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Post subject: What it's all about!
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:14 pm
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Last night after nearly a 3 year split, I went and played with my old band.
What a hoot! All the old songs came flooding back, and it was such a refreshing feeling to crank up the blues junior and hear the heat, and really dig into the tele!

It's funny, you spend 2 and a half years playing in your house, fine tuning your settings and defining 'your' sound, go down to the practice room, play with a drummer bass player, etc, and it all sounds like poo! A quick re-adjustment, and bit of pedal swapping, and all your fine tuning is out the window!

The (fairly new) strat only lasted about ten minutes before the old tele was cracked out, (I've always found strats sound great on their own, but get a bit lost in a band mix) and 2 and a half years seemed more like two and a half weeks.

Now I can't wait to play live again!

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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:39 pm
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I think you said it with ' Cranked it up ' I've always found it the same, once you turn up the volume, everything you've set at home doesn't count anymore. There are two ball games. Playing at home and playing in a band and I do all my real settings with a band.
And like you say, guitar choices can vary as well.


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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:47 pm
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Yeah, I thought I prefered the strat, but the tele had the thickness and solidity(?) Plus, it's more comfortable, you can hold the old style bridge with your little finger, and there's no isssue with volume knob getting in the way.

It's just not as pretty and doesn't have that buddy holly vibe! (but overdrive, distortion, 2 delays and a tremolo doesn't either!)

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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:55 pm
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Throughout the sixties when I was playing with 'Godfather ' I only ever used a Telecaster, I love 'em. Nowadays I have an array that I switch between but the Tele is highly prominent throughout the night.


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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:19 pm
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that's sweet dood. i can't wait till i play live for the first time

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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:20 pm
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Great point about tweaking. Once you go gig volume, everything changes, the gain, the EQ - everything. It even changes from room to room. You're settings for that jam will have to change again should you play a pub, even at the same volume. The room, people, surfaces, all affect the sound a whole lot.

Nothing beats the "feel" of a tube amp opened up and roaring, and how it responds to your hands when you play.

I've always prefered a strat live, but I've played them through Mesa Boogies and Soldanos, so there's no problem not getting heard or cutting through a good mix.


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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:36 pm
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dgonz wrote:
Great point about tweaking. Once you go gig volume, everything changes, the gain, the EQ - everything. It even changes from room to room. You're settings for that jam will have to change again should you play a pub, even at the same volume. The room, people, surfaces, all affect the sound a whole lot.

Nothing beats the "feel" of a tube amp opened up and roaring, and how it responds to your hands when you play.

I've always prefered a strat live, but I've played them through Mesa Boogies and Soldanos, so there's no problem not getting heard or cutting through a good mix.


Thats true, the acoustics of a room or venue vary tremendously.
In the past my band have spent all afternoon rehearsing and sound checking in the venue we were playing that night, and when the audience are in later, everything is thrown again. Thats when a good man on the desk helps, or should I say, 'Essential '


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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:35 pm
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I had the same issues with my last serious band. The strat sounded weak and i eventually went onto humbuckered jacksons. All the finely tuned pod settings went out the window and i opted for a mid cranked sound just to sit in the mix ok. Then i found the mid on the pod too limited and went onto my marshalls with 2 eqs one boosting the gain and one boosting the mid from the effects loop. Then i still couldnt get my fix of mids and had to muck about with speakers too, vintage 30's to celestion 75's finaly i settled on some old carlsbro things i found.

Funny how guitar sounds in bands work. The drummer was all highhat and cymbals whilst the bass was all thud. The only room left for me was the middle. At home levels that setup sounds rubbish, live it sounded superb, really defined and it travelled the room well.

Glad you enjoyed the band get together mate. Guitarists are a waste unless their gigging. We need other muso's to keep us in reality. The last audition i had, all evening i was wishing for my tele too. Theres something about the old twangbanger thats unstopable.


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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:48 am
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I can not consider myself as a professional musician due to the fact I don't make a living out of it , but yet neither do I consider myself as armature, since the early 1990's I've been in 6 or 7 bands playing clubs & outdoor venues for the almighty dollar, I think there should be a category for a person such as myself, say something like (guitar/music junky)
Ian music is in your blood & you know it, sometimes your music will fade for a bit, in your case 3 yrs, but the lust will always be inside you &" it's got to come out" so I say to you Ian love your music with all that's in you even though it may not love you back.
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