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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2016 11:57:24 GMT -5
Seems there are a few blues guitarist in this group, so let's talk blue notes, flatted fifths, scales and modes (and what the hell is the difference), gear, heroes, tunings, bends, hammer ons, pull offs, finger picking, bottleneck, and not so subtle double entendres.
For me, I have a Tele with Barden pups, maple fretboard, jumbo frets. Amp is a Fender Princeton 65. A modest but typical set of pedals. I also have a real diamond in the rough, an old Hondo acoustic that just happens to have the biggest sound I ever heard. With heavy strings it sustains for half a minute.
I tune the Hondo to G or C and play bottleneck on that one. I had 13s on and got a massive sound but it was too hard to play so I went to 12s, and it's still huge. I know some people disagree but I think you need big strings to get a good tone with a slide. I use a large Blues Bottle slide. I like open ended slides better for feel, especially that your finger doesn't get all sweaty, and I do have a Dunlop 215 Pyrex which I love, but the Blues Bottle is heavier and yields more sound. I have the slide in my pinkie so I can use the other three fingers to fret notes and "play behind the slide."
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Post by DryCreek on Sept 1, 2016 12:06:31 GMT -5
This must be what other people hear when I talk about photography... ;-)
This guitar talk is all Greek to me, but I certainly enjoy the end product! (As a woodworker, I think making guitars would be an awesome pursuit. But I have to think you need to be a competent player too or you're kinda doing it blind.)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2016 14:40:50 GMT -5
This must be what other people hear when I talk about photography... ;-) This guitar talk is all Greek to me, but I certainly enjoy the end product! (As a woodworker, I think making guitars would be an awesome pursuit. But I have to think you need to be a competent player too or you're kinda doing it blind.) I don't know, Leo Fender didn't play. He just had a good ear. |
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Post by DryCreek on Sept 1, 2016 16:15:59 GMT -5
This must be what other people hear when I talk about photography... ;-) This guitar talk is all Greek to me, but I certainly enjoy the end product! (As a woodworker, I think making guitars would be an awesome pursuit. But I have to think you need to be a competent player too or you're kinda doing it blind.) I don't know, Leo Fender didn't play. He just had a good ear. That's very encouraging to hear; so do I. There are a few guys at my shop who make electrics, which are beautiful and play to my techie side, but I'd aspire to make an acoustic guitar. But, a guy can't become a luthier overnight; gotta start somewhere. Now to find time for yet another hobby... I will not be idle in retirement, that's for sure! |
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Post by jim44444 on Sept 1, 2016 16:42:49 GMT -5
That's very encouraging to hear; so do I. There are a few guys at my shop who make electrics, which are beautiful and play to my techie side, but I'd aspire to make an acoustic guitar. But, a guy can't become a luthier overnight; gotta start somewhere. Now to find time for yet another hobby... I will not be idle in retirement, that's for sure! Start with a mountain dulcimer and work your way up to a guitar. I built a throw away dulcimer out of plywood a scraps once. Not a high quality instrument but OK for backyard picking. |
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Post by unmatched on Sept 1, 2016 20:07:31 GMT -5
I don't know, Leo Fender didn't play. He just had a good ear. That's very encouraging to hear; so do I. There are a few guys at my shop who make electrics, which are beautiful and play to my techie side, but I'd aspire to make an acoustic guitar. But, a guy can't become a luthier overnight; gotta start somewhere. Now to find time for yet another hobby... I will not be idle in retirement, that's for sure! I am building an acoustic at the moment. There is a guitar making school here and there are a bunch of us making guitars/basses/ukuleles all from scratch. The guy has way better tools than me though! (And a couple of quite specialised ones, but less than you would think.) I am not much of a woodworker, so I guess anyone could teach themselves to do it. But he also has a number of jigs and templates already made which saves a lot of time. It wouldn't be that hard necessarily, but it would be a hell of a job to do your first one by yourself.   |
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Post by Chatter Fox on Sept 1, 2016 20:31:53 GMT -5
I play but I'm not big on gear. I have a minimalistic setup and I'm thinking of letting go of some of that stuff to fund an exit plan.  I wish I had more time to play. I love it. I'm a bit into blues but mostly I like acoustic and trying to write my own songs. One of these days I'll manage to finish a song. |
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Post by Chatter Fox on Sept 1, 2016 20:32:33 GMT -5
That's very encouraging to hear; so do I. There are a few guys at my shop who make electrics, which are beautiful and play to my techie side, but I'd aspire to make an acoustic guitar. But, a guy can't become a luthier overnight; gotta start somewhere. Now to find time for yet another hobby... I will not be idle in retirement, that's for sure! I am building an acoustic at the moment. There is a guitar making school here and there are a bunch of us making guitars/basses/ukuleles all from scratch. The guy has way better tools than me though! (And a couple of quite specialised ones, but less than you would think.) I am not much of a woodworker, so I guess anyone could teach themselves to do it. But he also has a number of jigs and templates already made which saves a lot of time. It wouldn't be that hard necessarily, but it would be a hell of a job to do your first one by yourself. Beautiful! I'm very impressed! |
