03-04-2019, 11:24 PM
(03-04-2019, 11:02 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Nice! My old singer has a Dean and he loves it.
Your sewing machine has a guitar too? :hail:
ok, carry on. Couldn’t resist my sometimes odd and inappropriate humor.
Calling all guitar players, what is your axe of choice?
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03-04-2019, 11:24 PM
(03-04-2019, 11:02 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Nice! My old singer has a Dean and he loves it. Your sewing machine has a guitar too? :hail: ok, carry on. Couldn’t resist my sometimes odd and inappropriate humor.
03-04-2019, 11:25 PM
(03-04-2019, 11:04 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I always thought about swapping out pickups in some of my cheaper guitars. I just never knew which pickups I should go for. It's kinda hard to try out different pickups to see what suits you. I know Duncans have a great rep. I play quiet/loud Weezer/Nirvana style hard rock, so I'd want something hot, but not death metal hot. That's what surprised me about the PRS I have. It's a cheaper model(Tremonti SE)but the guy I bought it off of put an American treble pickup in it (which "treble" just means bridge for PRS). It can play dirty tones but if you roll the volume knob back you can get it pretty clean. That "Screamin' Demon" pickup I mentioned is really not a hot pick-up. It has good clarity when distortion is applied. The Seymour "JB" pickups are really clean. Some people like Duncans and you'll have some that say they're sterile. Active EMGs are what they are. Clear, can handle a lot of gain, lack some personality. If you love them then you can put them in any guitar and it will sound exactly the same. Now that last sentence is why some people don't like them. They want all of their guitars to have singular personalities.
03-04-2019, 11:27 PM
(03-04-2019, 11:24 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Your sewing machine has a guitar too? :hail: You would've loved my take on "Bone Tone"... we'll just leave that for Fred. He'll probably make a comment about neck size and shape preference.
03-04-2019, 11:28 PM
So did Toast Jones or whatever he was going by quit these boards??
That guy had a ton of knowledge about guitars.
03-04-2019, 11:34 PM
(03-04-2019, 10:40 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: No offense taken. Just amazed at your knowledge and my lack of it. That's okay. I've been around musicians my whole life. It comes with the territory.
03-05-2019, 05:47 PM
(03-04-2019, 11:25 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: That's what surprised me about the PRS I have. Lol yeah when I saw that "screamin demon" name, I instantly thought "metal". My old Jagmaster had some Duncan "designed" humbuckers in it that I thought sounded pretty good. (03-04-2019, 11:28 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: So did Toast Jones or whatever he was going by quit these boards?? Toast Jones/Wes Mantooth made some kind of promise/bet, lost and kinda stuck to it. I think he's made a couple cameos since, but he's pretty much gone. I really miss having him and Berserker (Royal Red Legs) around Jungle Noise.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
03-05-2019, 06:01 PM
Bass player here. I also play drums, guitar, piano, banjo, mandolin, ukelele and harmonica, but bass is my passion.
I play a Warwick Corvette and run it through an Ampeg Portaflex stac.
03-10-2019, 01:33 AM
(03-04-2019, 09:51 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Strats are the most versatile guitar especially if configured hss. I started experimenting in drop A a bit when I learned "Pisces." I mostly play/write in standard and drop tune when I'm learning something in that tuning.
03-10-2019, 11:53 AM
(03-05-2019, 06:01 PM)UKWhoDey Wrote: Bass player here. I also play drums, guitar, piano, banjo, mandolin, ukelele and harmonica, but bass is my passion. Me and a buddy were talking the other day about how few actual bassists there are. Usually when we had the band going, we had to settle for a guitarist that had a bass laying around. I haven't played much bass myself, but I've always been fascinated with it. Whenever I listen to a band, I'll often just follow that groove between the bassist and drummer. If they're tight, the rest of the band just kinda falls in line. I think my favorite bassist/drummer combo might be Rage Against the Machine.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
03-10-2019, 12:01 PM
One of my favorite bass driven songs:
...and my favorite bass solo:
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
03-10-2019, 06:04 PM
(03-10-2019, 11:53 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Me and a buddy were talking the other day about how few actual bassists there are. Usually when we had the band going, we had to settle for a guitarist that had a bass laying around. I haven't played much bass myself, but I've always been fascinated with it. Whenever I listen to a band, I'll often just follow that groove between the bassist and drummer. If they're tight, the rest of the band just kinda falls in line. I thought the general rule was the bass player is just the worst guitarist in the band, lol. Although seriously, if you get good on bass you'll never have a problem getting projects and gigs. I would have to go with either Justin Chancellor and Danny Carey from Tool or Sting and Stewart Copeland from The Police as my favorite bass/drum combos.
