Line Out - Comments on Guitars, guitars, and guitars. http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars Today on Sound Check, we are talking about Guitars. Behold, the holy axe, your stringed baby, the lemon that is squeezed until juice runs down your leg. I asked a few guitar players - What do you play and why?... Copyright 2008 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:18:19 -0800 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:31:59 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by nipper I pick a standard Rok Axe - which I bought for $12! why? 'cause it sounds like shit like I like it to sound...I ain't no Wes Montgomery for fuck sake!

]]> nipper http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692439 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692439 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:03:54 -0800 Comment by teddy s. I play a '04 Yamaha. I suck, it sucks. But I fucking rock.

]]> teddy s. http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692459 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692459 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:14:28 -0800 Comment by Kim Hayden I rock a crappy red Samick I bought 12 years ago for around $200. It squeals, one of its pickups is held in with electrical tape, a couple frets toward the bottom of the neck are coming up, one of the knobs doesn't work, and the switch only sometimes works. It's been dropped many times, had a speaker fall on it, and had iced tea spilled all over it. But aside from all that, it's awesome. I think it sounds great and I'd never trade it in for a better guitar. I love it!

]]> Kim Hayden http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692490 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692490 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:36:31 -0800 Comment by randy b live i play a peavy t-15 i got as a gift from bushra of Looker. it's got a danelectro neck i jerry rigged onto it, and it takes beatings like Rocky in his youth. i also play a 80's danelectro baritone, and for recording i got a 79 gretsch bst. the pick ups are ferrite, lipstick, and humbuckers repectively.

]]> randy b http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692492 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692492 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:38:50 -0800 Comment by Pico D. 1995 Mexican Strat with 5 springs sucking the bridge down flat to the body. Rusted saddles, rusted poles. I have biohazard-like sweat. I once was offered $50 for it. Luckily I get to play it through a sweet old Twin. I love how a Strat caresses my beergut what with that thoughtfully scallopped back. WooDY HAGFY lives!

]]> Pico D. http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692503 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692503 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:48:38 -0800 Comment by chops axe #1 is an early seventies ibanez artist, black. thick as a les paul, double-cut like an SG. my first guitar and still fave. pick-ups have been swapped around over the years, but i think i still have seymour duncan/billy gibbons "pearly gates" or something like that, plus a gibson neck humbucker in there now. chunky.

]]> chops http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692529 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692529 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:30:37 -0800 Comment by t i don't play my guitar any more.

i just play duct tape.

]]> t http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692531 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692531 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:32:35 -0800 Comment by bizzy I had the same dream as Carly. Except I was nude and the crowd was just Santa Clauses.

]]> bizzy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692534 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692534 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:35:50 -0800 Comment by MAMMA C R O T C H ! ! ! !

]]> MAMMA http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692594 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692594 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:10:02 -0800 Comment by shane I used to have a Sears guitar that I have to say was my favorite. It was light and the amp was also the case. I wish I still had it.

]]> shane http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692615 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692615 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:18:46 -0800 Comment by zark is the wides tree Ok, I'll get in.

I gotta go Carvin. It crunches just so for me.

]]> zark is the wides tree http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692639 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692639 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:36:11 -0800 Comment by Master J The main guitar I use in Evil Twin is a 1979 Yamaha SG2000. I picked it up last year at Trading Musician as soon as I saw it. I instantly recognized it as one of the guitars that Duran Duran used in the 'Girls on Film' video (Yeah, it was the unedited version). It's at least as heavy as a Les Paul, but with double cutaways similar to the 70's Ibanez Artist. Oh, I also use one of those - a '79 - as my backup. Poor thing doesn't see much action though, since the Yamaha is so solid and refuses to break strings...

]]> Master J http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692648 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692648 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:40:37 -0800 Comment by pox Every guitar has different music in it, but, for me, Telecasters have a bigger variety, and nothing else produces that spanky low end. My #1 is an 04 MIM Nashville Deluxe, candy apple red with a white guard.

