Lets look at our guitars thread
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Misanthroper said:
This is my Ibanez SEW761 S series
Fender American Performer
And my favourite, this is an Adam Jones epiphone art series, I’m not exactly loving the picture on the back but it’s a hell of a guitar, plays amazing
I keep looking at Ibanez ‘S’ guitars ,never a lot of them around and really hard to find at a dealers in order to try .Fender American Performer
And my favourite, this is an Adam Jones epiphone art series, I’m not exactly loving the picture on the back but it’s a hell of a guitar, plays amazing
lockhart flawse said:
Here's mine.
1976 Gibson Explorer. Cost me £375 in 1984. Best neck I have ever played.
2001 Fender USA Strat FSR. My stratiest Strat - sounds really nice with nicely balanced pickups and great for rhythm parts.
1997 Fender USA Lone Star Strat. Closest to the grail of the perfect Stratocaster that I have owned with a great neck. The Seymour Duncan Humbucker slightly lacks bite to my ears and it's harder to squeeze pinch harmonics out of than others I have played but it's still a great guitar.
Quite happy with this lot. I play at least 2 of them almost every day. I dont dig Teles and dont care for Les Pauls. Plans in hand for a custom Gordon Smith.
franki68 said:
I keep looking at Ibanez ‘S’ guitars ,never a lot of them around and really hard to find at a dealers in order to try .
For a really easy guitar to play they’re hard to beat, it’s my general use guitar that I can just pick up and play whenever, the body and neck are easy on the hand and the weight is unbelievably light.Only complaint is the neck pickup is a bit shrill, slightly thin sounding, so I may replace with a single coil size humbucker to thicken it up.
lockhart flawse said:
Here's mine.
1976 Gibson Explorer. Cost me £375 in 1984. Best neck I have ever played.
2001 Fender USA Strat FSR. My stratiest Strat - sounds really nice with nicely balanced pickups and great for rhythm parts.
1997 Fender USA Lone Star Strat. Closest to the grail of the perfect Stratocaster that I have owned with a great neck. The Seymour Duncan Humbucker slightly lacks bite to my ears and it's harder to squeeze pinch harmonics out of than others I have played but it's still a great guitar.
Quite happy with this lot. I play at least 2 of them almost every day. I dont dig Teles and dont care for Les Pauls. Plans in hand for a custom Gordon Smith.
Bought this the other day off ebay. I have been looking for a nice one for a while (I'm a lefty so hard to find).
Was supposedly in virtually new condition according to the owner.
Delivered by courier in its nice Gator hard case and first impressions were great. Awesome condition and I love they way it plays (I'm basically a bit crap but this guitar was supposed to be my route to more practice and eventual "not crap" ability).
Two days after delivery I noticed that the low E string was buzzing when it had been fine before.
Closer inspection revealed that there was a long crack emanating from the under the nut heading down the neck - and it is not just the paint, the crack opens when you push against the headstock with a little bit of pressure.
Seller insists that it was in perfect condition before it was sent - and on balance I probably believe him. Good old Les Paul headstock design must have succumbed in transit.
Balls. It is now at a luthier getting repaired so my second-hand bargain has effectively become the same price as a brand new one.
|https://thumbsnap.com/62amzKPF[/url]
Was supposedly in virtually new condition according to the owner.
Delivered by courier in its nice Gator hard case and first impressions were great. Awesome condition and I love they way it plays (I'm basically a bit crap but this guitar was supposed to be my route to more practice and eventual "not crap" ability).
Two days after delivery I noticed that the low E string was buzzing when it had been fine before.
Closer inspection revealed that there was a long crack emanating from the under the nut heading down the neck - and it is not just the paint, the crack opens when you push against the headstock with a little bit of pressure.
Seller insists that it was in perfect condition before it was sent - and on balance I probably believe him. Good old Les Paul headstock design must have succumbed in transit.
Balls. It is now at a luthier getting repaired so my second-hand bargain has effectively become the same price as a brand new one.
|https://thumbsnap.com/62amzKPF[/url]
franki68 said:
I keep looking at Ibanez ‘S’ guitars ,never a lot of them around and really hard to find at a dealers in order to try .
