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At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: Twinfan on January 05, 2009, 01:27:44 PM
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Does anyone have Guitarist mag #255 from October 2004? This issue reviewed the PRS Modern Eagle and I'm interested to know what they thought of it. I've tried to get a back issue, but they don't have any copies that far back. Plus I've tried eBay and it's not there at the moment.
If you've got the mag, could you scan the Modern Eagle article and email it to me?
Please drop me a PM if you can help. :)
Cheers!
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Sorry Dave - I started collecting it in November 04!
There is one for sale in the US though:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Guitarist-Magazine-(Oct-2004)-Lennon-%2F-Grohl-%2F-The-Edge_W0QQitemZ250336324936QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20081203?IMSfp=TL081203111008r29906#ebayphotohosting
Might be worth a cheeky question to the seller about the PRS review!
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Cheers Ian - I don't think I can ask the question to the seller! If it was me, I'd just say buy the mag off me!
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Haha - me too. I would also be thinking what a cheeky little b*gger!
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That's really common on e-bay. I said yes to 2 requests just like that last year on some items I was selling.
Ask him if he can scan and e-mail it for a £1.00 paypal payment.
You would be suprised how many people take the opportunity to do a good deed when they get a chance.
The worst case is you get a no or lose £1.00
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I'll dig it out later and scan it tomorrow, if that's OK?
(Unless anyone else comes forward in the meantime!)
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I'll dig it out later and scan it tomorrow, if that's OK?
(Unless anyone else comes forward in the meantime!)
Philly - do you fancy scanning all of your back issues and sending them to all of us? I would be happy to contribute £1.00 (no more than that though!!) :P
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I'll dig it out later and scan it tomorrow, if that's OK?
(Unless anyone else comes forward in the meantime!)
Philly - do you fancy scanning all of your back issues and sending them to all of us? I would be happy to contribute £1.00 (no more than that though!!) :P
£1 a page maybe....
Actually, I don't think I'd bother even then. I did once scan a whole magazine, and watching that little line of light crawwwwlllllllllllllllllllll across each page then crawwwwlllllllllllllllllllll back again was so tedious. Nearly lost the will to live.
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I can appreciate that! Thanks for the help Phil, you're a star.
As you can probably tell, I'm still researching rosewood necked guitars...
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£1 a page maybe....
Actually, I don't think I'd bother even then. I did once scan a whole magazine, and watching that little line of light crawwwwlllllllllllllllllllll across each page then crawwwwlllllllllllllllllllll back again was so tedious. Nearly lost the will to live.
I have had that feeling many times.
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i don't think i have that one, i don't ever remember reading a review of the modern eagle, anyway... :( hopefully philly can find his copy... :)
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I'll assume their summary says: "Alright guitar. Gold AND silver hardware :? Hysterically overpriced."
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I'll assume their summary says: "Alright guitar. Gold AND silver hardware :? Hysterically overpriced."
Nope. Wanna guess again?
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I'll assume their summary says: "Alright guitar. Gold AND silver hardware :? Hysterically overpriced."
Nope. Wanna guess again?
Nah.
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If we're talking "Hysterically overpriced", don't make me start on Caparisons!!!!
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careful, dave, with all those prses and cs fenders you're skating on thin ice.... :lol: though i'd agree about caparisons, based on the, er, one i tried anyway....
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If we're talking "Hysterically overpriced", don't make me start on Caparisons!!!!
Caparisons overpriced? Surely some mistake...:wink:
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If we're talking "Hysterically overpriced", don't make me start on Caparisons!!!!
The average Caparison is twice the price it really should be.
The Modern Eagle, well, it's probably not far off quadruple.
EDIT: Actually, I'm thinking Caparisons sit around a grand in the UK. But they're mostly about £1500 aren't they? So let's call them thrice the price.
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careful, dave, with all those prses and cs fenders you're skating on thin ice....
:lol:
It's only one CS Fender, and I swapped 4 guitars for it. Does that make it better?????
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If we're talking "Hysterically overpriced", don't make me start on Caparisons!!!!
The average Caparison is twice the price it really should be.
The Modern Eagle, well, it's probably not far off quadruple.
EDIT: Actually, I'm thinking Caparisons sit around a grand in the UK. But they're mostly about £1500 aren't they? So let's call them thrice the price.
O.o
Caparisons are hand made in tiny batches with great woods, and hand wound pickups.
Why are they overpriced?
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Caparisons are hand made in tiny batches with great woods, and hand wound pickups.
Why are they overpriced?
There's a thread somewhere in which MDV (I think... sorry if it wasn't you, Mark) describes a Caparison which was a shocking piece of shite. Or words to that effect.
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^ i liked the one i tried, but for £1500 i was wondering what the fuss was. around about half that would be ok, probably quite decent value actually, which is roughly what they went for in japan before the pound plummetted against the yen...
:lol:
It's only one CS Fender, and I swapped 4 guitars for it. Does that make it better?????
haha, not really, i'm just keeping you going, though. :)
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Caparisons are hand made in tiny batches with great woods, and hand wound pickups.
Why are they overpriced?
There's a thread somewhere in which MDV (I think... sorry if it wasn't you, Mark) describes a Caparison which was a shocking piece of shiteeee. Or words to that effect.
And that was my experience too.
The one's I played I'd put on a par with the gamut of mid-priced Ibanez/LTD/Jackson metal for undemanding novices guitars.
EDIT: I am aware that last sentence is appalingly elitist and pretentious, but it's the best phrase I can think of to describe the feel of those instruments and their target audience that I can muster.
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nah, i disagree, the one i tried was quite a bit nicer than those, but they're weren't nearly as nice (imo, of course) as stuff like tyler, vigier, etc. or a custom build.
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nah, i disagree, the one i tried was quite a bit nicer than those, but they're weren't nearly as nice (imo, of course) as stuff like tyler, vigier, etc. or a custom build.
That I'd agree with.
But I'd put them along side the expensive Ibanez Prestiges, and the US Jacksons.
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i'd need to try a bunch head to head, but i'd agree broadly with that, i think. then again i think the USA jacksons are ridiculously overpriced too. ibanez is ok if you go with the 1570, i think, but i wouldn't pay £1000 for a prestige, apart from anything if you're paying that much you should probably try to find a J-custom (if you want to stick with ibanez, that is).