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« Reply #105 on: February 05, 2008, 04:25:14 PM »
I thought I was gas free until about 10 minutes ago http://www.liveitlive.co.uk/intro.htm, have a look at the PDF catalogue

Particularly the Country Squire Yardbird & the Corona 60 (the strat type one on their main page), I'm not totally in love with their headstock but it's better than many Fen**r style
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« Reply #106 on: February 05, 2008, 05:09:34 PM »
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I thought I was gas free until about 10 minutes ago http://www.liveitlive.co.uk/intro.htm, have a look at the PDF catalogue

Particularly the Country Squire Yardbird & the Corona 60 (the strat type one on their main page), I'm not totally in love with their headstock but it's better than many Fen**r style

I didn't even realise Fret-King were still going until you put the links in that other thread earlier.  I always liked the look of the Esprit myself, with that pseudo-Firebird body shape.  There's something strangely appealing about the Ventura too.
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« Reply #107 on: February 05, 2008, 05:55:12 PM »
my steinberger is 'flavour of the month' at the moment. you know, at first  wasn't so keen on the miracle man i put in the bridge. after playing with the height adjustment, i've changed my tune, and i really like it. even thinking of sorting the neck pickup out.

anyway with my steinberger love at the moment, i wouldn't mind a proper old steinberger GP in white... something like this:
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« Reply #108 on: February 05, 2008, 08:05:01 PM »
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weird looking guitar


Doesn't look to have very good upper fret access...
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« Reply #109 on: February 05, 2008, 08:06:00 PM »
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Those heads look like they need a changin'
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« Reply #110 on: February 05, 2008, 08:17:37 PM »
Is that a Vigier Fretless I see in the background, GwEm?
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« Reply #111 on: February 05, 2008, 08:48:49 PM »
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Is that a Vigier Fretless I see in the background, GwEm?

Probably a Vigier Surfreter......very nice piece of kit.
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« Reply #112 on: February 05, 2008, 10:52:36 PM »
no idea whats in the background i'm afraid, since the image is not of my music room.

regarding upper fret access, i have the korean maple version (as opposed to the 80s USA graphite/maple version pictured) and its not that bad.

my number one choice gigging axe changes, but my steinberger is always the trusty number two. i love that guitar ;) if something would happen to it, i would be very pissed off. a backup would be sensible.
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« Reply #113 on: February 06, 2008, 11:03:48 AM »
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Those heads look like they need a changin'


Yeah i know.

Getting a good snare and bass pedal comes first though.....
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« Reply #114 on: February 06, 2008, 12:59:01 PM »
Unusually for me I have a strat desire (normally i am a humbucker kind of guy) - especially after seeing Mark Kendall from Great White last weekend play all night with a strat.

I have also rediscovered the BKP Boss pickup as a thing of great sonic beauty and am planning a way to combine it as the bridge position on a strat/tele hybrid (maybe with a pair of Mothers milk pickups too)

As for what make to get - I suppose that I would prefer to make it myself as the quality will be there where it counts,
I don't know if it counts as GAS if it's something that you would make yourself but I think it does ......

I made something like this a while back and maybe I will make myself a variant of it with a Tele bridge pickup mounted to the scratchplate... here's what the last one looked like:

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« Reply #115 on: February 06, 2008, 02:40:20 PM »
That's the best looking tele I've ever seen.

Damn, even I would play that. Seriously. Me, of all people.
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« Reply #116 on: February 06, 2008, 04:08:52 PM »
I totally gas'ing for a WHITE Fender strat, maple neck...with a non-recessed chrome Floyd Rose, HSS... don't ask why.
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« Reply #117 on: February 06, 2008, 05:32:22 PM »
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Those heads look like they need a changin'


Yeah i know.

Getting a good snare and bass pedal comes first though.....


http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Pearl-P2000C-PowerShifter-Eliminator-ChainDrive-Pedal?sku=448278
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« Reply #118 on: February 16, 2008, 12:56:13 AM »
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I made something like this a while back and maybe I will make myself a variant of it with a Tele bridge pickup mounted to the scratchplate... here's what the last one looked like:




OOooohhhh that's gorgeous...  I love that finish!
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« Reply #119 on: February 16, 2008, 01:02:28 AM »
I've been eyeballing this body for quite some time...  I think a "None Blacker" strat with this type of finish would like really nice...  I'd get an all ebony neck with no finish...
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