The Bassist and Guitarist thread

[Richard A Thackeray]

Nice

Even though it's not a Gretsch
I like the custom BIgsby
Surprised that Brian Setzer's backing it though!


View: https://www.facebook.com/briansetzerofficial/photos/pcb.10160085698974167/10160085698429167/?type=3&theater

 

[Cycleops]

 

[ColinJ]

I learned 3 chords today, and tomorrow I'm going to...

Hang on, what is YouTube recommending to me?

Where was I...? Oh, yes - tomorrow I'm going to sell my guitars and think of something else to do instead!

 

[ColinJ]

She's just showing off!

 

[delb0y]

What amazes me is the cost of good musical instruments. Amazes me in a good way BTW. When you compare the cost of a guitar against that of one of your recent bike purchases, there's a big difference, isn't there? For instance, if I'd have bought a bike at the same price I'd paid for my new (and beautiful) guitar, I'd have been shopping at the lower-spec end at Halfords or Decathlon, or gone second-hand.

I spent £500 once, on a Martin, which made me feel a little faint. But other than that I tend to inhabit the £200 to £400 range, albeit second hand. You're right, you can get great guitars for this money.

 

[Grant Fondo]

I learned 3 chords today, and tomorrow I'm going to...

Hang on, what is YouTube recommending to me?

Where was I...? Oh, yes - tomorrow I'm going to sell my guitars and think of something else to do instead!

Have you seen her do Arpeggios From Hell....gmpf

 

[ColinJ]

Have you seen her do Arpeggios From Hell....gmpf

I have now...

Right, the rest of you - sell your guitars now too!

 

[Chromatic]

Don't sell your guitars or basses guys, you don't need to be the virtuosoist of virtuosos to make great music.

Here's a little extract from a book:

'........... Kalle Freynick witnessed a four-hour performance in Augsburg in which Holger fulfilled a long-held ambition to play the same note throughout an entire show.'

 

[Grant Fondo]

I spent £500 once, on a Martin, which made me feel a little faint. But other than that I tend to inhabit the £200 to £400 range, albeit second hand. You're right, you can get great guitars for this money.

I think my Tanglewood was under £300, but it was a long time ago! Sounds great though

 

[delb0y]

Big fan of Tanglewoods here - I use a TW45 and a TW60 for most of my acoustic stuff. They're great and can usually be had for bargain prices.

 

[ColinJ]

Don't sell your guitars or basses guys, you don't need to be the virtuosoist of virtuosos to make great music.

I was impressed by the playing of 'Tina S' but it actually doesn't do anything for me! I prefer relatively simple music with more emotion to it. This kind of thing...

 

[Chromatic]

I was impressed by the playing of 'Tina S' but it actually doesn't do anything for me! I prefer relatively simple music with more emotion to it. This kind of thing...

Remember many years ago when people did compilation tapes for each other? Samba Pa Ti was on a tape someone did for me.

 

[delb0y]

I was impressed by the playing of 'Tina S' but it actually doesn't do anything for me! I prefer relatively simple music with more emotion to it. This kind of thing...

I was going to say much the same thing, but thought that it would sound like sour grapes on account of I can only play about 1 note in 16 of what she played. I only made it to the two minute mark before becoming bored. Clearly very technically adept though.

 

[ColinJ]

I was going to say much the same thing, but thought that it would sound like sour grapes on account of I can only play about 1 note in 16 of what she played. I only made it to the two minute mark before becoming bored. Clearly very technically adept though.

I had a friend who used to play me tracks from his jazz albums. He was really into it, but the strong feeling that I got was that the musicians were more interested in demonstrating their technical skills than in stirring my emotions.

 

[delb0y]

I guess it's the same in any genre. There are jazz players / albums / tunes like that. But then some of my all time favourite solos are from jazz players (not just guitar) and the ones I like tend to be slow and very melodic, and most definitely not about chops.

One of my guilty pleasures (because I'm not a rock fan) is checking out the players on the JTC site. Here you have folks who love all that distortion and delay (which in general I don't usually go for) but some of them use it extremely well with a lot of taste. Here's a taster of one of their more bluesy offerings:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVsc-lPHv0U


and another bit more rocky:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJrwElb8qPQ