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I was going to buy some new strings as my guitar is filthy and plays horribly at the minute but thought, as they are only 6 months old, I'd try cleaning them first.
The internet suggests WD40 but can you use anything else? Linseed oil? Lemon pledge?
Also, how often do people replace their strings? I seem to go through an awful lot, probably because I never clean them...
Fast fret is quite good for giving them a bit of extra zing without having to take them off for a clean.
Boiling them is ok but it's very much a case of diminishing returns.
By far the best method I've tried is soaking them in meths - pretty much good as new. Makes them pong for a bit, but it's definitely worth it considering how shit dirty strings sound.
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Almost... Just got booked to do another weeks work before xmas, I'm 99% getting one... #fuckdapolice
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Really? Amazing...
I found this guy who's restored some real what's-the-point-of-that beaters, might be worth a go... http://www.andyfarrell.co.uk/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00xf8k7/The_Godmother_of_Rock_and_Roll_Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe/
great program...
really showed the tension between 'spiritual' and secular gospel /blues. fascinating. also worth watching Wim Wenders.-the soul of a man. j.b.lenoir's voice is heartbreakingly beautiful -
Hmmm. Just found some of my old rawk band:
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Enjoyed those two tunes. How old are they?
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Cheers. Pretty old. 2005-6 I think. We put that second single out on 7” vinyl and it pretty much disappeared despite a few plays on Marc Riley’s 6Music show.
Awful recordings and we should have sacked that drummer. Although I did like my guitar sound back then. It was my Tele with signal split, one half going into a silverface Champ just on the edge of breakup, the other side went: Marshall Bluesbreaker pedal set to clean boost > TS9 > "tweed" Peavey Classic 30 (that I’d put a decent output transformer, speaker and tubes in). That set-up gives you “clean”, “clean plus”, “overdrive” and “sputtering fuzz + screaming feedback” all with two pedals. FUN!
Amp wise, as much as I love that scooped Fender + Fender amp sound I often think it lacks the necessary mid punch to cut through, especially in a noisy rock trio like that. No point in fighting with the cymbals on top or the bass player’s Fender Jazz and 4x10 on the bottom, the middle ground is where you need to stake your claim. I found that the Champ turned up gave a nice little raggedly silverface grit round the edges while the EL84s in the Peavey (with the mid control cranked) plus the notoriously mid-spiked TS9 made a nicely throaty midrange grrrr to fill out that space. I do miss playing electric.
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Yup, I have a couple of regular pub gigs with my project elvers.bandcamp.com
Do you play out?
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Funnily enough, I have sung on a rough demo for the first time ever....he'd destroy it. I've got to do all the vocals again at our workshop where I can sing above a whisper and the mic won't pick up po-po and the ambulances as they pass!
I am just getting some of my very old (1990) stuff transferred from DAT when that is done I'll post it up. None of my newer stuff is anywhere near good enough to be let out yet...working on it. Playing out these days is standing in on a open mic night on top of Dartmoor with my double bass, which takes up most of the pub. Fun though.
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I've fallen in love with this...
Pretty cheap at £369, if I buy one I'll get it refinished in Polaris white straight away... Absolutely gorgeous...nice - if I was in a band I'd def be buying one of those
check my mates site with his rare 1962 bass equivalent
http://www.flyguitars.com/epiphone/bass/1962EpiphoneNewportDeluxe.php
they then re-designed the headstock
http://www.flyguitars.com/epiphone/bass/1965EpiphoneNewport.php
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You do need another guitar, fo sure