Sparked by this (and other) posts, I'm starting the instrument pr0n thread.
Here's my bass:
(http://www.woofage.co.uk/images/bass_1.jpg)
No frets on that bitch ;).
That's beautiful. No idea what it is, a custom jobbie?
If it sounds half as good as it looks, I might have found my next axe - it also appears that Gear4Music have them in stock, and they're only a few miles from here. Hmm. :)That's beautiful. No idea what it is, a custom jobbie?
Not custom, no. It's a Vintage V1004. They're very good value at typically a smidge under £400 (I bought mine s/h recently). I think there's a 5 string version as well.
The Axe Of Disharmony:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5664056363_2d921e6054.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/interzen/5664056363/)
Yamaha BB404 fretless bass (http://www.flickr.com/photos/interzen/5664056363/) by interzen (http://www.flickr.com/people/interzen/), on Flickr
No speed bumps on that biatch, either ;)
My 'other' instruments (and some Angry Birds) :)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5186/5664061223_e75f3a0e0c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/interzen/5664061223/)
P1000216 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/interzen/5664061223/) by interzen (http://www.flickr.com/people/interzen/), on Flickr
I've whored a couple of my guitars in other threads, but here's my Maton acoustic.Got to say, that looks bloody gorgeous.
Ok, so everyone's a bleedin' guitarist. ::-)
Ok, so everyone's a bleedin' guitarist. ::-)
No I am bleedin' not! ;D
I've whored a couple of my guitars in other threads, but here's my Maton acoustic.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5664056363_2d921e6054.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/interzen/5664056363/)
Yamaha BB404 fretless bass (http://www.flickr.com/photos/interzen/5664056363/) by interzen (http://www.flickr.com/people/interzen/), on Flickr
No speed bumps on that biatch, either ;)
Flatwounds - currently light gauge LaBella "Deep Talkin'" (0.039,0.056,0.077,0.096).(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5664056363_2d921e6054.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/interzen/5664056363/)
Yamaha BB404 fretless bass (http://www.flickr.com/photos/interzen/5664056363/) by interzen (http://www.flickr.com/people/interzen/), on Flickr
No speed bumps on that biatch, either ;)
What strings do you use? Flats or rounds?
I blow too:an open hole flute - are they much different?
(http://www.opakovanie.sk/naviac/lester/yacf/miyazawa.jpg)
Some instruments I put in my mouth:I've got an ocarina kicking about somewhere - sounds really, erm, interesting if you run it through enough effects ;D
(http://www.zaribor.com/raz/pics/maton/mouth.jpg)
Fender "Squier Series" Jazz Bass, a £100 wreck bought off ebay as a restoration project:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5217/5469507442_35a0deec08.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14289721@N03/5469507442/)
IMG_0205 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14289721@N03/5469507442/) by rhys_caerdydd (http://www.flickr.com/people/14289721@N03/), on Flickr
They're really nice to play, too - I've got an Edge fretless on my bass 'n+1' list, along with many other guitars which I'll never be able to afford in a month of Sundays ;)Here's my Dean Edge 4:
That is a stunning quilt finish (to the Dean, not the duvet).
Flatwounds - currently light gauge LaBella "Deep Talkin'" (0.039,0.056,0.077,0.096).
I always use stainless steel strings, mainly 'cos I have a nickel allergy.
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Ooh,I like the electric double bass. Doesn't take up much space, either...
Ooh, I'd love to live in an old instrument factory! :D
Thanks for the info on the Horniman Museum: a quick Google led me to this (http://www.horniman.ac.uk/media/_file/bandh_handlists_web.pdf) list of serial numbers. Turns out my clarinet's a 1972 model.
Andrij, the pictures are not displaying for the rest of us. I think you mean these two:
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Unbelievable craftsmanship.
I have over 400 captioned photos of the build process. I know many of you have seen them on Facebook, but even if you don't have a Facebook account you should be able to view them all here (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153671728298131.1073741830.724283130&type=1&l=1bb3f0f762)
I have over 400 captioned photos of the build process. I know many of you have seen them on Facebook, but even if you don't have a Facebook account you should be able to view them all here (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153671728298131.1073741830.724283130&type=1&l=1bb3f0f762)
I already have most of the tools (though my bandsaw is on the phutz) and I'm planning to get into that game in the new year. Mind if I occasionally pick your brain?
