Subj : Re: My axes and rigs To : Joe Bruchis From : Nelgin Date : Fri Nov 17 2017 12:20:47 On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 05:51:34 +0000, "Joe Bruchis" 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. .