Lets look at our guitars thread
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wombleh said:
That's great, was that a kit or designed yourself?
It's basically a shrunk down Hohner Jack guitar - designed myself. Looking at the CAD files, the scale length is 514mm - approx 20.25" which is basically a standard 25.5" scale starting at the 4th fret. It's a two piece sapele body with a black limba set neck and flamed maple fingerboard.To give an idea of size, this is it next to my Squier Strat:
Im a guitarist but needed a bass for my home recording.
Just had this Harley Benton delivered. Eur 165! Seems well put together, Alder body, Canadian maple neck, brass saddles, PB style with added JB pickup. The reviews were good. I'll find out later what it sounds like for sure like but for home recording and that price I won't complain as long as it stays in tune and intonation fine.
Just had this Harley Benton delivered. Eur 165! Seems well put together, Alder body, Canadian maple neck, brass saddles, PB style with added JB pickup. The reviews were good. I'll find out later what it sounds like for sure like but for home recording and that price I won't complain as long as it stays in tune and intonation fine.
Had a similar thought myself a few times, but I'm crap at selling things, so haven't followed up on the idea yet.
I like having a mix of guitars, but having just recently got involved with a band I'm realising that my priorities will be different now: I'll need to be able to get a good mix of different sounds, so that means certain guitars wouldn't be much use, or I'd need to take multiple ones, which isn't a great idea swapping about between them.
Obviously having a back up guitar of some sort will be imperative, but I never see the point having multiple near identical guitars and I've strived to have guitars that look, feel and sound different from each other. Fat and thin necks, 7.25" radius through 9.5" and 12" Rosewood, maple and Pau Ferro fingerboards, single coil, P90, Filtertron and humbucker pickups...you get the idea.
I actually tried a guitar out today: It would have been my most expensive guitar purchase if I'd got it, but came away without anything. I tried a Fender American Original 60s Strat with the Rosewood 'board. It could have been better set up, but for nearly £1600 I expected more. I tried a few others while I was there, but nothing I felt justified in spending that amount. The idea was that it would be a change/backup from my main guitar, which is a 1982 JV Squier Strat that's been re-fretted, has an EC mid boost and plays like a dream and I'm very used to it after 38 years(!). I didn't feel the AO60s was different enough in feel or sound to really justify (I'd have probably add another EC mid boost if I'd bought it, but still expected the basic tone to be more different from my '50s sounding one).
I guess if I was starting again from scratch I'd probably just have something like the following:
Some kind of EC Strat
Les Paul with a fatter 50s neck
Les Paul/SG Junior with a single P90
Probably no help at all, but I'll be interested to hear what you've got and what you're thinking of getting instead.
I like having a mix of guitars, but having just recently got involved with a band I'm realising that my priorities will be different now: I'll need to be able to get a good mix of different sounds, so that means certain guitars wouldn't be much use, or I'd need to take multiple ones, which isn't a great idea swapping about between them.
Obviously having a back up guitar of some sort will be imperative, but I never see the point having multiple near identical guitars and I've strived to have guitars that look, feel and sound different from each other. Fat and thin necks, 7.25" radius through 9.5" and 12" Rosewood, maple and Pau Ferro fingerboards, single coil, P90, Filtertron and humbucker pickups...you get the idea.
I actually tried a guitar out today: It would have been my most expensive guitar purchase if I'd got it, but came away without anything. I tried a Fender American Original 60s Strat with the Rosewood 'board. It could have been better set up, but for nearly £1600 I expected more. I tried a few others while I was there, but nothing I felt justified in spending that amount. The idea was that it would be a change/backup from my main guitar, which is a 1982 JV Squier Strat that's been re-fretted, has an EC mid boost and plays like a dream and I'm very used to it after 38 years(!). I didn't feel the AO60s was different enough in feel or sound to really justify (I'd have probably add another EC mid boost if I'd bought it, but still expected the basic tone to be more different from my '50s sounding one).
I guess if I was starting again from scratch I'd probably just have something like the following:
Some kind of EC Strat
Les Paul with a fatter 50s neck
Les Paul/SG Junior with a single P90
Probably no help at all, but I'll be interested to hear what you've got and what you're thinking of getting instead.
