the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Best Guitar to Play the Blues?
NICE CALL WATT!!! You seen the reissues????
NICE CALL WATT!!! You seen the reissues????
subanots
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Re: Best Guitar to Play the Blues?
awesome! what is that? looks like a sears silvertone or something, but i havent seen one like that.....oh..... ooops. i see what it is in the img tag. lol.
awesome! what is that? looks like a sears silvertone or something, but i havent seen one like that.....oh..... ooops. i see what it is in the img tag. lol.
Re: Best Guitar to Play the Blues?
I have the big archtop version of that (the 26" Aristocrat) and if you wanna play Jimmy Reed, postwar Chicago, or Memphis era Wolf, that is the stuff.... Leave the Strat home; I just came back from a festival stage full of Strats and it all sounded like d*****t.
It was cool in 1982...no more.
I have the big archtop version of that (the 26" Aristocrat) and if you wanna play Jimmy Reed, postwar Chicago, or Memphis era Wolf, that is the stuff.... Leave the Strat home; I just came back from a festival stage full of Strats and it all sounded like d*****t.
It was cool in 1982...no more.
Wattage
High Voltologist
Re: Best Guitar to Play the Blues?
THERE IS A REISSUE!?! Who put it out?
I looked for one on and off for a while. I have found 2 over the course of time but they were severly abused or ignored and in need of lots of help. I open up the new GP that came yesterday afternoon and there is a write Will Ray did on one he scored on eBay, weird.
As for the Strats only Clapton/Guy/SRV school that is totally fine if you run with the flock but search out something unique and you'll be better for it. If you hear something in your head and it says Strat or LP or Tele, 335, etc.that's fine go for it, Jimmie Vaughan certainly has a very unique sound and style playing a very simple Strat so there is certainly room to find your own voice there. Not like I play anything exotic but if I was looking to find a new vibe I would certainly start off the beaten track.
THERE IS A REISSUE!?! Who put it out?
I looked for one on and off for a while. I have found 2 over the course of time but they were severly abused or ignored and in need of lots of help. I open up the new GP that came yesterday afternoon and there is a write Will Ray did on one he scored on eBay, weird.
As for the Strats only Clapton/Guy/SRV school that is totally fine if you run with the flock but search out something unique and you'll be better for it. If you hear something in your head and it says Strat or LP or Tele, 335, etc.that's fine go for it, Jimmie Vaughan certainly has a very unique sound and style playing a very simple Strat so there is certainly room to find your own voice there. Not like I play anything exotic but if I was looking to find a new vibe I would certainly start off the beaten track.
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drpietrzak
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Re: Best Guitar to Play the Blues?
For me there is no one guitar save the one that speaks the blues to you when yo have it in your hands.
For me there is no one guitar save the one that speaks the blues to you when yo have it in your hands.
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: Best Guitar to Play the Blues?
+1. There's something about ES-5's, 175's, 335's, 330's, 350's, 225's, etc; they were the guitars of choice by most of the bluesmen in the 1950's. You don't have to use the tools they did, but it creates a little more of a connection when you do.
I been to many blues festivals & they're more enjoyable when there's a wide variety of electric guitars used throughout the day. If 90% of the guitarists are playing Strats, it usually means half the bands are going to have tinny-sounding guitars (God bless the Strat players that know how to get good tones). When someone finally pulls out a 335, it's usually the best-sounding guitar of the day.
+1. There's something about ES-5's, 175's, 335's, 330's, 350's, 225's, etc; they were the guitars of choice by most of the bluesmen in the 1950's. You don't have to use the tools they did, but it creates a little more of a connection when you do.
I been to many blues festivals & they're more enjoyable when there's a wide variety of electric guitars used throughout the day. If 90% of the guitarists are playing Strats, it usually means half the bands are going to have tinny-sounding guitars (God bless the Strat players that know how to get good tones). When someone finally pulls out a 335, it's usually the best-sounding guitar of the day.
Re: Best Guitar to Play the Blues?
Zack Zunis was there yesterday and there's one guy that gets a real nice tone out of a Strat...I think for a lot of touring guys, it's just easier to haul a Strat and stick it in the overhead; you can't do that with an ES5. I had a h**l of a time just trying to get a 335 over to Europe...the last time I checked one, the headstock came out busted.
Zack Zunis was there yesterday and there's one guy that gets a real nice tone out of a Strat...I think for a lot of touring guys, it's just easier to haul a Strat and stick it in the overhead; you can't do that with an ES5. I had a h**l of a time just trying to get a 335 over to Europe...the last time I checked one, the headstock came out busted.
