And I became the proud owner of a doubleneck guitar. I still have it although it's been several years since I last played it. Sure is impressive wall-art ;'}
But who cares? I loved it. I Played that thing for 10 years and loved it but decided I needed a strat and sold the SG for about $250, thought I did okay. Then around two days later the vintage guitar market came into existence. Suddenly it was worth thousands. Sigh.
> too many guitars
Some sort of gibberish or random noise got into your post. No idea what that means.
‘65 Epiphone Riviera
*************
Mini-humbuckers are sweet. Noise cancelling and a great compromise between single coil pickups and full size humbuckers.
Whats a ‘guitar player’? Do they make loops I can sample for my pc? Sad. In the late 60’s through the 80’s there were so many great guitar players, you couldn’t count them all. Now, you can count the new generation one 1 hand, and few if any are innovative or original....or will be memorable.
What is this “too much wattage allows no headroom” nonsense?
Wattage pretty much equals headroom. A puny little amp will be crushed by a drummer in a club and turn into a noisy, fizzy mess. 30 watts minimum, unless you are going direct or miking the puny little amp.
PRS?
please....
Gibson or nothing.
one more song before i can do the entire mud slide slim album on my guild fingerpicker special 24 fret from 1993 and her sister 20 builds older.
I got distracted with dione warwick walk on by...
What a great tune added to my collection of playables.
And I became the proud owner of a doubleneck guitar. I still have it although it's been several years since I last played it. Sure is impressive wall-art ;'}
BTW that kid would later play the limo driver in Die Hard.
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.
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.
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...
