oh, gee. it fell out of your car and is probably broken now. better give it to me for proper disposal :laughing:
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oh, gee. it fell out of your car and is probably broken now. better give it to me for proper disposal :laughing:
I think it's ok!Quote:
Originally Posted by DanTheBluesMan
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I'd be embarrassed as a guitarist to play through such slop, Don. Why don't you go to Best Buy? They have little amps there that'll make you sound like a pro. Shoot, I'll go to Best Buy and pick one up, and we can make a trade. It's pretty even, but I'll throw in a pack of Best Buy brand strings. Top of the line, top of the line.
Ha! I was afraid you were going to tell the truth- something about my skills not being up to the level of the gear!Quote:
Originally Posted by ch willie
I bought the Nova used in almost mint condition for a lot less than the guy I bought it from paid for it new 9 months ago!
Great looking amps. I hope you get a lot of pleasure out of them.
As for being worthy of the gear. I'd be playing a cardboard box with one rubber band for a string if things went that way.
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One of those Fender lunch boxes. Impulse buy.:Embarrass
I could get into one of those. If I still carried lunch to work. Working from home these days, though...Quote:
Originally Posted by waxbytes
Hey, remember those lunch boxes that had a Thermos® bottle snugged into the lid?
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[QUOTE=OldStrummer;644639]I could get into one of those. If I still carried lunch to work. Working from home these days, though...
Hey, remember those lunch boxes that had a Thermos® bottle snugged into the lid?
Sure do, and I think I have one or two around the house somewhere.
I can't get nostalgic about lunch boxes--the boxes were cool enough, but the glass or whatever on the inside of those thermoses broke so easily. We're talking late 60s, early 70s. I had three over elementary school time, and each one of them: broken glass. Plus other thermoses to replace them: more broken glass. And if you forgot them at school and had gotten milk in the thermos, by the next day, you had a rancid mess. If you left it over the weekend, you came back on Monday to find that a giant clabbered milk monster had eaten the principal, all of your teachers, and their aides. And you were happy, but then you found out the milk monster had eaten your crush, sweet little thing, now part of the milk monster's stomach.
I really need to get a job.
audio technica ATH-M50x headphones, I was getting tired of switching the Sony back and forth between the audio interface and the computer. Sooner or later I was going to lose the 1/8" to 1/4" adapter.
Plus the ATH-M50x have the option of using straight cables as well as coiled. When playing guitar the coiled cables were a bit of a nuisance.
I've been itching for a super Strat for years and have had a few guitars to try to get that thing- Hamer Diablo, Carvin Bolt with a Floyd, and a Carvin DC135. I played a Big Apple Strat years ago and loved the sounds that it offered, but it's not a type of guitar that I want to spend a lot of money on.
I received a Carvin Bolt kit build yesterday. It's got two humbuckers and currently has a 3 position toggle switch on it. I've got a 5 position super switch coming today. The one piece alder body and maple neck have a tung oil finish. The frets are in great shape on the ebony fretboard.
It showed up dirty with rusty strings. I took the whole thing apart, cleaned it and applied lemon oil to the whole guitar. The guitar is built with good components and just needed cleaning, re-stringing and setup other than my desire to have a 5 position switch with humbucker and single coil sounds.
I'll post my own pic after I wire it and set it up later today.
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Nice score, Don! I like the looks of it much more than a Fender Super Strat, but then again, I'm partial to natural finishes like that.
just bought a 22 fret maple fingerboard Tele neck from the Chinese factory that made my beloved Squier CV50 neck. Looking forward to this one. Got an MJT body that I bought 2 or 3 years ago (dang, how does that happen the time going so fast?) that's waiting to be built. I don't even remember what color it is anymore, but I think it's white blonde.
Just ordered a hard case for my Blues Jr. Carrying It around unprotected is definitely a no no
put in a pre-order for the preamp pedal that I originally thought I bought from a member of another forum but it actually turned out to be the delay the preamp is designed to pair with. Now I'll have both units. For less than the price of the delay alone.
No money changed hands, but I traded a SS amp I don't use for a jumbo acoustic!
(You might also notice great grand kids have been in the "Music Room")!
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TRS burnishing plug and DeOxit. going to be setting up my rack stuff soon and I want to get the patch bay ready for action.
Never posted these. Thalia makes them. I believe they do some Fenderers as well. Nice and soft. Custom available.
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Nice, didn't see those before. Got one of their capos.Quote:
Originally Posted by renderit
Bill Moore--
Congratulations on your jumbo. I'd love to find a good lefty jumbo.
Enjoy playing it, and give a review if you have time. That's a pretty and interesting looking acoustic.
ch willie, I took the guitar and a set of Martin light gauge strings to my friend Russell. I think the neck could be a little lower also. He played it a while, and started into a story about another fellow, and his wife both have jumbo guitars, and his slim body is being dwarfed while playing in church. I told him this one was a little gaudy, and plenty loud, but didn't think the lord would mind.
