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Post by Kris on Feb 19, 2020 15:26:28 GMT
Come on then folks, lets have the discussion! I’d love to hear what your preference is, as well as what sound you are going for.
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Post by Andymccann on Feb 19, 2020 15:48:01 GMT
I previously said a LP junior with P90 I use a small old Harmony flat top with a DeArmond sound hole pickup. That’s quite electric enough for me. Plus you get a wide flat fingerboard
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Post by Andymccann on Feb 19, 2020 15:50:03 GMT
Just to clarify the pickup runs directly into a 5w tube amp. Important point
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Post by jono1uk on Feb 19, 2020 17:21:23 GMT
i have Goldtop Les Paul copy in Baritone tuning B standard (Joey Landreth / Ariel Posen type stuff) ... an SG copy in open E ( Duane / Derek) and Danelectro in open G or open D for other stuff.
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Post by pete1951 on Feb 19, 2020 21:48:37 GMT
Listen to your favourite slide players and copy their rig. This should get you into the same ballpark. Having said that, I have used an odd Burns guitar with a pair of P90s for the last 40 years, not using the Gibson (which was my dream guitar) . The Burns seemed to ‘fit’, if you like or are familiar with a make or model that should be the best guitar to choose. If you look at famous players there are almost as many different guitars, almost anything through a good valve amp will sound good. If you want to sound like Derek Trucks get an SG and a Fender Super Reverb, if you want to sound like you, get a good amp and a guitar you are comfortable with. Pete
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Post by groff on Feb 20, 2020 11:34:45 GMT
I've been using a modified Mexican Tele set up with Newtone 15s mostly tuned down to open C# very happily. I've just added an Edwards Tele clone (made by ESP for the Japanese home market) that I've converted to Esquire spec and I'm amazing myself at the versatility of a single pickup especially with the Eldred modification to the control wiring. www.premierguitar.com/articles/The_Eldred_Esquire_WiringBoth have McNelly pickups (pair of A2s in the Mexican and a slightly hotter A5 in the Edwards) and wiring harnesses from James' Home of Tone.
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Post by snakehips on Feb 20, 2020 13:32:04 GMT
Hi there ! My favourite two guitars for a bit Open D slide playing Attachments:
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Feb 20, 2020 13:55:46 GMT
Currently using a Danelectro 59DC fitted with MM Nickel 13s which is good, especially with both pickups on in series. However, my son and I are currently refreshing a 1960 Harmony Stratotone H49 Jupiter which is fitted with original pickups and a blend pot in addition to the normal two volumes and two tones. It's in pieces at the moment and it may be a few weeks before we can spray the clear NC lacquer over the back - it's a bit damp and humid here, so we will wait until conditions are right. Hopefully we'll get it back to its former glory:
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Post by biscuit on Feb 21, 2020 14:09:57 GMT
I built my very own Coodermaster Attachments:
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Post by pete1951 on Feb 22, 2020 8:32:18 GMT
There is no doubt that for the Ry C. tone the C/caster is the way forward. I too built a similar machine but found that the Supro style pickup go in the way of my playing technique. I didn’t expect this as I was used to playing a lap steel with a similar ‘through-string-pickup ‘ cover.
Most don’t seem to find it a problem but if you go for one , try before you buy. Pete
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Feb 22, 2020 11:52:47 GMT
Saw one of them Daddy Mojo Rosettas in the US a couple of years ago - has anyone in the UK got one?
Are they any good?
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Post by Kris on Feb 22, 2020 16:36:53 GMT
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Post by slide496 on Feb 22, 2020 17:44:51 GMT
Saw one of them Daddy Mojo Rosettas in the US a couple of years ago - has anyone in the UK got one? Are they any good? From the perspective of studying electrics so as to avoid additional expensive mistakes with equipment that I've made in the past, it's hard to tell IMHO if the Rosettas are good or not from the demos. I don't think they have intrinsically great tone - by that I mean you might be disappointed if you plugged it into an amp with just a volume and tone knobs, but you might get great results with the equipment they demo it with. Some demonstrators have great talent and knowledge as to what amps to use, how to set them , what effect pedals to use with the electric they are demonstrating, and what mics, equalizers to use, and then you have to factor in the demonstrator's talent and technique and whether they are playing them with a flat pick or not. YMMV, Harriet
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Post by ricks on Feb 22, 2020 19:07:48 GMT
some kind of strat with a P90 bridge pickup & medium strings does it for me - good range of tones & good ergonomics - Lowell George is the player whose sound I'd most want to nail,
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Post by Stevie on Feb 23, 2020 9:03:17 GMT
More years ago than I care to remember (much less admit) I screwed together a "Ry Cooder Blue" Strat with a Tele bridge pup. I still have it. I had to have the body routed to accept the larger Tele pup base plate. My experience was that it sounded no different than any of my Strats which just goes to reaffirm the old saying that it's largely in the fingers? Perhaps I should have gone for a P90/P13/CC as you mentioned? The one thing that really put a Lowell smile on my physog was getting an Origin Effects "SlideRig" dual compressor, although I concede that's more to do with sustain than actual tone per-se.
e&oe ...
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