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Twinfan

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« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2006, 04:38:19 PM »
What the hell does an Agathis body sound like?

Why not get an Epiphone Les Paul and BKP it up?  It worked for _tom_ and Hunter who get great tones out of them, and my BKP'd Epiphone SG ain't too shabby either  ;)

That would be a better way to spend £400 in my opinion if you're not going for a used Gordon Smith...

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« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2006, 04:39:47 PM »
Oh yeah, i read that as mahogany body and agathais neck.

Ew.

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« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2006, 08:12:07 PM »
where are you in the UK? there are quite a few GS dealers around, as far as I know. Though if the price is pushing it...

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« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2006, 08:33:34 PM »
Holiday Music have got a Tremonti second hand for £245. Tonepros bridge and a BK bridge pickup and it's a lotta guitar for £400
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« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2006, 03:06:46 PM »
What about this?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300046691329

Stick some BKPs in it...  :twisted:
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« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2006, 07:08:59 PM »
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"Unfortunatley, we can't let you demo the behringer wah pedal as it's in non-resealable packaging. But we all played one when the shipment arrived and it's just as good as the Dunlop in my opinion"... Yeah don't like dawsons

We used to have a great music shop called modern music in my town (Abingdon) the entire ground floor was music, and the staff were very accomodating and friendly. Now dawsons are in there's barely any CDs, there NO good amps, and they give way too much wall space over to some awful gibsons. GAH! when I want to try some decent guitars I have to travel into Oxford, to go into PMT (clearly named by a man with no girlfriend, apparently it stands for Professional Music Technology) or to the Oxford Guitar Gallery. Both are out of Oxford central too to make matters worse. Rant over.
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« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2006, 08:36:22 PM »
^ aye, when i went to the oxford guitar gallery when I was there just over a year ago, I thought it'd be a good idea to walk it. in 30 (celsius) degree heat.

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« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2006, 08:38:07 PM »
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"Unfortunatley, we can't let you demo the behringer wah pedal as it's in non-resealable packaging. But we all played one when the shipment arrived and it's just as good as the Dunlop in my opinion"... Yeah don't like dawsons


I missed that, for some reason. that's horrible customer service. not to mention the dunlop wah (assuming they're talking about the gcb95) is cr@p too, so that's basically a tacit agreement that "now you can buy a cr@p wah pedal, only for cheaper!"

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« Reply #23 on: November 16, 2006, 08:53:06 PM »
Feline have a SG with a pair of Warpigs for sale in Seconds Out, with photos! It's under 400 quid.
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« Reply #24 on: November 16, 2006, 09:59:16 PM »
The problem with the first epiphone SG is that he said he wants something that's a step up from a squier, and while epiphones are somewhat better, they hardly represent a significant step up. still, if he could get it for under a ton then he could do some serious pimping on it.
 The Felined one does look like an interesting proposition though.
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« Reply #25 on: November 16, 2006, 10:05:24 PM »
i'd take that feline in a flash if i were yu! :) :)
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« Reply #26 on: November 16, 2006, 10:31:54 PM »
It's a no brainer, surely?
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« Reply #27 on: November 17, 2006, 08:46:29 AM »
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Might be a bit of a trek for you but there is a new(ish) guitar shop in Reading

http://www.theguitarworks.co.uk/

I've never been there but I know the guy that does all the guitar repair and set up work for the shop. He says that it is a decent shop and miles ahead of Dawsons. (Our local Modern Music has also become Dawsons and it is $hite!)

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« Reply #28 on: November 17, 2006, 09:55:14 AM »
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i'd take that feline in a flash if i were yu! :) :)


I've seen the guitar in the flesh and I'd say go for it - It's very nice.
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« Reply #29 on: November 17, 2006, 11:04:46 AM »