I turned up to a gig by The Peacocks the other day, and the singer was brandishing one of these…. Great piece of guitar bling that. The White Falcon has been a favourite of Neil Young's since '67. Jack White picks up his Gretsch guitar often (although I think he plays a Duo Jet). For Richard Hawley ...

I saw this video last night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-GXht7qfhg I think it is clear they don't all sound the same, but the differences are not that great at times. In the mix, they become less obvious. It isn't exactly the most scientific test though, just a quick example. Yet so many ...

I'm just not a fan of dangling mics... not least because it reduces the accuracy of positioning the mic in front of the speaker driver. And I've had situations where fabric movement against a dangling mic on power chords caused unwanted scratchy noises too! :o H Your perfectly sensible technical ...

I've never had an amp with variable power settings before. At a tenth of a watt, how close is the sound to 5 watts? I had a Mesa Boogie Lone Star Special for a while. Hated the thing but it did have variable power settings and 5 watts was where you found the cleaner, class A sounds. After a short ...

e.g. Rock With You, Wanna Be Startin' Something, Thriller, Billie Jean, Bad, Smooth Criminal, Jam.... I have still no ideas about what guitars he/they used, what amps he/they used, or what effecters he/they used.... I'd ever tried a few times but still can't get any similar sounds..... They sound a ...

Your tonal range is more limited with a passive bass - you can only roll off the treble and make the sound woolier, whereas with an active, you can cut and boost. While this might sound a much better idea, it's quite easy to overdo the tone settings as most give rather too much range for a nice ...

Hi wizzywiz247, and welcome to the SOS Forums! 8-) Some sensible advice there from Ken Long, but if you really are decided on a short run, I'd certainly recommend investigating Mobineko: www.mobineko.com/ They specialise in short runs of both Vinyl and CD from 100 pieces up. I used them for CD ...

Wonks wrote:It's tuning is probably very stable now!

It is. But so dull...

Yes. I'm sure it's about time somebody invented a better classical guitar string. D'Addario do ones with ball-type ends for 'folk guitar' that take a bit less time to settle in (and also improve the break-angle over the bridge), but the nylon (or nylon based) top strings are very slippery (so ...

Martin Walker wrote: Lucky or what?

Oh, here's a link to the album page in case someone wants to find out more

www.yewtreemagic.co.uk/harmonicaelectronica.php

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Martin, as musicians I reckon we are all as good as our collaborators. And the sun shines on the good and the just

Martin, I thought the guitar investment scene went seriously sour some years ago Well, I bought myself a guitar last year after a gap of over 30 years... Martin Right. Every home should have one. But didn't I read somewhere that you've got Chaz Jankel laying down guitar tracks for you! So why on ...

ConcertinaChap wrote: the only magazine for concertina players in the world comes out 3 times a year and is posted to its 300 or so subscribers.
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Somehow I imagined it would be a 'compressed file' of some description or another… I'll get my coat

I´m sure they do but I´m actually trying to become their intern so this is their way of testing me out :headbang: If I were you I would be looking for a collaborator in Asia. Someone who not only knows the local marketing infrastructure but also local musical tastes, music buying/listening habits. ...

I'm not sure, Gibson and PRS are still making stupidly expensive guitars. I'm pretty sure very few buy them to play. Here is a tasteless one for the criminally insane: http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/electric_guitars_detail.asp?st... Do you think maybe that one was maybe knocked up with a Chinese ...

I think the Hip Hop phenomena has much to be blamed for on the dumbing down of pop-music, not just on the lyrical delivery of choice (rapping) but worst, when most switched to 'singing', with painful results. What is wrong with rapping? I think the term 'most' is not really correct; there are very ...

You guys should have come over to Horsens Prison in Denmark with me last week to see the Hollywood Vampires! Alice Cooper sorted everything out by bringing over about half his house band as ringers. Then there was Joe Perry. Knows what he's doing. And Slash's current drummer. You could see how he ...

Entering the whole music tech world needs a lot more commitment ;) Or just an iPad ;) Andy :beamup: I'm blushing at all this! But probably a +1 for Andy. Martin, I thought the guitar investment scene went seriously sour some years ago (thank the god of axes)? But are there really twelve guitar ...

if i could sing like that….. and play like that…. at the same time…… I doubt i'd be hanging around here ;) One of my favourite parts of Keith Richard's autobiography was the bit where he admits that whenever he is required to sing and play guitar at the sam time on stage he plays air guitar! I certa ...

I enjoyed reading here about the One Handed Musical Instrument Competition . Notable entrants include a one handed guitar modified from a telecaster. Obviously open to use, abuse and creative ingeniosity by those of us with four working limbs and a lust to avoid learning how to actually play guitar ...

That's a well considered and thought out plan. How does it differ from Tidal?

Streaming sucks. Audiences like it, they say. Well they would, wouldn't they! Its legalised piracy and it only exists because some people are stupid enough to allow their music to be streamed.

Apparently, Apple is not in agreement with those that say that the digital economy is different from the old analog economy, and they have figured out how to have a successful business too. Right, so out of interest where do we stand on Apple Music ? Things move on, and Apple now provides a ...

Wonks wrote: Plus there's always the sticker or spray-painted stencil option.

You can't have this kind of guitar and not 'customise' it's aesthetics. It just wouldn't be punk! Unthinkable

An awful lot of punk bands used the LP Juniors That's my idea of the guitar the OP is describing. I had a really cheap Epiphone LPJ for a while, although I changed the pick ups on it (can't remember what to). It was always giving up tunes and sounds my more refined guitars never could. So I totally ...