lp102911@sjuvax.UUCP (palena) (10/08/85)
(The following message was e-mailed and the mailing crashed)
Net.guitar vanished because a few hackers set it up
without following the proper procedure and the super-moder-
ators of the system did away with it.If appropriate clear-
ance is given it may return to stay,but who knows? The mod-
erators are afraid that if they let anyone who knows the
procedure set up newsgroups the net will be innundated with
newsgroups of little interest to a wide body of net readers.
I certainly don't think this is the case for a net.guitar
(after all net.synth survives and I'm sure there's at least
as much interest in that as the guitar).
As for your question,here goes a weak response:
One can't simply say "What kind of axe should I buy?"
The type of music you plan to play on it is the most import-
ant factor.If you are interested in blues and jazz,my recom-
mendation would be a semi-acoustic with medium size body.Whether
to use single or double-coil pickups I think depends on the style
of the user.The single-coils give a clarity of statement which
some fast guitarists may prefer.Double-coil give better sustain
which appeals to string bending guitarists.To play both jazz and
blues on the same guitar presents a problem because a Farlow-esque
(or for that matter Coryell-esque) guitarist would prefer the single-
coil,but a heavy-handed Texan bluesman (in the style of Hound-Dog Tay-
lor or Albert Collins) might want the double.But B.B. King uses single-
coils on "Lucille" so you can draw your own conclusions from that.
John McLaughlin used double-coils on a medium sized hollow body during
that period of his career immediately following Shakti.The most general
statement I can make is to listen to your favorite guitarists then seek
information (in magazines like Guitar Player) about what axes they use.
But in your situation I would strongly recommend avoiding any solid-bo-
dies,even a full-sounding one like a Les Paul.To be most specific,try a
Gibson ES (I don't remember the model number of the semi-acoustic) or
like instrument.With medium to light-medium strings I think it would be
fine.But in the end your ear is the best judge.
Larry Palena
St. Joseph's Univ.
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