Probably a Strat
Always fancied a cittern....
Here you go T42 and Bobb. Something for inspiration. Martin's show guitar to commemorate them having now made 2000,000 guitars.
https://youtu.be/uNDiuwNhkMU
Probably a Strat
If you're going to build a Strat, then this video series will tell you everything you need to know:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZSDzBv_rIA&list=PLNBP5jXjfxM3WoWeK7NWEyZN7u4dqNQKR
Here you go T42 and Bobb. Something for inspiration. Martin's show guitar to commemorate them having now made 2000,000 guitars.
https://youtu.be/uNDiuwNhkMU
Gawd. I don't reckon the vibration would do the movement any favours, though.
Yeah, I love Crimson. I'm subscribed to just about every luthiery channel on YouTube :)
Thanks for that Bobb ( a couple of hours lost so far! :) ) I had wondered how the frets get in the right position. Previously I had been frightened by tables of fret spacing based on thousandths of an inch.Probably a Strat
If you're going to build a Strat, then this video series will tell you everything you need to know:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZSDzBv_rIA&list=PLNBP5jXjfxM3WoWeK7NWEyZN7u4dqNQKR
I could fit my double bass in my previous car; a SEAT Arosa. :thumbsup:Ooh,I like the electric double bass. Doesn't take up much space, either...
Mrs W has almost banned me from owning an acoustic db. Master W had db lessons for a term (before he saw the light and took up saxophone) and even a little one was too much of a PITA for her. Not sure our current car would fit one either. The electric is perfect as I can just fold down the middle rear seat and slide it in (phnaar phnaar).
Thanks for that Bobb ( a couple of hours lost so far! :) ) I had wondered how the frets get in the right position. Previously I had been frightened by tables of fret spacing based on thousandths of an inch.Probably a Strat
If you're going to build a Strat, then this video series will tell you everything you need to know:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZSDzBv_rIA&list=PLNBP5jXjfxM3WoWeK7NWEyZN7u4dqNQKR
The problem with these videos, is that they can justify the cost of the specialist tools in a workshop, whereas you could buy a good guitar for the cost of the tools. The Crapocaster would have been much better if I had stumped up for proper fret and nut files.
My latest guitar:
(http://www.zaribor.co.uk/raz/pics/tele.jpg)
I built it myself :)
I have over 400 captioned photos of the build process. I know many of you have seen them on Facebook, but even if you don't have a Facebook account you should be able to view them all here (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153671728298131.1073741830.724283130&type=1&l=1bb3f0f762)
The mention of B&H and Edgware a few days back prompted me to take this:
1. Pre-war B&H 1010 B flat with articulated g# and forked B flat
2. Pre-war B&H 1010 A
While bikes come in n+1, clarinets generally come in n+2 :)
Pre-war!! Can you still play them? In my (very limited) experience, clarinets tend to age very poorly!
The only kind of harp I'll ever manage
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Cracks in a barrel are not necessarily fatal. The rings should hold the thing together and bees wax can fill any small crevices, depends how bad it is though.
Key work on the mid to higher end Booseys was intended to survive trips around the empire, better keys are drop forged rather than cast. Also longer spindles rather than the pointed pivots favoured by the French makers tend to degrade more benignly at the cost of some extra friction.
The only kind of harp I'll ever manage
(http://www.pbase.com/johnewing/image/163312584.jpg)
I can honestly say I've never seen a Harmonica with a HeadUp Display before. Did you get the idea from the US Airforce F16?
Here's T42 playing harmonica on his way to Afghanistan
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For you guitar-heads out there....
My best friend from school plays in a few bands and has clearly developed an EBay guitar habit. His son makes videos and put this very short video together of "me mate" Andy.
60 Guitars (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_pxwcIfuhA)
Bandura - 'Poltava/Kharkiv' style
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Restringing that must be fun :P
Missus gave me a Strat for Christmas
download a couple of tabs and have an hour. It'll take your mind off all of the crap that's going on ;)
Here's my current stable of strings
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And here, to go with the curly axe topic, is the cello played by Hannah Miller of Moulettes. built IIRC by her Dad.
