took the missus away for a few days to munich, it been planned for some time, so it was really cr@p that the pound/euro exchange rate bombed making everything expensive :/ anyway, i had a chance to do some stuff i wanted to do as well, like drinking lots of the good german beer, eating lots of heavy (delicious) bavarian food and checking out the lovely german girls. heres a picture of fat gwem:
oh, and i went to MJ guitars, the guitar shop of mattias jabs from the scorpions. the proprietor was a typical munich capitalist. it seemed like for him everything had its price, and i don't like this attitude really, but nevertheless he was a friendly guy, and had some cool items in his shop. i tried (for the first time) a V2. it was exceptionally well setup, a great player and i really liked it. there was some bits wrong with it though (some plugged holes, missing a scratchplate, and the frets were dressed almost to the fingerboard), and in the end i decided to pass on it considering the price. it was a difficult decision but i'll be looking out for other V2s in the future. i tried it through the darker channel of a plexi and the boomerang pickups sounded quite nice - like minihumbuckers - not evilly bright as people say. the guy tried to put pressure on me - "rudolf schenker doesn't have a V2, and he was here in the shop and tried it. hes thinking about it, but i know him - he'll be back soon to buy it"... i found this hard to believe, i'm fairly sure one of the famous pictures of schenker and his Vs has a V2 in it. salesmen always try the same tricks, its laughable really.
they had a lot of Dommenget guitars in the shop. i must say they were amazingly well made, not to mention expensive. i asked the guy if Dommenget guitars were as good as people said "no.... they are better!" he replied ;)
single pickup mastercaster - really cool guitar
single pickup explorer, made from "old korina wood", i think the single pickup look works well here
Jabs explorer... considering the price i think i'd much rather ask Jabs fan Jonathan at Feline guitars to make me one ;)
they had other guitar makes - some vintage fender and gibson. also this caught my girlfriends eye:
the plexiglass roachcaster - its a real giant c--kroach which is cut into the acrylic. looks cooler in real life.
and some amps:
8 input marshall
jabs signature engl
i'd love to drop some more classic quotes from the proprietor, but i'll restrain myself. he was ultimately a friendly guy, and knew his stuff well.. but real salesman pressure for sure. not keen on that sort of thing at all.
