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^ TS getthehellouttahere ya toerag. Great to see you as well.
Glad you like 'em skydancer, I've been lucky to nab some bits and bobs but there's a big coolness drop-off after a few...
Anyway, here's a lap steel. This one is badged as a Kay, but it was made by National/Valco in Chicago around 1960. It's got the infamous string-through pickup that Ry Cooder cannibalised to put in his Strat. Pretty hairy... good for blooze. Fingerboard markers are more of a hindrance than anything... but who cares? Generally tuned A6, but I futz around on others.
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Awesomeness. I shall not, cannot compete. Very very cool.
Been lusting after a new acoustic lately. I love my old Sigma for sentimental and practical reasons but I do hanker after something a bit louder and more refined sometimes.
Here's me and the Sigma going down like a man playing folk on an acoustic guitar at a dance party on Saturday night. Hehe.
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hi,
see a few posts back (whole of last page basically) discussing audio interfaces. there's loads out there. my mac toting friend swears by apogee. they're pricey though.
there's some software advice there too.
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Hey dooks, tyvm for the advice, I shimmed the thing and now I get no fretbuzz on the low E. I also got some lock nuts on ebay to keep it all in tune, and blocked off the floating tremolo with a piece of wood.
There's just one small problem forgive me if this is some ridiculously dumb newbie question but depending on how hard I press down on the strings, the pitch changes by abouta note or so. Is this because the frets are quite thick? This only happens on strings E-A-D so maybe I need a thinner gauge? Or is this just the way the guitar is made and therefore not really adaptable? I'm planning on lending it to a mate of mine who wants to learn it, and i'm not sure that's gonna be best for a beginner. It can sound quite out of tune if i'm playing a chord and not all my fingers are pressed down with the same force if you know what I mean.
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It's a thing shredders love. Some guitars even have scalloped frets (ie the bit between the frets is carved out) so give mad pitch bending antics. Billy sheenans signature bass has them, and it's a trendy thing to have on your custom-built-7-string-technical-death-metal-tap-happy-shred-machine at the mo
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meanwhile...
/love me some guitar magazine cover/check out my finger stretchy action, action
haha. they have a big box of this era guitar mags for like 50p each in chandler's in kew. i picked up an armful last time i was there... then put them all back.
anyone tried messing about with nashville tuning? i really fancy getting something cheap set up for it. such a cool sound.
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Sheesh. Just discovered this thread and spent about 45 minutes reading most of it. Feel like I know you guys already (sob).
For starters: my latest and most beloved. I've wanted a Gibson slope-shoulder for years. Played loads, couldn't afford most of 'em at the time, walked away from a couple I shouldn't have. Finally: this. 1958 Epiphone Texan. Pretty much a Gibson J-50, but being a first-year Texan it has a 'real' (ie. pre-Gibson) Epi neck, vee-shaped, slightly longer scale (this thread does have 'nerd' in the title... right?) It's woody and thumpy and bright all at the same time. Chuffed to bits. Playing it every day. Mo' later...