next time someone wont let go about right wood blah blah

mr-mac

Probs seen before..

but next keyboard warrior who won't shut up abut this material or that, which fretboard, which bridge.... Huge tone from my way other ways are rubbish type argument....

just show them this and sit back

£5 shovel sounds as awesome as an awesome thing to me
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/playing-a-3-string-shovel-guitar-like-it-aint-no-thing/85159869/

Whitecat

I've used this one in "tonewood arguments" before too - 

Danielsguitars

Doesn't sound as good as a coodercaster

mr-mac

Sounds better

mgaw

mr-mac said:

Probs seen before..

but next keyboard warrior who won't shut up abut this material or that, which fretboard, which bridge.... Huge tone from my way other ways are rubbish type argument....

just show them this and sit back

£5 shovel sounds as awesome as an awesome thing to me
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/playing-a-3-string-shovel-guitar-like-it-aint-no-thing/85159869/

sounds shit and thats all there is to it....how quickly one would tire of that shallow tinny tone..theres a reason why people go to great lengths to make guitars extremely well and it aint because it doesnt matter

Rocker

It is actually not a shovel, it is a spade.  But it is still impressive.

mr-mac

mgaw said:

mr-mac said:

Probs seen before..

but next keyboard warrior who won't shut up abut this material or that, which fretboard, which bridge.... Huge tone from my way other ways are rubbish type argument....

just show them this and sit back

£5 shovel sounds as awesome as an awesome thing to me
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/playing-a-3-string-shovel-guitar-like-it-aint-no-thing/85159869/

sounds shit and thats all there is to it....how quickly one would tire of that shallow tinny tone..theres a reason why people go to great lengths to make guitars extremely well and it aint because it doesnt matter

Depends how it was recorded but don't think it sounds shit.. It sounds just as it should for what he's playing

Bridgehouse

Rocker said:

It is actually not a shovel, it is a spade.  But it is still impressive.

I do like a man who calls a spade a spade

blueskunk

Beat me to it

stonevibe

I always preferred the Hoe...

mr-mac

Rocker said:

It is actually not a shovel, it is a spade.  But it is still impressive.

It'll move shit just the same, just takes a little longer lol

guitars4you

mr-mac said:

Rocker said:

It is actually not a shovel, it is a spade.  But it is still impressive.

It'll move shit just the same, just takes a little longer lol

this blog is starting to slide down the hill a bit 

guitargeek62

guitars4you said:

mr-mac said:

Rocker said:

It is actually not a shovel, it is a spade.  But it is still impressive.

It'll move shit just the same, just takes a little longer lol

this blog is starting to slide down the hill a bit 

Like shit off a shovel spade.

WezV

1... the purest tone would come from a steel bar.  Les Paul knew this, the big issue is that it's too bright.  The string energy needs filtering through the materials a bit

2... all wood can be used for an electric guitar.  Some will sound better than others, but there is little to stop a cheap bit of pine sounding better than finest "mahogany".  


so for for me a good sounding spade doesn't overrule the effect of the materials.  It just shows that you need to judge the actual materials you have in front of you to see what you can get from them.

or to put it another way .... do you think any spade would make a good instrument?  If not you are clearly back to the materials having an affect on the tone.


I will watch the vid later and see if it changes my mind.  I may start googling musical saws again too

Danielsguitars

I'd soon get board of that shit, bad enough on your shoes let alone your ears

mr-mac

Was mostly meant as a joke and bit of fun.... Pointing out suitable tones can come from every route. Not that spade sounds better than everything

I am a believer with tweaking almost any wood/material can be made to sound superb as a guitar. But depending on how bright/dull it is, where energy is going and what its doing may mean you might need diff compnents and materials to balance the whole shebang

WezV

Absolutely.... many ways to get there and it doesn't pay to limit yourself to the traditional, but don't write it off either.

fwiw I do think materials make less difference on a lap steel where heavy strings and a heavy bar contribute a lot more to the tone

Sarge

Action that high really allows him to dig in eh? 

guitars4you

WezV said:

Absolutely.... many ways to get there and it doesn't pay to limit yourself to the traditional, but don't write it off either.

fwiw I do think materials make less difference on a lap steel where heavy strings and a heavy bar contribute a lot more to the tone

I'd tend to agree with you on that Wez regarding last comment - see lots of various cigar box cigars that work and work well in that 'Sea Sick Steve' style

Voxman

That's a brilliant vid, wherever you dug it up.  Of course, Seasick Steve has been doing that type of stuff for donkeys years and can go even more basic with his one string 'Diddley bow' that makes the 'spade' look positively high-tech!

Jalapeno

Bob Benedetto made a jazz archtop out of builder's pine to prove the cork shiffers wrong.



Also check out the worm eaten sitka spruce guitar he made !!!!!