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gooch

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quality and rare-ish stuff.....cheap
« on: January 13, 2010, 07:30:38 PM »
Hey everyone

i picked up a Selmer treble n bass 50 SV head on ebay for £160

a 1977 Yamaha SG2000 in a cherry burst for £600

a Marshall Shredmaster for £75

a surprisingly nice 90s mex deluxe tele for £275

Seymour Duncan custom floor distortion set for £125 (but they're only good with distortion so am thinking of getting rid of)

Able Bassmaker pedal for £15!

Just goes to show that bargains are out there to be had

anyone else have similar stories?
 
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Re: quality and rare-ish stuff.....cheap
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2010, 07:43:14 PM »
Quote from: gooch on January 13, 2010, 07:30:38 PM
a 1977 Yamaha SG2000 in a cherry burst for £600

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Re: quality and rare-ish stuff.....cheap
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2010, 07:51:08 PM »
actually it didnt cost me £600, thats what the label was, i simply swapped a strat and Marshall AVT150 for it :)

yup, gonna put some Bare Knuckles on that baby once i've got the money
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2010, 07:53:12 PM »
Quote from: gooch on January 13, 2010, 07:51:08 PM
actually it didnt cost me £600, thats what the label was, i simply swapped a strat and Marshall AVT150 for it :)

yup, gonna put some Bare Knuckles on that baby once i've got the money

What strat? If it was a mexican strat then it will definitely be a case of  :x
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« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2010, 07:58:48 PM »
nah, it was a rather shiny sunburst 57 reissue usa, but i dont regret it, that guitar just wasnt for me

i've got a mex tele now (as you've read) and i actually prefer it a great deal, possibly the 9.5 radius neck over the 7.25? of the Strat

and yes, those Yamahas really do weight ALOT!!!

the pickups i got for it are ok, but are complete shitee on clean, definetly gonna have to get mules or stormies for it someday. pickups with a bit of treble caus all that weight and brass makes the guitar very mellow and jazzy!
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« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2010, 08:19:32 PM »
Hasn't the Yam got the original pick ups? Great price in any case.
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« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2010, 08:32:34 PM »

I got a WEM Dominator MK3 for £105, classic sounding valve amp for peanuts.  The Selmer sounds a great buy :D
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« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2010, 08:41:15 PM »
ABOUT THE YAMAHA - Yea it did have the original pickups, but they were not good enough IMHO. the guitar's reputation has always been on the build and not the electronics.

having said that i'm sure tim could bring them to life.

I've still got the original pickups, but i'm a player not a collector and have every intention of bringing out the finer qualities of the instrument.

i got offered the Seymour duncan custom floor distortion pickups when i was enquiring about JBs. the chap at seymour duncan said they had the distortions which had been custom ordered to fit an SG2000 but the customer never collected them, he said i could have them for the price of standard JBs. So naturally i said sure (said on the document they would have cost 380 quid usually). They're good pickups, but not for me.

i'm gonna keep ahold of the original yamaha pickups caus you never know how much they'll be worth someday

ABOUT THE AMP-
yes i furkin love the selmer, best buy ever!
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« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2010, 08:57:00 PM »
Quote from: gooch on January 13, 2010, 08:41:15 PM
ABOUT THE AMP-
yes i furkin love the selmer, best buy ever!

I've heard great things about those, you lucky dog!
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« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2010, 09:21:31 PM »
yea. if you love simple "does what it says on the tin" valve amps then its well worth looking out for them on ebay. I'd go for 50watt amps myself caus these days there's few situations to warrant the use of 100w non-master volume amps lol.

most places big enough to take that kind of amp have large enough PA systems to mic up your amp so there's really no need anymore. Infact i get told to turn down my Selmer 50watt everywhere i go :(.... i hate that!

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« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2010, 11:08:44 PM »
Quote from: gooch on January 13, 2010, 07:58:48 PM
i've got a mex tele now (as you've read) and i actually prefer it a great deal, possibly the 9.5 radius neck over the 7.25? of the Strat

I had a '57 reissue. I thought I liked the 7.25 until I got a 9.5. Big difference and much easier to play IMO.
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« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2010, 12:04:06 AM »
Bixonic Expandora - £60

Marshall Shredmaster for £60  :P
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« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2010, 12:12:15 AM »
oooo haha

i just got owned

nice one mate, i bet they're sex in a pedal arent they?
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Re: quality and rare-ish stuff.....cheap
« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2010, 09:20:00 AM »
I paid a £100 for my 1971 Marshall Super Bass head. It was a good while ago but it was still cheap then.

All I need now is the right cab and speaker combination, now here's where it's going to get expensive. :(
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« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2010, 10:31:44 AM »
^ THAT is the steal of the century.  It's a great amp!
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