Musician's Thread

Nobody else posted it, so I will. Alex Lifeson's Signature Les Paul (with the FR tremolo and piezo pickup / dual output jacks) is now available in the more affordable Epiphone version.

 

I can vouch for Epiphone’s QC. It’s not Gibson, obviously, but they’re pretty strict. Also, all the Epi’s get shipped to Nashville and inspected by Gibson employees before they get shipped out.

Unless the pandemic fucked up things and now they’re cutting corners. I left the game in fall 2019.

 

My LP and ES-335 are both Epi's and I love them. But, I got them pre-2019, so yeah.

 

If you have a bass lying around, here's something to try:

 

Did you try getting tongue cancer?

 

Related: Victor Wooten uses the top four strings of a 6-string bass set. So instead of E-A-D-G, it's A-D-G-C, and they're still wound pretty much like a bass string and have the right tension.

Check this out: Cory Wong (who is a badass rhythm guitarist in the vein of Nile Rodgers) is in this video, if you don't know him, check his stuff out.
Music starts around 2:30

 

Does anybody use D'addario strings for acoustic? I usually just use regular slinky Ernie Ball for my electrics. But I don't gig and play a whole lot, so I've used D'addario EXP for years, because they last so long. They discontinued them last year when they came out with their XS coating, and XT has replaced the EXP. How is the XS coating, and how does it effect the tone? I liked the EXP for my Breedlove, because I mostly strum, and it has a warmer better balanced mid-range. It doesn't sound as tinny, to me as some other strings I've tried.

 

Are you using the XT or XS? I think the XT is pretty much the same as the old EXP, but I was curious about upgrading to the XS.

 

I put on some D’addario strings last year, and I was not impressed. I thing it was the EXPs, but I can’t honestly remember. They didn’t last as long as I had hoped, and I had to switch to Elixir.

Elixir Nanowebs are long lasting, but they are a tinny sounding string sometimes.

If a clerk ever seems to be really pushing Cleartones, it’s because they have profit margin and make him more commission. I don’t hate them, but that’s why I sold them.

 

Just an interesting little tidbit: I just watched an interview with Phil Collen of Def Leppard and he strings his guitars with 13's! And he strings his Tele with 14's. Funny, because I've run across quite a few people who think I'm running to heavy with 10's.