Jump to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Surly Horns

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.
Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business & Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Advertise... Tailgate Donations

Featured Replies

  • Replies 25.7k
  • Views 1.6m
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Most Popular Posts

Posted Images

  • Popular Post

Well, hello...

This thing is nice.

Love the roasted maple, the satin neck, the comfort cut...well, just about everything. Vacation starts when I leave work today. Know what I'll be doing. 

 

20250404_113316.jpg

20250404_113327.jpg

20250404_113331.jpg

20250404_113407.jpg

20250404_113412.jpg

20250404_113334.jpg

Edited by Deej

2 hours ago, Deej said:

Well, hello...

Thus thing is nice.

Love the roasted maple, the satin neck, the comfort cut...well, just about everything. Vacation starts when I leave work today. Know what I'll be doing. 

 

20250404_113316.jpg

20250404_113327.jpg

20250404_113331.jpg

20250404_113407.jpg

20250404_113412.jpg

20250404_113334.jpg

Beautiful.  Is that a real single coil, or a stacked hum bucker?

This bass has a lot more thump than my Fender P Bass. I like it. 

On 4/2/2025 at 11:40 AM, G650 said:

So free to anyone that wants them, I have a dozen each Jazz III XL Tortex 1.5mm, Herco 75, and Tortex III 1mm picks. Plus random assorted Fender 351 mediums.

 

Maybe some of the beginner guitar threads peeps like @Gourmand or @tigol would be interested in trying some different picks?

 

20250321-174612.jpg

 

 

Funny you mention that. I just grabbed a Dunlop sampler pack to try out a bunch of things. Previously, I mostly used Dunlop gator grip 2.0mms (worn to the point of no longer having that feel) and an iFixit opening pick (which is FANTASTIC, btw).

But of them, my favorites are the Tortex 0.88mm, the Jazz III nylon, and the 0.88mm Max-Grip. That latter one has good tone (not the best) but for some reason seems to be the one where I can hit all the notes on the song I've been working on.

I'm really surprised that I like the Jazz III so much. Somewhat less surprised that it's gone missing and I can't find it anywhere... But it just feels so precise when I use it; but I struggle to hit chords easily with it, vs the larger picks.

Also surprised that, after using the 2mm gator grips all this time, that I don't really like either of the thinner ones. They aren't grippy, ironically; they keep slipping in my fingers.

Also hate the Ultex. I hate the way they feel and I hate the way they sound.

 

Also, since all my amps are in software, I finally found out what was going on with my audio interface's drivers, but that's probably for the amp thread or... something else. Basically had to change 9 million Windows settings... and now not only are the bugs gone, but I'm getting drop-free 0.7ms latency time. W00t.

5 hours ago, Rimbo said:

Funny you mention that. I just grabbed a Dunlop sampler pack to try out a bunch of things. Previously, I mostly used Dunlop gator grip 2.0mms (worn to the point of no longer having that feel) and an iFixit opening pick (which is FANTASTIC, btw).

But of them, my favorites are the Tortex 0.88mm, the Jazz III nylon, and the 0.88mm Max-Grip. That latter one has good tone (not the best) but for some reason seems to be the one where I can hit all the notes on the song I've been working on.

I'm really surprised that I like the Jazz III so much. Somewhat less surprised that it's gone missing and I can't find it anywhere... But it just feels so precise when I use it; but I struggle to hit chords easily with it, vs the larger picks.

Also surprised that, after using the 2mm gator grips all this time, that I don't really like either of the thinner ones. They aren't grippy, ironically; they keep slipping in my fingers.

Also hate the Ultex. I hate the way they feel and I hate the way they sound.

 

Also, since all my amps are in software, I finally found out what was going on with my audio interface's drivers, but that's probably for the amp thread or... something else. Basically had to change 9 million Windows settings... and now not only are the bugs gone, but I'm getting drop-free 0.7ms latency time. W00t.

 

I hate Ultex too, whatever material that is I don't want it. I used purple Gator Grips for my main pick basically the whole second half of the 90s, the main reason I actually switched to Tortex was simply because they wore out so fast.

 

I'm happy to send you this 12 pack of Jazz IIIs if you want 'em

Huh. My ultex pics sound great on a plugged in acoustic. Good combo of warmth and sparkle.

At this point in my alarmingly accelerating old age I'm losing grip strength.  Max-Grip or bust for me.

I've been noodling lately with an old 70's era Fender Heavy tortoise I found in my grab bag of picks, but played with the shoulder. Nice and warm.

5 hours ago, G650 said:

 

I hate Ultex too, whatever material that is I don't want it. I used purple Gator Grips for my main pick basically the whole second half of the 90s, the main reason I actually switched to Tortex was simply because they wore out so fast.

 

I'm happy to send you this 12 pack of Jazz IIIs if you want 'em

Can't refuse that offer. Will DM.