They're great guitars, bought mine in 1989 from Allbang & Strummit and still play it regularly, covers most classic sounds and plays great
7F3935F5-1DAC-47F6-9421-A45D4C0555E5 by oddball13131313, on FlickrTorqueDirty said:
Bought this the other day off ebay. I have been looking for a nice one for a while (I'm a lefty so hard to find).
Was supposedly in virtually new condition according to the owner.
Delivered by courier in its nice Gator hard case and first impressions were great. Awesome condition and I love they way it plays (I'm basically a bit crap but this guitar was supposed to be my route to more practice and eventual "not crap" ability).
Two days after delivery I noticed that the low E string was buzzing when it had been fine before.
Closer inspection revealed that there was a long crack emanating from the under the nut heading down the neck - and it is not just the paint, the crack opens when you push against the headstock with a little bit of pressure.
Seller insists that it was in perfect condition before it was sent - and on balance I probably believe him. Good old Les Paul headstock design must have succumbed in transit.
Balls. It is now at a luthier getting repaired so my second-hand bargain has effectively become the same price as a brand new one.
|https://thumbsnap.com/62amzKPF[/url]
Not Parcelforce by any chance? Was supposedly in virtually new condition according to the owner.
Delivered by courier in its nice Gator hard case and first impressions were great. Awesome condition and I love they way it plays (I'm basically a bit crap but this guitar was supposed to be my route to more practice and eventual "not crap" ability).
Two days after delivery I noticed that the low E string was buzzing when it had been fine before.
Closer inspection revealed that there was a long crack emanating from the under the nut heading down the neck - and it is not just the paint, the crack opens when you push against the headstock with a little bit of pressure.
Seller insists that it was in perfect condition before it was sent - and on balance I probably believe him. Good old Les Paul headstock design must have succumbed in transit.
Balls. It is now at a luthier getting repaired so my second-hand bargain has effectively become the same price as a brand new one.
|https://thumbsnap.com/62amzKPF[/url]One of their careful staff put their foot through a box and hardcase of an Epiphone Les Paul Custom I received a few years ago. Sending got offered £50 after months of backwards and forwards. His boot imprint was still on the box, they denied it was. It cost me about £150 to fix, I the end I found a good Epiphone LP Custom neck on eBay for £100 but it was a right pain in the posterior for the seller.
sutoka said:
Not Parcelforce by any chance?
One of their careful staff put their foot through a box and hardcase of an Epiphone Les Paul Custom I received a few years ago. Sending got offered £50 after months of backwards and forwards. His boot imprint was still on the box, they denied it was. It cost me about £150 to fix, I the end I found a good Epiphone LP Custom neck on eBay for £100 but it was a right pain in the posterior for the seller.
Couriers and parcel delivery guys don't give a damn, i've lost count of the amount of times my Boss at work has had to have a go at the company we use to deliver stuff, it's marked up as fragile for a reason and their driver just launches it into the van. Sadly the alternatives are not cost effective enough to warrant telling them to get bent.One of their careful staff put their foot through a box and hardcase of an Epiphone Les Paul Custom I received a few years ago. Sending got offered £50 after months of backwards and forwards. His boot imprint was still on the box, they denied it was. It cost me about £150 to fix, I the end I found a good Epiphone LP Custom neck on eBay for £100 but it was a right pain in the posterior for the seller.
Shame about that LP, it's a nice colour.
I have an Epi LP with a wonderful grain on the back ...
... but the top is a bit scruffy. Think I might respray the top black, there are only two guitars i would ever have in black, the other being a Ricky bass, which I already have. But a black Les Paul, with the cream plastics, chrome hardware and gold knobs, looks really stylish IMO.
I have an Epi LP with a wonderful grain on the back ...
... but the top is a bit scruffy. Think I might respray the top black, there are only two guitars i would ever have in black, the other being a Ricky bass, which I already have. But a black Les Paul, with the cream plastics, chrome hardware and gold knobs, looks really stylish IMO.
sutoka said:
TorqueDirty said:
Bought this the other day off ebay. I have been looking for a nice one for a while (I'm a lefty so hard to find).