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Post by DryCreek on Sept 1, 2016 21:14:48 GMT -5
It wouldn't be that hard necessarily, but it would be a hell of a job to do your first one by yourself. Neat project! The right tools (jigs) make all the difference. I wouldn't dare try to tackle one without guidance of some sort, even if it's excessive YouTubing. I recall there's a luthier school in the area, but until I win the lottery I won't have that kind of time. Something I've learned from a relative who repairs instruments... Properly constructed ones use glues that can be disassembled for future repairs (like with heat & steam). Not my normal mode of woodworking. |
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Post by unmatched on Sept 1, 2016 21:25:32 GMT -5
It wouldn't be that hard necessarily, but it would be a hell of a job to do your first one by yourself. Neat project! The right tools (jigs) make all the difference. I wouldn't dare try to tackle one without guidance of some sort, even if it's excessive YouTubing. I recall there's a luthier school in the area, but until I win the lottery I won't have that kind of time. Something I've learned from a relative who repairs instruments... Properly constructed ones use glues that can be disassembled for future repairs (like with heat & steam). Not my normal mode of woodworking. Mostly we use Titebond, so yes you can heat and steam it and repair stuff if you need to. Just a few joints are epoxy. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2016 22:31:52 GMT -5
That's very encouraging to hear; so do I. There are a few guys at my shop who make electrics, which are beautiful and play to my techie side, but I'd aspire to make an acoustic guitar. But, a guy can't become a luthier overnight; gotta start somewhere. Now to find time for yet another hobby... I will not be idle in retirement, that's for sure! I am building an acoustic at the moment. There is a guitar making school here and there are a bunch of us making guitars/basses/ukuleles all from scratch. The guy has way better tools than me though! (And a couple of quite specialised ones, but less than you would think.) I am not much of a woodworker, so I guess anyone could teach themselves to do it. But he also has a number of jigs and templates already made which saves a lot of time. It wouldn't be that hard necessarily, but it would be a hell of a job to do your first one by yourself. Beautiful. I noticed the long headstock. Is this going to be a 12 string? |
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Post by unmatched on Sept 1, 2016 22:43:27 GMT -5
Beautiful. I noticed the long headstock. Is this going to be a 12 string? No it is a 6 string. I think the headstock looks longer in that photo than it really is. I have an old Yamaha acoustic which is only about 10mm shorter, and I have a semi-acoustic which is pretty much exactly the same size. So either the photo is deceptive or you don't really notice how long headstocks are until you take the strings and the hardware off! And the neck is in the process of being shaped, so that will come down to a more normal width too. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2016 23:19:29 GMT -5
Beautiful. I noticed the long headstock. Is this going to be a 12 string? No it is a 6 string. I think the headstock looks longer in that photo than it really is. I have an old Yamaha acoustic which is only about 10mm shorter, and I have a semi-acoustic which is pretty much exactly the same size. So either the photo is deceptive or you don't really notice how long headstocks are until you take the strings and the hardware off! And the neck is in the process of being shaped, so that will come down to a more normal width too. Yeah you'd have to have some long fingers to play that LOL. I couldn't tell from the photo but is the truss rod in at this point, or is that just a slot for it? |
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Post by unmatched on Sept 1, 2016 23:28:58 GMT -5
No it is a 6 string. I think the headstock looks longer in that photo than it really is. I have an old Yamaha acoustic which is only about 10mm shorter, and I have a semi-acoustic which is pretty much exactly the same size. So either the photo is deceptive or you don't really notice how long headstocks are until you take the strings and the hardware off! And the neck is in the process of being shaped, so that will come down to a more normal width too. Yeah you'd have to have some long fingers to play that LOL. I couldn't tell from the photo but is the truss rod in at this point, or is that just a slot for it? No, the neck is actually not fixed yet. I just finished the joint so I wanted to take a pic and see what it looked like. The truss rod will slide into the slot when the neck is all shaped and gets fixed in there. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 6:18:23 GMT -5
Yeah you'd have to have some long fingers to play that LOL. I couldn't tell from the photo but is the truss rod in at this point, or is that just a slot for it? No, the neck is actually not fixed yet. I just finished the joint so I wanted to take a pic and see what it looked like. The truss rod will slide into the slot when the neck is all shaped and gets fixed in there. Ok that explains a lot, because I was wondering how you were going to narrow the neck like that LOL. |
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