OldSkoolRS said:
Probably no help at all, but I'll be interested to hear what you've got and what you're thinking of getting instead.
+1I've only got my Ibanez Universe at the minute and I'm hankering after a Les Paul again, but I don't think I could sell it and get a Les Paul Custom without an enormous additional sum of money so I'll hold on to the Universe. It's not a bad guitar, it's just so complicated and over-engineered for an ape like me that I barely use the trem, nor the 7th string.
Ideally, I'd like a Les Paul Custom, a 90s Strat Plus Deluxe, a Jackson PC1 and a Tele. I'd be satisfied then (yeah, right!)
I sold my cheap guitars to buy a select group of quality ones,
That was about twenty years ago, I now have fifteen Gibson, five Fender, four Gordon Smith, just the one Gretsch (for now), two ‘60s Hofner, four Yamaha (the newest of which is thirty five, the oldest is fifty four years old), three Aria Pro II SB basses and two other Aria, a Jaydee, two John Birch, ‘70s Hagstrom, a very rare Riverhead bass, and maybe half a dozen others. Storage is now becoming an issue, not helped by the nine combo amps, eight heads, nine cabs, two preamps, three power amps, and I have definitely lost track of the pedal count, but there are three massive pedal boards full, and a couple of shelves with a few on as well.
I blame eBay.
That was about twenty years ago, I now have fifteen Gibson, five Fender, four Gordon Smith, just the one Gretsch (for now), two ‘60s Hofner, four Yamaha (the newest of which is thirty five, the oldest is fifty four years old), three Aria Pro II SB basses and two other Aria, a Jaydee, two John Birch, ‘70s Hagstrom, a very rare Riverhead bass, and maybe half a dozen others. Storage is now becoming an issue, not helped by the nine combo amps, eight heads, nine cabs, two preamps, three power amps, and I have definitely lost track of the pedal count, but there are three massive pedal boards full, and a couple of shelves with a few on as well.
I blame eBay.
gazza285 said:
I sold my cheap guitars to buy a select group of quality ones,
That was about twenty years ago, I now have fifteen Gibson, five Fender, four Gordon Smith, just the one Gretsch (for now), two ‘60s Hofner, four Yamaha (the newest of which is thirty five, the oldest is fifty four years old), three Aria Pro II SB basses and two other Aria, a Jaydee, two John Birch, ‘70s Hagstrom, a very rare Riverhead bass, and maybe half a dozen others. Storage is now becoming an issue, not helped by the nine combo amps, eight heads, nine cabs, two preamps, three power amps, and I have definitely lost track of the pedal count, but there are three massive pedal boards full, and a couple of shelves with a few on as well.
I blame eBay.
You can't be married then . That was about twenty years ago, I now have fifteen Gibson, five Fender, four Gordon Smith, just the one Gretsch (for now), two ‘60s Hofner, four Yamaha (the newest of which is thirty five, the oldest is fifty four years old), three Aria Pro II SB basses and two other Aria, a Jaydee, two John Birch, ‘70s Hagstrom, a very rare Riverhead bass, and maybe half a dozen others. Storage is now becoming an issue, not helped by the nine combo amps, eight heads, nine cabs, two preamps, three power amps, and I have definitely lost track of the pedal count, but there are three massive pedal boards full, and a couple of shelves with a few on as well.
I blame eBay.
My mother never knew how many guitars I had. If I'd bought a yellow one or a double necked one she might have noticed, otherwise she had no chance.
I read somewhere that if you give a non-musician a pencil and paper and ask them to draw an electric guitar, it usually ends up looking like a Strat. When I tried it on my mother, her drawing resembed no instrument I'd ever seen in my life.
I read somewhere that if you give a non-musician a pencil and paper and ask them to draw an electric guitar, it usually ends up looking like a Strat. When I tried it on my mother, her drawing resembed no instrument I'd ever seen in my life.
Im of the seemingly valueless guitars section, but numerous + quite old
Ibanez RG550 from the 90s (from new...) which was my most expensive purchase at £499
Charvel white plastic bodied I think, no 314895 made in usa, IIRC cost me about £150
Epi LP korean model u97040320, my dad gave me free
( replaced with grovers and some 2nd hand dimarzio, was thinking of popping in some new humbuckers in there as they seem to be a bit worn, although probably electrics on all the guitars could use a bit of TLC tbh).
