Terry M.

Oh not at all. It definitely,especially in the natural finish,implies 70s.

Ha ha I know this Laurel and Hardy movie,it's hilarious. He's just pulling on the strings for comedic effect and clearly can't play but it's comedy gold regardless 🤣

Also consider a used Mayones Jabba Classic 5. Great axes those.

Not quite 70s,more 60s. I have a DJ5. That's if you're referring to the distance between the pickups.

Had an EBMM Sterling 5H in black with rosewood board and black pickguard. Still trying to figure out why I let it go 🤔

This entire thread will show I'm far from alone with this belief.

Yes I'm aware you meant snobbery pointing upwards rather than down. I'm familiar with the term "inverse" 👍

Made in the same factory in Indonesia. Poplar bodies,ceramic pickups... Don't expect Fender to advertise that.

Given up with it all? 😆

That's a shame as the shielding issue is an easy fix in most cases. If it's not inspiring you then you did the right thing.

Your edit makes sense. It's easier to start with C because (as you know) there are no sharps or flats to deal with. Once the concept is learned it's then easier to transpose to other keys.

I'm not professing to be an expert on this. I can only share what eventually made sense to me 👍

You said C Dorian starts on D. It doesn't. It starts on C in the key of Bb Major.

Practice going through each mode of the C Major scale from Ionian through to Locrian,all 7 of them. Write down the 8 notes from C back to C again (an octave) start on C and finish on C ,1st mode, then start on D and finish again on D,2nd mode until you reach the last (7th) mode which is B Locrian. Familiarise yourself with these scales and the unique sound of each one. After that you can start to apply them over actual songs when you understand the role each one plays in the key.

C Dorian is in the key of Bb Major?

Okay so with regards to C Dorian. Dorian is always the 2nd scale degree of the major scale so if C is the 2nd degree you are then in the key of Bb Major. If you're in C Major then the Dorian mode is D as it's the 2nd degree of that scale.Does that part make sense? Maybe forget the pentatonic scale just for the moment.

What is your understanding of modes with regards to what they are and where they come from?

And the other one is?

A mode is a type of scale.

No problem.This is only from my experience. Modes offer more harmonic options. If your band is jamming in C major you can spice things up by choosing a mode within C major and experimenting with a fill. D Dorian (for example) has the same notes as C major but starting on the 2nd degree. Therefore it contains the same notes but offers a different flavour. I see a mode as a different "flavour" of the parent key. I'll stop now before I make things worse 😆

While I'm far from being an expert on the topic I personally use them when I'm improvising and also when using fills. So if you're in C major for example you can build a solo or an interesting fill in D Dorian or F Lydian whilst maintaining the integrity of the key of C major. I want to eventually get into using counterpoint as I'm sure modes will help with that. Hope that made some sort of sense?

Even though they're essentially Affinity level Squiers?

The first mode that stuck in my head was also the Mixolydian and just like you it was the reference to the major scale with a flatted 7th that cemented the concept.

Incredible isn't it?