What new hobbies/activities have you taken up during lockdown?
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rockmoose
his flabber is totally gastered
Very nice. Shame it is arse about, and has too many strings.
fatboyonabike
Captain oblivious
I was thinking of getting into cigar box guitar making and diddley bows..looks like fun
although this is next level cool
although this is next level cool
I had to look up the NGD meaning as I don’t speak internet.
Cool Axe. If that is an epiphone?
I have a similar one in green. I upgraded the pickups with some Seymour Duncan’s and it sounds way better then the stock ones. Currently running mine through a positive grid spark amp. Lots of cool tones from that amp.
Jpez
Down on the left!
That’s awesome! If he had a chick backing band he could be called Digger and the pussycsts
fatboyonabike
Captain oblivious
Davie504 is awesome
have a crack at this one, FF to the 7min mark and put some headphones on up loud..and I challenge you to sit still while they play
have a crack at this one, FF to the 7min mark and put some headphones on up loud..and I challenge you to sit still while they play
Lazmo
Old and hopeless
Ha ha, I've working in ICT for 45 years so I speak fluent TLA.
It's a Artist LP59TRB which is their Translucent Black version of the 59 Les Paul, which has a mahogany body with a carved maple top and a set mahogany neck. The stock pickups are really quite good and are coil tapped, so a lot of tonal options are available, with the neck pickup particularly good in coil tap mode into a clean or very slightly overdriven amp. In humbucking mode they are medium output but full sounding and the bridge pickup is very rock.
Some other features are roller Tune-O-Matic bridge, locking tuners, bone nut, 12” radius fingerboard and Split Coil Push-Pull on the volume pots.
My Translucent Black is in fact slightly blue which is great, as it looks good sitting next to my trusty ancient blue strat.
I'm playing mine through pedals into a Wet/Dry amp setup... the amps being a Laney VC15 and a Vox PF15R, and it sounds great.
rockmoose
his flabber is totally gastered
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Been a while, but gave this beastie a bit of a tickle over the weekend. 
Twelve strings more than I can cope with unless I can hit it with sticks
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Lazmo
Old and hopeless
Wow, what an axe… with a trapeze tailpiece and six drone strings it must ring like a mofo…
Nice guitar @The Duckmeister, what kind of style does the 12 string lends its self to?
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
It does. Something about its natural resonance really emphasises the A-pair when played open, you can feel it through your body! It packs quite a wallop when paired with a moderately-driven Marshall, even at neighbour-friendly volume.
Maybe a tad surprising, but most stuff can be adapted to the 12; lead-type stuff with lots of string bending gets messy because it's damn near impossible to bend the paired strings evenly, so best not to try... It's generally better as a rhythm instrument, where the harmony-tuned strings really thicken the sound, which is good for playing stuff on your own that was originally done on multiple guitars or even different instruments! But it also works really well for bluesy slide stuff.
Lazmo
Old and hopeless
A good mate, who was a pro muso/entertainer his entire life (retired now) used a 12 string Ovation as his main axe. He is such a good player (and singer) and he played the 12 so hard, that it sounded like five guitars. Just huge. I couldn’t play with him on an acoustic, simply would not be heard, I had to be plugged in, even though he wasn’t.
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
My parents and a couple of their friends had an amateur folk/countryish band when I was a kid, so that was some source of inspiration. My mum played bass & my dad a regular (very nice Maton) 6-string acoustic. However the other bloke played a 12-string (also acoustic), and I always loved the richness of its sound, and it kind of introduced sensations I couldn't define at that age... When I started exploring ("playing" is overstating my ability), I found that electric 12-string was more prevalent than I expected, so I hunted one out. It doesn't really deserve me mashing around on it, but it is a lovely bit of kit, even if it is "only" an Epiphone.
Lazmo
Old and hopeless
Yep a good 12 has its own thing going on.
As for it’s only an Epiphone… pffft. Who cares what’s on the headstock, if it plays and sounds great.
I’ve played plenty of Fenders and Gibsons that weren’t much chop. I’ve also played some that were just pure magic. No matter the brand, assuming not rubbish… as long as the neck is true and the frets are ok and polished, a good setup will make most guitars totally playable. With electrics, there are any number of alternative pickups, to get the tone you’re after. It’s the music, the sound, the tone and the playability that matters…
As for it’s only an Epiphone… pffft. Who cares what’s on the headstock, if it plays and sounds great.
I’ve played plenty of Fenders and Gibsons that weren’t much chop. I’ve also played some that were just pure magic. No matter the brand, assuming not rubbish… as long as the neck is true and the frets are ok and polished, a good setup will make most guitars totally playable. With electrics, there are any number of alternative pickups, to get the tone you’re after. It’s the music, the sound, the tone and the playability that matters…
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I don’t think I could even tell the difference with my playing ability. I would also ride a Giant too
Lazmo
Old and hopeless
Geez, ride a Giant.
Tonight’s lockdown was a measure up, for a setup of the new axe.
It’s funny but playing it for a few weeks… I had picked exactly how it would measure.
The neck relief is conservatively perfect, and the nuts slots are way too high, but the 12th fret action is superb… lower than any other guitar I own.
So, break out the nut files, polish the frets and the G and D need the minutest of intonation tweaks… and she’ll be good to go.
Because of an issue with the bridge pickup volume pot, I initially wasn’t sure whether I was gonna keep it… but I really love the colour, and the flame top… it is much better in real life than in the iPhone pics, and it sounds and plays great.
Tonight’s lockdown was a measure up, for a setup of the new axe.
It’s funny but playing it for a few weeks… I had picked exactly how it would measure.
The neck relief is conservatively perfect, and the nuts slots are way too high, but the 12th fret action is superb… lower than any other guitar I own.
So, break out the nut files, polish the frets and the G and D need the minutest of intonation tweaks… and she’ll be good to go.
Because of an issue with the bridge pickup volume pot, I initially wasn’t sure whether I was gonna keep it… but I really love the colour, and the flame top… it is much better in real life than in the iPhone pics, and it sounds and plays great.
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Bluddy nice bit of 12-string slide, much better than I can play it. (I also perform great injustice to that bass line.....)
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