Other Guitar Styles / Instruments

Earmaster - need help or advice

Henriksen Bud: replacing the light?

Anyone remember the Sadistic Mika Band?

Drop 2 voicing series for beginner level

Altered Ipanema

Not a Nash. A Nachocaster.

Julian Lage's new Collings (Gretsch Duo Jet copy)

Yes, regarding a wood bridge... the Godin in the video above has a Graphtec bridge... is that supposed to be like bone? Like an acoustic bridge or nut? I know about Graphtec nuts on solidbody...

Getting the "most woody/hollow" sound out of electric archtop?

I think it takes some investigating in the areas where you want to book gigs. I find artists who do something similar to what I do and check out the places where they are booking gigs. You just have...

Playing solo gigs question..

For me, the answer has been P90s. With lower wind, unpotted humbuckers (such as Seth Lovers) a close second. Not that I'm entirely sure what "woody" means ... But going with the flow, have to say I...

Getting the "most woody/hollow" sound out of electric archtop?

Hopefully me ? :redface-new:

2017 Gibson Les Paul ES Bigsby VOS Goldtop

You know, I see alot of people on this JAZZ forum talk about hum. Since (I assume) most of us are playing mostly-clean tones when playing jazz, and likely not at loud volumes, where are you guys...

Getting the "most woody/hollow" sound out of electric archtop?

I do, it's my classic rock cover band amp. I have the Ultimate Blues tone capsule in it, which is a Fender Super on the clean side and a Marshall Super Lead on the dirty side. It's perfect for...

Getting the "most woody/hollow" sound out of electric archtop?

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1968 gibson byrdland florentine

WOODY: In this video, the Godin is easily the most WOODY-sounding instrument, to my ears. Most of the others sound like a variation of an ES-175... meaning, a "standard PAF archtop"... the Godin...

Getting the "most woody/hollow" sound out of electric archtop?

I set my action very low, like less than .50 MM at the first fret and .90 MM at the 15th fret. I use 10 or 11 on the E if I went lower on the gage then I will have to raise it some to avoid Buzz. I...

WesMo Setup How Low Can I Go?

What about the saxophone makes you want to stop playing it and play guitar instead? Variety?

Know my music on sax, now need a routine for guitar

The average LED will last for a long time. But that's average, and some don't last as long. I don't have a Bud, so I have no recommendation about replacing the LED. It's easy enough to unsolder an...

Henriksen Bud: replacing the light?

yeah ck74, the host was nicknamed whispering bob harris for a reason!! that was his schtick...he needed subtitles! he get's racist in a way that he couldn't ever do these days, with his...

Anyone remember the Sadistic Mika Band?

The story given on Wikipedia sounds almost too good to be true:

Anyone remember the Sadistic Mika Band?

Yes the plain strings are plain steel. you could try a coated plain to get lees of the plain string sound. Also a wood bridge will change how the plain steel strings sound.

Are all plain strings the same?

RIP Gibson Archtop guitar

Jgbe virtual jam, round 1

Jgbe Virtual Jam, Round 2

Some very cool new amps coming from Fender.

2003 Epiphone Emperor Regent Video added

Green Heritage JS?

Is this a fake Gibson?

Retail therapy...bought a Martin 000

New Ibanez Thinline Hollowbodies

Thinline acoustic archtop?

Steve Holst be Da Man!

1988 Gibson ES-175–woohoo!

Scales/Arpeggios dillema