Thread: What kind of guitar ya got?

Amps right, well of course this is an important part of any sound. I've played through a Fender Twin which is a pumpin' sound. Much better than the Marshal solid state IMO and I also used a Randal amp which also had good sound and lots of balls, but these days I'm going for tone and have a 1963 Ampeg Tremolo with the original tubes. Best sound I ever had.

X

Originally Posted by jaegerhund

Xman, have you listened to any of Leo Kottke's 12 string acoustic work. Most of his older stuff is on 12 string ---found it out the hard way when I tried to figure some of it out by ear. Anyway good stuff.

Kottke's one of those guitar gods, yeah I've heard him. There are a lot of wonderful guitarists out there, but for my money, the best guitar player living on the planet is Pacco de Lucia. Absolutely unrivaled.

xman, I'll let superfly (if he wants to) discuss the whole amp thing ---though I do like the sound of most tube amps --kind of a humid, wet sound. Yep, lot of good guitarists out there , the best tend to stay hidden or become studio guitarists. I like Steve Howe and Alan Holdsworth also. Later'

Justin

I have an Airmaster 5000. And I must say I am the greatest guitarist on the planet when I play the thing.

I have an acoustic Takamine G-240 that I got for little money (it had some scratches on the back) that I outfit with Elixer strings. Love that guitar. v'got a shadow pick-up element that can be placed into it whenever I want and I have a Roland stereo amp that's a 60watt and Tiny for the amount of sound that comes out of it.

Electric I have an Ibanez D-tuner (very usefull since my band plays a lot of Drop d and I don't have $$$ for an extra guitar). With that I've got some cheap effects (Tremolo, Heavy metal distorton and Phase shifter) and a cheap but well built homemade (not by me) 70 Watt amp that I use for performances.

On the acoutstic I play mostly easy fingerpicking stuff (RHCP, Kansas etc) and Dave Matthews stuff.

The electric gets everything from System of a down to Muse (fabulous band!!) to Jimmy Eat World to Deep blue something. It all depends on the band. When I play by myself I mostly play Muse, Rage against the Machine or Audioslave (I love Tom Morello.)

I've got an 1989 American fender strat, sunburst with a rosewood neck and lace sensor pickups.

From that you can probably tell I'm an SRV fan. Leo Kottke did an Australian tour when I was about 14 and I went to see him. I think that's when I decided I wanted to play. Can I play any more than a couple of his licks.... well no but I love his playing (not real fond of his singing though )

I like jazz fusion (David Weckl, Tribal Tech, Jazz Pistols), but love the blues.

Yeah , drsch3, I think even Leo Kottke says his voice sounds like geese cackling --but I think his voice is affective. Tribal tech! I've heard them --you might (if you already do not) like Alan Holdsworth . Later,

Justin

Hey Justin

I've heard of Alan Holdsworth but haven't heard any of his music. I'll have to look into it.

There is an Australian Guitarist Tommy Emmanuel that has been round for a while that is really worth a listen. He's done quite a bit of work with Chet Atkins and has a similar sound. Here is a sample of his music. His rendition of Lady Madonna is amazing!

David.

Hello again, David

Yeah, I think a saw Tommy Emmanuel on PBS --anyway he is good --I think he was doing some percussive tapping but I know he also plays a more traditional style as well.
Later,

Justin

I've got a Takamine like Xman's 6 string by the sound of it. It's got a cutaway and gives a beautiful acoustic sound under amplification.

I've also got an oldish Maton - also nice under amplification and I'd say better than the Takamine when not amped.

Currently got my eye on the Ovations - not sure which yet, but will most likely be a budget (read wife) restricted choice.

I like classical guitar (learnt it initially, but am crap). Slava Grigoryan's my favourite. Just out of interest, have you guys heard of King Billy Pine? Australian Luthiers are apparently using this to make amazing classical guitars. I'd love one of those, but shudder to think what a guitar made of endangered 900 year old pine might cost...!

Anyway, drifted into straight rhythm when I started playing in bands. No musical preferences, really, although as I get older I find that I have less and less patience with all that "young people" music - R&B, hip-hop, rap etc. "Poppin a cap in yo ass" just doesn't speak to me anymore...

James.