any guitar players here?

[cheezyridr]

we have the metalhead thread, are any of you guitar players?  if so, lets see what you got,  what kinda stuff do you play, did you mod anything?  i will start:

 

2014 studio pro, added locking tuners, bone nut, and  an evh frankenstein pick up in the bridge

 

ibanez AR325Q,  added locking tuners and a bone nut

 

d'angelico premier mini dc xt all stock

 

81 westbury deluxe, all stock, has dimarzio pick ups

 

firefly tele, all stock, has stainless frets, roasted maple neck, locking tuners, bone nut, dual action truss rod, only cost $150 brand new.

 

my amps are a mesa boogie trans atlantic 15 on a 1x12 closed back  cab

 

mesa boogie trans atlantic 30 1x12 combo

 

i also have a vht special 6 (not the ultra) on a fuchs 1x12 semi open back cab, but no pics right now for some reason.  i mostly play hard rock, and blues, some 80's metal, some southern rock,  am learning some surf music right now, that's alot of fun to play.  i don't play out, but i did in the 80's.  these days i headline at madison square living room

[Woody B]

Nice axes.   I've been playing....or at least making noise since I was 8.  I used to work part time in a studio mostly recording tracks for radio commercials.    I also build acoustic guitars, although I've slowed down on that.  This was the 25th guitar I built.  It's all Koa....kinda my own body design.  I wanted a 12 fret.  I built a mold to fit an old L-00 style case.   If my link to the recording works I'll post some more.  I rented some studio time to record 3 guitars I had just built.   

Edit:  I noticed the sound file quit working.  I uploaded it to another free server here.   All Koa 12 Fret

 

[cheezyridr]

3 hours ago, Woody B said:

Nice axes.   I've been playing....or at least making noise since I was 8.  I used to work part time in a studio mostly recording tracks for radio commercials.    I also build acoustic guitars, although I've slowed down on that.  This was the 25th guitar I built.  It's all Koa....kinda my own body design.  I wanted a 12 fret.  I built a mold to fit an old L-00 style case.   If my link to the recording works I'll post some more.  I rented some studio time to record 3 guitars I had just built.   

All Koa 12 Fret

 

 

1)those guitars look freekin AWESOME

2)they sound great! 

3) clean playing, and tasty licks! 

very cool post.  i would have clicked the like button twice if i could

[TnRiver46]

I’ve got an acoustic Alvarez copy of a Martin D35, it’s got the Brazilian rosewood 3 piece back. My aunt gave it to me, I was pretty shocked . It sounds wonderful especially when my fishing buddies play it (they are professionals haha)

[JackstrawIII]

Been playing a long time. Used to play electric more, but the last 20 years or so have been almost exclusively acoustic. My prettiest guitar at the moment is this Taylor First Edition 524CE. 

[J Francho]

I occasionally play my wife's guitars. She has a Gibson Les Paul from the early 80s, an old Guild acoustic, and a newer Taylor acoustic with the preamps and piezo. I like playing the last one - the neck is so easy. My primary instrument is the drums. Been playing for over 40 years. 

[Jar11591]

Used to play in my teens and early twenties. Sold my guitars and amps over a decade ago, and I regret it every day. Still hope to get back into someday. 

[cheezyridr]

6 hours ago, J Francho said:

 My primary instrument is the drums. 

 

well, we won't judge you for it, folks around here are pretty forgiving that way

😝

 

[Woody B]

As I stated earlier I've got a BUNCH of guitars.  My workhorse for years was a 70's Tele with a B-bender.   I've still got it, but never play it anymore.  Amp wise I've got an old Fender Twin, as well as a Deluxe.   I rarely touch an electric anymore.  My "prize" acoustic is a 1955 Martin D18.  My brother in law calls it "the organ".  I've never played a guitar that "feels" like it does when played.   I've also got a 1964 Gibson J-45.  I bought it to have a decent acoustic made the same year I was.   

 

I'll have to dig through my files to find a picture.  This recording is a Sitka Spruce/Black Walnut Slope Shoulder Dread I built for a guy in Canada.   I love those big bodied short scale acoustics.   

 

Sitka-Black Walnut Slope D

[cheezyridr]

2 hours ago, Woody B said:

As I stated earlier I've got a BUNCH of guitars.  My workhorse for years was a 70's Tele with a B-bender.   I've still got it, but never play it anymore.  Amp wise I've got an old Fender Twin, as well as a Deluxe.   I rarely touch an electric anymore.  My "prize" acoustic is a 1955 Martin D18.  My brother in law calls it "the organ".  I've never played a guitar that "feels" like it does when played.   I've also got a 1964 Gibson J-45.  I bought it to have a decent acoustic made the same year I was.   

 

I'll have to dig through my files to find a picture.  This recording is a Sitka Spruce/Black Walnut Slope Shoulder Dread I built for a guy in Canada.   I love those big bodied short scale acoustics.   

 

Sitka-Black Walnut Slope D

 

that guitar has a great bottom end,  but still sounds well balanced. i guess that's the big body doing that?  i know nothing about acoustic guitars, so if that's  dumb,  i can only ask for patience. hahahaa

you have an old twin?  man those amps are incredible.  loud barely describes them, but nothing else sounds like they do. i had a red knob twin, years ago, that someone gave me as a thank you...sort of.  at the time, i lived in an apt in toronto, so it was completely unusable to me, i sold it. where i live now (in the states again) i can get loud as i want.  i would love to have an amp like that again. i would never use all the available gain,  but it sounded so good i wouldn't care. 

