57 Classic is simply a superb archtop humbucker. If you want to try something with a P90 angle, the...
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Yesterday, 09:09 PM
The vibes are quite "believeable!" That's cool.
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Yesterday, 09:07 PM
Being an organist, I can attest to 2 and 3 independent parts being plenty. Bass line, melody, inner part. It's enough to hurt your brain.
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Yesterday, 09:05 PM
That's a Zephyr Regent in your 6th picture, not a Triumph Regent. I think any of the usual suspects will work well in the Emperor : Gibson 57...
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Yesterday, 09:03 PM
I can’t thank you enough! It’s exactly the guitar I had been trying to find for years.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Yesterday, 08:55 PM
wow, awesome...hey wheres my finders fee!!?? :triumphant: shreddin'..... kidding, Glad you got it.
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Yesterday, 08:48 PM
You get good.
I like the acoustic sound of that guitar with the roundwound strings and that lil sound hole. Do you use any electric signal...
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Yesterday, 08:31 PM
If you want a ratty pickup and like the Seth Lover then get the SD Antiquity. Similar to the Seth but ratty and more vintage. Also feel free to...
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Yesterday, 08:09 PM
I had a Seth lover and it never sounded good to me. Ended up routing the top for some dogear p90s. Now I’m happy.
you can see the existing crack...
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Yesterday, 07:27 PM
Any humbucker suggestions for this MIK Emperor?
I have a Korean Zephyr Regent that I adore since putting a Seth Lover in it on the advice...
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Yesterday, 07:25 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSrs0-VT_fI&t=470s
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Yesterday, 07:23 PM
I haven't checked recently, but Pete Farmer is the Master Builder at Heritage, and has made some gorgeous Custom Shop guitars in the years ...
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Yesterday, 06:57 PM
I will kindly point out that it is the EU that forces you to pay VAT but I love you none the less :))
The seller is a top guy and a great player...
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Yesterday, 06:53 PM
How about this: on my Epiphone Lucille, with a decent semi-hollow tone that rivaled my buddy's '64 ES 345 with stock p/ups,
On the gig, the...
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Yesterday, 06:50 PM
https://youtu.be/yEfQE6_vDjA?si=T3LeUvwAGc-nHYPR
this:)
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Yesterday, 06:44 PM
Open book headstock with Epiphone name makes it a hard pass for me. It just looks wrong.
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Yesterday, 06:42 PM
Yes; I ordered one an hour ago.
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Yesterday, 06:40 PM
Full band is going well so I wondered if I could do organ and guitar using a guitar VST. I can't play real guitar anymore due to a finger injury.
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Yesterday, 06:24 PM
Amazon is having a "flash sale" on the Zerokor for $130. Ends today at 7:30pm EST.
Amazon.com
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Yesterday, 06:01 PM
+1000000 on the wedge.
I've also given EQ tips for people who prefer a more fender sound. Also have tried pedals with it to give it more tube like...
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Yesterday, 06:00 PM
:numbness:
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Yesterday, 05:52 PM
You’re only supposed to do the first four bars.
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Yesterday, 05:50 PM
Thanks for the opinions. You guys are making me think perhaps a Deluxe Reverb Tonemaster would be the cure for the playing live dilemma. It does have...
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Yesterday, 05:32 PM
Ah, come on Jimmy, who are you trying to kid, anyone can tell that's Milt Jackson playing that on the vibes. :wink-new:
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Yesterday, 05:32 PM
Ahhh..back when..this was on a juke box in a dark cafe...now Im testing my memory..but the B side is Cleo's Mood
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Yesterday, 05:30 PM
Finally, The Derek Trucks Band.
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Yesterday, 05:28 PM
Willie Mitchell's recording from '68.
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Yesterday, 05:26 PM
And Aretha sang it.
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