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Yeah, a guitarron can really cut through an acoustic group. Played in the traditional manner of octaves they have amazing projection.

Agreed, they're all awful. The only thing I've heard and played that works is a Guitarron....especially if they're balsa. They can be amazing. I know a guy in San Diego that converted one by putting a shortened Fender neck on it and it was loud and full. Why they don't make 4 string versions I...

When I was using the 788 on a regular basis I would mix on the 788 itself using its eq and effect and then then record a stereo mix via the SPDIF out to my computer for final work (I hate to call it mastering) at 24 bit. After a little cleanup in Sound Forge I'd normalize the mix and save it at...

How about a ménage a trois? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpGkM44RZX0&mode=related&search= Man, I envied that Collins Kid back when I was doing Town Hall Party and the like with my dumb assed red accordian.

You can do well with selective and informed purchases of used guitars held over time. Generally, they'll hold value at the rate of inflation at the very least and you won't lose money. If you get lucky and find a great deal there's a chance you can make a fair amount of change. I can't recall...

Man, I heard the same thing about sending strings to Africa on the radio years ago but didn't write the numbers down. This might be it: http://secondstringsproject.org/

Finally figured it out, it looks exactly like a giant version of the IUD they stuck in my girlfriend back in the seventies.

For some reason the song 'Apache' comes to mind.

One of the dummer things I've done was to sell my black pickguard '72 natural finish Tele with OHSC for $800 about 5 years ago. Anyway, the market seems to be around $3000 US for a good one.

Back when I knew him it was just that paisley Tele and a phase 90 played through a stage rental twin. Always fun to watch him warm up. He made triple scale in the studios and though he doesn't sight read, he's a quick study, takes direction well, and always comes up with something incredibly...

Screw MF, that thing is so backordered I'll never see it, so I made a change in plans. Since new players young and old have a hard time fretting acoustic guitars as they learn I went with a 3/4 sized guitar by friend with a local store just got in from his distributor. It's a Chinese reverse...

Yeah, things have changed a lot since the days of my first guitar (a Kay) and Chicago Musical Instruments built everything.......and did it poorly. I'm doing some group teaching these days on folk instruments and down the line it looks like I'll need some guitars, banjos and mandolins that are...

I had two '66 Bassman 50 heads and sold the last one a few years ago to a local blues guitarist who's happier than a pig in shit with it. I used them mostly in a utility role but always liked their tone. A very different amp than my Super Reverb that was similar in power....maybe it was the lack...

Life is rougher than a stucco bathtub.

At one time I had a '66 Jazzmaster and a '64 Duo-Sonic and while both were interesting in their own right, especially for recording, putting Jazzmaster pu's in the Duo-Sonic would have made no sense. Personally I thought the stock pickups in my Jazzmaster were awful and so did everyone else at...

Around here most live players that use backing tracks use midi players.....I used to but went to a mp3 player several years ago. If it breaks the minidiscs are still about.

Execpt for my Variax acoustic which came with a heavy gigbag everything else is in a hardshell case...all the time. Hmmm, wait, the studio bass and the Tele I just got off ebay have gigbags but those cheapo ones are hardly worth using.

This Goodtime would be a pretty good deal: http://cgi.ebay.com/Deering-Goodtime-banjo-w-tone-ring-other-up-grades_W0QQitemZ250124636160QQihZ015QQcategoryZ10177QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Both 4 string (tuned in 5ths) and 5 string (open G) I find a whole lot easier to work out songs from a theory standpoint when compared to guitar.....but I've been kind of going to school on guitar lately and learning how and why I'm playing what I do. Anyway in open G you've only got 3 three...

If you know someone who can do a good setup, go through the frets and get the right head tension, a cheapy banjo can be a good player. There's a Rogue resonator that I'll be borrowing again this year for an arts camp I teach and it hangs in very well with the rest of the 'real' banjos. I was...