Things you take for granted
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Things you take for granted
Talking about parts and features of a guitar we go on about pups, finish, pots, trems, neck profile, fret size, basswood v's the world, tuners, switches, witch hats, string gauge, amber switch tips, gaffer tape, etc but how about fret inlays?
To be more precise, side inlays. I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THEM. My playing turns into a mess, i've never known this happen before and just realised how the side fret inlays are like a navigation system for me, especially stood up. The fretboard inlays make no difference, i've had guitars without any.
Anything you take for granted on a guitar?
To be more precise, side inlays. I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THEM. My playing turns into a mess, i've never known this happen before and just realised how the side fret inlays are like a navigation system for me, especially stood up. The fretboard inlays make no difference, i've had guitars without any.
Anything you take for granted on a guitar?
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The guitar neck...cause it's like you know, if you didn't have it, you pretty much couldn't play any guitar, so it's pretty easy to take for granted.
Tuning pegs - If there was no way to tune a guitar on the fly, you'd be stuck with whatever random tension you could pull the strings to and tie them to.
Nut- because without it the strings would rest on the first fret and just kind of slide about
Strings - without them it would be a percussive instrument pretty much exclusively
Tuning pegs - If there was no way to tune a guitar on the fly, you'd be stuck with whatever random tension you could pull the strings to and tie them to.
Nut- because without it the strings would rest on the first fret and just kind of slide about
Strings - without them it would be a percussive instrument pretty much exclusively
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I have an old antares korean made acoustic guitar that i've had for 20 years. I've left that thing in the cold, dropped it and smashed it against so many things over the years... the wood has warped and it really just sounds great. I bought a real nice martin a few years ago and I still play my antares acoustic because some how after all these years it has developed a really rich and warm sound and IMO it sounds better than the martin.
I took that guitar for granted for a really long time.. I'm glad It'll never be worth anything so that I'm never tempted to sell it.
I took that guitar for granted for a really long time.. I'm glad It'll never be worth anything so that I'm never tempted to sell it.
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Guitars:
2014 American Deluxe Stratocaster
2013 Gibson SG 61RI
1998 Paul Reed Smith CE22
2014 American Deluxe Stratocaster
2013 Gibson SG 61RI
1998 Paul Reed Smith CE22
thanks guys i appreciate itultratwin wrote:Blane!!?!
Last I remember you were snowed in or something with some crazy pics to boot. Post more, ya...Howya been?
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Guitars:
2014 American Deluxe Stratocaster
2013 Gibson SG 61RI
1998 Paul Reed Smith CE22
2014 American Deluxe Stratocaster
2013 Gibson SG 61RI
1998 Paul Reed Smith CE22
blane wrote:thanks guys i appreciate itultratwin wrote:Blane!!?!
Last I remember you were snowed in or something with some crazy pics to boot. Post more, ya...Howya been?it's funny you say that because tonight i'm still snowed it.. just in michigan now.. I posted a thread in the pub that we can use to catch up.. I don't want to derail all the threads in the guitar forum for the next few days.
Cool, will correspond there and stuff. Peeeece.