Cheap s
t Dean miniZ only cost £100 when I bought new so only a cheap un. quite easy to play tho for a chipboard esque guitar
Ibanez RG550 from the 90s (from new...) which was my most expensive purchase at £499
Charvel white plastic bodied I think, no 314895 made in usa, IIRC cost me about £150
Epi LP korean model u97040320, my dad gave me free
( replaced with grovers and some 2nd hand dimarzio, was thinking of popping in some new humbuckers in there as they seem to be a bit worn, although probably electrics on all the guitars could use a bit of TLC tbh).
Cheap s
t Dean miniZ only cost £100 when I bought new so only a cheap un. quite easy to play tho for a chipboard esque guitar Edited by daytonavrs on Wednesday 14th October 22:34
Animal said:
OldSkoolRS said:
Probably no help at all, but I'll be interested to hear what you've got and what you're thinking of getting instead.
+1I've only got my Ibanez Universe at the minute and I'm hankering after a Les Paul again, but I don't think I could sell it and get a Les Paul Custom without an enormous additional sum of money so I'll hold on to the Universe. It's not a bad guitar, it's just so complicated and over-engineered for an ape like me that I barely use the trem, nor the 7th string.
Ideally, I'd like a Les Paul Custom, a 90s Strat Plus Deluxe, a Jackson PC1 and a Tele. I'd be satisfied then (yeah, right!)
I'm keeping the RG I bought recently and a cheap thing for sentimental reasons.
Looking to buy a Tom Anderson drop top, or a Suhr modern, plus some sort of PRS. I would also like to trade up the RG550 for a J Custom at some point, and grab a nice acoustic.
I've already sold the Eggle and partscasters, and picking up a custom 24 in the morning
My old fella has just bought that exact PRS santana above^^^...
I've just got hold of this 40 year old ovation balladeer...... a bit unloved and dirty when I got it with a crack behind the bridge in the top... ive been told its a relatively common fault and is an easy fix.... for now I've just removed 40 years of grime from the fretboard and restrung it..... sounds absolutely alive.... very bright, but very rich and bass strong all at the same time.... theres a lot of life left in this old dog yet...
Very satisfying removing all this old grime from the fretboard with lemon oil...
I've just got hold of this 40 year old ovation balladeer...... a bit unloved and dirty when I got it with a crack behind the bridge in the top... ive been told its a relatively common fault and is an easy fix.... for now I've just removed 40 years of grime from the fretboard and restrung it..... sounds absolutely alive.... very bright, but very rich and bass strong all at the same time.... theres a lot of life left in this old dog yet...
Very satisfying removing all this old grime from the fretboard with lemon oil...
Here I am looking at Tom Anderson and Suhr, and my head has been turned by this Harley Benton Fusion. Clearly modelled on the Pete Thorn Suhr https://m.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_fusion_ii_hh...
The spec is insane for the price. A guitar with SS frets for less money than a SS refret.
They also do versions with roasted maple, clearly based on the Guthrie version.
The spec is insane for the price. A guitar with SS frets for less money than a SS refret.
They also do versions with roasted maple, clearly based on the Guthrie version.
rsbmw said:
Having sold 6 guitars in the last week, I’ve now bought 2 new ones, this being the latest - the new Charvel DK24 HSS
I'm not very knowledgeable about Charvel guitars, but I like the look of that one. 
Well done for selling 6 guitars too...I've got at least one I should sell, plus some amps, but I'm hopeless at selling stuff.
I'm better at buying, though this was a more justified purchase: I got in a band recently and needed something a bit lighter to take to rehearsals than either my Fender '64 Custom Deluxe or the 2x12 cab that I've also got that matches this head.
This 1x12 is a lot easier to carry and fit in the car, plus it sounds pretty 'full' for a 1x12 and it's obviously not broken in yet. Rehearsing again tomorrow, so it will get a bit of a work out (unlike me
). The head is the older version of the Jubilee 'Studio' when it was just called a 2525H. It's got a good clean sound and works well with my lighter overdrive pedals/reverb/echo.The overdrive channel is really good, via a footswitch and a separate volume control so I can balance it with the clean channel.
Edited by OldSkoolRS on Friday 23 October 19:59
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