Posted on 07/05/2020 10:11:43 AM PDT by rktman
When asked “How many guitars do you need?” “Uh, all of them!”
I had a trumpet once upon a time. LOL! Also, NOT a guitar.
I got conned into buying an old Peavey Deuce. My 16yo scares the neighborhood when he puts it past 5.
I’ve got to convince him a 15watt Frontman is all he needs in the house.
Argyle?
Thirteen hundred and fifty two in Nashville, alone.
yep
Have always wanted to play. As a teenager I fumbled around with guitars and never learned to play, later sold them off for needed cash. About 25 years ago I bought another electric. Life got busy (job, family, etc.) and it sat in a gig bag collecting dust.
Until 3 months ago.
This Covid19 thing had me working from home and the Mrs found a Faceboom ad from Fender offering 2 months of online lessons for free. Now I’m practicing every day, and recently bought an Epiphone version of a Les Paul. So at 53, I’m finally starting to learn something that I started in my teens. Don’t care if my learning curve is longer. I’m having a lot of fun with it.
“LOL! Yeah, did a facebook live deal with a friend yesterday and we used nylon string acoustics. They DO NOT lend themselves to playing lead(even with a wah wah attached).”
I added a Godin solid-body nylon string to the “family” last year and it helps resolve the issue of playing lead, albeit admittedly with some sonic limitations (if one is a purist about classical tone).
Nice to hear the youngster is playing an instrument rather than fake ass guitar hero.
I have a Frontman 25, a Blues Junior 15 watt tube amp that can get loud and a Deluxe 40 watt tube amp that can REALLY get loud. It doesn’t get out often. Two years ago it got to play a 4th of July gig in Bridgeport Ca. That was an awesome gig.
LOL! For my 72nd birthday I got an Epi Les Paul Custom Deluxe to play around with. Silver burst and plays well sounds good.
I’m up to 20 guitars and basses. It’s ridiculous and I have no room for them all. But it’s a hobby I love.
This summer during the lockdown I started teaching my 14 year old daughter to play guitar. We tried to have her take piano and flute as part of school and she half @55ed it the whole time so I wasn't convinced she'd take guitar seriously either. But she's surprised me. It's a lot of fun to just play a simple 12 bar blues with her now, looking forward to getting her a little theory and working knowledge of the fretboard.
Thanks to tablature guitar players can manage to make it through a lifetime without knowing how to read music or what the actual notes on the fretboard are. Many may disagree but reading music really inst that essential for non-pro guitar players but knowing the notes is pretty essential. gonna make sure she has that at the very least.
I’ve been impressed by the difference between a tube amp vs an all solid state unit. Even the small fender tube sounds better than my sons Line 6 chicom pile of electronics.
And jeebus Christo. The Peavey sounds like front row at a Skynyrd concert.
Awesome. I never learned to read standard notation. I only read tab. Been playing guitar for 40 years. Hope you and she enjoy the musical journey no matter what.
Well...I learned guitar in 1960 at the ripe old age of 5. Damn thing was bigger than I was. Silvertone tobacco sunburst acoustic, probably made by Harmony, at that time they produced the guitars thousands of kids my age learned on.
First electric was in about 1966, no name japanese copy of a Fender Mustang or Jaguar, single pickup. Came with a record player thar doubled as an amp, my father refused to let me use it, threw a screaming fit every time I tried. He hated rock and roll, he listened to BOTH kinds of music...country and western...screamed at me for 30 years or more because I was a musician...but not a country “gittar picker”...
I still play but recently retired from public performances, the band wasn’t happy but they understand it’s a real struggle to play. COPD is not fun, carry my 35 lb Fender Champ to the car, I’m huffing like I just ran 50 yards, have to stop and catch my breath.
Yes, I played the Champ onstage, 6 watt tube amp miked into the PA. Rebuilt it years ago, essentially the same amp Clapton used to record his “Layla” album, modified skightly to handle a 6L6 power tube in place of the 6V6. (swap the resistor that sets bias voltage) His is the older one though, nothing but a volume knob, mine is a 1974 model, they added tone controls. Crank it all to 10, back off treble to 7, I’m jamming, most musicians were floored to find out that was a little 6 watt practice amp they were hearing when they listened to us. Had to prove it to one guy...
Guitars - Sold a couple 10 years ago when Obozo was trying to kill off the economy, now still have my trusty Fender Squire Strat, I’ve had it around 25 years. Never, ever will I let that guitar go...I’ve played 2 dozen american strats that cannot touch it.
Peavey Patriot, made about 1985 or so. Strat body with 2 telecaster style single coil pickups. The Peavey ones the size of humbuckers used also on their T60 guitars. Great pickups. Nope, it ain’t leaving my hands...not while I’m alive anyway...Got it about 1996. Fantastic guitar.
Takamine EGS330SC acoustic. Cedar top, sounds great, another one I’ll never let go. The cedar top is something every guitar player should check out when looking for an acoustic. It’s also electric, for onstage use.
Ibanez AG75 hollow body, dual humbuckers, very nice sounding guitar, not attached enough to it to say it will not be sold someday...Les Paul shape body, looks identical, thick as a Birdland and hollow body.
