Dynamic Mike wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:13 pm
I sometimes wonder if your guitar collection already contains a humbucker, a single coil and a P90, then nothing you buy will sound any different to anyone but you.
Well, assuming you mean a solid body, semi-hollow and hollow body version of each...
Obviously that's what I meant. Also I assumed a trem/hardtail version of each, in differing scale lengths, with new/NOS/closet/relic versions as required.
But seriously, although they all feel & play differently, I'm not sure they sound as different (tonally) to other people listening to us as we'd like to think. I have no interest in synths & whilst I can hear whether it's a beepy/stringy/whoosy/whatever synth sound, they all sound pretty much the same to me. Why anyone needs more than one synth defeats me. Similarly I'm sure there are people who are equally unimpressed with miniscule tweaks to guitar tones, especially in the context of a mix.
N i g e l wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:30 pm
What is the optium number of guitars and which ones is not the question here. The question is do you need a guitar with star shine, whos do you need ? , & how much % are you prepared to pay over the normal price ?
Wouldn’t mind one of Robert Fripp's guitars, it would be useless to me, as I’m not a guitarist, but I would use it as a magical tool, to invoke inspiration.
N i g e l wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:30 pm
What is the optium number of guitars and which ones is not the question here. The question is do you need a guitar with star shine, whos do you need ? , & how much % are you prepared to pay over the normal price ?
Wouldn’t mind one of Robert Fripp's guitars, it would be useless to me, as I’m not a guitarist, but I would use it as a magical tool, to invoke inspiration.
Once upon a time I would have chosen Eric's Blackie, or David Gilmour's Black Strat (still two of my favourite guitarists) but now it would be Django's Selmer.
Dynamic Mike wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:23 am
But seriously, although they all feel & play differently, I'm not sure they sound as different (tonally) to other people listening to us as we'd like to think. I have no interest in synths & whilst I can hear whether it's a beepy/stringy/whoosy/whatever synth sound, they all sound pretty much the same to me. Why anyone needs more than one synth defeats me. Similarly I'm sure there are people who are equally unimpressed with miniscule tweaks to guitar tones, especially in the context of a mix.
as the creative juices start drying up we start looking for anything that could perhaps maybe get those juices flowing again even a little flow.
On a wing and a prayer we start purchasing this and that Guitar, Synth, that does this thing different or has this different feel, even if it is a little different.
After several years we just realise aaaarrrggghh who was I kidding. I'm just a dried up prune lol.
I’d love Joe Zawinul's ARP2600, but somehow, I don’t think it would literally, improve my music, again, I could feel it, and hopefully get a few vibes from it.
N i g e l wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:30 pm
What is the optium number of guitars and which ones is not the question here. The question is do you need a guitar with star shine, whos do you need ? , & how much % are you prepared to pay over the normal price ?
Wouldn’t mind one of Robert Fripp's guitars, it would be useless to me, as I’m not a guitarist, but I would use it as a magical tool, to invoke inspiration.
Once upon a time I would have chosen Eric's Blackie, or David Gilmour's Black Strat (still two of my favourite guitarists) but now it would be Django's Selmer.
I played Gilmour’s Black Strat when it was on display here and have to admit it did nothing for me: no sense of occasion or history; no magical, loin-tingling ‘mojo’. It just felt like a parts-caster and not even in the form it took when played on my favourite recordings. My wife said I’d regret not playing it and simply refuses to believe otherwise — in fact, I preferred the CS models on display. Suffice it to say: never meet your heroes...or play their instruments.
fyi the auction finished today. Looks like it was a great success! Interestingly pretty much everything went well over the asking price apart from the consoles... and the banjo. Make of that what you will!
groovelator wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 10:58 pm
fyi the auction finished today. Looks like it was a great success! Interestingly pretty much everything went well over the asking price apart from the consoles... and the banjo. Make of that what you will!
If the consoles didn’t go, I’ll take the Neve, I won’t even charge them to pick it up.