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

Huh. My ultex pics sound great on a plugged in acoustic. Good combo of warmth and sparkle.

I can see that. I finger-pick my acoustic, so...

That is why banjos and toilet seats shouldn't get married.

1 hour ago, Goredho said:

That is why banjos and toilet seats shouldn't get married.

That looks definitely born out of wedlock to me.

Just watched an interview with Tom Bucovac. He said that Joe Walsh has multiple storage units around LA with thousands of guitars and amps in them. Joe is basically a hoarder, it sounds like. So much that even Joe doesn't know what he's got --- but he won't part with any of it. Sounds like my grandfather, who was an auto mechanic for 50 years. When he died we were hauling stuff like the transmission for a 49 Edsel out of his basement, and I can just hear my grandfather's reasoning for keeping it when he put it down there 30 years before ... never know when you're going to need the transmission to a 49 Edsel.

11 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

Just watched an interview with Tom Bucovac. He said that Joe Walsh has multiple storage units around LA with thousands of guitars and amps in them. Joe is basically a hoarder, it sounds like. So much that even Joe doesn't know what he's got --- but he won't part with any of it. Sounds like my grandfather, who was an auto mechanic for 50 years. When he died we were hauling stuff like the transmission for a 49 Edsel out of his basement, and I can just hear my grandfather's reasoning for keeping it when he put it down there 30 years before ... never know when you're going to need the transmission to a 49 Edsel.

That'll be quite the auction some day.

I had a second cousin out around Quanah who literally had fields of old cars.  He was always going to get around to them one day.  He once bought a giant Ford dump truck at an auction for $60 because he noticed it had a brand new battery in it.  Parked the truck, pulled the battery.  He could fix anything.  He was greatest generation and served as a boiler tender on the USS Kadashan Bay during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.  He could fix anything.  I remember someone stopping by and asking for a cigarette.  This was in the mid 1980s.  He went out to one of those old cars and pulled out his duffle bag from when he mustered out of the Navy in 1946 and gave them to the guy.  They burned right quick.  When he died, the auction of those cars went on for days.   While I knew him, so 70s to just a few years ago, he restored exactly two cars:  a Model T and a pretty hot early 60s Chevy.  Man I wish I had pics of that pasture.  

The old Goldtop got some much needed TLC today. Fret level, crown and polish, new nut and full setup. Also put a vintage ABR-1 bridge and tailpiece studs in. I have another tailpiece but it's on my '76 so gonna wait till next string change to put that on.

20250412-073828.jpg

 

 

Fresh haircut and a new pair of shoes.

 

20250413-112229.jpg

 

On 4/2/2025 at 11:40 AM, G650 said:

So free to anyone that wants them, I have a dozen each Jazz III XL Tortex 1.5mm, Herco 75, and Tortex III 1mm picks. Plus random assorted Fender 351 mediums.

 

Maybe some of the beginner guitar threads peeps like @Gourmand or @tigol would be interested in trying some different picks?

 

20250321-174612.jpg

 

 

Update:

I have G650's picks. If you want to see them alive again, send $3.50 in small, unmarked nickels and dimes

20250417_110351.thumb.jpg.7a33f0d0741baf79c6eebfc0a1aed49e.jpg

@Deej is right. In the absence of being able to afford guitars, I'm collecting picks now.

One of these picks is not like the others. G650's are between the weird one and the tiny red Jazz III.

Edited by Rimbo

He was supposed to send me those Herco's. Fuck. 

Could be worse.  PRS owners are coping with being unable to afford new guitars by getting bird inlay tattoos.  Another month, they’ll have to get pointy headstock tramp stamps.

 

 

IMG_9320.jpeg

Edited by Goredho

The PRS headstock hands will make masturbating painful. 

2 minutes ago, Deej said:

The PRS headstock hands will make masturbating painful. 

PRS can offset higher manufacturing costs by dropping John Mayer for Grady Stiles Jr.

IMG_9322.jpeg

6 hours ago, Deej said:

He was supposed to send me those Herco's. Fuck. 

I did, you still haven't seen them?

1 hour ago, G650 said:

I did, you still haven't seen them?

Nope

1 hour ago, Deej said:

Nope

Goddamn post office has gotten even worse somehow

1 hour ago, G650 said:

Goddamn post office has gotten even worse somehow

must not comment must not comment must  not comment

3 hours ago, Deej said:

Nope

Fuckin FedEx somehow screwed up my zip code on those picks, too. WTF.

 

15 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

must not comment must not comment must  not comment

we can THINK it super loud tho

Penguin Think GIF by Pudgy Penguins

1 hour ago, G650 said:

Goddamn post office has gotten even worse somehow

ancient aliens yes GIF

The post office needs to issue stamps in the shape of guitar picks.

4 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Buy it.  The world economy depends on YOU 😜

Unless something changes bigly in the financial outlook, I'm unlikely to make any big guitfiddle purchases in the foreseeable future.  But there are some on my list that have come up and tempted me.  

