@black again
GIBSON COMING THIS WEEK BRUH.
Also, the Ultra Stratocaster should be coming this week as well. Truck got delayed.
I'm trading in my American Professional II and putting the difference down on the Gibson. Sweetwater said long as they can sell it brand new they will give me full credit for it. So that makes the Gibson $1800 or so after taxes. That's not bad at all. I'm paying full price for the Strat but fuck it, it ain't shit. I want what the fuck I want. I work too much to justify what I cannot have. Also, I'm gonna take your advice and get a Telecaster. But not just any Telecaster. The Ultra Luxe one of course.
Staying with the Ultra Luxe series for two reasons. 1, I've learned with my massive hands tall narrow frets are not good for me. I need medium jumbo frets. Gibson has those as well. I'm taking a song writing class through Studio.com with H.E.R. She says during a class she loves making 7th chords for her songs. She (by the way the pretty as a muthafucka too and is a musical genius......just hearing her talk about how she goes about song writing makes sense and blows you away) talked about making chord progressions 1st and played Fmaj7 from the 8th fret, 5th string. Sounded phenomenal. She was on an Acustic. She then switched to a Cmaj7 on the 6th string of the 8th fret. Too difficult with my huge hands so I just slid the barre chord down to the 3rd fret of the 5th string. I noticed it was easy doing the barre chord there, but had a little difficulty with doing it at the 8th fret. In doing research, the Professional II comes with narrow tall frets. I'm built like an offensive lineman. Nothing narrow is good for me. Also, I learned the difference between a C shaped neck and a D shaped neck. A D shape is more flat. Less taxing on your thumb when making barre chords. C is more rounded, which is what the Professional series has. I went to Guitar Center and played an Ultra Luxe. Difference was HUGE!!! More room to fret up the neck and less taxing on my thumb. I'm learning what feels right iny hands. I played a Gibson too for the 1st time!!!
I was looking at this:
Gibson Custom B.B. King Lucille Legacy Electric Guitar - Transparent Ebony
Semi-hollowbody Electric Guitar with Maple/Poplar/Maple Top, Maple/Poplar/Maple Back and Sides, Mahogany Neck, Ebony Fingerboard, and 2 Humbucking Pickups - Transparent Ebonywww.sweetwater.com
Saw several online demos of it. BB King is one of my top 3 favorite guitar players (Also Eric Gale and Johnny Guitar Watson). This is a beautiful looking and sounding instrument.
But no damn way if I'm not making a COMFORTABLE living as a professional guitarist am I spending 7K on a guitar...lol
I'm mostly self taught. But in my early 20s I studied with a historically significant blues guitarist who was a contemporary of BB King. Shortly after that, I was a music major. It was while I was at uni that I took a year of formal guitar lessons. I brought my cheap, candy-apple red, no-name electric in with me and was almost apologetic about it. My teacher said something that stuck with me till today. He asked me who my fave guitarist was. I told him, BB.
He said, "If BB King played YOUR $150 guitar, he would still sound like himself." "It's not about WHAT guitar you have, it's about your skill on the instrument." That guitar I linked to above is sweet. But I know it's not gonna sound appreciably different than what I already have that was much cheaper. I have done occasional gigs with my guitar, but mostly I use my instruments to songwrite, record and produce my stuff.
Most skilled semi-prof and professional guitarists whom I know buy their instruments on the used market- often on eBay or Reverb, sometimes Sweetwater or Guitar Center. Advantages? Two main ones:
1. Oftentimes, the person selling the guitar might have upgraded it with better hardware and other modifications. It'll be in excellent shape and you can get a guitar with say, $200 or $300 worth of mods for what you'd have paid elsewhere for the same stock instrument.
2. You can often bargain the seller down from their listed price.
I have one used guitar right now that I bought like new. But I think I'm probably going to be going the used or eBay/Sweetwater route in the future. I've been seeing fantastic prices recently.
@jack walsh13...Mannnnnnnnnn, you give a hater ammo like a mofo
...LOVE your choice of guitars!!
You gon like that Tele. I thought I'd be a Strat player, for sure, but after playing my Special Edition Deluxe for a few years, I'm sold on it...now I want just a standard Tele, with a more classic set up.
I still have trouble figuring out that 5-way Strat pup switch...damn near too much going on for me.
I'm totally ignorant on the different neck shapes. I hear guys talk about a C, V, D shape, and TBH, I don't know which any of mine are, but the Tele fits like a glove... whichever shape it is, I want more like it.
I'll ask my son about that, when I see him...but it's gonna be awhile. That nicca just started a European tour and is gon be tied up for a minute. Talked to him last week and he was like...see ya in October.
That music class sounds DOPE AF!!
Learning from H.E.R. is gonna increase your knowledge like crazy...at this point, it's just a matter of making the right connects to gig with different people.
@respiration...TOTALLY agree with ya...give me a $7k axe and it would be like putting me in a Hellcat. I could drive it, but I couldn't get everything out of it.
I'm an admitted cheapskate, and I get a thrill from finding crazy deals on stuff...I think I found a deal on a tube amp..gimme a few weeks and I'll see.
The thing Walsh is gonna find out is once he is a pro, he ain't gonna have to pay for NOTHING, as far as gear.
My son gets new guitars ALL THE TIME..many are built to his specs and are one-offs..not off the rack models.
Funny thing is he had a habit of smashing em, til his sponsor told him to chill. They were like...these aren't replaceable..
I guarantee H.E.R. hasn't bought a guitar in years...Fender prolly pays her to go to their factory and pick out whatever she wants.
That's how I got my nicest axe. My son told his rep he needed one for me, and they sent him a brand new joint, for me...worth about $2500 and VERY rare.
That's the only thing I have to compare to Walsh's fuckin arsenal.
to you, my man!
