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Pedal GAS? That makes you sound like a petrol salesman. What sound shapers have caught your eye and inflamed your desire?

Nice to see Richard Thompson getting a mention.

There is an old ‘ what have you got?’ type threads, but not an actual all your guitars together. Therefore, in an effort to get some more traffic through the GC doors, post your ‘family portraits’ here. Here’s mine… L-R Heavily modified Squier CV Telecaster, modified Epiphone Casino Coupé, Epiphone EJ200 & Simon & Patrick Rosewood Pro.

It's all quite civilised here, you can read all the new posts in not very much time at all. Have a browse and dive on in.

I’ve used Northwest Guitars and Guitar Build UK in the past, good service from both.

Turn off the compressor and see if the problem persists. If it goes away, it’s probably because the G is sending a hotter signal than the other strings and the compressor is gating it. Is It the same on both pickups? If it is, I’d be looking at either the nut, something loose on the bridge, if it’s not, then you have a faulty pickup. All in all, it sounds like a probable return to the shop.

It could be nut height/action height, but if it’s only sharp in the lower register, I’d look at at the relief first. It might be that there is too much bow in the neck, causing sharp notes due to the stretch.

This article seems to suggest that a Dunlop Echoplex delay is a good way to go. https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/blog/2014/12/18/eddie-van-halen-gear-guide-get-the-brown-sound/

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Tele with a whammy bar is some folks’ ideal guitar.

Sorted, excellent!

What do you want to know? Here’s the spec copied fro the Guitar Guitar website: Specification Body Mahogany with Plain Maple Veneer Neck Mahogany Neck Shape 1960s SlimTaper D Profile Fingerboard Pau Ferro Scale 24.75" Radius 12" Frets 22 Medium Jumbo Nut Width 1.68" Pickups Alnico Classic Open Coil Humbucker Neck, Alnico Classic Plus Open Coil Humbucker Bridge Controls 2 Volume, 2 Tone, 3 Way Toggle Bridge LockTone Tune-o-Matic with Stopbar Tuners Grover 18:1 Ratio

That’s me out of ideas. I imagine the only way to isolate the fault would be to wait until you get your Mac back and try the recording on that using GarageBand. If the fault persists, then it might well be the interface.

Hmm, I was going to say are you direct monitoring, but then saw the photo. Sorry, dunno. Perhaps try going direct into the Focusrite to eliminate any amp/interface shenanigans.

Welcome @gareth Nice Tele. That buttercream and maple colour scheme is floating my boat at the moment (albeit for a P bass).

I’ve used them in the past for a Bassman upgrade (master volume). They were very helpful.

Remember, Eddie Van Halen held his pick between his thumb and middle finger, so that he could used his index finger for tapping. Whatever works for your style is the right way, don’t be afraid to experiment.

I imagine it’s primary purpose is to raise the action for slide playing, without having to alter the bridge and thus be able to remove it quickly for normal playing. It would also alter the tuning, effectively raising it a semitone.

Bar chords are the bane of every new guitar player’s progression. Understandably so too, what other activity requires you to have that kind of strength in a straight index finger? As Dad says, practise bar chords further up the neck and work down to the lower positions as your finger strength progresses, that first position F bar chords will come along eventually. In the meantime, use a simpler fingering using all four fingers or a 2 string ‘mini barre’ on the first 2 strings (I prefer all 4).

In the figure for F major, the index finger bars across all the strings whilst the other three fingers make a E shape chord. This is the same as putting your capo on the first fret and fingering an E. The barred F chord is probably the hardest to master when starting out, although the barred Bb isn’t much easier TBH (index bar at the first fret and the remaining fingers making an A shape. The Bb often omits the barre to make the things easier, with the 6th & 5th strings not being played).

I tend to hold mine like you do in the op picture, but there's nothing inherently wrong with holding a pick anyway that is comfortable, secure and makes a pleasing sound. When playing electric guitar, I tend to hold my pick 'upside down', using the blunt end to hit the strings, but for acoustic, I hold it the conventional way around (both ways are for tonal reasons). One of the reasons I hold my pick like your first photo is that I like to use pick and fingers, also known as hybrid picking.

Nope, but I wasn't expecting anything.

Oh man! That sucks! Always quite liked it, I took lessons from their bass reviewer, Gareth Morgan and they published a piece on mine about my first half decent guitar (an Aria lawsuit LP). Their offices were close to where I used to live near Croydon too. Sad times.

Grovers aren’t standard these days (pun unintended) but may have been back then. Rubbing knob (sounds rude )? Just ease it up a little higher until it clears the body, or remove it completely, drop the pot out of the back, remove one of the cavity side washers and then reassemble, that will give you a bit more clearance.

Artec P90s are stupidly good value for money. I fitted them to my Epiphone Casino and they were a major upgrade tone wise.