Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Antag on September 16, 2008, 10:11:23 PM
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After selling my Mesa, I found myself too close to Coda (http://www.coda-music.co.uk) in Stevenage to not go. I hate that shop. No, actually I love that shop - it's just that I don't think I've ever been in there & come out empty handed :roll: I was determined that today would be different.
It started well. They've moved all the Taylors to the Luton branch, the PRSes were tucked away at the back somewhere (& nothing inspiring that I could see), they have an impressive stock of Les Pauls (but the 3 I have already are more than enough), nothing interesting secondhand, the amp stock nothing to write home about etc.
Then I saw it - a black Jackson SL3. It spoke to me. I answered & before I realised what I was doing, words had come out of my mouth & one of the staff was handing it to me.
Once I had my hands on that wonderful Jackson neck, it was going to be an uphill struggle. When they "happened" to have a secondhand Jackson case that they'd throw in for free (the jap Jacksons inexplicably don't come with cases) + 2 packs of strings & £20 off the display price, it was a done deal :) :roll:
It's a lovely player - great Jackson neck profile, OFR, fast feel, good frets, spotless finish (well, once I polished off the grubby fingermarks), nice weight etc. Apart from a rosewood fretboard & no neck binding it's basically the same spec as a US SL1 (& a good 90% there on build quality)
Pics will follow once I've BKP'd it, as will clips... :)
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:lol:
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Nice purchase! :)
It's a great little shop that, isn't it? The red Les Paul Custom they have is bloody fantastic.
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Nice purchase! :)
It's a great little shop that, isn't it? The red Les Paul Custom they have is bloody fantastic.
Yeah, just not £3k fantastic (which might be why they've had it so long...)
It is a great shop - like a treasure trove piled to the rafters with stuff. The thing I like most is that the staff are musos who have been in the business a while, seem to know about their guitars & take time to talk to you. They usually have some interesting secondhand pieces.
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I've heard good things about that shop...
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The red Les Paul Custom they have is bloody fantastic.
Yeah, just not £3k fantastic
Do you mean this one? It's 2k not 3k?
http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_22_47&products_id=3926&oscsid=25403e14746a332e5cc9ab475f9cfd17
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Antag, I think when you sell stuff, you shouldn't by accident come across guitar shops ... well at least you bought the Jackson and not the other one, which would've been much more expensive, quote from your other thread:
"On the way back from selling my Mesa I took a short detour to the Wembley Guitar Centre where they have just got an Engl Steve Morse 100 in stock. Apparently I was the first person to come in & try it "
:lol:
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The red Les Paul Custom they have is bloody fantastic.
Yeah, just not £3k fantastic
Do you mean this one? It's 2k not 3k?
http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_22_47&products_id=3926&oscsid=25403e14746a332e5cc9ab475f9cfd17
That's the one.
It beat all the other Gibbo's and PRSes I tried (for me anyway).
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The red Les Paul Custom they have is bloody fantastic.
Yeah, just not £3k fantastic
Do you mean this one? It's 2k not 3k?
http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_22_47&products_id=3926&oscsid=25403e14746a332e5cc9ab475f9cfd17
That's the one.
It beat all the other Gibbo's and PRSes I tried (for me anyway).
Ah no, that's not the one I was thinking of - they had a red custom with a quilted top for £2999 that was in stock for ages, thought I saw it yesterday but it's not on the site anymore...
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Antag is this the Jackson:
http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?products_id=1586&oscsid=d1857a1269b184bcc89f7067a5ae11bb
Very nice :)
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Yep, that's the one :)
Just to clarify, it wasn't a total impulse buy - I've been thinking about the SL3, or another HSS guitar, for a while, but hadn't seen one in stock anywhere. Like I said, it's a really nice guitar to play. I'm a total sucker for the Jackson soloist neck profile, it's just so comfortable - & at <½ the price of a US SL1 it's a bargain IMO.
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Looking at their stock...
http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_45&products_id=3886&oscsid=d1857a1269b184bcc89f7067a5ae11bb
Someone PLEASE buy that.
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:lol: Nice one Antag...
I'm just as bad as you... can't go near some places without buying something... but at least you sell something else first!
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Looking at their stock...
http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_45&products_id=3886&oscsid=d1857a1269b184bcc89f7067a5ae11bb
Someone PLEASE buy that.
No thanks, but if I had the cash I'd have this!
http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_34_145_161&products_id=2921
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Mmmmm!^ They had a lot of relic'ed teles in there last time I was in actually.
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Haha nice buy Antag!
Though i probably should have warned you before you left that Coda is a very dangerous place. :P
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Looking at their stock...
http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_45&products_id=3886&oscsid=d1857a1269b184bcc89f7067a5ae11bb
Someone PLEASE buy that.
No thanks, but if I had the cash I'd have this!
http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_34_145_161&products_id=2921
*Hurls* :?
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Looking at their stock...
http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_45&products_id=3886&oscsid=d1857a1269b184bcc89f7067a5ae11bb
Someone PLEASE buy that.
No thanks, but if I had the cash I'd have this!
http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_34_145_161&products_id=2921
Dave, I must have missed something. What experience or insight made you suddenly a Tele convert and inclined to pay fortunes on relic'ed Fender Custom shop stuff?
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:lol: nice score. I have the opposite problem, i can never decide what i want. :lol:
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Looking at their stock...
http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_45&products_id=3886&oscsid=d1857a1269b184bcc89f7067a5ae11bb
Someone PLEASE buy that.
No thanks, but if I had the cash I'd have this!
http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_34_145_161&products_id=2921
Dave, I must have missed something. What experience or insight made you suddenly a Tele convert and inclined to pay fortunes on relic'ed Fender Custom shop stuff?
Mid life crisis? :wink:
Have you got your Roy Buchanan CDs yet TF? (Mine are ordered and in the post :lol:)