excellent, the newer type ones have better quality pickups, the older ones used to feedback a little and were a bit weedy, they now have 'potted' pickups, the body construction is as good as ever, 2 peice mahogany, they sound very authentic, i dont own one, i have played one or two. but if you want a cracking les paul 'copy' go for an 80's tokai love rock, absolutely stunning instruments, far better than the epi's.

Lee.

: I need to Identify the lead guitar played by David Gilmour on his "In Concert" DVD. Any help will be greatly appreciated

It's probably a black Gretsch Duo-Sonic guitar. he uses it in the momentary lapse of reason album and its most possibly the one that he uses "In Concert"
Obviously has 2 humbucker pickups but it also has TWO three-way switches...which is pretty wierd...gotta do some research on it
M.J.

the strings you have put on are a lighter gauge and causing less stress on the neck and has caused the neck to straighten and create the buzz you are talking about, if you ask me 9's are rubbish, they are too light, unless you want to keep the 9's i would suggest you put back a good set of 10-46's or 10-48's, if you want to keep the 9's then you will have to adjust the truss rod and probably the saddle height too, take my advice put a set of 10's on, D'Addario do an excellent set.
Lee

good links and schems here:
http://www.schematicheaven.com/
Lee

look down the neck, can you see a prominent fret?
sounds like its lifted a little on the 19th fret, if you can see that is the problem you can take it to a guitar repaier and get the frets stoned (levelled.)
Lee.

200 to 300

: hey guys, just thought I'd ask for some feedback. We recorded this in a storage for 80 bucks so I'm pretty happy but what do you guys think?
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: I've been getting lessons on the acoustic guitar. I want to play the electric but people tell me that you have to learn the acoustic first then you'll know how to play the electric guitar. Is that true? If it is not true what is the difference in playing the electric than playing the acoustic.

Michael

I don't have a compeling reason one way or the other but I will ask this, What are your goals in playing guitar? Certainly every kid in the world wants to crank it up. Electronics is cool and electric guitars are, in my experience, much easier to play. But as you get more involved with the guitar, you'll begin to appreciate the character of each kind of guitar - acoustic or electric. I have a Les Paul electric, a Guild acoustic, and a Yamaha classical. I want a Dobro or International to get a southern sound. I wouldn't choose one guitar over the other - I use them all. It just depends what I need them for. I appreciate finger picking and screaming leads. I record music so I want access to every sound I can get my hands on. If your goal is to be a lead guitar player and you don't think you'll ever change, then electric is for you - playing an acoustic guitar will just boar you. But don't sell the acoustic short. Some of the most intriguing guitar playing I've done in my life has been on acoustic guitar.

my 0.2 cents worth

thats a difficult one because of the tempo of your live song against the tempo of the live version, are they short guitar parts you need to playback? if so you could try putting them on a sampler keyboard, assign a different guitar part to each key.
Lee