Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: MrBump on September 16, 2010, 10:18:29 AM
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I'm trying to get excited about new guitars, but I can't.
Flicking through Thomann.de, trying to get inspired, but can't seem to muster any enthusiasm for the same old same old I keep seeing.
What's exciting people at the moment, guitar-wise?
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A couple of PRSes, a few things which are too expensive to buy (Fano, Fender Custom Shop) and a few things which are much too expensive to buy (Collings, Martyn Booth).
Oh, I like the look of the Yamaha SG1800 series too, but I can't for the life of me figure out why the cost a grand more than an SG2000. And they're still too heavy.
Nothing really "new" in a true sense though - just variations on the old favourites!
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A Trussart is the only thing I'd quite fancy.
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as i said elsewhere, the parker p36 tele-like guitar does something for me, although strangely the US southern nitefly version leaves me cold. i must like the maple board better.
i've also found myself looking at lots of old Gibson Melody Makers, while having (blaspemy alert) Lollar's melody maker p90 open in another tab :)
other than that, i agree, the 20,000th re-issue of a tribute of a guitar once tripped over by a minor pop star in a hairdresser's is getting pretty boring.
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The only thing thats really had me interested recently is a Padouk Washburn N4. Not usually my kind of thing at all, but they have me a little intrigued.
other than that, i agree, the 20,000th re-issue of a tribute of a guitar once tripped over by a minor pop star in a hairdresser's is getting pretty boring.
Gibson take note.
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My boat gets rocked right now by:
Tyler
Charvel
Explorer
60s Teles
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Black les paul custom mmmmmmmmmmmmmh :lol: also a thinline tele for sunday afternoon noodling
And a 335
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Stratocasters
and Telecasters
that's it
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Strats and teles for me as well at the moment.
This tele looks quite interesting
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Custom-Modified-Tele-Bare-Knuckle-Pickups-/250696948165?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a5eb3d9c5
I'm always a sucker for LPs and a P90 equipped SG wouldn't be bad either.
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Strats and teles for me as well at the moment.
This tele looks quite interesting
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Custom-Modified-Tele-Bare-Knuckle-Pickups-/250696948165?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a5eb3d9c5
I'm always a sucker for LPs and a P90 equipped SG wouldn't be bad either.
I think that belongs to someone on the forum, but I can't remember who. You might be able to make an outside-eBay deal.
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oh there are a bunch of things i'd want. even more if i had unlimited funds, and unlimited storage space. :lol:
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My GAS goes along the lines of "what Ive got now, only more expensive versions of what Ive got"
Seeing as I cant justify spending more money on guitars, I'm very happy with what I have got.
Maybe if I found a Baja tele for a good price.
Or an old National at a garage sale!?
Right now I'm happy with my guitar collection at the moment.
If pushed a travel guitar would be nice, though my little parlour reso suits that for most trips.
I guess I'm GAS-free!!
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Strats and teles for me as well at the moment.
This tele looks quite interesting
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Custom-Modified-Tele-Bare-Knuckle-Pickups-/250696948165?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a5eb3d9c5
I'm always a sucker for LPs and a P90 equipped SG wouldn't be bad either.
I think that belongs to someone on the forum, but I can't remember who. You might be able to make an outside-eBay deal.
Haven't got the funds right now and if I had I think I would pick a classic tele instead. But it seems like an interesting and not so ordinary guitar.
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Nothing new that makes me go "ooooh!".
Only a Dynasonic equipped Gretsch 6120 and that's been around since the mid fifties without major changes.
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Flaxwoods are really doing it for me right now...
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Trussarts for me. I did think about PRS for a while but I'm not too sure to be honest. Tried a 513 out last night and was unimpressed, I felt much more at home on a strat that cost about a third as much.
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If money was no object
Gretsch White Falcon
Suhr Standard in either Chili pepper red flame or a Blueburst quilt
PRS Modern Eagle ala Daves!
Tyler S type in Carribean busrt
Fender C.S '52 Tele
Fender C.S Relic Strat - I'd have to find something that appeals and compares to my G&L
Gibson ES 339
Trussart
Gibson "V" in white
Gibson 3 pick up SG Custom in white
cr@p... I didn't think I had a problem!!!!!!
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The Daemoness threads here and at ss.org - especially the inlay work.
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For the Trussart fans - I love this:
http://www.guitars4you.co.uk/guitars/3179.htm
(http://www.guitars4you.co.uk/guitars/3179c.jpg)
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Are you going to buy it Dave?
It's nice but I prefer their Teles.
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No chance - no cash :(
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Pretty much any flying V that isnt pointy or oddly balanced really makes me want to get the credit cards out
also some of the esp eclipses too
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No chance - no cash :(
Yeah - I know how that feels!
I have just sold a Zvex pedal though (and made £40 on the deal). Money used to get those BG Flat 50s!
