PRS upgrade: BK Nantucket soundclip.

Mr Grumpy said:
You fellas are stretching a phone sound clip of a Blackstar Fly Bass amp, and turning it into a $5000 100w cranked tube amp! :alien:
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Speaking of 'phone clips' & Leslie West, did anybody ever hear Jack Bruce on the Howard Stern show when they called up Leslie West & jammed "Theme For an Imaginary Western" over the phone from way back in 1988?

While not by any stretch 'perfect', this clip still gives me the chills.

 
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Put the PRS up for sale today...

The missus is complaining about me having 3 guitars, and playing it back to back with the SG special, the PRS offers nothing for me; I don't particularly like the way she plays, the way she sounds, the way she feels or anything. She looks nice, but I've learnt from this experience that if I want a Gibson LP jnr then I should buy a Gibson LP jnr! Considering that they are only a couple of hundred dollars apart the SG dominates it for sound and playability, imho.

I'm not sure the Jaguier bass is a keeper either - she looks great, sounds good too, is excellent value for money but is very unbalanced when sitting down (at least half of my playing is sitting down); the Ibanez SR was sooooo much more comfortable and balanced, so I might look for a cheap SR650 or SR750 with the PJ setup.
 
Oh man. If it does not resonate with you that is Ok, but I disagree about it having to be a Gibby. Come play some of my guitars back to back one day and you will quickly forget about brand names. That said, 1 pickup guitars are limiting.

So in the end, sexy won over pretty. Interesting.
 
i like that PRS JR looking guitar.Maybe a Duncan Antiquities 90 would do the trick. I have a Duncan Antiquities dogear P90 in one of my JRs and its the best sounding P90 ive ever tried hands down.
 
Mr Grumpy said:
The missus is complaining about me having 3 guitars,
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It would be in your best interest & also the long term interest of your marriage's happiness & success to put an end to that $#it one way or the other right quickly.

I don't intend to tell others how to live their lives but you have the right to like & be into what you like without someone controlling you either through guilt or other action IE, withholding affections etc. As long as your having 3 guitars isn't making some serious problem with finances or whatever, then what is the fvk'ng problem with you having things you like & enjoy regardless of how many? What is wrong with your hobby of being a guitar collector if that was what you really enjoyed in life?

Do you have the need to limit your wife's possessions or control what she may spend her free / extra cash on?

Hey, some people are into controlling their partners. If you're the type of person that likes that then congratulations, but if you feel that little tingle in the back of your brain harboring issues over being monitored & controlled, then there is probably going to be issues that come out further down the line but coming out intensified buy those feelings & issues being ignored & repressed for so long. (that usually translate into what they call 'repressed anger') It's doubly hard & twice as dirty to work through marital issues after they are repressed & manifesting themselves cloaked in anger & resentment.

Heck, most don't care about that stuff coming down the as much as they care about not having problems or fighting today, so they cave, give in & let one partner dominate. Danger danger! Never put off what you can settle today. The cost of potential failure down the line can be much more devastating & costly in more ways than one.

Better to set those boundaries & have those understandings now than face their potential powerful ugly destructive forces later.

If people are financially secure I see absolutely no reason for one spouse to be controlling what the other spouse does for a hobby or how the spend their free cash, even if it is on all those silly guitars!

Hey, you could always go to the shoe closet & ask how many repeated themes of footwear are really needed to make your point. 'If those 20 pairs of pumps bring you happiness & joy, who am I to say you have too many & need to get rid of some?'
I'm sure y'all get the idea here.
 
Relic said:
It would be in your best interest & also the long term interest of your marriage's happiness & success to put an end to that $#it one way or the other right quickly.

I don't intend to tell others how to live their lives but you have the right to like & be into what you like without someone controlling you either through guilt or other action IE, withholding affections etc. As long as your having 3 guitars isn't making some serious problem with finances or whatever, then what is the fvk'ng problem with you having things you like & enjoy regardless of how many? What is wrong with your hobby of being a guitar collector if that was what you really enjoyed in life?

Do you have the need to limit your wife's possessions or control what she may spend her free / extra cash on?

