danham's forum posts 14

Is it a terrible idea to wall-hang my guitars in the same room as a fireplace? It's a fairly small room so it gets pretty warm when the fire is lit and I've read that sudden changes in temperature can cause warping or separation of the different types of wood.

I'm not worried about having to re-tune my guitars more often, but if I'm likely to cause permanent damage, I'll stick my nice guitar back in its case.

Yep!

The Fender Strat HH Blacktop looks ace and seem to be around the right pricepoint... any thoughts on those?

Holy shit that's a comprehensive reply - thank you! I do love my jag, so maybe a cheaper, humbucker one to hang on the wall would be the right approach. I looked at the blacktop when I was researching my guitar last year and they sounded like a good option.

I'll stick with what I've got for now and keep a lookout for a secondhand guitar along those lines I think!

That's excellent, comprehensive advice - thanks man!

Now, I just need to find a way to add an hour or two to each day so I have time to play 😆

Nice, my gut has been telling me an SG is probably the right guitar for the job. I'll get to a guitar shop and try one out to see how it feels.

Haha ok!

So, if you had to have two guitars; one classic single-coil pickup for your standard-tuned dad-blues noodling and one with more modern (high-output / humbucker / whatever) pickups, is there a guitar you would recommend looking into? One you always come back to over others for this style of play?

I don't think I'll ever have enough time to justify more than a couple or maybe 3 guitars, so I'd like to get something that will cover me while still being different enough to my Jag that I will still have a reason to play both. Bands I like for this sort of thing (Mastodon, QOTSA, Deftones, etc) often feature Gibsons somewhere in their lineups, but presumably this is mainly due to them having sponsorship / basically unlimited budget for their equipment.

Yeah, I meant high-output, sorry.

I bought my first electric guitar a year ago (Fender Jag) and am starting to get the itch to buy another. I tend to mostly play bluesy rock, but spent a lot of my youth listening to & playing metal (I played bass / drums). Would another, higher-gain guitar make sense to keep in non-standard tuning for when I want to shred? Would I just end up neglecting one of them?

I keep my Jag in a case out of reach of my kids, but it would be nice to have an electric I'm a bit less precious about that I can wall-hang for easier access. I have very limited time to play, thanks to the aforementioned kids, so the easier I can make it to play, the more time I actually get to spend playing, rather than setting up / tuning / putting everything away again.

Having said all that, what would be a good option? A higher-output humbucker-style pickup I guess? Gibson seems like overkill for what I need... maybe a PRS? Or maybe I should spend less time fantasising about guitars and buying pedals and just make more time to play the one I have.

I only had time to play for like 20 minutes this weekend, but the new tube sounds great! It has a very different sound (I wouldn't say anaemic, but certainly not as gutsy as the original tube was), but it suits my style of play nicely and most importantly, I can use the full range of the volume control without blowing my eardrums now!

Thanks for the advice - I'm much happier with the amp now.

I should have it by this weekend - I'll let you know how I get on!

This place is dangerous - I've ordered a new pedal (Ditto looper) and a new tube for my amp since I joined 😆

Thanks, will do!

I'm venturing into the murky world of making my own (solder-free to start with) cables at the moment, so I'm sure I'll have some questions when I inevitably decide I need to learn to solder 😆

Hello! I'm new to this sort of thing, but getting pretty into the gear side of my guitar playing, so Equipboard seems like an appropriate place to come!

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