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Some things arrived for me today :)
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So... At the top we have a maple neck blank and a maple fretboard blank. Below those is a fret slotting jig. It works by locating a pin in the slots of the ruler thing. Then it just acts as a mitre box for getting accurate fret slots. This should help as it's a pain in the arse doing it just by measuring. Also it should help keeping the slots perfectly vertical.
The reason for the above is so I can make another neck for my Tele. There isn't really anything wrong with the existing one other than it isn't quite perfect enough. So a new one it is. Also, I want to practice making another neck before moving on to my next project....
... which is where the two other fretboard blanks come in. The top one is Rosewood and the bottom one is Ebony. Yes I know - that's a bit naughty, but this will be the one and only time I buy such woods. The company I bought them from have been even more naughty, as new CITES (https://cites.org/eng/new_CITES_trade_rules_come_into_effect_as_2017_starts_02012017) laws came into effect at the beginning of the year. What I bought was sent across international borders and certainly the Rosewood should have had some documentation. No idea why Ebony isn't included as that can often besourcedpoached from areas where it is endangered.
Anyway - new neck first then onto my next project :)
PaulF:
The two at the back: biggest one there is a rather nice octave mandolin, and the decorated one is a mandola. Mandola is tuned same as a viola, CGDA, one fifth down on a mandolin. The octave is exactly that, tuned one octave down from a mandolin, GDAE, with the G and D courses as octave pairs (one thicker string and one thinner for each)
Pearwood's nice - light pink that will probably deepen nicely under finish
If you have bigger hands, I would assume so. The scale length of the fingerboard/spacing of the frets is bigger. Much like a bouzouki.PaulF:
The two at the back: biggest one there is a rather nice octave mandolin, and the decorated one is a mandola. Mandola is tuned same as a viola, CGDA, one fifth down on a mandolin. The octave is exactly that, tuned one octave down from a mandolin, GDAE, with the G and D courses as octave pairs (one thicker string and one thinner for each)
Thanks! Is the octave mandolin "easier" to play than a regular mandolin? I find my fingers to big to easily play the mandolin :( Or maybe I just need to practice more
Pearwood's nice - light pink that will probably deepen nicely under finish
Just make sure it's not sapient pearwood, coz that'll have your fingers off!
PaulF:
The two at the back: biggest one there is a rather nice octave mandolin, and the decorated one is a mandola. Mandola is tuned same as a viola, CGDA, one fifth down on a mandolin. The octave is exactly that, tuned one octave down from a mandolin, GDAE, with the G and D courses as octave pairs (one thicker string and one thinner for each)
Thanks! Is the octave mandolin "easier" to play than a regular mandolin? I find my fingers to big to easily play the mandolin :( Or maybe I just need to practice more
Some things arrived for me today :)
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So... At the top we have a maple neck blank and a maple fretboard blank. Below those is a fret slotting jig. It works by locating a pin in the slots of the ruler thing. Then it just acts as a mitre box for getting accurate fret slots. This should help as it's a pain in the arse doing it just by measuring. Also it should help keeping the slots perfectly vertical.
That looks more like a bouzouki in neck length! How does it play?
Bobb, what make is the slotting jig? I've looked at the StewMac ones and found them to be ver nice, but expensive.
Thanks, I'll experiment there a little.You can also get different sounds depending which side of the strings you strike first, up or down, so lots of possibilities!
Tuning is mandolin so G, D, A, E. Strings are in unison although octave pairs sound interesting. May try when I'm a little more capable.
Off to Eagle Music this Saturday to scope out a banjo shaped 40th present. Might come back with something worthy of pictures...
Some inspiration for you PaulF
https://youtu.be/7ptRHuewL44
Now have my filthy mitts on my Deering Sierra, will have to take some photos and share. Its so lovely...
Now have my filthy mitts on my Deering Sierra, will have to take some photos and share. Its so lovely...
Well?
We can't wait forever you know!
Some inspiration for you PaulF
https://youtu.be/7ptRHuewL44
Thanks! Wish I could be on hundedth as good as Chris Thile!
