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I thought it was 'Rockpalast' when i saw the thumbnail.
Sounds great despite nothing digital !
Brilliant concert and yes, sounds just incredible. Like he's barely even trying and still running rings around me.
Fuck the radio i'm leaving that playing now. Despite seeing it before, thanks for posting tonight's entertainment and ongoing theme.
It's Dire Straits night.
There's much rumour about whether slabs or veneers sound better. Received wisdom is that slabs sound darker - yet I've back to backed real vintage examples and found the reverse to be the case.
I'm sure in some instances it's true - but you have to take each example on its merits.
I'm not sure it's the perceived tonality, although I'd agree that 'common wisdom' says darker, but I reckon it's because they feel nicer generally, by quite a distance, esp if you play thumb over. Just smioother and also more robust. Sounds nuts, but I believe it to be the case.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
From my experience, I've always been a bit more drawn towards veneer board guitars, mainly 1964s, seem to have it... IMHO
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
However most of the 64 stratocasters I've played (my own included), have a fluty quality to the notes, which I highly appreciate on a strat. But this could be luck of the draw. I've been more pleased with 64-65 strats, then I have been with earlier slabboards. But of course, this means absolutely nothing in the overall universe of existing pre-cbs strats.
The very well know luthier Scott Lentz, has described many a times, having to work on pre-cbs slabboard strats, which had the fretboard barely hanging to the neck, along with other issues. He is also a known user of veneer (which are more labour intensive), in his own guitar builds. The use of slabboards in modern guitars is quite simple to explain in my view, they're easier to build and there's a demand for it. In any case i don't think it's such a big thing, and just as ICBM rightfully said, even though I prefer curved boards, none of the options would stop me from buying the right guitar.
He was well aware of the pitfalls of musicians misusing equipment even that early on. It's also why he designed his amps with no impedance selector, a safety switch in the speaker jack and to be very impedance-insensitive…
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein