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Easiest? I’d tune the whole guitar down a half step, giving you an Ebmin7 open tuning and go from there. When I played a lot of slide, I took the E string off and open tuned to G (a la Keef) and fretted behind the slide for different chords, this isn’t the easiest solution, however.

I just received an email from [email protected] asking if the reply to one of my threads answered my question . Given the reply was from me it all seems very strange. Is this normal?

When I bought my Fender Superchamp, it was toss up between that and the Roland Blues Cube. Given that I’ve subsequently had a little valve problem (the amp, not my waterworks, than you very much) and that the Fender is now discontinued, I rather wish I’d gone for Roland. A chunk of change more that the Boss, but a great amp, although it only has reverb IIRC. The Katana seems to be very highly thought of; probably the way to go.

Nice! I've recently had an urge to try some LPs again. Fortunately, I've managed to resist - so far. 

Right then, guitar sorted, what are you looking at amp-wise?*

*Be aware that I am an inveterate facilitator, who likes to live vicariously through other people's GAS.

24 minutes ago, howdenspur said:

If I had to pick 3 guitarists... Today's would be:

 

Donald Roeser aka Buck Dharma,

Johnny Marr,

Jonny Greenwood.

 

With the following honourable mentions:

Wilko Johnson, Mick Green, Peter Green, Nick Drake, Richard Thompson, John McGeoch, Ed O'Brien....

 

 

Great to see Richard Thompson get a mention.

Great score. Yamaha don’t make a bad instrument at any price point IMO.

Welcome back. BC is a problem because it’s so busy, it’s easy to forget that GC is here too. Fortunately, this has led to a more laid back, slow burn vibe here, but does mean less traffic.

That stealth neck attachment is brilliant.

I would have been inclined to return the guitar, Yamahas are normally solid as a rock, whatever price point they are and loose electronics sounds like someone has been messing around with it. Was it new?. Assuming that there are no shorts in the circuit, neck and middle will always be lower output than the humbucker and perhaps the slightly higher rated pots may be contributing to that. As to the tone issue, perhaps the taper is incorrect. As you can tell, I'm no expert and this is the best I can come up with.

1 hour ago, police squad said:

for me it's Brian May. Utterly unique tone

Of course, how could I forget BM? Many, many years ago, Lonnie Donegan released an album with various guitar players guesting on it. You didn’t need to check the sleeve notes to see which track BM was on.

Looks like it’s been inspired by a Klein.

1 hour ago, police squad said:

I like big necks,

And I cannot lie,,

All you other brothers can’t deny,

Etc…

From the up coming single, Brian May Got Back.

There’s a thread that was started for this kind of thing, only two posts, unfortunately.

There’s also this section of the forum, only one thread, however.

https://www.guitarchat.co.uk/forum/34-tutors-available/

Monty Montgomery puts his acoustic guitar through a tubescreamer to rather good effect, albeit using the onboard piezo. A fuzz pedal may be a distortion step too far though. The only way to find out is try.

Eric Johnson and Steve Morse have very distinctive tones, as does Ritchie Blackmore (or at least he did, who knows these days?).

42 minutes ago, FrankAtari said:

 

 

What?! Luke's not welcome any more?

 

 

I need a wagging finger emoji  

1 hour ago, FrankAtari said:

Hi Luke welcome to the forum... you're safe, pal, we've banned grammar here !

I think @Dad3353 and me might have an issue with that statement.  

Went to a shop to buy my recent purchase, a hundred mile round trip. I took my two acoustic guitars with me to compare to the two I’d short listed. I then traded one of them in. I could’ve done this online, but then sending one back and selling the one that became surplus to requirement would have been a pain. I’ve bought online a few instruments online, but I do prefer a shop. Whilst I was buying my guitar, another guy bought a Fender Jazz Bass, so they had a pretty good start to their day.

I agree, it’s a kazoo.

I was always a fan of the Kahler, definitely preferred it over the Floyd Rose.

I like Passenger, his songs are often rather quirky and weird. A friend of mine went to one of his gigs and was chatting with him, a really nice bloke apparently.

Day two. Restrung yesterday, as well as putting some lemon oil on the board and bridge plate (the frets did not suddenly sprout out ), lowered the bridge a shade and tightened the truss rod. However, after a good bit of playing (it is new after all), I noticed some things that needed a little attention. Therefore, this morning, off came the strings again and I polished the frets with a micro mesh cloth, as the frets were ever so slightly gritty when you moved a plain string from side to side, not terrible by any means, just not perfect. I was a bit concerned about the D & G string tuners not reacting as they should, but a clean out and lube of the nut has sorted that out. The finish on the inside of the sound hole was a bit bobbly and a quick rub with some 800 grit paper has fixed that too. I also took the bridge down about 0.5mm again for an even lower action. All back together again and even better than it was. The corners cut are understandable for a guitar that sounds this good (the most important bit) at this price point, so I have no complaints.

Very nice. All a bit different too. It's hard to see, but is that a Kahler on the Guild?

8 hours ago, pnefc42 said:

Nice guitars! I have 4 myself, 2 BMG specials (one sunburst, one white), a 2016 BMG Super (bought new from BMG guitars), and a 1984 Guild BHM1

 

Love the band, love the guitars, love the sound. As BM would say ‘rock on’!

Photos please .