Yep, my bog standard cheapo Pilgrim openback. It is difficult to go back to! I also have a travel size Gold tone too. Not that I can play any of them decently!
I only take the travel banjo to places where I know I won't torture people.
I only take the travel banjo to places where I know I won't torture people.
You've played the banjo on the moon? ;D
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4761/39232492004_336e830ed1_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22LQM2W)Banjo! Deering Sierra. (https://flic.kr/p/22LQM2W) by Jim Swales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/menthel/), on Flickr
Finally the banjo.
Yamaha 280. Started learning the sax 2 years ago. Grade 1 this summer! (Well, I'm "over 60" and have not picked up an instrument for 50 years, so what do you expect?):thumbsup:
https://flic.kr/p/GneG4d
Probably enough for a YACF jazz band (to drown out the mandolin and banjo players)
Probably enough for a YACF jazz band (to drown out the mandolin and banjo players)
Probably enough for a YACF jazz band (to drown out the mandolin and banjo players)
I retired in 2016 and knew I needed a mental challenge, and some daily structure, having worked in environmental and civil engineering for 40 years as an engineering geologist. I'd always liked jazz and the sound of the sax in particular, so I had his sax serviced (a Buescher) and found a teacher, who also plays in a Big Band.
Probably enough for a YACF jazz band (to drown out the mandolin and banjo players)
It actually takes very little to drown out a mandolin...
Two weeks later, she and her partner came for lunch. She saw the 12 all bright and shiny, said "cool" and walked off with it.
But maybe I should buy a tenor sax as well..... Does the n+1 rule apply to instruments?)
Yup. I've got 12.But maybe I should buy a tenor sax as well..... Does the n+1 rule apply to instruments?)
But of course. Even more so than with bikes! :facepalm:
No it isn't. Nobody cries when you cut up a banjo.
Very nice!
What exam are you doing?
My youngster alto sax (Yamaha YAS 280) and its new companion, a grown-up tenor (Yamaha YTS 32), made between 1980 and 1991.
https://flic.kr/p/HhkAQh
I've hankered after a tenor to go with my alto, and have idly browsed eBay for a while, seeing an awful lot of battered and bent dross, and then this popped up. There's no way I'd buy a used sax without consulting my music teacher and my servicing technician - but both said it was worth a look. Particularly since it was only about 10 miles away. Would normally go for the student level but this one is the intermediate.
Had a look last Saturday night with teach, and she pronounced it gorgeous, and managed to win the auction for about £90 over my advisers' guide price, and £300 less than the cost of a new student model. It's immaculate. Been played but not a mark on it and it came with a hard case, 3 mouthpieces, some reeds (which are old and will go in the bin), some music and a sax stand.
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I've just been reviewing my latest guitar build (which I should have finished ages ago!) and I'm thinking I need to stump up for a half decent band saw. I've made life ridiculously difficult for myself with my laminate through neck design. Running before walking and all that....
Good luck!
Congratulations!
Same score as I got for grade 8 35 years ago.
Well done, Andy. Take it easy: rushed progress will be short lived and provide plenty of frustrating moments. I guess progress is music is a bit like the hare and the tortoise story.
Good luck!
Got the results today - distinction: 133/150. Stop sniggering at the back - you haven't spent the last 40 years travelling all over the UK and half the globe, away for weeks at a time, and dealing with tricky Furriner clients in languages you don't speak. Now I need to get my Tenor up to speed and on to the next exam - Grade 3 I'm told!
Had an ice cream and a couple of beers to celebrate.
Congratulations!
Same score as I got for grade 8 35 years ago.
#1 son has been looking at baris on eBay :o. Hevolunteersgets roped in to play bari sometimes at school (including in the recent school production) as a) the fingering is the same as alto, apparently and b) at 6'3"" he's big enough.
He'd need to be a big lad.Not necessarily.
Great, the revised bridge position will definitely affect the intonation ;D Could that be why you don't like the sound of his playing :)
What pickup did you use?
Just finished today, the Brazen Beast:
(http://www.pbase.com/johnewing/image/168409639.jpg)
And then there were four:
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Shop now looks like a bomb hit it.
