@IamForeverChanging I think it works well distorted. The lipstick pickups aren't that powerful, but when you overdrive them you get a classic late 50's/early 60's rock sound (think Kinks or Link Wray)
@IamForeverChanging Sure, it's a standard Dano, not a baritone (I do have a Dano baritone, and it does best tuned in b or a). It's in standard tuning in this video, just capoed at the 2nd fret.
Love that western stuff. That Dano sounds really good, how do you think it compares to the Jazzy? I am stuck between a Danelectro guitar and a Jazzmaster.
@MrMuddyBleach Thanks for the thoughts. The Jazzmaster's going to give you a much deeper tone, more like the spaghetti western sound. The old Jazzmaster used P90 pickups (the new one adds some humbucking options), and the Dano uses lipstick pups. The Jazzmaster's got a longer neck on it, too, where the Dano's got a shorter scale, which adds to the tone. Also, Jazzmaster is solid, and Dano's are usually partly hollow laminate. I love Dano; but the Jazzmaster will give you more flexibility.
@cbreaden Hey man I just bought a baritone version of this guitar! I'm going to try to make it a bass VI. I wish I could play some spaghetti western stuff with somebody like yourself with it though.
No one ever address the issue of John D Lee as a ferry man and the ferry man is the one who "takes you to the other side", i.e. a stone cold killer and transporter for/of the dead
Pretty nice, who wrote it? John D Lee running a ferry. Sounds like a Asop's Nightmare. How many people were lost on the Colorado? More than a few were lost along the Humboldt Rv
I wrote it about 15 years ago and reworked it this year. That Lee had a ferry on the Colorado before he was brought to justice is convenient for a songwriter, makes for some good imagery. I'm not aware if anyone was lost on the Colorado at the hands of Lee -- I wrote the song with the idea that it should be from Lee's perspective, and that he's talking to the person charged with taking him to meet his fate. Glad you like it.
and also does it have a truss rod?
IamForeverChanging 2 months ago
thanks for the quick reply. is this guitar good for distortion? i already owned many solid bodied guitar but want to try this.
IamForeverChanging 2 months ago
@IamForeverChanging I think it works well distorted. The lipstick pickups aren't that powerful, but when you overdrive them you get a classic late 50's/early 60's rock sound (think Kinks or Link Wray)
cbreaden 2 months ago
can you tune this guitar on e to e standard tuning?
IamForeverChanging 2 months ago
@IamForeverChanging Sure, it's a standard Dano, not a baritone (I do have a Dano baritone, and it does best tuned in b or a). It's in standard tuning in this video, just capoed at the 2nd fret.
cbreaden 2 months ago
Love that western stuff. That Dano sounds really good, how do you think it compares to the Jazzy? I am stuck between a Danelectro guitar and a Jazzmaster.
MrMuddyBleach 3 months ago
@MrMuddyBleach Thanks for the thoughts. The Jazzmaster's going to give you a much deeper tone, more like the spaghetti western sound. The old Jazzmaster used P90 pickups (the new one adds some humbucking options), and the Dano uses lipstick pups. The Jazzmaster's got a longer neck on it, too, where the Dano's got a shorter scale, which adds to the tone. Also, Jazzmaster is solid, and Dano's are usually partly hollow laminate. I love Dano; but the Jazzmaster will give you more flexibility.
cbreaden 3 months ago
@cbreaden Hey man I just bought a baritone version of this guitar! I'm going to try to make it a bass VI. I wish I could play some spaghetti western stuff with somebody like yourself with it though.
MrMuddyBleach 3 months ago
This is brilliant. Seriously good song by any standards :)
scaredypicker 8 months ago
No one ever address the issue of John D Lee as a ferry man and the ferry man is the one who "takes you to the other side", i.e. a stone cold killer and transporter for/of the dead
IExposeMormonism 1 year ago
amazing keep it up man, you rock
HajrudinPranjga 1 year ago
Pretty nice, who wrote it? John D Lee running a ferry. Sounds like a Asop's Nightmare. How many people were lost on the Colorado? More than a few were lost along the Humboldt Rv
IExposeMormonism 1 year ago
I wrote it about 15 years ago and reworked it this year. That Lee had a ferry on the Colorado before he was brought to justice is convenient for a songwriter, makes for some good imagery. I'm not aware if anyone was lost on the Colorado at the hands of Lee -- I wrote the song with the idea that it should be from Lee's perspective, and that he's talking to the person charged with taking him to meet his fate. Glad you like it.
cbreaden 1 year ago
This was great. Thanks.
Fourthizzle 1 year ago