Wed Jul 24, 2013 4:08 am
Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:25 am
Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:10 am
LeoF The Champion wrote:Yeah I would play that in a heartbeat but Prince would be pushing me out of the Way. What is it El?
Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:15 am
Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:30 am
LeoF The Champion wrote:Yeah I would play that in a heartbeat but Prince would be pushing me out of the Way. What is it El?
Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:39 am
yowhatsshakin wrote:LeoF The Champion wrote:Yeah I would play that in a heartbeat but Prince would be pushing me out of the Way. What is it El?
Clearly a plastic Strat that was left out in the sun for too long
Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:26 pm
Elwood wrote:Any old tube radio fans here?
I didn't know this was a radio when I bought it (says 'amplifier' on the front). It is battery powered .
The tubes can still be sourced. This ones from 1927 . I couldn't pass it up at a thrift shop for 25 bucks.
The top three dials are for tuning the crystals, apparently all three must be in compliance for the signal to come through clear.
elwood
edit: ...and would you play one of these?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Bender-Dis ... 4ac7327cc9
Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:15 pm
ellengtrgrl wrote:
The guits is funky!
Radios - LOVE your old TRF receiver from the 20s! I've had a ham radio license since I was a teenager (my callsign is AF9J), and along with modern ham radios, I also have tube ham radios form back in the day. Several of them I restored to working order.
Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:42 pm
Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:46 pm
Boogie Bill wrote:Elwood, on your Mesa's reverb, make sure you have the RCA cables to and from the tank plugged into the correct jacks on the chassis. And be sure to check the cables themselves; sometimes they get damaged.
If you need help, you can always call the Mesa Customer Service guys. They might be able to point you in the right direction.
I always use a thick pick...normally 1.14mm Tortex, Ultex, or Gators by Dunlop. Experimenting with the new Graph Tech Tusq picks, a V-Tech, and one of Jason Lollar's picks made from the black fiberboard Fender made pickups from...talk about thick and stiff!
I've been lazy about taking pics; I need to get the camera out and get my inner Ansel Adams on.
I like the melted guitar..."Hello, Dali!" Not sure about the ergonomics, tho...
Bill
Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:00 pm
Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:48 pm
louis cyfer wrote:elwood, do you use the spray tru oil for the last coat? i have found that using the regular one first, and sanding between, and then just spraying the last coat, and no need to buff and polish the last coat, it is as smooth and shiny as it gets.
Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:06 pm
Wed Jul 24, 2013 11:53 pm
KenC wrote:Elwood,
Thanks for the great pics. My "boundary pushing" of late has been on the bass. I've never gotten into "slap" or "snap & pop" on the electric, but I decided a couple of months ago that I should go ahead and at least learn the fundamentals. I don't get into the non-stop barrages of notes a lot of "modern funk" players use, but it's working for an occasional change in dynamics and tone. The effort also helped to break me out of some ruts with left-hand fingering patterns. Since the L-1500 arrived last month, I've been working on moving my right hand down to the bridge to bring out the pickup's crispness. I've always preferred playing at the end of the neck, so this is really an adjustment for me. The L-1500 sounds great both ways, but the tone is very different when hand position changes.
What model is the PRS bass? I'd love to see some pics of the body and fingerboard. I checked out an '88 PRS Bass IV at Guitar Center last weekend, but the painted neck just kept me from getting comfortable with it. Pretty much any of the PRS basses over the years are high on my GAS list!
Ken
Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:13 am
Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:19 pm
Elwood wrote:I've been doing the same as far as slap/pop goes. The spacing and feel of the rosy L--2000 has me on that learning curve. A feather touch brings the best bass tones, it sounds like we are throwing boulders of tone around.
I'll have to start re-listening to Larry Graham. Mark King also comes to mind .
Elwood wrote:I need to show off some of these bodies I'm working on. I want to play them yesterday !!
I know some of these builds are going to be real good. Routing and installing truss rods are going to be my next thing that I will be doing for the first time. I'll practice on some scraps until it it begins to seem routine.
I'm eager to try the bicut method on a couple...for now I think it'll be a no skunk stripe, under the fingerboard
type. Some of the Maple necks will be sliced on the top and reglued ...then radiused and fretted etc.
Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:50 pm
KenC wrote:
I've been wanting to build an upright electric bass (42" scale with piezo pickups and a solid body) for a couple of years now. I need to take the plunge and start cutting some wood. Maybe after I finally get around to the project L-1000 and Duo Sonics...
Ken
Fri Jul 26, 2013 11:49 pm
KenC wrote:I was working on slapping my upright for some rockabilly tunes earlier this year, but that's a whole different matter. I have thirty years' worth of bass guitar calluses, and the experience of slapping the upright left me with bloody, numb fingers.
Ken
Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:40 pm
Sat Jul 27, 2013 10:50 pm
Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:38 pm
Sun Jul 28, 2013 2:46 am
KenC wrote:Elwood,
I had no idea that you were supposed to rub a coin on the rosin to make a powder first.
KenC wrote:If you want to hear the ultimate effected upright, check out the album Funky Skull by Melvin Jackson. He ran a bowed upright through a Mu-tron and I believe a couple of other pedals. It's pure early 70s funk:
Ken
Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:40 am
Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:44 am
Elwood wrote:How did I not hear of this before ? ...and I used to spend my days in the attic of a record store with a flashlight
(this guy had waaaaaay tooooo many LP's) looking for juicy tidbits from the past.