What is that Taylor? Mini, Baby, Junior, Parlour?
Got it in DADGAD, just need to learn how to play the thing!
Got it in DADGAD, just need to learn how to play the thing!
I take it you've got Kashmir down then? :P
Arsebollocks!
Picked my fiddle up for a play this morning, and it is borked. For those who don't know fiddles, the strings attach to a 'flooating' piece of wood called the 'tailpiece', which is secured to the fiddle by way of a loop of 'catgut' (tail gut) round a dowel (end pin) pushed into the instrument's base.
The tail gut has snapped, so I will need to find someone who can fettle it--it's not a huge job. The violin is one I have had since new, at the age of 11, and so is coming up to its half century. Not too shabby in the way of longevity, then.
Ta! Will save up. If it's on Amazon, I should be able to source it from a music shop locally.
Arsebollocks!
Picked my fiddle up for a play this morning, and it is borked. For those who don't know fiddles, the strings attach to a 'flooating' piece of wood called the 'tailpiece', which is secured to the fiddle by way of a loop of 'catgut' (tail gut) round a dowel (end pin) pushed into the instrument's base.
The tail gut has snapped, so I will need to find someone who can fettle it--it's not a huge job. The violin is one I have had since new, at the age of 11, and so is coming up to its half century. Not too shabby in the way of longevity, then.
And then there were four:
(http://www.pbase.com/image/168609235.jpg)
Build n°4, made at breakneck speed with workshop often too cold for the glue to set.
Neck in Pin du Jura, fretboard in mahogany, 20x30 cm box in Obeche & ply,
double piezo at bridge, 4-pole pickup at neck. No pickup switch, it's all
done by pots. Home-made Gibson-style truss rod.
Great sound, best I've done so far.
Shop now looks like a bomb hit it.
Some inspiration for your next one. An oil can guitar being seriously rocked:
https://youtu.be/eNoRUfz4jxc
[ Instead bringing a trumpeter and saxophonist who were way too loud and rendered her guitar practically inaudible chiz.Ha!
Not a new instrument but thoughts on a new one. I know some of you here can actually make such things!
I would like to take a telecaster body and attach to it a suitably manufactured 5 string banjo neck. Would such a thing be possible? I think having the neck made is probably the only way to do this but the scale etc are relatively close so tuning etc should be possible.
Not a new instrument but thoughts on a new one. I know some of you here can actually make such things!
I would like to take a telecaster body and attach to it a suitably manufactured 5 string banjo neck. Would such a thing be possible? I think having the neck made is probably the only way to do this but the scale etc are relatively close so tuning etc should be possible.
No experience but I've seen where people have converted electric guitars to a tenor (4 string) guitar. The 3 issues I see are:To make intonation easier you might want to consider a 25.5" neck (Telecaster standard) - I don't know what length a banjo neck normally is - otherwise if you can't compensate with the bridge you may need to move it which will be messy.
- scale length (which you identified);
- the neck width since a banjo neck will be narrower than a guitar so you'll need to either have a neck that widens to fill the neck pocket, of course if you're getting a custom neck made you can specify that in
- the strings may not be perfectly over the poles of the pickups so you may get a weaker signal. But since we're talking banjos that's probably a benefit ;D
And as for banjo noises, it should make it sound basically like an electric guitar. ;)
And as for banjo noises, it should make it sound basically like an electric guitar. ;)
:)
Yes, my electric mandolin sounds pretty much like an electric guitar so I’d expect the banjo to sound similar but with the benefit of banjo tuning.
Joking aside I quite like the sound of a banjo. Have you head the new Rhiannon Giddens?
My latest build is finally finished! I am rather pleased :)
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Some of you may have seen all the images from the very start of the build to the very end on Faceache. But for those who haven't (or anyone who has and wants to see them in a non-Facebook environment) I have put all 731 captioned images on my site, which you can find below:
https://zaribor.co.uk/guitars/custom (https://zaribor.co.uk/guitars/custom)
All the Tele pics are up there too....
My latest build is finally finished! I am rather pleased :)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49066176416_62f0e88eab_z.jpg)
My latest build is finally finished! I am rather pleased :)
...
