Subj : Re: My axes and rigs
To   : Joe Bruchis
From : Nelgin
Date : Fri Nov 17 2017 12:20 pm

On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 05:51:34 +0000, "Joe Bruchis"
<joe.bruchis@1:3828/12> wrote:


>I've never heard of a Fernandes. Who makes it? How many pickups and what type?

Erm..Fernandes :) It's a strat style so has the 3 pickups and 5
selector position. If you do a Google search for 'ferandes strat style
guitar red' you'll see some examples. Mine is red whith a white
pickguard, Mark Knopfler style. I would really like a nice Fender but
probably a bit out of my price league considering I only pay for my
own enjoyment. I couldn't tell you what sort of pickups they are.

>The reason I bought the Egnater is because it was the only tube amp I could
>find in the price range ($600). There was a Marshall solid state in that
range,
>but you can't be the sound of a tube amp. The Marshall had a lot of effects
>built in which I made up for with pedals. These days pedals come pretty cheap
>in plastic housings.

Behringer do a decent line of cheap pedals. I've got a couple of
theirs and a tuner. I think I have the noise reducer and the graphic
equilizer. You're right about the effects on the Marshall solid state
but I would really like a tube amp. As you say, they're a bit pricey.

> N> I also have a Frankenstrat. It's a heavy beast, obviously not an
> N> original because you can tell how the serial number and Fender logos
> N> are stuck on, but still, it's a solid rig. Unfortuntely I put too
> N> heavy strings on, 13s I think, and it started pulling the bridge out
> N> the body. It has some nice pickups and winding pegs.
>
>I've never heard of this model either. Is it made by Fender?

Nah, it's a strat make up of all sorts of different pieces, like
Franenstein...Frankenstrat...it still sounds really nice tho. I should
fix it up and sell it.

> N> I have a Republic resonator which looks exactly like Mark Knopfler's
> N> O style National guitar. It looks like the one on the front of the
> N> Brothers in Arms album.
>
>Now that is a gem. I have never owned a resonator. Do you play slide guitar?

Not very well, I should really leave one of my guitars in open E and
learn some Chris Rea stuff though. I have the Republic in open G with
a capo on the 3rd free so I can play Romeo and Juliet and it also
works for Telegraph Road (Dire Straits songs)


>I have a Yamaha keyboard as well, but only know a few boogie woogie songs on
>it. My mother played and she was very good, having been an accordion player in

>her youth.

The Yamaha was my first touch sensitive keyboard so was an interesting
concept for me when I got it.
>
>
> N> Then there's the drums. A friend was selling some cymbals and ended
> N> up buying his kit for about $250 so now I have 2 kick bass, 4 toms,
> N> 2 floor toms, snare highhat, and about 6 cymbals.
>
>
>Wow! You got a lot for your money. I bought my son a set around 12 years ago
>for around $350. It had only a snare, bass, one tom,a high hat and crash
>symbol. I played snare drum in high school so I enjoyed playing the set as
>well. I'm not sure what he did with the drums after he got older.

That's probably what I paid for my kit and got about the same except I
had two toms plus the floor tom. Pretty cheap, basic kit.

>
> N> If only I learned bass guitar, I could do a one man band recording
> N> lol.
>
>Yep. If you play guitar, bass is easy enough to play at a basic level. I see
>guys on YouTube that video each instrument;s part to a song, then put it
>together showing them playing each instrument.

Bass guitar just looks borning standing there plucking away and 4
strings. That said, Jah Wobble does have some pretty click bass
patterns lol.
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