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Justin Cyder
6,151 posts
18 months
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^^^This.
It's nice to have nice things, but it won't make me a better player. The secret shortcut to being a great guitarist is... hours & hours of practice, followed by hours & hours of practice, finishing off with hours & hours of practice.
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Gaspode
2,684 posts
65 months
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^^^ Indeed. And as Ben says to me "Playing is not Practicing!" Meaning that you won't get any better if you simply play what you can, you have to be constantly striving. Which is why it's such a great pastime. You can never get to the end, there's always more to learn, and yet every step along the way there are successes to celebrate.
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Justin Cyder
6,151 posts
18 months
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The detent position of any musican should be dissatisfaction. The satisfied musician is a fool. 
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V88Dicky
4,571 posts
52 months
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Laplace
711 posts
51 months
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xPOW said: got a bit of Strat fetish, so recently had 3 of mine airbrushed as Clapton Crash replicas. Look amazing but still waiting for the lacquer to completely cure before use! got loads of pics through out the transformation process if anybody is interested to see... Crash 1:  Crash 2:  Crash 3:   Who did you get to do the work and how much did it cost? Would love to see the transformation pics too!
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throttlebodies
18 posts
29 months
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 My oiled Walnut Caparison Dellinger (Jap import) and spotless 5150 mk1
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JWarren98
107 posts
16 months
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Finally got a scratchplate for the blue Spectrum, talk about a ball ache getting it from America. At least it looks good now.  Someone asked about selling one of my Charvels earlier in the thread, one of them is now (unfortunatly) for sale, PM me for details. Cheers
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Gaspode
2,684 posts
65 months
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Another guitar joined my collection today - or you could say another 25 guitars, as it's a James Tyler Variax JTZ59 
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Justin Cyder
6,151 posts
18 months
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BorkFactor
4,875 posts
27 months
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I have been rediscovering my love for my Strat with the Jeff Beck mini humbucker on the bridge - it sounds wonderful 
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evilmunkey
244 posts
28 months
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Got one guitar an epiphone s.g. in cherry red, had it well set up , a freebie from p.m.t. in leeds (the set up that is) guitar cost around 260 quid but its brilliant. before this i had a cheapo unamed les paul alike that sounded crap, followed by a cheap squire strat. That was bloody awful, just too much treble and tinny sounding through the crappy park 40 watt amp. i'm into blues and a bit of rock. now the s.g. is plugged into an orange crush amp and does all i want. i'm still crap at guitar but constantly practicing and striving to get better. it will happen. best stress reliever i know of other than getting into our lasses pants
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Radebe
82 posts
24 months
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I have a 2002 Gibson Les Paul Junior and i'm currently looking at investing in one of the modern LP Studios (they're around £700). Got quite skinny bodys i think. What's the general opinion on the modern studios?
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daveskerr82
34 posts
17 months
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xPOW said: got a bit of Strat fetish, so recently had 3 of mine airbrushed as Clapton Crash replicas. Look amazing but still waiting for the lacquer to completely cure before use! got loads of pics through out the transformation process if anybody is interested to see... Crash 1: Crash 2: Crash 3: These are stunning! Please can you share your transformation pics! This is mine: http://www.strat-talk.com/forum/stratocaster-discu...Put this together 2 years ago and now hankering to do a tele, ideally with a Crash style airbrush job! Cheers David
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Dr Z
782 posts
40 months
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Justin Cyder said: Sounds and looks good. Played through the Vox, I imagine? The pickups sounds quite aggressive. How's the clean tones on that? 
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Justin Cyder
6,151 posts
18 months
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Actually no. I've picked up a Boss JS8, which is an mp3 player with a bunch of Boss effects built in. It's a really good bit of kit. Essentially you play over tracks, you can loop track sections & slow them down and remove the guitar parts, so for example, working out a tricky solo is perfect for this. On that particular vid, I recorded it in one go, then thought it was a bit off, so I re -recorded the audio but couldn't be bothered to rerecord the video, so I just synced it up in windows movie maker, which is why the solo doesn't match up to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX6R-IxaVaI
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Dr Z
782 posts
40 months
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Cool. Seems quite expensive that kit, but seems very useful thing to have. Justin Cyder said: On that particular vid, I recorded it in one go, then thought it was a bit off, so I re -recorded the audio but couldn't be bothered to rerecord the video, so I just synced it up in windows movie maker, which is why the solo doesn't match up to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX6R-IxaVaIHa! No wonder! during the solo bit you were playing the rhythm parts and I was wondering... you seemed comfortable enough to throw in those licks in between chords in the song but the solo didn't seem too big of a stretch from there, so a bit confused why you didn't attempt it! Good stuff!
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Justin Cyder
6,151 posts
18 months
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But to answer your question, the pickups are lovely, much hotter than standard strat pups, but they have an almost glassy edge when the tone is wound up. The downside is I almost never bother with my standard guitar - I just want to hear the JB's all the time
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6th Gear
1,210 posts
63 months
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 Tempted. Always wanted a Tom Anderson.. Koa Top. Lovely.
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Mastodon2
5,745 posts
34 months
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6th Gear said: Tempted. Always wanted a Tom Anderson.. Koa Top. Lovely. Played quite a few of them, never been blown away tbh!
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chris5150
368 posts
69 months
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Got a huber Orca 59, loved it so much bought its sister too...fantastic guitars, what an LP should be, fatback , big LP 59 neck, but lovely carved top, fingerboard edging & Kloppman pups in one, Haussel in the other. Pic doesnt show it very well, but thin mat lacquer & aged hardware. I will never buy a les paul again Nik Huber is way ahead, try one 
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