DCBassman
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Which is why they're sometimes too long for other SS basses.
The Bassist and Guitarist thread
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Salad Dodger
Legendary Member
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- Kent Coast
Do Thomann (Harley Benton) sell own brand strings for short scale basses? Their own brand 6 string guitar strings are cheap, but of course there is postage to add.
DRM
Guru
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- West Yorks
So, we are getting to the point of being able to change chords between A,D & E without looking too often and with a lot less buzzing, the pain in the fingers is better, and I think at first the main problem was a vice like grip, as I saw on a YouTube video, so I’ve tried relaxing the grip on the fretboard as there’s no need to have to strangle the living daylights out of it.
it seems that guitars are like bikes, in as much as the N+1 rule seems to apply here too, been looking at various websites and it seems in real terms there’s now some good gear for not much money, Thomann seem to have some cracking bargains available for example.
it seems that guitars are like bikes, in as much as the N+1 rule seems to apply here too, been looking at various websites and it seems in real terms there’s now some good gear for not much money, Thomann seem to have some cracking bargains available for example.
Seevio
Guru
- Location
- South Glos
delb0y
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- Quedgeley, Glos
Yes, there are some very nice sounding and looking guitars, that are also very playable, for quite reasonable money these days. Of course, you can go as high as you want, but I think modern technology has done wonders for low priced guitars.
As regards n+1, I'm currently thinking of something new. N currently = 9. Whereas 10 feels like a nice round number...
delb0y
Legendary Member
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- Quedgeley, Glos
This week's country blues tune is by Mississippi John Hurt. The Tanglewood guitar was £175 off eBay, with a case, tuner, and a stand.
View: https://youtu.be/dU2YO3aakgM
Cheers
Derek
View: https://youtu.be/dU2YO3aakgM
Cheers
Derek
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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- Lancaster... the little city.
Some friends used to have a band called Carrot on the Floor ...they sounded nothing like that though. 
delb0y
Legendary Member
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- Quedgeley, Glos
Superb documentary about a guy who gave up a successful job at Disney to build bass guitars. Well worth your time:
View: https://youtu.be/hNACNx5UlR8
View: https://youtu.be/hNACNx5UlR8
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
So I’ve been doing the Justin guitar online course, I’ve been doing the Peter Gunn theme as I find it’s a good exercise for stretching the fingers of my fretting hand, as is the riff from Seven nation army, doing one minute chord changes, and bought the corresponding beginners songbook, meaning that I’m currently murdering Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, and treated myself to one of these,
https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-a...uitar-and-SubZero-V15G-Amp-Pack-Sunburst/19QL
looks the business in the flesh, but I’m definitely getting better
https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-a...uitar-and-SubZero-V15G-Amp-Pack-Sunburst/19QL
looks the business in the flesh, but I’m definitely getting better
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I had never given much thought to it, but seeing that guitar now makes me wonder...
How 'acoustic' is a semi-acoustic, and how 'electric'? What do you get from a semi-acoustic that you don't get from an electric? (Obviously, I can see what you get from a semi-acoustic that you don't get from an acoustic!)
How 'acoustic' is a semi-acoustic, and how 'electric'? What do you get from a semi-acoustic that you don't get from an electric? (Obviously, I can see what you get from a semi-acoustic that you don't get from an acoustic!)
Badger_Boom
Veteran
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- York
Given all you read about how the wood used to make a solid body electric guitar can affect its tone, having a much lighter echoey vibrating structure must also do something to it.
DCBassman
Guru
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- The lumpy far South West
Don't believe everything you read...
raleighnut
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MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
a semi-acoustic is an acoustic with the usual acoustic properties of an acoustic guitar... but they have a pick-up or two added so you can plug it into an amp if you want.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
there's a great YT video about a guy who made a concrete Strat. It was exactly the same as his usual Strat, apart from being concrete and weighed an absolute ton. All the way through the build he was looking forward to hearing it... would it sound heavier? would sound terrible? ...no. It sounded exactly the same as his usual Strat which told him an awful lot about so-called 'tone woods'... not that that video's going to stop any arguments on the guitar forums
