#1
|
|||
|
|||
It’s Such A Nice Surprise When…
You go into your guitar arsenal and bring out a guitar that hasn’t been played in what seems like forever? You begin to play things long forgotten, thinking ”wow, how rusty am I” except for muscle memory to carry you through a rough facsimile of that rockin’ lead you used to play in the garage band?
The very first song I played on this Hendrix VooDoo ‘caster twenty five years ago was the Hendrix standard “The Wind Cries Mary” Janie Hendrix slammed the door shut on Fender with an immediate cease and desist order stopping production of this American Special beauty post haste. I’ve been playing so much acoustic lately, it felt wonderful to reacquaint my self with this old friend.
__________________
I love playing guitar |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Wow! Beautiful guitar. After 25 years it still looks in new condition.
__________________
Alvarez AP-70 Squire Contemporary Jaguar Kustom Amp (acoustic) Gamma G-25 Amp (electric) |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
And the funny thing is marty, its never been handled delicately. It’s an Olympic White painted tank! There are dings in the front and back of the neck, but the body just has scuffs here and there. The bridge saddles are quite tarnished, and the screws attaching the pick guard have turned almost black over the years. They once were bright silver!
__________________
I love playing guitar Last edited by Chickee; 05-27-2022 at 02:23 PM. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Sweet guitar my man, how do you like having the tremolo up top?
|
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
They just didn't see it all the way through to the end. The trem arm attachment point should really have been on the top low E string side of the block. And even today, twenty five years after the fact, they don't do that mod on those five grand custom shop versions of this guitar. Who’s running that joint anyway? Bahahaha frank d.
__________________
I love playing guitar Last edited by Chickee; 05-27-2022 at 09:45 PM. Reason: Spelling |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
|
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
I have A/B’d a couple of American Specials(my black Strat and my son’s red one) against the VooDoo guitar and here is what we came up with. Having a reversed neck adds a very soft touch to the strings when fretting and bending. I almost describe it as creamy to the point you can almost overplay the neck(meaning playing out of tune) because of its velvet touch. A really unique feel from other Strats I have played through the years. And very different than the other two Am.Specials. we have in the house. The guitar is 100% stock as released in 1997. The pick-ups are ‘68 copies according to Fender literature, with the exception of the pole pieces being in reverse order than normal to mimic the way Jimi’s P/U’s would have read the vibrations coming off the strings. I like the neck pick up best. A great smooth delivery. Middle p/u has a good all around sound. The bridge reminds me of the Pretenders lead guitarist’s sound, maybe even surf city sound, being thick enough but not that spikey, treblely, hard cutting sound. And he, I think played a tele? The guitar is an all arounder for me. I love Hendrix, but I don’t emulate his sound and certainly not his technique. And honestly, if you took off the Hendrix neck plate, it would be just like Dick Dale’s ‘68 reverse neck Strat. Stay well Rocky! frank d.
__________________
I love playing guitar |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Chickee, that's one of the great things about playing acoustic and electric. If you play one infrequently it's fresh when you pick it up again. It's a new source of enjoyment and creativity.
That's a great setup you have. I recall your thread about getting the Weber mini attenuator. How are you liking it a couple months later? Seems like a great piece of gear. |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
It really is refreshing to pick up an old friend and rediscover the fun factor of that instrument. As far as my learning curve with the Weber Mini MASS attenuator, it’s been pretty easy getting reasonably good sounds from very low volume. I have learned each amp has its own character when heating up the tubes and getting a higher level of fidelity from the speaker(s). The Blackstar head pictured runs a great grind at full channel volume with the master volume set at 8 with the Mini Mass at about 20% volume. Great sound. House friendly! In the drive channel with gain at 7, channel volume full and master volume at 7 it gets almost a Marshall roar thru the 12” Celestion Ruby speaker in the MojoTone cab. Really interesting. Again, really house friendly. My son would say while laughing at me “was that mini Mass the best $200 bucks you ever spent, Pop?” You betcha, Dano. It was a steal! Take care Dru. frank d.
__________________
I love playing guitar Last edited by Chickee; 05-28-2022 at 12:45 PM. |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
What a great looking guitar, Frank! And after 25 years! Very cool!
- Glenn
__________________
My You Tube Channel |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
I haven’t stopped playing since.
__________________
I love playing guitar |
#12
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
Did you get it at discount with because somebody put the headstock on backwards ? Seems to you should learn some Cream songs as well
__________________
Enjoy the Journey.... Kev... KevWind at Soundcloud KevWind at YouYube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...EZxkPKyieOTgRD System : Studio system Avid Carbon interface , PT Ultimate 2023.12 -Mid 2020 iMac 27" 3.8GHz 8-core i7 10th Gen ,, Ventura 13.2.1 Mobile MBP M1 Pro , PT Ultimate 2023.12 Sonoma 14.4 |
#13
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
What Cream songs would you recommend? You’ve piqued my interest. frank
__________________
I love playing guitar |
#14
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
Well over in the Show and tell there is an acoustic solo version of White Room so maybe that one And then the classic
__________________
Enjoy the Journey.... Kev... KevWind at Soundcloud KevWind at YouYube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...EZxkPKyieOTgRD System : Studio system Avid Carbon interface , PT Ultimate 2023.12 -Mid 2020 iMac 27" 3.8GHz 8-core i7 10th Gen ,, Ventura 13.2.1 Mobile MBP M1 Pro , PT Ultimate 2023.12 Sonoma 14.4 |
#15
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Thank you for the recommendation Mister Wind!😹😂😹 frank
__________________
I love playing guitar |