Are you listening to?
I know some folks prefer absolute quiet while doing fine work.
As for me,having played guitar since i was 11,and having played in bands until 2010,I am ALWAYS listening to something while i’m modelling.
tonights songlist includes songs from…
Alan Parsons project
Altarbridge
Alice in Chains
Seven Mary Three
Electric Light Orchestra
Shaw & Blades
Gary Moore
and ZZ Top
…so,what do you listen to while modelling? [t$t]
I listen to Clive Lewis at night while working on my modeling projects.Love the weird Art Bell type vibe!
Axeman, I love Gary Moore. I saw him open for Rush back in the early 80’s. He was amazing. He was so into it that he actually let loose a big ol’ glob of drool all over his guitar in the middle of a solo. Then Rush came on, and wow!!
I listen to a lot of different stuff: punk (the Buzzcocks, the Stooges, the Clash, etc), new wave (Adam and the Ants, Echo and the Bunnymen, Simple Minds…), 70’s classic rock (Mountain, West, Bruce and Lainge, the Jeff Beck Group, Deep Purple…), progressive rock (Blue Oyster Cult, Yes, Rush…). I also like the Cult a lot, and I listen to some classical forms, like Bach and Vivaldi (Baroque), Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Tchaikovsky - I tend to like the more melodic stuff from the Romantic period and earlier, as opposed to the more percussive and atonal works of the Modern era (though I do appreciate them in certain moods). Then there’s jazz, blues and soul, probably my favorites. I love small combo jazz from the greats like Coltrane and Davis, Wes Montgomery and so forth (there’s way too many to name), and the 50’s and 60’s blues from guys like Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Earl Hooker, Magic Sam, etc. The stuff that probably gets me most is the Atlantic/Stax recordings from the house band “the Swampers”. They were the musicians on all the great Atlantic soul records from folks like Aretha Franklin, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, and others
First,I stand at my work bench,I never bought the stool and ended up liking standing.Yes I like it guiet,maybe sports talk on the radio or a ballgame of some kind.
“For Freedom Alone”, a collection of Scottish songs about liberty, some bagpipe music I got off iTunes (just on that kick here lately), on Sunday nites it’s pipe organ music on public radio, the rest of the time it’s blues, rockabilly, etc on WEVL Memphis. Hard to believe I was a Guns n Roses guy back in the day…
Most of the time I listen to classical music - opera if I know the story well enough to get along without the libretto. Jazz and Broadway sometimes for variety. And I love to listen to audio books. Especially classics read by great actors. I’ve got an old cassette of Edgar Allan Poe read by Christopher Lee that almost makes my hands shake.
Baseball games!
“Power Metal” on Pandora (PC)
Helloween, Gamma Ray, Iron Maiden, Dark Moor and many, many more!!!
I knew it!!!
Though i made my living playing in the 80’s(big hair and spandex lol)then,in the 90’s after parenthood kicked in i didnt play live till my youngest was 6,but as told im always listening to something…this mornings playlist was an odd mix,Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double trouble,Benny Goodman,Glen Miller,…and Kings X
and Tojo72,I stand at my luthiery bench due to habit,but always sit when at the modelling bench…go figure [t$t]
Most of the time it’s classical on PBS with a little '40s style big bands, opera, Il Volo, and a smattering of German military tossed in. That’s what happens when your parents raise you to be a classical pianist.
Next time you’re building German armor, try listening to “Panzerlied” in the background.
Jim [cptn]
For as much distaste as I had for the “hairbands”/glam rock…I sure miss those days! (Pretty much before I was old enough for the bar scene). I do like to catch Dee Snider’s “House of Hair” nowadays, just for the nostalgia! Been a few years since I’ve been on stage with a full band. Very hard to find like minded people that can make a commitment these days, and can play what I write. I don’t do much luthiering…just a couple new paint jobs (thanks to modeling skills!) and have built one guitar from parts.
I wouldn’t call myself a luthier…more of an “assembler”! Silver edges are MM Metalizer BTW!
Had the guitar, scrapped the old neck, replaced with reverse headstock…made it “neck through-ish!”
Whoa !
Is that some exotic Klingon weapon? [whstl]
NICE ! [t$t]
awesome !!!
been building scale models sinc i was 8,and have always done my own guitar repairs and mods,but after the economic crash of 08 i had a chance to properly apprentice myself to a master luthier G.H.Reno,no money to speak of,but incredible skill building…
anyway,heres a pic from the shop floor a few months back
I mainly build and repair solid body electrics,though I do enjoy the challenges of mandolin and violin repair…and i do a LOT of refinishing [H]
I like em pointy…and fast looking!!!
Bottom, right, same guitar, after it’s first “make over” (was solid black…painted metallic charcoal grey), with Se-Dunc pick-ups. Top, left, Charvel “Avenger”, in it’s 3rd paint job. Other two are original, 'cept for the EMG’s in the “King” (black one)
Looks like Axeman is making a copy of the legendary Gibson Moderne!
Typically 80’s, either streaming from youtube or on itunes. Some classical mixed in. If I am really concentrating, then nothing.
Haha! I also do my own guitar repairs. I just fixed a Martin KOA with a bad veneer
I started playing when I was 14, and I’m 46 now. I used to play professionally for a long time. I even went out to California to try and make it in a rock band. I started out playing blues, then a friend turned me on to metal just as my teen powers of hair and angst were peaking, so it was a good match. I still listen to Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Black Sabbath a lot! I mostly like Sabbath when they had Dio - I love Ozzy’s work with the group, and especially the stuff he did when he had Randy Rhoads, but I honestly think Sabbath’s best lineup was when they had Dio and Appice - those two albums, Heaven and Hell, and Mob Rules, are incredible, it was their pinnacle work if you ask me
I used to play a Jackson for a bit, but the metal stint was only temporary. My tastes are just too diverse, and I always come home to my first love - the blues, it’s really what I’m the most natural playing. I prefer the Stratocaster because of the geometry of it, but I’m partial to the humbucker sound, so I’m going the hybrid route. I haven’t played in a while though. I had a lot of negative experiences when playing for money - several relationships ending badly, and lost a few friends to drugs. I think I burned myself out a little
i started at 11,and am now 52,most of my working musician years were 60/40 road time vs down time,during those times I worked as a trim carpenter,and when i wasnt too high…i still did some modelling,and personally believe that my hobby helped keep me from a bad ending,cant say i miss playing in dark clubs much,the good times werent always so good.
BTW,awesome Jacksons!!,Ive owned a few of them
I played this guitar,“Lady” through most of my years…
…and this afternoons playlist is… the Stray Cats [H]
I agree with ya, on the Sabbath stuff…not that I own any, but I can certainly appreciate it when it is on!
Randy Rhoads…HELL YES!!!
Also, I’d highly recommend checking out “Sabaton”, if you are at all into metal…and war/military(aint we all!). The vocals took a while to grow on me, but the music is killer and the majority of their songs are a military history lesson and/or story.
Here’s a decent example…