Cort CL1500, needs repair, bridge messed up. Really nice guitar, I sure miss playing it. Also a hollow body, barely thicker than my strat. Shaped much like a Les Paul.
1966 Harmony Bobkat. 60’s learner guitar, took a bit of work and 3 bucks (literally) to get it into playing condition, yard sale find for $2 about 1996. Thinking about putting it on the market...
Electromuse lap steel made about the end of WWII. Fixed it up a little, original Humbucker made by DeArmond. Still in good shape, used it onstage many times.
And an old no name telecaster copy, might be worth $50 bucks on a good day...if I find the right sucker...
Amps - Fender Champ, 1974 model, been using it onstage about the past 5 years, mic it jnto the PA, soinds great. Flea market find in about 1990, had to be completely rebuilt, mainly to replace ancient dried out capacitors. (those WILL fry your amp if one develops a direct short. Any tube amp over 25 years old should automatically get a complete cap job.)
Fender Super Reverb, 1973 model. Also rebuilt years ago, cap job, and a couple of minor modifications made to revert a couple of things CBS did to make it sound crappy , back to semi Fender “blackface” condition. Amps made from 66 to 69 had a blavk faceplate, called blackface. Don’t let a liberal find out...they’ll accuse me of playing a racist amp...never mind the fact that it was built before they were BORN...Sounds fabulous, used it onstage about 15 years. Got sick of lugging a 89lb amp around though...
Peavey MX, ran it into a Kustom 2X12 cab for 20 years until I got the Super Reverb. 130 watts, tubes, freakin LOUD amp...and clean as they get. Also really heavy. Amp is about 75 lbs, cabinet awful close to that. Young guy rig...or hire some roadies...
Various effects, 3 distortion pedals, 2 echo boxes, couple of tuners, Marshall Bluesbreaker Overdrive, Dan Electro Chorus, volume pedal (cannot survive without one) and probably forgetting 3 or 4.
Plus the various odds and ends needed onstsage - mic stands, wires, extension cords, at least 50 guitar picks, half dozen antique medicine bottles used to play slide, 3 and 7 guitar stands, plus a couple that hold only one...
Let’s see...flute, 2 saxes, 70’s Wurlitzer Electric piano, modern cheap keyboard, 2 xylophones, not sure what else...
This is the kind of stuff a musician accumulates, compared to the ordinary guitar player, who is just a guitar player. Nothing wrong with that, I was one till my high school band director let me have the run of the band room...I learned to play EVERY instrument in the place. He turned me into a true musician, I even wrote some sheet music at one time...quite tedious...
I’m probably forgetting a few things, sold several guitars 10 years ago, had 9 at one time, plus 2 in need of repairs. I do all my own repairs, including soldering, and most amp repairs, if I can find out what’s wrong.
My uncle got me into this, I was banging on his old Silvertone guitar, 5 years old, he told me to play it right. I said I didn’t know how. He said he’d teach me...so he did, a couple of years later he taught me to sing harmonies (Everly Brothers tune) and I was off and rolling...55 years later, I still don’t know how to act without a few guitars around.
Ask me how many is enough, the only answer is BLASPHEMY!! No such thing as enough guitars...and from there I start getting surly...I’m pretty sure my family will bury me with one...
Find a Fender Champ. 6 watts, all tubes, blows any modern practice amd right out of gbe room, and siunds great. I’ve used one for about 30 years, including onstage.
The Frontman is solid state, no comparison. Not bad, but it can’t match tubes. Fenderr also makes thd 15 watt Blues Jr and Pro Jr, but a 15 watt tube amp is still enough to make the neighbors hate you...I have a Pro Jr, friex it 2 years ago, but it sounded pretty good, and 15 watts is freakin loud...I couldn’t play it even half volume at home.
A couple other companies make under 10 watt tube amps, but I don’t know enough about them to offer any opinions.
That's what I want her to see on the fretboard. She can decide for herself if she wants to use it or just play campfire songs using open position chords using a CAPO, that's her decision. I just want it to be an informed one .
Good post!
I also have a Super Reverb but (when things calm down a bit) I’m resolved to selling it. It was just too much (both weight and volume!) and I never play it anymore.
For years I played through a Dean Markley combo amp - 100watt single 12. It was a solid state with a tube preamp. It has plenty of horsepower but brutal tone. All the manners of a rabid dog but perfect for rock.
I purchased a Fender Cyber-Twin and that’s been my main machine ever since. I bought just the head and played it through a Marshall 412 slant cab. I got tired of lugging around the cab so I took an old Acoustic 6-12 speaker cabinet and cut it up making two 2-12 cabinets (and spare parts). This combination still serves me today. I can operate nicely with a single 2-12 cab or bring two and set them on either side of the stage.
Since the amp features stereo outputs and effects having twin cabs makes for an interesting presentation ;’}
Oh yeah, I also bought a Roland GR55 guitar synthesizer for my effects. It takes a rocket scientist to figure it out (I’m still at page three!) but it sounds great and the Cyber-Twin offers an incredibly clean foundation for all the other layered effects.
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