***The Official Guitar Thread***

a1ex2001 said:
The woods thing I find hilarious and I'd love to see the A/B/X test where people can tell if it is the good type of mahogany or not! I'm totally the other way on relics mainly because if you ding a relic it doesn't matter! I've been considering buying a nice Les Paul for a couple of years now and have basically decided I need to buy one which has had a few bashes as otherwise it will live in it's case as I will be too scared of bashing it and devaluing it! I actually think dinging a guitar is a good moment in it's life as from that moment on you can just relax and enjoy it!
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I dinged my acoustic recently when the case lid fell onto the headstock bracket like a nail punch straight into it. I was distraught, had the thing since circa 2008. Didn't recover for a day or two, but then I am a proper mess at the moment so I don't think normal me would have been so affected. Still peeved now, but accidents happen and like you say you just have to accept it and move on. Still wouldn't pay for someone to have pre-abused it. At least I know the story to all the dings in my older guitars. You don't get that with machine induced whipping and abrasion.
 
Raymond Lin said:
The 1st day I got my brand new, PRS Custom 24, 10-top, I was being super careful, when lifting it I hold it high so not knock against anything on table etc....but I lifted it TOO high and hight the lampshade in the ceiling...The lampshade is made of glass, frosted..so it is matt...like sandpaper, glass sandpaper.

Yup, 1st day, i made a little scratch on the tip of the headstock on my brand new PRS.

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The first day I got my new prudencio saez, I got out of the car after getting home, not realising the box wasn't taped shut.

It fell out onto the road, wrecking the corner binding at the back and with spiderweb cracks running from there.

To say I was unhappy is an understatement.
 
After destroying my fingernails cleaning the grouting I thought i'd pick my bass up after a gap of years.

I had forgotten how different a bass is.

I tried Soul Vaccination, by Tower of Power. It is WAY harder than I expected, as Rocco Prestia us rather busy. Right hand stamina is definitely a thing for bass...

Pretty much played through Master of Puppets, first time from muscle memory alone, though!
 

If you wondered why he's using hot water - it lifts the grain so you sand again and get a much smoother surface.

The end result still needs some additional setup work - sounds like there's still some buzz and intonation issues, perhaps new strings?
 
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NickK said:

If you wondered why he's using hot water - it lifts the grain so you sand again and get a much smoother surface.

The end result still needs some additional setup work - sounds like there's still some buzz and intonation issues, perhaps new strings?
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Excellent watch, though some of the shaping/sanding stages made me cough just from watching! Still it's given me the itch, especially the finishing stages and seeing it all come together near the end.

New strings should have best intonation but it sounds like there's some issues with the action yeah - buzzing on low and high frets so probably action too low. I'm a bit scared by the break angles at the bridge and nut, and the neck and bridge glue joins being pretty small!
 
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LuckyBenski said:
Excellent watch, though some of the shaping/sanding stages made me cough just from watching! Still it's given me the itch, especially the finishing stages and seeing it all come together near the end.

New strings should have best intonation but it sounds like there's some issues with the action yeah - buzzing on low and high frets so probably action too low. I'm a bit scared by the break angles at the bridge and nut, and the neck and bridge glue joins being pretty small!
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Only issue I after watching all these videos.. I want to build a 7 or 8 string through neck with a carved top.. and I've not even built one yet.
 
NickK said:
Only issue I after watching all these videos.. I want to build a 7 or 8 string through neck with a carved top.. and I've not even built one yet.
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I do this with so many projects now. Hey I could change the head gasket on a car! Hey I could build some custom lighting! I could dig a drain in my concrete drive!
 
go for it :D

T. E. Lawrence : All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds Awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men. That they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible.
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to clarify - I'm being serious here!
 
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I think he said he was worried his style wouldn't fit or work with Polyphia style as it's very different.

I like Tim's Riffs and he's a cool dude but I'm not really into their stuff generally. I can see they are breaking new ground. Same with Vai. I can appreciate what they do. But I prefer someone like Satriani or EVH to be honest.

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OspreyO said:
I think he said he was worried his style wouldn't fit or work with Polyphia style as it's very different.

I like Tim's Riffs and he's a cool dude but I'm not really into their stuff generally. I can see they are breaking new ground. Same with Vai. I can appreciate what they do. But I prefer someone like Satriani or EVH to be honest.

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Listening to Vai's new album yesterday, it's just a normal rock band album.
 
ik9000 said:
I dinged my acoustic recently when the case lid fell onto the headstock bracket like a nail punch straight into it. I was distraught, had the thing since circa 2008. Didn't recover for a day or two, but then I am a proper mess at the moment so I don't think normal me would have been so affected. Still peeved now, but accidents happen and like you say you just have to accept it and move on. Still wouldn't pay for someone to have pre-abused it. At least I know the story to all the dings in my older guitars. You don't get that with machine induced whipping and abrasion.
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I'm a bit like that prefer stuff that isn't damaged.

However when getting back into guitar I picked up a cheap beat up Pacifica. It's nice to have something you can hand to anyone and not be precious about it.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
Listening to Vai's new album yesterday, it's just a normal rock band album.
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I don't think I've ever listened to a full Vai album. Just a handful of tracks. It's just not my kind of music. Neither is Polyphia. I think it's cool though.

I'm perfectly happy with normal rock band. Dad rock, boomer rock whatever.
 
builder22 said:
I've never listened to Tim Henson on Spotify etc, just watched him play on Youtube a few times...the sound is borderline annoying to me, each to their own and all that tho eh :p
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I think it's a cross of grind core and drum'n'bass - the electronic beeps and sampled guitars replaced by real guitars and harmonic pinches.

I think Animals as Leaders seem less of a 'new form' but seem more of a shift akin to jazz to metal.

Vai's only real jump came out on his first solo album where he really went to town with the Eventide Harmoniser but it does follow most of the norms for rock music. The track "Erotic Nightmares" is basically one track long guitar solo. However as a kid I ended up playing the rhythm guitar track along to it.

 
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NickK said:
Vai's only real jump came out on his first solo album
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Sorry to be that man but the first album I bought by Vai was Flex-Able and then Passion & Warfare with Erotic Nightmare on.
Flex-Able Leftovers came after several albums.
If you haven't heard Flex-Able get your hands on it.
 
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