Guitar Nerds Anonymous

Ha, nice avatar Pifko.

"No listen, listen! can you hear that sustain"

whoops.

again with the huge pics.

just found a pic of my tele which i will now attach below...

Tele porn.

3 Saddle bridge, What year is that?

here it is. this is my main... by which i mean only current electric guitar. it's a 1999 USA tele which i've fitted with a twangtastic Glendale bridge and compensated brass saddles. Changed the pots and switch at some point too. The rest is stock. I love this guitar.

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Glendale hardware is the bomb. Great stuff.

Tele porn.

3 Saddle bridge, What year is that?

It's one of these.

http://www.glendaleguitars.com/

They're the only people (actually it's just a guy called Dale) who make a vintage style bridge that fits an American Tele. Check out the springs behind the saddles, they're longer than on a normal vintage style bridge to cover that wider gap. For some mad reason the mounting holes on the USA teles are in a different place, this means you can fit stock vintage bridge plates (that cost about $20) on most Squiers, Mexican and Japanese teles... but not USA ones. You have to order a custom made one that costs $120.

Anyway, it's a thing of beauty and I love it. No more ice-pick treble, just loads of that clucky, twangy, slightly hollow Tele brashness. And with the compensated brass saddles, not only do you get twang for days but the intonation is bang on, it stays in tune amazingly well and I never break strings any more.

Basically, it's dope.

Not heard of those. Is it a semi-acoustic/hollow body Matty?

I'm lusting after one of these at the moment... :s

Sorry dude, only just saw this. It's not an archtop, it's a dreadnought (with single cutaway) and piezzo pickups.

Last one for this week. Here's my new 50's rock 'n' roll band's set up from that gig last week.

L to R: The bargainous Ampeg B115HP and early 90s P-Bass, the singer's big fat Washburn Jumbo (with Fishman), our lovely new "pre '1961" Premier jazz kit and my tele with champ and borrowed Classic 30.

Good times.

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i got these recently-

http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh76/Nollythegreat/Vigier%20for%20sale/

very happy with it thus far. i would have liked the fretboard radius to be slightly flatter but other than that its perfect. the pickups were changed to bare knuckles. a holy diver in the bridge and two trilogy suites. the set is very balanced and there is next to no level drop when changing between positions which is often a problem with hss guitars.

as well as this... just the guitar not the dodgy stomp box and rack mounted noise gate...

http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh76/Nollythegreat/isp-dd6-shep/

the action needs to come down a touch on this one. but it sounds fantastic. i use this one a lot at icmp (institute of contemporary music performance) which is where im studying music. its so versatile i can use it for almost anything-

i just had a workshop and then a concert with mr Clive Carrol
this guy is just awe inspiring

I picked up a Peerless recently...

Finito! Proper shots:

damn! that is a work of art!

Once again, Jammy i can't see your pics at work. Will checkitty check it out after rehearsal tonight. Morgasm, I can't see your pics either. Thos links just hang then time out... is it just me?

Jammy will you build me an Explorer?

;)

I picked up a Peerless recently...

very nice player and lovely unplugged tone :)

jammy - that 7-string is awesome, but i just can't get my head around that fanned fret layout!

i love guitars that use good woods. they just have an extra something about them, tone aside. i got rid of all my electric gear a couple of years ago (amp, pedals and guitars) and got myself a Larrivee parlour acoustic. it has a satin finish sitka/rosewood top/back and sounds great for a small guitar. i wanted the full Koa version, but my wallet wouldn't stretch that far! the short scale also means i can go heavier on the strings without killing my fingers.

i don't think i will ever tire of playing it...

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0f57mxnC01qbpcy2o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1270582713&Signature=teAVuzuiWvcX6ntIAsTjQoznCFQ%3D

1. Had it all my life. My Dad left it to me.
   
   

Jammy, I love that 175, and Dooks your Tele wins.

Can I ask a question - my 8 year old is desperate to learn the electric guitar, and I have no experience. So, am I wrong in thinking he needs a 3/4 acoustic to learn on, or is it as easy to learn on an electric guitar? How did you guys get started?

I'd say go electric straight away but that's just me. Maybe a semi-acoustic? It'll have the advantage of being nice to play and not compulsory to plug in. You're right with the 3/4 size.

Feeling generous?

http://www.ivormairants.co.uk/benedetto-andy-3-4-size-jazz-guitar.html?___store=default

This rules! Dimebag FTW

http://www.imuso.co.uk/Electric-Guitars/7581-/Dean-Dimebag-Darrell-Dime-from-Hell-ML-3-4-Size-Electric-Guitar?utm_source=googleproduct

You'll need an amp with this:

http://www.musicstreet.co.uk/squier-size-mini-bullet-stratocaster-black-p-3660.html?utm_campaign=[CAMPAIGN]&utm_medium=[MEDIUM]&utm_source=[SOURCE]

I used to have one of these until I stepped on it and it was beautiful:

http://www.dv247.com/guitars/taylor-bt2-baby-taylor-mahogany-3-4-size-acoustic-guitar--43844

The nicer the guitar, the more you want to play it, the more inclined to play it, the better you get, the more you love it. (Niceness does not necessarily = £££)

Willo: I have a beginners kit I'm looking to shift - Squier Stratocaster (budget Fender job) and a 10watt Park Amp (budget Marshall job) - if you're interested.

Feeling generous?

http://www.ivormairants.co.uk/benedetto-andy-3-4-size-jazz-guitar.html?___store=default

Maybe once I know that he is going to persevere ;-)

Amazing that they think they can sell a child's guitar for that much money. There must be parents out there with more money than sense!

Semi-accoustic sounds like a good idea. Now just need to find one that won't break the bank....

Thanks for the advice.

That Squier will be great for the money. I'd go electric straight away because they are quiet if you don't plug them in. And get a headphone amp so you don't have to hear him till he's any good :-)

Hells yeah, Squiers are great value for money. Can't go wrong with Strat or a Tele, but there's so much variety of affordable decent-ish quality stuff coming out of south east asia these days you're spoiled for choice.

Amp wise, the headphone option isn't a bad idea. You can get a first generation Line 6 Pod for very little money these days and these are great for home practice/recording/messing around with loads of useable amp models/effects etc. They're great though headphones or into a stereo or computer for recording. I used to be a real valve amp snob (I still am really) but these things are really handy for certain situations.

If you want to go for a real amp you can get lots of pretty sweet, cheap, valve practice amps these days. The fender champion 600 is very cheap, sounds good, looks amazing and is easily upgradeable. Won't do death metal super-gain or much in the way of clean headroom but it might be a great way to getting into "real amps".

Just a thought.

Just had a chat with Mrs S - she is insisting we go the accoustic route. A shame really, as I think he would have been more inclined to persevere with an electric guitar. However, she is the one who will have to listen to it!! Looking at the net, I'm inclined to go for a Yamaha CS40 3/4

www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/10144-yamaha-cs40-3-4-size-classical-guitar-natural-gloss.html

Am I missing anything?