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Philly Q

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« Reply #30 on: June 09, 2008, 01:19:35 PM »
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That one at Guitar Village is a steal.  I paid more than that for mine.

There's one the same as mine at Machinehead for £1799 and one in natural with birds and gold hardware at Guitars4You for £1999.

If you like the colour, Guitar Village's is the one to get.  Just check it's a one piece body if you're bothered about these things as the McKorinas can have up to three pieces.  Not accpetable on a £1500+ guitar in my opinion, but I think they get a bit limited by the wood supply.

Aaaarrggghhhhh!! Dave, what are you doing to me!!   :x  :lol:

Thanks for the heads-up on the body woods, I just thought PRS bodies were always one-piece.  It's impossible to tell from the pics, but should be obvious from the end-grain.  Maybe limba's like alder, and the trees aren't that big?

(Edit: Forget that, I just found this: The Limba tree reaches 150 feet at maturity with trunk diameter up to 96"  :roll:  :lol: )
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« Reply #31 on: June 09, 2008, 01:37:05 PM »
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I believe I've found my tone (modded Marshall with PRS) and have no GAS for guitar stuff at present- I do however have serious intentions to buy a fast bike-sold my Lotus recently so have some cash doing nothing.............


This is nice, but it's not for sale  ;)



Yes tis very nice, gonna make a focused effort to see some when I return from Le Mans.
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« Reply #32 on: June 09, 2008, 01:50:20 PM »
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Aaaarrggghhhhh!! Dave, what are you doing to me!!   :x  :lol:


Get it bought  ;)

The body woods thing is a bit odd.  The other two McKorinas for sale in the UK have a one piece body, as does mine, and it looks like the GV one has too but you can't tell for certain from the pic...

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« Reply #33 on: June 09, 2008, 02:05:07 PM »
Talking of McCarthys - have you guys seen the new DGT? McCarthy body, nitro finish, PAF-style pups, big neck, trem... Sound VERY interesting - I'd love to give one a go, even if I'd never buy it.
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« Reply #34 on: June 09, 2008, 02:07:24 PM »
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Aaaarrggghhhhh!! Dave, what are you doing to me!!   :x  :lol:


Get it bought  ;)

The body woods thing is a bit odd.  The other two McKorinas for sale in the UK have a one piece body, as does mine, and it looks like the GV one has too but you can't tell for certain from the pic...

Well, OK, I'm going to make enquiries.....

but if I buy it the Mira has to go.
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« Reply #35 on: June 09, 2008, 02:15:38 PM »
Take a trip there, Mira in hand, and do a back to back.  Best way to find out what suits you  :)

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« Reply #36 on: June 09, 2008, 02:23:49 PM »
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Talking of McCarthys - have you guys seen the new DGT? McCarthy body, nitro finish, PAF-style pups, big neck, trem... Sound VERY interesting - I'd love to give one a go, even if I'd never buy it.

Yeah, the DGT looks mighty fine (and to think at the start of this thread I was talking about having no GAS....  :roll:  :roll: ).  Up in that serious-money £2K price range though....

But the only reason I'm even thinking about the McKorina is because it is korina.  I've always wanted a korina guitar, and since a '58 Fliying V or Explorer is out of the question.....
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« Reply #37 on: June 09, 2008, 02:26:40 PM »
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But the only reason I'm even thinking about the McKorina is because it is korina.  I've always wanted a korina guitar, and since a '58 Fliying V or Explorer is out of the question.....


Exactly the same as me Phil!  No-one else is building a high quality solid Korina guitar with humbuckers unless you go custom.

As for the DGT, the trem puts me off as does the slightly clunky extra volume knob.

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« Reply #38 on: June 09, 2008, 03:42:23 PM »
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But the only reason I'm even thinking about the McKorina is because it is korina.  I've always wanted a korina guitar, and since a '58 Fliying V or Explorer is out of the question.....

Exactly the same as me Phil!  No-one else is building a high quality solid Korina guitar with humbuckers unless you go custom.

As for the DGT, the trem puts me off as does the slightly clunky extra volume knob.

Yeah, custom's the other option, but that would be even more pricey (although payment could be delayed quite a bit!).

On the DGT, although I normally can't stand trem systems, I really like the PRS one, it wouldn't be a deal-breaker for me.  It feels nice and positive, doesn't adversely affect tone and even seems to stay in tune when you bend strings.  Lovely piece of design.

I agree about the extra volume control, it makes it look like one of those ESP LPs - which are nice, but it looks wrong on a PRS.  But apparently Grissom really likes the subleties of that middle position with two volume controls.  I've never been a big fan of the middle position myself, except when the pickups are out of phase.
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« Reply #39 on: June 09, 2008, 08:22:30 PM »
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easy cure for that is to start listening to (or better yet, trying to play) slightly different music from what you usually do. hey presto, you have GAS for a whole new rig.


This is the reason I ended up buying a Fender Tele. Listened to a lot of country + country rock for a few weeks, and nothing else would do.  :wink:


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« Reply #40 on: June 13, 2008, 06:04:49 PM »
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« Reply #41 on: June 14, 2008, 12:50:13 AM »
I must have serious/chronic gas, as I am never 100% happy with my equipment, starting to wonder if I ever will be. For me there is no 'peak' there is always something better, just when you think you have found the best, but I am a renouned nutter in my local area.
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« Reply #42 on: June 14, 2008, 03:27:53 PM »
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Err, I have no GAS.  And it's unsettling.

There's no guitars I want or need, I have a few amps and cabs that I'm really happy with, and my pedalboard is perfect.

All the guitars that I wanted pickups for have now got those pickups (mostly BKPs) and my Squier Strat project is complete.

I'm scared.  Is the world about to end?   :o


Glad to see you got over it quickly Dave  :D :-
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« Reply #43 on: June 14, 2008, 04:22:12 PM »
Ha ha - yeah!  That's just a slight niggle though to cure a 1% error in my rig.  Nothing major  ;)