catscurlyear

On 7/15/2021 at 5:58 PM, daddymack said:

I thought that was a nylon string classical, pre-op...?

yeh i never thought anything  about it having steel strings ,yes it has tuners for nylons  but they were definatly steel strings ,all adds to the charm i guess  ,ha ha pre-op, by the way i went in the shop the other day to see it but it had gone ,ah well never mind .

On 7/13/2021 at 8:46 PM, Grant Harding said:

I think it's cool. The "I don't care what you think" ethos is strong. 

Makes me really curious what sort of songs got played with it, or if it was just created as a steampunk prop. My romantic side wants it to be an old blues guy, but it could be a guy playing country songs wearing only red, white, and blue speedos and a ten gallon hat. 

when i strummed the strings while it was still on the wall hanger it was tuned to some open tuning ,i could imagine a blues slide player maybe.

On 6/16/2021 at 1:44 AM, daddymack said:

The owner? I dunno...but the builder should have been drawn and quartered....

£80? that's like $113...the parts may be worth more....😉

Forgive my ignorance, but wth is a 'cash converter' store? Is that like a pawn shop?

yes

I came across this Guitar in  a Cash Convertor shop in a town near me ,i didn`t try it out cause it was attached to the wall stand with a cable tie .it looks like some kind of speaker mounted on the body the pickup was also mounted above and looking down on the strings the pickup also had a volume and tone knobs attached ,the strings weren`t impeded by the pickup and the strings rang out lovely to some open tuning ,i think a lot of love went into this guitar and it looked quite sad seeing it in this kind of shop,i wonder what happened to the owner.

Hi Howard ,very moving lyrics and haunting melody ,the thought war is terrifying and even more so for children and parents of young children i should imagine.You put it across very well.

On 8/9/2020 at 3:39 PM, garthman said:

It sounds really good, Cats. Nice one.

Thanks Howard ...erm Rog

14 hours ago, DeepEnd said:

catscurlyear - Well done. Interesting sound from the guitar too, not quite electric or acoustic.

Thanks deepend ,yes it`s not a bad sound ,it is direct into the computer though and i know from havin plugged electric s in direct that the tones are very limited into the computers .

Hi there here`s a version of  Chuck Berry`s Memphis Tennessee recorded with a strat pickup stuck in the sound hole and going  direct into the computer  in one side of the stereo and a mic for the voice which also picks up some of the guitar into the other side of the stereo .The soundhole pickup is direct with no fx and more or less sounds just like one of my electrics would the strings appear quite balanced i did raise the EQ by a couple of db from about 220 hertz down to bring the bass strings up a tad.

On 8/4/2020 at 4:57 PM, garthman said:

Of course I'm Roger Waters!!

Haven't a clue who that guy above is.

 

haha, hi Rog.

23 hours ago, Idunno said:

The non-ferrous metal used in the wound strings will not be sensed by the magnetic flux field of a typical pick-up. But, all wound strings use a steel core and the p'up will definitely sense that part of the string and put it in the signal chain. The question to ask is if the steel cores are of such a gauge (mass) to be sensed in a balanced fashion with the other strings. If not, some EQ'ing will be needed. But, all wound strings can be manipulated through the chain to bring a pleasing sound. It's only when silk and steel is encountered that the bass strings are un-sensed.

pickups with screw adjustable poles can help equalize the strings

Nice  one  idunno .

Oh by the way ,it`s nice to put a face to the voice Howard ,nice to meet you .i always wondered if you might have being Roger Waters.... under cover, ha ha ,you do sound like him at times,that is meant as a compliment.

14 hours ago, DeepEnd said:

Using an electric pickup in an acoustic guitar can be tricky. They're designed for steel/nickel wound strings and when you use them with typical bronze wound acoustic strings the plain strings tend to be very pronounced. If you go that route, consider some variety of "acoustic/electric" strings like GHS White Bronze. Martin monels would probably work or maybe D'Addario nickel bronze.

Hi deepend,i did wonder about the bronze strings  working with a regular electric guitar pickup ,would it or won`t it ?, but i was suprised at how well the strat pickup did work in that situation, i mean it out performed the pick up that was intended to be put in the soundhole,so the only place that is going is in the bin(trash ).

to everyone who`s contributed so far and not let this 2020 business get on top of them well done ,lets keep it going.

On 7/21/2020 at 5:48 PM, garthman said:

Cats: Excellent performance! That old Eko sounds good - do you have it amped via the soundhole PU?

Deepend: Lovely song and very well done.

Hi Howard Thanks for the listen .no i`m not using that sound hole pickup, i recorded with two mics one for the vox you can see and one lower down out of shot picking up more of the guitar .the sound hole pickup i have used before but it is too bassy, it is quite an high output pick up 14k or something ,totally wrong, anyway it was a cheapo and it is coming off .i have experimented with an old strat pickup stuck in the sound hole and that is great it is a low output  6k  and is much brighter and sounds realy nice ,i`m gonna fix it in somehow and attach a vol and tone pots  no batterys required, when i can be bothered to get round to it .

Hi Chaps ,here`s another one ,it`s a version of Chuck Berry`s "Never Can Tell" , what`s going on .

Thought i`d upload another version in the Key of D, done on the old EKO Rio Grande,  in the cellar.

Hi  there Howard and everyone here`s a song for the  summer solstice , i wish everyone all the best for the second half of ther year .

Hi Howard and everyone ,keep yer peckers up it`ll be all over soon hopefully .Here`s a song of Van Morrison`s hope you like it .

On 4/21/2020 at 1:13 AM, DeepEnd said:

Here's a twofer from me. First, a new original called "Love in Amber," inspired by the discovery of two flies preserved in amber in the act of mating for 41 million years. https://nypost.com/2020/04/06/mating-flies-preserved-in-amber-have-been-doing-it-for-41-million-years/ (Photo copyright by the NY Post)

 

And a new recording of an original I wrote 15 years ago in honor of the Hurricane Katrina volunteers. With the current climate it seemed appropriate again, so here's "The Light of the Morning."

 

 

nic e one Deepend hope your having a wonderful lockdow ha ha ." Love in Amber ",great song and great tune getting a bit bluesy at times i like it, i`ll give the other a listen later.

It`s now later and i listened to the light of the morning ,great lyrics and tune again ,you are a very talented songwriter and you have churned out a good few ,well done Deepend i enjoy listening to your songs.

very end of this

thanks kojak for the good review ,no its not a backing track i did it all on my ownsome, drums is just a loop then i copied the loop to give it a different flavouR.

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hi there well we`ve been asked to give our views on a couple of the tracks so here goes,Amby`s susie overall i liked the song , the tone of the acoustic guitar was nice, the lead vocal was a good balance,back vocal (or side) could have been a bit further back, i didn`t like the reverb though, it was a bit dark and a bit too ringy but overall good,

Sadlytragic- i thought you did a realy good job,cymbals just a touch loud but i can`t really tell on my little monitors

n8wood-again i thought was spot on but again the cymbals seemed a touch loud at times,it must be my system

my contribution is just a cover version but i`m more interested in what you think of the mix ,this is my first attempt . i mixed it through an old jvc tranny amp and old solavox speakers which is used as an hi fi, jbl pc monitors and pioneer ear goggles.

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