Link to a thread on the Gear Page. A UK shop is selling an EVH limited/played/signed guitar.
A post on that thread explains it: during his relationship changes, he did a run o guitars with Charvel, would stripe and play them once in concert, then sign them. This one apparently is listed for ~£14,000.
A game-worn jersey from Derek Jeter. Hey, more power to Eddie to make a buck. And if I was a gazillionaire I might want one over the bar, but man, that type of stuff is just not my thing.
I am not a luthier but it sounds like more than a setup, may need to have the nut slots sawn out a hair.
Lower the gauge of the strings.
A quick stroke or two with a nut file, or some of this if you’re feeling brave, abrasive cord, and finish with a tiny bit of pencil or graphite lube and you should be good to go. If your guitar guy won’t charge you an arm and a leg a full on setup probably won’t go astray if it’s never been done.
So saith the luthier wannabe.
1862 Torres.
Link here: 1862 Torres - The Acoustic Guitar Forum
Antonio Torres was THE innovator in establishing the blueprint of the modern Classical guitar. He famously built a guitar with papermache back and sides to demonstrate the importance of the top and his fan bracing undergirding it to generate sound.
Listen to this player and how it sounds. So rich and full. His technique - oy! He slides up to a high single note and gets such a bell tone.
If a nylon string from 1862 can sound that good, I have hope for my old steel string Martins.
Beautiful! I love the figuring on the side woods and the understated rosette and purfling. The playing was incredible. It looks like maple sides and cedar top, which is a relatively unusual combination in modern classicals. Not so much the cedar top but the maple sides I haven’t seen much. Lots of rosewood or mahogany, though. I really want to build a jumbo cutaway flat top with maple back and sides with a redwood top. It’s on my someday list.
Hey, WordMan: what’s a good route to get a real(istic) 5e3 Tweed Deluxe build? Meaning: cheapest but least hassle (I don’t think I’m building a kit, and are the kits even good quality?) but authentic results. That doesn’t require an MSEE to maintain.
Fender of course has a Custom Deluxe at $2k (ouch) or the Edge version for $2.4k (yow); I’ve seen actual late 50’s tweeds on Reverb for okay to are-you-f’ing-kidding? prices; boutique makers I don’t have knowledge of; people selling their kit builds.
Asking you specifically since you mentioned in the other “guitar pix” thread you had a boutique tweed clone. Suggestions? Pitfalls?
So -
Prices vary based on what parts you’re getting and how preassembled they are. Have a great time and report back. Building my guitars gave me a “know your tools” insight I really feel. I suspect building an amp would deliver that in spades.
ETA: I would check out the Gear Page’s amp build forum, and assume there’s one at TDPRI and probably a standalone messageboard or two. I always like hanging out on a geek-specific site for a bit to get a feel for the players, you know?
That’s a bit dangerous. The drummer might not always hit the crash at that same time. The bass player may play different notes leading into the next section, etc.
The tried and true way is to count and count always. Nobody really “likes” it, especially at first, but you are strengthening your internal sense of being able to know what a 4 bar phrase feels like, as well as 8, 12, 16 or 32 bar phrases(which are the most common lengths). The better you develop these senses now, the less you will have to count in the future.
I play with professional musicians all the time. They can all feel a 16 bar phrase (or any of the others) without thinking about it at all, but you have to take the time to develop it. Trust me, it will make you a much better musician, even if it seems a little sucky at the moment.
Check this out:
I ran across a interview with Elliot Lurie, the guitarist & singer for Looking Glass. He wrote the hit, Brandy.
Quite interesting story about the bands beginnings as a college bar band.
Looking Glass didn’t last long. Elliot went on to a successful career as head of the music department at 20th Century Fox in the mid 1980’s.
Elliot performs Brandy on an Acoustic guitar. He uses a lot of Barre chords.
Skip to 12 min to watch Elliot play Brandy. Rare opportunity to see exactly which chords are in the song.
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[/QUOTE]I watched it. Kinda interesting - I mean, anything featuring Bonham’s drumming is interesting - but not all that great as a commentary. Can I just say it drives me nuts that the maker of this features Bonzo’s work on Fool in the Rain as one of his best grooves and never calls it the Purdie Shuffle or where Bonham got it? It would only have shown how steeped in good drumming Bonham was. Argh.
Thanks for the info. Which of those two Bruno amps (18 v 30) is yours, and if it’s an 18, isn’t that by definition not a tweed deluxe but a Marshall circuit? Likewise the 30, though I dunno what that pedigree might be - a 5e3 with EL34s?
Stewmac posted part 1 of repairing and maintaining Willie Nelson’s guitar, trigger. Mark Erlewine has been taking care of it for many years.
Trigger began life as this Baldwin guitar with a Prismatone pickup. Baldwin gave the guitars to Willie, Chet, Jerry Reed and other Nashville stars.
https://goo.gl/images/9RTNBC
A drunk stepped on pre-Trigger and snapped off the neck. It was unrepairable.
Shot Jackson, a luthier known for Sho-Bud guitars, salvaged the bridge, Prismatone pickup, and installed it on a Martin N20 classical guitar.
You’ll never see Trigger up close like this again.
I’ll post part 2 when it comes out.
http://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Trade_Secrets/Repairing_Willie_Nelsons_Trigger_guitar.html?lac_guid=565513a9-d87d-e711-80d9-ecb1d775572a&utm_campaign=ts0291&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=ts0291_C_20170810
The direct YouTube link loads faster.
They found another 69 Martin N20. It’s only a few serial numbers different from Trigger. Mark got the Martin and set it up exactly like Trigger.
They gave it to Willie. He’s never played it. 
I have the Tweedy Pie 18: Tony Bruno Custom Amps - Tweedy Pie 18
Since it has two 6v6 tubes and comes in a Tweed Deluxe style cab, I assumed it was a TD circuit. It sounds great, so I’m happy.
The Underground 30, to my knowledge was a hybrid by design, and an amp he made his own rep with. Really valued.
Hi, I don’t post in this thread often, but I feel the need to report some GAS.
I am now the proud owner of a Fender Strat Deluxe. After playing most of the guitars in the shop in my price range, including a couple of Fender US Specials, a Les Paul Faded and a PRS SE Custom 24, this is the one which captured my heart.
It plays really nicely, and has locking tuners and Vintage Noiseless pickups which is a plus.
I love that translucent blue - very cool. Congrats!
Thanks. I think we’re going to be very happy together.
One (slightly embarassing) question: the scratchplate seems to have a thin film of some sort of plastic covering it. You can see it around the screws. I assume it’s some sort of protective covering, but it’s very, very tightly layered over the plastic of the scratchplate. Is this normal for new Strats?
Oh, and the store included the user manual for a bass. I should probably get them to swap it out.
It sounds like the shrink-wrappy plastic they put on the pickguard for protection in shipping and store. It comes off easily.