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Post by namaste on Nov 10, 2005 3:53:03 GMT -5
Strat not working as well as I'd hope and I had another bloody warranty issue; this time a faulty truss rod. Just can't seem to get a break. Anyway, I've gone bohemian and sold all my guitars save for a classical/electric. It's the easiest guitar to play and I can play everything I know on it. Challenge will be how it performs at a live venue. I'll find out next month. Since I'm slowly easing out of group playing, I think the classical will be just fine for quiet solo gigs. Looking forward.
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Post by slowpoke on Nov 12, 2005 19:02:47 GMT -5
It's such a different sound though, with the nylon strings and everything. The first guitar I ever got was a old harmony classical guitar for two or four dollars at a garage sale. When I first started learning I didn't want to use a pick... until I got a huge painful blister on my thumb. Then I thought, well guess it's time I started learning with this thing. I think it's cool that you can limit yourself to it, but I'd miss the sound of my electric too much. Sorry to hear about the strat problems.
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Post by namaste on Nov 14, 2005 20:08:36 GMT -5
So, I guess me and Willy Nelson have something in common.
Actually, I use classical flatwounds on the guitar and it sounds great! They're made by Thomastick Infeld, and give one that "steel string" sound. Amazing. The down side is they're quite expensive and don't last as long (IMO) as regular classical strings.
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Post by slowpoke on Nov 15, 2005 21:07:00 GMT -5
heh, i'm sure your guitar only has one hole in it though. that's interesting, i didn't even consider you'd be using different strings. do you think the sound is pretty comparable to the hollowbodies you've had in the past?
i still haven't tried flatwounds on my guitar, it scares me for some reason.
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Post by namaste on Nov 17, 2005 11:10:52 GMT -5
Flats are great, especially on archtops. Think Joe Pass or Tal Farlow re sound. The flats on the classical are not quite as dull. They are bright and sit right inbetween a steel string guitar sound and an archtop, but are much easier to play as they are only .39 to .16.
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Post by slowpoke on Nov 20, 2005 23:56:18 GMT -5
I definitely love the sound they get. In an old guitar player there was an "Ask Barney" column with Barney Kessel and someone asked the strings he used. He wasn't able to answer because of endorsments but said that he preferred rounwounds because flats seemed too dead to him.
I suppose I owe it to myself to try them though. And Joe Pass is pretty much the reason I got into playing jazz.
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