Hey, some people are into controlling their partners. If you're the type of person that likes that then congratulations, but if you feel that little tingle in the back of your brain harboring issues over being monitored & controlled, then there is probably going to be issues that come out further down the line but coming out intensified buy those feelings & issues being ignored & repressed for so long. (that usually translate into what they call 'repressed anger') It's doubly hard & twice as dirty to work through marital issues after they are repressed & manifesting themselves cloaked in anger & resentment.

Heck, most don't care about that stuff coming down the as much as they care about not having problems or fighting today, so they cave, give in & let one partner dominate. Danger danger! Never put off what you can settle today. The cost of potential failure down the line can be much more devastating & costly in more ways than one.

Better to set those boundaries & have those understandings now than face their potential powerful ugly destructive forces later.

If people are financially secure I see absolutely no reason for one spouse to be controlling what the other spouse does for a hobby or how the spend their free cash, even if it is on all those silly guitars!

Hey, you could always go to the shoe closet & ask how many repeated themes of footwear are really needed to make your point. 'If those 20 pairs of pumps bring you happiness & joy, who am I to say you have too many & need to get rid of some?'
I'm sure y'all get the idea here.
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That is a lot of assumptions. Are we still talking about Mr. G? There are a myriad of reasons for setting limits. Dave mentions one - space. Then there are competing financial goals (retirement, second home, investment - after all, there is never enough money), adhearing to principles of minimalism and wastfulness, sticking to your word about pre-determined limits and using that $$ for things you can do together as a couple. I am too tired to think of anything else, but you get the idea!
 
Relic said:
It would be in your best interest & also the long term interest of your marriage's happiness & success to put an end to that $#it one way or the other right quickly.

I don't intend to tell others how to live their lives but you have the right to like & be into what you like without someone controlling you either through guilt or other action IE, withholding affections etc. As long as your having 3 guitars isn't making some serious problem with finances or whatever, then what is the fvk'ng problem with you having things you like & enjoy regardless of how many? What is wrong with your hobby of being a guitar collector if that was what you really enjoyed in life?

Do you have the need to limit your wife's possessions or control what she may spend her free / extra cash on?

Hey, some people are into controlling their partners. If you're the type of person that likes that then congratulations, but if you feel that little tingle in the back of your brain harboring issues over being monitored & controlled, then there is probably going to be issues that come out further down the line but coming out intensified buy those feelings & issues being ignored & repressed for so long. (that usually translate into what they call 'repressed anger') It's doubly hard & twice as dirty to work through marital issues after they are repressed & manifesting themselves cloaked in anger & resentment.

Heck, most don't care about that stuff coming down the as much as they care about not having problems or fighting today, so they cave, give in & let one partner dominate. Danger danger! Never put off what you can settle today. The cost of potential failure down the line can be much more devastating & costly in more ways than one.

Better to set those boundaries & have those understandings now than face their potential powerful ugly destructive forces later.

If people are financially secure I see absolutely no reason for one spouse to be controlling what the other spouse does for a hobby or how the spend their free cash, even if it is on all those silly guitars!

Hey, you could always go to the shoe closet & ask how many repeated themes of footwear are really needed to make your point. 'If those 20 pairs of pumps bring you happiness & joy, who am I to say you have too many & need to get rid of some?'
I'm sure y'all get the idea here.
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I gift my wife all the time, quite unexpectedly. Small things....nothing major. We have a great life.

Having said that, my beautiful, tiny wife is not a musician. At first, she thought my 3 guitars (Gibson SG, Schechter C1 Hellraiser and 1987 Stratocaster) were excess. Then I brought the Les Paul Custom home. Her only concern is the space. My musical work pays for all my musical toys, which is separate from the family's income, and she is very generous with me, often gifting me excess cash for whatever I enjoy. Since I have started teaching both kid's guitar, she is starting to pay more attention to things like guitar and amp tones.

Amazingly, when I was playing the Les Paul Custom last night, she remarked from the other room that whatever guitar I was playing, it had a "snarling sound like an angry dog." I was quite pleased.

Sorry to ramble...Good communication is key. I send you all the very best wishes from across the pond!!! Perhaps this is an area where you both can compromise???

