Strat Vs Les Paul

[twojaysalmeria]

Hi

Not sure of the model Roland, it's a TD4 something, but has the mesh heads so not the cheapest. Saw it in a music shop in Cairo where I was buying guitar strings for my lad and sort of "had to" have it, along with the matching Amp.

TBH I've neglected my drumming this last year for which I'm very ashamed - bad back led to laziness led to "Ahh, it's a bit warm in that studio" etc etc

That's what comes from not gigging any more, I guess.

Anyway, popping over sounds like a plan, I'll bring the beers (what's your tipple?)

I'll PM you tomorrow (today is SWMBO's birthday so I'm sort of in slave mode here) and let's talk.

Thanks for putting a smile on this old face!

Cheers

Jim

[Greggers]

2jays  I used to have Roland TDKV 11 in my studio, which one you got ? Sounded great for recording and practise/jamming.
Whenever you are ready lets do it, in the meantime you are welcome to pop round and chat/listen to my stuff. Los Carrascos. 643353116

regards Greg

[twojaysalmeria]

Hi Gregs

Yeah, still got my kits and the offer's a good'un.

Sadly though, can't think about it right now as one of my beloved sons didn't notice that the wood stove wasn't shut properly and all the gear in my non-soundproofed studio (and tools, artwork and and and...) is now absolutely smothered with greasy soot and other cr*p.

With hols coming up I reckon I'll be good to go by maybe Halloween if I'm bleedin' lucky !!

The worst of it is the Roland kit and the amps...dreading tackling those.

Kids, eh?

So anyway, sometime in the Autumn maybe?

Jim

[Greggers]

2jays.......you still got a kit ? I've a soundproofed air conned studio and loads of guitars and amps if you fancy a jam......blues/rock genre

[twojaysalmeria]

Now THAT's more like my kinda guitar playing!

Tets - go wash your mouth out with soap ! Vai a jumble of notes?? Good Grief.....

One last thing Gregs - notice the drummer in the Gary vid - at every stop has the habit of choking his H/H even though it's not been played? Us cloggers have some strange habits.

J

[Greggers]

My fav Gary Moore clip.........complete control and wonderful tones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW9hCIiZ-gE

[Tetley]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt6uPF4_zdU

2jays           check this out for control ?

the problem is with all these types,2 hours concerts and yer end up musically brain dead i saw steve vi in murcia,great showman but it was just a jumble of notes played fast....

the best players ive seen live are slash,gary moore,bonamasa is good but can be repatative but again its all down to taste.
my fave   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k07j7LcLqw

[Greggers]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt6uPF4_zdU

2jays           check this out for control ?

[twojaysalmeria]

Liked 'Electric Alley' let me know by PM when they are gigging within reasonable distance.
Prefer Malmsteen to the girl's sort of shred style. Absolute master of the guitar. effortless accuracy and speed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVa3W4y_Ge4

Hey, what do I know, I'm only a drummer.

But...when it comes to the G3 concerts I'm afraid that I sometimes fast forward through Malmstein's solos. To my poor undisciplined ears all I hear is the same old same old super-speed with excellent accuracy arpeggios that he's been doing forever.

And that's boring....

Mind, I stand to be corrected/educated.

As I said, I only hit things.

J

[Tetley]

Sounds great Tets, nice road worn finish on it too. Got a nice ESP LTD MH201 loaded with Seymour Duncans if Danny wants to borrow it for a while.

thanks for the kind offer ,he only rely giggs /uses 3 columbus guitars,they have seymours in plus gibson burst buckers and then the chino strat,ie if some barmy bxgger knocks one over it doesn't matter lol

the only money guitars we have are Takamine acoustics,i normally make my own peizos for them and bone nutt em yer get a lovely sound .
https://es-es.facebook.com/rebecandannymusic/videos/706511853114567/

[Greggers]

Sounds great Tets, nice road worn finish on it too. Got a nice ESP LTD MH201 loaded with Seymour Duncans if Danny wants to borrow it for a while.

[Tetley]

mi car boot strat

  £50  plus a bit of engineerin ,ie filed,re shapped,shimed trem
shimed neck,9quid locking tuners ,and an Ibenez cheap cherfull humbucker i had in a box

holds tune al waethers



https://www.facebook.com/adelantemusica/videos/362007707808227/?notif_id=1564468274138483&notif_t=page_post_reaction

[Greggers]

Liked 'Electric Alley' let me know by PM when they are gigging within reasonable distance.
Prefer Malmsteen to the girl's sort of shred style. Absolute master of the guitar. effortless accuracy and speed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVa3W4y_Ge4

[Tetley]

check this dude out (this is why I luv Strats)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx5Zvi8K1vk

yes ive seen him live but i thought it was a bit Steve Vi repetitive

the best guitarists ive seen live are Slash & Gary Moore and the best Lady guitarist ive seen  was Nita Straus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET2b-l6QeNw



also
if these kids come to the area there well worth a look and light years ahead of our local travelling bands
ive seen them twice Very Good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSulvnYtiX4&list=RDEMbuZEF2nDNOXB1LvFT7496g&start_radio=1

[Greggers]

check this dude out (this is why I luv Strats)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx5Zvi8K1vk

[Tetley]

This sort of thang is what I'm into, demoing my amps and jamming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT0q_5wnH-M&list=RDXT0q_5wnH-M&start_radio=1

luv the amp tone   

[Greggers]

This sort of thang is what I'm into, demoing my amps and jamming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT0q_5wnH-M&list=RDXT0q_5wnH-M&start_radio=1

[Tetley]

yes its all abougt amps for the big blues i type giggs we use a 1960 showman head through a twin 15" fender stack but the normal gigg amp is a jmp 100w combo.

its all abought amp .

