A quick look at the guitars in my possession at present
from left to right.
Squier custom II Tele, These P90 guitars are just so nice to play and sound great.
Hofner Ignition Bass. Love that thing to bits, its so light and plays like a dream.
91 Samick Squier strat. Fitted a pre-loaded Gilmour scratchplate with Platinum grade from Ironstone pickups.
Epiphone LP Standard. My first guitar. I'm never going to get rid of this so i thought i'll bring it back to life. I had the neck re-fretted with ernie ball stainless steel jumbo frets, I installed Dimarzio pickups, A Air norton in the bridge and a Tonezone in the neck, Also swapped out all the electrics/pots/cap for a vintage loom with switchcraft pots and a mojo oil filled cap. IT FREAKIN ROCKS now LOL
Peavey EXP Tele. That has one of the nicest playing necks i've ever played, beautiful guitar for noodling.
Vintage V2 Tele. I bought this new old stock for a song with the intention of modding it, but as of yet i love it just the way it is.
Epiphone Sheraton. Absolute joy to play. Love it to bits, another guitar that'll stay with me.
Epihone Thunderbird bass, Fabulous guitar, very well made and it sounds the dogs do-dahs.
I dont play through an amp these days as i only play by the puter, so mostly line 6 interfaces with Amplitube3 and Guitar rig 5 through the puter THX surround sound system. smile
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Deja vu, but you have some cool guitars. I need to get a rack like that soon, too.
In for the updates
Gotta agree with you about the good qualities of P90 guitars and the Hofner Ignition Bass.
I was fifty years old before i got my first guitar
It was a cheap no name acoustic off ebay for £50
Not knowing anything about guitars at that time
the action was really high but it made a nice sound
so off i went to the music store to buy a three chord song book
and soon discovered that my favourite songs all used a F barre chord
that was soon to give me endless frustration.
Trying to fret an F barre chord on this acoustic required a pair of pliers and a really strong hand
to force down the strings I persevered but decided to
look at other songs in the book that didn't contain the dreaded F chord lol
After six months i decided to buy an electric guitar
so went on ebay and found an Epiphone Les Paul in cherry
sunburst that i liked and won the auction.
It was so much easier to play than the acoustic and I really
took to it, The first amp i bought was a line 6 spider 75 watt
that sounded very good, then a zoom 505 guitar effects pedal.
A succession of mostly squier strats/telecasters came and went, still got the 91 samick strat and the squier custom II telecaster along with the Epi Sheraton, eventually plucked up the courage to post some vids of my noodlings and got friendly with a bunch of like minded guys on youtube
and other guitar sites, and got around to learning how to
use a DAW (reaper) and get better audio quality on the vids
I bought a line 6 guitarport then a line 6 Pod XT live interface/pedal that sounded pretty damn good compared to the
vidcam Mic and was set up for better quality videos
Next on the horizon was a video editor software that
could do PIP (picture in picture) videos so i could lay a bass
track down on video that a rhythm/lead video, huge learning
curve but very rewarding.
As things progressed i quite fancied a go at bass guitar
so went on ebay and bought a epiphone EBO SG shortscale bass
then i started to play bass for the collaboration cover songs
we were doing and loved every minute of it.
Then I traded the HBO SG in for a Epiphone Thunderbird bass
then got gas for a Hofner violin bass, i got a Hofner ignition
beatles bass in black for a real cheap price off ebay.
I started to do a lot of collaborations with friends in the USA/Australia/Europe and I'm having great fun learning new songs on a regular basis, each in turn picks a song
gets a drum backing track and we split the guitar/bass parts
between us. We then send our audio/vid files to whoever turn it is to do the editing/mixing. I've just finished the latest vid playing my Thunderbird bass guitar on
The Rolling stones "back in black" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESZnimKzliE&list=UUSxWtulGrk8LPQaOWq-uDcA&index=1
Like Lester says you've really hit the ground running at speed - just shows how much can be achieved with a late start to this guitar hobby.
Then I regret switching to keyboard for a few years in my early teens.
Then I regret not carrying on when I rediscovered the guitar in my late teens.
I'm not dropping it this time though!
Like Lester says you've really hit the ground running at speed - just shows how much can be achieved with a late start to this guitar hobby.
Thank you kindly Lester,Hobbio,Mark. Thought I'd just share what I've been up to lately, I've been involved with some more collaborations with mate's wanting me to pitch in with some bass guitar. I seem to be playing more bass than six string these days, ah well its all good practise i suppose and i do enjoy the change. Just done "my sharona the knack" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCpTnzx3b9U&list=UUSxWtulGrk8LPQaOWq-uDcA&index=2 and this mornings efforts on a Blue oyster cult song "dont fear the reaper" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDmMX0zdjVQ&list=UUSxWtulGrk8LPQaOWq-uDcA&index=1 just a rough idea on the main bass rhythm part played throughout the song.
Good to have the choice of bass for the two very different sounds. I like to see a Violin Bass put to good use - love the very unique tones they can produce.
Thanks Megi, It all started off as a bit of a laugh really, Some of the guys i do collaborations with said who's going to buy a bass guitar than we've got most of the instruments covered in these collabs, So i said i'll give it a shot and bought a epi HBO SG bass off ebay for cheap money (great bass guitar by the way) and i've really enjoyed learning and playing it. It took a bit of getting used to at first but it's been very rewarding. There's just too many great bass lines out there to play not to get one.
Hi richcastle, I've got a couple of squiers and they're great players, I love them.
Thanks Jocko, Mark. hey Mark one thing i want to ask you about your Hofner bass, is your bridge pickup quieter than the neck pickup when fingering directly above the pickup! playing this particular song the fingering sounded much tighter and better played over the bridge pickup but was noticeably quieter than fingered over the neck pickup with the volume maxed out. I was wondering if it was a quirk of these guitars!