doodyhead |
03-15-2007 06:07 AM |
doodyhead guesses
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Originally Posted by zoork_1
(Post 662685)
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I listened to the sample and the first thing I thought was " If I had $200000 dollars I would go to maverick music and buy Peters old guitar".
The second thing i thought was "I remember hearing a Live recorded Concert Release where in between songs Jeremy Spencer uses one of his mock voices and calls out to Peter "What kind of strings do you use?
Now to answer the question.. back in the late sixties there were not the choices of strings that we have today. The first big choice was round or flat wound, then nickel or bronze, then light medium or heavy. My inclination is that he used a light to medim gauge which would start at an 11 or 12 and go to a 49 to 54 on the other side. Since he was also a Bass player I would think his fingers were as hard as nails and he would be at home on the heavier side. You asked me to guess so I would pick the bronze for brighter sound. What did they have available in england? you got me there. In Brooklyn I used darco's light gauge. Ernie balls did not come out until very late 68 or 9. let alone the other brands.
I might suggest that you go to the vintage Les Paul forum. I bet they have whole threads devoted to this.
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/index.php
now that I have succeded in making a fool of myself i will say that PG had one of the sweetest guitar sounds and touch around. Where did the first sample come from?
vinnie c
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