Guitar Nerds Anonymous

I think the builder missed a trick, should've aligned all the pole pieces along the string...

o hai

Wasn't he a two-string guy?

technically yes.

i seriously want that fucking guitar.

/i've just seen le spector's future.

Have you heard Jeff the Brotherhood?
Three string electric and drums only:
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/oPlTYJ-z54U/maxresdefault.jpg

Every Time I Die shows off the Tronical Tune - YouTube

Tronical Tune Demo - YouTube

^Too easy
#stillusingrelativetuning

I "invented" a tuning recently. Got a song coming along in it. It's basically open D so:
DAGF# but then you leave the top two strings as normal B and E. It's really easy to make a big booming open D sound and fuck about with little riffs on the top two strings and when you barre all the strings (barre ALL the strings!) at the 5th fret for the 4 you get this weirdly retro-jazzy major 6th sounding things going on which immediately puts me in mind of M. Ward channeling Merle Travis. Figured out a couple of simple fingerings for the 5 and 6m and I'm away.

In other news...

#wow

Aluminium fret board on a wooden neck?

New:

sweet. needs moar stickers.

Cheers but I think not! Not yet anyway... Wasn't much of a contribution I know, enjoying playing much more than chatting shit at the moment (same goes for cycling I suppose). Anyway, couldn't resist sharing, always wanted an American one in sunburst. The sound is on point as well, much better than my previous Japanese. It really nails than tight, guttural, mid-range Fender Jazz sound :-)

Nice jazz, can't wait to get one once I've moved house! Have you changed the pick-guard on it?

Change the scratchplate, Josh, that one's gash...

i should hopefully be reclaiming mine from its colonial-kidnapper in a months time...

also - y u no have cock-shot in control plate?

/dissapint

Change the scratchplate, Josh, that one's gash...

I have changed it, it did have a tortoiseshell one but they're too retro and obvious. Really liking the pearloid, against the 'burst it's exactly what I've wanted for ten years or more. Cheers though ;-)

Oooh, that's awkward.

My contribution is a predictable "Get some flatwounds on it" and "Jam a sponge under those strings".

*Nothing if not consistant.

Pearloid can fuck off, Josh... Modern pearloid and tortoiseshell is all wrong, they can't use the nasty chemicals to get the patterns right anymore...

Plain black, white or anodised please...
#bassfashionpolice

I like tortoiseshell on sunburst too...

*ninja edit

or craquelure.

^^The man.

I think I'm coming around to 'vertical electric bass'...

The Peddlers - Tell The world were Not In - YouTube

Ah, yes, good point, well made.