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Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:01 pm

Hink wrote:my next guitar? Not here yet, ebay score...here's a teaser

It looks like an Ibanez RG550 to me (or whatever the current equivalent is). Is that right?

woggle · Post by **woggle** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:15 pm

polyslax wrote:

Too bad about the arthritis. I often get joint pain in my fingers, so I'm concerned that I may be headed in the same direction at some point.

I haven't had an electric since the mid 90s, when I sold my Strat and Tele. I've been getting my (less and less frequent) guitar fix from an Ovation acoustic since then. It does have the piezo saddle pickups, so I've been able to record it plugged in, but I've been craving a real electric now for a while.

My intention is to use mainly guitar, field recording, fx and my Octatrack, but I'm sure there will be synth involved as well.

Really enjoyed your tracks, btw, great stuff!

The arthritis kicked in to a few joints I crushed when renovating our current house - I think injury starting it is quite common. Something useful I do is change mouse hands from left to right every so often. When I was working I used right hand at work and left at home, now I am at home I'm changing them over every couple of weeks. That actually improved my 'hand health' a lot. It is not hard to get used to it.

I've never tried an Ovation - I played classical for quite a while when I was younger - no longer , but still love to play nylon strings. Hence my earlier post about wanting a glissentar http://www.godinguitars.com/godinglissentarp.htm. Hopefully I'll pick up some work soon and get one

re music - thanks for listening and the compliment. I am enjoying yours as well - melancholy chap

But really lovely moods and https://soundcloud.com/polyslax/immutable is fantastic.
I think I am hearing some nice guitar in some of your tracks eg Sweater - but it is so hard to tell nowadays

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:48 pm

woggle wrote:I've never tried an Ovation - I played classical for quite a while when I was younger - no longer , but still love to play nylon strings. Hence my earlier post about wanting a glissentar http://www.godinguitars.com/godinglissentarp.htm. Hopefully I'll pick up some work soon and get one

Seems our tastes run along the same lines. I've come very close to picking up a Glissentar a number of times, and considered getting it instead of picking up an electric. If I ever buy another stringed instrument, that's what I'm getting.

woggle wrote:re music - thanks for listening and the compliment. I am enjoying yours as well - melancholy chap But really lovely moods and https://soundcloud.com/polyslax/immutable is fantastic.
I think I am hearing some nice guitar in some of your tracks eg Sweater - but it is so hard to tell nowadays

Thanks, yes, I naturally move to down tempo melancholy much of the time. I recorded a little over 600 samples of my acoustic guitar, both normal playing and in various semi-prepared states, and made Battery drum kits out of the samples. You're hearing a little bit of that in Sweater.

Crackbaby · Post by **Crackbaby** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:33 am

What hand recorders are you using when recording guitars? Or are they for recording noise outside? I've been wanting to get a handrecorder for both reasons but i can't decide if i want one with video as well (eg zoom's).
I would also use it for recording hand drums (djembe etc).

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:01 pm

I just ordered my first Circle K strings.....kinda nervous about it. The "B" is quite a bit thicker. But the B/E are tapered so that should be interesting.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:08 pm

I dont have any "B" strings right now, I have a "Bb" or two though

MickGael · Post by **MickGael** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:13 pm

My next guitar (for a few days) was a Gibson J45 True Vintage. I sent it back. Compared to a J45 I played at a 5-star dealer, it was awful. Word to the wise: buy your Gibson at a 5-star dealer.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:31 pm

MickGael wrote:My next guitar (for a few days) was a Gibson J45 True Vintage. I sent it back. Compared to a J45 I played at a 5-star dealer, it was awful. Word to the wise: buy your Gibson at a 5-star dealer.

I promise you, I will take your advice...I will not buy any Gibson unless it's from a 5-star dealer

(I'm not making fun of you, it's a running joke about me someone will no doubt fix my post)

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:32 pm

Hink wrote:I dont have any "B" strings right now, I have a "Bb" or two though

Well, considering you hate changing strings..........

fedexnman · Post by **fedexnman** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:34 pm

Man Ill have to sell some of my guitars if I ever want to buy another one . Anyone here got to many guitars ??

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:39 pm

hibidy wrote:
Hink wrote:I dont have any "B" strings right now, I have a "Bb" or two though
Well, considering you hate changing strings..........

hey that box of 25 sets I bought are heading to being classics...then antiques...I'll have the last laugh when I have antique strings that have never been played. I blew it with the baseball card thing (I started collecting them in the 60s but tossed them all in the late 70s) but I'm no fool and I wont make the same mistake twice. That's my pension plan

Vintage73 · Post by **Vintage73** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:40 pm

Thanks all for your compliments.

It's really not the bass that I really wanted (I wanted one with a blank neck, no fret lines), but it sounds decent enough for a beginner's bass, and I'm going to take it slow, learning to play properly this time.

rockstar_not · Post by **rockstar_not** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 6:28 am

My next guitar should arrive soon. Epiphone Nighthawk Custom Re-issue in Honeyburst.

Weird looking guitar, but a joy to play. Strat scale length and hardtail style bridge. Gibson style mini HB in the neck, single coil middle, slanted HB in the tail, 5 position switch, tappable HBs. Sounds like a strat if you want it, and kind of like an SG if you would rather have that.

Best thing of all, no tune-o-matic bridge!

Who here needs a slightly modded MIM Fat Strat, in Black, hard shell case? Mods are as follows: replaced stock saddles with Graph-tech saddles (I can put the old stamped steel ones back in if you like and use the Graph-techs on this new axe) and I re-wired the middle pup tone control so that it's actually a variable tap on the tail HB, and the neck tone control is a master tone control. Much more variety of tone than stock where the HB is basically wide open with no tone control, all treble.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 6:41 am

that caught my attention the first time you posted it, I actually like it which will surprise many (but it's not a gibson)...congrats...your strat sounds tempting but a week too late

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 6:57 am

Congrats rockstar not!

Your next guitar?