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[byrds1965]

 

 

 

Anyhow the CT sports full size humbuckeers and I belive they come with a short scale. Byrds has got one so he might be able to give you more on them. I do know he seems to be very happy with his...if he still has it that is.

 

 

 

Yeah I've got one in the flame top burst and it is a beautiful guitar. It does have the full size 25.5" neck which makes it a bit brighter than a 335. The best way to decribe the tone is if you guys here know the Epiphone Dots then the Hofner Verthin with full size HB is like scraping a layer of mud off the top of that sound. Loud and articulate and very defined.

 

If you can find one check them out. Even the MIC ones come with the German PUs and electronics stock. No need to change a thing and the build quality is A+. Better than anything in thier price range and then some.

 

I have never had any luck at pratice with my Casino, but my bandmate plays a gold top LP with P90s so we get too much of the same tone and neither one of us can cut as we trade off some leads. My posting about the Casino not cutting like a solid body was in reference to my band experience.

 

We have dropped it down to once a week now and we do play loud. I am talking 7-8 on a Fender twin in a basement with a hard hitting drummer. The Casino just can't cut it in that environment over a solid body or 335 center block guitar.

 

I use my HB guitars and have the tone difference. The Casino though does get used at home for rhythm and lead work on my demos and I have no problems.

[byrds1965]

 

Then again I guess it depends how you set up your rig and what you play. Why I didn't mention it not being to good for metal type music.....didn't think anybody would get a hollow body guitar for that(?). Guess I shouldn't take such things for granted...you never know.

 

When I was at college in the 1988-92 there was one band at EIU that used to play trash type metal at the metal bar Teds Warehouse and the guy had a 330 black Ric with the high gains through a Marshall full stack. We were not talking the Smithereens here. I went for the women back then but it sounded right for what it was.

 

I also saw a local blues band several years back and the lead guitarist had a Red Ric 330 and was getting some great tones all night.

 

I don't take anything for granted guitar use wise anymore.

[rafaelh]

LOL, I think I spoke to soon about using a semi for metal....I'd forgotten, and yes it was me.

 

Shortly after getting my Hofner a buddy that owns one of the local studios ask if I could help with a small project of his promoting his studio. He was putting on a small outdoor concert with some of his studio bands.

 

However he grabbed folks from different bands to make this one band he wanted me in. Bass, drummer , guitar and vocals....I was the only guy in the band.

 

These ladys got to choose songs they liked and wanted to play so it was all over the place....ZZTop, Petty, Zepp. The Bass player plays in her son's band from time to time so she wanted some of the new stuff too. "Infected" by Bad Religion IIRC...I can't keep up with this new stuff.

 

During rehearsels I would also use my other guitars, but mostly it was my Hofner.....being fairly new and all. That song, or Bad Religion, is not considered metal I wouldn't think. But a lot of Fuzz and gain.

 

Anyhow there I was playing high gain with a semi. Didn't think about it much while playing, but afterwards I though this guitar can pretty much do it all...as I said I'm very pleased with this guitar.

 

So yeah, I definitely shouldn't take such things for granted either...especially being the culprit of such. As I said I'd forgoten...I normaly don't play that kind of stuff.

[byrds1965]

LOL' date=' I think I spoke to soon about using a semi for metal....I'd forgotten, and yes it was me.

 

Shortly after getting my Hofner a buddy that owns one of the local studios ask if I could help with a small project of his promoting his studio. He was putting on a small outdoor concert with some of his studio bands.

 

However he grabbed folks from different bands to make this one band he wanted me in. Bass, drummer , guitar and vocals....I was the only guy in the band.

 

These ladys got to choose songs they liked and wanted to play so it was all over the place....ZZTop, Petty, Zepp. The Bass player plays in her son's band from time to time so she wanted some of the new stuff too. "Infected" by Bad Religion IIRC...I can't keep up with this new stuff.

 

During rehearsels I would also use my other guitars, but mostly it was my Hofner.....being fairly new and all. That song, or Bad Religion, is not considered metal I wouldn't think. But a lot of Fuzz and gain.

 

Anyhow there I was playing high gain with a semi. Didn't think about it much while playing, but afterwards I though this guitar can pretty much do it all...as I said I'm very pleased with this guitar.

 

So yeah, I definitely shouldn't take such things for granted either...especially being the culprit of such. As I said I'd forgoten...I normaly don't play that kind of stuff.[/quote']

 

Hey Rafael,

 

I have been playing 25+ years now and many of the new players try to figure out what guitar to play for what style or lead, rhythm etc. The few times we have played out I only bring one guitar though I rotate them now days. Back in college when I was playing out I only had one good guitar so that is the one that was used all the time no thought given to it.

