What did you learn from the one week challenge?
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chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
This is what I like most about 67plexi. The man knows what he likes and what he doesn't. If he likes it, he keeps it ( unless circumstances steal it from him) and if he does not like it, Bye Bye.
I am sure others of you are the same, or then if you are like me, you THINK your stuff is pretty good, so you keep it till you get as good as the gear is.
So far, I think my foundational choices have been good ones. A Good Strat or 2, Tele, LP, SG, P and J Basses, and to round things off, Acoustic and Semi's. Pretty much covers all bases except for a Floyd type guitar.
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Kerry Brown
Ambassador of the Great Northern Bar Jams
Very nice. I had a Larrivee 12 string. It was a beautiful, looking, playing, and sounding guitar. I sold it because I needed the money and I was afraid to play it live in case it got damaged. I really like their L series. I’ve been looking for one I can afford ever since I sold the 12 String.
I don't notice that. All I "notice" is there is more distance between the frets on a 25.5" guitar.
Hmmmm...I'm trying to understand that. My motivation seems to come from within myself. No matter what guitar I pick up, i pretty much play the same way and in the same vein.
When I play my double neck, I transpose solo parts because of the 20 fret neck, but nothing else changes.
All my 24.75's feel alike.
All my 25.5's feel alike
Every guitar with a humbucker sounds the same through my rig.
Secondary guitars are just back-ups for me.
eSGEe
Ferengi Ambassador of Trade
I learned weather I use 1 single pickup guitar all week -- or 13 different guitars with a plethora of pickup styles/combos and quanTITies --in a week.................I still sound like crap.
So as a side note I learned there is comfort in consistency
BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
So as a side note I learned there is comfort in consistency
BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
All I own are 24.75" scale guitars (all Gibsons). But each one feels and sounds different, and its more the difference in feel that makes me play them differently. Maybe hard to quantify/explain but it's part the angle of the neck, part where the neck join is, part the shape of the body (like even my Les Paul Special feels pretty radically different from the carved-top ones), what kind of bridge design....everything contributes. The scale is just one factor - the shape of the neck and to some degree the thickness (I do play my '50's neck Les Pauls a lot different from the thin-necked one to be sure) but it's all just a sum of the parts.
I'm probably most intrigued by yours all sounding the same through your rig. Definitely none of mine sound alike, as in not even close. The two Firebirds are closest but even then one is significantly brighter. In fact, at times if I am playing and not feeling it I will go grab a different guitar and a lot of times the change in sound and feel will be it's own inspiration.
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
I will go on record as saying I think you all might agree how I am an odd duck playing wise.
I have had Fenders, Gib/EPI, and PRS guitars. I flat out do not notice scale length differences either when fretting or when bending.
And if I did, I actually thought it felt as if Strat strings were easier for me to bend than my Gib 24.75 ones. Go figure.
PS. I never played one, but I do know a Byrdland has a 23.5 scale length. I might just notice the difference if I played a Strat or PRS and then quickly switched to a Byrdland
I have had Fenders, Gib/EPI, and PRS guitars. I flat out do not notice scale length differences either when fretting or when bending.
And if I did, I actually thought it felt as if Strat strings were easier for me to bend than my Gib 24.75 ones. Go figure.
PS. I never played one, but I do know a Byrdland has a 23.5 scale length. I might just notice the difference if I played a Strat or PRS and then quickly switched to a Byrdland
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All my 'real' Gibson's (2017 SG T Series, 2017 Les Paul Studio, 2015 Gibson Les Paul 50's Tribute, and 2017 Les Paul 50's Tribute) all sounded the same through my Marshal DSL40C's (my rig at the time) and I believe that @Mitch Pearrow SJMP has been at the rehearsal studio when I was changing guitars every other song.
My 25.5" guitars both sound the same, (when played on the bridge pickup) despite one having a 14k double-slug and the other having EMG's.
Now, on the Jackson, which is built H-S-S, it clearly sounds different once you dial up a single coil.
