I started off playing my 17 inch Jazz box(D'angelico EXL-1) and that didn't last long. As pretty as it is I've never jived with the neck profile nor the tone. I've had considerably better 17 and 16 inch boxes in the past.
Finally getting around to playing the Parker P44. I like pairing my guitars with songs. If a song calls for a stat I play my strat. If a song calls for a tele I play my tele etc. I really didn't have material that served the parker over other guitars. Though with the disrepair that my semi (RWG 450) and my dislike in the Epi Joe Pass as well as the D'angelico. I'm finding pairing the parker with low gain or solid state virtual amps handles jazz tones rather nicely. Nonetheless I think I need to put schedule limits on my playing. My fingers are always dumb when I first rise. Yet that's the time when I can focus on practice most.
I've played it for an hour now and my long hiatus with chord melody jazz standards (show tunes) is showing.
What guitar did you play today and how long?
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7872 posts since 20 Jan, 2008
Dell Vostro i9 64GB Ram Windows 11 Pro, Cubase, Bitwig, Mixcraft Guitar Pod Go, Linntrument Nektar P1, Novation Launchpad
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7872 posts since 20 Jan, 2008
It has not been a good guitar day for me.
The contact for the output jack is shot (again) after spent a sizable amount of money and waited months for it to be repaired the last time. The RWG 450(prs semi) is shot the frets are too warn down to play as is the Godin L.R Baggs(acoustcaster) All of these are 20+ years old. None are worth the money in repairs. The Stratocaster was back bowed. At least with that I could adjust the trust rod to fix it. None of which I have the money to replace if I could.
Which basically leaves me with... The Telecaster, The Stratocaster and The Tammany (acoustic) for the foreseeable future.
The contact for the output jack is shot (again) after spent a sizable amount of money and waited months for it to be repaired the last time. The RWG 450(prs semi) is shot the frets are too warn down to play as is the Godin L.R Baggs(acoustcaster) All of these are 20+ years old. None are worth the money in repairs. The Stratocaster was back bowed. At least with that I could adjust the trust rod to fix it. None of which I have the money to replace if I could.
Which basically leaves me with... The Telecaster, The Stratocaster and The Tammany (acoustic) for the foreseeable future.
Dell Vostro i9 64GB Ram Windows 11 Pro, Cubase, Bitwig, Mixcraft Guitar Pod Go, Linntrument Nektar P1, Novation Launchpad
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- KVRAF
- 20872 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
Did you spray contact cleaner on it?
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7872 posts since 20 Jan, 2008
No.
None of my other guitars that I've had over the years have needed contact spray. Granted some amps have needed the dust blown out.
Dell Vostro i9 64GB Ram Windows 11 Pro, Cubase, Bitwig, Mixcraft Guitar Pod Go, Linntrument Nektar P1, Novation Launchpad
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- KVRAF
- 20872 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
Spray contact cleaner inside the jack, then plug a cable in and twist it around. I use this stuff, it's completely different from normal WD40:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AF0OFVU
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AF0OFVU