Lets look at our guitars thread

Lets look at our guitars thread

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Semmelweiss

1,590 posts

195 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Big Brother of the above...

Stealthracer

7,636 posts

177 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Lovely!

Sonic Blue, originally used on 1956 Cadillacs, was almost the longest-lasting of the 1960 Fender 'Custom Colors'. It wasn't dropped until '72.

wombleh

1,777 posts

121 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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Under a grand with Floyd rose, Solar a2.6 would be my choice, been drooling over the natural wood 1.6 but bit above price range.

Epiphone do a few with floyd like https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/electric-g...

Fair few Charvels in that price range, never tried one myself but good reputation

Guitarguitar lets you filter the search based on the trem

Yahonza

1,545 posts

29 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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I would also recommend a Charvel, if only because I want one.

chemistry

2,121 posts

108 months

Saturday 8th April 2023
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New guitar day.

Ibanez RGR5221

Justified the unjustifiable purchase on the basis of:

I wanted a new guitar (had a few things to celebrate recently, so treated myself)
I didn't have a 'shred' guitar
I didn't own a guitar with a wizard/skinny neck, a bound neck, stainless frets, an ebony fretboard, a reverse headstock or offset fret markers.

Concessions to middle age:

No trem; I can't be bothered with locking trems any more (no offense meant to those that love them)

So far I'm really pleased. Plays effortlessly and quality seems top notch. My inner teenager is delighted and I am ignoring the fact that as a 51 year old man I have no business owning a guitar like this. As an aside, it is literally the most orange thing ever - more orange than the photos can convey (and the irony of having an Orange amp is not lost on me).




Introduced it sensitively to the rest of the herd initially, so as not to spook anything...






Stealthracer

7,636 posts

177 months

Saturday 8th April 2023
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Yes I'm gravitating increasingly these days to guitars with no trem. It forces you to think more, rther than just giving it a quick tug (stop laughing at the back) whenever you run out of inspiration.

Indeed, since I returned to the Les Paul fold, my Strats have hardly got a look in. Already sold two and a third is on eBay as we speak. They'll probably all go eventually.

Yahonza

1,545 posts

29 months

Saturday 8th April 2023
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chemistry said:
New guitar day.

Ibanez RGR5221

Justified the unjustifiable purchase on the basis of:

I wanted a new guitar (had a few things to celebrate recently, so treated myself)
I didn't have a 'shred' guitar
I didn't own a guitar with a wizard/skinny neck, a bound neck, stainless frets, an ebony fretboard, a reverse headstock or offset fret markers.

Concessions to middle age:

No trem; I can't be bothered with locking trems any more (no offense meant to those that love them)

So far I'm really pleased. Plays effortlessly and quality seems top notch. My inner teenager is delighted and I am ignoring the fact that as a 51 year old man I have no business owning a guitar like this. As an aside, it is literally the most orange thing ever - more orange than the photos can convey (and the irony of having an Orange amp is not lost on me).




Introduced it sensitively to the rest of the herd initially, so as not to spook anything...





Nice setup, good to see the compressor before the OCD in the pedal chain.
Keep the orange guitar away from the orange amp. Very sensible. smile

White-Noise

4,121 posts

247 months

Saturday 8th April 2023
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chemistry said:
New guitar day.

Ibanez RGR5221

Justified the unjustifiable purchase on the basis of:

I wanted a new guitar (had a few things to celebrate recently, so treated myself)
I didn't have a 'shred' guitar
I didn't own a guitar with a wizard/skinny neck, a bound neck, stainless frets, an ebony fretboard, a reverse headstock or offset fret markers.

Concessions to middle age:

No trem; I can't be bothered with locking trems any more (no offense meant to those that love them)

So far I'm really pleased. Plays effortlessly and quality seems top notch. My inner teenager is delighted and I am ignoring the fact that as a 51 year old man I have no business owning a guitar like this. As an aside, it is literally the most orange thing ever - more orange than the photos can convey (and the irony of having an Orange amp is not lost on me).




Introduced it sensitively to the rest of the herd initially, so as not to spook anything...





