Harry in Rio posted:

Harry in Rio posted:

guys

stop fighting and look at carmen miranda. quite a dish!

put your flags down this is a party motherfuckers

Salt Fish posted:

Um, you guys ever heard of russian gypsies from the 1800s?? Noobs in this thread talking about corn or whatever...

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Dr. Faustus posted:

That's all it took? So, the years of practice? Nevermind, here:

In 2001 the SA Musician's Lounge proposed a little solo contest. The idea was that you choose a backing track from a list of mp3s and then lay down a solo on the instrument of your choice. This was my entry, but the contest never actually happened.
I used my homebuilt Strat-style and the pair of Peavey combos that someone posted earlier. No effects, 75% gain, a little room reverb. I was going for a Robben Ford vibe but the chord progression was odd. As usual, a little EVH and Paul Gilbert found their way in there, but that's what I intended to share for the contest 12 years ago:

http://tindeck.com/listen/clxa

Later on, I was learning to use Reaper and Amplitube 3 on my laptop, and I decided to test out its Fender amps by trying to make a dual-amp setup to re-create the intro to Texas Flood. I programmed Toontrack drums, played bass, and played the guitar part. I stopped right where the vocals should start. Same ugly guitar.



http://tindeck.com/listen/mpih

And just for your amusement (horror), this is a live recording of me and a couple friends banging out the live version of Joe Satriani's "Memories" from his live EP. It's just my red Ibanez 770DX through a Rocktron Chameleon. This is the live mix right off the board. None of us could quite remember the whole tune so we took turns getting lost, but I still enjoy it.

http://tindeck.com/listen/mghk

That's this ugly guitar:


Sorry for ruining your thread. I'm still getting used to being stalked.

Harry in Rio posted:

i don't think that was his point. russian folk guitars have 7 strings and there was some discussion about that earlier in the thread




oh vlad vysotsky, taken too soon from us

Dr. Faustus posted:

What do you mean? There are three tracks, and they are all extremely different. The first is literally some practice jazz-fusion backup track for people to jam over, to develop their ears and learn how to play over difficult chord progressions. It's an exercise, not a song. Would I listen to it? Well, I do, because I am pleased with what I played over it; but otherwise, no, I wouldn't. It's just a study aid.

The second track was just a proof-of-concept testing some recording gear. But it's clearly a texas blues, and if you'd like to hear the original, just google "Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood" and you'll see it's a gorgeous 12-bar blues in G about a guy who's cut off from his girl by bad weather and he's down about it. I love that tune. I love the blues.

The third track is one of those 90's guitar-hero instrumentals played by three dudes who can't quite remember how it goes (me and two old bandmates). The original is very pretty, google "Joe Satriani Memories." I don't dig much of Satch's stuff, but that one stands out for me. That style of music was really big for awhile, then it faded away to a core (aging) audience represented by yours truly. You'll understand, someday, when the music of your youth makes people cringe and insult you. It's just part of growing up.

To sum up, I'm a guitarist. I listen to a lot of guitar players. But I also love a lot of other stuff which I won't mention because no matter what I say it'll just get mocked.

comes along bort posted:

lol ed roman is that you?

http://www.edroman.com/techarticles/prs_heel.htm

Salt Fish posted:

can I challenge faustus to a guitar solo challenge in which posters vote for 1 person to be banned

Salt Fish posted:

can I challenge faustus to a guitar solo challenge in which posters vote for 1 person to be banned

White Dog Eggs posted:

Eh, not to defend the guy or anything, but he's not that bad. He acts like a spoiled fat kid at his own birthday party and cannot loving shut up (seriously, look at his website, he'll have this fantastic technical article about pickup placement or whatever and end it with "PROTECT THE SECOND AMENDMENT, BECAUSE THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS THE ONLY THING PROTECTING THE CONSTITUTION" underneath it, wtf?), but he's supposed to be a pretty fair guy to do business with once he's decided that he likes you.

Personal Anecdote: I was repairing a beat-up old Steinberger for a customer and the guitar needed a new bridge. This would normall be no problem but vintage Steinberger bridges are incompatible with the newer models and, as Ed Roman brought all of their old inventory when they first went under, he is literally the only place in the world to get a new replacement part, so if I want to repair this guitar I have no choice but to ring him up from the UK at 2am (he doesn't do business over email and there is no option to buy from his website), I ring his shop up and tell the guy who answers what I want, he says that Ed deals with that sort of thing and passed me over, conversation went something like this;

