I think I have a new absolute #1 guitar.......

[Ian Price]

How did I know you were going to ask that???  :lol:  I don't think I'll be bringing it, no.  It's a bit too 'new' yet, and I'd be mortified if something happened to it!

I thought that would be the case! I took a newish guitar to a band practice with my old band once. The singer knocked it off of it's stand. Luckily nothing happened to it but it did make me panic for a few seconds - it seemed to fall in slow motion.

[Twinfan]

I can imagine!

I'll be bringing the McCarty Rosewood so people can try that out to get an idea of how a rosewood neck feels and sounds....

[HairyChris]

RPs are great pickups, although tbh I'm not a FBJ fan - I like the tiger eye and red MEs more.

Still, I'd not say 'no'!  :D

EDIT: You are a bad man. I have massive GAS for one now. Hmm, what deals can I do with my CuRo 24 AP... aaargh...

[ToneMonkey]

I'd just like to say that I have an amazing and understanding wife, plus I must thank her for egging me on to buy it  :)

Wanna swap?  Mine says things like "there's not enough room" as if that's a reason not to get another  :lol:

[Ian Price]

I'd just like to say that I have an amazing and understanding wife, plus I must thank her for egging me on to buy it  :)

Wanna swap?  Mine says things like "there's not enough room" as if that's a reason not to get another  :lol:

At least that's better than the dreaded "It looks just the same as your other guitars".

[Twinfan]

Ha ha!  My wife said that when I was looking at an Amber Modern Eagle as it's similar to my McCarty with one-piece top.

At least FBJ looks very different to anything else!

[WezV]

i really like the denim especially against that superbly rich looking neck... i think thats the colour i am going for on my mahogany/maple burl tele with the macasser ebony neck.. maybe a slightly richer blue if anything but the same general look

[Twinfan]

Martin and I were saying that the Braz reminded us of ebony as it was that dark and slick....

[Ian Price]

Ha ha!  My wife said that when I was looking at an Amber Modern Eagle as it's similar to my McCarty with one-piece top.

At least FBJ looks very different to anything else!

I was in a music shop a while back. Some guy had traded his 335 in for a Troy Van Leuwen guitar. He said that his wife didn't even notice the difference! She really should know her P90s from her HBs and her fixed tails from Bigsby trems!

[d1dsj]

You know Twin, I keep looking at the picture and I'm seriously thinking that it is THE nicest looking guitar I've EVER seen. Any chance of more pics... detailed ones? It's simply stunning... cool stuff.

[headtheball]

Typical. it was my birthday, and someone else gets the presents.

Lovely looking instrument.

[dave_mc]

awesome, those modern eagles do look the business :)

[AndyR]

A bit late to this one - been a bit busy...

But what can I say? Take my eye off the forum for a few mins and, er, Twinfan buys another guitar... and it's one he said he wasn't going to... and... :lol: I love this place...

Looks really good Dave - PRS still not my kinda thing (although I was looking at some yesterday) but I certainly wouldn't "kick it out of bed"!

[Philly Q]

Off-topic but slightly relevant....

I've been dismantling my Mira this weekend, to find some slightly sloppy shielding, heavy-handed soldering and untidy scratchplate edges (not helped by me accidentally melting a bit of said scratchplate with my soldering iron  :oops: )

It's suddenly lost the "PRS mystique" and become "just another guitar".  I like that feeling.  :)

[Twinfan]

My McCarty Rosewood is like that seeing as how it's got some wear and I've rewired part of it.  Plus it has new pickups on order, so it'll be a proper working guitar not some 'case queen'!