Andrew 4748 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Guitar teachers just got a Charvel Pro Mod San dimas which he was kind enough to let me have a bash on before he restrung it for himself (he plays weird, even for a lefty!) It was fucking ace, neck was nice and thin but not quite Ibanez thin, huge frets and the JB in the bridge was amazing through his JCM2000. Fantastic guitar, I'd even forgive it only being available in black if it didn't have a Floyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44848 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 I can't get away with the aesthetics of them but I bet Ibanez and Charvel stuff is mint to play. Timmons's guitar is probably as close as I would come to buying one though. I got a bunch of Tom Quayle instructional stuff to work through. He's obviously a ludicrous player but he's an even better teacher. His stuff on fretboard visualisation is (to me anyway) genuinely the answer to the question of how to play effortlessly all over the neck. Not that I can btw, but I'm working through that stuff and can see how it'll get me there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 I'd be interested to see the Fretboard visualisation stuff Gemmill. Sounds helpful. Also I absolutely love the look of the Charvel's and I'll definitely get one someday. I thought it was a licensed strat body/neck though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44848 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Tom said: I'd be interested to see the Fretboard visualisation stuff Gemmill. Sounds helpful. Also I absolutely love the look of the Charvel's and I'll definitely get one someday. I thought it was a licensed strat body/neck though? I'll drop you a PM.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4748 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Tom said: I'd be interested to see the Fretboard visualisation stuff Gemmill. Sounds helpful. Also I absolutely love the look of the Charvel's and I'll definitely get one someday. I thought it was a licensed strat body/neck though? The body shape and headstock shape are licensed, well sort of since Fender own Charvel anyway... Theres absolutely not a fender with a neck profile like that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Ah right, I've never played one tbh! Ive had a few Ibanez's but to be honest the best neck I've played is on my 2006 Strat or various squires. Which have freakishly good necks. I'm after a G & L I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44848 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Went to see Ariel Posen tonight. In Ashington of all places. Pretty talented bloke. Josh Smith is on there next month and Joey Landreth the month after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4748 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 11 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Went to see Ariel Posen tonight. In Ashington of all places. Pretty talented bloke. Josh Smith is on there next month and Joey Landreth the month after. Thats a good series of gigs! Ariel did a brief promo with Lee on the andertons channel the other day. How was the show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44848 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 It was good, aye. A few solos that went on too long, but I guess that's what you get with these blokes. Great slide player though and an engaging character. He seems to genuinely have a bit of a love affair with Ashington, having played the town fair there on Canada day last year. The place didn't cater for many but it was completely sold out. And aye, weird how lined up the gigs are with TPS/Anderton's type guests. I've got tickets for the three anyway - can't really say no for 14 to 15 quid each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 To be fair TPS/Andertons do make it accessible and interesting. Sometimes it's even funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44848 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 @Tom PM me your email address when you get a chance, cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4748 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 New Dream Theater albums out and available on Spotify. Labries voice is as...polarizing...as ever but there are some banging riffs in the first couple of songs (thats as far in as I've got so far). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44848 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 New chair day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3355 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 The jag was nicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4748 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 6 hours ago, Gemmill said: New chair day. Ah thats great! American Elite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44848 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Yeah, I had had my eye on one but hadn't intended to so anything about it for a bit. But I sat with this one for a while yesterday and eventually pulled the trigger. It's lush. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 That’s lush Gemmill. Whats that fancy volume nob all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44848 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 9 hours ago, Tom said: That’s lush Gemmill. Whats that fancy volume nob all about? Cheers! It's their S1 switching thing. Picture below to explain what it does. Top row is normal, bottom row you press the button in the centre of the volume knob and it does all the different wiring combos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44848 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Some of them produce some quite weird, thick sounds. Not what you'd expect from a strat but something different to mess about with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 That’s looks complicated as fuck. Ive been clarting about on the les Paul today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44848 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 The Josh Smith gig was mental btw. Easily the best guitarist I've ever seen live and playing to less than 100 people in an Ashington social club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4748 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Metallica announce S&M2! http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/metallica-to-reunite-with-san-francisco-symphony-to-open-chase-center-in-san-francisco/ Quite excited about that, S&M is the album that got me into Metallica as a greasy teenage mosher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44848 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 The new strat is mint. First time I've had a satin neck and a compound radius on a guitar and the difference is incredible. I love my tele but I wish I'd bought an Elite instead of the 60s original so that it would have had the same neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4748 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Satin necks are absolutely the business aren't they? Main reason I love my Squier Tele so much is that neck finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44848 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Aye absolutely class. I'm gonna buy some wet and dry sandpaper and sand off the lacquer on the tele neck I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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