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This topic has been broached before. There's a thread called "Telecaster Love Thread, No Archtops Allowed" with 2255 entries as of 2024 06 13. There are other threads as well. Search for "telecaster...
I met Roy Smeck once at a gig in a country club in Westchester. He came up to me and complimented my playing. He wrote down his phone # and invited me to come up to his studio sometime. I told him my...
Just about any of them will do fine, even the ones I build still sound like Teles although I experiment with different woods, chambering, pickups, etc. Neck pickup, roll of a little tone and you're...
I have a '52 reissue blackguard that sounds amazing. It took me longer than it should have, but I finally figured out how to squeak some quality tones out of the 'ol cutting board. This got me...
Same form but multiple variations. It's the variations that alter the tone of the piece.
Hi Everyone, I'd like to get this guitar to a new home before my upcoming move, so I am dropping the price here and on Reverb until someone takes it home. Please drop me a line if you're...
Well now I'm intrigued with the L10. Didn't Chet Atkins play one?
That's weird because I had painter's tape leave a blue impression in a nice archtop. Aaron Cowles buffed it out.
It certainly can be overwhelming, but it doesn't have to. To solo: You need a song to play. You need to be able to scat sing a solo you like. You need to be able to play that solo on the...
I’ll just chime in quickly for now. Hammertone and Deacon have covered the bases pretty well. It’s really down to the individual guitar. Which exact species of woods are used (maple vs mahogany...
LOL, maybe the guitar in the Reverb ad was actually owned by Michelle Bloomfield, no relation to Michael. :)
Yes, but entirely depending on the individual instrument and what your ears prefer. As mentioned, the differences between Gibson's 17" carved archtops are almost entirely cosmetic. However,...
As a rule, the harder the material the brighter the sound. So everything else being equal... steel will be brighter.
To elaborate … he’s asking how to conceptualize or handle that section of the tune. It doesn’t matter what chords go there in whichever variation, because it’s “we’re getting back to One.”
Best Telecaster for Jazz?
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