Lets look at our guitars thread

[Evangelion]

Martin Turner - Gibson Thunderbirds.

And a certain Sir Macca; don't forget the Hofner Violin bass was a copy of the Gibson EB-1.

[gazza285]

Evangelion said:

Martin Turner - Gibson Thunderbirds.

And a certain Sir Macca; don't forget the Hofner Violin bass was a copy of the Gibson EB-1.

The hollow bodied Hofner was a copy of the solid body Gibson? Other than the vague violin silhouette, they had completely different constructions.

[gmaz]

Cantaloupe said:

Must be more ?

According to Geddy Lee's big beautiful book of bass, he has at least 25 and has played a T-bird non-reverse bass on the R40 tour

He also mentions
Adam Clayton - U2
Pete Way - UFO
Suzi Quatro

In addition to your names.

[Don1]

Forgot to show you a pic of the new one... Here they are. Both 1976, natural wood. Both have been played, they aren't case queens.

They feel very similar I think, but have to be played standing....

[baptistsan]

So I went out to try guitars the other day. Wanted a telecaster. Now this may be my crap technique but I found my fingers uncomfortably jammed together when forming an A chord. This was true of a large number of instruments I picked up. Until I gave the Epiphone ES 339 a go. It was the most comfortable one to play & now I think that's the guitar for me! Completely unexpected & certainly not something I'd ever considered.
Now waiting for the shop to get a Pelham blue in stock for me to have a look at.

[gazza285]

baptistsan said:

So I went out to try guitars the other day. Wanted a telecaster. Now this may be my crap technique but I found my fingers uncomfortably jammed together when forming an A chord. This was true of a large number of instruments I picked up. Until I gave the Epiphone ES 339 a go. It was the most comfortable one to play & now I think that's the guitar for me! Completely unexpected & certainly not something I'd ever considered.
Now waiting for the shop to get a Pelham blue in stock for me to have a look at.

I would recommend you try a Gordon Smith, they have a wide fingerboard suitable for your fat fingers...

[anonymous-user]

baptistsan said:

So I went out to try guitars the other day. Wanted a telecaster. Now this may be my crap technique but I found my fingers uncomfortably jammed together when forming an A chord. This was true of a large number of instruments I picked up. Until I gave the Epiphone ES 339 a go. It was the most comfortable one to play & now I think that's the guitar for me! Completely unexpected & certainly not something I'd ever considered.
Now waiting for the shop to get a Pelham blue in stock for me to have a look at.

I believe a telecaster standard is 1.625” but they can be had in wide and extra wide at 1.75” and 1.875” nut width.

I have a Yamaha with 1.625” or 41mm and it is hard work, especially with fat, not so flexible fingers.

I have a Taylor which is 1.6875”, 43mm. I’d like a bit more width with that too.

Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 3rd August 15:00

[gazza285]

REALIST123 said:

baptistsan said:

So I went out to try guitars the other day. Wanted a telecaster. Now this may be my crap technique but I found my fingers uncomfortably jammed together when forming an A chord. This was true of a large number of instruments I picked up. Until I gave the Epiphone ES 339 a go. It was the most comfortable one to play & now I think that's the guitar for me! Completely unexpected & certainly not something I'd ever considered.
Now waiting for the shop to get a Pelham blue in stock for me to have a look at.

I believe a telecaster standard is 1.625” but they can be had in wide and extra wide at 1.75” and 1.875” nut width.

I have a Yamaha with 1.625” or 41mm and it is hard work, especially with fat, not so flexible fingers.

I have a Taylor which is 1.6875”, 43mm. I’d like a bit more width with that too.

My Gordon Smiths measure at 45mm...

[anonymous-user]

gazza285 said:

REALIST123 said:

baptistsan said:

So I went out to try guitars the other day. Wanted a telecaster. Now this may be my crap technique but I found my fingers uncomfortably jammed together when forming an A chord. This was true of a large number of instruments I picked up. Until I gave the Epiphone ES 339 a go. It was the most comfortable one to play & now I think that's the guitar for me! Completely unexpected & certainly not something I'd ever considered.
Now waiting for the shop to get a Pelham blue in stock for me to have a look at.