Some of you may have seen all the images from the very start of the build to the very end on Faceache. But for those who haven't (or anyone who has and wants to see them in a non-Facebook environment) I have put all 731 captioned images on my site, which you can find below:
https://zaribor.co.uk/guitars/custom (https://zaribor.co.uk/guitars/custom)
All the Tele pics are up there too....
My latest build is finally finished! I am rather pleased :)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49066176416_62f0e88eab_z.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49066176441_9d05129b67_z.jpg)
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49066176496_ecb08847ab_z.jpg)
Some of you may have seen all the images from the very start of the build to the very end on Faceache. But for those who haven't (or anyone who has and wants to see them in a non-Facebook environment) I have put all 731 captioned images on my site, which you can find below:
https://zaribor.co.uk/guitars/custom (https://zaribor.co.uk/guitars/custom)
All the Tele pics are up there too....
How's the Triton thicknesser doing?
I really ought to come up with my own headstock shape, but it's really difficult to get something unique that doesn't look wrong. Many brands try to avoid being too obvioulsy Gibson or Fender inspired and end up with some horrible monstrosity.
How's the Triton thicknesser doing?
It's good. I've used it quite a bit recently as I've got two more builds on the go - a Les Paul and a Thunderbird bass! I've reversed the blades as one of them got a tiny chip somehow which meant it left a mark along anything I ran through it. New blades are about 20 quid I think, so I'll get some more at some point. There's a little plastic cover near the top that covers the belt that came off when I was moving it. I obviously didn't put it back on properly as it started rubbing on the belt and started to melt! I don't bother with it now. It doesn't seem to matter as nothing can get in there as the belt whizzing around blows any dust and chips straight out. I always use it outside now as the amount of crap it spews out means a massive clean up operation after use. I've made a collection thingy out of an old cardboard box that deals with the worst of it, but it throws out chips all over the place. So using it outside, I just mow the lawn afterwards which just blows all the chips evenly all over the garden :P
I haven't done anything this year to speak of. All my oomph disappeared back in May when my daughter - for whom the bass was intended - dropped a financial bomb on us and the quacks hobbled me with meds they needed me to take to cover their arses. I did start some panelling for the hall but that's on hold until the tools in the workshop are warmer than the stuff in our fridge.
How often do you all practice on your instruments?
How often do you all practice on your instruments?
How often do you all practice on your instruments?Well, I managed to do about an hour's worth of playing yesterday, but I'm not sure I'd call it practice.
I’m a bit of a fan of Faith guitars
Me too. I bought a 12-string Faith back in 2011 and have been impressed. If you like, have a listen to it on my 57 second YouTube video, here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOtlh42auI).
How often do you all practice on your instruments?
I play in a local orchestra, so I have to practice a lot. With no teacher (double bass teachers are a rare breed)
to iron out my bad habits, I use a couple of books to help with technique. Very difficult to do that stuff and
go over the orchestra's repetoire. Roll on retirement, when I should have more time to do it all (and the other
things I have mind).
I'm probably the only person to buy an electric guitar so that I can play more quietly
Out of interest, how durable is the paint finish / what type of paint do you use?
Out of interest, how durable is the paint finish / what type of paint do you use?
It's nitrocellulose - just like what it should be! It will go darker and start to wear off with age. It will take a long while until it looks all old and beaten up like any self respecting rock star's guitar should though!
Modern polyurethane paints are more hard wearing, but they do tend to chip, look a bit plasticky and generally aren't as cool. More expensive modern guitars tend to have a nitro finish for a more authentic vintage look.
Out of interest, how durable is the paint finish / what type of paint do you use?
It's nitrocellulose - just like what it should be! It will go darker and start to wear off with age. It will take a long while until it looks all old and beaten up like any self respecting rock star's guitar should though!
Modern polyurethane paints are more hard wearing, but they do tend to chip, look a bit plasticky and generally aren't as cool. More expensive modern guitars tend to have a nitro finish for a more authentic vintage look.
I have just learned that the “Fender Custom Shop” makes a deliberately fucked-up Strat inna-Rory-Gallagher-stylee :facepalm:
I can relate to that.Out of interest, how durable is the paint finish / what type of paint do you use?
