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Re: The Guitar Topic - B
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: Patrick on 09 May 2009, 17:24 ---"OH NOES, A CERTAIN WORD THAT TYPICALLY APPLIES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE COINCIDENTALLY IDIOTS ALSO APPLIES TO ME, I MUST COMPLETELY REDEFINE MYSELF TO MAINTAIN COOL CRED"
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Pat, you know me better than that.
--- Quote from: Patrick on 09 May 2009, 17:24 ---Today, I realized that playing nothing but chords on a guitar is infinitely more expressive than doing so on a piano.
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...That's just outright bollocks.
Ballard:
No I'd agree. Playing rhythm piano is boring unless you're arpeggiating your chords or your voice is beautiful enough to make up for the simple accompaniment.
With guitar, as long as you're not just strumming up and down in a harsh, flat way, chords can be very expressive.
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BlahBlah:
Guys, I built my own guitar over the weekend!
The total price for all the parts was about £30, and I managed to get most of them on eBay. The body is a strat one, but whoever had it before did some really weird things to it. The action was crazily high, and it has a brass bridge that has been screwed down so the tremolo arm can only dive. I've managed to fix the intonation and lower the action but for some reason the B string resonates a lot - it sounds like a sitar string. Surprisingly, the neck is really nice.
As for the electronics, I used three old pickups. I've no idea who made them or what they're meant to be but they sound ace. The neck one is a layered strat-size humbucker. It's seriously loud. I used this ( http://www.1728.com/guitar2.htm ) wiring configuration. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to change the sound of their guitar, it has an amazing range. Mine is pretty messed up though, since I only had one capacitor so the tone knobs also effect t he volume, but depending on whether it's in parallel or serial mode they have to be turned in different directions.
It's pretty cool.
sean:
man what are you guys on playing lonely chords on a piano is so fucking awesome.
sean:
--- Quote from: Sam on 10 May 2009, 08:23 ---i play bass and thingamagoop
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i remember that thing from the photothread
what the fuck does it do?
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