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Guitars, guitars, guitars
valley_parade:
The body's two glued-together pieces of ash, with a chunky maple neck bolted onto it. The pickguard's made of bakelite, which is a material used on old Telecasters and knobs on old radios and whatnot. The pickups are both made by Jason Lollar, and the strings go through only the bridge instead of going through the bottom of the bridge and then the back of the body.
Kwaping:
^^ I have a feeling that didn't clarify much, if anything.
You can get started learning guitar any number of ways, but they all start with "obtain a guitar". So, buying your first guitar...
My best advice is bring a friend who knows stuff about guitars. There is enough variation from one individual guitar to another, even of the same kind, that you can easily get one that is either better or worse than average. Now, if you spend a lot, like $1k or so, your chances of getting a good one are really high, and a bad one almost nil. However, I'm guessing you don't have that kind of budget for a guitar.
If you don't know anybody locally who can help you pick out a guitar, reply here with your budget and musical interests and we'll help you get started shopping.
Patrick:
Agreed. Just put your hands on it. You didn't learn language by asking someone, you learned it by being immersed in it.
Eddie 88:
--- Quote from: valley_parade on 12 Jun 2013, 22:16 ---The body's two glued-together pieces of ash, with a chunky maple neck bolted onto it. The pickguard's made of bakelite, which is a material used on old Telecasters and knobs on old radios and whatnot. The pickups are both made by Jason Lollar, and the strings go through only the bridge instead of going through the bottom of the bridge and then the back of the body.
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What difference does any of that make? I remember early on in QC Faye mentioning that ash has a twangy sound, maple has a deeper, resonant sound. Or maybe it was the other way around.
What about the strings -- what difference does it make whether they go only on the bridge or through the back of the body?
Heh, I know bakelite from Evangelion :p
--- Quote from: Kwaping on 13 Jun 2013, 10:02 ---^^ I have a feeling that didn't clarify much, if anything.
You can get started learning guitar any number of ways, but they all start with "obtain a guitar". So, buying your first guitar...
My best advice is bring a friend who knows stuff about guitars. There is enough variation from one individual guitar to another, even of the same kind, that you can easily get one that is either better or worse than average. Now, if you spend a lot, like $1k or so, your chances of getting a good one are really high, and a bad one almost nil. However, I'm guessing you don't have that kind of budget for a guitar.
If you don't know anybody locally who can help you pick out a guitar, reply here with your budget and musical interests and we'll help you get started shopping.
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I actually have a joint disease, I can't play a guitar. That's why I'm interested in learning about the differences in things like humbuckers or whatever just from somebody telling me. Because maybe someday down the line I'll be able to play a guitar, but I'm interested right now, I don't wanna wait for that day to start learning.
Is there maybe a really good guitar 101 blog or something? That'd be awesome, a blog with sound samples illustrating the differences that all these little, technical things make.
I can tell you my musical interests and intentions, but I won't unless you ask again -- I don't wanna derail the entire topic into "hey guys teach me guitars."
--- Quote from: Patrick on 13 Jun 2013, 21:40 ---Agreed. Just put your hands on it. You didn't learn language by asking someone, you learned it by being immersed in it.
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I learned piano by asking someone :p
valley_parade:
--- Quote from: Eddie 88 on 14 Jun 2013, 23:48 ---What about the strings -- what difference does it make whether they go only on the bridge or through the back of the body?
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Going through the body, they kinda latch onto the wood, stuff I'm not sure how to explain exactly because science, blah blah blah, notes sustain longer. See also: set-neck and neck-through guitars, where the neck is glued onto the body, rather than just bolted on. With the latter, the neck pretty much is the body, with "wings" glues onto the sides. The most prominent example of that is probably ye olde Gibson Firebird.
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