I really dig the place you go to when in your Cooder-Caster mode... ...and more singing please. How about posting a full cover of that tune that you brushed upon/bumped into... (@9:35) Methimks it could be a real "Taste tempting treat"
sounds great.... strangely, for kicks...I've dipped my squier j mascis jazzmaster down to open D (The necks on these are fantastic, not sure of the newer ones, however), put a set of flatwound 10's on it and spent some time dialing the knobs finding the right spot on the volume on the guitar (these pups are fairly fat sounding, and when dialed in right with the right amp, actually fairly hollow-woody), to a nice woody tone on the neck and rythm circuit, use the middle pup for the 'highs' ...and it's working very well surprisingly, real fat deep sound....going thru a 2 amp set up, a Princeton Reverb with 12" and a second 5 W amp/DIY leslie cab (set always on lowest choral spin), add in some delay...good lord the neighbors upstairs need to be OUT more!
Nice and instructive. I think the pole pieces of the Teisco and Guyatone are only for decorative purpose. How come there's little interest for his other strat (the blue one) ?
The amazing Teisco pickup... going from something I'd actually pass over whilst fishing through a tech/luthier's trash dumpster (and not so long ago) to "highly collectable" . ...and as Charlie brown would say: "Oh good grief"
So I'm enjoying this super premium coffee chat @ 6:am Los Angeles time with a sautéed onion & egg mini omelet on toast and if my food wasn't perfectly delicious already, after being augmented with your premium plunking skills, I'm left delighted and inspired... Now if I could only find an old Coricidin bottle... 🤓
Thanks for taking the time to make such an informative video. Your tip on how you set your action by whether you can get a clean slide sound on the G string is a good one. Couple of questions regarding strings. When you say 12s, do you mean 12 to 52? And what about the G string… is it 24 wound or are you substituting an unwound string, and if so what gauge? Thanks!
Some great information.Just to clarify when you say D tuning ,do you mean open D has in tuned to a D chord or just all strings dropped 1 tone. Additionaly can you suggest any sites for pickups, you state buy original if possible ,but that aint easy ,gold foil pickups are made by several companies but where can I find the lap steel pickup.Thanks for the video
I'd love players here to share tips of low end pedals/amp that are affordable to the rest of us who'll never have a Echo-Nugget or a Quicksilver pedal.
Shit I do all my playing and recording through a Roland micro cube gx which are cheap, loud, a couple of great amp choices and boss effects on board. I've used for gigs and recording..can send you a vid if interested. Highly recommend these little amps..I play bottle neck and lapsteel through it..
Ramon, super helpful video. I am in the process of building one of these. I may have missed this. With respect to pickups, do you ever blend them in a middle position (or use a blend or pan pot)? If so how do you do it? If not, is it because you are a purist or is there an electronics or tonal reason not to blend them? Thank you.
Hi Ramon! Sorry if it's said and I missed it, but I am wondering if there are any pros or cons to using a semi-hollow guitar as a Coodercaster? I have a 335 style which I thought'd be cool to make into one.
If you’re talking about using one of the Valco lap steel pickups or a repro, the thing that you have to keep in mind is that a 335 has narrower bridge spacing (50mm) than the Valco lap steel pickups, which are F-spaced (52-53mm). You would need to get an F-spaced tune-o-matic or one with blank saddles so you can notch it yourself. Those pickups are very sensitive to string height and alignment, and if the string isn’t feasibly close to centered over the polepiece, it sounds weak. I say go for it, though, I’ve never seen a 335 Coodercaster, or any Gibson type, its always a Fender or Fender-type. That does bring up another point, though, the other advantage to Fender types is the bolt-on neck. You can always shim the neck or play with the neck angle to get the height correct over the pickup and have a playable action, but with a Gibson-style set neck, you have less flexibility there. There’s also the difference in scale length, 25 1/2” vs. the Gibson 24 3/4”. Some would argue that you need the extra tension of the longer scale to get a true Coodercaster sound, and that’s probably true to an extent, but Supro Ozarks with the lap steel pickup have a 24 3/4” or 25” scale, and they sound great, very Cooder-y. So it’ll be a little different, but probably in a good way. So definitely, go for it.
Appreciate your time and your guitar playing 🎸 🎶 great video.
I really dig the place you go to when in your Cooder-Caster mode...
