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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Philly Q on February 10, 2009, 09:57:36 PM

Title: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: Philly Q on February 10, 2009, 09:57:36 PM: OK, I know these "N_D" threads have been causing a bit of a stir recently, but I'm not here to gloat about picking up a Tom Anderson for 75 quid or something...

These used to be the zebra Cold Sweats on Twinfan's recently-departed #2 McCarty Korina. Now chrome covered and ready for my Mira. :)

The VHII turned up last week. It's white, 53mm and destined for a Strat.

(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/IMGP2624.jpg)
Title: Re: NPD
Post by: FernandoDuarte on February 10, 2009, 10:01:36 PM: Congrats! :D
Title: Re: NPD
Post by: dave_mc on February 10, 2009, 10:30:23 PM: nice :)

i thought you meant a pedal :lol:
Title: Re: NPD
Post by: Philly Q on February 10, 2009, 10:36:00 PM: I suppose I could've said NBKPD!
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: Afghan Dave on February 10, 2009, 10:49:00 PM: Sorry if I haven't been paying attention but did you send those pickups back to BKP to get those covers fitted?
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: Sifu Ben on February 10, 2009, 10:53:12 PM: If you find you don't like them, I'm in the market for a chrome CS set ;)
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: Twinfan on February 11, 2009, 12:03:47 AM: Quote from: Afghan Dave on February 10, 2009, 10:49:00 PM
Sorry if I haven't been paying attention but did you send those pickups back to BKP to get those covers fitted?

I sent them to BKP, where they had chrome covers fitted, before continuing on their journey to Phil ;)

Get 'em fitted and let us know what they're like in your Mira :D
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: Philly Q on February 11, 2009, 12:49:07 AM: Quote from: Sifu Ben on February 10, 2009, 10:53:12 PM
If you find you don't like them, I'm in the market for a chrome CS set ;)

No, I know I'll like 'em! I've tried a CS set already (borrowed from Hunter - what a nice helpful bunch of people we have on this forum!) :D
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: Denim n Leather on February 11, 2009, 03:35:48 AM: Show off! Braggart!
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: Philly Q on February 11, 2009, 08:27:54 AM: Quote from: Denim n Leather on February 11, 2009, 03:35:48 AM
Show off! Braggart!

I feel suitably chastened... :oops:
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: AndyR on February 11, 2009, 08:32:28 AM: Hang on... you're not hiding something from us are you Philly?

ie. I've been wondering who the new owner of this "recently-departed #2 McCarty Korina" is... :lol:

(sorry if I've missed something in another thread and you're entirely innocent...)
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: Philly Q on February 11, 2009, 08:43:56 AM: Quote from: AndyR on February 11, 2009, 08:32:28 AM
Hang on... you're not hiding something from us are you Philly?

ie. I've been wondering who the new owner of this "recently-departed #2 McCarty Korina" is... :lol:

(sorry if I've missed something in another thread and you're entirely innocent...)

:lol: Totally innocent. And not hiding anything (not in this case, anyway.... )

Dave sold the guitar to I-know-not-who, but put the original pickups back in. And I got the nearly-new Cold Sweats for a very nice price. :D
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: Twinfan on February 11, 2009, 08:44:04 AM: He IS entirely innocent! He just bought the pickups :)

By the way, my #2 McKorina is on eBay. The guy who bought it loved it there and then, and put it on eBay 7 days later :roll:
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: dave_mc on February 11, 2009, 03:30:29 PM: Quote from: Philly Q on February 10, 2009, 10:36:00 PM
I suppose I could've said NBKPD!

:lol:
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: hunter on February 11, 2009, 04:11:10 PM: Quote from: Twinfan on February 11, 2009, 08:44:04 AM
He IS entirely innocent! He just bought the pickups :)

By the way, my #2 McKorina is on eBay. The guy who bought it loved it there and then, and put it on eBay 7 days later :roll:

The poor thing, she cannot find a good home for long, what an awful experience for such a young guitar!
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: Twinfan on February 11, 2009, 04:20:23 PM: Hey, she had a good home in my care! Got new pickups and a few gigs!
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: gingataff on February 12, 2009, 02:49:51 PM: I'm looking forward to your opinions on the VHII Phil, and hows the King's X DVD?
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: Philly Q on February 12, 2009, 08:57:30 PM: Quote from: gingataff on February 12, 2009, 02:49:51 PM
I'm looking forward to your opinions on the VHII Phil, and hows the King's X DVD?

As usual, it'll be ages before I get round to wiring these things in! :oops:

Haven't watched the King's X DVD yet, but I will soon... it's from a 1990 show at the Astoria and I was there, so I had to buy it! :)
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: hunter on February 12, 2009, 09:00:56 PM: Quote from: Philly Q on February 12, 2009, 08:57:30 PM
Quote from: gingataff on February 12, 2009, 02:49:51 PM
I'm looking forward to your opinions on the VHII Phil, and hows the King's X DVD?

As usual, it'll be ages before I get round to wiring these things in! :oops:

Haven't watched the King's X DVD yet, but I will soon... it's from a 1990 show at the Astoria and I was there, so I had to buy it! :)

Wow that's great, you were actually there! Maybe you will be on the screen for a second or two ... sneaking up to stage to peek at the rack :O)
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: Fourth Feline on February 12, 2009, 09:06:11 PM: Nice choice of pickups Phil, :)

If I had gone on to become a 'Rock'n'Roll man for all seasons' - I would have been tempted by the Cold Sweats more than any other matched set ; and I love the fresh top and 'deep & springy' bass sounds of the VHII soundclips I have heard.

As someone else mentioned on this thread, I actually like seeing the gear for the 'back story' and human interest / choice angle. I never think of them as being a weeing competiton ... :lol:

Congratulations !
Title: Re: NPD (that's NBKPD!)
Post by: Philly Q on February 12, 2009, 09:11:14 PM: Quote from: hunter on February 12, 2009, 09:00:56 PM
Wow that's great, you were actually there! Maybe you will be on the screen for a second or two ... sneaking up to stage to peek at the rack :O)

No, I was up in the front row of the balcony. :)

I'm a little shortarse, so I hate standing in the crowd unless I can get right up the front... which I used to do, until the invention of the mosh pit.

(And thanks for the comments on the pickups, gents!)