VM Jaguar/Jazzmaster
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:53 pm
I just picked up one of each. The Jag is back ordered and the Jazzmaster is on its way. I play with 13's so hopefully won't have to switch out the bridges.
What the fuck?speedfish wrote:Georgie boy,
Don't want to open up a can of worms, so I removed intonation and replaced it with string tension... The effect isn't noticed when the string is played open or with an open harmonic, as when setting intonation, but can be experienced when chording or noting frets. Here's a quote from Tim Shaw that decribes better what I mean: " When you play a chord on a short-scale guitar, like most of the Gibsons used for blues, the strings 'blend' well and sound like a family singing together, like the Everly Brothers. On the other hand, chords played on the long-scale sound more like hired professional singers---clean and perfect, but without the blend." I like the blend, but have friends who have perfect pitch and they are continuously trying to tune the guitar to get that clean perfect sound that just isn't possible with the shorter scale. I also dig the short-scale because bends and left hand reach are much easier than with the long-scale and obviously I don't suffer with perfect pitch either. Sorry for any confusion my original statement may have caused.
Cool?
Absolutely nothing if you don't hear the difference.honeyiscool wrote:What the fuck?speedfish wrote:Georgie boy,
Don't want to open up a can of worms, so I removed intonation and replaced it with string tension... The effect isn't noticed when the string is played open or with an open harmonic, as when setting intonation, but can be experienced when chording or noting frets. Here's a quote from Tim Shaw that decribes better what I mean: " When you play a chord on a short-scale guitar, like most of the Gibsons used for blues, the strings 'blend' well and sound like a family singing together, like the Everly Brothers. On the other hand, chords played on the long-scale sound more like hired professional singers---clean and perfect, but without the blend." I like the blend, but have friends who have perfect pitch and they are continuously trying to tune the guitar to get that clean perfect sound that just isn't possible with the shorter scale. I also dig the short-scale because bends and left hand reach are much easier than with the long-scale and obviously I don't suffer with perfect pitch either. Sorry for any confusion my original statement may have caused.
Cool?
Also, what does any of this have to do with perfect pitch? Do you even know what that is?
Honey,honeyiscool wrote:Something makes me think you don't understand what perfect pitch is.
All it is, it's the ability to hear an A and know that it's an A. That's it.
Ever heard Yoko sing?so1om wrote:poor john lennon and john fogarty with their really short guitars. they must have been tone def.
Big things from this guy I think.cur wrote:db announces his presence with authority. 'Sup.