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Keef

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Brendan

Brendan

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Listen you lot, we all know that Sunday afternoon Texas Two Steps can only truly rock the church hall if played on Ibanezezezes with flames, lightening bolts, skulls and naked lady inlays on the neck. You may want some pickups in there too I suppose.


Oh and the Floyd Rose.


And the solid state amp and the digital multi-effects pedal.


And leather trousers. (these are especially important)

Annasfield

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Keef Wrote:

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> Annasfield Wrote:

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> I can do, but I am self taught, so probably don't

> do everything by the book, and may teach you bad

> habits.



Thats okay, I have plenty of my own anyway. Used to play piano - had lessons for 5 years and never learnt how to read music. Imagine I'd be the same with most muscial instruments.

MrBen

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Design wise : the Stratocaster - a real design classic of the last century up there with the Spitfire, beautiful curves, and variety of sound in the 5 way single coils.


Sound wise: There can't be one winner - it's horses for courses isn't it? The Les Paul rule's for warm fuzzy rock and the Strat for funk, soul and as it was used by my all time west side Chicago heroes: Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Magic Sam it wins for me. I do love Slash too - a real original and brilliant player, he'll never change his Les Paul.


I have two Strat's (a US vintage reissue Fender and a Tokai) but if I can afford it one day I'd love to invest in an old Gibson 335....

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Visceral

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Respect to LP!


Didn't Hendrix prove that Fenders played upside down sounded better than Gibsons no matter which way up you have them!


Play a Fender the right way up and you have none of the disadvantges of the upside down Fender plus all the versatility of the right way up Fender...excellent, the switch works logically and for us right handers it's a real advantage.


Play a Gibson upside down then the anti gravity device no longer works and it becomes heavier than the sack of Sh** it is!


Flying V - Gibsons' way of solving the upsidedowness problem.. Ha!


Leo's been waiting for LP, let them sort it out!

Jah Lush

Jah Lush

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Les Pauls are certainly heavy but the heaviest guitar I ever played was a double cut away Dan Armstrong with a sliding pick-up. I think the body was made of solid oak or mahogany about two inches thick. A great sound but it weighed a ton. It was once owned by Mick Ronson and David Bowie used it for the guitar riff on Rebel Rebel.
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