Chuck Snider R.I.P.
From:
West Virginia, USA - Morgantown, WV
|
Posted 26 Feb 2009 8:38 pm |
|
I have a guy coming over Saturday to look at buying my Carter-Starter. I thought I better get it out and make sure it still works and round up all the stuff going with it. I hadn't touched it since I got my GFI U-12 Ultra back in October. Man, now I'm sorta thinking maybe I should keep it. It sounded waaaaay better than I remember it. Aside from the differences in mechanical feel/operation, it sounded great, with nothing but the stock Carter pedal that came with it, and straight into a NV400 with some reverb from the amp.
After hearing it again, I surely would have been just fine sticking with it for another 10-12 months if not longer. Not gonna go so far to say I'm sorry I bought the GFI, just saying it sounds pretty good, and I could have stayed with the Carter-Starter much longer than I did.
So for those fellow newbie steelers out there playing a Carter-Starter, feeling you need to hurry up and move up to a pro model, think again about doing it too soon. Take your time, get as much as you can out of the Carter-Starter, these things sound great.
-Chuck
_________________
GFI U-12 Ultra Keyless, Carter Black U-12, both with Alumitones, and a sweet '70 Sho-Bud Permanent D-10, NV400 in Rick Johnson cabs, NV112, '73 Vibrosonic in Rick Johnson cabs, Hilton pedal, Steeler's Choice seat, Bessdang Gizmos from Dale Hansen, and a few other widgets and doodads.
I may not sound good, I just don't wanna sound bad. |
|
Brian Kurlychek
From:
Maine, USA
|
Posted 27 Feb 2009 9:27 am
|
|
I think the issue is, not one of the starter sounding bad, but that you got better over time, so when you went back to the starter, it was you who made it sound better.
_________________
We live to play another day. |
|
Tucker Jackson
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
|
Posted 27 Feb 2009 1:19 pm
|
|
I kept my Starter when I moved up to a Pro model.
It's so lightweight that I tend to take it practice rather than the bigger guitar (I'm in 5 bands, so lots of loading in and out at rehearsals).
I can definitely hear (and feel) the difference between the two steels, but bandmates usually can't... |
|
