The Bassist and Guitarist thread

[delb0y]

Thinking I should use the Telecaster more. Here I am fooling with a few Charlie Christian licks, trying to get them into my toolbox.
It's a MiM 72 Custom Reissue, as played by Mick Green and Keef (the original, that is, not mine). Plugged straight into my laptop here, so this is the sound of only the guitar, a touch of reverb, nowt else. Neck pickup.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACPT9gcYteM

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Impressive!!



View: https://youtu.be/b0eknUtEMWw?si=HkSvzbeNZHRqmn2x

 

[FrothNinja]

Wonder who's gonna buy a guitar that Trumps?

 

[DRM]

Wonder who's gonna buy a guitar that Trumps?

Hopefully no one, an Ali Express special for $1100 Dollars, I suppose grifters have to grift!
As an aside I do hope that Gibson sue him for that Les Paul copy
Edit: Gibson have issued a cease & desist order against Trump Guitars!

 

[FrothNinja]

The gift that keeps on giving - looking forward to his reaction(ary) with regards to his Keep It American product.
Folks be buying this left, right, and centre - well probably not left or centre

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kNgSHFjtbE

 

[MontyVeda]

I've often wondered how the manufacturers that make Les Paul* copies get around the copyright infringement. Do they pay a licence to Gibson**, or just deviate slightly from the original design?

*and Teles, Strats, SGs, etc.
**or Fender

 

[Drago]

I don't mind the whole-US-flag-american-eagle painjob. Hell, I have a motorbike with that paint scheme, but the political message puts me off.

Still, I'm sure they'll sell well and will quickly appreciate in value.

 

[Drago]

I've often wondered how the manufacturers that make Les Paul* copies get around the copyright infringement. Do they pay a licence to Gibson**, or just deviate slightly from the original design?

*and Teles, Strats, SGs, etc.
**or Fender

Unlike Rickenbacker, they never went to great lengths to copyright the shape, silhouette or profile.

Fender are clever though. The cheap copies don't affect the Fender market, but the good quality ones might so they often hire the manufacturers to make Fenders or Squiers. The factories need little or no retooling, the companies make money and Fender get a kickback on each one.

 

[MontyVeda]

Unlike Rickenbacker, they never went to great lengths to copyright the shape, silhouette or profile.

Fender are clever though. The cheap copies don't affect the Fender market, but the good quality ones might so they often hire the manufacturers to make Fenders or Squiers. The factories need little or no retooling, the companies make money and Fender get a kickback on each one.

so Gibson's cease & desist is pretty much nothing more than an expensive thumbs down emoji? 👎

 

[Drago]

I don't know so much about Gibson's history, but suffice to say that whatever tactics they've tried haven't really worked.

 

[FrothNinja]

Anyone up for Boris Bongos? Keir Kalimba? Albanese Angélique?

 

[MontyVeda]

I've been cooking up a 'no velcro' pedal board for a lefty. Coming along quite nicely...

 

[MontyVeda]

Pretty much finished now... just need to make a little quick release doofer to dock and lock the vol/wah onto the board when it's not in use

In chain order it's Volume/Wahwah, Compressor, Overdrive, Delay, Reverb, Sustain, Looper

And the underside...

Now the procrastination is over, i should get on with the guitar I was supposed to build this year.

 

[delb0y]

I placed a low bid on this one at the recent Gardiner Houlgate auction and darn me if I didn't win the guitar!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoTz2c_toao

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Came across this, & at about 00:40, Alice states that Eddie Van Halen asked him to arrange guitar lessons from Glen Campbell, as he held GC in such high esteem


View: https://youtu.be/B6q2hsdXenQ?si=66fXskZK-hexqA1s