I'm afraid he's gonna want it now!
Well, Bill, you better grab you a stick in case you have to convince him to give it back. Just kidding, ha ha.
It really is a beautiful instrument, and I hope you have a lot of great years with it.
Just got the road case I ordered for my amp. Pretty cool, Very well built.
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I wondered if it had come in yet. Nice to know your stuff is protected when you've got to move it.
Got an MXR Carbon Copy delay pedal for my bass pedalboard. I can't try it out though because my son is working from here this week, so the house has to be quiet. when he stops working at 7pm, then it's time for us to visit. He'll leave Saturday and the guitars and basses shall sing.
Cool road case!
I just received something that I ordered. I probably shouldn't say much about it until I take a pic. It's cool, though.
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Originally Posted by Don
Yes, it's a simple "crate style" case. This amp is lightweight and small so wheels and such would be pointless. I liked it a lot.
I want to get one for a Princeton Reverb size amp. I've had amps get damaged in my car before. It was a Marshall DSL 401. Loved that amp but the pots were mounted to the circuit board and one of them got broken and the amp was never the same.
2018 PRS S2 Studio. I was interested in these when they came out briefly in 2018, but couldn't afford one at the time. This one's almost like new. It's got some cool tones- I'd say Gretsch-like, but I have no real Gretsch experience to know for sure. My only concern is the teeny tiny little neck. It's a narrow and thin and the round shape seems to make it feel even smaller.
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Originally Posted by Don
Great purchase, I was hot for PRS in the early 90s but couldn't afford one, was a student at the time. A Review is mandatory!
Wow, I didn't know PRS made guitars that looked like that. It reminds me of a pawnshop guitar my brother got for Xmas in 1968. I eventually inherited but never played it, and not sure where it is now, but no one in the family has it. Dumpster probably.
But I dig that vibe and I dig the fact that you've got an incredible guitar behind the patina.
Do you think that you'll be able to get used to the small neck?
Alice Cooper Complete music book (1972) yeah, I know there's more albums after that :D
That's a pretty guitar. I was seriously considering a PRS SE 245 during my search for a short-scale electric. Thing is, I really wanted a Fender, and when I found a short-scale Tele, I had to jump. The 245 still lingers in my mind...Quote:
Originally Posted by Don
Here's where the numbers can let you down! I measured this guitar's neck today and it's actually not small at all! In fact, the numbers would lead me to believe that it'd fit me like a glove! It's 1.679" wide at the first fret, 0.866" deep at the first fret and 0.952" deep at the 12th fret. It's the shape that makes it feel small and that's because of my lousy caveman thumb hanging over the top playing technique. The "Rounded C" nack on my ES-335 was over 0.020" thinner at the first fret and felt a lot larger than this neck.Quote:
Originally Posted by ch willie
Anyway, it's a really cool guitar! I hope to give more details in a separate thread.
Oops! Another one followed me home!
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I have been having a hankering for a natural finish big headstock strat with 6 screw bridge and vintage tuners. What is that beauty?Quote:
Originally Posted by Don
Ooh, very purdy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don
It's a 2002 Classic Series '70s Strat. MIM. Check out my thread on it in the Stratocaster section.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanTheBluesMan
I donated some money to the Les Paul Forum. Let's face it, the Fender Forum exists only because of the Les Paul Forum.
I consider that Guitar-Related.
Don, I have that same guitar, albeit with a maple neck!
Mine is a 2013 and had the world's ugliest pick guard that I replaced with white one.
I agree. I like to keep up with my forum subscriptions. It's the least I can do. I need to check them!Quote:
Originally Posted by vinyl
Luckily, there's nothing that "needs" to be replaced on this one. Except maybe a slight fret dressing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Moore
deleted. 'Twas unkind. I appreciate having a place to discuss fender gear.Quote:
Originally Posted by vinyl
a very rare return of an item by moi, the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x headphones were sent back. I just couldn't get along with them, which is too bad because they had the best cable setup of any phones I've had yet. My Sennheiser HD58X from Massdrop (now just called Drop, I think) are vastly more comfortable but have cable to both sides not just one and the cord is a little short plus the 1/8" to 1/4" adapter is a friction not screw-on connector. But comfort (and frankly even the sonics) trump engineering so back (ATH) they went.
But my preamp pedal came in stock yesterday and should be here soon.
Band In A Box.
I had a coupon (BIAB2020) good for 10% off that expires today (10/1).
One of the things I don't have/use are jam tracks. I've played along with some on YouTube, but BIAB supposedly will let me set up my own tunes and then jam along with them. My problem is that sometimes I don't have the patience to do so. We'll see.
