Guitar Porn

[Pretzel 653]

Born from another thread that was going off the rails, I figured this could be a place to post guitar pictures. Calling @No Mulligans, @Ernest Jones, and anyone else interested.

[cipher 533]

Nice @Pretzel!

I'll get a photo of my old LP Recording Studio.

Here are my acoustic guitars:

 

 

[Pretzel 653]

35 minutes ago, cipher said:

Nice @Pretzel!

I'll get a photo of my old LP Recording Studio.

Here are my acoustic guitars:

 

 

 

What is the guitar on the right there? I haven't previously seen an acoustic with a sound hole like that. How different does it sound from the traditional sound hole directly in the center of the guitar?

[JonMA1 510]

[cipher 533]

1 hour ago, Pretzel said:

What is the guitar on the right there? I haven't previously seen an acoustic with a sound hole like that. How different does it sound from the traditional sound hole directly in the center of the guitar?

It is a McPherson acoustic.  The sound hole makes the bass E and the A strings more powerful.  Also the neck does not touch the top and the braces inside never touch each other inside.  I will get some photos for you.  All of this makes for a guitar that sounds pretty amazing and pretty loud like you are playing through an amplifier but with the great sound.  Many of the top country stars are using them.  They are not cheap though.  I may also know a guy who makes them.  

1 hour ago, JonMA1 said:

Nice!

[JonMA1 510]

16 minutes ago, cipher said:

 I may also know a guy who makes them.  

Do you make these?

[CarlSpackler 638]

Tagging @dave s and @jsgolfer  

[No Mulligans 327]

My 1st guitar and still one of my best and most often played.... I bought it when I was 16 in 1973 or 74.

[Ernest Jones 1,015]

[Golfingdad 2,084]

Why are people tagging a bunch of people yet somehow none of those being tagged are @boogielicious ??? :)

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I don't own any guitars.

[cipher 533]

2 hours ago, JonMA1 said:

Do you make these?

Unfortunately I do not, I have an uncle who makes these.  My grandfather made guitars as well.

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Here is the Recording Studio:

[cipher 533]

Some other examples:

Here is a video explaining the guitar as well for you @Pretzel:

 

 

[Pretzel 653]

Thanks for all the information on those guitars, that was really interesting. The artwork on/with those inlays is absolutely incredible.

[dave s 135]

My band just commissioned an Epiphone Casino for me to play ONE song during our show season.  I'll be sporting a John Lennon model and playing the parts played by George Harrison on Hello Goodbye.

And I'll tell you what, the guitar sounds EXACTLY like George Harrison parts in the song.  Just incredible what playing the correct guitar used during recording does for the accuracy and authenticity of the tone in the song.  My only beef is having to lug along, prepare and keep another guitar ready to play during our summer shows.

I'm getting lazy in my old age.  Can't I just play my favorite stratocaster all night?

dave

[moparman426 28]

On 2017-02-24 at 8:45 PM, Ernest Jones said:

Love the Cardinal red!  Here's my 2015 Epi Les Paul Standard, which I modded by upgrading the electronics.  I replaced the tone pots with push/pulls so I could split the seymour duncan pearly gates neck and distortion bridge humbuckers.  Huge improvement over the alnico classics that came with her.

Edited April 18, 2017 by moparman426

[TN94z 144]

Don't have a guitar picture but was curious about the best approach for someone that wants to learn to play. I know nothing about reading music, but have a guitar at home I want to learn to play.

[No Mulligans 327]

13 minutes ago, TN94z said:

Don't have a guitar picture but was curious about the best approach for someone that wants to learn to play. I know nothing about reading music, but have a guitar at home I want to learn to play.

It really depends on your objectives.  But playing guitar is ultimate about playing songs so you're going to want to learn songs.

Learn a few chords (specifically G, C, D, Em, Am) and get fluid with changing from one to another while strumming.  Find some songs that use some of those chords, there are tons of them, pick some you like and learn them.  Strum and sing.  This is how many start.

Edited April 18, 2017 by No Mulligans

[moparman426 28]

Rocksmith 2014 is pretty fun, especially if you want to learn to play songs as you progress.  Marty Schwartz' youtube lessons/pointers are really easy to understand as well.