Guitar Nerds Anonymous

Agreed. I'm confident that i'm in the right and that I'll get my money back but i'm out of pocket and have to look again to find the instrument i'm after.

It's just irritating.

Radio programme tomorrow about the influential folk guitarist Nic Jones (Who's career ended with a car crash in 1982)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037t1rk

So, the eBay guy has offered a full refund (of course!)... he went straight for the "i've been having family problems" thing.

Not sure how that makes anyone list something as a product it isn't but whatever.

I ended up ordering it from a proper shop and it arrived this morning. Will fit flat wounds before giving a verdict.

Excellent.

Punk'd up my tele with a cheap black pickguard this week. Am thinking of ways to shoehorn a bit of Fendery scronky and yowl into my band's alt-countryish shenanigans. I do miss it.

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73 blonde telecaster, and soon to own a 62 hot rod strat!

Please recommend a capo for my acoustic which allows at least the bottom E to remain un-capp'd. My cheapies will not facilitate this duty :(

Dunlop trigger or... the other kind of trigger ones. forget the name. I bought on ethe other day. Kahler? Basically anything with a spring.

Good trick that. Capo 4th fret but leave the bottom E open and a C shape gives you a nice different voicing of E. The cool thing is that unlike tuning down the E string to acheive the same effect (as Dylan does on Just like a Woman for example, tunes low E down to C then capos at the 4th) you can use your normal chord shapes above the capo.

Win.

Kyser, not Kahler.

Is this the best bass ever?

http://nebula.gigahost.dk/v1/AUTH_fc62c141-0a58-488f-9d22-e42a03cd8505/images_c6b/500033218_8fa575210106823d6aed73b9f15e2891789870f8.jpg

Thanks dooks, partial capo was the keyword it appears, I have ordered what I think is the right one.

^ reminds me of trying to explain the subtlety of Spinal Tap to a Polish colleuge who had never seen the movie.

Is this the best bass ever?

http://nebula.gigahost.dk/v1/AUTH_fc62c141-0a58-488f-9d22-e42a03cd8505/images_c6b/500033218_8fa575210106823d6aed73b9f15e2891789870f8.jpg

That is fucking horrible.

Thanks dooks, partial capo was the keyword it appears, I have ordered what I think is the right one.

Oh, sorry, I just saw this. I was trying to say that you can achive the partial effect with a full capo of the above types. You just clamp it on a little bit off centre so it misses the low E then you don't need to carry a whole 'nother capo. never mind though, the thing you're ordered will do the job.

Another technical question...
Why does the 3rd -string G not stay in tune?
Just fitted some new strings on my accoustic spanish Vicente Tatay Tomas guitar and the G keeps dropping

The G is always the most difficult. Often when it is in tune when open it's not when fretted.
The higher the action the worse it is.
I used to use a wound G on my cheapo electric which helped.

There are physics behind this phenomenon, which the Earvana nut is supposed to alleviate
http://www.earvana.com/technology.htm

Cheers BQ interesting phenomenon...
Earvana is a good name

Another technical question...
Why does the 3rd -string G not stay in tune?
Just fitted some new strings on my accoustic spanish Vicente Tatay Tomas guitar and the G keeps dropping

Haven't read the article linked to yet but would also add that if you tune the open g string to be exactly in tune in an open g chord, it'll often sound sharp when you fret it at the 1st for an open e chord. I suspect most of the mismatch is caused by the effect of fretting so near the nut pulling sharp as opposed to any inherent equal temperament/fretted instrument compromise but it's been noticeable to a greater or lesser degree on almost every guitar I've ever played. I usually tweak tuning depend on what key i'm in. Most of the time that means tuning the G a fraction flat. One of the three Gs in a G chord being slightly flat is much less noticeable than the single slightly sharp G sharp major third in the E.

that's my logic anyway.

Makes sense thanks Dooks

One of the three Gs in a G chord being slightly flat is much less noticeable than the single slightly sharp G sharp major third in the E.

Trying this now. Useful hint this is true^
Will do more research and post anything else I find.

Just bought this lovely sparkly Gretsch:


Fuck it. And indeed, YOLO.

I've wanted a sparkly Gretsch for YEARS. I can't wait to turn it into a singularly-inappropriate-music machine. Horrible metal, perhaps, or over my acoustic stuff. Brilliant.

Dude it's left handed! oh wait....

Awesome work man. Love it. Is it one of those Laundromatic ones? Details man, c'mon.

This should go in the "producers" thread but what the hey: I need to replace those shit monitors I bought because they're shit. Any experienc eof the following gratefully received.

Been looking at Genelec 8030A's which is what two of my friends and collaborators use in pro set ups. They both really rate them and I must say they sound fantastic to me as well. I can't really spend £1000 ish right now though. The next size down the 8020As look a bit too wee though and apparently are a bit bass light. Genelecs reluctantly off the list then.

Adam A7x's were high on the list, possibly even top. But they're over £700 a pair and quite big for my small room. Tempted...

Event 20/20 BAS V3s also briefly considered at a much more palateable £500 a pair... but again they're pretty whopping with 8" drivers and 17kg each. Can't help but suspect that like the KRKs they're primarily aimed at impressive low end and high output electronic music styles. Given that I'm producing almost exclusively acoustic music it they didn't seem quite right.

I've landed on the Adam A5x as being the best for my wallet,style of music and room size. Anyone used them?

http://www.sonicscoop.com/2012/01/05/review-adam-a5x-by-justin-colletti/

Yeah it's weird actually - something called a Syncromatic, which I guess was a Korean-made precursor to those Electromatics which're everywhere these days. Either way, SPARKLY STUFF OF AWESOME.

Incidentally, I used to make dnb and there's a lot to be said for having proper big monitors in that situation, but writing acoustic stuff I've never really needed more than my trusty Fostex PM0.4s - mixed my whole record down on that and it sounds fine, no weird bumps anywhere in the EQ range. Adams are excellent monitors, and seem to be de rigeur in the dnb world at the moment (cheaper and better than anything else in the class) but I'm not sure you need to spend that much for the type of stuff we both make. Your call tho. I bet they'll sound great.

Cheers. Think i'm going to order the Adams. Shall report back. In the correct thead if I must.

Congrats on the purchase again dude. It's mesmerising.