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    Any one know spiders?

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    A bit late to the game here.  When I saw the title, I thought the OP might have been looking for people who know something about the Line 6 Spider amps.  I know very little about either type of spiders.  

    NGD

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    16 hours ago, merciful-evans said:

    That's tough on the harpist. 

    wide-shot-portrait-of-female-harpist-smi

    Sounds similar to the complaints coming from horn players about guitar players who only want to play in the keys of E and A.  I did learn how to play in F and other flat keys to play nice with my horn-playing brothers, especially for Blues jams and any Jazz collaborations.  I do aim to please.


     

    NGD

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    3 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

    Oboe fingering is close to the sax and flute (but not clarinet). I tried a schoolmate's oboe once, and I wasn't a natural at the double reed embouchure. But what I did notice is that oboists messed with their reeds a lot. And remember, the entire symphony orchestra tunes up to the oboe - that's power!!!

    I wanted to play Baritone Horn (Euphonium) because it had a beautiful tone. It's a good thing the saxophone became available, because I've never heard of any girls being attracted to the Euphonium player. 😄

    I looked up the tuning of an 8 string, interesting, two lower strings F# B E A D G B E. At least, unlike the B string, they are tuned in fourths.

    Before I played anything but barre chords on a guitar, I played the bass for a few years. So I deal with strings tuned in fourths OK, if I need to think about what a note in relation to another I'm playing.

    Have fun on your new adventure.

     

     

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    Ironically, my grandson was originally going to play a euphonium.  I had to look it up.   He ultimately switched to percussion and is now playing guitar.  
     

    I ordered some new strings (a set with heavier gauge bass stings) that should increase the string tension on the 7th and 8th strings that are pretty floppy.  Then I will decide if I’m going to tune it to F# standard or if possible Drop E.  
     

    One of the things I like about playing a 6 string bass is that in standard tuning it’s tuned in perfect 4th across all 6 strings (B-E-A-D-G-C).  No pesky B string tuned to a major 3rd.

     

     

    NGD

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    4 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

    I do this for a living, so I have more time to spend on it than most people do.

    I started on drums. Not by choice, but all the instruments in the school band were already rented, being the new guy, I got a pair of drum sticks and a practice pad. Some time later, the tenor sax player moved away, the sax was available and when the band director asked who would like to try it, I guess I said, "I do, I do, I do" more enthusiastically than the others.

    When I graduated, I tried to join the Air Force, got a 4F classification, so I went on the road with a rock band. Every song writer doesn't have the good sense to include a sax solo in every song, so I would sit in on drums, bass, keyboard, and a bit of guitar. Just barre chord rhythms - simple stuff.

    In order drums, sax, bass, flute, keyboards, rhythm guitar, wind synthesizer, and voice. I bought my own guitar in my 60s and started getting serious about it. I'll never be a Jeff Beck, but I can improvise rock, pop, and country guitar solos pretty well. I'd never take a gig as a guitarist, but I'm happy to double on it.

    Of all these instruments, the one that took the most practice is the voice. It took years of doing it before I became decent.

    We all have our own path to follow, and this has worked for me. Until the COVID lockdown came around, I never lacked for gigs. 

    Have fun with your 8 string. I'm impressed that you would get into that.

     

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    Interestingly, while I was in school (can’t remember if it was in grade school or Jr. high school), I was tested, along with everyone else, for musical proficiency.   I apparently scored high and when I indicated an interest in playing the oboe (due to my fascination of a recording of Peter and the Wolf), the “powers to be” were orgasmic.  Most likely because I was probably the first student in history in that school  that had interest in the oboe, not from overwhelming talent.  As excited as I was, my parents couldn’t afford the instrument rental, so I was instrument free for many years.

     Fast forward to 2001.  Multiple health scares. Finally got off my *** and took guitar playing seriously.  Then bass.  And eventually others.  

