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The guitar thread
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I promised I wouldn't buy this until I sold my other gear first...
oops.
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NecroJoe;n3551562 said:
Well?!?
Thoughts?!?!?
The more gigs I play the less I like carrying an amp, especially since I only play guitar on 1/5th of my bands songs, I play keys primarily.
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Karoug;n3551729 said:
Hells yea!!
Although, I'd get mightly sick of reaching over the TV to grab those...but I suspect those are ones that may get played less, no? Either way, looks great! I LOOOVE having mine up!
Crazyjeeper;n3551753 said:
I actually haven't had a chance to play it much...basically just to test it and make sure it wasn't broken. Only reason I have it now instead of a couple weeks was because I got a 15% coupon from GC in the mail, and if I register it in the next few days, I can get the DAW/software one for $69 or $99 (normally $399). This is awesome, because my guitars and amp aren't going to be in the same room as my computer, so I can basically jam in my "guitar" room, and if I want to do some recording, I can just plug into my interface without having to move the floor unit. Plus, then I can record a "clean" track, and then when I'm away from my gear, I could load it up on my laptop and putz around with the amps, cabinet impulses, and effects until I get the sound I want...save that rig, and then upload it to the floor unit.
I can't wait to have some time to dig in!
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What's up, fellas? Been a long ass time since I've visited the forums, so don't know if ya still remember me, but here's a vid I just made of some Jimi inspired Red House improv:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4qB_WwzfcY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4qB_WwzfcY
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jeffy777;n3554898 said:
i sure remember you! Welcome back.
And that's some nice playing!
Also: There's been a few changes on my wall:
https://imgur.com/a/ranfaU6
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But...it's not black. I'm very confused.
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Just bought a used Alvarez 12 string acoustic. It's on it's way from it's former owner and should have it this week. Never owned a 12-string in 30 years of playing guitar. Cant wait!
The previous owner is currently the touring guitarist for Bob Seger.
The previous owner is currently the touring guitarist for Bob Seger.
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I only now realized I never posted pictures from the NGD:
It's my first maple-backed guitar. I don't have the ear to pick out any tonal differences since there're too many other variables to consider from my other guitars, but I know it's a very sustainable domestic wood, which I can appreciate, and something seen in more higher-end guitars than in years past instead of rosewood, tropical mahoganys, etc
I know people shit on rosewood, because lots of cheap guitars use cheap "rosewood", but I can appreciate a nice piece of the better stuff, with richer color and some streaks.
Later that year, I also picked up my first bass. I've "had" basses before, some for a number of years...but they were always loaners. It was $179, and the cheapest bass that didn't feel like it was less than $300. An Ibanez Talman, I think a TB100. I have a sheet of matte black vinyl wrap that I want to use to cover the red pearloid on the pickguard, to sort of murder it out, because I like the contrast of glossy black body with matte black pickguard and this looks a bit too "70s".
Then later that year, we took out first "real" vacation, and went to Hawaii (Maui). While there, my one goal was to buy a ukulele, made in Hawaii, from Hawaiian koa, that didn't feel like a toy, and my budget was $200. I found this one for $260, and I splurged, even though *some* of the manufacture was done in asia, but final assembly and finishing was done in Hawaii, from what I understand. But, that's what I had to do to have one that was actually "musical instrument quality" and not just "gift shop decor", and less than $500 for anything that was more made in Hawaii.
Pictured here on the chair in the Air B&B, appropriately...
By the end of 2019, I was able to do something that I've yearned for since I started playing guitar over 30 years ago: guitars hanging on the wall.
I know I've posted about it in the "I made dis" thread, or maybe the "home improvement" thread...but either way, it also should be here. Ha!
Amusingly the first guitar I hung up, I actually sold last year...
NOTE: If anyone from the future stumbles across these photos and wants to do the same thing, take note: I installed the bottom rail too high. The headstocks between the guitars take up soo much room along with the hook hardware itself that this creates ZERO additional capacity over a single rail. To fit "double the guitars", the bottom rail would need to be closer to the floor so that the two rows don't conflict. We have a cat, and I was afraid it might try to chew on them, so I raised it up thinking it'd still work...it still holds guitars and looks more impressive, but doesn't actually hold more than just one rail would have.
Yes, the ones on the right are turned flat, because...
To make sure the door wouldn't hit the guitars, I made a custom slat-rail-mounted, long-reach door stop that I hung between the guitars, out of some gorgeous claro walnut I found in a Woodcraft scrap cutoff bin, and a customized String Swing slat rail back plate.