...and more singing please. How about posting a full cover of that tune
that you brushed upon/bumped into... (@9:35)
Methimks it could be a real "Taste tempting treat"
sounds great....
strangely, for kicks...I've dipped my squier j mascis jazzmaster down to open D (The necks on these are fantastic, not sure of the newer ones, however), put a set of flatwound 10's on it and spent some time dialing the knobs finding the right spot on the volume on the guitar (these pups are fairly fat sounding, and when dialed in right with the right amp, actually fairly hollow-woody), to a nice woody tone on the neck and rythm circuit, use the middle pup for the 'highs' ...and it's working very well surprisingly, real fat deep sound....going thru a 2 amp set up, a Princeton Reverb with 12" and a second 5 W amp/DIY leslie cab (set always on lowest choral spin), add in some delay...good lord the neighbors upstairs need to be OUT more!
Nice and instructive. I think the pole pieces of the Teisco and Guyatone are only for decorative purpose. How come there's little interest for his other strat (the blue one) ?
The amazing Teisco pickup... going from something I'd actually pass over
whilst fishing through a tech/luthier's trash dumpster (and not so long ago)
to "highly collectable" . ...and as Charlie brown would say: "Oh good grief"
Sounds really nice
So I'm enjoying this super premium coffee chat @ 6:am Los Angeles time
with a sautéed onion & egg mini omelet on toast and if my food wasn't perfectly
delicious already, after being augmented with your premium plunking skills, I'm
left delighted and inspired... Now if I could only find an old Coricidin bottle... 🤓
Thanks for taking the time to make such an informative video. Your tip on how you set your action by whether you can get a clean slide sound on the G string is a good one. Couple of questions regarding strings. When you say 12s, do you mean 12 to 52? And what about the G string… is it 24 wound or are you substituting an unwound string, and if so what gauge? Thanks!
Nice one :-)
Some great information.Just to clarify when you say D tuning ,do you mean open D has in tuned to a D chord or just all strings dropped 1 tone. Additionaly can you suggest any sites for pickups, you state buy original if possible ,but that aint easy ,gold foil pickups are made by several companies but where can I find the lap steel pickup.Thanks for the video
Tuned to D chord.
I'd love players here to share tips of low end pedals/amp that are affordable to the rest of us who'll never have a Echo-Nugget or a Quicksilver pedal.
Shit I do all my playing and recording through a Roland micro cube gx which are cheap, loud, a couple of great amp choices and boss effects on board. I've used for gigs and recording..can send you a vid if interested. Highly recommend these little amps..I play bottle neck and lapsteel through it..
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@@Womble1252 How does the cube sound when it breaks up, when overdriven?
Ramon, super helpful video. I am in the process of building one of these. I may have missed this. With respect to pickups, do you ever blend them in a middle position (or use a blend or pan pot)? If so how do you do it? If not, is it because you are a purist or is there an electronics or tonal reason not to blend them? Thank you.
Yes I sometimes use them both together on my goosecaster I wire them out of phase
Is that in Open G tuning?
Open D (and apparently about to be restringed and retuned to open C#).
@@ianwatts3635 That's right Ian
Do you wire these standard tele wiring?
Not quite you need a magic switch to deal with the coils on the supro pickup
Yeah got a got tone. For sure
Thankyou Norman
Am I imagining this but flat wound strings seem to have more tension per same gauge so can handle lower action?
good point - I think they are just different sounding
Hi Ramon! Sorry if it's said and I missed it, but I am wondering if there are any pros or cons to using a semi-hollow guitar as a Coodercaster? I have a 335 style which I thought'd be cool to make into one.
None at all - its a great idea in fact.
If you’re talking about using one of the Valco lap steel pickups or a repro, the thing that you have to keep in mind is that a 335 has narrower bridge spacing (50mm) than the Valco lap steel pickups, which are F-spaced (52-53mm). You would need to get an F-spaced tune-o-matic or one with blank saddles so you can notch it yourself. Those pickups are very sensitive to string height and alignment, and if the string isn’t feasibly close to centered over the polepiece, it sounds weak. I say go for it, though, I’ve never seen a 335 Coodercaster, or any Gibson type, its always a Fender or Fender-type. That does bring up another point, though, the other advantage to Fender types is the bolt-on neck. You can always shim the neck or play with the neck angle to get the height correct over the pickup and have a playable action, but with a Gibson-style set neck, you have less flexibility there. There’s also the difference in scale length, 25 1/2” vs. the Gibson 24 3/4”. Some would argue that you need the extra tension of the longer scale to get a true Coodercaster sound, and that’s probably true to an extent, but Supro Ozarks with the lap steel pickup have a 24 3/4” or 25” scale, and they sound great, very Cooder-y. So it’ll be a little different, but probably in a good way. So definitely, go for it.
Which brand of slides are you using?
Hi Youssef just a Derek Trucks signature
@@RamonGoose thanks