So, if you had about £1000 available

[Philly Q]

But do they make Burny and Greco now?

They do, but they're nowhere near as good as the old MIJ ones. 

Apart from, probably, the Greco Zemaitis copies, but they are bloody expensive.

[FELINEGUITARS]

You'd use it as a deposit for something from me surely......

 :lol: and like I said Saturday I'd ask for it to be painted gloss black :lol: Yea, I know that's the sensible option but it means coming up with another grand and being all patient and stuff. Those SGs were beautiful in the flesh, though as were they all. Especially Phillys Lion Cub, loved the neck profile on that. I'll be up about noon on Tuesday, Jon.

I think that Sailed past Philly on first reading
See you on Tuesday

Agreed.  £1,000 sounds like a lot of money - and it is, of course! - but it really only gets you a mid-price guitar nowadays.
But for that £1,000, I'd get a PRS S2 Mira. 

I had a PRS S2 Mira in and it was really nice - just needed better pickups - and we fitted Mules to it!

[Dave Sloven]

An SG std would be in budget and fun but I'd probably have to play loads till I found one that was spot on and I'm a bit funny about Gibsons. Plus I'd spent a good £300+ changing bits on it.

Yeah mine was new and I swapped out the 490/498 set for BKPs and installed a '50s style harness in place of the PCB.  I can see scope for possibly locking bridge and tailpiece studs and a TUSQ nut instead of the corian too, but those aren't as crucial as the pickup swap.  The 490R is a dog of a pickup, woofy +

[Philly Q]

You'd use it as a deposit for something from me surely......

 :lol: and like I said Saturday I'd ask for it to be painted gloss black :lol: Yea, I know that's the sensible option but it means coming up with another grand and being all patient and stuff. Those SGs were beautiful in the flesh, though as were they all. Especially Phillys Lion Cub, loved the neck profile on that. I'll be up about noon on Tuesday, Jon.

I think that Sailed past Philly on first reading

It certainly did!  :o

Have I been sleep-shopping?  :?

[Kiichi]

Swenglish is the odd conjunction of words like 'coldbeer' ... never used by native speakers, who might refer to 'a cold beer' ... apparently it comes from using Swedish grammatical rules in English, and some Swedish people know it is technically wrong but it doesn't hurt their ears and is convenient so they keep doing it. :)

Ah, so that is your definition of Swenglish. I just new it as a weird random mixture of the two languages as used in my favorite cooking show. Such an inspiration to me...http://youtu.be/Qk7JcPBFdWw

[juansolo]

Personally this:

Weird, the binding and trem make it cooool. That MIJ or something?

Yeah, PGS had some in and I had someone in the States prepared to bring me one over too. But I resisted and was all sensible about it in the end. It is the first guitar in a long time to give me gas though and if I do go for something next it's likely to be hollow bodied.

They do it in H/H and S/S/S. PGS demos have the usual Andy-factor (where he makes everything awesome).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_gy4FLxPj4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmjb5FStfcI

Why Fender only sells these in Japan is beyond me.

[juansolo]

Swenglish is the odd conjunction of words like 'coldbeer' ... never used by native speakers, who might refer to 'a cold beer' ... apparently it comes from using Swedish grammatical rules in English, and some Swedish people know it is technically wrong but it doesn't hurt their ears and is convenient so they keep doing it. :)

Ah, so that is your definition of Swenglish. I just new it as a weird random mixture of the two languages as used in my favorite cooking show. Such an inspiration to me...http://youtu.be/Qk7JcPBFdWw

That is one of the most mental things I've ever seen.

I approve.

[AndyR]

You'd use it as a deposit for something from me surely......

 :lol: and like I said Saturday I'd ask for it to be painted gloss black :lol: Yea, I know that's the sensible option but it means coming up with another grand and being all patient and stuff. Those SGs were beautiful in the flesh, though as were they all. Especially Phillys Lion Cub, loved the neck profile on that. I'll be up about noon on Tuesday, Jon.

I think that Sailed past Philly on first reading

It certainly did!  :o

Have I been sleep-shopping?  :?

Haha! Didn't slip past me, even in "lurk mode" - I was thinking what have I missed? Has Philly got a Feline on the way?? Obviously, not quite yet...

[CommonCourtesy]

I'd get a Mesa Boogie 4 x 12 cab I think with a grand available, pretty much got everything else I want for band stuff, and if I wanted another guitar it'd be an LP custom which £1k wouldn't be enough for anyway!!

[bucketshred]

I'd spend the lot on a goldtop Duesenberg with one pickup I saw in Vintage & Rare on Saturday. Amazing.

Paddy

[Philly Q]

You'd use it as a deposit for something from me surely......

 :lol: and like I said Saturday I'd ask for it to be painted gloss black :lol: Yea, I know that's the sensible option but it means coming up with another grand and being all patient and stuff. Those SGs were beautiful in the flesh, though as were they all. Especially Phillys Lion Cub, loved the neck profile on that. I'll be up about noon on Tuesday, Jon.

I think that Sailed past Philly on first reading

It certainly did!  :o

Have I been sleep-shopping?  :?

Haha! Didn't slip past me, even in "lurk mode" - I was thinking what have I missed? Has Philly got a Feline on the way?? Obviously, not quite yet...

No, although it has crossed my mind seeing as it's a "big birthday" this year.  But as always, I'd have terrible trouble deciding on just one set of specs.

[Lew]

Get a double neck then. Shredder and Floyd on one side and Lion Cub on t'other.

Shame these are well over budget http://guitarvillage.uk.com/products/282/Solid-Maton.aspx

This dude's making cool looking stuff for under a grand but I've no idea if they're any good other than aesthetics  http://www.scatter-brain.org.uk/

Shame about Burny and Greco. MIJ Fenders are great.

[FELINEGUITARS]

You'd use it as a deposit for something from me surely......

 :lol: and like I said Saturday I'd ask for it to be painted gloss black :lol: Yea, I know that's the sensible option but it means coming up with another grand and being all patient and stuff. Those SGs were beautiful in the flesh, though as were they all. Especially Phillys Lion Cub, loved the neck profile on that. I'll be up about noon on Tuesday, Jon.

I think that Sailed past Philly on first reading

It certainly did!  :o

Have I been sleep-shopping?  :?

Haha! Didn't slip past me, even in "lurk mode" - I was thinking what have I missed? Has Philly got a Feline on the way?? Obviously, not quite yet...

No, although it has crossed my mind seeing as it's a "big birthday" this year.  But as always, I'd have terrible trouble deciding on just one set of specs.

I think it was that Lew played it and commented on the fuller neck profile and i joked that I had to keep something in stock that Philly Q would like , just in case
Hence him referring to it as the Philly Q guitar.

[Lew]

It's a bit rude on his part that you've gone to all the effort of making him such a nice guitar and he hasn't bought it yet. I think it was my favourite out of 'em all, actually (including the BM).

[Philly Q]

Was it the Junior style Cub with the single MQ or the Lion Special with two humbuckers?

Both lovely guitars!

Actually I think there were two of the latter, Jon's one with block markers - that's an especially beautiful colour - and one with dots, I haven't tried the second one.  The Cub is an amazing colour too.