[TnRiver46]

@Woody B, do you have black diamond strings on your J 45? 

[BC VC basser]

[12poundbass]

13 hours ago, cheezyridr said:

 

well, we won't judge you for it, folks around here are pretty forgiving that way

😝

 

At least it wasn’t a bass guitar….those don’t count right? 
 

[Woody B]

6 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

@Woody B, do you have black diamond strings on your J 45? 

"Black Diamond strings are like white flour and grits.   You play Black Diamond strings cause it's all you can get."

 

I played plenty of Black Diamonds when I was a kid.  The local drug store had them.  When I'd break one my Mom would take me there to get another one.  Once a year, at Christmas I'd get a "whole set of strings" from the music store in "town".   (Town was Shelby NC, 10 miles away)   IIRC my yearly set of strings were Darco's.   

[TnRiver46]

Ray Wylie Hubbard has a song about black diamond strings on a J45, j think it’s called down home country blues 

 

my fav song that mentions them church street blues by Tony rice, I could watch him all day.

 

 

 

[J Francho]

Listen, I don't play bass and I don't have cats. 

[Woody B]

I had forgot about that Ray Wylie Hubbard song.  Guy Clarks "Black Diamond Strings" is what I was quoting.   Music just flowed out of Tony Rice.   I saw him play live once years ago at Merlefest.   

[LonnieP]

I play a little. Here’s my Epiphone 59 Les Paul. I play through a 20 watt Marshall Origin 20 amp.

[TLHSS]

I don't play guitar, but hopefully no one is offended by mandolin players.

 

My 1921 Gibson.

 

 

[cheezyridr]

22 hours ago, Woody B said:

I had forgot about that Ray Wylie Hubbard song.  Guy Clarks "Black Diamond Strings" is what I was quoting.   Music just flowed out of Tony Rice.   I saw him play live once years ago at Merlefest.   

 

guy clark is AWESOME!  how could we have a guitar thread? and me not post this song?  i apologize for slacking:

 

i also really love the one about dont forget your cape.  nobody can write lyrics like that guy

 

 

 

21 hours ago, LonnieP said:

I play a little. Here’s my Epiphone 59 Les Paul. I play through a 20 watt Marshall Origin 20 amp.

22 hours ago, Woody B said:

 

 

that's a good lookin lespaul, i love that tobacco burst.  how do you like the origin? i was seriously considering the head before i bought the mesas i have now.  from the reviews and demos,  it seems like a really cool amp. do you have a combo or a head/cab?  what speaker are you playing through? i hope you don't mind the questions

[Woody B]

27 minutes ago, cheezyridr said:

guy clark is AWESOME! 

 

Verlon Thompson (other player in that video) is AWESOME too.   

[LonnieP]

1 hour ago, cheezyridr said:

 

guy clark is AWESOME!  how could we have a guitar thread? and me not post this song?  i apologize for slacking:

 

i also really love the one about dont forget your cape.  nobody can write lyrics like that guy

 

 

 

 

that's a good lookin lespaul, i love that tobacco burst.  how do you like the origin? i was seriously considering the head before i bought the mesas i have now.  from the reviews and demos,  it seems like a really cool amp. do you have a combo or a head/cab?  what speaker are you playing through? i hope you don't mind the questions

I have my Origin plugged into an Orange 1 x 12 with a Celestion V30. It does the old school rock sounds like Ac/Dc and ZZ Top. I have overdrive pedals when I want to push the amp harder.

[thediscochef]

I am a bass player but I also have guitars. My favorite guitar is my dad's old highway one strat, blonde color. No mods. Gets run through an AC50.

 

all of my basses are modded.

My favorite bass is my P Bass. I installed lollipop tuners, a '63 Pure Vintage pickup, pickup cover, NOS pots, unfinished brass saddle bridge, and NOS cellulose acetate pick guard. It's my baby. I play it everywhere. The rickenbacker is a close second but it is my metal bass and kept in Drop C with .060-.120 stainless + hipshot bridge.

 

Purple bass is a swamp ash jazz bass body with a roasted maple neck, an original bada** II and a lollar precision 90 pickup. It is my idea of the perfect bass, based on the Mark Hoppus signature but with the desire to fix a few things and add some premium items. Body is warmoth, neck is from Fender. Assembled, wired, and set up to professional specs by yours truly from top to bottom. Leaned against my Super Bassman and matching 410 Bassman Cabinet.

 

Not pictured: Fender Starcaster Hollowbody bass, Fender Jazz Bass

[TnRiver46]

13 hours ago, cheezyridr said:

 

guy clark is AWESOME!  how could we have a guitar thread? and me not post this song?  i apologize for slacking:

 

i also really love the one about dont forget your cape.  nobody can write lyrics like that guy

 

 

 

 

that's a good lookin lespaul, i love that tobacco burst.  how do you like the origin? i was seriously considering the head before i bought the mesas i have now.  from the reviews and demos,  it seems like a really cool amp. do you have a combo or a head/cab?  what speaker are you playing through? i hope you don't mind the questions

🎶 he didn’t know he couldn’t fly….. so he did 🎶 

[Tim Kelly]

About a year ago I dragged my old fender acoustic out of the loft, where it had languished for about 40 years. Enjoying playing it, though I'm genuinely terrible at it, but it's fun. I got the set up a bit better after the academy of youtube showed me how, so it's a bit easier to play. No more 1/2" gap at the 12th fret. 😁