 

I have told story about my best friend who is a true guitarist, unlike me, and whatever guitar you put in his hands still ends up sounding just like him. I had him once play every Strat in a music store for me while I listened to each one and decided what I was going to buy.

 

At the time I was ready to buy one of the best American models made at the time, but they all sounded the same with him playing so I bought my MIM Lake Placid blue as that was the one I liked the best, that and there were no MIA ones in the store in Lake Placid.

[clarkuss]

I agree with you Byrds. I think the guitar is largely irrelevant. I've always liked the P-90s but there wasn't too much difference between our band's sound when I was playing with alnicos humbuckers in the Dot Deluxe. You can pretty much compensate with any half decent amp and the range of styles and varieties is usually based on that guitarist's ability to create them.

[rafaelh]

 

Hey Rafael' date='

 

I have been playing 25+ years now and many of the new players try to figure out what guitar to play for what style or lead, rhythm etc. The few times we have played out I only bring one guitar though I rotate them now days. Back in college when I was playing out I only had one good guitar so that is the one that was used all the time no thought given to it. [/quote']

 

I know where you're coming from. In the 42 years I've been playing I have never come across a guitar that I would say it was crap...like I hear so many say at times. Some harder to play than others yeah, but nothing so bad that never stopped from getting a smile on my face.

 

As a matter of fact I'm still trying to thin down, but the ones I got left I like so much don't know how much thinner I can go. I'd love only to just have one or two guitars and the same with amps.

 

I'm the same as you...when I play out I'll bring a spare just in case, but it mostly stays in my vehicle. During rehearsals that's a different story. I might bring two and use both, that's play time...or experimenting time :)

 

I do like that color on a Strat, along with the favorite Surf Green. I'd like to get one in Surf Green , but have similar problem as you did with yours...or close enough. They only come with the 7 and a 1/4 inch radius....like a bit bigger radius.

 

BTW...that sounding the same no matter what guitar one plays can be good, but also be very boring. I sound like myself no mater what guitar you give me, but damn it's so mondane(is that how you spell that?). I come up with different things just to change somethins, but still end up sounding like me. It's gotten so bad that I have had several people tell me they know it's me before they see me playing just by hearing.

 

I mean don't get me wrong, it keeps me working. But it is so frustrating...at times it feels like I'm stuck in rut. Ah, what the hell..it's all good.

[byrds1965]

 

As a matter of fact I'm still trying to thin down' date=' but the ones I got left I like so much don't know how much thinner I can go. I'd love only to just have one or two guitars and the same with amps.

 

BTW...that sounding the same no matter what guitar one plays can be good, but also be very boring. I sound like myself no mater what guitar you give me, but damn it's so mondane(is that how you spell that?). I come up with different things just to change somethins, but still end up sounding like me. It's gotten so bad that I have had several people tell me they know it's me before they see me playing just by hearing.

 

I mean don't get me wrong, it keeps me working. But it is so frustrating...at times it feels like I'm stuck in rut. Ah, what the hell..it's all good.[/quote']

 

Due to my current job situation I have done a lot of thinning down, and now it is to the ones where it is painful.

 

I have thing same thing going for me on the sound thing too. I sound the same pretty much no matter what I play. I rotate the guitars to get some different tones, but on the whole it always sounds like me. I had always thought of that as an goal rather than a rut.

 

Maybe 25 more years from now I will feel stuck. Besides my main band I am in I also play with other people when I get the chance to keep things fresh or different anyway.

[rafaelh]

Sorry to hear about that byrds...this fricking present economy is going to be death of all if it don't turn soon. Hope you don't have to dip in to your favorites...hang on.

 

Playing with different folks is what actually keeps me from getting to bored with myself. I sub out, don't play in just one bad...or belong to, so it's like meeting people for the first time...you know first impressions and such. Even though it's usualy the same bunch of folks, there's still time gaps in bewtween that still keep it fresh...thank God.

 

I started years ago stealing from Brass and Bones...LOL, I mean I'll steal from anybody, then make it mine. But I backed off years ago as far as listening to other guitar players. ..besides, it seemed tpo me like nothing new under the sun anyways. Anyhow that's helped a lot too. I dig the big band and swing stuff....lots of material.

 

BTW...LOL, forgot all about Ted Nuggethead. Not a metal a player but pretty high volume player with his big box guitars. I think George T. (I can't spell his lat name..."Bad To The Bone" George) likes them big boxes too, and he's pretty loud too.

 

I got to tell you, since I started playing semi and hollow bodies I've found that they are very eassy to get a good tone out of them. Unlike my solid bodies that I have to tweak a bunch, or go as far as changing amps. Even seem like pedals seem to work better with them....or so it's been my experience anyhow.

 

Both my Hofner and Casino are just incridible sounding no matter what I plug into, they sure do love some OD.