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  1. I just sold my Chinese Gretsch copy and replaced it with a Korean Electromatic G5122 in black gloss. Luckily I received it with a grey- silver pickguard instead of the clear one. It's not a proper Country Gentleman but close enough for me right now. Love it.

    The Gretschbuckers are better than their reputation. But since the HS Filtertrons are quite cheap now I seriously consider an upgrade. The mounting will be a smaller challenge but manageable. I also think about a rocking bar bridge instead of the tunomatic.

    Alex
  2. Originally posted by Alex:I just sold my Chinese Gretsch copy and replaced it with a Korean Electromatic G5122 in black gloss. Luckily I received it with a grey- silver pickguard instead of the clear one. It's not a proper Country Gentleman but close enough for me right now. Love it.

    The Gretschbuckers are better than their reputation. But since the HS Filtertrons are quite cheap now I seriously consider an upgrade. The mounting will be a smaller challenge but manageable. I also think about a rocking bar bridge instead of the tunomatic.

    Alex


    If you want to upgrade the ElectroMatic, I suggest bypass the Filtertrons. The new Filtertrons are decent but they are not as good as the vintage.

    What is the answer? TV Jones Classics. They are made to vintage spec. They are a proper vintage accurate replacement. A lot of folks I know with Gretsch guitars have swapped them out for TV Jones p'ups. And even Gretsch offers the TV Jones on some of the deluxe models.

    http://tvjones.com/pickups/tvclassic.html


  3. Latest... found this at Norman's Rare Guitars (Tarzana, CA). It is a 1939 Epiphone Electar (series) Zephyr (model) lap steel.

    Same vantage (per some articles), make, series, model as used by The Edge on "Surrender".

    And yes, I bought it. Use? More than just "Surrender". I wanted a lap steel for some of the songs that I wrote. But it will be cool to learn to play "Surrender" on it too.

  4. Restrung all my guitars the other day. Moved down from Roto Reds to Roto Blues, if anyone's interested. They all sound laaavly now.
  5. So I was working my part-time job tonight (funny thing is, I took someone else's shift) just pushing carts and gathering baskets at the local grocery store. I was putting some baskets away when a man walked up asked me if we have a "health food" section. I was talking to him trying to direct him to areas in the store where he might find some of this stuff, when my mind started to wander.

    I thought, "this guy looks and talks A LOT like Eric Johnson" just from what I've seen and heard from videos of him playing and being interviewed. So anyway, after that I pretty much walked up and down the front of the store looking down ailes trying to get a better look at this guy to see if it was him, and I couldn't tell.

    As he's going through a friend's cash, I call the cashier and say "look at that guy's debit card for me! Tell me what his name is!" instead the guy pulls out american bills, so at that point I was like "SOMETHING'S UP". Not to mention there's a show tomorrow, that Jimi Hendrix tribute tour is playing tomorrow here in Ottawa, so I thought there might be a chance this guy is Eric Johnson! I was too shy to go and ask, so my supervisor walks up and asks him for me, and it was him! IN A LOCAL SUPER MARKET! I went over, shook his hand, talked to him for a bit, and got his autograph! SO COOL!!!!! Working at a grocery store isn't so bad after all, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES!?

    Alex
  6. Haha nice story rattle and hum! I work in a supermarket in a regional town here in Australia, so it's extremely unlikely and not really ever going to happen, but when the job gets boring I often find myself daydreaming what I'd do if U2 (or part thereof) walked in! What would i be able to get signed, would my phone have battery? Anyway, off topic..............on topic I got an eventide timefactor yesterday
  7. Originally posted by nathanr15:Haha nice story rattle and hum! I work in a supermarket in a regional town here in Australia, so it's extremely unlikely and not really ever going to happen, but when the job gets boring I often find myself daydreaming what I'd do if U2 (or part thereof) walked in! What would i be able to get signed, would my phone have battery? Anyway, off topic..............on topic I got an eventide timefactor yesterday


    Good stuff man! And yeah I've thought about that too How's the timefactor?
  8. Maybe not exactly the right topic, but I just have a small question.
    I started playing guitar several months ago, just playing some basic chords. Now the time has come I want to learn how to play bar chords.

    I noticed it's not easy at all and i have the following problems:
    -my index finger doesn't push hard enough on the strings
    -my index finger is absolutely not parallel to the fret, what makes it more difficult to form a chord (i don't have big hands )

    So, any advice how to play (these horrible ) bar chords?

  9. Practice. Practice. Practice. Then, practice a bit more. Practice. And then, when you think your barred chords sound right, practice again.

  10. Originally posted by LikeASong:Practice. Practice. Practice. Then, practice a bit more. Practice. And then, when you think your barred chords sound right, practice again.




    +1
  11. Originally posted by LikeASong:Practice. Practice. Practice. Then, practice a bit more. Practice. And then, when you think your barred chords sound right, practice again.




    oke, I get it I think
  12. They are a serious bitch to get right, I still get cramps in my hand after a while But yeh, what Sergio said, just keep trying
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