Hooray, NGD - Guild Polara Kim Thayil

[jkahn]

@Metalbrain

Soundgarden’s Spoonman, Rage Against the Machine’s Killing in the Name and AC/DC’s… Back in Black? No idea about the rest

Yep.

The rest are: Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Jet), Alive (Pearl Jam, played badly), Gold On The Ceiling (Black Keys), Around The World (RHCP), a lick from Weezer’s Say It Ain’t So, and the solo from Don’t Speak by No Doubt.

[jkahn]

@metramaks

No.

That’s like, just your opinion, man…

Haha.

SG’s are cool. The are all a bit samey at the low end though, either wine red, black and occasionally brown. The different ones are all very expensive here.

[CD02]

Hey JK, Wohaaa, I just sat down with a coffee and the headphones on when I saw your post. When it started it nearly blew my wig off definately was not expecting that. What a great sound you had dialled in and I might just say some slick playing too buddy No dust forming up the board on that one Great demo, nice guitar, love the look.

[sclay]

Nice one JK. Havent seen one before. Some sweet tones. Enjoy!

Cheers, Shane

[Prof_Thunder]

Well, that sounds great and looks cooler than an SG IMO. Nice choice. They are great looking guitars.

Ian

[brianlarsen]

Happy NGD, JK
Always cool to have a new axe!
Sounding good too, although I’m guessing your Fender footpedal has more to do with the tone than the golden humbuckers
Enjoy!

[LievenDV]

@metramaks

It’s a cool one, but I simply can’t agree that it’s cooler than an SG. And of course I’m not biased at all.

hehe
that’s cool bro; SG’s aren’t my taste but I’m pretty sure people raise eyebrows about mine I do like their sounds and accessibility. I’m just an offset/asymmetric guy. besides; you LOOK cooler holding an SG than I do!

@jkahn next up; a band?
I can see you rocking that on stage and doing the (occasional) vocal with that wonderful warm low timbre of yours. Brings me joy to see you giddy!

[Malz]

Looking good JK, enjoy your time together.

[Snedly1]

That looks like a fun guitar. George Harrison played a Guild in the earlier days, and I think he even invested in the company at one point. Have a great time with your new toy!

[DavidP]

Enjoy it JK. Some great tones and fine riffage. That said, recognised only one and you shan’t get a prize for knowing which one that was

[SteveL_G99]

Congrats. That’s a nice looking guitar, JK. It also has its own distinctive sound. Enjoy.

[TheMadman_tobyjenner]

@jkahn

If you’re not a millenial - Kim Thayil was the lead guitarist for Soundgarden,

Hey JK I still don’t know what a millennial or gen x y or z, is there a q ? Might be a boomer pre boomer post bomber but don’t do any of these States side birth labels and don;t give a fig!

But I know Soundgarden and that’s good enough for me !

The brand is new to me and its like an SG bred with a Tele hybrid ! Double cool, especially in that cool white. And gold accessories. Very very nice.

Skool of '56 (only label needed !)

And on that subject the demo was ripper ! You dropped @nzmetal a “get one now” mail !

[jkahn]

@CD02

When it started it nearly blew my wig off

Glad I could help kick-start your coffee Craig.

@brianlarsen

I’m guessing your Fender footpedal has more to do with the tone than the golden humbuckers

Tone is from the amp Brian, I agree! The pickups drive it though… I dialled the gain up higher than I would on my tele with these different pickups. When I tried the guitar in the shop I had it plugged into a new Boss Katana - that only reinforced that I’m happier with Fender modeller tones than Boss.

@LievenDV

@jkahn next up; a band?

I think it would be cool to be in a band, doubt it would happen though. All the other musician friends I have are guitarists. And the randoms I see post in musician groups on facebook all seem to have dreams of becoming famous, still, regardless of their age… rather than just having fun.

@DavidP

That said, recognised only one and you shan’t get a prize for knowing which one that was

Would have to be AC/DC David… where’s my prize? Oh…

@TheMadman_tobyjenner

But I know Soundgarden and that’s good enough for me !

You’re a rare breed Toby.

And yep, I think you’re onto something with the SG/tele hybrid thing. I think I like slightly off-kilter guitars, rather than the classic takes. My Tele is a Les Paul/Tele hybrid thing, and my Polara is a SG hybrid thing.

Glad you liked the demo too Just a bit of playing around! Had to start with a big soundgarden riff.

[LievenDV]

@jkahn

And the randoms I see post in musician groups on facebook all seem to have dreams of becoming famous, still, regardless of their age… rather than just having fun.

I see posts like that in similar groups here, the low profile fun bands are usually more succesful/popular because of their fun level on stage

You could always try to start something of your own? perhaps starting small

[jkahn]

@LievenDV

You could always try to start something of your own?

I think that’s the only way it would happen. If I happened to come across a drummer that’s keen - although the only amateurs I meet are guitarists! So far, at least.

[DavidP]

@jkahn

@DavidP

That said, recognised only one and you shan’t get a prize for knowing which one that was

Would have to be AC/DC David… where’s my prize? Oh…

Yeah, too obvious to earn a prize, though I have listened to some of the other bands, just not enough to recognise songs.

I do try these bands that are more recent though, even those are now measured in decades. And more often than not my opinions are heretic So best I don’t share my opinions of Pearl Jam 10, Nirvana Nevermind etc Black Hole Sun was pretty cool if I recall correctly.

[roger_holland]

Hi Jk ,
Happy NGD /week

I can’t let this one pass without comment , you took your time and asked for help with how and what or why… but it turned out to be a wonderful choice… I love it

Greetings and I wish you a a ridiculous amount of time together and that your children may only experience a (short) period of appropriate attention deficit

Have fun

[jkahn]

Thanks @roger_holland. Loving this guitar so far.