It's nitrocellulose - just like what it should be! It will go darker and start to wear off with age. It will take a long while until it looks all old and beaten up like any self respecting rock star's guitar should though!
Modern polyurethane paints are more hard wearing, but they do tend to chip, look a bit plasticky and generally aren't as cool. More expensive modern guitars tend to have a nitro finish for a more authentic vintage look.
I have just learned that the “Fender Custom Shop” makes a deliberately fucked-up Strat inna-Rory-Gallagher-stylee :facepalm:
Yeah, relic guitars are very popular these days. I can't stand it myself. If you want a road worn guitar, go ang gig it for 20 odd years!
Fun fact - it's illegal to spray nitro in California, so Fender have to ship their custom shop guitars out of state for painting before bringing them back in to finish them off!I'm guessing that spraying nitro is up in the realms of spraying 2-pac.
Very nice! :thumbsup: Also would have looked stunning natural wood (mahogany?)
I follow a guy on FB called Everson who makes basses when he feels like it. Played one about 6 years ago and it was stunning.
Nice! That a Martin?
Does it really say "Gibson" on the headstock?
Nice!
Agreed!
What will it be plugged into, Ian?
What make is it, Ian?
My name is not Ian but it looks to me like an Ibanez AFB (https://www.ibanez.com/usa/products/model/afb/).
(https://www.ibanez.com/common/product_artist_file/file/ps_main_eb_afb_standard_cn.png)
What make is it, Ian?
My name is not Ian but it looks to me like an Ibanez AFB (https://www.ibanez.com/usa/products/model/afb/).
(https://www.ibanez.com/common/product_artist_file/file/ps_main_eb_afb_standard_cn.png)
Very nice looking bass. Looks like quite a short scale length?
That's a really weird effect in the bottom picture, Paul: makes the shoulders look bigger than the hips! Enjoy it!
Wow a Brook !
You are a lucky man.
Is it swamp ash? That's traditional for blonde Teles but they've used all sorts of woods.
And my "Brompton" guitar
There's a guitar in here
(https://i.postimg.cc/y6rppCtL/Backpack.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/c6wc62s3)
Just need to work out how to pronounce the maker's name any Czech speakers here? Is it Furch like Church or more like Furk? Or something completely different?
The new (to me) kid on the block:
(https://i.ibb.co/T04MJhb/20221217-090210.jpg)
I'd have gone for Furcht (German) without the T.
Case appears to have a compartment for underpants.
I've finally got round to buying myself an electric violin. As fiddlers will know, electric string instruments vary a lot in quality and features and it's not been possible for me to get anywhere to try out the ones on my short-list.
Anyway, this popped up on eBay last week so I couldn't resist...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53402012515_b21b24fe54_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pmXgPH)
PXL_20231212_113531760 (https://flic.kr/p/2pmXgPH) by pencyclist (https://www.flickr.com/photos/38357939@N02/), on Flickr
It's a Yamaha SV130. Not the current model (which I think is the SV200) but close enough, and it came at a price that screamed it would be rude not to.
The strings are crap, and so is the bow but you'd expect to have to replace both of those anyway (the one on the left hanging on the stand is the CF bow that accompanies my traditional acoustic violin so I'll probably just get another). It did come with a case however, which is nice.
Nice stuff from ebay for both of you. Well done.
PaulF, have you finished your Rickenbacker shaped project that you gave us a glimpse of a few posts up? I would love to see how that turned out.
That’s nice. I know the Yamaha silent guitar equivalents are well regarded so I’m sure the violin will be as good. Are you also planning to enter the murky world of effects pedals?
That’s nice. I know the Yamaha silent guitar equivalents are well regarded so I’m sure the violin will be as good. Are you also planning to enter the murky world of effects pedals?
A friend has a Line 6 Helix so I'm going to try that out. I'm not considering buying such a fancy thing myself but it will give me the chance to have a play and see what I like.
Kim would probably connect it to the Internet Of Shit so it orders an unusually disgusting Deliveroo from "Louisiana Fried Roadkill" when you play the chords from Stairway To Heaven.
I have a Flyspeck headphone amp from the 1980s. It probably needs Kim or someone to look at it, since the hiss is atrocious.
