Playing Unplugged

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:01 pm

Howard wrote:

I know this may sound a bit strange (being a solid body guitar), but I ...

I love dangling participles, Aitch! How was your transformation into a solid body guitar?

Back to the subject: I play a lot of my guitars unplugged (including my 730 Laramie, ha ha

), mainly because I don't want to go to the trouble of plugging it into a nearby amp, or I pull a guitar out to work on some song during commercials while I 'm watching TV. The ones that sound the best are my 370/12v64, my 370/12RMs (both the MG and the FG), and my 1966 340 FG.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:09 pm

Bloody painful, Gary!!

brian_l · Post by **brian_l** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:56 pm

I play my 360 unplugged most of the time. I also read where Hendrix practiced most of the time with his guitar unplugged because it gave his playing more precision and definition. I would have to agree with him, as my playing improved greatly after I started doing this back in high school.
I love the sound of my 360 unplugged. In fact, I like its unplugged tone better than some acoustics I have played. I only play through an amp when I play with my band and my 360 sounds great plugged in as well.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:07 pm

Aitch, better be careful where you dangle your participle--that could be dangerous, LOL!

geoff · Post by **geoff** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:10 pm

I can honestly say I agree with all the comments made so far (yes the bathroom in front of the mirror is a favourite, the family will often laugh at me but they don't understand)
I get great enjoyment playing my 330/12 un-pluged while watching TV and if the wife complains about the sound I will grab my 610, you can actually feel the sweet vibrations as much as you can hear.

geoff · Post by **geoff** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:15 pm

I can honestly say I agree with all the comments made so far (yes the bathroom in front of the mirror is a favourite, the family will often laugh at me but they don't understand)
I get great enjoyment playing my 330/12 un-pluged while watching TV and if the wife complains about the sound I will grab my 610, you can actually feel the sweet vibrations as much as you can hear.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:51 pm

those ducks are in a row

stubby · Post by **stubby** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:25 pm

I met my wife in a bathroom while playing my guitar (honestly). We both lived in a university residence at an Ontario university and I used to go into the girls' washroom in my wing of the residence (the girls were all okay with it and I would, of course, leave when I had to). It was tiled from from ceiling to floor to wall and the sound was amazing in there. She was visiting a friend of hers that lived in my section and heard me playing so she came in and we started chatting. 18 years later and we're still together-see the good things that happen from playing guitar in a bathroom!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:32 pm

But not in a shower...

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:35 pm

Advice taken, Melissa!

winston · Post by **winston** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:42 pm

My work day is over and I just tried playing my 360/12 in the bathroom. Thanks Dean, my wife thinks I'm totally nuts now.

But..........as described it does sound pretty darn good.

winston · Post by **winston** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:44 pm

Oh and Paul I did not take it into the shower

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:59 pm

You didn't need to, Brian. The sound 'washed' all over you!

Perhaps we need some specs for the perfect bathroom sound - dimensions, height of wall tiles, type of floor covering, size of mirror, shower screen materials, number of towels on racks, etc...etc...

winston · Post by **winston** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:42 pm

Bill and Dean would qualify as the experts on that particular matter Howard.

So it would seem that we have discovered a new place to play our Rics.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:19 pm

This is really hilarious....I want to see a picture of one of you playing guitar in a bathtub, LOL!

But keep it decent, of course!