Guitars, Guitars!
Posted by: Stephen Bennett on 02 January 2002
Reading the guitar based posts on the hi-fi forum I thought I'd start a thread here to discuss guitars. I'm having a guitar love affair at the moment and I'd be interested in hearing what you other guitarists have & love & want. At the moment chez Bennett has;
An 80's Japananese squire strat which I love to death. Very nice indeed and better than some 'proper' Strats I've played.
A new Yamaha APX-7 acoustic/electric. This is just lovely, silky action nice, quiet, acoustic tone.
A Squire Precision bass. Not sure about this yet -it plays very nicely, but sounds a bit fluffy. Was 50 quid though!
A Yamaha Pacifica electric 12 string. Lovely jangly, well made, stays in tune. Not a Rickenbaker, but a nice guitar.
I used to own a Shergold 12 string/bass that I was going to cut in half. I didn't, Tony. It's happy & well & breaking the back of a friend.
Has anyone bought a '335' style guitar?
Regards
Stephen
[This message was edited by Stephen Bennett on WEDNESDAY 02 January 2002 at 12:19.]
Posted on: 24 April 2002 by Stephen Bennett
Anyone knoe what it is? Answers on an e-postcard...
Stephen
Posted on: 24 April 2002 by Former member
Aren't they those small basses with the rubber strings - I forget the name .... Look cute.
Posted on: 24 April 2002 by Former member
It's an Ashbory bass with strange rubber strings.
Posted on: 25 April 2002 by Stephen Bennett
It is indeed an Ashbory fretless 'trying to sound like a double bass but sounds like nothing on earth'
More at
www.ashbory.comStephen
Posted on: 25 April 2002 by Former member
I tried an Ashbory out years ago and always regret not buying it.
Posted on: 27 April 2002 by Peter C
Anyone else tried Gordon Smith guitars, which are made in England?
Mine cost me £369 and its a pleasure to own and play.
It is shaped like a Gibson Les Paul Junior, a mahogany body and neck & fitted with a Coil tapped Humbucker, giving it both Humbucker and Single Coil sounds.
Posted on: 16 May 2002 by Tony L
Look what fell through my mail box this morning…
How Joy Division is that?
It’s a 79 Shergold Masquerader, and is in fabulous condition other than an amateur paint job on the body (I will eventually get it professionally redone as close to its original condition as is possible). I landed it in a long and complicated swap that started with a little Lexicon reverb that had in reality only cost me about 40 quid – bargain or what!
The pickup switching is remarkable, top switch is a three way pickup selector, the next two switch the pickups individually between humbucker, out of phase, and single coil – i.e. you really can have every possible combination.
Tony.
Posted on: 16 May 2002 by Chris L
Great looking instrument, Tony.
The Masquerader was always a favourite of mine, although I never got around to getting one. The ones I've been offered were either seriously overpriced (in my opinion) on in crap condition.
Anyway, I thought you were bass man?
Chris L
Posted on: 16 May 2002 by kevinl
This is my new baby. I've always wanted a tele thinline, and this one came up recently. It's a made in Mexico '72 reissue, in a limited edition range of colours. I understand there were 30 each of 4 colours made.
It's a delight to use - I've never owned a guitar with a maple neck, and this is lovely and slick. The pickups are excellent - quite fat for a tele, and suits my playing nicely.
I plan to sell off my American Deluxe tele and replace it with a strat, as it's not getting a great deal of use.
kevin
Posted on: 16 May 2002 by Former member
Nice looking tele! I have a MIM '72 custom that I am very fond of. I think the build quality of the Mexican fenders is very good. How does the thinline sound compared to a regular tele?
dozy
Posted on: 17 May 2002 by kevinl
It can do almost everything a regular tele can do. It's not as unrelentingly bright - the humbuckers really break up well when overdriven.