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I just bought Sweetwater Sound. Why pay for gear one piece at a time. Cut my losses. Not sure though what to do with all the banjos.
DantheBluesMan is thinking of buying Musician's Friend / Guitar Center.
BIGGGGG discounts for TFF members.
This week's special: Gibson L5. Price bust from $18,000.01 to $18,000.00.
It can be dangerous to watch an item on Reverb. I've been thinking about getting a guitar that plays as well as my KLŌS and sounds as good as my Li'l Martin. I've read a lot of good reviews on the Taylor GS Mini, and was eyeing one in Mahogany. Turns out a seller with a brand new GS Mini in Koa sent me an offer, and I couldn't resist. $100 off and free shipping. Yowza! Now I have to wait for delivery.
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How to make a million dollars in the music business, start with 5 million :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ch willie
And I left off banjos from he SW sentence. Comedy fail.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanTheBluesMan
Since I can't talk myself into another guitar or amp...... I decided to upgrade an old Fender 112 cab I have. I bought an Eminence Swamp Thang speaker. I never really liked the Celestion 70/80 speaker that was in there.
That cab will be used with a modded Marshall DSL 15H or.... a Peavey VK 100 head. The cab came cheap years ago so the purchase wasn't a big deal. Hopefully the money was well spent.
I had to wait a week, but I saw the brown truck roll up and drop off a brown guitar. I let it sit all of about 30 minutes (thankfully, there isn't much of a temperature/humidity change these days) before pulling it out, getting it in tune, and checking it out (harmonics good, action good, sound good).
Actually, the word that came to mind when I thought of sound was "rich." It's a rich-sounding guitar!
Emerging from its "shell."
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It's first "steps."
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Not much larger than my Little Martin (and, I think, a little lighter in weight!)
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For size comparison: GS Mini, Martin LX1RE, Concert Ukulele
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Nice collection of portable instruments!
I get around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don
Round round get around
I get around :yah:
I continue to bind myself with instruments that need to be tethered to other devices.
I no canna deny, Imma gear slut. However, I have made a decision. Upon the arrival of the new guitar, its nearest counterpart shall be judged against it and one shall leave. I literally don't have room for another guitar case, unless it gets stored offsite. Epiphone came out with a three pickup black beauty Les Paul Custom with an ebony board AND a case this week. I'm going to state up front that I'm not necessarily a fan boy of the artist whose signature model it is. I've wanted a triple pickup black beauty since Frampton in the '70s. I could never afford the Gibson version of the signature models over the years though.
A couple years ago, I got to play a '59 BB triple pickup, with a Bigsby. Even with all that metal, it weighed less than 9.5 pounds. There aren't many guitars I've played that transcend the ordinary the way this one did, one of the others being a GVCG black guard Tele.
I've been extremely impressed with the 2020 ebony LP Custom by Epiphone. The new headstock shape and an ebony board swayed me to get one. One of the online retailers had the new whathisname signature 1958 three pickup black beauty in stock and for the same retail price with a case AND an ebony board. I applied for the 48 month financing and got it. My plan is to compare the two and sell one, preferably on CL.
Yikes, I think I got the last one. I just went to their site to try to snag a picture and they said they're sold out. I sure hope my order went in on time.
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Hopefully I'll get an email soon telling me it's on its way.
Dan, that is really sharp. I think Epi has improved a lot over the years. I used to have to re-solder everything, and the pups were a muddy mess. I've bought an Epi bass and the Casino in the last year and a half, and they're both excellent sounding instruments. No pup change necessary.
I bought one of these. I was having so much trouble with my Behringer mixer and the Mac. So incompatible. I even had a professional engineer to look at them and see if he could do anything. I looked at the Focusrite and Universal Audio Apollo Twin MKII DUO 10x6 Thunderbolt Audio Interface with UAD DSP
The focusrite is great, but I wanted some of the features of the Apollo that I couldn't get with the focusrite. The Apollo is an expensive piece of gear, but I'm tired of fighting the electronics and getting recordings half as good as I have made in the past.
ch willie - I wanted to get one of those UA Apollo interfaces except my machines are both so old they don't have Thunderbolt 3 connectors. It was a lot of money to have to use adapters and get significantly less performance than the AI is capable of. There was a USB version but it was Windows only, IIRC.
As it is, I must have gotten the last generation of Presonus that had USB, the new 1810 is now a USB-C, which I don't have either. I think my next purchase should be in the vein of a new computer. I'm looking at my Princeton non-reverb and thinking "hmm, this or a new mac?":hmm
Not exactly guitar related but definitely band related. Just found another Hot Wheels Ford Maverick https://i.postimg.cc/gj3YZYhT/IMG-20...-143242341.jpg
Sergio - I love it
BTW - I found my Superbird Hot Wheels unexpectedly
Just got the notification email my guitar is on its way. Should be here Thursday.