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Fascinating...it would be interesting to see its strengths and weaknesses against the competition - especially head to headed with my own latest acquisition mentioned in my Nemesis thread on Basschat. To explain, just picked up my Gillett Contour 6 electric in Rocklite that has been doing the shows for the past two or three months. I'll do a full review thread as soon as I can find the time to fully put it through its paces

It seems to have been a bit quiet on GC of late. I know it’s still early days, but I though I’d start a thread that could be added to once a week (at least). Therefore, I am instigating Tele Tuesday. Post any photos that you like of T types that have caught your eye, or one’s that own (they don’t need to be from the big F, just be Tele like in their appearance). I’m going to kick it off with this Mesinger Maverick that I saw today (this makes my wallet itchy).

I'll admit to a vested interest here - I used to work with her Dad - but this girl can play....

My main guitar is a bit of a metal beastie with active pups, I bought this Squier to be a different option. I bought it second hand from my local guitar shop, I tried it in store and it played wonderfully so had to come home with me. Cost £200 and is well worth it. The neck is pretty thin, which I like, it plays fast. Tuners work smoothly and hold tune perfectly. The trem is nice, it gives a nice wobble, great for a surf rock kind of sound. It doesn’t do big dive bombs like a floyd rose though. It has a myriad of options and switches. Flick the main switch upwards and it uses only the bridge pup with the upper volume and tone wheels. main switch down uses both pups and the lower switches. One each to turn on and off each pickup, along with a high pass filter to cut the low end for an exaggerated single coil sound. The volume and tone knobs work with this circuit. The pickups are Duncan Designed and review very well, widely considered better than the Fender Japan pickups. I certainly like them, they are clear and with a lovely quack. Sound really nice clean and crunchy. i wouldn’t swap them for what I use it for, easily good enough to gig or record with. Very satisfying sound and exactly what you want in a Jaguar. There is so much to like about this guitar, especially for the price. However one thing many people complain about is the bridge. Squier tried to keep this guitar as faithful to the sixties model as possible and that includes the bridge, which is bad. It has loads of tiny grooves which the strings do not sit in well. I’m a pretty heavy handed player (mainly playing bass) and if you hit the strings hard they jump around in the saddles, not helping the tuning and intonation. This is easily solved though. As per most other reviews, I fitted a Mustang bridge, which is a drop in replacement. It has a proper groove in the saddles. Mustangs have a different radius on the fretboard so I got a bridge with adjustable saddle heights and it is perfect. I put 11 gauge strings on it which in conjunction with the new bridge solve the problems perfectly. It is a slightly shorter scale guitar than normal so the thicker strings work well with it. The scale makes it ridiculously easy to play. To sum up, this is an amazing guitar for the money. Plays really well, easy and fast. sounds great, iconic single coil tones on tap and clear note and chord definition. A quick £10 bridge replacement and you have a great axe that punches well above its price point. The guitarist in my band has an American Fender Jaguar and it is assuredly a better guitar, locking tuners but less tonal options. His sounds a little bit better, but nowhere near better enough to justify the price tag from my point of view. If you are looking for a great value guitar that is good enough to practice, record or gig, with versatility from jazz and blues, to rock and punk this guitar does everything far better than its price would suggest. You’ll struggle to find anything better for anywhere near the price.

Watched this on the BBC last night, fully expecting it to be terrible and a re-run of the usual clips/suspects. I was pleasantly surprised that it was rather good, more a journey through modern guitar tone and effects than anything else (some technique, but not much). Worth a watch IMO.

No - do you have a link? I hope, sincerely hope, that threads on it and future BF guitar cabs don't degenerate into the same passive-aggressive posturing we see on Basschat. It's frankly embarrassing.

Love the creativity and skill. Do not read the comments. It's the usual saddos (who would say Jaco only needed 4 strings, in a Bass thread.)

Well here I am, not dead, another Basschatter venturing into six string territory. My band has been in its death throes for the last couple of years, and I haven’t really been terribly active over there. It’s now officially deceased, my circumstances (work, shift work in particular) prevent me getting another together. I’ve been dabbling in guitar for a while, and now I’m going full tilt to try and become a proper guitarist so I can hopefully do some solo stuff. Just had my first guitar lesson ever, loved it (and got to have a go on a 1961 Gibson 335!). So I will hopefully be taking more of an interest around here whilst I get my head around this six string business. I have a house full of cheap guitars, treated myself to Fender Sonoran acoustic recently, but I ‘m much more interested in electric, and hope to replace my Vintage Zip (Les Paul jr copy) with some sort of semi acoustic, Epiphone Dot, Gretsch Electromatic or similar. See ya round!

