Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: DeanS on November 16, 2006, 04:39:42 PM
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About time I bought another guitar- so I'm looking at second hand up to £800.00
Do I go for:
1. Les Paul
2. PRS CE 22 or custom 22
3. Strat with humbuckers
decisions, decisions...............
oh and it will be retrofitted with a suitable set of BKP's
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If you're looking for a second hand around that price, I would consider looking at an older Guild, if you can find one. I got an S-100 from the US around a year ago and prefer it to to the Gibson SG. If you're looking for a Les Paul type, then go for a second hand Bluesbird. :P
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les paul with rebel yells :D
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Any PRS
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I'd personally go for a PRS or a Strat, leaning towards the strat, although I'd prefer HSS as its more versatile.
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gaah, middle pickup *hurls*
can't stand em myself
do you have any particular guitars in mind (i.e. links to ebay auctions) ??
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FINE! H/S strat then. Actually.. I might take out my strats middle pickup :P I realised I hardly ever use it.
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:D
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Middle pickups are underated I think-I'd never ditch mine.
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custom built guitar from Legra (Bob Johnson on here) or Feline.
£800 can be the initial deposit, then you can save for another £200 or so for all the fancy woods you want :P
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Middle pickups are underated I think-I'd never ditch mine.
+1. I'd go for a MIJ les paul of your choice and then get BKPs of your choice for it. Depending on what les paul you get you'd probably have quite a lot of change left out of £800
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Middle pickups are underated I think-I'd never ditch mine.
ditto. these kids nowadays, eh?
:lol:
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Middle pickups are underated I think-I'd never ditch mine.
ditto. these kids nowadays, eh?
:lol:
it's not the sound which comes from them or anything, it's just the way that i strum, i always hit my pick on the middle pup and it flies out my hand, which drives me mad
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gaah, middle pickup *hurls*
can't stand em myself
do you have any particular guitars in mind (i.e. links to ebay auctions) ??
Yeah, these for starters
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=011&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320049347577&rd=1&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=014&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=330048347133&rd=1&rd=1
I've also checked out Legra's website and there's a custom superstrat on there that was built for another BKP user-I'm now thinking about having one of those built or something similar- oh well there goes the budget!
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Custom 22 all the way! It's even got a wide/fat neck and moons (can't stand those bird inlays).
You've got me doing a bit of eBay voyeurism now to see how much it sells for.
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(can't stand those bird inlays)
*collapses*
that's the only thing i like about PRSs
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(can't stand those bird inlays)
*collapses*
that's the only thing i like about PRSs
and the gorgeous feel, fantastic construction, aswell as great sounds mean nothing to you? :P the birds seem pretty OTT and pretentious in my opinion.
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(can't stand those bird inlays)
*collapses*
that's the only thing i like about PRSs
and the gorgeous feel, fantastic construction, aswell as great sounds mean nothing to you? :P the birds seem pretty OTT and pretentious in my opinion.
still far too overpriced, would rather have a feline or manson custom build
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the birds seem pretty OTT and pretentious in my opinion.
Exactly! :wink: I can do without the AAAAAAA(etc) maple tops as well. Too much frickin' frippery.
In the unlikely event I ever buy a PRS, it'll be a nice plain mahogany Standard 22.
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A short while back I had a PRS Custom 22 10 top with birds, and as nice as it was I sold it and bought a Gibson CS 346; I'll never sell the 346, I just have to figure out what BK's to put in it.
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the birds seem pretty OTT and pretentious in my opinion.
Exactly! :wink: I can do without the AAAAAAA(etc) maple tops as well. Too much frickin' frippery.
Without that I could never justify it to my beloved wife as at least she can think of it as a piece of furniture.
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Without that I could never justify it to my beloved wife as at least she can think of it as a piece of furniture.
That's what they are, furniture guitars.
I had one of those Smartwood Exotic Les Pauls, but I always thought it looked more like a coffee table than a guitar. Every time I saw it I'd get an irrestible urge to whip out a duster and a can of Mr Sheen.
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Without that I could never justify it to my beloved wife as at least she can think of it as a piece of furniture.
That's what they are, furniture guitars.
I had one of those Smartwood Exotic Les Pauls, but I always thought it looked more like a coffee table than a guitar. Every time I saw it I'd get an irrestible urge to whip out a duster and a can of Mr Sheen.
Its apparent that some of you are going thro' some sort of denial phase- but hey thats OK :wink:
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Its apparent that some of you are going thro' some sort of denial phase- but hey thats OK :wink:
Hey my fetish is for Rickenbackers (& LP double cut Jr's) not furniture ;)
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IMO
if going for a PRS, the older ones are better.
But, if buying new (not thread I know) I would probably be more inclined to buy a Nick Huber :P
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Well, Im glad we had this little chat but I'll wait until my new years bonus and go for a custom superstrat from either Legra or Feline.