Recent content by MOBirds

In my experience, guitar players that are not used to playing in a 2+ guitar band tend to struggle with the stomp pretty regularly. The last serious band I played with had a "lead" guitarist that was used to himself, bass, and drums - that's it. So when I came in as 2nd guitarist (or in his...

SE or at least S2 with Piezo. I've seen GraphTech equipped guitars well under $1K, I'd like to see PRS compete at that price point.

Congrats x2 then!

Nothing wrong with my custom. My guess would be limitations on supply of wood used. Perhaps supply down on the rosewood sides/back used on custom vs. mahogany on the standard.

For me, the best dealer is the one that listens to you. I really don't like all the hype about the newest - coolest - best'est thing they 'just got in!' I just want to know if they have what I'm looking for, or can help me narrow down what I'm looking for, without trying to push something they...

When I first saw that I wondered, was he just singing Dirty Deeds, and they thought he was serious? Amazing the things we humans do.

Sad sad news. When I started playing bass for a band several years ago, I bought a Warwick fretless 4 string after seeing him tear it up on one. I managed well enough, but no where even a fraction of what he could do. He was a huge inspiration. 2014 has been a very cruel year for great musicians.

I don't think it's really piling on, it's really that ridiculous of an idea that's generating this response. Pickup selection is so particular to the person buying the guitar I can't see how anything can be labeled "Top Notch". I know people that don't like 59/09's and think 57/08's are the...

I was speaking to my mother the other day, and mentioned something of my childhood. It got me thinking a bit about the oldest memory I have from childhood, and the first memory I have of wanting to play music. The oldest actually surprised my family because I was so young they didn't believe me...

Bottom of the line Parker PDF35. I had to sell off my P22 to fund a home project over the summer and I really missed the piezo. Out of curiosity, I picked up this thing and was amazed at how well it was built. The stock pups are pretty limited, no coil tap, so just the straight HB tones - which...

The two that haunted me through my late teens/early twenties auditioning 2nd guitarists: "I play much better after a couple beers" "What key is it in? I'll just make something up"

"My G string is binding at the nut"

I think the questions may be posed a bit off base. Just because it's a 10-top, doesn't mean it automatically looks awesome. The 10 is just the percentage of dead spots in the grain. I've seen many non-10's that look better than the 10-top sitting right next to it - at least to my taste...

I think it's really all about how you create. I usually have a bit of a reiterative approach when recording music. So, if I were in your shoes, I'd do both as close as I could get to the source you're using. Then I'd spend weeks comparing and fiddling around until I came up with 3rd version that...

An even more annoying problem with larger string gauges is when you start breaking strings at the tuning post. That's most often due to binding at the nut slot, holding the string in place. When you tune the string, all the tension builds up between the post and the nut rather than transferring...