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A nice Eastman ( single neck pickup type ) Archtop would get my vote; perhaps a nice 803, 805 or 905 , with a B.K.P Manhattan / rewind in the neck e.t.c
However
I can safely say that ( believe it or not folks ) my upgraded 'Vintage' VS575 + Bkp Manhattans has long continued to keep me very happy. I do have in reserve , my Ibanez AF75 with B.K.P. AII Stormy Mondays - for a nice contrast / back up, if ever needed . As a result, the above mentioned Eastmans would just be 'Guitar Porn' for me - as opposed to making me actually want / need to buy anything more. The eventual realisation dawned , that what I really needed and now greatly enjoy, is " Time on the instrument" - not more instruments.
In fairness, I did have my last 'gasp' of G.A.S compiling a 'dream' amp head / cab rig this last year - and a consolidating a couple of nice compact 'carry on the bus, in a padded shoulder bag ' surrogates.
It is now my ambition to become a musician ... :lol:
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... nope. Still barely even a semi.
Am I guitar-impotent?
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... nope. Still barely even a semi.
Am I guitar-impotent?
:lol:
No, still a testosterone fueled, valve melting Rocker ... 8)
Don't let quiet middle aged tastes creep over you any faster than they absolutely must . :wink:
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Medallion V
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Ouf !So many ...!I still need a good old Telecaster /Maple board...A Selmer/Maccaferi gypsy guitar (Dupont probably)....A real Flamenco Spanish guitar....A SantaCruz OM i recently tried +A vintage Guild F50 +vintage Martin D-28/D-45 !Probably a Smallman classical or a top-level Contreras...Then, a PRS ME1 and......Francine 8)!
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... nope. Still barely even a semi.
Am I guitar-impotent?
Stop thinking about new guitars for a while and start buying amps and pedals instead :D
EDIT: The Manson Matt Bellamy guitar or another guitar with a Kaoss pad. Seems like a great toy.
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I am gently planning a Mk II Telemaster project so rather than a specific guitar I'm more in the mode of looking at parts online and plotting. Klusons? Yum. Nitro maple necks with a soft V, 9.5" radius board and biggish frets? Yum. etc. etc. If someone wants to give me a Trussart Tele, a Gretsch Billy-Bo and 1962 Olympic White Fender Strat I won't say no though. :)
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I'm currently debating some BKPs for an existing guitar, and maybe replace it's bridge assembly...
But other than that, I have no desire for new guitars at present... seems slightly odd, that, I hadn't realised that was where I was at!
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the only things I've GASed for (and still do) are:
* Ricky 360 Jetglo
* Gretch Rocjet (silver sparkle with Bigsby)
* Les Paul with a floyd (practicality for covers band)
Other than that, there are loads of fantastic guitars like the Gretsch White Falcon, but I can't imagine I'd ever get any use from something like that.
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i forgot, i do have a notion for a Rickenbacker 650 Dakota. but i've never played one, and have no idea where i would get my hands on one to try it, so probably one for the lottery winning week :)
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At the moment :
- trussart steeltop
- PRS custom24
- Mockingbird rico
- Fly mojo
permanent GAS : Jackson's Rhoads and Y2KV :P
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Mine has just about gone since getting my dan armstrong plexi...but if had serious money
Gretsch Blackphoenix or malcom young
Custom build by feline or wez
Another duesy probably the 52" senior with toaster....and if had change the Mondo eric brazillian inspired 12string in your pocket guitar
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Not really a Gibson fan, but this SG caught my eye and I must say, it's pretty damn cool...
http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/88145
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Strats and tele's do it for me. A beautiful Gretsch is on my list too, as is a Les Paul for the rocky gigs.
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I have abated my GAS for a while, but a Fender brown era amp is high on the list of future possibles - that and a 000 or a 00 acoustic - A Brook Lyn has been strong desire for a long time.
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I'm pretty much stocked for fixed bridge guitars but I do fancy one of the new San Dimas Charvels, another sabre type Ibanez to replace the one I had to sell and ......err... a banjo so I can play hillbilly chase music.
Seriously though, I do want a banjo, so if anyone can recommend me a good 5 string model that won't break the bank let me know and I'll do my research
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Dunno much about good/bad banjos, but I reckon a Nailbomb would be just about right once you've got your hands on one :lol: (No point going to a banjo duel without having your weapon loaded with appropriate hardware...)
Anyway, if we are considering "non-guitar" stuff - I am vaguely tempted by the idea of getting some recorders and learning to make some musical noises with them. I've recently heard some amateur recordings of medieval music done on a multi-tracker that make me think that my fear/loathing of the instrument is perhaps unfounded... and that, perhaps, there might be much satisfaction to be gained from this cr@ppy thing... And, by the way, the sound of a well-played recorder ensemble goes extremely well with accoustic guitar stuff... (Might sound a bit "Stairway", I guess, but it's not like they invented the idea)
Like many others, probably, my impressions concerning the recorder were formed between the tender ages of 7 and 10 at school... In fact, being forced to learn this "devil's bottom-probe" of an instrument put me off music altogether and convinced me that I was a complete numpty. It was only a music teacher selecting me for his school choir later at age 11 after a compulsory "audition" that enabled me to re-evaluate the entire subject and to suspect that I could "do music" at all.
