# Guitar players, post your guitar pics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851 "2008-07-17T17:27:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/82 "2017-08-03T22:33:36Z")
I’ve got one of these: [yamaha bb200 - Bing](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=s6msfAK4&id=B413E00E4602F74EE02D3B8803F844FA7CAE3478&thid=OIP.s6msfAK4bekGIhuhduvH0wDYEg&q=yamaha+bb200&simid=608034415762670553&selectedIndex=41&ajaxhist=0) but don’t know how to play it. I bought it off a “down-on-his-luck” strung-out skinny blond guy. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/83 "2017-08-03T22:47:50Z")
BTW … that little Line 6 is the balls. It has many, many effects to choose from. I can link a from a selection of distortion effects with a selection of phaser effects with a selection of delay effects. I’ve got four banks of presets on 32 channels (I guess that’s how you’d put it), and you can edit the effects in pretty deep detail. There’s also a bank of cabinet emulators but I generally don’t fuck with them. I let the Front Man do the work. But my favorite feature is the looper. I’ve honed my scales pretty sharp just by looping progressions and practicing over the top. Got a couple of songs organized with the thing too. I wish I had discovered loopers earlier. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/84 "2017-08-03T23:14:11Z")
The Boss G10 multi-fx pedal I had was a monster. Some songs I made was possible only with that pedal. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/85 "2017-08-04T10:29:37Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > I envy you. I love to play but can’t do it. Sorry if it’s a sore point, but can’t do what? Jam with a drummer? Start with a metronome! They are nothing like a drummer because they keep a steady beat (Ba-boom _ching_! Sorry). But you can practice staying in time, and work to keep it going for a minute or three. At this point I play with a drummer by starting a familiar groove, cycling through it a couple of times, and then exploring a bit. If the drummer and I are enjoying the same sounds, it can be fun. My Tele has .12’s on it and is 1" deep at the nut. Built for muscling through big grooves for a long time 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/86 "2017-08-04T11:03:18Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Sorry if it’s a sore point, but can’t do what? Jam with a drummer? Start with a metronome! They are nothing like a drummer because they keep a steady beat (Ba-boom _ching_! Sorry). But you can practice staying in time, and work to keep it going for a minute or three. > > At this point I play with a drummer by starting a familiar groove, cycling through it a couple of times, and then exploring a bit. If the drummer and I are enjoying the same sounds, it can be fun. > > My Tele has .12’s on it and is 1" deep at the nut. Built for muscling through big grooves for a long time 😉 I’m sorry, I should have been more clear. No, I’m disabled by age and disabilities. I’ve played since the late 60s and I’m 67 years old now. Years of heavy lifting had taken a toll and Arthritis doesn’t help much either. I do ok with injections and Vicodin but never pain free. Such is life. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/87 "2017-08-04T11:43:08Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > I’m sorry, I should have been more clear. No, I’m disabled by age and disabilities. I’ve played since the late 60s and I’m 67 years old now. Years of heavy lifting had taken a toll and Arthritis doesn’t help much either. > > I do ok with injections and Vicodin but never pain free. Such is life. Ah, man, I feel ya. Sorry. Trust me, I will be rockin’ out for you tonight and tomorrow!! Put on Led Zeppelin’s Trampled Under Foot and imagine locking into that chug with a Bonzo-loving drummer. It will be happening. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/88 "2017-08-04T12:12:52Z")
Thanks man. 🙂 I’d prefer Grand Funk Railroad and Blue Oyster Cult. 😃 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pFdkkjGiEs ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/89 "2017-08-04T12:23:28Z")
[quote=“SigMan, post:88, topic:456851”] Thanks man. 🙂 I’d prefer Grand Funk Railroad and Blue Oyster Cult. 😃 [/QUOTE] Cool; I’ll see what I can do 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/90 "2017-08-04T12:30:56Z")
LOL, I love LZ though. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/91 "2017-08-04T12:42:46Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > LOL, I love LZ though. It’s all good. When it’s me and a drummer, no bassist, I’m kinda holding down both jobs. As a result, I never can tell what grooves end up being best-suited to that approach. Trampled Under Foot - oh man, yes. Wanton Song - meh. I trotted out this obscure Montrose groove - I Don’t Want It: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bxLew-YnPI](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bxLew-YnPI) Totally rocks. Fun to take places, adding little Funk #49 variations and such. Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/92 "2017-08-04T13:46:07Z")
Yeah, I remember Montrose and that’s a good song. They haven’t been around long haven’t they? I and my friend the drummer were like two peas in a pod. In the 60s we had members come and go but we two were always together and sometimes it’s just us two out playing. We were the Brazen men. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/93 "2017-08-04T17:44:12Z")