[Greggers]

Tets, I've got more valve amps round mine than my Mrs realises. I also make my own which can compete with anything available, Friedman, Bogner, Engl and of course Marshall Plexis which is the benchmark.

[Tetley]

thing is for us its all abought amps,yer can put a well set up  99e guitar through a set of pedals and a valve amp and it will sound near enough as good as any big name pro stuff

Acoustic guitars however are a diffrent ball game,99e will sound and play like 99e worth very diffrent to a bit of wood and 2 magnets as per the electric guitar.

[Greggers]

Although my desert island guitar would be my 1st run mid 80's standard Strat with Bareknuckle mothers milk pups as far as Les Pauls go my original Tokai 'Love Rock' (lawsuit era) with SD Pearly gates at the bridge and SD Alnico II pro neck beats any of the other Gibson LP's I've owned inc a 74' gold top and a early 90's honeyburst standard.

[Tetley]

yes we have the columbus jap copy 1970,s    335 with mmk53 path pick ups thats i nice guitar as well through a valve amp.

ive got a les paul columbus 70,s on the bench now with mmk,paths in that ive coil split,ive also fitted an acoustic bridge with an outboard pre amp that were testing on a trs rig with an acoustic amp for the bridge and a marshall valve for the humbuckers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z2Uj2lVG7o

all good fun 

[jonandeve]

I prefer my Gibson ES335 Pro with coil-tapped humbuckers. An awesome guitar with more tones than anyone could need.

[Tetley]

yer great clip Doggy also  Alvin lee still revs us up in our house along with Stevi Marriot ,we recon  musics been Trumphed ( x ed ) now.....hey ho we still have our 60,s & 70,s lps to listen to when it all gets to mutch 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lz3px4dTU8

[Greggers]

Doggy, haven't clicked on the link yet but if its a clip from 'flight of the snowgoose' I'm with you on that one. Something magical and real from a long lost era of brilliance.

[owdoggy]

I'll just let the great Andy Latimer back me up on this one

https://youtu.be/uPlBvgsjlic


Doggy

[Tetley]

bit o wood wi 2 pick ups...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNoPNC3ebYQ  my song  

Each to their own with that one Tets

bit like harley ang,yev got yer chromey hair dresser i ones or vey got get propper oil leaky crankcase splittin,vibrating iron head were yer teck yer spanners out wi yer for road side repairs......that my type i bike,wich probably explains why i listen ti sea sick in the shed  

propper Harley    bet he has seen sea sick steve live       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myGMlgk3PuI

[Angleseyite]

bit o wood wi 2 pick ups...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNoPNC3ebYQ  my song  

Each to their own with that one Tets

[Tetley]

bit o wood wi 2 pick ups...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNoPNC3ebYQ  my song  

[owdoggy]

Oooohh Tets - just waiting for Owdoggy to come get you for that heresy!!

And as I think I said before, one of my lads salivates when you just say the word "Ibanez".......

J

If Tets reckons he can make a 50 quid guitar sound good then that's his prerogative but our ears must be very different. The phrase containing "silk purse" and "sow's ear" springs to mind.

I have, and enjoy playing, both guitars. If I get a sudden attack of the Gilmours or Knopflers then it has to be a Strat, nothing else will do. Similarly, if I come down with a bad case of the Kossoffs or Latimers etc. then it has to be a Les Paul.

Which do I prefer?, well I strap the Strat on to play it but the Les Paul just sort of slots in


Doggy

[Tetley]

Have you been following the Hello Kitty craze?

Loved Portnoy on the HK double bass kit but THIS shows how to play the guitar...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayB-ir-NHb4

Enjoy!

J

brilliant 

[twojaysalmeria]

Have you been following the Hello Kitty craze?

Loved Portnoy on the HK double bass kit but THIS shows how to play the guitar...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayB-ir-NHb4

Enjoy!

J

[Tetley]

Oooohh Tets - just waiting for Owdoggy to come get you for that heresy!!

And as I think I said before, one of my lads salivates when you just say the word "Ibanez".......

J

we have an Ibenez rg again e bay special BUT  the floating bridges arent rely bread and butter giggin ie holding tune in these temp swings,there maily a Steve Vi type dizzy guitar,s and not so mutch ,bluesi,queen,free,peter green stuff.


off topic ish,what did you all think to the girl singers in the gospel choir ?


we have one of these for weddings & funrals...lol  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn5L2kxqb_s   

[twojaysalmeria]

Oooohh Tets - just waiting for Owdoggy to come get you for that heresy!!

And as I think I said before, one of my lads salivates when you just say the word "Ibanez".......

J

[Greggers]

A good trick on a LP is to run the strings over the top of the tailpiece by inserting the strings from the front. Makes for a looser feel and easier bending as if you had gone down a string gauge.
Prefer the more focused sound of a stacked humbucker in the bridge position on a strat, ( I have 5 strats) ........desert island guitars