I told my wife this. My goal is to have the Les Paul Custom and a EDS-1275. That's it. The Schechter and the Gibson SG will be liquidated. I will keep the sentimental 1987 Squirecaster, bought for me by bandmates, but I intend on adding a full stack again. This concerned her a little when she saw how big they are but I assured her I would not add that until the studio was no longer being used as habitation.

Things were good after that.

And I totally understand when a guitar just doesn't speak to you. Everyone who plays my 2016 Gibson SG wants it...it's just a phenomenal instrument after correcting all of Gibson's errors, but they journey has made me dislike it...
 
Mr Grumpy said:
The PRS has just been upgraded with a Bare Knuckle Nantucket.

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No complexity here, just functionality.

Here's a clip of how she sounds now:
https://soundcloud.com/user-680211663/prs-clip1

Not me playing, a colleague who has been guitarless for a few weeks, so I lent him the PRS to mess around with, and he put the Nantucket in and set her up for me. He reckons that the BK Nantucket sounds great.

Let me know your thoughts...

Edit to add: that clip was just a phone recording of the guitar being played out of a Blackstar Fly BASS amp! I will try to do a Focusrite/Audacity recording and post that.
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Wow...nice character!!!!
 
RVA said:
That is a lot of assumptions. Are we still talking about Mr. G? There are a myriad of reasons for setting limits. Dave mentions one - space. Then there are competing financial goals (retirement, second home, investment - after all, there is never enough money), adhearing to principles of minimalism and wastfulness, sticking to your word about pre-determined limits and using that $$ for things you can do together as a couple. I am too tired to think of anything else, but you get the idea!
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That sounds like a bunch of young millennial hipster bull$#it to me man! Adhering to principles of... What The Fvk did they teach you in college!?
Sticking to your word?? Wait a minute! You gave your word Not to love guitars or ever have more than 2?? Seriously? No you didn't!
Retirement?? Pfffffph St a a a op it!
Investment? I've made some fantastic guitar investments!
2nd home? You want a second home & can't swing 3 guitars? Check that move man.
Minimalism? What are you? A Rock 'n Roll Monk?
Wastefulness? Owning more than 2 guitars is a waste?? St a a a op! Just stop defending the idea of one spouse controlling or dominating the other as being a good idea.

I believe I covered the only legit reasons concerning money.
Relic said:
As long as your having 3 guitars isn't making some serious problem with finances or whatever
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But the rest sounds like a misery of your own willful doing! Even so, why does the wife have to be the one 'complaining'? If it is a room issue & you can't place / stash / hide 3 guitars in your dwelling (which also smells of bull$#it) without it being a fvk'ng problem then the wifey has to hassle you about... well,.. you done made your damn bed now didn't you? Time to up your game my man.

Maybe I don't know exactly why she was 'complaining' about '3' measly guitars but Hey, Hello!... what musician needs that $#it man? Just get back in the kitchen & get dinner ready honey. You're going to need that energy to do the dishes & get yourself looking hot 'n sexy by the time I get to bed so.. chop chop honey bunny Baby Boo.
My guitars, my problem, dinner & looking sexy.. your problem so Zip it! Zip it good! Chop Chop!

Hey, I'm totally busting ballz here but... don't think I'm done yet! lol You kids are free to get yourselves into whatever silly stuff you feel makes you happy & keeps that little piece of Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' willing to subject herself (dare I say 'submit'? lol) to your dirty advances. But getting bent because there are more than 2 guitars in your house doesn't sound like any musicians idea of true happiness but hey, it is your life right?

Just don't expect people like myself (a musician since 12 that worked hard his whole life to get what I needed, & earning everything I have through many years of hard work) to understand or empathize with that whole 'wife complaining because I have more than 2 guitars' situation, because we obviously have different ideas about enjoying life, music, our possessions & even enjoying what not having a bossy / controlling wife means.

I have always found that people who believe they have to listen to those things in their life telling them 'You can't', usually 'don't'!

I've known plenty of guys who had women running the show & telling them what to do. Some needed it, some liked it & some just wanted da putty that came with it.
I'm personally past the point in life where I would want any woman trying to 'run the show' or 'calling the shots' sharing my life with me, But I do have room for someone that is willing to let me be me while allowing me to freely do & have the things I enjoy, do for fun / a hobby or choose to collect out of love & interest.