Ed: Yea? What do you want?
Me: Err, a Trans-trem bridge for a vintage Steinberger.
Ed: You restoring one or something?
Me: Yea, I'm..
Ed: Because for twice as much I'll build you an instrument that looks the same and plays way better, plus I'll put a decent bridge on it for you, those old bridges ain't up to much
Me: Well, I'm repairing one for a customer and with the trans-trem you are the only game in town, so....
Ed: Hahaha, Town??? What town is that?
Me: The world... Town...
Ed: *Screams of laughter down the phone, I can practically hear his chins wobble* Holy poo poo, world town. World town??? *cue about 2 minutes of laughter* ahh.... gently caress. So you wanted one, ok, where are you calling from?
Me: England.
Ed: You called me up from england and you are probably paying what, 10 dollars a minute to tell me about world town? Jesus christ, you guys crack me up. Ok, give me your details.
[cue about 10 minutes of haggling and getting my payment details and address sorted]
Ed: Okay... Okay Mr Dog Eggs, I'll get it sorted.... Hang on.. This call is gonna cost you MOOCHO DENERRROOO, you need anything else?
Me: No, just the bridge.
Ed: Okay... okay... You're getting something else, what do you want?
Me: Umm... For free?
Ed: I'm the Mayor of World Town, you want some pickups? I'll give you some pickups, I've got boxes of gibson and PRS humbuckers? You want a few??
Me: For free? Yea, sure!
Ed: Okay... Okay... Right.... I've wasted enough time on you, this call is probably costing me more money than it you to you, so that's it. Bye *hangs up*.


About 3 days later I get an express package with the bridge I wanted with 4 random pickups, some 3 x 3 tuners and some Steinberger strings (they have balls at both end) along with a note saying "FROM THE MAYOR OF WORLD TOWN".

The phonecall cost me about £30, the replacement bridge and shipping was pretty expensive, but all the cost got passed to the customer and I got some random free crap. It was pretty confusing but I can't complain. He's an odd guy.

Corek posted:

the gittler guitar. in multiple museum collections

http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A2183&page_number=1&template_id=1&sort_order=1
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/electric-guitar-gittler-model-527436

Photex posted:

why is it all boring. I mean no one really listens to this music anymore do they?

Dr. Faustus posted:

My dog doesn't give a poo poo, nor does her dog.

Korax posted:

It's also got a palm mute lever that you can push down and it wedges a piece of rubber/foam against the strings for a muted sound.

Salt Fish posted:

Thanks ulillillia.

drunk asian neighbor posted:

KING OF THE THREAD

stratdax posted:

BetterTasteThnU posted:

Is that really it? Like there's no actual 'playing the guitar' reason, it's just for posing?

Sorry to srspost but really now I have to know

mclast posted:

8/10 needs more knobs for that perfect score

Cobalt60 posted:

Thread challenge: A solid-body where 90-100% of the face is covered in pick guard material.

Fair Hallion posted:

YESSSS I think I did it. Thank you, Ed Roman dot com !!!

mclast posted:

looking for pickups but i found this beauty

mclast posted:

the guy who ordered it already had a iceman guitar and bass iirc

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Cobalt60 posted:

Thread challenge 2: Absolute maximum number of pickups.
Humbuckers count as one pickup, piezo's and midi count, knobs and switches don't matter. Guitar and bass entries welcome.

Cobalt60 posted:

Holy poo poo is that TEN pickups? Best to date was 6, so you take this one:




Thread Challenge 3: Least relevant materials for the job at hand.

CannedMacabre posted:

Kid from Homemade Jamz Blues Band and his double necked car muffler guitar:

Bill Posters posted:

Jeri Ellsworth's C64 Bass. Actually uses C64 electronics to process the output.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kDhpFaf4EY

mclast posted:

lol wtf is going on there, two fretted six string basses with the same pickups..

jfc WHAT IS THAT

causticBeet posted:

No, I'm NOT pretentious. I merely have an opinion that YOU don't agree with AND I have the ability to string a sentence together. But in your six simple words you have removed all doubt that you're an infantile, spoiled little prick with a foul mouth. GROW UP!


Boys I think we found the thread kings youtube

Declan MacManus posted:

no, that's a dude from the yt comments about that heart shreds video

iostream.h posted:

Tooooneeee

Fair Hallion posted:

this isn't a photoshop, nor something built for an ugly guitar thread in a comedy forum.
This is a production model Gretsch that exists




rockabilly buskers must be a bigger demographic than I'd have imagined

iostream.h posted:

I'm always wearing frilly panties so I'm not sure.

Valtaherra posted:

unironically want this

Astrobastard posted:

Just to clarify it's a phrase that that described a certain guitartone that is basically plugging 2 noise gates into the loop and turning up the distortion to 10 to get the DJ-DJENT sound (its an onomatopoeia). Alot of the bands dont use it exclusively, like AAL, but you'll find it in there somewhere. Also gently caress the Tosin haters, he rules

gently caress me, I went to his Facebook just as he'd been brought up and this is his new guitar currently in the making....

Thumposaurus posted:

You guys are all wrong you need these cables here for tooooooonnneeee.
http://www.bulletcable.com/bullet-cable-shop/spark-plug-guitar-cable/

http://www.bulletcable.com/bullet-cable-shop/silver-bullet-cable/

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/bullet-cable-pistol-instrument-cable

White Dog Eggs posted:

Holy gently caress. I think you win

I'm probably pushing the definition of 'ugly guitars' now, but gently caress it. No warning, you'll know it when you see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPd9cxqKCVg

Manky posted:

I came on this thread to poo poo on ugly guitars, not people, and the dual white pickguard acoustic is loving awful. Spraypaint over them if you have to

The rest are honestly pretty inoffensive in comparison.

e: nvm, haven't read all through the thread. Forget the question.