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Id twang baby twang.
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10-26-2024 02:28 PM
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I think it is intended... IIRC Hofner Jazzica has the same "reversed" design?
Originally Posted by pauln
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Originally Posted by pauln
The way things are now, yeah. Originally Posted by jazznylon
Perfect guitar for asserting one's dominance
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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You call this twang? Really LOL? Originally Posted by Bobby Timmons
I call this twang:
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I know wtf twang is you foo. 0:26 The 1st one is just one of my favorite bridge position sounds.
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If I Only Had a Bridge Pickup
[sung to the tune of “If I Only Had a Brain”]
I could play some heavy metal
Djenting in fine fettle
No worries about a switch-up
My amp it would roaring
And my tone would not be boring
If I only had a bridge pickup
I would make the whole world wonder
How I make a sound like thunder
With my Stratocaster fixed up
I wouldn’t have to worry
‘Bout my time a being blurry
If I only had a bridge pickup
The sound it would be the throbbin’
With just a magnet and a single coil bobbin
I could sound just like wailing fiddle
With no switch to bother or to twiddle
I would never need a wah wah
Though my body might be holla
To cause your ears to prick up
My sustain would be infinite
Last from sun-up through to twilight
If I only had a bridge pickupLast edited by John A.; 10-28-2024 at 11:11 AM.
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You mean the vocoder melody? Originally Posted by John A.
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I absolutely love AC/DC. Everyone thinks they can just bonehead through some AC/DC covers, but nobody grooves like them. That’s some butt shaking’ music. Originally Posted by SandChannel
I own one of these and <gasp> a Soldano amplifier as well. I think we are allowed to like and play other styles of music, but I always forget to check with the gatekeeper on the current set of rules.
That being said, I still don’t want a bridge pickup only guitar. But I hope you love yours.
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Teaching beginning guitar students for years made me appreciate AC/DC, and also never need to hear them ever again.
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Nope. This. Originally Posted by Bop Head
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It depends upon the guitar and amplifier. Some guitars with only a bridge pickup can sound pretty warm and full, others do not. The amplifier can enhance or detract from this. Someone posted an Eastman (I think DC55 or something like that?) which was a mahogany slab guitar with a bridge pickup; it sounded pretty good. Gibson made a similar guitar which was the inspiration for the Eastman. I think you could maybe make a guitar like that work pretty well.
The original Fender Esquire tone circuit used capacitors to fatten and warm up the tone to some extent. A much more versatile guitar than one would expect from looking at it.
Jim Campilongo manages to play standards on a Telecaster, primarily using the bridge pickup, and he sounds pretty darn good too. So it can be done.
but I think you would have to give up the goal of sounding like 1970s Jim Hall.
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Awww man, i love the Walkmen Originally Posted by Bobby Timmons
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Fortunately I am not the only one with a good taste for some nice blues rock ... Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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I love peopl without prejudice and open-minded for trying things out. Which does not mean that everything will work out, but at least you have tried ... Originally Posted by Cunamara
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OMG that's too kitschy for me ... Originally Posted by John A.
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Nice cover! That's a masterpiece. To me Bon Scott was the best frontman and the best lyricist. Ok, one of the best in rock history. And Angus solo was magic on this one. Originally Posted by Bop Head
Yea, Malcolm Young is a great example what you can do with just a bridge pickup. When he was asked if he ever wanted to do a side project he replied he'd love to do a trad jazz band! He was a big fan of Louie Armstrong. He would kill it in a trad jazz too, with his rhythm chops.
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Norah has a knack for heavy rock. Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive
And now back to topic. My question to all those who would immediately reject a pure neck P/U guitar:
Has no one ever handed you a crappy guitar to play around a campfire and you tried to get the best out of the box?
I'm assuming you've never been in a situation where you couldn't afford electric guitar strings for your dreadnought for busking and you had to borrow a 3/4 classical guitar from a friend and make sure the rock songs sounded as good as possible on it ...
Maybe I should make a bet with you: Anyone who doesn't manage to post a recording here where they seriously try to play jazz on just the bridge P/U in a way that sounds like jazz will buy me a set of 10-13-17-26-36-46 strings or a single 56 (all nickel steel round wound) string to pick up at Matthias Jabs' guitar store.
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Challenge accepted
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Nice. Damn, one set of strings less for me ... Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
Challenge accepted
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I loved my (not original Sony) Walkman. Less so the others on the suburban train. Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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That’s not a very common reaction, but de gustibus yada yada. Originally Posted by Bop Head
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I really love Somewhere Over The Rainbow but this one ... no. Originally Posted by John A.
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^^^
Ella did not do it. Frankie Boy did not do it. Nat Cole did not do it. Elvis did not do it. Miles did not do it. Not even Elvis Costello did do it.
John A. I am looking forward to your jazzy recording with your own lyrics on your bridge pickup. Or you owe me a set of strings (see above).
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