Guitar anyone? Electric or accoustic

[Jill F]

Yeah, I do. But there is no guarantee you will talk to the person you want to. You may even invite a demon into your life.

BTW, that is the reason that I have only one pedal, a wah wah, anything else just confuses a simple mind like mine.

Normally I agree.   Most of the time it's either one pedal or I just plug straight in.  When I play at home, I like simple.  Strat + Marshall = Awesome.

The last gig I had (two years ago, crap...) required some serious toys due to the span of the set list.  Fuzz, Overdrive, Delay, Chorus, 2 wah pedals (one "fixed" for Michael Schenker stuff), detune (for Sabbath C# or anything in Eb), Compressor, Strobe tuner, External true bypasses (homemade), and Power supply.   Anyway, my board has turned into an anarchistic mess and I can't stow it properly until I get it fixed.  It's been sitting there laughing at me since I had my meltdown in 2012. 

My friend Armand was (among others) Slayer's tech.  I remember him saying something about this method of rigging a pedalboard many years ago.  I just wasn't sure if by "bike chain", he meant "Schwinn" or "Harley".  Unfortunately, he OD'd a couple of years ago and now I can't ask him.  It was pretty cool, though.  Once upon a time, he'd bring in Kerry King's guitars to us for electronics work.  I was the one who knew all the voodoo for custom voicing the circuit boards by changing out particular resistors and capacitors.  I knew which ones did what, how increasing or decreasing values affected it, and (most importantly) how to read the codes on the components to determine the values.  I was rewarded with backstage passes. 

I can prove I'm "Slayer Family" now... 

[Jill F]

my pinky fingers are getting better but they've always been my biggest weakness.

Watch Michael Schenker.  He almost never uses the pinky.  It's pretty amazing what he can do with just 3 fingers. 

Don't bother meeting him in person, though.

[Jess42]

Normally I agree.   Most of the time it's either one pedal or I just plug straight in.  When I play at home, I like simple.  Strat + Marshall = Awesome.

The last gig I had (two years ago, crap...) required some serious toys due to the span of the set list.  Fuzz, Overdrive, Delay, Chorus, 2 wah pedals (one "fixed" for Michael Schenker stuff), detune (for Sabbath C# or anything in Eb), Compressor, Strobe tuner, External true bypasses (homemade), and Power supply.   Anyway, my board has turned into an anarchistic mess and I can't stow it properly until I get it fixed.  It's been sitting there laughing at me since I had my meltdown in 2012. 

My friend Armand was (among others) Slayer's tech.  I remember him saying something about this method of rigging a pedalboard many years ago.  I just wasn't sure if by "bike chain", he meant "Schwinn" or "Harley".  Unfortunately, he OD'd a couple of years ago and now I can't ask him.  It was pretty cool, though.  Once upon a time, he'd bring in Kerry King's guitars to us for electronics work.  I was the one who knew all the voodoo for custom voicing the circuit boards by changing out particular resistors and capacitors.  I knew which ones did what, how increasing or decreasing values affected it, and (most importantly) how to read the codes on the components to determine the values.  I was rewarded with backstage passes. 

I can prove I'm "Slayer Family" now... 

I freakin' love Slayer. I just wish Kerry King would grow some hair but i guess it plays into the whole Satanic thing though.

No wonder, trying to keep up with that much stuff would blow my mind. I am purely basic and if it wasn't for Electric Funeral I wouldn't even use the Wah Wah. But it just don't sound right without it.

Speaking of, I had one of the local metal bands from the area contact me yesterday. Seem they aren't going anywhere or where they want to go. I had met their bassist about a year ago. I checked them out after at a club and yeah they are original but Jesus Christ!! The bassist knows that I am more classic metal in the way of Maiden, Judas Priest and Sabbath and asked me to play lead guitar with them. I am in my 40's and have the longest hair of all four of 'em, these kids are in their mid twenties with day jobs that they really seem apprehensive about giving up and going for it. Scared ya' know and that ain't good. I don't know. First would have to be a name change. The name just doesn't do it. I won't name them but it is a freakin' lame name for a metal band. The singer when he sings clean sounds pretty good but then he mixes in the screams and growls, one or the other please. Plus he wears a baseball cap Hip Hop style which just really isn't the thing metal heads want to see. Their manager screwed them out of a contract and they just got all kinds of problems and confusion about which direction they want to go. I really don't want to be a den "mother" for a bunch of cubs and since I would be the oldest that would probably be the case. I want to play live music again, I want to go darker than what I played a couple of months ago, but something tells me these kids would be looking to me for all the answers and I am not a founder of the band so I foresee a lot of conflicts. I would rather play with dinosaurs like myself with long hair flying (grey or not), heads banging and where insanity and darkness rules. When I saw this band it was almost like watching statues play music.

