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willo

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« Reply #60 on: February 17, 2006, 10:48:35 AM »
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If you dont mind me asking, How much all in all?

£975 including delivery and a hard case


 :D Result !!

Can`t wait to hear it !!

 :D  8)


nor can I! :)
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« Reply #61 on: March 01, 2006, 04:19:36 PM »
He he...look what arrived in the post today:











 :D  :D  :D

So, basically the vibe I was going for was a traditional appearance with some more modern features. The traditional appearance is obviously, that of a strat in a vintage white type colour. The more modern ideas are the Graphtech bridge, the Dunlop 6000 fretwire, the flatter board radius, straplocks, the bridge humbucker, Wilkinson trem, coil tap on the humbucker and the contoured heel at the neck joint. Pickups are 2x Mother's Milk and 1x Crawler.

This guitar is great, I'm very happy it. The neck is so smooth on the back, it blew me away when I first played on it.It's shape is based on my Les Paul neck (I never really liked Fender necks) but a little narrower. I was also a little concerned about the 6000 fretwire, but this has worked out great - very very playable and the Wilkinson trem/Graphtech nut combo works a treat for keeping me in tune without having all that locking palaver. So, on the whole, very very very pleased!

Many thanks to Trevor Usher at Sounds In Scale:

http://www.soundsinscale.com/

And here's a nice family shot to round off proceedings:

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« Reply #62 on: March 01, 2006, 04:22:58 PM »
corrrrrr thats a beaut...... and i *HATE* strats!!!! so thats a big compliment coming from me.....

one thing im not sure about though- the zebra pup.... but thats just personal preference i guess.

and ohhh my, i want your LP soooo badd.... its gorgeous.. what exactly is it?

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« Reply #63 on: March 01, 2006, 04:23:56 PM »
Congratulations! How do you like your Crawler?
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« Reply #64 on: March 01, 2006, 04:42:15 PM »
:D   C  L  I  P  S !!!!!!!!!!   :twisted:

That looks mighty fine to me !!  :D

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God I could do with a Gin & Tonic !

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« Reply #65 on: March 01, 2006, 06:12:06 PM »
Cheers guys! :D The photo's (as ever) don't really do it justice, but you get the general idea

Clips? Sure thing, but I still need to work out a few things about my tone before I start putting things up I guess, particularly some way of recording at a higher quality than my lame soundcard. But, yeah, there will be some in time!

The Crawler - yes, its very nice. It has a sort of 'bluesy' vibe going on with it's tone, but a heck of a lot of power - I get a really good crunch tone from it with the JCM, better than I was expecting from a strat. It puts me firmly in hard rock territory. The good thing is that it mixes really well with the Mother's Milk so that in the flick of a switch I can go from hard rock to a more lush, singlecoil sound. Very tasty!

Sambo, I didn't think the zebra would be so 'creamy' - certainly thats not what I originally planned - but I'm not bothered. The colours will alter over time anyway. Besides, I don't really like plain white or black humbuckers in a strat so my choices were limited!

The Les Paul is a Les Paul Studio Platinum colour, mahagony body, maple cap, ebony fretboard and so on. It's a decent guitar, but a bit weighty! Stuck a pair of VHII's into that one, it sounds real good. But I'm thinking of really tinkering with that guitar - or saving up for another Les Paul - and heavily modifying it. Not sure...sometimes I get frustrated with that guitar, but I fell in love with it again recently. It's covered in knocks and dings all over the body cos I've given it some hard core use! I'm also hoping that Gibson discontinue that model soon like they've done with most of the other 'special' finishes, that'd be pretty cool to have such a unique finish. :)
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« Reply #66 on: March 01, 2006, 06:21:30 PM »
i think maybe, if the les paul frustrates you a lot, then you should do the right thing, and give it to a cool teenager, who loves it more than anything else in the world and would kill to have it....

and also i think your right- you should get another gibbo cause then you dont need that one...

plus youve just got a custom strat.... lets not be greedy eh!?

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« Reply #67 on: March 01, 2006, 06:23:49 PM »
You have some awesome gear!! That strat is near perfect (I'd prefer the look of a maple fingerboard) but I bet that ones just as good.. very jealous  :lol:

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« Reply #68 on: March 01, 2006, 09:45:14 PM »
Nice looking guitar Willo - hope she is as fun as she looks
Trevor seems to make some really nice stuff - was looking at his website
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« Reply #69 on: March 01, 2006, 10:11:11 PM »
ha - is that a hint?? :lol: I'll get on it right away!

Sambo - you ain't getting my guitars...

Tom - thanks for the compliment. I think I kind of got used to having the stuff I have, and it was only when I took that photo of the two guitars and the amp that I realised 'shite, I have some nice stuff!'. So, yes, very happy with the stuff I've got.  :)
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