Guitarists' Thread

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:26 am

I'm still all smitten with the idea of three single-coils on an arched or carved top guitar. My favorite guitar company won't make one for me, darn it. Other than a $3000 PRS the only ones I can find are these from Dean and Agile...

Each has its advantages over the other. Not sure what to do or which to buy. Will probably buy nothing.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:31 am

YYZ30 wrote: Oh I smashed that bad larry when I got my second guitar, Made a nice mess in the driveway.

HAHAHAHA **envisions springs and parts flying about**

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:32 am

ElfDude wrote:Each has its advantages over the other. Not sure what to do or which to buy. Will probably buy nothing.

that's a sweet setup and pic.... Siggy LIKE. hahaha

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:02 pm

Anyone have advice on juggling multiple instruments, I practice my bass pretty hard but not my guitar. I was learning double thumb and mixing that with my finger style playing , jumped about 40 bpm in a week playing thumb style 16th notes to scales and such, however I never find time to work out my picking methods on guitar likely due to this other bass thing. Who here plays multiple and manages to keep both skills honed to perfection.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:50 pm

None of my skills are honed to perfection.

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:03 pm

If I were honed to perfection I would be on tour.

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:19 pm

ElfDude wrote:None of my skills are honed to perfection.

not quite what i meant, I mean I can thumb or finger style 160 bpm sixteenth notes on my bass, but on a guitar where I actually want to be fast cap out picking about 110-115. Why am I playing so fast? Mostly so when I play slowly the style will be very precise and it will have alot of 'air' feel to it so I can fill as required. I also use these practices to memorize my scales and such more, or doing chromatic runs for dexterity, string skipping, chord voicings on bass with 2 notes per string etc.

Guitar just gets boring a lot faster, I am slower, I can't make the huge speed jumps I can on the bass more or less, about 1.5 weeks ago I could hardly thumb at 90 bpm.

I have been workign on learning this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FvXUVHECwM alongside working my much better than before slap skills back into a few of the bands songs and such.

The real question is is all this excuses or am I just naturally that much better on bass, or do I really just need to put hard focus into the guitar (as hard as I would the bass)..

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:27 pm

You'll spend more time doing what your heart desires. Sounds like you're a bass man to me.

I absolutely love my keyboards, but I'll invariably grab a guitar when the urge to play springs up.

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:44 pm

ElfDude wrote:You'll spend more time doing what your heart desires. Sounds like you're a bass man to me.
I absolutely love my keyboards, but I'll invariably grab a guitar when the urge to play springs up.

Its true I do love to play the bass a lot more than guitar, thats a given but doesn't stop me from desiring to shred like satriani unfortunately.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:52 pm

Sir M already knows about this, but I'm all excited about it.

Carvin is excited to announce four new models that we've added to our Custom Shop lineup. All these models are currently available on Carvin.com, and can be completely customized with our thousands of Custom Shop options.

The new models are:

SH250: Based on our popular AE185, the new SH250 is a semi-hollow electric guitar. Unlike the AE185, the SH250 has a 22-fret set-neck and our M Bridge with strings fed through the body. The body and neck are mahogany, with a 5mm bookmatched maple top, ebony fingerboard and CT-style 3 X 3 headstock. Electronics consist of our Classic Series C22 pickups, with master volume, push-pull tone/coil splitter and 3-way pickup selector. click for more

SH275: The SH275 has the same features as the SH250, with the with the addition of the acclaimed Graph Tech Synth Access electronics, as featured in Carvin's breakthrough NS1 and SH575 guitars. Simply connect a guitar synth of your choice and you?ll be adding orchestras, flutes and virtually any instrument sound to your electric guitar sound. This unique design gives you acoustic, electric and synth capabilities all in one instrument! The body and set-neck are mahogany, with a 5mm bookmatched maple top. Standard pickups are Classic Series C22 humbuckers. click for more

SH60: Our new SH60 is based on the long-running TL60 solid-body electric. The SH60 is a semi-hollow, neck-through electric guitar. Standard features include an alder body, maple neck, 5mm bookmatched maple top, ebony fingerboard and inline headstock. Electronics consist of our Classic Series C22 pickups, with master volume, push-pull tone/coil splitter and 3-way pickup selector. click for more

SH65: The SH65 is the same as the SH60, with the addition of the Graph Tech Synth Access electronics. Like the SH275, you can connect a synth controller such as a Roland GR33, VG88 and VBass, Roland GI-10, or Axon 100 to create limitless sounds. The body is alder with a maple neck, 5mm bookmatched maple top, ebony fingerboard and inline headstock. Standard pickups are Classic Series C22 humbuckers. click for more

As with all new models, there are limited pictures so far, as only a few of these new models have been made. More photos will come as more are made. We'll also be adding sound clips, videos and other information as these models go into production.

These can be ordered immediately, and the build time is the same as other Custom Shop guitars & basses.

Enjoy!

I've already called the company and asked if they're do either the SH250 or the SH60 with three single coils instead of two humbuckers. Waiting for the return call.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:30 am

*waits impatiently for the call*

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:44 am

I ended up writing to the VP of guitars there (very nice man... member of the founding family). I got a firm "no".

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:56 am

ElfDude wrote:I ended up writing to the VP of guitars there (very nice man... member of the founding family). I got a firm "no".

Seems unusual for the company in question- did he give a reason?

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:03 am

YYZ30 wrote:
ElfDude wrote:I ended up writing to the VP of guitars there (very nice man... member of the founding family). I got a firm "no".
Seems unusual for the company in question- did he give a reason?

Maybe it could be in R&D right now and they can't comment...

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:10 am

CygnusX1 wrote:
YYZ30 wrote:
ElfDude wrote:I ended up writing to the VP of guitars there (very nice man... member of the founding family). I got a firm "no".
Seems unusual for the company in question- did he give a reason?
Maybe it could be in R&D right now and they can't comment...

Good point.