    Message for the forum from JDGM

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    On 5/6/2024 at 5:24 PM, 'Scales said:

    Yep the artery thing as you say. I’m on Eliquis as I went into AF a few months after op…so it’s better safe in my case. Glad to hear it’s going well for you - I have not felt better in many years now the heart is only pumping in one direction![laugh]

    I had AFib for a few weeks immediately after the surgery.  I’ve had two brief instances of AF in the last year.  The episodes usually one last a few minutes.  I was diagnosed with SVT back in 2020 and still take the lowest dose of metoprolol to help keep my heart rate from racing.  I can only imagine that it also helps control any potential issues with AF.

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    NGD

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    5 hours ago, SchroederKr said:

    My first guitar was exactly a $600 used Fender 😄

    My first guitar was a new 2002 Gibson Les Paul Faded Special. $600.  I still have it.  

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    Epiphone Coronet (USA Collection)

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    5 hours ago, Rabs said:

    I got my niece a Wilshire a year or so back. She loves it and I thought it was a really nice guitar (it was between that and a red Tele). I have some backup P90s for when she gets better and starts to care about tone  😄  The pickups on there arent terrible but could be better. But for £350, a great guitar with a glued in neck and solid mahogany...

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    Sweet guitar and very lucky niece.  The Wilshire, along with the Casino, is an Epi I could definitely wrap my mind (and fingers) around.  Gotta love P90s.

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    NGD

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    10 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

    Guitar is my 7th instrument. 

    While I played a little rhythm in bands, mostly barre chords, when there was no sax part, I didn't buy a guitar until I was in my 60s. Then I decided to play lead and learn more advanced chords too. I can do what I do fairly well, and feel comfortable doubling on guitar if the song isn't too challenging, but I would never take a guitar gig.

    8 strings, even 7 strings, would be too much for me.

    I played bass (4 string) during the psychedelic years, when nobody wanted to hear saxophones, so I wasn't afraid of the fretboard. 

    I hope your new 8 string guitar agrees with you and gives you years of pure pleasure.

     

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    You are way ahead of me.  I have a hard enough time trying to play just two (somewhat similar) instruments.  I can only imagine how clueless I would be trying to play that many instruments, regardless of how many years of experience I had.

    So far, so good with the new guitar.  Since I have played a 7 string for several years, the transition to 8 strings has been relatively seamless.  However, I have decided that changing to a higher string gauge is in order.  The 9-65 set is WAY too light, even for F# standard tuning, let alone Drop E.  The 7th, and especially the 8th strings, are entirely too floppy.  I have no idea why Ibanez strings ALL of their 8 strings with the 9-65 set.   I already ordered some D’Addario NYXL 9-80s.  Definitely looking forward to hearing/feeling the difference.

    NGD

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    Posted · Edited by tx-ogre

    1 hour ago, sparquelito said:

    Here's my scale:

    $100 - Cheap
    $200 - Bargain
    $300 - Pawn shop prize
    $400 - $500 - Reverb price range
    $600 - Decent Fender, used
    $700 to $1,000 - Price I'll pay for most new guitars
    $1,150 to $1,300 - Most I have ever paid for a US-made Fender
    $1,400 to $1,500 - Most I have ever paid for a Gibson
    $2,000 and up - Whooo buddy.  That's somebody else's guitar right there, not mine. 

    🙂

    Pretty much in line with my purchases over the years, with only my ES-335 falling into the “whoa buddy” range.

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    NGD

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    On 5/12/2024 at 6:03 PM, sparquelito said:

    I apologize for the title of that guy's video; The Best Cheap 8 String.

    I don't consider $450 to be 'cheap'. 
    I view that dollar amount as 'affordable'. 

    Cheap is a hundred bucks, in my world view. 

    🙂

     No worries.  The title caught my eye when I was searching for videos.  Although Ibanez and other manufacturers seem to prefer the term “entry level.”  

    NGD

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    3 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

    HNGD - it's a beauty!

    I think an 8 string guitar would give me two extra opportunities to play wrong notes 😉

    Yeah, I did consider that fact.  When I bought my 7 string guitar back in 2015, I figured the extra string would present more and greater opportunities to increase my “suck factor.”  (Like I need any additional help).  Buying my 6 string bass offered the same possibilities on the low end.  Buying an 8 string guitar seemed like the logical next step.

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