Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Johnny Mac on October 05, 2006, 05:20:55 AM
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I picked up a Schecter Diamond series 'Omen 6' :? for around 70 quid in a Las Vegas SuperPawn shop! I cleaned it up, pulled the cr@ppy stickers of it, tuned her up and it plays really nice! There's only a little ding on the front. 'Pig and a MQ' for this baby!
Anyone know how much these are in the UK?
There's tonnes of stuff in these pawn shops, it's worth a holiday for that alone! 8)
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Tuned down to C I hope PDT_045.
I just checked the Schecter website and its a basswood body so the 'Pig should be great!
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You gotta love those deals. My last 3 guitars are from the same pawn shop. Latest was a Yamaha RBX 374 bass. 8)
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I found my ESP Lynch model in our local pawn shop. I got it for $200 and a case :P .
Still working on it though, some things are wrong with the wiring.....
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Unfortunirely in the UK you just don't seem to get bargins in pawn shops anymore :(
In crack convertors theyre more expensive than a bloody the damn thing new :(
Rob...
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^ exactly, I went into the crack converters in belfast a while ago, just for a laugh, just in case (you know, maybe they'll have a '58 les paul and not realise it, for like £50...). not good.
I think the omens go for about £250-£300 over here...
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^ exactly, I went into the crack converters in belfast a while ago, just for a laugh, just in case (you know, maybe they'll have a '58 les paul and not realise it, for like £50...). not good.
doubt it, I saw a Gibson Melody Maker (mid 60s) for 900 quid, but it was seriously wrecked (looked like my son had glued the headstock back on with snot)
Rob...
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Ah well, at least there's alway's smithfield, lads.
Sure you wouldn't get dicked for a complete lemon of a guitar out there...
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^ haha, they're probably made of crack from there...
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Thanks for the replies lads. It plays really nice. So a Warpig would do a good job. This things gonna get on the Richter scale when I've finished with it! Definitely going to tune the muther down to a C with big fat wires too! :twisted:
The bargains in that shop are mind bending! I helped my friends wife kit out their oldest son with an Ibanez and a Dean Markley amp for around $130! It needed 2 trem springs and some strings so we got them in a guitar shop. I had it all fixed up when he came home from school. It was his birthday too so everyone was very happy! :D
Home cinema amps in that shop by the shelf load too.
Plus all the profits go to a children's Charity. 8)
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The bargains in that shop are mind bending! I helped my friends wife kit out their oldest son with an Ibanez and a Dean Markley amp for around $130! It needed 2 trem springs and some strings so we got them in a guitar shop. I had it all fixed up when he came home from school. It was his birthday too so everyone was very happy! :D
Plus all the profits go to a children's Charity. 8)
Ohhh monster shop I want one near my house
Rob...
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exception rather than the rule unfortunately. All the Pawn Shops in a 100 mile radius of me had cr@p or overpriced stuff on par with buying from a dealer :(
Now, small mom/pop stores, they could be goldmines!
Johnny, did ya make it to Ed Romans? That guy is a class 1 asshole but does have an immense stock to look at/play.
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hahahaha i got my schecter for a good price. in the brazilian EBAY
theres some Avengers there to sell
A Schecter Avneger with Flames painted in the body
running for R$1000 brazilian Money.
Q:p
Hails
JP
post PICS.
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exception rather than the rule unfortunately. All the Pawn Shops in a 100 mile radius of me had cr@p or overpriced stuff on par with buying from a dealer :(
Now, small mom/pop stores, they could be goldmines!
Johnny, did ya make it to Ed Romans? That guy is a class 1 asshole but does have an immense stock to look at/play.
Yes Nick I did! It's overwhelmingly big! I did a quick look around. Then bought strings, picks, Axe Wax oil and a cable. Got the info i need for the HBE products and left!
I heard some of the guitarists in town jamming on the gear. Put it this way, if anyone who has submitted clips in BKP's wanted to make money in a band in Vegas, you would get work as long as you played the game right and your band are as good or better than you! 8)
We rock in here! Just you all remember that!! 8) 8) :wink:
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I got that one on eBay US for 750€ including shipping and taxes :
(http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2885/p10100313ms.th.jpg) (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10100313ms.jpg)
Street price was 1500€, so half the price is not that bad :lol:
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I got that one on eBay US for 750€ including shipping and taxes :
(http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2885/p10100313ms.th.jpg) (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10100313ms.jpg)
Street price was 1500€, so half the price is not that bad :lol:
Nice one dude!! 8)
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thx :) I love it! :twisted:
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thx :) I love it! :twisted:
So would I Dude! Good feeling isn't it!! :D
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The things I didn't like at first was the weight ( :lol: ) and the pickups (cr@pola duncan design, changed the baritone ones for GFS, sound far better but no money for 4 BKPs :lol: )
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The things I didn't like at first was the weight ( :lol: ) and the pickups (cr@pola duncan design, changed the baritone ones for GFS, sound far better but no money for 4 BKPs :lol: )
All good things come to those who wait! 8)
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exception rather than the rule unfortunately. All the Pawn Shops in a 100 mile radius of me had cr@p or overpriced stuff on par with buying from a dealer :(
Now, small mom/pop stores, they could be goldmines!
Johnny, did ya make it to Ed Romans? That guy is a class 1 asshole but does have an immense stock to look at/play.
Yes Nick I did! It's overwhelmingly big! I did a quick look around. Then bought strings, picks, Axe Wax oil and a cable. Got the info i need for the HBE products and left!
I heard some of the guitarists in town jamming on the gear. Put it this way, if anyone who has submitted clips in BKP's wanted to make money in a band in Vegas, you would get work as long as you played the game right and your band are as good or better than you! 8)
We rock in here! Just you all remember that!! 8) 8) :wink:
Johnny, it's same all over the states.
