BKP meet - Manchester 28th Feb - confirmed!

[WezV]

oh and tbh, i think 'didn't notice much different to a regular scale guitar.' is half of what i was trying to prove with that fanned fret... i will convince you all of the tonal advantages another day - maybe in a quieter room!!  :)

[JDC]

i think JDC was really liking sweep picking on the fanned fret - one of the things i wanted to dispel is the idea that they are difficult to play... which i think i really did.

i really let it down on the tonal advantages by going with the wrong set of strings... but i will prove that to you all another day.  Its all part of my on going experiments with scale length, string gauges and different tuning

sweeping felt a lot more natural due to the angle of the fingering hand to the angle of the frets I think, especially with your basic 5 string minor sweep, I was messing up with the pinky on the pull off on the highest note in a sweep but I think that was down to muscle memory from playing straight frets

the sweet spots for pinch harmonics didn't really move as much as I thought they might, so they were not a problem either

WezV what scale lengths does fan fretted prototype have?

[keith]

A few pics from Saturday sorry about the quality on a couple.











The last pic is for Ian Price GET THE ZEBRAS
cheers

keith

[Twinfan]

Bloody hell Keith, you've achieved the impossible!  A decent photo of me - wow!!!!

(I'm stood up, third from the left, in the red top)

[keith]

Bloody hell Keith, you've achieved the impossible!  A decent photo of me - wow!!!!

(I'm stood up, third from the left, in the red top)

Yes I did manage to remember who everyone was and there's a couple of your guitars as well. Iwas knackered when I got home on Saturday night just as well I had booked Friday and today off. But enjoyed my little trip immensley, might even try and get back across when you are gigging sometime. Our  gathering has got me looking for another band after my short break and loss of interest. Anyway was good to meet, cheers for the day.
left to right
JDC -Wezv- Twinfan- Ianprice- shobet(kneeling)- tomjackson- brow(kneeling)- martinw- matt77
same pic on page 9 but with me in place of Twinfan
keith

[FernandoDuarte]

Put the names on the pic :D

[WezV]

WezV what scale lengths does fan fretted prototype have?

25-26" on that so i really is just a little longer than a common guitar scale length on the bass side.  i used 26.5-28" on Roo's barry which worked perfectly and am now trying 25-26.5" on the new guitar.  it should be more flexible with the string choice wheras the 25-26" really works best with a light top heavy bottom set

[keith]

Put the names on the pic :D

Done
cheers
keith

[WezV]

I hope my comment about the smaller bodied white explorer looking like a Guitar Hero controller wasn't taken badly, just with it being so small it reminded me of 1 is all! Great playing and sounding guitar though, and my 1st experience with anything with a Kahler on it :)

Guitar Hero controller?  ;)

[Brow]

I hope my comment about the smaller bodied white explorer looking like a Guitar Hero controller wasn't taken badly, just with it being so small it reminded me of 1 is all! Great playing and sounding guitar though, and my 1st experience with anything with a Kahler on it :)

Guitar Hero controller?  ;)

Yeah, that's the 1.

Doesn't look quite so small on JDC though! Maybe I shoulld lose some weight and slim down a bit!  :lol:

[WezV]

just remembered how confused you all seemed when i was using the strobe tuner  :lol:  its become second nature to me but i do remember it taking a little time to get used to

[Matt77]

I hope my comment about the smaller bodied white explorer looking like a Guitar Hero controller wasn't taken badly, just with it being so small it reminded me of 1 is all! Great playing and sounding guitar though, and my 1st experience with anything with a Kahler on it :)

Guitar Hero controller?  ;)



I appear to be doing a massive yawn in the background. It's not your playing, I had been up early

Yeah, that's the 1.

Doesn't look quite so small on JDC though! Maybe I shoulld lose some weight and slim down a bit!  :lol:

[Johnny Mac]

Good photos! Some lovely gear in these pics.

Brow, how does your VHII Strat sound through all those lovely amps?

[Brow]

Good photos! Some lovely gear in these pics.

Brow, how does your VHII Strat sound through all those lovely amps?

Tbh, I didn't really play much in the way of gear, although I did try the Orion and Daves JTM45/100 (I think) a fair bit.

1 of both would be great!  :D

[Twinfan]

1 of both would be great!  :D

It would indeed  ;)

Took the Orion to rehearsal tonight to give it a test before Saturday's gig. Sounded fantastic  :)