03-10-2019, 06:06 PM
(03-10-2019, 02:06 AM)Storer50 Wrote: Got my first 12 string today. I always wondered if a 12 plays much different than a 6 string.
03-13-2019, 05:44 PM
(03-10-2019, 11:53 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Me and a buddy were talking the other day about how few actual bassists there are. Usually when we had the band going, we had to settle for a guitarist that had a bass laying around. I haven't played much bass myself, but I've always been fascinated with it. Whenever I listen to a band, I'll often just follow that groove between the bassist and drummer. If they're tight, the rest of the band just kinda falls in line. Oh theres plenty of us, just not as many as guitar players. Les Claypool is my guy. Larry Graham, Bootsy, Flea, Stanley Clark, Jaco....cant go wrong. Played bass and drums both for 20 yrs, so I am all about the rhythm section.
03-13-2019, 07:12 PM
(03-10-2019, 06:06 PM)Whatever Wrote: I always wondered if a 12 plays much different than a 6 string. Yes. The spacing and how you pick is a different feel. Plus you seriously gotta keep that baby in tune! When I used to play semi-pro shows I had to tote around at least 4 guitars to a show. One standard + backup and one D-tuned + backup. I bought a double neck Carvin electric that was 6 and 12 string. Not long after owning it I realized I was never going to use that thing live! I own a 12 string acoustic which is nice for strumming and a few picking things but it just collects dust compared to my other acoustics.
03-13-2019, 07:16 PM
(03-10-2019, 06:04 PM)Whatever Wrote: I thought the general rule was the bass player is just the worst guitarist in the band, lol. Although seriously, if you get good on bass you'll never have a problem getting projects and gigs. Yes that is in some cases but probably the worst case scenario. You always want a true bassist over a guy who just settled for bass. That is all subjective to music style/genre to the importance that of course.
03-13-2019, 10:04 PM
(03-10-2019, 06:04 PM)Whatever Wrote: I thought the general rule was the bass player is just the worst guitarist in the band, lol. Although seriously, if you get good on bass you'll never have a problem getting projects and gigs. I'd imagine so. There's always a bigger demand for bassists than the supply. (03-10-2019, 06:06 PM)Whatever Wrote: I always wondered if a 12 plays much different than a 6 string. Wider neck, harder to make bar chords (and chords in general) due to spacing and it's harder to press down 2 strings than 1, naturally. You'll definitely give your fret hand a good work out.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
03-14-2019, 08:10 PM
(03-13-2019, 07:12 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Yes. The spacing and how you pick is a different feel. Plus you seriously gotta keep that baby in tune! Lol, yeah, the one person I know who had(or at least claimed to have had) a double neck would wonder how Don Felder used to do it every night. I wonder if you could get a similar tone with the right amp and a chorus pedal. I mainly play three of my guitars, but I bust out the others on occasion. I keep one in E standard, my "drop guitar" is currently down in drop A, and my 7 string is E standard + low B.
03-14-2019, 08:12 PM
(03-13-2019, 10:04 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I'd imagine so. There's always a bigger demand for bassists than the supply. Personally, I started on guitar and figured I'd switch to bass if I sucked, lol. Haven't made the switch yet, so I guess I'm doing ok.
03-14-2019, 08:19 PM
(03-14-2019, 08:10 PM)Whatever Wrote: Lol, yeah, the one person I know who had(or at least claimed to have had) a double neck would wonder how Don Felder used to do it every night. I wonder if you could get a similar tone with the right amp and a chorus pedal. You should've seen the metal flight case for that double neck. I actually thought about putting wheels on that damn thing it was so heavy/bulky. Drop A? At what point does the low tuning stop?!? B & C used to be all of the rage for a long time. Is it a baritone, and what gauge strings do you use on that thing? |
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