]]> pox http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692673 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692673 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:01:24 -0800 Comment by trent moorman Jay, I forgot what kind of double neck the guy actually had, the one you have up on your wall. What kind is it?

]]> trent moorman http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692695 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692695 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:11:48 -0800 Comment by Ryan Leensvaart I play a '56 Goldtop reissue Les Paul. The P-90 pickups sound like butter, and the woodgrain on the back of the body is beautiful. But mostly, the shiny gold lets people know that I won first place. U.S.E. rock by the way!

]]> Ryan Leensvaart http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692711 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692711 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:26:51 -0800 Comment by RJ from Sex Vid I play a Gibson Sonex 180. Same guitar Dez played in Black Flag. That's really all I know about it. I think they are budget Gibsons from the late 70's early 80's.

It's pretty heavy, stays in tune, sounds great. I really dig it. Feels sturdy, I guess. I have dropped that thing, spilled stuff on it, still works.

Getting a new guitar is not something I want to do.

I don't know my best or worst guitar experience is/was. I seem to have pretty good luck with that thing. It's amps that I always fuck up. I guess my best experience was finding these cool psychedelic stickers to put on it. Made it sound better...

]]> RJ from Sex Vid http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692720 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692720 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:30:56 -0800 Comment by Kim Dellavedova I play an Australian made guitar called, Fat Lady-1, made by Cole Clark.
The FL-1 is a solid timber dreadnought with carved top and back. It had a
solid rosewood bridge and fingerboard and sports a Dual input Acoustic Pick
up.

I've taken this guitar on numerous long haul flights.. and when I open up
the case, tune up it's form is unchangeable.. a trustworthy work-horse with a beautiful acoustic and onstage sound.

]]> Kim Dellavedova http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692731 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692731 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:37:35 -0800 Comment by Mark from Gear Driver My main guitar is a '74 American Strat with a DiMarzio high distortion humbucker in the lead spot. I like to get the "monster lead" sound.

I also have some other guitars and, although they look different, they're all usually set up very "Strat-like": vintage Strat style trem, thin neck, same intonation, same strings, and (although I haven't actually measured) I think all the necks are the same scale. Not coincidentally though, my backup guitar is a Strat that looks just like my main guitar (black on ash finish). It's nice that the guitars all feel the same when I play them.

#1 thing though, it's got to tune up and intonate true. I also say "you get me something made out of decent materials and I'll make it work".

Sorry I'm long-winded....

]]> Mark from Gear Driver http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692733 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692733 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:40:25 -0800 Comment by archival Les Paul Les Paul Les Paul and Les Paul.

]]> archival http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692822 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692822 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:09:36 -0800 Comment by achival Well, Trent, I get air when I play, yes, I do, and when I'm in the air, I think about Nerf toys and Lego Waffles.

]]> achival http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692827 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692827 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:13:40 -0800 Comment by archival Then I land and destroy the crowd's ears with my ultra solos. I also like my guitar. No one licks anymore.

]]> archival http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692831 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692831 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:20:03 -0800 Comment by tundra the only thing real guitar players think about when airborn are dragons and breasts.

]]> tundra http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692889 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692889 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:33:50 -0800 Comment by June Poon I play the bass and your moms vagina

]]> June Poon http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692905 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c692905 Sound Check Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:07:26 -0800 Comment by bosch i play an invisible flame-throwing psychic witch-magnet. usually red.

]]> bosch http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c693095 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c693095 Sound Check Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:43:38 -0800 Comment by Evil Twin Yeah, I think I know that girl, too, bosch.

]]> Evil Twin http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c693157 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c693157 Sound Check Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:55:23 -0800 Comment by Byron I usually play with a Guild starfire IV with Custom Deathgrowl Pickups. I sanded down the neck for maximum spider crawling, raised the bridge for finger tapping and installed a Bigsby. I recently purchased a "Coffin Case" from Nate at guitar center and my axe fits it like a dick in a pussy.

stay tough, stay high - voltage periscope

]]> Byron http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c693259 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/guitars_guitars_and_guitars#c693259 Sound Check Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:31:59 -0800