I believe a telecaster standard is 1.625” but they can be had in wide and extra wide at 1.75” and 1.875” nut width.

I have a Yamaha with 1.625” or 41mm and it is hard work, especially with fat, not so flexible fingers.

I have a Taylor which is 1.6875”, 43mm. I’d like a bit more width with that too.

My Gordon Smiths measure at 45mm...

Which model is that?

[Don Roque]

Cantaloupe said:

My faithfull Gibson EB0.

A Bass Guitar website opined that historically Gibson have never figured much in promoting their bass guitars and
their impact on popular music was minimal leaving the Bass guitar market open to Fender.

Really ? The EB series did quite well in the 1960s.

Let's see who preferred Gibson Basses to Fender:

Trevor Bolder
Jack Bruce
Felix Pappalardi
Andy Fraser
Glenn Cornick
Chas Chandler

Must be more ?

Interesting though, that Fender became an industry standard and Gibson basses faded to relative obscurity.

[gazza285]

REALIST123 said:

Which model is that?

I’ve got three, a GS1, a GS1.5 and an Explorer, all with 45mm nuts.

[vladcjelli]

Having a couple of days in the centre of London at the moment, what's a good place to go and ogle gorgeous guitars here in town?

[JaymzDead]

vladcjelli said:

Having a couple of days in the centre of London at the moment, what's a good place to go and ogle gorgeous guitars here in town?

Denmark Street without a doubt

[daddy cool]

I bought a Sunn Mustang Strat in ~1993, as a teenager, and it served me well as a very (below) average player through college and Uni where I was in a band that only performed when drunk.
Anyway, fast forward over a quarter of a century and im working for a music company, surrounded by guitars amps and pedals, and its gradually rubbed off on me, and I NEEDED to buy a tele - as close to the look of Jeff Buckley's one.

On Friday I received this, via mates rates from Fender - a Vintera 50's Modified in butterscotch blonde:

Paired with a Katana50 borrowed from work, I played a bit over the weekend, and I remember now how sore your fingertips get when learning...

[vladcjelli]

JaymzDead said:

vladcjelli said:

Having a couple of days in the centre of London at the moment, what's a good place to go and ogle gorgeous guitars here in town?

Denmark Street without a doubt

Went for a brief nose round, some nice gear knocking about.

Favourite was a Revelation SG copy which seemed the best of a sparse SG crop.

Anyone heard of Revelation? Anything good to say about them?

[Walter Sobchak]

For the Fender experts on here does this:

https://reverb.com/item/26632171-fender-usa-versio...

Seem about the right money or a little high?, I’ve been after one of these for a while but don’t want Sunburst and there are never many for sale in the UK so I’d avoid getting hit with shipping and import tax.

[rsbmw]

Walter Sobchak said:

For the Fender experts on here does this:

https://reverb.com/item/26632171-fender-usa-versio...

Seem about the right money or a little high?, I’ve been after one of these for a while but don’t want Sunburst and there are never many for sale in the UK so I’d avoid getting hit with shipping and import tax.

Frankly these things are worth what people are willing to pay rather than having a specific value. I don't know how sought after that specific model is but if it's a grail guitar for you and they're not easy to come by then go for it. That said for £1800 you could have something pretty special made for you by a luthier.

On the luthier note, my friendly luthier has emailed me pic of my finished strat body and neck, hooray. I picked the top for this and sent it down to him, he coupled it with an alder body and has made me a solid rosewood neck in 9.5-12" compound radius, medium C profile, jumboish frets to go with it. Can't wait to get some stain on that stunning top!

[davidd]

Walter Sobchak said:

For the Fender experts on here does this:

https://reverb.com/item/26632171-fender-usa-versio...

Seem about the right money or a little high?, I’ve been after one of these for a while but don’t want Sunburst and there are never many for sale in the UK so I’d avoid getting hit with shipping and import tax.

I've got one, it's a great guitar but not worth that money..

[6th Gear]

Gibson ‘59 VOS
A proper Les Paul

[Evangelion]

6th Gear said:

Gibson ‘59 VOS
A proper Les Paul

Gorgeous. Heritage Cherry Sunburst?