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Post by maninashed on Mar 31, 2016 13:21:16 GMT
Nice! Has the bridge pup got a baseplate? Can't see from the angle. A tip for soldering to the back of pots, give the spot where you want to solder a quick sand with a fine abrasive, makes the solder stick a lot easier. I don't think it has a brass baseplate, as many others (e.g. Fender CS) seem to have. Will this make any difference? I assume the fella that made them knows his stuff... Thanks for the soldering tip - I have never, ever soldered anything in my life, so it should be fun I used to spend far too much time on a certain Telecaster forum and I'm afraid such arcane questions became part of normal language. I won't ask if you're using an oil and paper cap... I haven't got a clue if a baseplate makes any difference! I would also be prepared to leave it to the bloke who designed them, he should know. My first soldering experience was a Tele, easy enough but the sanding tip does save a lot of frustration and probably a fried pot or two. Good luck!
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Post by maninashed on Mar 25, 2016 6:50:05 GMT
I found it much more convenient to begin with pieces I wanted to play, and develop the necessary technique from practising them. I ended up by spending a lot of time on specific, sometimes dry, techniques, but there was usually a particular piece that this was aimed at, and I found it possible to work at these where just playing a detached picking pattern over and over drove me insane. I'm the same, I need to feel engaged with the music and I found 'courses' frustrating. I really liked Michael Raven's style and arrangements so I listened to the tape, figured out the TAB and tried to make them sound how I liked them. I can play lots of pieces now and I really enjoy plsying tunes rather than exercises. Anything in TAB is quite accessible but there are big gaps in my understanding of theory and reading staff.
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Post by maninashed on Mar 24, 2016 9:57:11 GMT
Lovely looking guitar, sounds great too!
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Post by maninashed on Mar 23, 2016 19:32:45 GMT
Travis-picking is a pretty common starting point. It's great in that once you've got it down, you can apply it to many songs. The flipside is that it can be hard to break out of those patterns once they've become ingrained. That's certainly been my experience anyway. One of the things that got me into fingerstyle was a CD/book lesson by John Fahey. His approach to teaching is, er, different....but highly entertaining! One thing that always sticks in my mind is where he described the process of learning fingerstyle, something like, first you learn arpeggios, the you learn alternate picking, then you learn patterns. Then you you spend all of the rest of your time learning not to play patterns.
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Post by maninashed on Mar 12, 2016 22:12:18 GMT
Nice! Has the bridge pup got a baseplate? Can't see from the angle.
A tip for soldering to the back of pots, give the spot where you want to solder a quick sand with a fine abrasive, makes the solder stick a lot easier.
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Post by maninashed on Mar 7, 2016 20:56:00 GMT
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Post by maninashed on Mar 4, 2016 20:21:42 GMT
The back looks better than the front! And the front is gorgeous!
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Post by maninashed on Mar 3, 2016 20:53:53 GMT
I'd try to have a listen to Toneriders as well, sounds like a set of Hot Classics is in the area you're looking for. I've got Vintage Plus in a partscaster and they easily hold their own with the Custom Shop pups in my Baja Tele.
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Post by maninashed on Jan 11, 2016 12:43:59 GMT
I'll stick to Jim Dunlops, 12 for £2.99, thanks.
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Post by maninashed on Jan 3, 2016 12:58:17 GMT
To begin the year, English Oceans - Drive-By Truckers
Then, Joe Ely - Panhandle Rambler
Turnpike Troubadours - Turnpike Troubadours
And to finish 2015, It's Great to be Alive - Drive-By Truckers
A good year!
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Post by maninashed on Dec 24, 2015 21:19:08 GMT
Merry Christmas!
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Post by maninashed on Dec 23, 2015 6:35:57 GMT
Oh no! I slept through the whole thing.
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Post by maninashed on Dec 21, 2015 17:53:04 GMT
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Post by maninashed on Dec 21, 2015 7:01:19 GMT
I dislocated my shoulder last year and it took ages to heal. The only guitar that was comfortable to play then was my 12 fret S&P parlour with its small body.
Some time after, I got a deal on a Seagull Maritime Folk, a larger guitar with a 14 fret to the body neck that was too good to turn down. I liked the sound of the Seagull and how the neck felt good in the hand but after the parlour I could never feel comfortable with the larger body and with the longer neck, my picking hand never felt naturally in the right position, too close to the bridge.
It's a shame it's a lovely guitar but at least my parlour feels very natural to play.
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Post by maninashed on Dec 20, 2015 15:26:51 GMT
I don't sing either but these tunes go down very well at the pub!
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