Good stuff...I’ve just noticed that in my haste I posted an over complicated version! All the best with it

Crikey can she play. *mutter. grumble, unfair..*

She had a guest spot recently on Yolanda's Band Jam on Cbeebies. One for the retrospective program in about twenty years time..... Given that she can play and she's eminently 'marketable' it took her a while to find a decent band. Good to see that she's finally got some sponsorship and endorsement deals. Her Dad's a nice bloke too. No musical ability whatsoever, mind.

Hello, GuitarChatters. I have been on BC for a good while. I play electric bass in a jazz trio (mostly jazz standards, along with sentimental favorites [not always mine] and originals) of bass, violin, and keyboard. While I played guitar for many years as a 'bold strummer', good with a flat pick and fingers, I never progressed above the Arctic Circle of the fifth fret. Now I am ready to learn more--jazz, or something in the style of Richard Thompson--and recently bought a Fender Duo-Sonic. We'll see how it goes! My bass training should come in handy. Wylie

I have an Epi Es175 which I have string with flats. They suit the guitar perfectly and give me that smooth jazz tone I wanted. I don't think I'd like them on my Stratocaster though

Hey, sorry for the late reply, haven’t logged on in a long time. Typically we have 250k for single coil and 500k for h/b. Do it the other way around and the singles become harsh and the h/b becomes muddy, Some folks use 500k volume pots on a HSS but then use 500k or 470k resistors which are wired to kick in when the single coils are selected, this makes them more like 250k pot which is really what you’d want for single coils. See the photo below... Regarding caps, it’s 100% personal preference IMO, depending on how muddy, middy or clear you want it when you turn the tone down.

There's not a hard and fast rule - it depends what sound you are after - but the 'classic' Fender Strat SSS is 250k pots and .047 caps and the 'classic' Gibson Les Paul HH is 500k pots and .022 caps. Basically, the .047cap is trying to tame some of the treble of a single coil strat and the .022 is trying to stop a humbucker sounding too bassy and muddy.

I never warmed to ZZ Top (the "showmanship" always put me off, and when I saw them on television acting as if they were the mos hilarious people the world had ever seen because the only member in the band called 'Beard' was the one who - get this - didn't have a beard, I would have cheerfully shot the lot of them), *but* Billy Gibbons is a very gifted player. I'm always impressed in interviews too how many younger names on that general scene have such good things to say about how he complimented them or mentored or encouraged them: you can always tell someone is secured in their own ability by the fact that they want to share the joy, and help others make it too, rather than talk themselves up at others' expense.

OK - here's one of my recent lightweight builds. Built for my sister-in-law at 25" scale length and 5lbs 3oz total weight. Amboyna top, oak back (from her late mother's mantlepiece), maple/purpleheart/mahogany neck :

Probably not a very obvious choice but I really enjoy the guitar playing of Glen Tilbrook. All time fave would be Dave Gilmour though.

I really want one of those MXR Reverbs at some point. Their marketing video really REALLY sold me on it. One of the best videos I've seen in this business to be frank. What I love about the Boss units is how feature rich they are. You really can make them sound completely different from patch to patch. The DD-500 has the EQ that can be put in the feedback of the delay, which means you can shape the tone of how the repeats die away and all sorts of things like that. I don't know if anyone already saw this, but I did a deep dive of the Source Audio Ventris reverb pedal here: Fantastic pedal!

So many... in sort of no particular order... Gordon Giltrap - right at the top of my list Gary Moore Steve Howe Phil Keaggy Wes Montgomery Alex Lifeson Ian Bairnson - Pilot, Kate Bush and The Alan Parsons Project Brian Robertson/Scott Gorham - The Classic Thin Lizzy line up! Stevie Ray Vaughan Larry Carlton ...that’ll do for now.

Going to be the first to say it, John Petrucci. Not just for the shredfest type stuff but he really does have some beautiful playing at times too