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Post by uatru on Feb 9, 2018 17:48:17 GMT
I’ve got a mule tricone which has a great sound, though it is stiff compared to my Delphi. Really good for Tampa red slide though. It probably needs a good set up I suspect.
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Post by uatru on Apr 7, 2017 12:34:03 GMT
Thanks for the advice. I'll have a very careful go at cleaning it. Andrew
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Post by uatru on Apr 7, 2017 5:37:36 GMT
Helps and advice needed please! I recently bought an old harmony on eBay. It has what looks like a painted top, and although showing its age it seems structurally ok, and should clean up nicely. It needs new tuners, so I'm going to order them from Stewmac. The serial number starts with 43, so I'm guessing that's when it was made.
It needs a good clean up, which leads me to the question: what is the best thing to use? I have some beeswax polish, but that isn't a cleaner as such. Would things like pledge work? Or I recall years ago we bought an old bed that needed work, and my mother in law suggested a mix of methylated spirit and linseed oil which worked really well.
Can I ask for the benefit of your experience please?
All the best Andrew
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Post by uatru on Feb 17, 2016 0:05:16 GMT
The early Carter Family recordings are well worth a listen too, as is the Harry Smith anthology (can't remember which side...)
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Post by uatru on Aug 21, 2015 19:46:24 GMT
Charlie Parr's guitar is a tricone, the body is brass, I think. I think they come with continental cones as standard but NRP hot rods as an option.
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Post by uatru on May 23, 2015 8:09:12 GMT
I'm about ready to move from my Busker Delta to a National. There don't seem to be many new NRP's in the UK at the moment.
Yesterday I went to look at a 1930's Triolian in Guitar Village in Farnham. It seemed like a nice guitar, but has been refinished, there is no paint, and the body has been buffed up to a shine. I didn't go to look at it , but tried it and it seemed a nice guitar. I haven't played many others, so need to do that before deciding, but I did notice that there is no serial number on the guitar. I wondered if that was normal, or whether it means that the neck has been changed at some point...though the neck did look and feel old. It does have a Triolian decal on it.
I am thinking about a holiday in the states in a few months time. I'm thinking it might be an idea to shelve my guitar acquiring plans in the UK for the moment and look over there - that would give the guitar if I found one real sentimental value, but would it be a better thing to do after import taxes, vat etc?
Can anyone help with views about the serial number and any guitar buying experiences?
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Post by uatru on Feb 25, 2015 16:52:24 GMT
I have a Busker Delta which I bought last year, and I love it. The photographs don't really do it justice, but then buying a guitar without seeing it is always a risk. But different people like different things - I love the look of the Gibson Moderne but other people think it is pig ugly. When you buy a guitar how it looks is all part of the experience - you have to want it .... perhaps some members on here live close enough to you to let you see a busker or an MM (or the PB) and then you can work out what you want.
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Post by uatru on Jul 21, 2014 19:37:12 GMT
Weather with you, by Crowded House - the main riff is on a reso.
Andrew
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Post by uatru on Jun 30, 2014 14:37:13 GMT
I have just started listening to Roscoe Holcombe:
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Post by uatru on May 7, 2014 8:04:37 GMT
The Anthology of American Folk Music.......I am reading a history of the Hotel Chelsea in New York at the moment, which took me to Harry Smith, and then to this....wow! Smith is a fascinating man - I wonder if there is anyone like him around nowadays? Andrew
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Post by uatru on Jan 21, 2014 6:46:28 GMT
I am in exactly the same position as you in that I've been playing for 40 years but only 3 months ago started to learn finger picking and some slide. You are right - hard isn't the word for it, and it takes hours of practice to move forward slightly. I found someone to give me lessons, and he said to learn the piece one bar at a time making sure that you get the bass rhythm right. That means just working on each cluster of notes at a time and that does work. Just hope I start to speed up! Good luck!
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Post by uatru on Jan 2, 2014 17:18:26 GMT
Ha! Well spotted - I always relied upon John Mortimer quoting it correctly!
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Post by uatru on Jan 2, 2014 9:10:21 GMT
Voltaire was the origin of your quote
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Post by uatru on Jan 2, 2014 9:09:26 GMT
after defending differing music styles above, yet even more drivel about the show/music balance aspect. a consummate showman, in a 1969 rolling stone magazine interview, Jimi Hendrix was quoted as saying: ..."I don't want to be a clown anymore. I don't want to be a 'rock and roll star,"... almost as if a verification of pete1951's, ..."Standing on the Shoulders of Giants"... Jimi burned his guitar like Jerry Lee Lewis' pyro piano. played it behind his back like Charlie Patton. trashed his guitar like Peter Townshend. chewed guitar strings like Butch Snipes**. and later destroyed amps also, like they were Keith Moon drum kits at a 4th of july celebration. eventually, he also realized how Dr. Frankenstein had felt. regardless of the musician's intrinsic ability on their instrument, the "show" part of the performance can become too much. even for the one who creates it. that said, his complete visual presence on stage likely helped to get him the recognition he was after in his quest for stardom. and it also got him fired for upstaging Little Richard. so it could be argued that the "show" had achieved the desired results. in the same way, it also achieved the undesired. yin and yang. mitchfit "I May Not Agree with What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It?" [unsure origin for that quote] **---or acted like he was, when did 3 prong plugs become standard issue on guitar amps?
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Post by uatru on Nov 30, 2013 6:53:02 GMT
I use the Martin app on IOS which is free and seems pretty good
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