I keep forgetting who it was here (I know they've told me, I just can't recall), that wanted a Strat o Sonic - but didn't want to spend money on it.  That stuck with me so every time I see a deal I post one, hoping that reticent brethren may jump on it.  Also, because I kinda want one too, but it's not on The List.   Which is what I'm focused on at the moment.  

But here's the most recent version of The List.  It's pretty Ricky heavy, because I don't have one of those:

Rickenbacker:  360F, 260-12, 325v59 and/or 350v63, 4001

Gibson:  Firebird V, R9/R0 LP Sunburst (one day I'll part with my R8 for a thinner necked variety if I find the right deal), ES-350T, Epiphone Casino, ES-335 (since I got my 345, I'm kinda waffling on this one.  It's pretty far down the list we should say).  

Gretch:  Duo Jet, Chet Atkins/Western

Fender:  Electric XII, 1973 Telecaster Deluxe, preferably with trim, 2018 '51 LTD PJ Bass, George Harrison rosewood Tele

National:  Type 3 or Type 0

Martin: D-41, parlor model of some sort

Danelectro: Original DC

Amps I'm pretty good on for now, though I wouldn't mind a good deal on the Jack White signature.  

I'm currently working on a new pedal board set up, but that's a for another thread.  

3 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Unless something changes bigly in the financial outlook, I'm unlikely to make any big guitfiddle purchases in the foreseeable future.  But there are some on my list that have come up and tempted me.  

I keep forgetting who it was here (I know they've told me, I just can't recall), that wanted a Strat o Sonic - but didn't want to spend money on it.  That stuck with me so every time I see a deal I post one, hoping that reticent brethren may jump on it.  Also, because I kinda want one too, but it's not on The List.   Which is what I'm focused on at the moment.  

But here's the most recent version of The List.  It's pretty Ricky heavy, because I don't have one of those:

Rickenbacker:  360F, 260-12, 325v59 and/or 350v63, 4001

Gibson:  Firebird V, R9/R0 LP Sunburst (one day I'll part with my R8 for a thinner necked variety if I find the right deal), ES-350T, Epiphone Casino, ES-335 (since I got my 345, I'm kinda waffling on this one.  It's pretty far down the list we should say).  

Gretch:  Duo Jet, Chet Atkins/Western

Fender:  Electric XII, 1973 Telecaster Deluxe, preferably with trim, 2018 '51 LTD PJ Bass, George Harrison rosewood Tele

National:  Type 3 or Type 0

Martin: D-41, parlor model of some sort

Danelectro: Original DC

Amps I'm pretty good on for now, though I wouldn't mind a good deal on the Jack White signature.  

I'm currently working on a new pedal board set up, but that's a for another thread.  

I’d sell you my 2014 long scale Les Paul.  It’s an R0 with the skinnier neck but a 25.5” scale length.  I am guessing it would fall out of the “right deal” category, tho.

Man just looking at that list gives me anxiety. I am barely able to keep my stock straight, it's currently at 7 and I'm itchy to get rid of one or two.

I only need two guitars. Electric, and acoustic.

Might upgrade the electric to something with better-shielded internals.

52 minutes ago, Deej said:

Shield the one you have.

Leaning that way. The nice thing about an inexpensive guitar is that you don't worry so much about breaking anything.

The not so nice thing is that it was cheap because it was built in Indonesia, and with tariffs... it isn't cheap any more.

WTF?   I've never seen a fender with a Christian-style pickup.  am I the only one?

 

 

Man just looking at that list gives me anxiety. I am barely able to keep my stock straight, it's currently at 7 and I'm itchy to get rid of one or two.

I have a running joke with my wife that I’m never quite sure how many I have. That way, I can’t really be sure if there’s a change in the overall number. New guitar? No way….I only buy used. See honey, I don’t have any new guitars….
I’d sell you my 2014 long scale Les Paul.  It’s an R0 with the skinnier neck but a 25.5” scale length.  I am guessing it would fall out of the “right deal” category, tho.

Yeah I’m a cheap mother fucker. You need an R8?
I only need two guitars. Electric, and acoustic.
Might upgrade the electric to something with better-shielded internals.

Are you lost? I feel like you’ve found the wrong place.


giphy.gif
11 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:


Are you lost? I feel like you’ve found the wrong place.


giphy.gif

but I gotta shit ton of picks. doesn't that count for something? in this economy?

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

WTF?   I've never seen a fender with a Christian-style pickup.  am I the only one?

 

 

really?

Do want a Strat-o-sonic. It would round out my SS and HH Strats nicely. 

Is there anything more over the top than a LP Black Beauty with gold hardware and a Bigsby? Marcus King is ripping on one right now:

 

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...
Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business & Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Advertise... Tailgate Donations

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.