merciful-evans

I think she's too young to be on my radar... 🙁

You asked something you cant answer yourself? 😮 Only played for 4 years but lost track of how many guitars!? 🤣 I've had 22 guitars over 49 years (24 if basses included).

G-Force and titanium nut for 3 years: Check. Me too. I quite liked it and felt disappointed on the one occasion when the tuning did go wrong, because I was then compelled to change to ordinary tuners. I love the titanium nut. 48s wont fit? Bummer, but titanium can be reworked / fettled (I have experience working with titanium). A fine diamond file would work. Make no mistake, it could be hard work but worth it IMO. I really like to adjust string height at the nut.

Puzzle lawsuits next? Gibson thought of Jigsaws too (check out the 100 year precedent label).

In the 30s, everybody, including Gibson, ripped off Electro String and made their own magnetic pickups in violation of the applied for patents. Once the (very late) patents were granted, the company never pursued the dozens of violations, probably because the lawsuits would bankrupt them before they saw any money back. Imagine if they (now Rickenbacker) could do that now?

Amazing purchase prices. 😮 The provenance is a great talking point, but to me they are just 2nd hand guitars.

I think so, but I also feel that many such songs would not be received the way we might expect. "yeah not bad, but lose that riff and ramp up the tempo..." "that's different from your usual style. its got potential, but go for a rewrite with some power chords"

Great sound. Enjoyable listen. Nice playing!

I got that too. Next time he should wear a big white hat and grin.

Thanks Rabs. A lot of talk about innovation there 😶

the premise of the story is a bit like Goodnight Sweetheart (a uk sitcom) where a young man time travels to wartime (WW2) uk and plays Beatles songs on the piano. Of course, he claims to have written them.

They don't have any choice. Its a police state over there. PRS is the weird one. Its still a police state but its run by the trustees.

I was thinking the same thing with the Victory model etc. All the USA makers have all copied each other. Except Rickenbacker, who are the most brand paranoid of all.

Hi Larry and welcome to the forum. I am not an expert, so cant offer a useful appraisal. I like the colour though, and it suits the amber knobs.

Re: G Force and other changes/innovations. It was clear to me when I first came here that emotions were involved. I had trouble understanding that. That vitriolic hated is irrational and so cant be met on rational terms. That G Force was not quite good enough is one thing, but the whole concept is offensive to many. Most of them would never even use it. It wasn't just G Force. One member was just as upset about the tang hole in the pickup ring (to hold the removable pickguard on). He couldn't see it (if he's playing), his audience couldn't see it. It would never show up in a photo. So it was just the idea of it being there that triggered the reaction. A pickup ring is easy to replace and not worth a rant IMO. I'm glad I stuck around, because I learned a lot and got to know lots of you, but I still think your all batsh1t crazy.

I rarely used a tuner at all for years. I just used to imagine a orchestra tuning up, and I tuned to that. Worked well. I lost that ability after a couple of years hearing a tone deaf singer in the workshop next to my office. I also do not learn by ear so well now. I thought I would have that ability for always, but no more. Seems that skill needs ongoing practice.

Nothing major. As Steve said, the gearing is low so lots more winding to do. Its also pretty stiff so its harder work. The major problem for me was stability, rarely tuning accuracy. The guitar needed tuning a bit more frequently. I used G Force for well over 3 years so I got to know it pretty well. Having said that I never pushed it hard. Never used it outside of concert tuning, and always tuned strings individually.

Curious, I replaced my G-Force with Grovers a few weeks back. I don't hear any difference.

Interesting sonic mod. From your description, probably wouldn't suit me, but good to know.

Yes but its a truth that's run away with itself and got lost IMO. Guitars sound like themselves as well. Otherwise there would be no point in having more than one.

Well I have to rein well back on the gain and use the neck pickup to get anywhere near how I want to sound. Even so, it still doesn't sound like me. I am not trying to play like Bloomfield, nor could I if I wanted too, though the LP tones do lend itself to that style (hammer on/pulloff stuff) which I am poor at anyway. Unless its all in my head (possible), I do have my own sound. I certainly don't know of anyone else I sound like.

Linux appeals but has always appeared to be specialist. I'm not a techhead, nor used a CLI for 20 years. Will it run (for example) Photoshop without jumping through hoops?

weird. FWIW, I think 'Leave It Be' is a better title.

I have a tone identity. When I got my LP, I happened upon a good approximation of a Mike Bloomfield sound. I wasn't looking for it. It was fun to use but it felt like I was wearing his suit. I have loved the LP sound for years, but its not my sound. I feel like a fraud going out and using it. For that reason I seldom gig the LP.

Unless you saw Mike in concert its hard to know what processing occurred between his playing and your listening. You could easily end up chasing mixdown/mastering changes; not to mention the reproduction on CD/radio/PCs etc.