Author Topic: Oops, I did it again... (Read 27385 times)

sambo · « **Reply #45 on:** February 10, 2008, 07:51:08 PM »

Very similar, but I think the Mira is a perfection of an average Gibson design, personally. (Aesthetically that is- I haven't actually PLAYED either of them. :lol: )

Would take the PRS any day.

Philly Q · « **Reply #46 on:** February 10, 2008, 07:54:03 PM »

Quote from: Twinfan

It's just occured to me where PRS got the idea for the Mira from :P

Gibson Les Paul Special Doublecut

Very much so, but of course the first few PRS guitars had that shape anyway, before he came up with the Custom shape. I guess we can't rule out a court case, but Gibson got their fingers burned last time... :lol:

The Mira really feels very different due to the contouring and the thinner body. And the 24 fret neck.

Philly Q · « **Reply #47 on:** February 10, 2008, 08:06:18 PM »

Quote from: Ian Price

Phil - why do you never use your frankensteins?

Because, basically, they are shitee.
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No, to be fair, they're not bad - I'm proud of the spray-can finishes if nothing else. They're just not the kind of guitars I like now, they're very 80s!! :lol: And none of them are really in working order.

One is a white superstrat with a Kahler, an Explorer headstock :oops: and a skinny neck with a TO-approved 1-3/4" nut. Another is a single-pickup Jackson Soloist type with a Floyd and very suspect intonation (nice blue colour though). The third is a modified Fender Bronco body with a Tele bridge, and the fourth is a butchered and resprayed Squier Strat (that's the pickup-tester).

The latter two only have one neck between them (the Squier was 24-3/4" scale but I converted it to 25-1/2") so I guess really they should only count as 1.5 guitars....

Ian Price · « **Reply #48 on:** February 10, 2008, 08:21:30 PM »

A white superstar with a kahler AND an explorer headstock. Iv'e GOT to see that! Have you got any photos you would be willing to share?

Philly Q · « **Reply #49 on:** February 10, 2008, 08:55:45 PM »

Quote from: Ian Price

A white superstar with a kahler AND an explorer headstock. Iv'e GOT to see that! Have you got any photos you would be willing to share?

That guitar predates the invention of digital photography, so I had to resort to a dodgy scan. This was about 1987/88 - the EMGs are long gone. And note it's a Kahler fulcrum trem, not the cam type:

Here's the blue one too, while I'm at it. It has a colour-matched headstock, but you can't tell from the pic:

hunter · « **Reply #50 on:** February 10, 2008, 08:58:11 PM »

Love that blue Charvel-esque. Nice indeed. Intonation? Well who cares, just play louder to compensate :twisted:

Hey that Mira, just re-read that review in Guitarist, some georgeous detail shots there in the mag, are those poti knobs actually as nice as on those pictures?

Philly Q · « **Reply #51 on:** February 10, 2008, 09:09:25 PM »

Quote from: hunter

are those poti knobs actually as nice as on those pictures?

They're like little lampshades. I guess the faceted sides make them a bit easier to grip, but with non-sweaty fingers they're much like regular knobs! Neat idea though.

dave_mc · « **Reply #52 on:** February 10, 2008, 10:47:28 PM »

Quote from: Twinfan

:oops:

to be fair, a lot of us probably aren't too far behind... (myself included) :lol:

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #53 on:** February 10, 2008, 11:07:51 PM »

Those superstrats are gorgeous!

What did you say was wrong with the white one?

Philly Q · « **Reply #54 on:** February 10, 2008, 11:57:10 PM »

Quote from: noodleplugerine

Those superstrats are gorgeous!

What did you say was wrong with the white one?

Cheers! :D

Nothing wrong with it - just that I'm not into superstrats any more, and the wide/skinny neck is almost the opposite of what I like now. That Kahler trem is a great unit, good sustain and works really well.

I'd never sell it though. I'll find some pickups for it at some point, so at least it's in working order.

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #55 on:** February 11, 2008, 12:03:50 AM »

Quote from: Philly Q

I'd never sell it though. I'll find some pickups for it at some point, so at least it's in working order.

Awwww!

You even predicted my next question! :P

Philly Q · « **Reply #56 on:** February 11, 2008, 12:20:35 AM »

Quote from: noodleplugerine

Awwww!

You even predicted my next question! :P

:lol: :lol:

Well, I'd probably only get £200 or something for it with no "name" on the headstock, but the sentimental value's much more than that. I'd feel bad about selling it.

(Which isn't a way of talking the price up, by the way...

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Henk · « **Reply #57 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:46:46 AM »

Very nice Myra Phil, always GASsed for a PRS but never got around to it.

I think the Mira is more of a late 70's Gibson theme, a DC version of the Marauder and THE Paul. Or at least the body seems similar, offcourse in single cutaway.

PS. Glad to see im not the only one with a horse statue in the window :oops:

mikeluke · « **Reply #58 on:** February 11, 2008, 11:06:33 AM »

Lovely guitar! Now I just need to figure out how I can wangle a work trip to the USA, where they are $1500 plus tax.........

Philly Q · « **Reply #59 on:** February 11, 2008, 11:36:41 AM »

Quote from: Henk

PS. Glad to see im not the only one with a horse statue in the window :oops:

Haha, that's my parents' house, 20 years ago. I like the horse though, can't remember if they still have it.