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Would love an old (1890s/1900s) ladder braced washburn. Have played the guitar in the video below, light as a feather and balances perfectly across the heel - very loud too YouTube - Gypsy Dave Smith - Police dog Blues
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Hipster Thread>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Ha! M'colleagues and me in "project record a jingle in a boat" have been called many things over the years, but I think i'm fairly safe in saying that none of us has ever knowingly been accused of being a hipster. We wish! *sigh.
We're a fat dad (bass) a baldy nerd (guitar) and a lanky metaller(drums) having a university band sixteen year (!) reunion for the day in order to make a bit of cash. Regardless of whether the designation is intended ironically we, and this project, are most definitely not hip.
This lightship place was genuinely was the place that best fit our needs in terms of spec, budget and availability. Plus, of course it's ON A BOAT! which is just brilliant fun. Really looking forward to it now.
I'm recording at Soup on Hanbury Street the following week as well as it happens. That should be fun too. That's going to be with my folky outfit and will all be done live. Assuming it isn't a total disaster i'll upload a few tracks if anyone's interested.
Hey i'm just like you, i put my trousers on one leg after the other. Except that when i've got my trousers on... i go and make gold records.*
*or something.
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ok so I've just got hold of a faulty dunlop wah pedal. what should I do with it?
i play bass so the most simple thing would be to get the right cap and transistors to make a bass wah, but I fancy doing something a bit adventurous. synth wah? version of a zvex fuzz probe? I built an ampeg scramble pedal ages ago that could go in.
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Question: Need to amplify my Collings OM2H, what would you chaps recommend? I'm looking into a Schertler or would you just go for a soundhole pickup?
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Oh man, massive can o' worms.
what style are you playing, ie. with a pick strumming or fingerstyle?
Cos I tried everything on the market and decided that nothing beats a good quality mic in front of the guitar. But I play fingerstyle with a very heavy touch, bare fingers no pick.
The collings is a 3 grand bit of wood, can't imagine some wired pick up would do it justice. The better the guitar, the harder it is to amplify it.
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I agree with RPM, especially if we are talking about recording or very small intimate shows in front of people.
But you may also WANT the particular tonal characteristics of some kind of in built mic/pick up or the convenience of simply plugging in at a show and avoiding feedback issues - which im guessing is probably the case.
I remember playing a show (just basic rhythm acoustic) with a guitar borrowed off my teacher (fancy in built pick up) the guitar was a very nice simon & patrick jobbie but I just couldnt get it to sound good. Other times I had always used my very cheapy indian acoustic, with a mic in front and it sounded great.
Im sure you already know this, but using a capo when playing in a band with piano's and stuff in it can really help an acoustic register better inside of getting lost into murkyness.
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If you are recording, get 2 small diapragm condensor mics, one close, one further away. blend as necessary.
If you just need to amplify for a gig, get an electro-acoustic, or better yet a Variax.
If you need to use that guitar and a mic in a live situation, use a shure sm57 approx 8 inches from the soundhole,
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If you are recording, get 2 small diapragm condensor mics, one close, one further away. blend as necessary.
If you need to use that guitar and a mic in a live situation, use a shure sm57 approx 8 inches from the soundhole,
lol, everyone's a sound engineer.
There are many situations where your advice will work, but more where it won't. This all depends on the room, the guitar and the player's style. That's without even going into the type of music and (if any) number of other instruments on stage. -
No don't need it for recording, for recording it's mics everytime! Want to be able to get a good sound live without the hassle of sitting still behind a mic or the problems of feedback... * goes off to check what Tommy Emannuel is using*
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In my day they all banged on about how it was all about some pick up or whatever, I listened to the samples, read the reviews and each time I purchased the supposed holy grail I was less than impressed.
To be fair, my L00 is a rare one with a deeper body, which means coupled with my playing style is incredibly boomy and loud for fingerstyle, yet still full enough for chord work and strumming. The only guitar I could find that ticked all the boxes that I could use for blues and country without compromising anything. A surprising thing for an American guitar.
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Sounds like you need a Variax acoustic. Feedback free, models all sorts of other acoustics, sounds like mic-ed up one when plugged in, rather than a piezo pickup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJQC7dSaNc&feature=related
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I have the electric one - the original model subsequently known as the 500.
I think it's fucking ace. It does exactly what it says on the tin.
As an instrument it's a really nice guitar to play, with a gibson style neck - the nicest guitar I had until I bought my Les Paul.
The models are spot on, rather than generic models they bought really nice examples of specific guitars and modelled those actual ones. The Tele and Strat sound exactly like the sharpest, spankiest fenders you ever heard, and the Les Pauls are pretty much exactly the same as the real one. The acoustics sound like acoustics - one cool thing is that the tone control acts as a "move the mic closer or further away" control with the acoustic models. The 12 string acoustics and Rickenbacker are great, always in tune, and sound proper.When plugged into a Pod XT Live you can program the models and patches to also switch the guitar, so you can flick instantly from acoustic to screaming SG with a footswitch rather than twiddling the little dial.
Plus with the Workbench software you can customise the models, load up the custom banks with alternate tunings (e.g. Keef's drop G telecaster, a Danelectro baritone, drop D strat, open D Dobro for slide work) or make up new models (e.g. Tele with PAFs)
They are great for recording as there is zero noise and no (unwanted) feedback. On stage it's the same, with no buzz or anything, with really controlled feedback. This may not be what you want, but I liked it.
I'm tempted by an acoustic version, but it will probably be the nylon strung version.
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No no no, not for me thank you kindly, I do have a Line6 DL4 which is the business altogether but I've no interest in the modelling guitars at all, I love a proper acoustic too much I'm afraid! I'll just have to go in and try a couple of pickups out I think and see what comes out tops!
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Yes I underhandedly pedalled faster than you.
Fancy a rematch on Wednesday? It's a Kilo though.I bought one because I write music in a lot of styles requiring a lot of different guitar tones, and needed a studio guitar I could record with. Being too poor to buy a strat, a tele, a ricky and everything else the Variax was perfect. I pretty much record all guitars with the variax and Pod now.
Another bonus was that I really wanted a strat sound on stage but I hate playing strats. I have tried loads of them and only ever borrowed one that was good to play. must be my big hands. The Variax has a Gibson style neck which suits me better.
I've seen them used live, and it's generally for one or two songs where maybe the verse is acoustic and the chorus is electric, or something equally suited. They absolutely rule in a gig if you need an acoustic guitar sound because you can push them really loud and they will never feed back.
On stage though, I'm all about my fuckoff loud and evil-looking Les Paul and a big powerful valve amp.
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Dude, I don't even remember it...
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Love it, the ladder bracing makes a big difference to the sound... Mine's a heavily restored 1937, tho' it's been rebadged as a Gibbo at some point... Needs a bit of TLC, a crack's appeared that I need to get looked at...