I like that a lot! What amps are they I can't really see clearly enough? Nice collection

chemistry

2,121 posts

108 months

Sunday 9th April 2023
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White-Noise said:
I like that a lot! What amps are they I can't really see clearly enough? Nice collection
Thanks! It's certainly a bit different from the rest of my guitars.

Amps are a Hughes & Kettner Tubemeister 36 and an Orange Rocker 15 Terror. Both very different (H&K is fairly versatile and hi-fi whilst the Orange is more characterful and grungy). There's also an Orange Micro Terror and a Micro Dark Terror there (excellent bits of kit, especially for the price), as well as an ancient 10W Roland practice amp. I've also got a Yamaha THR10X practice amp.


White-Noise

4,121 posts

247 months

Sunday 9th April 2023
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I don't know much about h&k really. I remember I first spotted one when I saw my vitriol back in the day but from looking on YouTube just now yours must sound great! Those little orange amps really do the business. I saw Jim root playing one like that a while back and they can really do it. I've not touched my guitars for a long time but they deserve to come back out. Thanks for the inspiration

chemistry

2,121 posts

108 months

Sunday 9th April 2023
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White-Noise said:
I don't know much about h&k really. I remember I first spotted one when I saw my vitriol back in the day but from looking on YouTube just now yours must sound great! Those little orange amps really do the business. I saw Jim root playing one like that a while back and they can really do it. I've not touched my guitars for a long time but they deserve to come back out. Thanks for the inspiration
Good to hear you are getting the guitars back out beer

You can pick up the Orange Micro (and Micro Darks) for about £100 used, if you want to give one a go. As an alternative, I recommend the Tonebridge App if you gave a computer interface, as it's great fun and plenty of inspiration on offer...free.

https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/tonebridge-gives...



OldSkoolRS

6,717 posts

178 months

Sunday 9th April 2023
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I picked up an Orange Stamp pedal quite cheap last year. Can't remember how much now, but sure it was under £100.

Can be used as a pedal, or cab sim into a PA as a back up amp for our gigs. It can even run a speaker cab as it's a 20 watt class D amp as well. Classic Orange sounds, though only a single 12AX7 valve in it I believe. I sold my Orange Tiny Terror to a friend a few years ago and regretted it, so the Stamp was a cheap way to get a bit of that sound back (and justified as my tiny gig back up amp).

wolfracesonic

6,940 posts

126 months

Monday 10th April 2023
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chemistry said:
New guitar day.

Ibanez RGR5221






Looks more suitable for Fleetwood Mac than hardcore metal to me, start with ‘Tangoed in the night’.

singlecoil

33,307 posts

245 months

Monday 10th April 2023
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wolfracesonic said:
Looks more suitable for Fleetwood Mac than hardcore metal to me, start with ‘Tangoed in the night’.
ISWYDT

chemistry

2,121 posts

108 months

Monday 10th April 2023
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wolfracesonic said:
Looks more suitable for Fleetwood Mac than hardcore metal to me, start with ‘Tangoed in the night’.
hehe

languagetimothy

1,074 posts

161 months

Wednesday 12th April 2023
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Oh dear, another new toy yesterday

From GuitarGuitar. Roasted maple neck and CS fat 50s pickups.




languagetimothy

1,074 posts

161 months

Wednesday 12th April 2023
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A marginally better pic with a friend


chemistry

2,121 posts

108 months

Wednesday 12th April 2023
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languagetimothy said:
A marginally better pic with a friend

Happy New Guitar Day!

Semmelweiss

1,590 posts

195 months

Wednesday 12th April 2023
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languagetimothy said:
A marginally better pic with a friend

Perfect pair. Nice Tele.... What year?

languagetimothy

1,074 posts

161 months

Wednesday 12th April 2023
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Semmelweiss said:
languagetimothy said:
A marginally better pic with a friend

Perfect pair. Nice Tele.... What year?
Tele is an ‘82 JV series. I have a few teles, including two CS Nocasters, ,been my staple for years, but had only one strat. This one caught my eye….must avoid guitar shops, for a while anyway.