just occurred to me
that as far as I've seen, no one has mentioned guitar geekiness

I'll admit that I don't know all there is to know about them, but there's got to be someone on here who will appreciate my Fender American Series Strat with a humbucker at the bridge, in shoreline gold with a black scratchplate....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 12 Mar 2008, 16:57, 15 replies)

No no no!
I cannot stand scratchplates! And don't get me started on headstocks that aren't painted...

I'm currently playing a black Peavey Rotor EX with a Floyd Rose. I'm going to swap out the bridge pickup with a Seymour Duncan SH-6 soon. Yum :D
(Badgers wear Corpsepaint it's true, I've seen them..., Wed 12 Mar 2008, 17:36, closed)

My Explorer needs a trem arm.
Yes yes I'm a heathen shh
( Fathter Puddytat Kill Kill dat widdle boid is mine on, Wed 12 Mar 2008, 18:18, closed)

Mongo not like Strat
Mongo prefer Tele, Jazzmaster*, Les Paul or 335. Mongo not think about tremelo, make a little sick.
*Mongo aware this nearly contradict first statement, thinks JM body look better. Mongo tolexing amp head tonight.
( uncle bastard is twanging a dan moi, Wed 12 Mar 2008, 19:12, closed)

That Fender
sounds exactly like the one my band mate/friend had stolen from him 8 years ago.

You didnt buy it from a pawn shop in Glasgow did you?
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 12 Mar 2008, 19:42, closed)

I was an ardent strat-hater
until I played the one with a humbucker in the bridge and the s1 switching. such a beautiful range of sounds.

and I got into pink floyd

plus, there's nothing like a strat for the sounds required for my bands blend of surf-funk-rock-blues

my ibanez doesn't have a scratchplate and I love the look of it, but the black and gold strat looks the business

and it was brand new ;-)

I always think that les pauls must have something going for them, because so many people love them. I've yet to find out what the something is. horrible fat, end-heavy things
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 12 Mar 2008, 20:04, closed)

Yes! Finally, someone else hates Les Pauls...
Bloody fat necks and awkward bridges. The only good one's I've played have been cheap copies (Vintage and Legacy).
(Badgers wear Corpsepaint it's true, I've seen them..., Wed 12 Mar 2008, 20:18, closed)

glad there's someone else out there too
people bang on about a les paul's sustain, but that doesn't make it worth playing one.

it's not coincidence that none of the very very best guitarists use les pauls

not that I count myself among them by a long way.

although I do wail :-D

we should form a band. we could call it the b3ta band.....oh
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 12 Mar 2008, 20:24, closed)

Ditto
my Peavey can get about 30-45 seconds of sustain before the note dies, but then it is a big Explorer-shaped slab of Mahogany (neck as well). I'd like to see any Les Paul top that :D Oh and I don't like the scale length either. Or the finishes. I could go on all day :P

I must admit, I'm liking the sound of this B3ta Band...
(Badgers wear Corpsepaint it's true, I've seen them..., Wed 12 Mar 2008, 20:30, closed)

my ibanez is the same
could sustain a note all night, and that's a pretty lightweight slab of wood.

it's just quality.

think we've gone far enough into this to truly classify as geeks. congratulations to us both!

I'm sure there must be more than enough musicians amongst us b3tards to form a band

although I'm not sure drummers can use computers....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 12 Mar 2008, 21:34, closed)

Ha!
They're brilliant if you want a shelf fitted...
;P !
(Badgers wear Corpsepaint it's true, I've seen them..., Wed 12 Mar 2008, 21:58, closed)

not
so sure about that!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 12 Mar 2008, 22:14, closed)

I may beat you all
coz I can't play a note, but if I won the lottery I'd buy a Rickenbacker just so I owned one. A zillion of my fave axesmiths (see, I know all the jargon) use them, and just as a beautiful and exquisite thing they can't be beaten.
(tinypod will never learn. Ever., Wed 12 Mar 2008, 23:40, closed)

I wouldn't buy an actual Les Paul
because they're way overpriced and the QC is shite. No, mine is a black Yamaha AES820, and I've had the pickups coil split ( DiMarzio 500k push/pull pots ). I don't worry about sustain, nobody needs more than about 25 seconds anyway, not even Pelican do chords that long. With the stringthrough body and locking Sperzels I can change and tune a string in 30 seconds, the carved radius body reduces weight, makes it very comfy and the construction is first class. I too like this idea of a B3ta band- if all the interested parties had a copy of Tracktion 2- very cheap, powerful and piss-easy to use sequencer- we could record and swap OGG files of our efforts over 't net. It works for the Melvins...
( uncle bastard is twanging a dan moi, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 0:20, closed)

being able to change a string in 30 seconds appeals
used to take me about 5 per string on the ibanez with a floyd rose.

my strat is so new I haven't had to change one yet!

restrung my mates twelve-string not so long ago. took me an hour. fucking thing.

I get the impression that we might end up with a band that is entirely made up of guitarists, which while not necessarily bad could end up as some kind of ego critical mass.

how many guitarists does it take to change a lightbulb?

3

1 to change the bulb and 2 to say they could do it better
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 8:36, closed)

.
How many drummers does it take to change a light bulb?

None. They have a machine to do that now.

How many bassists does it take to change a light bulb?

None. The keyboard player can do it with his left hand.
(misanthrope is so adjective he's verbing nouns!, Thu 13 Mar 2008, 9:19, closed)