May your friend rest in peace. Too many of us whether musician or roadies and techs have fallen by the roadside. And really if it weren't for them we would all end up sucking as musicians especially the big headliners and still be in the garages.

[Jill F]

I freakin' love Slayer. I just wish Kerry King would grow some hair but i guess it plays into the whole Satanic thing though.

Kerry went pretty bald up top, thus the skull tats.  Tats are the new hair...

Oh, the Satanic and Nazi things are totally just to press haters' buttons.  Kerry is an atheist and Jeff's (RIP) father collected Nazi stuff from people he either killed or found dead on D-Day.

[Jess42]

Kerry went pretty bald up top, thus the skull tats.  Tats are the new hair...

Oh, the Satanic and Nazi things are totally just to press haters' buttons.  Kerry is an atheist and Jeff's (RIP) father collected Nazi stuff from people he either killed or found dead on D-Day.

That kind a sux. I find I am like Samson in the bible, the longer the hair the stronger the playing or better the playing. Could just be me though and some sort of insane ideas. Of course I am getting where my hair ends up in my mouth and bugs the crap out of me. But I can live with it though because once I start sweating it calms down somewhat.

Image is everything. I could care less what they are as long as they play good. Remember Stryper in the eighties? I never got 'em. I mean come on sex drugs and rock and roll.

[CalmRage]

Watch Michael Schenker.  He almost never uses the pinky.  It's pretty amazing what he can do with just 3 fingers. 

Don't bother meeting him in person, though.

i heard some things about him on a music forum i frequent. he seems to be a rather unpleasant, arrogant fellow.

the funny thing about me playing is that i am legally handicapped to some degree. i have the papers to prove it. i have very low motoric skills, which can be raised to a normal level with enough practice though and at the moment i barely notice that handicap.

[Jill F]

he seems to be a rather unpleasant, arrogant fellow.

Yes, at the very least.

I think Schenker is what mental health professionals refer to as "batsh*t crazy", o como se dice en Espanol, "guano loco".

I mean, Ozzy thought he was freakin' nuts.  That's like Jerry Garcia thinking you have a drug problem.

[CalmRage]

Yes, at the very least.

I think Schenker is what mental health professionals refer to as "batsh*t crazy", o como se dice en Espanol, "guano loco".

I mean, Ozzy thought he was freakin' nuts.  That's like Jerry Garcia thinking you have a drug problem.

but is he as nuts as Phil Spector?

[Jill F]

but is he as nuts as Phil Spector?

No way.  I don't think Schenker is potentally dangerous to anyone but himself.

Funny story- my wife was in the jury pool for the Spector trial (got immeditely dismissed for being an attorney) and had to share the elevator with him (as well as cops and bodyguard types) in cuffs.  Apparently he was shaking like a leaf the whole time and muttering nonsense to himself before my wife realized who that was.  She looked him right in the eye and it appeared that nobody was home. 

[CalmRage]

No way.  I don't think Schenker is potentally dangerous to anyone but himself.

Funny story- my wife was in the jury pool for the Spector trial (got immeditely dismissed for being an attorney) and had to share the elevator with him (as well as cops and bodyguard types) in cuffs.  Apparently he was shaking like a leaf the whole time and muttering nonsense to himself before my wife realized who that was.  She looked him right in the eye and it appeared that nobody was home.

heh, i'm listening to a recording i made earlier. i was trying to figure out the melody of "Martha's Madman" on guitar and played around it in my solo.

[Nikki_Denier]

Depends on my mood...I've got an Ovation six string, an Ibanez 5-string bass, two Jacksons, and two Ibanez RGs.  I don't play that often anymore, used to be play every day for hours in high school.

[Lady_Oracle]

AHHHH BIG GUITAR LOVER HERE!!!!

I have a strat plus and a washburn acoustic. AND I PLAY EVERYDAY! music is my passion

[Jill F]

AHHHH BIG GUITAR LOVER HERE!!!!

