Dad3353

Be careful what you wish for... ... ... ... Ooo look, a bee..!

Good afternoon, @Sea Chief, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good evening, @Crusoe, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good afternoon, @lemonstar, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

An excellent product. I have had one for a few years, now, and have just bought a second one, they're that good. Good luck with the sale. (and 'No, sorry', my bank won't like me buying a third one, although I'd be tempted otherwise..! )

CaskCaster..?

Good afternoon, @bigjohn , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good afternoon, @alembic1989, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

In this context, it indicates 'flattened'; I'd prefer to think of 'B flat, flattened fifth' in the case presented (I don't think of 'A#', usually...). It's a valid substitution for Dm, when passing through to C. Sounds good..!

... or ... Where would you consider the Root to be..? That would determine its harmonic importance.

Good evening, @Jeff29361 , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Done (lacks a 'Never' choice for 'Disposing of guitars'; I replied 'Once only' as nearest neighbour...).

I've just scotched this on my PC (same issue...) by rubbing out the latest 'Windows Edge' update which crept in, crapped, and has now been booted out. Thank you, CCleaner, Good Job.

Good afternoon, @krysh , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good evening, @Toms Guitars , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

I don't find this strange at all. Most guitars, of the same make and model, are very similar, once a set-up has been done. Some folks (quite a lot, it would seem...) even commission custom guitars from builders; obviously they haven't been able to play 'em beforehand..! They're just confident that the spec they agreed with the Builder will satisfy them, and they're mostly right. I will admit to having gone through the whole range of cymbals in the shop, once, (I'm a drummer...), but have also bought decently spec'd stuff online, and never been disappointed. If it's broken or damaged, that's a different affair, but, to me, a Tele is a Tele is a Tele, really. We're all different...

Good afternoon, @Badscrew, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. I started a few days after my 16th birthday, so 1966, with money from my first meagre pay-packet. Happy daze.

Ha..! Searching for that oh-so-elusive 'clean' sound, eh..? Good luck with that (and the tap-dancing lessons...).

Good evening, @bouvier, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

... which Google translates as ... Hello I see you changed the peavey pickups. Have you already sold the old pick ups? I'm interested Hello

It'll take a while, and I doubt that I could get a wide enough angle to get them all in one shot, anyway. If I'm allowed regular pics, one by one, I'll see what I can do, but they're mostly stored up in my 'den', where it's cold, and I've little energy for climbing those stairs. Patience (but, be warned: they're not top-flight 'boutique' guitars, anyway..!). Here's two that I have 'to hand'... Xavier XV610, bought for little money from the US, and a delight to play. Split-coil 'chimie' humbuckers, a bit 'Ricky-ish'. It's my second; the first, similar but bright yellow, went to our singer, as he 'clicked' with it... ... and my 'go to' acoustic, on the wall behind my armchair, is a Takamine G220NS, acquired s/h from a buddy of Our Eldest. No electronics, just a simple, honest-to-goodness nice acoustic... More later, as and when I'm inspired (and that the camera and flash are fully charged up...).

Good evening, @2pods , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Hmm... For 2000€ I would expect 'em to be good.

The 'trick' to doing this with no risk is to ease a boot-lace under the knob's skirt (oh err..!), wind it loosely all around, then gently ease it up. The knob will slide up its splines, no problem. Check, of course, that it doesn't have a grub screw (some vintage guitars have 'em, but not Gibsons; they're push-on...). Well done for fixing the issue anyway.

Two further comments, if you would; take what you will from them... Firstly, some encouragement. There are moments (there always are; no exceptions...) where one 'hits a wall'. We've all been there; some are still stuck there..! One thing I use, to test one's progress, is to reverse the guitar (righty, play lefty and vice versa...). This simulates to some extent the way it felt when you first picked up a guitar, and illustrates the progress that has been made. Try playing whatever you're good at in this 'reversed' manner. Tough, eh..? Now turn it back to your normal fashion, and smile at how relatively easy it seems, and carry on building. Another 'top tip', for which the benefit is a little less immediate, but worth solid gold, in my humble opinion and experience, is the 'investment' in the most useful guitar method I have (and I have a stack of 'em...). An 'oldie but goldie', it's the ludicrously-priced... Mickey Baker's Complete Course in Jazz Guitar: Book 1 Paperback – 30 Dec. 2004 ... I first bought this, in total innocence and ignorance together with my first guitar, a Russian-made cheese-wire-strung acoustic, with a flat 'classical' fingerboard, and a bolt to hold the neck to the body. I knew nothing (late sixties...), and have spent the many decades since working through the stuff in there. The very first pages are daunting, but, by perseverance and stubbornness, I unwittingly laid the foundations for what I can now play (and understand what I play...). Disclaimer, for those that don't know me... I'm a drummer, and play guitar and bass solely for fun; I'm still working on 'Misty', a favourite of mine. I've worn out several copies of this book, and it's the one method I've gone back to, every time I feel I've 'hit a wall'. At the price asked, it's mad to not give it a shot. Two comments, did I say..? OK, here's the third one, for even further encouragement, and meditation... It's the first forty years that are the hardest, after which things sometimes tend to get slightly easier. Keep well, stay safe. Douglas