The double neck sounds different because the 490T is moved 1.75" closer to the nut than any other guitar (intentional) that I own, but its a strange bird altogether.
I have videos i can share with you (that my wife recorded) and I switch from Les Paul to Jackson to Schecter and "The Song Remains The Same..."
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
I sold the last of my "F Scale" guitars about two years ago (they were both G&L's, but that's not the point
) but when I had them I definitely could tell the difference going from one to another. Maybe not so much just picking one up cold, but side-by-side I always prefer how the Gibsons feel.
I use 9x46 on all guitars and they feel like Ramen noodles on my 24.75's and transatlantic cables on the 25.5's.
eSGEe
Ferengi Ambassador of Trade
whats a scale length again ?????
I got Mustangs to THUNDERBIRDS baby --- necks?? fat --thin -- wide --skinny -- flat radius round radius ......dont matter-- give it to me Ill sound like poop on it
guaranteed
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Gball, I gathered you did have that intuitive " feel" which seems like your comfort zone as the LP SG Gib feel. For my evolution on what necks I like most, I have learned I prefer wide and thick ones over thin and narrow nut ones. If strings are too crowded, so are my coke bottle fingers and I make muffled chords etc.
On this type " feel" scenario, I often go back to my 30 years as a carpenter. When hunting for tools, I always hold all different models and see how close it feels to as comfortable as my favorite hammer handles. Then I pick the ones that feel the best.
On this type " feel" scenario, I often go back to my 30 years as a carpenter. When hunting for tools, I always hold all different models and see how close it feels to as comfortable as my favorite hammer handles. Then I pick the ones that feel the best.
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
Yah, when I was gigging I always strung the Strats with a lighter gauge so the wouldn't feel so different when switching back and forth. When I was just playing them at home they all had 10's on them so I only had to buy one type of string.
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Robert, my now deceased friend Jeff who played pro all his life, always played a Strat 99% of the time.
As couple times I took a few of my guitars for him to try during a song or 2. The first time I took him a Tele and the 2nd a PRS Santana 2 both with 10's.
He liked them pretty well, but struggled because he was used to playing 10.5s and not the 10's I use.
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
I can't play anything with a narrow nut or a scale shorter than Gibson comfortably. I can wrap my hand around the neck of a guitar hanging on the wall in the store and tell if I will be happy with it before even taking it down. Very much a feel thing.
SG John
Ambassador of Cool Guitars and Amps.
It's odd for me to finally be able to leave guitars and stuff set up. I've never been able to do that since moving in with the wife. For the nights I've actually been able to play this week, I've been enjoying the selfmade Flying V and JTM. Whatever I did building the V, I nailed it out of the park. It may not be everyone's favorite, but it is mine.
The neck is a bit rounder than I should have made it, but people said I nailed the fifties round style Gibson necks. The fingerboard is Brazilian, and real wide. It has a real nice snappiness to the sound. The pickups are the best balanced of any of my guitars, and it pairs perfectly with the JTM45. It does all the sixties and early seventies sounds that I love.
Along with working on hybrid picking, I've been working on a few new songs (covers and original), some old songs, or just seeing what kind of noises I can make while testing the limits of each. In the ten years since I built it, it is steady rotation with about three or four other guitars as my main players. I'm already quite intimately acquainted with this guitar, and I know it a bit better. And, I'm getting to learn more about the JTM as well.
The neck is a bit rounder than I should have made it, but people said I nailed the fifties round style Gibson necks. The fingerboard is Brazilian, and real wide. It has a real nice snappiness to the sound. The pickups are the best balanced of any of my guitars, and it pairs perfectly with the JTM45. It does all the sixties and early seventies sounds that I love.
Along with working on hybrid picking, I've been working on a few new songs (covers and original), some old songs, or just seeing what kind of noises I can make while testing the limits of each. In the ten years since I built it, it is steady rotation with about three or four other guitars as my main players. I'm already quite intimately acquainted with this guitar, and I know it a bit better. And, I'm getting to learn more about the JTM as well.
I'm able to keep my main rig set up at home...
Session 5
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