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Originally Posted by Irez87
Anyway, I have a band that insists I play that guitar, so I'll be using the Zoller/AER setup. I will also try use it with the PRRI, which does sound good after a treble cut from the amp. I might send some audio files if you like....
Interesting idea re: the treble. The old school stuff is pretty trebly, though. With the band I mentioned they want something halfway between an Modern Archtop tone and a Selmer-Macaferri. The Loar covers that angle very nicely.
For super trebly - almost surf tone - jazz, I always think Mary Osborne...Last edited by christianm77; 09-07-2015 at 11:08 AM.
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09-07-2015 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Irez87
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
I hear what you are saying. It's good to mix it up play different guitars and amps, that way you don't get too precious.
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Oh, that reminds Jim Mullen's set up for years - an Aria Pro laminate archtop (cheap!) straight into an G-K bass amp.
Now he plays an AER Compact 60. The sound is identical. And so warm. If you didn't better you'd swear it was an L5 through a vintage Twin, right? :-)
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If anybody can play one of those god awful compact 60's and make me think ot's a twin, they are truly amazing.
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The AER 60?
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Originally Posted by Irez87
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Amp has a cold I get it. Sounded great with my Eastman. I play out of a DV 12 and it is dark, but I roll off the bass and mids. It's funny, because before Hep hep'ed me to playing with more treble, it sounded like my amp was in a small box that was packed with pillows.
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Help to Jive I watched an interview recently with Wes Montgomery on youtube where he talks about practicing acoustically. He was embarrassed when he plugged in, he could not believe how noisy he was so he therefore started practicing only plugged into an amp.
Another factor is what part of the pick do you use. Pointy end, fat end, side corner. The later I find is a the best of all worlds. The crisp feel of the pointy end and the fat sound of the round end. I find the differences in the three substantial (I am sure the most listeners would not discern any difference).
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
And I agree with you. I got so sick of using my AER for electric guitar I bought a Fender amp. But I'm no Jim Mullen ;-)
EDIT: to be honest, I am coming up against some hard limits with the AER Alpha. It's great for low volume and always sounds fantastic with flat top guitars, but for Maccaferris it's a bit 'saggy'. My GJ guitar always sounds better straight into a PA, so I'm thinking of getting a small powered PA speaker and using that for the guitar. I think it needs that immediate, dry sound and the AER seems to compress things a bit.
The Compact 60 is a definitely a better choice, but it is also a fair bit heavier... And £££....Last edited by christianm77; 09-08-2015 at 09:16 AM.
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Originally Posted by gggomez
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D'Addario makes a "ground wound" that ameliorates the finger squeaks a bit, but still sounds like a round-wound. They also last for decades, it seems. Worth a try.
Tone, in the final analysis, is not "a tone", it is combination of factors, and should also have a range of color, as classical guitarists demonstrate.
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+1 for the D'A ground wounds. Sound great, inherently less squeak-prone, long lasting; though in the end the player must hold themselves responsible for practicing proper technique. It's only taken me about 4 decades to reign it in. A little bit. I do keep trying.
I also agree on the use of the term "tone". I think "timbre" expresses the concept better, encompassing not just t,m,b balance but also the further nuances of attack, decay; use of vibrato - onset, speed, duration; and other factors in note production, not the least of which is intentional variation (as distinct from sub-par technique).
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Sounds good to me. As long as there is deliberate and focused attention to the sound coming out of the instrument, it is all good to me.
I'll have to check out ground wounds as I love D'Addario ProSteel round wound strings. They seem to play with the most brilliant highs and balanced lows. They are lively as all heck But they do squeakity squack ... I try to be careful with my shifts to compensateLast edited by Irez87; 10-04-2015 at 09:13 PM.
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