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[Ullman]

epiphone do replicas.
never liked em although he got a decent sound out of them at the time

I like his playing. I just think they're all wrong aesthetically. Still, I suppose it worked if he was looking for a trademark.

[Severus]

what do you have to do to qualify as being 'indie'?

Don't you have to be signed to an independent label? What constitutes an independent label, independent from what?

[l'angelo mysterioso]

Don't you have to be signed to an independent label? What constitutes an independent label, independent from what?

I'm nmot signed to any label: does thaat make me independent, or just ######?

How can you tell if a band or singer is 'indie' by listening to them?

[Hornetto]

what do you have to do to qualify as being 'indie'?

Don't be signed to a major. Do it for yourself, form your own 'label' and do everything independently.
Though 'indie' has become a genre: a bit 'alternative', a bit 'left field', 'authentic' and not major-label polished.

[Hornetto]

I had one of these...



… made for me in the style of one of these….



Will post a pic tmrw.

About 10 years ago, I had £150 burning a hole in my pocket for a new guitar and a shop in Manchester had a sale on Squier guitars, so I went to buy a Tele. When I got there, all the Teles had gone, but - as I was there and I had the cash in my pocket - I bought a Strat instead.

But I never got on with it: too heavy, too unwieldy, could never get a tone I liked - so it sat, unloved and unplayed, in its gig bag in the spare room for nigh on 8 years. When we moved house three years ago, my other half said "What *are* you going to do with this guitar?" At that time I'd come across a guitar-maker called Carl Flint who was always looking for 'interesting projects' so I asked if he could cannibalise my unloved strat for hardware and the neck, but build me a Tele Thinline body. As he'd not done a hollow-body, he used me/my guitar as a guinea pig. When it came to the sound-hole, we thought it'd be unusual for it to have the Ricky 'curve' on it, so we bit the bullet and put one in.

Unlike its predecessor, I love my 'frankenstein' Tele. Light, dead easy to play and gets played pretty much every day. You might notice, it's only got 5 strings - it's tuned to 5-string open-G tuning a la Keef Richards. Makes it fun and interesting to play (takes me out of the 'concert-tuning' straight-jacket ).

[Futtocks]

Thanks for that - I like the look of it, and owning something unique made specially for you is worth more than the money.

[l'angelo mysterioso]

About 10 years ago, I had £150 burning a hole in my pocket for a new guitar and a shop in Manchester had a sale on Squier guitars, so I went to buy a Tele. When I got there, all the Teles had gone, but - as I was there and I had the cash in my pocket - I bought a Strat instead.

But I never got on with it: too heavy, too unwieldy, could never get a tone I liked - so it sat, unloved and unplayed, in its gig bag in the spare room for nigh on 8 years. When we moved house three years ago, my other half said "What *are* you going to do with this guitar?" At that time I'd come across a guitar-maker called Carl Flint who was always looking for 'interesting projects' so I asked if he could cannibalise my unloved strat for hardware and the neck, but build me a Tele Thinline body. As he'd not done a hollow-body, he used me/my guitar as a guinea pig. When it came to the sound-hole, we thought it'd be unusual for it to have the Ricky 'curve' on it, so we bit the bullet and put one in.

Unlike its predecessor, I love my 'frankenstein' Tele. Light, dead easy to play and gets played pretty much every day. You might notice, it's only got 5 strings - it's tuned to 5-string open-G tuning a la Keef Richards. Makes it fun and interesting to play (takes me out of the 'concert-tuning' straight-jacket ).

I am agog

[Hornetto]

I am agog

In a good way?

[l'angelo mysterioso]

In a good way?

oh yes
one of the most beautiful guitars I have ever seen.
What sort of sound does it have?

[Hornetto]

oh yes
one of the most beautiful guitars I have ever seen.
What sort of sound does it have?

It's pretty versatile. The clean sound isn't as harsh/trebly as a strat, it has a really good, 'dirty' middle and it has a really warm, but clear bottom.

Gives me a pretty good 'stonesy' sound. And really punchy on blocky/damped rhythm chords.

It's way better than I could've hoped for a 'guinea pig' - and it's improving as it plays in. It 'moved' a lot the first six months or so.

[Severus]

This is something I have yet to learn, that different electric guitar have a different sound. Obviously the distinction between acoustics is more pronounced, but listening to a recording I couldn't tell you whether it was recorded on a Tele or a Les Paul (e.g., Stairway to Heaven was recorded on a Tele but Page always used a Les Paul live). Saying that my humble Epiphone Les Paul has brilliant sustain, I can hear it now and haven't played it in a few days.

[Hornetto]

This is something I have yet to learn, that different electric guitar have a different sound. Obviously the distinction between acoustics is more pronounced, but listening to a recording I couldn't tell you whether it was recorded on a Tele or a Les Paul (e.g., Stairway to Heaven was recorded on a Tele but Page always used a Les Paul live). Saying that my humble Epiphone Les Paul has brilliant sustain, I can hear it now and haven't played it in a few days.

Edited by Hornetto, 23 October 2012 - 12:33 PM.

[Futtocks]

The Pikasso

[Hornetto]

The Pikasso

Holy sh*t-in-a-box!


Hear it in action: Jazz Club. Nice.

Edited by Hornetto, 23 October 2012 - 01:43 PM.

[Phil]

Holy sh*t-in-a-box!


Hear it in action: Jazz Club. Nice.

what a god awful racket

[Wolford6]

The Pikasso

And, folks, that's why punk was invented.

[Futtocks]

And, folks, that's why punk was invented.

...because people saw that guitar and thought "I want a hairstyle that looks like that!"

[l'angelo mysterioso]

The Pikasso

also handy for straining pasta

what a god awful contraption

and having checked out the video what a waste of materials.

[Hornetto]

what a god awful racket

It reminded me of this...