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Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:05 pm
WitSok wrote:Thanks for the lunch report John!
G&L Topic: I'd say may favorite neck is on my LE-2. It is a #1 profile, but is roasted maple. I really like the roasted maple and I'd say that is why is is my favorite. You tell it lightens the neck and it has an incredibly hard/durable feel to it. It is gloss, but doesn't feel sticky at all. The frets on my SC-3 have grown on me. Normally I don't like short frets
Music Topic: Recently picked up a couple albums from the Shivas. I only recently learned of them in the last couple years when I saw them in Milwaukee went I went to see Bully. Rockabilly meets Pacific NW. I also recently ordered my first Thievery Corporation album. I love how they borrow from world music.
Lately, I have been working on recording my own material, just for fun and try to grow. My newest track I recorded on Saturady features all G&L instruments: ASAT Classic S handling the rhythm, Tribute ASAT Special Deluxe doing on set of lead lines and my LE-2 doing the other. Bass is my Tributwe JB-2. Drums programmed with Hydrogen.
Other Topic: I am looking forward to being outside and getting my gardens planted. I picked up some Louisiana Green Eggplant that I am excited to try. Also after a few years of poor tomatoe crops really hoping for a good one this year.
Cheers, Dan
Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:34 pm
Danley wrote:Necks: To be honest, I feel like I need to be sheepish in admitting my favorite neck is along the lines of an Ibanez Wizard; not much thicker than a fretboard, decently wide, and very flat on the back. That said I can put up with a lot of different thickness necks - but can’t stand a V-neck. I’m a ‘thumb behind neck’ player, and any amount of V feels like it digs into my thumb in an uncomfortable way. I can’t say I own any necks that closely match the actual spec I just mentioned - the closest is my Jackson Soloist, but even that is ‘too thick.’ Any time I’ve encountered the sort of neck I like, it’s either attached to a guitar I don’t necessarily like, or is too expensive. I actually played a vintage Rickenbacker at a guitar show the other month, and it came very close to what I want - not that I wanted to spend that much on a guitar.
So G&L-wise, I do like my F100 neck best (series 1 / 12” .) It’s a pretty average neck to be honest- not too thick, not too thin, but has a quite flat back that reminds me of my ‘66 Fender Mustang in profile. Someday maybe I’ll try to pay G&L to create my perfect neck. But somehow very thick necks that are not comfortable to me are currently in vogue. I started playing guitars with big necks as a beginner, and when I tried a guitar with a smaller one, it was like a gate opened up for my playing.
Music - Not exploring much new music lately. I am listening to more doom metal; bands like Monolord and Electric Wizard, not to mention the Melvins. I downloaded the new Stone Temple Pilots acoustic album; there are a few nice tracks.
Off-Topic: Maybe in ways it’s my wife finally graduating from school. She went back for her bachelors a couple years ago, and is graduating in a couple months now. I admit (and think she agrees) while that was not quite a point of tension between us (I encouraged her to go back, and knew it would be a lot of work and time on her part - keeping on at work full time as she got her degree) in the meantime I think neither of us focused on aspects of our relationship as much as we should have. So I guess I’m looking forward to whatever change that brings.
Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:38 am
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