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Guitars, guitars, guitars
Honkytonk:
I took my Garrison AG-200 to the surgeon today to be fixed (some rather major structual damage resulting from a broken straplock and a nice metal-tipped corner of a speaker). I've never felt that sad driving away from something before. I've had the damn thing 8 years and it's more than just an inanimate object to me.
I hope he makes it ok.
ankhtahr:
So, a while of playing around with the friends guitar, and I've already started creating a wishlist.
Currently on the wishlist, and to be bought in that order:
Ibanez GRG-170DX, because I need a guitar of my own that doesn't suck as bad as this friend's guitar
Vox VT20+, because I also need an amp, and that way I can experiment a little. It seems to have received some decent reviews
Boss ME-80, because I just can't afford to spend so much money on different separate pedals, so this has to suffice at first
Epiphone Les Paul Standard, might move to the top and replace the Ibanez. I've enjoyed the sound of the humbucker in the friend's guitar, but that might just be the quality of the pickups. I'll need to try them both and decide then.
Oh, and I've picked up a Digitech Bad Monkey overdrive pedal. I love it already.
Lummer:
I got a new bass this weekend! This is A Good Thing, seeing as the only band I play live in these days is a band where I am the bassist and up until Sunday I didn't actually own a bass. But now I do, and I really like it. It's nice not to have to rely on borrowed equipment. I also got myself a bass amp: A Hartke HA3500 head with a rack case. I got both the bass and the amp for absolutely bugger-all nothing-money, so I'm happy. I seem to have a nose for bargains on gear. Anyway, here is the bass, along with my beloved War-Tele:
The bass is a Squier Vintage Modified Jazz, and it plays and sounds far, far better than it has any right to at such a low price. Seriously solid instrument.
Thrillho:
That Telecaster is glorious.
KingOfIreland:
So I've just spent 50 of my well earned euros on a tanglewood strat copy.
Obviously, it's reasonably okay but needs a few mods like decent machineheads and a better bridge, so I'm going to do that as soon as I have enough money, but my main complaint is that it's just not versatile enough.
I also happen to have a load of switches and two danelectro pickups lying around.
EDIT: First pickup is already in. Tools used: hammer, chisel, screwdriver, testicular fortitude.
Pics will follow soon. Same goes for the hole in the scratchplate I'm about to make.
It plays beautifully, the neck is straight, the tuners have been replaced at some point and the frets are pretty much faultless apart from a slightly lifted one I'll tap in later on.
Don't need a router for a plywood guitar
The scratchplate hole is a bit off, but fuck looks, I now have a middle pup humbucker.
Tomorrow I'll do the second and wire the circuitry so I can drop both pickups in and out and maybe have them all switchable to series.
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