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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 21:56:33 GMT
Nice man! Now we must make a tune with 2 P90 Teles
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Post by salteedog on Sept 6, 2016 11:57:08 GMT
Nice guitar. A thinline is high on my wishlist too.
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Post by salteedog on Sept 6, 2016 13:44:25 GMT
Somebody else I reckon. Scratchplates wouldnt bother me much.
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Post by tarn on Sept 6, 2016 17:38:40 GMT
sweet axe
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DefJef
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Due to musical differences I've decided I can't work with myself any more.
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Post by DefJef on Sept 9, 2016 9:28:47 GMT
Forgot to mention, as this guitar came with the strings slackened off I thought I'd take the tuning up to a bit below full tension to start with, knowing I'd be taking them off again soon. So I tuned the bottom 5 to a semitone flat. Then, as I was tuning the top E I decided to stop at B(b), the same as the B string next to it, and a funny thing happened. I tried picking out what would normally be a D chord and I was playing A Design for Life. I don't know many other people's songs but could remember Crazy Little Thing and that sounded great but odd too. What was happening here was that the B string was being doubled as in a 12 string and creating both a pleasing chorusy sound and some jazzier chords since standard triads were not being played.
I took all the strings up a semitone so the guitar was now at concert pitch but still with that doubled B string. A is now played either as a single barre across the second fret or, for a more interesting sound like we would all play an open A but now the top E string is playing a B. D and Dm sound great whatever I do with that E string. Only open C takes a bit of decision making, if I play it like a standard C it can sound a bit off so playing it with the index finger barring the top two strings sorts that out.
Even lead lines became interesting as a rapid riff through the top 4 strings resulted in some pretty amazing double B string stutters that would be all but impossible strung normally.
I decided to see how many of our band's songs could be played this way and pretty much all of them could but with a whole new feel.
I like this sound, especially if I capo it at the third or fifth, and may permanently string this guitar with two B strings. It's a quick way to do some crowd-pleasing covers in a way they've never heard before as the song's melody sometimes has to be adjusted. I'm tempted to throw in A Design for Life at next month's gig to see at what point the crowd get it.
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Post by marit on Sept 9, 2016 11:21:06 GMT
Sweet deal!
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