I actually feel bad for you guys that have these influences & pressures in your life telling you 'you can't'!
Just know that you can decide to change that at anytime & start telling yourself 'you can' & find the way to make that happen.
 
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Relic said:
That sounds like a bunch of young millennial hipster bull$#it to me man! Adhering to principles of... What The Fvk did they teach you in college!?
Sticking to your word?? Wait a minute! You gave your word Not to love guitars or ever have more than 2?? Seriously? No you didn't!
Retirement?? Pfffffph St a a a op it!
Investment? I've made some fantastic guitar investments!
2nd home? You want a second home & can't swing 3 guitars? Check that move man.
Minimalism? What are you? A Rock 'n Roll Monk?
Wastefulness? Owning more than 2 guitars is a waste?? St a a a op! Just stop defending the idea of one spouse controlling or dominating the other as being a good idea.

I believe I covered the only legit reasons concerning money.



But the rest sounds like a misery of your own willful doing! Even so, why does the wife have to be the one 'complaining'? If it is a room issue & you can't place / stash / hide 3 guitars in your dwelling (which also smells of bull$#it) without it being a fvk'ng problem then the wifey has to hassle you about... well,.. you done made your damn bed now didn't you? Time to up your game my man.

Maybe I don't know exactly why she was 'complaining' about '3' measly guitars but Hey, Hello!... what musician needs that $#it man? Just get back in the kitchen & get dinner ready honey. You're going to need that energy to do the dishes & get yourself looking hot 'n sexy by the time I get to bed so.. chop chop honey bunny Baby Boo.
My guitars, my problem, dinner & looking sexy.. your problem so Zip it! Zip it good! Chop Chop!

Hey, I'm totally busting ballz here but... don't think I'm done yet! lol You kids are free to get yourselves into whatever silly stuff you feel makes you happy & keeps that little piece of Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' willing to subject herself (dare I say 'submit'? lol) to your dirty advances. But getting bent because there are more than 2 guitars in your house doesn't sound like any musicians idea of true happiness but hey, it is your life right?

Just don't expect people like myself (a musician since 12 that worked hard his whole life to get what I needed, & earning everything I have through many years of hard work) to understand or empathize with that whole 'wife complaining because I have more than 2 guitars' situation, because we obviously have different ideas about enjoying life, music, our possessions & even enjoying what not having a bossy / controlling wife means.

I have always found that people who believe they have to listen to those things in their life telling them 'You can't', usually 'don't'!

I've known plenty of guys who had women running the show & telling them what to do. Some needed it, some liked it & some just wanted da putty that came with it.
I'm personally past the point in life where I would want any woman trying to 'run the show' or 'calling the shots' sharing my life with me, But I do have room for someone that is willing to let me be me while allowing me to freely do & have the things I enjoy, do for fun / a hobby or choose to collect out of love & interest.

I actually feel bad for you guys that have these influences & pressures in your life telling you 'you can't'!
Just know that you can decide to change that at anytime & start telling yourself 'you can' & find the way to make that happen.
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I respect your viewpoint. I would simply like to add that I am, sadly, in my late 40's. I am still happy that I am not a young college hipster though!!
 
RVA said:
I respect your viewpoint. I would simply like to add that I am, sadly, in my late 40's. I am still happy that I am not a young college hipster though!!
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Thank God for that! You were scarin me with that hipster lingo tho bro...

Hey, at least you know when I'm pokin fun & don't get bent like some lesser intelligent folks have here & there.
Gotta give ya props for smarts!
 
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Relic said:
Thank God for that! You were scarin me with that hipster lingo tho bro...

Hey, at least you know when I'm pokin fun & don't get bent like some lesser intelligent folks have here & there.
Gotta give ya props for smarts!
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I have been married 11 years. I get the ins-and-outs of the back-and-forth!!
 
So, is this a good time to mention that my wife bought me my Taylor 415CE, my Washburn HB-30, my 2006 USA Diamond Anniversary Stratocaster, my 2007 Les Paul Custom, and my 2014 SG Original 2?

No?

Okay...I won't then...
 
RVA said:
I respect your viewpoint. I would simply like to add that I am, sadly, in my late 40's. I am still happy that I am not a young college hipster though!!
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I'm 51. "Hipster's" were the cool "low riding" pants chic's used to wear....

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