Markk
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Re: Best Guitar to Play the Blues?
Definately an ES335 type of guitar. Also goes good with jazz (But I think I'd prefer the 175 [or something similar] for jazz).
A tele seems more country to me. A strat is more for blues rock. Les Pauls are basically rock. And super strats are for 80's hair metal.
At least, that's how I see it.
Definately an ES335 type of guitar. Also goes good with jazz (But I think I'd prefer the 175 [or something similar] for jazz).
A tele seems more country to me. A strat is more for blues rock. Les Pauls are basically rock. And super strats are for 80's hair metal.
At least, that's how I see it.
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Stevo 42
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Superstrats
Superstrats
I don't want to become the defender of superstrats but looks like I do have to defend my ownership of them. First off, the looks are cool (a matter of taste certainly) and different. Secondly, both of mine sound great and are super versatile. I've replaced the pickups in both with Seymore Duncans and both coil tap reasonably well. I can get a lot of different sounds, from high gain (which they do do best) to more mellow music. They are easy to play lead on and easy to play fast leads on. When I started getting into playing blues, it just didn't seem right to play on a superstrat, and I thought I'd get some opinions from a respected board that has helped me a lot in the past.
If anyone is interested, below is the beginning of the Wikipedia article on Superstrats:
Superstrat (sometimes spelled as super strat or super-strat) is a name for an electric guitar design that resembles a Fender Stratocaster but with differences that clearly distinguish it from a standard Stratocaster, usually to cater to a different playing style. Differences typically (but not necessarily) include more pointed, aggressive-looking body and neck shapes, different tonewoods, increased number of frets, and usage of humbucking pickups, and Floyd Rose tremolo systems. [1][2][3].
There is no formal definition of a superstrat[3]; the categorisation is still largely left to popular opinion and depends greatly on the artist(s) associated with a particular model and how it is marketed. Superstrats are generally suited for heavy metal music played with high-gain distortion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstrat
Superstrats
I don't want to become the defender of superstrats but looks like I do have to defend my ownership of them. First off, the looks are cool (a matter of taste certainly) and different. Secondly, both of mine sound great and are super versatile. I've replaced the pickups in both with Seymore Duncans and both coil tap reasonably well. I can get a lot of different sounds, from high gain (which they do do best) to more mellow music. They are easy to play lead on and easy to play fast leads on. When I started getting into playing blues, it just didn't seem right to play on a superstrat, and I thought I'd get some opinions from a respected board that has helped me a lot in the past.
If anyone is interested, below is the beginning of the Wikipedia article on Superstrats:
Superstrat (sometimes spelled as super strat or super-strat) is a name for an electric guitar design that resembles a Fender Stratocaster but with differences that clearly distinguish it from a standard Stratocaster, usually to cater to a different playing style. Differences typically (but not necessarily) include more pointed, aggressive-looking body and neck shapes, different tonewoods, increased number of frets, and usage of humbucking pickups, and Floyd Rose tremolo systems. [1][2][3].
There is no formal definition of a superstrat[3]; the categorisation is still largely left to popular opinion and depends greatly on the artist(s) associated with a particular model and how it is marketed. Superstrats are generally suited for heavy metal music played with high-gain distortion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstrat
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: Best Guitar to Play the Blues?
Don't you just love it when someone has the audacity to think for themselves, and walk on stage with a 335 or LP?
Don't you just love it when someone has the audacity to think for themselves, and walk on stage with a 335 or LP?
Benjy_26
25's Nemesis
Re: Best Guitar to Play the Blues?
Of course. Let's all be different (just like everyone else)! :wall:
Of course. Let's all be different (just like everyone else)! :wall:
drew_half_empty
Looking for Real Life
Re: Best Guitar to Play the Blues?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmhSemPRiyg
even through the crappy camera that tone is amazing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmhSemPRiyg
even through the crappy camera that tone is amazing...
super rad stuff
Skaforlifeologist
Re: Best Guitar to Play the Blues?
he's got great tone, period! his vibrato is very similar to mine:scratchch
i'd love to have something like what he's got, i just don't have the patience for stuff meant mostly for cleans or light overdrive.
he's got great tone, period! his vibrato is very similar to mine:scratchch
i'd love to have something like what he's got, i just don't have the patience for stuff meant mostly for cleans or light overdrive.
