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I had someone tell me to get that piece of s*** out of my guitar at a jam. My tele has a neck HB. I didn’t know him well at the time and I thought that was harsh. I now know he was just busting my uh… chops.
Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive
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07-21-2025 11:42 PM
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This. Exactly this. However this why I need more than one guitar. If I had just one then I wouldn’t play much. Having a few quite different guitars around means there’s always one that inspires me on any given day. Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Facebook, Boomers? Well, OK, I'm a Boomer who's never been on FB but why would anyone care about purity tests on FB groups, for cryin' out loud? It seems self-evident that purity tests on FB pertaining to jazz guitars or anything else will be aggregated nonsense. Originally Posted by Stringswinger
Phil
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We live in the post sarcasm age Originally Posted by pamosmusic
I was hoping the sarcasm would’ve come off
whew … I think [/COLOR]
As a Brit I find this challenging as it’s 75% of the way I communicate
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Not just as a Brit. Brits have no corner on the sarcasm market. I use it too, but not everyone understands it. My wife, for instance...
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Well clearly I have missed out on some things, not being a Facebook person particularly. Originally Posted by AllanAllen
While my telecasters have been traditional, one of the great things about them is how adaptable they are for so many styles, even if that means routing a hole in them (wouldn't try the with my vintage one however).
When I was a session player in NYC the accepted standard studio electric guitar was a telecaster with a hum bucker in the neck position, many of the top guys had them. I was lusting after one, but right after that EVH came in and immediately super strats became the rage.
I would not be a fan of a one pickup model, either neck or bridge, though vintage Esquires are pretty great. Two pickups adds to the versatility in any pickup configuration. IMHO etc.
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And it often doesn't work on the internet. Emojis help. Originally Posted by sgosnell
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Oh yes, many, many emojis are necessary on the internet. One is never enough. As for my wife, "honey, I was just kidding" often doesn't cut it. I don't know how to add emijis to face-to-face conversations. I try to do it via voice inflections, but I'm obviously a failure at that.
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It's the single coil cult. Anyone who plays guitars with HB is unholy. Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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Watching this video brought me to a few conclusions: Originally Posted by GuyBoden
1. One can spend a couple hundred dollars in parts and about 100 hours of labor to end up with a three hundred dollar guitar. That is what? About a dollar an hour for your labor?
2. Bad hand tool practices can result in the loss of a finger. Probably best avoided. Especially for a guitarist.
3. Economies of scale are important. If you want to build your own T or S style guitar, buy a body and neck that were made in a factory with all the right tools.
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It seems like a novel build, though. The cut out interior with the glued on masonite top and back, almost like a Danelectro, but in a Tele shape. I didn't go to the end to hear how it sounded, though. Originally Posted by Stringswinger
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Some people have more time than money, and enjoy making things. I think 100 hours is an overestimation, but some people are faster than others. I built a few solid-body 5-string electric mandolins back when none were available in my area, and the internet had not yet become a thing. I did it mostly at work, with nothing to do other than wait for someone to call for a flight. I was being paid, so my time didn't cost me anything. I used mostly hand tools, was in no hurry, and passed the time enjoyably.
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I love you man. Originally Posted by Gitterbug
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Wow. You should've asked him if he had medical coverage cause talking shit to a dude with a telecaster in his hands is hazardous to a person's health!!!! Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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They are highly effective hand to hand weapons
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There are several plausible reasons behind sporadic changes in perception of sound. For obvious reasons musicians tend to be more sensitive in this regard. (We depend on sound, no surprise we like to talk about it). But when there are too many individual and detailed focus points, sometimes we fail to see the big picture.
Players of the electric guitar have to deal with the signal chain (a cluster of factors that plays a part in tone shaping, details we like to talk about ), but let's not forget that it starts with a fretted string instrument; It's not about what it looks like, color, shape, name on the headstock or price tag. It's all about maintenance, setup and tuning. Intonation is the very core of good sound (and it's not just a simple matter of sliding bridge saddles back and forth). In other words; It won't sound good until you're in tune. In tune with your band and in tune with yourself.
Fretted instruments have to be retuned every now and then. For a guitar to stay in tune during a set it has to be well intonated and tuned and this is the main difference between instruments of pros and beginners. To be frank, many guitars can't be tuned and therefore can't stay in tune because they are poorly setup and don't intonate. Such guitars are terribly sensitive to weather conditions, playing position and fretting technique; The guitar feels different and sounds different from one day to another, simply because it's unstable. If the string height changes (distance to fretboard and distance to pickups), not only would the guitar feel different, but intonation would drift and so would the signal chain. Simply put, it would be a different guitar from one day to another.
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