Mark
I've wanted a mandocello for YEARS. I just can't get over the price tag, even for an imported model.
Mark
Well picked up the Firebird today after a pup replacement. Sounds and plays great. Unfortunately got got bitten by something just traded in this AM. Fender CS 60 Tele. 3 tone SB with a dark RW board. Has 50HW pups listed on the COA. The neck pup is no slouch. It?s on its way home with me.
im done. I have to be done.
Mark
Seriously , I?m out of room. The closet for cased instruments I had to arrange horizontally (pain in the but if you want one closer to the bottom), rather than vertically as was previous.
I can maybe get 1 more on the walls in the room. Will check tomorrow.
Mark
I'm in the same boat. If I didn't have three guitars on stands in my living/playing room, I'd be SOL as far as storage space in my guitar room. And my attic can't stand another shipping carton.
That said, I'm this close to pulling the trigger on a new Guild Traveler. A collaboration between Guild and Traveler Guitar. All mahogany (no HPL) in a tiny form factor with gig bag. I mean he77, I still have GC gift cards to burn...
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just some packs of Super Slinky EB strings that I used GC gear card points to get. Pink package, no pics required (I hope )
"Live and learn and flip the burns"
Damn, got bit again by a stupid deal of the day. Squire Classic Vibe Late 60s Jazz Bass in Lake Placid Blue. Heh, it was 300 shipped and my only basses with a somewhat Jazz pup set up is a fret less J Bass with tape wounds and a Spector with an active PJ setup.
I can do “growl” with the Ric, but now I have something dedicated to that tone.
For non bass players, I wish I could have a better analogy without referencing esoteric people. Think Ric - early Rush, Jazz - late Rush.
Mark
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I was at Guitar Center yesterday playing small body acoustic guitars with cutaways and pickups yesterday.
I was thoroughly impressed with this Alvarez, and it was on sale for $429.
It had a couple of bad frets, 10th and 12th, so brought it the repair counter and opened the discussion.
At some point the guy just took off and was swamped by 3 other customers needing assistance.
No need to get excited. I just quietly left and several hours later did something I never do. I saw it online at Musician's Friend for the same deal and ordered it before I knew what I was doing.
Sure hope it's a good one when it shows up.
I'm not throwing the boxes away immediately!
If you're bored, you're not groovin'.
That's a nice looking guitar, and a terrific price! Over the past year or two, I've been fascinated by the less expensive, non-Big Three guitar makers. I had an Alvarez that was a superb guitar, but I sold it because it was bigger than I wanted at the time. I paid $381.59 to a seller on eBay. Brand new, in the box. A gorgeous guitar (Alvarez has some of the shiniest finishes) with a terrific sound and action. But, like I said, too large for my tastes.
My recent purchase was the Ibanez AAM50CE, which is a keeper. Also from Guitar Center, but I didn't need (or get) any help from the store drones and it's a keeper, so the story ends there.
But my point is that I think one can get a perfectly fine guitar for under $500.
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If you're bored, you're not groovin'.
Gretsch Electromatic double neck steel guitar console. Made in 1955. (my oldest piece). Need to work a bit on the electronics.
Having issues getting a photo to post.
Here's a cross forum post that shows it.
https://unofficialwarmoth.com/thread...ial-nid.38587/
Mark
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Yep. It has legs. (It?s a console). I need to learn to play one. I have 3 Pink Floyd and 2 Jackson Browne songs to learn. I?m leaning towards one neck in ?Em and other in G9
Mark
Here?s one of https://youtu.be/jXRJSyHuG2I?si=CPkxSQ9mAGhZWjmF
Mark
Wow, I had forgotten that Gilmour played slide.
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I got this for my Hummingbird acoustic after having strap issues. So far so good.
Gone is that great sounding Guild OM in rosewood. In is a Martin 000-28EC that is exceptional.
I’ll be selling my Parker Fly to make up the difference.
The EC Start did noting for me. 8 lbs to start with. Yeah it has that active circuit. If I like it that much I’ll put into one of my other Strats.
Mark
I heard somewhere else that BuildYourOwnClone is going out of business. They're selling off at 40% off.
So I placed an order for a mini fuzz pedal kit. I've had a bug in my ear to re-examine fuzz - it and I don't really get along. So worst case I'll have some fun building it, and sell it.
But I figure it's worth a try again.
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"Do you call sleeping with a guitar in your hands practicing?"
"It is if you don't drop it."
- Trent Lane, Daria, Episode 1-2.
"No harmonic knowledge, no sense of time, a ghastly tone, unskilled vibrato, and so on. Chuck is one of the worst guitar players I know" -Gravity Jim