I hate you, Bacchus. -Lindy Fralin

We hear a lot about body woods, neck woods, and tone. Over the years I've admired the musicians who refer to the tone quality they get from a type of wood, or from the age of the wood. When I was younger I'd think, "Man, I hope I develop an ear like that..." Over the years, I've become mor...

Nick wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 1:33 pm

Nick, I love the irony!

Maybe it's like pop; defined by motive. Same shit can be art or pop, depending on if the creator wanted it to mainly communicate or to sell loads. Americana could be reflective of an intent to define or describe american history, arts or ideals in songs, or to tell stories with sounds that are fami...

plopswagon wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 1:22 pm It’s like pornography, you’ll no it when you see it.

Well, you make a good point. Like conservatives defining pornography in useless terms, we gain nothing from "I know Americana when I hear or see it."

My 1960 Harmony Stratotne Jupiter has the original D'Armond Goldfoils. The neck is 10 ohms and the bridge is 10.8. Not sure if these can be mass produced today. The metals, the wiring, or the winding, any one of these might be obsolete. The website isn't allowing me to copy & paste my photo... s...

Getting more silvertone/harmony vibe from the JM. At this point I would rather buy a Harmony Silhouette. More interesting, probably lighter. 100% strong Harmony Silhouette/Bobkat vibes, feel like they're just straight-up ripping off the recent reissue: harmony@1400x1050.jpeg So these beauties are c...

Getting more silvertone/harmony vibe from the JM. At this point I would rather buy a Harmony Silhouette. More interesting, probably lighter. 100% strong Harmony Silhouette/Bobkat vibes, feel like they're just straight-up ripping off the recent reissue: harmony@1400x1050.jpeg So these beauties are c...

Yeah, that sunburst is a cheap sunburst of Harmonies of the 50s and 60s which were originally equipped with the DeArmond "gold foils". And I agree about Jazzmaster having slowly turned into a strat. I once saw some video with "alternative bands" playing one after another, each b...

I play direct into my 1997 Danelectro Honeytone (the prototype for the 1998 to 2005 Nifty Fifty). But I want sustain and am considering using a pedal...big leap for this Blues-Roots-Rocker. So I've looked at the Behringer CS400; the JOYO JF10; and the DeadBeat Sound Distortion pedals. What other mak...

"Americana"...this vague term piqued my curiosity when I first heard it used in 2000. As I read more about Americana and asked other musicians what it meant to them, the term “roots music” kept coming up. I know what that means to me... contemporary music that also has the sound of an old ...

On Reverb there's a man selling his 1964 Mustang for $7.5K. He claims to be the original owner; that his parents custom ordered the Candy Apple Red paint. I'm concerned it may be a refin. He has offered no documentation but has answered my inquiry promptly (see below). Anyone have any knowledge of t...

Though I don't own one, this Forum has made me aware of some Jaguar bridge, tremolo, and shallow break-angle shortcomings. When I found this article, it sounded like the Vintage Guitar Company has solved some of them. So FYI, and let us know what you think: http://guitar.com/review/electric-guitar/v...

..no word on whether it was Jenner, just a video from over a decade prior... Maybe the neck broke on Jenner, he ditched the guitar, some guy on the west coast made/had a neck made for it...and sold it to some junkshop as a true Frankenstein with no vintage collectability whatsoever...and then in wa...

Thanks, Paul. That's too important and helpful to be called "trivia". A question for everyone, not meant just for Paul... What makes a Fender a Mustang? 1. It seems to be the shape of the body, and the scale? 2. or is it these two criteria plus also the pickups, bridge, and the switches? M...

Pens wrote:Can no one else hear a change in sound when he moves the guitar off of his body?

Are you saying this means you can hear the difference between solid body electric guitars made of different woods?

We, most guitarists, appreciate Jeff Beck's unique technique. We struggle for the right words...we might refer to his "Blues-Rock-Jazz technique". Relistening to early Jeff Beck, his Blues-Rock not yet grown tangent to the jazz sphere, I realize now how hard it was to "hear" what...

Buffalo NY produces some hot musicians like Jim Hall, Lucky Peterson, Ani DeFranco, Paul Siebel, Rick James, GooGoo Dolls, Pegasus, Billy Sheehan, Grover Washington, and the amazing Peter Case.

Peter founded The Nerves, and then the ultra-cool Plimsouls. Give a listen:

Fakir Mustache wrote:RIP.

Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane just died too.

Yeah, I was struck by Marty Balin's passing. So young. Thanks for reminding us, FM.