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That’s why they sell so many guitars I think

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The Taylor is not as bright as my granddaughter's acoustic axe....but hasn't the boom of the glorious fresh-plek'd and strung Hummingbird. 

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That's kind of Taylor's thing, though, isn't it?  I have another acoustic that does the low-end boomier thing better. 

Yup, most Taylors I've played aren't very heavy handed in the lower register, a little dry sounding, not super bright either.  They record great.

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Anyone have any experience with Rivolta guitars?  Strongly considering one of their baritones.  28" scale length, typically strung with 13-68 and tuned from B standard to drop G1.

 

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I don't know how the scale or tuning of a baritone guitar, but if you told me it was that I'd say that sounds right. Cool enough vibe of a guitar, somewhere in that Reverend aesthetic. Shitty name - sounds like something I don't want to eat and also might sexually assault me during a massage.

 

Very important stage gear picture from The Mountain Goats.

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just mad mad respect for rocking the PRS acoustic and the Schecter. Perfect guitars for his whole deal. The other one is a black Takamine which is also a very suitable John Darnielle guitar but a pretty normal choice. I feel like I remember him playing a black takamine at Mohawk like 15 years ago as well.

9 hours ago, Celery Man said:

I don't know how the scale or tuning of a baritone guitar, but if you told me it was that I'd say that sounds right. Cool enough vibe of a guitar, somewhere in that Reverend aesthetic. Shitty name - sounds like something I don't want to eat and also might sexually assault me during a massage.

 

Very important stage gear picture from The Mountain Goats.

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just mad mad respect for rocking the PRS acoustic and the Schecter. Perfect guitars for his whole deal. The other one is a black Takamine which is also a very suitable John Darnielle guitar but a pretty normal choice. I feel like I remember him playing a black takamine at Mohawk like 15 years ago as well.

Yeah, I’ve wanted a baritone, but many are targeted for drop tuned metal playing, and I really don’t do that much.  I like the pickup combo and variety of sounds I hear in vids from this one.  Also, funny you mention Reverend, these are made at the same factory and player reviews pretty universally say build quality is equivalent.

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On 9/26/2025 at 11:23 AM, Celery Man said:

 sounds like something I don't want to eat

Is it "Muledick"?

21 hours ago, tbone_ said:

What’s with that seam in the carpet?

I had to go back and look: you can only see it at certain angles but that might be from when my water heater blew and flooded my basement a few years ago. Had to do some surgery to save the carpet. 

Y'all need to explain me something.

My first bass was a Peavey T-40 ca 1983 or so. By any standard, an entry level bass. It weighed approximately two million tons. If you fiddled the knobs right one way, you could get a decent bright tone; if you set them another, a decent heavy tone. All other settings were pointless. 

In the 90s I upgraded to an Ibanez fretless SDGR SR800. It could do every good sound the Peavey could do, made a lot of sounds the Peavey couldn't do, and weighed a lot less. You can buy one used for like $400.

Now here's my question.

WHAT IN THE GODDAMN HELL IS GOING ON HERE? That someone would buy a goddamn cinder block disguised as a musical instrument for more than $100, much LESS this kinda price, ... you gotta be outta your fuckin mind. what the fuck 

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Nostalgia is a hell of a drug

I had a Vantage bass that my brother let me use as he got old and married and had stopped playing.  And a Peavey bass amp with a 15” speaker.  Amp and bass were really heavy for a teenager that weighed maybe 150lbs at the time. 
 

For being a no-name brand, that Vantage played well.  I’m sure my tone was complete crap.  But man my shoulder would be sore after a long rehearsal. 

18 hours ago, Vanilla Strange Gato said:

OH MY GOD IT'S THE HIT.

There was this crappy metal band in Austin in the early 90's who just kept playing despite having no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Even ended up getting signed, more from sheer refusal to admit defeat than anything. And the guitarist had a transparent neon green guitar on this shape, iirc.

 

32 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

wtf is going on with G&L?  Did Fender acquire them?

No se.  It’s like everything else in the world being overloaded and obfuscated into unknowability.  They were either acquired by Fender, destroyed by tariffs, furloughed in the government shutdown,  murdered by trans antifa, or assassinated by federal troops deployed to Fullerton, California.

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Oh I had a whole post on that that I was surprised wasn’t getting commented on but there it was still in the reply box. Sad. I still want a Comanche and one of those asats with the super single coils

 

 

On 10/2/2025 at 4:22 PM, Buzzrock said:

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That is fucked up.

Now I need to buy back my S-500.

 

 

The only thing I didn't like about my S-500 was that the headstock was too long and it didn't fit in my Fender gig bag. 

Am in Peru this week visiting Machu Picchu and I couldn’t resist.  Going to be making some trip-inspired music when I get back centered around this. 
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Been getting into playing the Les Paul again. My old self is happy for the 8 lb 3 oz weight. 

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This was on the wall behind us at a place we played the other night. Thought it was pretty cool. Anyone seen this quote before?

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I read that with a hint of phaser in my inner voice.

New baritone today.  Very cool vibe, superb sounds, but it’s gonna need a good setup after I get home.

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I need an intervention.  I was digging around in my closet for my fave electric (a G&L Tele) because I'm playing out on Friday and before I found it I came across an unopened package that contained a Squier Strat, for which I apparently paid $120 off amazon. 

Crimony.

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I'm such a dumbass.
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It was the free, online lessons that got you, right?

The "sunburst" on this thing looks like a stoner in 9th grade auto shop class got tired of huffing the Krylon so he painted his shitty guitar.

How does it play? I have a buddy that has a squire Strat that is the color of tomato soup. I think it was $150 or something. He calls it tomato soup. It plays surprisingly well. He uses it to give lessons on.

10 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

How does it play? I have a buddy that has a squire Strat that is the color of tomato soup. I think it was $150 or something. He calls it tomato soup. It plays surprisingly well. He uses it to give lessons on.

I'll get to plug in at rehearsal tonight.  Neck seems OK, a little shallow for my stupid chimpanzee palms.

2 hours ago, noharleyyet said:

My favorite strat color...

Yeah, it's like Fender wanted to copy the 60s, Japanese copy sunburst.  Despite Jimmy-Jazz's take on it, I rather like it.  Kind of understated.

 

My first electric was a Teisco (?) like this one but no vibrato arm port.  My Uncle bought it in the 60s and gave it to me along with a Ventura hollow bass and a 1962 Gibson LG-0.  I still have the Gibson.

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Posted in the Space Ace thread, but works here because damn if we don't appreciate showy guitars:

 

Update on cheap Squier Strat:  it doesn't sound great, kinda thin.  There's no point in keeping the body ($120) and building out a frankenstrat.  I think this is going to go on the "give it to a nephew" list.  

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