What Did You Do With Your Guitar(s) Today?

[DrewJD82]

Awesome Drew love it, Im sure you have the skillz and talent to do it just takes some dedication to learn I'm sure
Oh BTW where is the signature Pick throw at the end ?

That only happens when there’s success!

 

[Stone]

That only happens when there’s success!

Well then I guess I wont be doing any Drew Signature Pick Tosses anytime soon

 

[duzie]

 

[la szum]

This is all I’ve been doing for the last 48 hours.



I got a hair up my ass last week to learn something really challenging and since I’ve attempted this song numerous times in the last 30 years, I’m hellbent on actually following through with it. I’ve learned bits and pieces over the years but never once got further than the first 8 notes of the intro. That EJ is a darn tootin’ good guitar picker.

Inspiring, dude. I really need to follow suit and force myself to do something I can't---until I can.

Can I ask why not the Old Man Strat? Just curious.

 

[la szum]

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Never surrender, duzie!

 

[la szum]

That 40th Anniversary Squier is a badass little git-fiddle. I am blown away by how fun it is to play.
The Satin/Rubbed Neck on it is . Not a bit of tackiness to it. Smooooooth!

@norminal was generous enough to hook me up with a set of Brass Saddles. I asked him for some Brass
Balls, but I guess I will have to wait for those. Thanks @norminal .

May the best of Coffee Beans continue to roll your way.

I am going to install the saddles today, and watch some grown ass men hurl themselves at one another.

 

[FuzzyAce]

That 40th Anniversary Squier is a badass little git-fiddle. I am blown away by how fun it is to play.
The Satin/Rubbed Neck on it is . Not a bit of tackiness to it. Smooooooth!

@norminal was generous enough to hook me up with a set of Brass Saddles. I asked him for some Brass
Balls, but I guess I will have to wait for those. Thanks @norminal .

May the best of Coffee Beans continue to roll your way.

I am going to install the saddles today, and watch some grown ass men hurl themselves at one another.

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oh my... love that black binding against the cream. sexy

 

[DrewJD82]

Inspiring, dude. I really need to follow suit and force myself to do something I can't---until I can.

Can I ask why not the Old Man Strat? Just curious.

I’d prefer to play it on that for the whole vibe and it lends itself, tonally, better but the fret ends are filed down a bit too far and while I can manage that at normal speeds, not attempting to kill myself, the high E keeps slipping off the neck. I have 3 Strat necks in need of some nice, SS med/jumbo frets, I have most of the tools to do it from my previous attempts and a bit more patience now, I might give it a shot again.

I haven’t had this much discipline since high school. It’s been 48 hours around that tempo, but I was playing it at half tempo for an entire fucking week before getting to this tempo.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Changed my bass strings from flatwound to roundwound. Love flatwounds but feel like slappin' today.

 

[Stone]

force myself to do something I can't---until I can.

Things are only Impossible until there not !


"Jean Luc Picard"

 

[FuzzyAce]

the high E keeps slipping off the neck.

The only think I dislike about a vintage style strat bridge is the wider saddle spacing. I have to change them out for a 2 1/16 spacing usually.

 

[la szum]

Changed my bass strings from flatwound to roundwound. Love flatwounds but feel like slappin' today.

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Never played a Mustang Bass before. Short scale, I assume?

That is freaking gorgeous!

 

[Stone]

Well today it rained most of the day so the wife wasn't barking out " we need to do this and we need to do that"
so i got in some much needed practice

 

[DrewJD82]

The only think I dislike about a vintage style strat bridge is the wider saddle spacing. I have to change them out for a 2 1/16 spacing usually.

Yeah, my Gilmour Strat has the Callahm V/N bridge, which corrects that exact issue, In the case of my other Strat, the guy who put it together went a little HAM on the fret ends and took just a pinch too much off. I suspect he wasn’t a “grab ‘em by the balls’ type of player, the guitar showed up with 8’s and when I brought it up to tension they were just resting above the frets, totally what I’d expect for a setup on a 1” neck guitar.

 

[DrewJD82]

Well today it rained most of the day so the wife wasn't barking out " we need to do this and we need to do that"
so i got in some much needed practice

See?! Pick throws are imminent!

 

[FuzzyAce]

Never played a Mustang Bass before. Short scale, I assume?

That is freaking gorgeous!

Thanks. yes, short scale. I really love it. Very easy to play and simple setup. Only drawback is a slight neck dive because of the thinner body and the massive headstock. They could have made the headstock smaller lol?

 

[la szum]

Yeah, my Gilmour Strat has the Callahm V/N bridge, which corrects that exact issue, In the case of my other Strat, the guy who put it together went a little HAM on the fret ends and took just a pinch too much off. I suspect he wasn’t a “grab ‘em by the balls’ type of player, the guitar showed up with 8’s and when I brought it up to tension they were just resting above the frets, totally what I’d expect for a setup on a 1” neck guitar.

All of these new fangled "rolled" edges on fretboards are dancing with danger for just the reason you describe.

Vintage correct boards/necks were not rolled, were they? But I guess modern baby hands can't tolerate any "edges."

I kid.


Curious about your thoughts on this topic @Eagle .

 

[duzie]

Never surrender, duzie!

My current struggle is this…

My God I’m uncoordinated
Even at an extremely slow tempo

 

[fretworn]

My S-type is 1/8 inch wider neck to accommodate a little bit more room on the high E

 

[Stone]

See?! Pick throws are imminent!

Oh i dont know about that I'm really struggling get the main Solo
Starting at this --->
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