The shorter Gibson scale length makes A-shape barre chords a bit harder if you have fat fingers
The shorter Gibson scale length makes A-shape barre chords a bit harder if you have fat fingers
If you can tell the difference at any given position on the fretboard, then you have an astonishingly sensitive touch! Even if you're barring at the 1st fret, meaning your fingers are squeezed up* at the 3rd fret, the difference between a 24.75" and a 25.5" guitar, centre fret to centre fret is less than 1mm! Having jumbo rather traditional frets will make a more noticable difference....
Nice rig though :)
* No self respecting guitarist plays an A shape barre like that anyway, use the flat of you 3rd or preferably 4th finger :P
Any alternative suggestions?
Any alternative suggestions?
Suggestion one: listen to PaulF.
Suggestion two: wait until July and I will take a look at it when I come round.
I know nothing about saxophones - I assume it’s some variation? But that looks greatCheers. It's a sopranino sax.
Just so no one thinks that 'instruments' just means guitars, here's my latest acquisition.
(https://images2.imgbox.com/09/f4/umRqRvSL_o.jpeg) (https://imgbox.com/umRqRvSL)
Very nice. What brand?
As mentioned upthread (and to give some thread balance for nicknack) I put new strings on my EV - d'Addario Helicore. Very nice, and surprisingly for a "bright" string the E is very sweet.
My acoustic violin is overdue for a string change and I'd like something different but with good sets running at £60-£70 or more I'm a little hesitant.
As mentioned upthread (and to give some thread balance for nicknack) I put new strings on my EV - d'Addario Helicore. Very nice, and surprisingly for a "bright" string the E is very sweet.
My acoustic violin is overdue for a string change and I'd like something different but with good sets running at £60-£70 or more I'm a little hesitant.
I like Helicores on my viola, though haven't tried them for violin.
The price of strings is indeed rather prohibitive to experimentation these days, though. :-\
How long does a set of violin strings last? Depending on what I what want I pay around £10 for a set of guitar strings that I change every 8-10 weeks
Just so no one thinks that 'instruments' just means guitars, here's my latest acquisition.Ooooo.. Nice. My music teacher has a soprano which I've played. I lust after a bari sax but I think the discs in my neck will disagree - they already complain about my tenor.
(https://images2.imgbox.com/09/f4/umRqRvSL_o.jpeg) (https://imgbox.com/umRqRvSL)
Ooooo.. Nice. My music teacher has a soprano which I've played. I lust after a bari sax but I think the discs in my neck will disagree - they already complain about my tenor.You can get harnesses that save your neck.
Ham, what you have is known as a "zero fret" and is not necessarily the mark of a cheap guitar, Fylde use them for example and their instruments are anything but budget :).
Is there any sign that the top has sunk?
Do they just buzz when you play them open? Or when fretted as well?
Any alternative suggestions?
Suggestion one: listen to PaulF.
Suggestion two: wait until July and I will take a look at it when I come round.
No steenken' pickups - this guitar dates from valve years, AFAIK. Prolly worth trying with a flat card, but I thought it would be better to get some curvature by bashing an old feeler gauge around a thin bar?
Step away from the zero fret! Without special tools you’d be lucky to get it out cleanly and almost certainly won’t get it back in again.
For now stick to changes you can reverse and for the time being make the same adjustments to both sides; you can consider a tapered shim once the buzzing is sorted. Action already sounds a little high. It’s conventional to measure at the 12th fret and I prefer just under 2mm on the bass.
But take it slowly, see what affect a single piece of credit card has.
What about the frets themselves? Given its age, I would assume they're pretty tiny. Any visible wear, or signs of lifting? If there are any high/low spots, it's going to remain pretty unplayable whatever you do to the action...
I have one for my Tenor - it loops over each shoulder and connects to my trouser belt. Works fine, but even then my neck knows about it. A bari would be too much I think - but teach says floor stands are available, must have a shoof.Ooooo.. Nice. My music teacher has a soprano which I've played. I lust after a bari sax but I think the discs in my neck will disagree - they already complain about my tenor.You can get harnesses that save your neck.
I make furniture and stuff from pallets if you're wondering . . . .