Guest Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Never could afford a real beauty, had Hondo's, Kay's,etc.. Got a firebird,Yamaha acoustic, had a goldtop and flogged it and framus( great action). My lads play Roland keyboards and a lovely pearl kit,a Gretsch countryman would make me happy!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 I just bought another PRS, I've got three now but need to offload two of 'em, it looks like a trip to gumtree. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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dgbrit 258 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 I have a American Strat 2012 Danelectro 12 string also American made. Gibson studio 1993 USA. 8 guitars in all Blackstar amp for when the wife goes out Tech 21 for less noise but still sounds really good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 there used to be a guitar maker in Nottingham in the 1950s. The name on the instrument was Ricardo I'd be interested in any more information on this. I don't recall Ricardo guitars and I've been all over Google. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 I started with nothing & still have most of it left Presumably that's Seasick Steve? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 Lil' boogie amps are permittable when herself is in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 I have a Marshall 8080 and a Line6 modelling amp. For my personal practice I use an Orange Micro Terror, the best £150 I ever spent using speaker or headphones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bennerley 19 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 I used to use an Orange and two Orange cabs for bass and a Gibson EB 2 bass, I had two of these and an Epiphone version, loved em' "cab crushes" they used to call em' I use a Custom Sound 100w bass combo and a Peavey entry level Bass just for keeping my hand in and recording stuff on the DAW plus a c.40 year old jap made Fender F95 Acoustic guitar which has mellowed into a really nice guitar. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 This PRS SC245 will be my next and last purchase (if you can believe that) I have a couple to sell first though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 #30. BM. If someone has Nottingham trade directories for the 1950s/1960s period, they might mention Richards/Ricardo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 If someone has Nottingham trade directories for the 1950s/1960s period, they might mention Richards/Ricardo. I'd be very interested as I do quite a lot of buying and selling of guitars and have come across a few rarities. One I paid £80 for and sold almost immediately to a chap in the US (where the guitar came from in the first place) for twenty times that. Obviously, you have to know what you're looking for. Never having seen a Ricardo I could probably pass it off as a piece of tat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 I've asked the question on Twitter about Richards/Ricardo lutier of this parish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 The guy was actually Edward Richardson, you'll find info and some pictures if you search images. Scroll down on this page too... http://www.harpguitars.net/history/patents.htm http://guitarz.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/ricardo-antiquevintage-doubleneck.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 The guy was actually Edward Richardson, you'll find info and some pictures if you search images. Scroll down on this page too. Thank you, you're a gent. Is this the same folks you were talking about Chulla? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Yes, that's him. Well done TBI, I didn't think my memory was playing tricks. Now you will have to have one, BM - doubt the one I saw in the second-hand shop on Canning Circus in the 1960s is still there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Interesting to see the 'iconic' ORANGE amps in this thread. Always used to make me laugh when I used to see guitarists tweaking the DFA control, expecting some sort of difference in tone. Great programme on BBC 4 about Marshall amps recently. I always assumed that they were mainly distortion, but was suprised to find that when you put music through them they actually sound really nice and clean. It's only when you crank them right up that you get the distortion. Amps are as much important to the tone as the guitar is, and it's important to get the right combination. They mentioned Jimmy Page on that Marshall programme, but one of his tone 'secrets' is an old Supro amp. Another iconic brand is Vox and the legendary AC30, but you have to make sure you get a 'good' one. Brian May has a wall of them. They are a very important part of his sound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Yes, that's him. Thanks Chulla and TBI - I appreciate your help. I see the guitar in the first link only went for $500.00, I would have expected at least $3000.00 and would have hoped for $10 or $12.000. Interesting to see the 'iconic' ORANGE amps in this thread. I always assumed that they were mainly distortion, but was suprised to find that when you put music through them they actually sound really nice and clean. It's only when you crank them right up that you get the distortion. I love my Marshall 8080 valve amp, I set the gain on channel 1 to about 6 and get a beautiful clean singy sound. Channel 2 is set to maximum smoke and I control the 'sound' with the volume control on the guitar. Volume has a lot to do with it as well, some places I play it feels like the roof is coming off others I feel I could do with another couple of KW. I just got rid of an Orange stack to a neighbour, I don't think his missus was best pleased, it cost him £300 and he keeps waking the kids Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesleyred1865 137 Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Wheres the best place to get guitars in Nottingham , I went to Dave Mann for my Takemine G Series Acoustic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 That would depend on what you want. I tend to buy mine via the t'interweb from trusted dealers of new and second hand guitars and equipment. Anything specific? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Based on Mick's recent posts I plugged in this morning and had a fiddle..rubbish,haven't played in yonks..thought I'd give 45hundred times a run through.. Next!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 and had a fiddle It's called "noodling" these days YouTube is my best mate, everything you could want to learn to play is on there. I used to spend a fortune on sheet music (no tabs) back in the day, not need for that now. I've just finished learning 'Can't get enough' by Bad Company and brushed up on 'In to the void' by Black Sabbath. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Ha. You make an interesting point Mick! As someone whose keen to see what chords are being played on some of the 'classic' hits of our times, I've accessed no end of Tab sites, but they all seem to have one thing in common - they are mostly wrong ! They are either in the wrong key or they've completely misintepreted what is being played. So, as you say Mick, it's great to go on YouTube and look at what is actually being played by the people who played on the record. There are also some clever folk on there who can show you step by step how to play some of these hits. They're not always correct, but you can tell within the first few seconds if they've got it right or not. I was looking at what Keith Richard played on some Stones tracks recently - he used to do all kinds of strange things. Different tunings, capo'd, strings missing. But he was the master of 'comping' i.e. playing along with really interesting riffs rather than just strumming. An underrated guitarist - probably cause he wasn't into blistering solo's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Too right Barclay..the human riff,and his open tuning,opening ' hook' is Keefs trademark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bennerley 19 Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 I'm playing a forty year old jap made Fender F95 acoustic guitar I,ve had it from new, a present. I never actually liked it but it did service as a spare guitar with a Schaller pick-up attached or tuned permanently in open G for slide guitar when I was gigging. I now love this guitar, especially as it turns out it is a bit of a collectors item, when it was new the Fender F95 sold for $10 dollars more than a Fender Strat! below is the original guff, it has the feel and sound verging on a Martin, of course it's well made of real wood and after years of playing it has as they say "played in" I'd really like to get out a bit, open mike nights, folk clubs that sort of thing but it been such a long time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F95 - 1973 The Dreadnought size guitar with three piece back and sides of naturally finished selected Jacaranda wood. Choice seasoned Spruce top with ten piece white binding. Ebony pin type bridge with removable saddle. Additional saddle provided for altering string height. Neck of satin finish Mahogany with Ebony fingerboard and adjustable truss rod. True tonal quality. Deluxe professional quality enclosed machine heads. 20 frets; 25½ inch scale. Size: 40 5/8 inches long, 15¾ inches wide, 4 7/8 inches deep. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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