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    I've said it before and I'll say it again - great rhythm guitar is the true pinnacle of skinny-string playing.
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    I don't want to rain on the Steiny parade, but I tried one of these at The Gallery early in my bass-playing career, and didn't care for the feel of the neck at all. However I am now strangely drawn towards an XT25...
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    WITHDRAWN - moved to evilBay.
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    WITHDRAWN - moved to evilBay.
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    WITHDRAWN - moved to evilBay.
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    WITHDRAWN - moved to evilBay
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    [quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1368679568' post='2080079'] Well it has an offer on it now so someone wants it. [/quote] Could be the person who built it, feeling guilty about having inflicted it onto the 'base'-playing public, now wants to buy it back and subject it to ritual immolation.
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    I gig a black Duo Jet - a modern one though. They have a sound all of their own, so much so that you learn to forgive/overcome their quirks.
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    Forgot to mention - also includes vintage-style 3-way switch as originally fitted.
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    Wednesday bump!
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    Wednesday bump!
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    [quote name='AntWPF' timestamp='1368543693' post='2078262'] This is the view I'll now have for my videos, I'll swap the chair for a drum stool though and get rid of items such as the snare drum. [attachment=134799:IMG_1404.JPG] [/quote] Aha! The iTunes cover art screen saver... Sadly all I can make out for certain is Jazz From Hell (Frank Zappa) and that famous Pearl Jam album EDIT: Stereophonics compilation?
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    Shape of song Main bits Variations on main bits Other bits eg start end and stops NB different technique for words!
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    Jazz pickup looks like a DiMarzio. Surely Fender weren't fitting J pickups to Ps in 1977?
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    Sorry haven't heard these, but Alnico pickups are reputedly sweeter-sounding than gnarlier ceramics. WARNING: gross generalisation!
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    [quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1368353313' post='2075915'] Hang on guys, I really don't see an issue here! I would love to be in a band where one person is in control. ... All the bands I work for at the moment have this exact set-up. The bandleader decides everything, gets all the gigs, provides the PA and decides the set and the band just turn up and play. No arguments! [/quote] That's how I run my band.
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    Deserves a better brain than mine!
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    BUMP for a geetar sympathiser...
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    BUMP! Just did that for effect
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    I bought this Strat used from Regent Sound in Denmark Street about 6 years ago. It was the first time I had spent 4 figures on a guitar, and it was a revelation to find out what that kind of money could buy you. I have gigged this alongside other guitars I own, playing in pop, soul and country outfits, and never been disappointed. The thing is, I have just laid out serious cash on something [i]even better[/i], so sadly it has to go! In an ideal world I would keep this one too, but that ain't where I live... I will let the pictures do most of the talking, but I will mention the following: (1) [u]What you get[/u] USA-built Fender Vintage Reissue Strat dated 1990 in neck pocket (and fitted with a new set of strings)), Fender tweed case, Fender lead, various tags/booklets. (2) [u]Condition[/u] This guitar features some honest wear from its gigging life, mostly pre-dating my ownership of it. You will notice that other colours are visible through the paintwork. It looks to me as though the guitar was originally painted (sonic?) blue, but was then re-sprayed fiesta red over black or dark grey. This model [i]was[/i] available in fiesta red, and you can see an example on the cover and on pages 70-75 and 110-113 of Haynes's [i]Fender Stratocaster Manual[/i]. Fender were not averse to re-spraying bodies at the factory to meet demand for certain colours, and the inspection label on top of the red paint in the control cavity seems to confirm this (although of course it may have been removed and re-applied - I simply don't know). The paint has cracked away from around the neck plate, and there is some wear or damage through to the black paint layer at points around the edge of the body. I have tried to show this in the photos. The neck is in good nick, with just one shallow dent behind about the 8th fret. There is some wear to the lower frets, and the fretboard lacquer is just starting to go in places. (3) [u]Electrics[/u] The pickup resistance reads about 6k for the bridge and middle, 5.7k for the neck The wires are waxed cloth. I have added a 1nF treble bleed cap to the volume control pot. [b]Payment / delivery / trades[/b] Given how much the appeal of any one guitar is down to personal taste, you would be strongly advised to try this guitar before parting with you precious wedge. I live in Swindon, work in Oxford, and make occasional forays to London, and I am not averse to meeting up within a reasonable radius - PM me with any such enquiries. If you do decide to buy blind, bank transfer or PayPal are fine. The price includes insured UK courier at £30. If you have an Alesis SR18 surplus to requirements, I would consider that in trade subject to negotiation on value. Please don't offer me Zoom drum machines!
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    The OP's problem is to do with co-ordination i.e. it is lost when playing open strings. I suggest trying some simple scale lines with open strings in them. Play them slowly with conventional alternate picking (1st and 2nd fingers). Give the left hand something to do when picking the open strings e.g. move to where it is next needed. Once sorted, ramp up the speed a bit.
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    [quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1368095692' post='2073057'] This thread has got me going. I'm looking to start a band from scratch but I fear I won't be able to because I'm punctual and organised. For example, I attempted to meet up with a singer for coffee recently. After waiting for an hour, I left. We tried twice more and she was late each time. "I don't do late", I said and I was told off for being inflexible and unrealistic when dealing with musicians. I might as well give up forming a band right now then. [/quote] The message from that singer is: Your time has so little value to me that it is fine for me to waste it. If she will not accept the error in her thinking, you need to ditch her (but I hope you have already!)
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    The MiltyMan cometh!
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    I used to hate octaves until I changed to floating thumb! Much easier now
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    My guitar amp is a Matchless Lightning Reverb combo, the loudest 15W on the planet. Can't go wrong with sound and build quality on these amps!
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