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Like many others, probably, my impressions concerning the recorder were formed between the tender ages of 7 and 10 at school... In fact, being forced to learn this "devil's bottom-probe" of an instrument put me off music altogether and convinced me that I was a complete numpty. It was only a music teacher selecting me for his school choir later at age 11 after a compulsory "audition" that enabled me to re-evaluate the entire subject and to suspect that I could "do music" at all.
I did recorder at school, aged 9, for a very short time... it was compulsory, but unless my memory is blanking out the horror they seemed to abandon it after only a few weeks. Maybe because we were all so cr@p. :?
Funnily enough, I was the best in the class at recorder! Perhaps because, being a naturally swotty type, I was the only one who actually practised (usually one quick run-through the day before the lesson).
Since then there has been no further evidence that I can "do music", unfortunately.
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Maple neck strat or maple neck tele for me. Not got enough money though really to get either at the moment though.
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man recorders are just horrible. I mean, don't get me wrong, you can play them well, but i never understood the logic in handing instruments out to schoolkids which pretty much are guaranteed to give you a migraine, unless they're played perfectly, and where all you have to do to guarantee said migraine is blow slightly too hard. "Don't overblow, children!"... guess what happened. :lol:
I mean, yeah, I realise it's because they're cheap. But much like buying too cheap a guitar will put you off more than it'll encourage you, the recorder is the same. By trying to let everyone have a go (which is an admirable aim), they're probably putting everyone off music. :lol: I'm just glad I'd done music before that or I'd have been put off too...
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... I think that I might have been saved by an unlikely source...
Getting seriously aroused by the Ibanez "S" series guitars posted here recently...
Might have to take a serious look at one of them. Not the "traditional" guitar that I thought I'd be lusting after, but who can predict these things???
Mark.
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- Matamp Orion - They sound like they'd do everything that I want from an amp. Just dont have the monies :(-
- Ampeg Dan Armstrong 'Plexi'
- A nice Octave Pedal
- Bixonic Expandora (or another nice 'crunchy' OD/Dist Box), My Blackstar does the silly high gain stuff just fine but it's a little too much at times.
- Les Paul Goldtop
Paddy
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I find it funny that this thread started with an anti-GAS theme and very quickly turned into a GAS related discussion. :D
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I find it funny that this thread started with an anti-GAS theme and very quickly turned into a GAS related discussion. :D
Also that it was about "new" stuff and we've all ended up rambling about the same old same old. :lol:
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I find it funny that this thread started with an anti-GAS theme and very quickly turned into a GAS related discussion. :D
Also that it was about "new" stuff and we've all ended up rambling about the same old same old. :lol:
I was wondering that...
Still, I managed to sneak recorders into it - I don't remember writing on here about those before :lol:
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Lusting after this, big style:
http://ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/File:SV5470A_CW.jpg (http://ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/File:SV5470A_CW.jpg)
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I find it funny that this thread started with an anti-GAS theme and very quickly turned into a GAS related discussion. :D
Ok: Antigas: Danelectro's, Rickenbackers, most Eastwood-models, Epiphone Crestwood, most metalguitars, guitars you pay half the price for only the name on it (actually the whole customshop-hysteria, every brand has now a customshop, yeah, yeah), customshopguitars with so-so-pickups (you have to invest more and end up buying BKP's) and hardware (like tonepro's), expensive guitars with bad finishes, etc...
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I find it funny that this thread started with an anti-GAS theme and very quickly turned into a GAS related discussion. :D
Even the thread starter is at it now:
Lusting after this, big style:
http://ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/File:SV5470A_CW.jpg (http://ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/File:SV5470A_CW.jpg)
:D :D :D
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^ I know - sad.
Saying that, I think that my Ibanez lust has been short lived. Tonights rehearsal with Fallen Poets was friggin' amazing, so I'm back in love with all things Telecaster!
Fickle, I know.
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:D
I'm 100% telecaster at the moment and am lusting after more. I was taking a little nostalgic trip earlier and looking at photos of the teles/esquires I've owned in the past (4 I think). Jane walked past and said it was very sad - I'm pretty sure her interpretation of that was different from mine.
Since putting the BG flat 50s in the Baja I've wanted to play nothing else. I'm also certain I have done something wrong with the wiring. It sounds ace though so I think I might leave it like that for a while and run the risk of ridicule at the Manchester meet.
I am truly bad at soldering/wiring.
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I cant stop thinking about a PRS Custom 24 25th in smoked amber. One day it will be in my hands...
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I'm 100% telecaster at the moment and am lusting after more. I was taking a little nostalgic trip earlier and looking at photos of the teles/esquires I've owned in the past (4 I think). Jane walked past and said it was very sad - I'm pretty sure her interpretation of that was different from mine.
Since putting the BG flat 50s in the Baja I've wanted to play nothing else. I'm also certain I have done something wrong with the wiring. It sounds ace though so I think I might leave it like that for a while and run the risk of ridicule at the Manchester meet.
I am truly bad at soldering/wiring.
The Bg50's are stellar, And yes, I love tele's most, after that strats.