merciful-evans

While pickups can change your sound, they can't make your MM sound like a SG. I've changed out pickups and not gotten the result I was after. The design/build makes a massive difference to the sound of a guitar.

That sounds idyllic. Sadly, where I live there is nowhere remote enough to play in the open without violating the peace!

Guitarist: I want a great tone. Devil: Give me your soul and you can have it. Guitarist: Take my sins instead. Devil: Your sins?! Guitarist: Yeah. The priest is always telling me “a tone for your sins”

I'm curious. Realising I'm in the minority here makes me wonder what knee you are resting the guitar on? I'm right handed and rest the guitar on the left knee. To me this is secure enough not to need a strap. In fact, I couldn't use a strap on my classical guitar even if I wanted to because it has no strap pin.

That's why I think Gibson still try to push innovation where they can get away with it. They probably surmise us old guys wont be replaced with more old guys when we are gone.

Really nice collection. The obvious question is do you have a favourite? I have one Fender amp. An aging Stage 112 (no tubes). The last Fender item I bought was last year; an ashtray cover for a T-style Fujigen guitar.

sustain it by adding a 4th

Dentists & Accountants? No, that's PRS. Those kids are mixed up. Congrats on the Jr. Gibson regularly bring out affordable blingless guitars. They are great I think because they are still loaded with premium hardware & pickups. Post a picture or two?

Nice to hear it. We seldom get to do that. Thanks 👌 Congrats. I love the 2015 models also.

What you are doing is great. You're a true friend. Nice going

I bought 5 various expensive instrument cables 20 years ago. I 'retired' one of them 3 years ago. The others are going strong still and will likely see me out. The retired one lasted 17 years of gigging before beginning to sound noisy. That thing paid for itself many times over. It earned its retirement. The cheap cables I used as a youngster all became noisy within a couple of months, which meant of course that they weren't really cheap at all.

Like Twang Gang, I use a signal processor to get my sound. This then slaves the amp in 'dry' mode so it minimises any further colouration. Works well. Occasionally I might line out to the PA too. I don't need much sustain. Anyway, sometimes too much sustain can negatively impact the overall tone.

You have to do it if its for safety. Myself, I seldom use a strap seated.

there's no such thing as tone wood

tasteful!

Well it sounds like a good idea. The only thing about this that bugged me was when I don't notice the date. -'feeling duped' as Sgt put it.

Its also very interesting that It sounds better in the LP. Good result! Its good to experiment. Yes, it taught me that the design/build is more important to the sound than I had expected. We see humbuckers in Fender builds, and they still sound Fender-like.

I changed out humbuckers on this Squier Esprit for Fender spec single coils I had made by the Creamery (they are in a humbucker housings). I was trying to see how close I could get to a Fender sound in this Gibson style build. It didnt get me very close at all, but they do sound good, and better than the Duncan designed originals. before and after

https://www.guitarinsite.nl/serienummers-gibson_eng.php Results for 13098719 This guitar was made on 5 November 2018 in Nashville https://serial-number-decoder.co.uk/gibson/gibson.htm

Well, thanks for letting us know. I saw it. But he had been holding it together pretty well up until then.

I hope you are still using an analog hearing aid. https://audiorecovery.com/blog/difference-between-analog-and-digital-hearing-aids/#:~:text=Analog hearing aids work in,aids amplify all sound equally.

Fair enough, but one to cite one example: There's one begun by someone asking the whereabouts of model-specific hardware. That question was answered recently with a link to what he wanted. Except to OP was posted 9 years ago, and his last post of this forum was 5 years ago.

You can reveal the serial number here. Plenty of people have. What about the link I put up? It looks pretty much like yours to me. At the bottom of this page are further links including serial no. FAQs. There are also Sites that you can enter your serial number & they return what it should be.

I dont use them myself, but loopers are useful. There are also backing tracks for all sort of musicians. Our bass player Paul uses them all the time. https://www.facebook.com/100004776005125/videos/1495268173975702/