Then in 2020, I received a guitar I ordered at the end of 2019. Behold: Excaliber.
Burled one-piece maple top with a hand-stained finish, with matching headstock and after-market back plate, swamp ash body with a transparent black finish, 5-piece maple/purpleheart neck, and a ziricote fretboard with abalone inlays, abalone headstock logo, and abalone topped knobs. Stainless steel frets, piezo electronics, chrome hardware.
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Kiesel just came out with a bunch of new features last week, so their evolving "virtual builder" is getting more fun to play with.
The current front-runner, if I could buy a new guitar:
Their Lyra model, "purple drink" stain on quilted maple top with matching headstock shape, standard shape
walnut body
Richlite fretboard and quartersawn maple neck
Abalone ring inlays
Gold hardware and Hipshot Contour trem
Satin black pickguard
Stainless frets and silver headstock logo
Black pickups with gold pole pieces, abalone-topped gold knobs
Not seen from these angles, but there'd also be a thing natural maple layer between the walnut and the purple, like a pinstripe running around the whole body.
The current front-runner, if I could buy a new guitar:
Their Lyra model, "purple drink" stain on quilted maple top with matching headstock shape, standard shape
walnut body
Richlite fretboard and quartersawn maple neck
Abalone ring inlays
Gold hardware and Hipshot Contour trem
Satin black pickguard
Stainless frets and silver headstock logo
Black pickups with gold pole pieces, abalone-topped gold knobs
Not seen from these angles, but there'd also be a thing natural maple layer between the walnut and the purple, like a pinstripe running around the whole body.
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Incoming NGD in...probably 2-6 mo. *squee*
Not the one in the previous post, though.
Not the one in the previous post, though.
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NGD! (New Guitar Day!)
"Unboxing":
"Unboxing":
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Group shots (all from the same brand):
A photo the manufacturer shared to their social media:
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Since that new one came in, it's time to let one go, the one whose purpose is supplanted by the new one.
I wanted to get a cheap-ass piece of shit to practice electronics and fretwork. I spotted this used guitar at Guitar Center for $60. I thought I was getting a rocking deal but didn't realize at first that the headstock said "Starcaster" and not "Stratocaster". Hilariously it was only ever sold for $100 as new, at Best Buy, Costco, Sam's Club, etc...not even real music stores.
So I bought the guitar for $60, gutted the electronics, and proceeded to spend over $200 on replacement parts...
...and then proceeded to fail to get the new electronics working properly after multiple tries. 😅 I never even bothered to peel the protective plastic off of the new custom-made pickguard.
So it sat, unused, for years.
I'll miss it, though...I always loved the metallic black finish with the white pearloid pickguard. Maybe someday I'll get a 'proper' one in the same aesthetic.
I can't keep it, though. I have a self-imposed limit: I have limited my collection to one wall of hanging guitars, and all cases have to fit in the one closet. I'd love to get a Tele, a resonator, a mandolin, banjo, and a travel guitar...but since I'm not a gigging musician...I'm at "one in, one out" critical mass.
So as long as the little photo set was set up for the new guitar, I thought I'd use it to take some "for sale" pics of this 10-year tribute to sunk-cost-fallacy. 😅
I wanted to get a cheap-ass piece of shit to practice electronics and fretwork. I spotted this used guitar at Guitar Center for $60. I thought I was getting a rocking deal but didn't realize at first that the headstock said "Starcaster" and not "Stratocaster". Hilariously it was only ever sold for $100 as new, at Best Buy, Costco, Sam's Club, etc...not even real music stores.
So I bought the guitar for $60, gutted the electronics, and proceeded to spend over $200 on replacement parts...
...and then proceeded to fail to get the new electronics working properly after multiple tries. 😅 I never even bothered to peel the protective plastic off of the new custom-made pickguard.
So it sat, unused, for years.I'll miss it, though...I always loved the metallic black finish with the white pearloid pickguard. Maybe someday I'll get a 'proper' one in the same aesthetic.
I can't keep it, though. I have a self-imposed limit: I have limited my collection to one wall of hanging guitars, and all cases have to fit in the one closet. I'd love to get a Tele, a resonator, a mandolin, banjo, and a travel guitar...but since I'm not a gigging musician...I'm at "one in, one out" critical mass.
So as long as the little photo set was set up for the new guitar, I thought I'd use it to take some "for sale" pics of this 10-year tribute to sunk-cost-fallacy. 😅