OK, a couple of pics to get things started. My GS Mini with custom snakewood bridge pins and Petros Celtic knot truss rod cover. I also gave them the gold leaf treatment, which was more fun than I anticipated. My son’s Tele(parts) caster we found online for $50. He levelled the frets and dressed them, added dual humbuckers, coil splitting, and a body cutout and arm bevel a la Strat. It sounds amazing! He did all the work and I pretty much supervised other than the soldering. It’s walnut stain on ash with a wipe on poly topcoat. Finally, my Vinocaster. There’s shiraz in the stain, and 20 coats of nitro sprayed on. MIJ Tele neck and Fralin “Blues” Blade pickups, and a 4 way switch (N,B, N +B series, N+ B Parallel). I also added a phase reverse on the bridge but I will be taking it off as I don’t use it as much as I thought I would. I will post a pic of it after I put on the Bigsby later. [Guitar Pics](https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2wukxvp94ln1gks/AACauEznwIxijuA91hD5RHIWa?dl=0) ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/94 "2017-08-05T00:42:00Z")
[quote=“SigMan, post:88, topic:456851”] Thanks man. 🙂 I’d prefer Grand Funk Railroad and Blue Oyster Cult. 😃 [/QUOTE] Boy, that brings back memories. Grand Funk was the best terrible band there ever was. I used to play a lot of their stuff in high school--Closer To Home, Paranoid, Mean Mistreater. I had all their albums up to Shinin' On, and over the years I have lost, given away, or misplaced, most of my vinyl and don't have any GFR left. I saw them live with Freddie King as warm-up (“up all night/with Freddie King”), and at the time I did not know Freddie King, but now I’m amazed that I saw him on the same bill. I just did a search and found they have a web site and are still touring. But, without Mark Farner it just isn’t Grand Funk. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/95 "2017-08-05T01:44:31Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Sweet! Put that out through **FGiE** ’s open windows. That’d get his neighbor’s attention. > > I have a busy weekend: my current drummer buddy’s wife is away, so we will play some loud obnoxious rock. Tele \> Blackstone MOSFET overdrive \> Tweed Deluxe replica. Then, my old drummer has a window of time with his drums here, before he moves back to the U.K. (Long story; great for him) We are going to rock the fuck out. He’s likely playing this Bonham-sized Sonor kit (size in diameters, not number of drums. He likes a simple kit. This one’s louder than bombs). Tele \> Blackstone \> some wonderful old tube amp he has lying around, like this big Traynor or an Ampeg Gemini. This is going to be fun. > > Warm up with Stones. Some old Aerosmith. More Stones. Talking Heads. Bowie. Zep. Yay. LOL, I get their attention enough trying to not play too loudly with my Blackstar HT-20. If you recall, I swapped the original speaker for a Celestion V30 and it’s glorious. And troublemaking,everywhere I go. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/96 "2017-08-05T10:46:26Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > LOL, I get their attention enough trying to not play too loudly with my Blackstar HT-20. If you recall, I swapped the original speaker for a Celestion V30 and it’s glorious. And troublemaking,everywhere I go. I hear ya - probably from here ;). Last night with drummer friend was loud. One of his kids checked in down in the basement, rocking along. I asked if he could hear us outside. He said “oh, yeah, we can hear you up the block. It’s badass!!” I’ll take it - we don’t play dad rock; there’s muscle to the groove. Only a couple of hours and done by 8pm. **SigMan** , that version of Montrose lasted two albums. He had the band Gamma, too, but never really broke big. Montrose was also the debut of Sammy Hagar, so noteworthy-ish there, and also of the production team of Ted Templeman and Donn Landee. They did a lot of stuff, but most famously produced Van Halen, which has the exact same template as Montrose. And of course Sammy joined later. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/97 "2017-08-05T10:53:00Z")
Too late to edit: **swampy** I like the Tele (and I have the same GS-Mini). That color is great. A bit more…crimson?..vs the classic Gibson SG raw meat dark red I did my other home built Tele in. Love that color guitar. And since mine has Gibson features like a short scale and korina body, the color adds to the hybrid vibe. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/98 "2017-08-05T12:36:11Z")
[Alrighty.](http://media.musiciansfriend.com/is/image/MMGS7/Tortex-Standard-Guitar-Picks-.50-mm-6-Dozen/110040000426160-00-290x290.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/99 "2017-08-05T12:47:10Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > But, without Mark Farner it just isn’t Grand Funk. Without Mark, Don or Mel there ain’t no Grand Funk. The three together was magic. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/100 "2017-08-05T12:52:02Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > [Alrighty.](http://media.musiciansfriend.com/is/image/MMGS7/Tortex-Standard-Guitar-Picks-.50-mm-6-Dozen/110040000426160-00-290x290.jpg) Stop nitpicking! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851/101 "2017-08-06T14:09:19Z")
Okay, so no BOC or GFR. Lots of AC/DC (Long Way to the Top was epic; Sin City, If You Want Blood, Girls Got Rhythm, etc). some Red Hot Chili Peppers (Higher Ground), a little Bad Company and Free. I do this Pseudo Who thing where I fake the sound of Pete’s synths on Won’t Get Fooled before uncorking a huge guitar chord or three. All just so fun - I tried Stones and more greasy grooves, but he wanted big beats with his elbows up. Zep’s Rock and Roll was huge. His early '70’s Traynor amp though a Bogner 2x12 loaded with couple of Celestions - oh man oh man. So responsive and perfect-sounding. I love my Tele. Broke my A since I played on it a couple of hours with my other friend. I am rough on strings. My drummer yesterday is a successful, platinum-albums-produced pro. He’s always been my pinch-myself bandmate. About halfway through, he said “how do you describe your playing? ‘Meat and potatoes?’ Man, I miss those meat and potatoes.” Very, very cool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-post-your-guitar-pics/456851.md?page=6)