The acoustic sound really nice too, with a real "sprang" when you play chords. I tend to play my guitars acoustically, as I get complaints when they're plugged in...
kevin
Posted on: 14 August 2002 by Former member
Chris - Tony L is a bass man (and a keyboard man too if memory serves). Perhaps he is going to tune it an octave low and use it as a 6 string bass?
dozy
Posted on: 14 August 2002 by Tony L
quote:
Chris - Tony L is a bass man (and a keyboard man too if memory serves).
I made the firm decision to play three instruments badly rather than one well!
Tony.
Posted on: 14 August 2002 by Ron Toolsie
To me there are only a few people capable of playing within the limitations imposed by a telecaster and wringing out the right stuff.
My personal tele guitar god is the late and underappreciated Roy Buchanan. He has two recorded versions of 'The Messiah Will Come'- one done on a tele and one on a Les Paul. No prized for guessing which one is the superior. Even lesser knows is Danny Gatton who accomplished considerable fret wizardry.
ISTR that the twiddly stuff on Stairway to Heaven was also done on a tele.
Ron
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Posted on: 16 August 2002 by Former member
My fav tele players are Keith Richards, Robben Ford and Jimmy Page. I always thought I was more of a strat guy until I picked up a tele for the first time. At present there is no risk of me outgrowing the tele!
dozy
Posted on: 18 August 2002 by Former member
Stephen,
How do you like the Ashbory ?
It look like I'm about to be moved into a job where I'll be travelling practically all the time and am thinking about buying one to take with me as an alternative to hotel bars and "exotic" television channels.
I've already bought a Korg PX3B headphone amp/ modeller/ effects box to play with !
Andy
Posted on: 19 August 2002 by Stephen Bennett
Andy
It's interesting and will require a lot more time for me to be comfortable with it. After playing it, the fretless seems almost easy peasy. You'll need a lot of talc for the strings and a decent preamp - I use a bass POD. The output seems low even though it's active. It goes very deep too.
All in all it's fun & quite cheap.
Regards
Stephen
Posted on: 29 October 2002 by Former member
I am lusting after a new amp at the moment - I have a fender blues junior, but would like something which can give more Marshall like tones - preferably with a headphone jack so I don't piss the neighbours off when I practice.
Was thinking of either a Marshall AVT 50 or a Vox Valvetronix. I really like the look of the H&K amps that light up blue though!
alan
Posted on: 29 October 2002 by Dave J
Hey Dozy,
The Marshall Valvestate AVT 50 and AVT 20 are terrific little amps. If you haven't heard them, there are a couple of samples on the
Marshall websiteDave
Posted on: 29 October 2002 by P
Posted on: 29 October 2002 by Dave J
Yes it is however if it's 4 years old it pre-dates the new model which is a much better amp. But if you can get for £80-90....
Dave
Posted on: 30 October 2002 by Rockingdoc
Here is my list, in case anyone is interested;
Musicman Stingray Bass 1983(pre Ernie Ball); my working instrument, the remainder are pretty much bedroom toys.
Hofner 500/5 semi bass 1962
Gibson Historic Les Paul double-cut TV Special 2000 (I have gigged with this)
National N-style 2000
Collings D1 1999
Fender Jap strat 1980s
Takamine EN20 1999
I've got a double bass too
Posted on: 31 October 2002 by Former member
I bought this yesterday, and am waiting for UPS to deliver it.
It's a Karl Hoyt 4 string bass - handbuilt in Cape Cod out of walnut, lacewood and maple.
Tastier than Britney dressed in her clingfilm bikini ....
Regards,
Andy
[This message was edited by AndyR on FRIDAY 01 November 2002 at 16:32.]
Posted on: 01 November 2002 by Former member
Thanks for the link Dave J - although the music in the clip I downloaded is not to my taste!
I have a pal with the AVT 20 - will need to go round and have a jam on it.
alan
Posted on: 07 November 2002 by Former member
I have just seen info on the Ashdown peacemaker 20 combo amp - wow! Must audition this one too! Anyone heard/played one of these babies?
alan