Guitar Centre is like a 'Tesco' for musicians but to be able to hear yourself think (let alone talk/play) over 14yo's hammering out Nirvana or Green Day in those places is nigh on impossible.
Romans is a trip to see aint it :) Too bad the guy is a douchebag!
Good deal on the HBE's, have a power screamer myself, you will love it, they rawk!
Surprised you did'nt find any uber cheap '80's axe's, charvels,ibanez,kramer etc. The one thing Texas Pawn shops and mom/pop stores seemed to have in abundance is some darn good 80's axes cheap. Never really was my bag as most have floyd type trems but they are a steal nowadays if thats no issue.
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Romans is a trip to see aint it :) Too bad the guy is a douchebag!
Should see the comments posted on the Rickenbacker forums by John Hall (the owner of Rickenbacker)
Rob...
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Guitar Centre is like a 'Tesco' for musicians but to be able to hear yourself think (let alone talk/play) over 14yo's hammering out Nirvana or Green Day in those places is nigh on impossible.
:lol: It's funny 'cause it's true...Got my tele in one of them when I was in LA (what a waste of space that city is) Really cheap (especially compared to UK prices) but a horrible place to actually try out and make a decision between guitars...
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exception rather than the rule unfortunately. All the Pawn Shops in a 100 mile radius of me had cr@p or overpriced stuff on par with buying from a dealer :(
Now, small mom/pop stores, they could be goldmines!
Johnny, did ya make it to Ed Romans? That guy is a class 1 asshole but does have an immense stock to look at/play.
Yes Nick I did! It's overwhelmingly big! I did a quick look around. Then bought strings, picks, Axe Wax oil and a cable. Got the info i need for the HBE products and left!
I heard some of the guitarists in town jamming on the gear. Put it this way, if anyone who has submitted clips in BKP's wanted to make money in a band in Vegas, you would get work as long as you played the game right and your band are as good or better than you! 8)
We rock in here! Just you all remember that!! 8) 8) :wink:
Johnny, it's same all over the states.
Guitar Centre is like a 'Tesco' for musicians but to be able to hear yourself think (let alone talk/play) over 14yo's hammering out Nirvana or Green Day in those places is nigh on impossible.
Romans is a trip to see aint it :) Too bad the guy is a douchebag!
Good deal on the HBE's, have a power screamer myself, you will love it, they rawk!
Surprised you did'nt find any uber cheap '80's axe's, charvels,ibanez,kramer etc. The one thing Texas Pawn shops and mom/pop stores seemed to have in abundance is some darn good 80's axes cheap. Never really was my bag as most have floyd type trems but they are a steal nowadays if thats no issue.
Romans is bigger than i expected. But i did expect big as it's in LV! I only got to one pawn store as i was car bound to my friends who needed theirs too. If they lent me a car i would have forgotten my side of the bargain and probably got lost too! I did get the a nice cheap Ibanez for their 10 year old. Mind you I'm not holding my breath on the dedication to learn it as he is a PlayStation TV addict now! I could see his frustration at not being able to do it right away but he is only 10. Hopefully it will teach him more than just the guitar if you know what i mean! I took them out in the desert on their dirt bikes too. Now that was cool! I used my friends Kawasaki KX 250 which i helped him choose and prepare for The Western Beach race in Western Super Mare a few years back. Which is this month if you want a mad weekend Nick! Anyway I tore through this open desert near their road like a lunatic on angel dust! It was my first dirt bike ride for 9 years. I used to do Enduros years back and i haven't lost much of what i had! The kids just loved it, so i slowed right down and gave them lessons then two US Airforce fighter jets flew over on their way to the strip to put on a show! :twisted: Lifes what you make it!
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Do'nt tempt me Johnny.
My Aunt lives near western and I used to race moto x when younger.
That sand though, sheesh! thats summit else :)
Now 4 wheeler muddin in Texas, thats a blast :twisted:
Nah, if was'nt suffering in years (well, mentally more than physically roflmao) Super Moto would be my choice, that IS mental!
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Do'nt tempt me Johnny.
My Aunt lives near western and I used to race moto x when younger.
That sand though, sheesh! thats summit else :)
Now 4 wheeler muddin in Texas, thats a blast :twisted:
Nah, if was'nt suffering in years (well, mentally more than physically roflmao) Super Moto would be my choice, that IS mental!
I don't mean jump in there and do the race you nutter, :wink: just go along and watch! You will laugh so much you'll piss yourself!
Super moto was something i was going to do. I took lessons for Enduro from one of this country's successful SuperMoto guys back in 1990. Man this dude could ride. He showed us how to do it. I can rip it up on a dirt bike thanks to him. I used the techniques as a Dispatcher around London in the wet on a road bike. I swear that's why I'm still here today!
If you do get another bike, just build yourself up gradually and take lots of breaks. That's how do it and I'm a $%&#in looney!! :lol:
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gradual buildup LOL
Thats not the BKP way.
Now this is pure SEX!
http://www.ducati.com/docs_eng/model06/hypermotard/flash051115/home.html
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gradual buildup LOL
Thats not the BKP way.
Now this is pure SEX!
http://www.ducati.com/docs_eng/model06/hypermotard/flash051115/home.html
My mates i used to ride dirt bikes didn't lke gradual build up. They have titanium legs!
Looks too nice for me! I like them to look like they have a pair! :twisted:
Streetfighters has some cool custom stuff. I know a few blokes who do all that. I may get an old GSXR 1100 Oil Cooled. Nasty!
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well now back in blighty and not stateside so guess can kiss a custom chop goodbye.
Probably the one thing shouldda bought and paid for whilst there and brought back with me, oh well.