The SUBSIM Music Thread

[Commander Wallace]

I knew you would have the answers , Vienna. I remember Santo and Johnny's " Sleepwalk." It is one of the most widely covered songs. Some people do a better job on it than others and other people change up the tempo. This is Joe Satriani's version. I think Joe Nails this timeless classic with an updated rock version.





Bobby Harrison is another incredible ambidextrous guitarist. Bobby Played with Brit Floyd, a Pink Floyd Numbers band. Bobby also has a number of guitar teaching websites. In the web sites, Bobby plays right handed. Here is Bobby Harrison and Brit Floyd playing a Pink Floyd Classic, " Comfortably Numb. " Bobby contributes to the end solo with the other lead guitarist, Damian Darlington. Bobby plays the mid solo at 2:08. Surprisingly, he doesn't bend notes as much as I have seen him do in concert.

Originally Posted by vienna

Great find and a really great band name!...

I have an inexpensive left-handed Strat copy I acquired many years ago that I restrung as a right handed guitar just to experiment with the sound possibilities; its a bit of work to play if you're used to a 'normal' Strat, since the controls are at the top of the body (actually more convenient), the trem bar screws in at the top of the bridge (makes it a task to hand mute the strings), and the body cutaways are reversed, with the deeper cutaway at the top; its the last, cutaway, problem that may have made Dick Dale opt for the left-handed body style, so as to get more reach on the higher frets...


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With regards to to playing left or right, it hardly matters as long as the lower and upper E strings and everything in between are in the right place. I have a number of Fender Stratocaster's. One in particular has been a test mule of sorts. It has had a variety of pickups in it including single and dual coil and combinations.

It has also had a number of custom wound and potted pickups and run through a variety of amps as well. It currently has 2 humbuckers / dual coils in the neck and bridge position separated by a single coil in the middle position. It has custom push / pull pots and wiring to control phase and cutting out one or both humbuckers to go to a single coil " Strat " sound. These are known as " Coil Taps " in guitar playing circles. With a nice tube amp, muted, warm tones can be coaxed from the guitar for Jazz numbers. It also does well for hard hitting Blues numbers as well.

With the humbucking coils engaged, Harder hitting songs are a breeze. All in all, a very satisfying electric guitar.

[Catfish]

[vienna]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

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With regards to to playing left or right, it hardly matters as long as the lower and upper E strings and everything in between are in the right place. I have a number of Fender Stratocaster's. One in particular has been a test mule of sorts. It has had a variety of pickups in it including single and dual coil and combinations.

It has also had a number of custom wound and potted pickups and run through a variety of amps as well. It currently has 2 humbuckers / dual coils in the neck and bridge position separated by a single coil in the middle position. It has custom push / pull pots and wiring to control phase and cutting out one or both humbuckers to go to a single coil " Strat " sound. These are known as " Coil Taps " in guitar playing circles. With a nice tube amp, muted, warm tones can be coaxed from the guitar for Jazz numbers. It also does well for hard hitting Blues numbers as well.

With the humbucking coils engaged, Harder hitting songs are a breeze. All in all, a very satisfying electric guitar.

Well, both Dick Dale and Albert King, and probably some others, played with the strings in the reverse order, with the bass strings closest to the floor and the treble string closer to the player, which make their ability to play as weel as they did even more impressive. Just take a left-hand strung guitar, turn it over, and try to play it as if it was a right strung guitar; the mental gymnastics to 'transpose' the chord shapes and scales is daunting if you've not started out playing that way. Long ago, I knew a young lady who could play ambidextrously and it never ceased to amaze me; when I asked her if she had a method to her playing, she just shrugged and said, "That's just the way I taught myself"; it kind of falls into the same category as Wes Montgomery when he was asked how he developed his style: "Nobody told me I was playing the wrong way"...

I try not to do a lot of mods to my guitars. Experience has taught me there will be situations where someone will ask you to play and be expecting a certain sound they'd heard you play before, and your usual guitar isn't available; if your sound is heavily dependent on major mods (on-board or active electronics, particular pickups, etc.), then you've got a problem; I much more prefer to find ways to achieve specific sounds mainly through the use of fingers, muting, attack, etc.; look back at players like Hendrix, Beck, etc., whose guitars really weren't all that modded yet they were able to achieve sounds even when they weren't using amp rigs with pedals; someone once remarked that you could give Keith Richards any guitar, from cheap copy to high-end, high-tech axe and, in a couple of minutes, it would sound like Keith Richards; the sound and feel is all in the fingers...










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[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by vienna

I try not to do a lot of mods to my guitars. Experience has taught me there will be situations where someone will ask you to play and be expecting a certain sound they'd heard you play before, and your usual guitar isn't available; if your sound is heavily dependent on major mods (on-board or active electronics, particular pickups, etc.), then you've got a problem; I much more prefer to find ways to achieve specific sounds mainly through the use of fingers, muting, attack, etc.; look back at players like Hendrix, Beck, etc., whose guitars really weren't all that modded yet they were able to achieve sounds even when they weren't using amp rigs with pedals; someone once remarked that you could give Keith Richards any guitar, from cheap copy to high-end, high-tech axe and, in a couple of minutes, it would sound like Keith Richards; the sound and feel is all in the fingers...

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I had no Idea Dick Dale or Albert King strung their guitars that way. I'm not heavily dependent on any guitar's I have. I often change what guitar is my favorite. Amps are another matter and I much prefer an all tube amp. They are regularly biased to maintain the sound. I also take along an S series Ibanez with Humbuckers in the neck and bridge position separated by a single coil. I also take along an 85 American Standard Stratocaster in Ash with a one piece maple fingerboard / neck.

Frankenstein's monster as I call the modded guitar can sound like either of them and I think the sound has more to do with the amp in conjunction with the pickups. Others have argued that the wood used in the body has more to do with it. In this case, the body is made of Ash. Alder is another great wood. My Ibanez has a mahogany body and sounds great as well.

The Ibanez has a maple neck with a polished ebony fingerboard as does " Frankenstein's monster ". I always liked the vintage 65 Fender twin reverb in the 85 watt configuration. The sound is pure magic. It also has a spring reverb. I also prefer the 65-67 twin reverb amp head so you can match up a speaker cab with Celestion speakers. I like the Sound of various Marshall amps as well and along with Fender amps, remain the gold standard. Dumble Amps are another fantastic guitars and Stevie Ray Vaughan used one owned by Jakson Browne dubbed, " Mother Dumble. " Jackson Browne named it that as it was one of the first Dumble amps built by Howard Dumble. The Dumble amps can fetch an incredible $ 75,000 to $ 125,000, I have heard, which is ridiculous.

Fender sell's a Roland pickup equipped Straocaster guitar. It could be patched into a Roland system and the guitar could be made to sound like anything, including a violin if you knew what you were doing. I think the older Roland Stratocasters were better.

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[Eichhörnchen]

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Tunes from my youth. Matt Bianco, Basia cannot be mistaken for anyone else.


This one from their second album however was already without Basia.

[fumo30]

Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalo - Pigmy (1972)






Claw Boys Claw - Bite the Dice

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[Catfish]

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