I have a strat plus and a washburn acoustic. AND I PLAY EVERYDAY! music is my passion

Yay, Strat Plus!  I've had a few over the years.  I'm not into the Lace Sensor pickups much for tone, but they don't pick up the 60 cycle hum from the lights in my living room and the sustain is awesome because of the lack of magnetic field.  I have 2 old Jeff Beck models right now, which are pretty much the same thing but with a double pickup at the bridge and a big fat neck.  I like to use them with modeling effects and amps because they don't color the sound much and take a lot of guitar related variables out of the equation.

Yes, I'm a gear nut...

[Lady_Oracle]

OMG HOORAY!! finally someone else that knows what a strat plus is!! I love the lace sensor pickups so much!!I just got my guitar a few months ago, its a used, made in 95 so it has the "fender lace" pus lolol. I find it funny since it wasn't made by fender but they threw their name on it anyways. I love her so much though everything about the guitar is perfect, from the metal nut to the locking tuners. I have the bridge sitting flat against the body and she stays in tune mostly without having to lock the bridge which is so nice! 

Yeah the tone is fat and bassy just the way I like it and perfect with distortion, so much sustain and feedback at least with mine. I was looking for the smashing pumpkins tone and I have it with this guitar. I have the silver, blue and red pus. I just need to find a good fuzz pedal, which I think I found a few weeks ago, just need the funds to get it.

Now I'm gonna get a new amp sometime soon, I can't wait till I do. Yeah I've seen those Jeff Becks, purty geetars. 

What kind of stuff do you like to play Jill??

[Jess42]

Yay, Strat Plus!  I've had a few over the years.  I'm not into the Lace Sensor pickups much for tone, but they don't pick up the 60 cycle hum from the lights in my living room and the sustain is awesome because of the lack of magnetic field.  I have 2 old Jeff Beck models right now, which are pretty much the same thing but with a double pickup at the bridge and a big fat neck.  I like to use them with modeling effects and amps because they don't color the sound much and take a lot of guitar related variables out of the equation.

Yes, I'm a gear nut...

My God does anyone but myself, Angus Young and Tony Iommi play and SG? I am really starting to feel left out here. Where are the other SG fans?

[Jill F]

OMG HOORAY!! finally someone else that knows what a strat plus is!! I love the lace sensor pickups so much!!I just got my guitar a few months ago, its a used, made in 95 so it has the "fender lace" pus lolol. I find it funny since it wasn't made by fender but they threw their name on it anyways. I love her so much though everything about the guitar is perfect, from the metal nut to the locking tuners. I have the bridge sitting flat against the body and she stays in tune mostly without having to lock the bridge which is so nice! 

Yeah the tone is fat and bassy just the way I like it and perfect with distortion, so much sustain and feedback at least with mine. I was looking for the smashing pumpkins tone and I have it with this guitar. I have the silver, blue and red pus. I just need to find a good fuzz pedal, which I think I found a few weeks ago, just need the funds to get it.

Now I'm gonna get a new amp sometime soon, I can't wait till I do. Yeah I've seen those Jeff Becks, purty geetars. 

What kind of stuff do you like to play Jill??

For a fuzz pedal I use a Way Huge Fat Sandwich.  For overdrive, I use a TS-808, but I think I'd like to give an OCD a whirl.  I have a few Marshalls and a Hiwatt to run them into.

I mostly play hard rock, metal, classic rock and bluesy stuff. 

[V M]

I know what a Strat Plus is and I've played a Gibson SG in the past, I'm feeling kinda hungry right now so I'm wondering if the local deli is open so I can get a sandwich

Dang, I guess I'll have to make my own

The Smashing Pumpkins should rename themselves the Whiny Turd Mongers 

Sorry, just my opinion

[Jill F]

I have owned over 200 guitars in my life. Not one was an SG.

I have played many and only ever liked one.  I usually find them gutless, squeaky and squawky.  I'd rather play a Les Paul or a 335, but I much prefer the 25.5" scale of a Fender.  I Zen with Strats.

[Jill F]

Hey Jill, where you going with that ________ in your hand?

Can anyone fill in that blank? I'm drawing one.  It's time for me to rewrite some lyrics.  Is "Hey Joe" the most jammed song ever?

[V M]

I've never owned an SG either, the only time I've played one live is when a rather hyper active but nice young man ran up with one and said...

"Here, try this out" then ran away... He apparently had heard that my guitars had been stolen and didn't realize that I played south paw

Played the gig with an upside down guitar and it actually went fairly well

Straight away he was back, said "Good show" grabbed the guitar and ran off again to go play his gig