Was supposedly in virtually new condition according to the owner.
Delivered by courier in its nice Gator hard case and first impressions were great. Awesome condition and I love they way it plays (I'm basically a bit crap but this guitar was supposed to be my route to more practice and eventual "not crap" ability).
Two days after delivery I noticed that the low E string was buzzing when it had been fine before.
Closer inspection revealed that there was a long crack emanating from the under the nut heading down the neck - and it is not just the paint, the crack opens when you push against the headstock with a little bit of pressure.
Seller insists that it was in perfect condition before it was sent - and on balance I probably believe him. Good old Les Paul headstock design must have succumbed in transit.
Balls. It is now at a luthier getting repaired so my second-hand bargain has effectively become the same price as a brand new one.
|https://thumbsnap.com/62amzKPF[/url]
Not Parcelforce by any chance? Was supposedly in virtually new condition according to the owner.
Delivered by courier in its nice Gator hard case and first impressions were great. Awesome condition and I love they way it plays (I'm basically a bit crap but this guitar was supposed to be my route to more practice and eventual "not crap" ability).
Two days after delivery I noticed that the low E string was buzzing when it had been fine before.
Closer inspection revealed that there was a long crack emanating from the under the nut heading down the neck - and it is not just the paint, the crack opens when you push against the headstock with a little bit of pressure.
Seller insists that it was in perfect condition before it was sent - and on balance I probably believe him. Good old Les Paul headstock design must have succumbed in transit.
Balls. It is now at a luthier getting repaired so my second-hand bargain has effectively become the same price as a brand new one.
|https://thumbsnap.com/62amzKPF[/url]One of their careful staff put their foot through a box and hardcase of an Epiphone Les Paul Custom I received a few years ago. Sending got offered £50 after months of backwards and forwards. His boot imprint was still on the box, they denied it was. It cost me about £150 to fix, I the end I found a good Epiphone LP Custom neck on eBay for £100 but it was a right pain in the posterior for the seller.
The guitar is now back from the luthier and good as new. £65 all in and a valuable lesson learned. Kind of takes a bit of the shine off the whole thing but onwards and upwards.
TorqueDirty said:
sutoka said:
TorqueDirty said:
Bought this the other day off ebay. I have been looking for a nice one for a while (I'm a lefty so hard to find).
Was supposedly in virtually new condition according to the owner.
Delivered by courier in its nice Gator hard case and first impressions were great. Awesome condition and I love they way it plays (I'm basically a bit crap but this guitar was supposed to be my route to more practice and eventual "not crap" ability).
Two days after delivery I noticed that the low E string was buzzing when it had been fine before.
Closer inspection revealed that there was a long crack emanating from the under the nut heading down the neck - and it is not just the paint, the crack opens when you push against the headstock with a little bit of pressure.
Seller insists that it was in perfect condition before it was sent - and on balance I probably believe him. Good old Les Paul headstock design must have succumbed in transit.
Balls. It is now at a luthier getting repaired so my second-hand bargain has effectively become the same price as a brand new one.
|https://thumbsnap.com/62amzKPF[/url]
Not Parcelforce by any chance? Was supposedly in virtually new condition according to the owner.
Delivered by courier in its nice Gator hard case and first impressions were great. Awesome condition and I love they way it plays (I'm basically a bit crap but this guitar was supposed to be my route to more practice and eventual "not crap" ability).
Two days after delivery I noticed that the low E string was buzzing when it had been fine before.
Closer inspection revealed that there was a long crack emanating from the under the nut heading down the neck - and it is not just the paint, the crack opens when you push against the headstock with a little bit of pressure.
Seller insists that it was in perfect condition before it was sent - and on balance I probably believe him. Good old Les Paul headstock design must have succumbed in transit.
Balls. It is now at a luthier getting repaired so my second-hand bargain has effectively become the same price as a brand new one.
|https://thumbsnap.com/62amzKPF[/url]One of their careful staff put their foot through a box and hardcase of an Epiphone Les Paul Custom I received a few years ago. Sending got offered £50 after months of backwards and forwards. His boot imprint was still on the box, they denied it was. It cost me about £150 to fix, I the end I found a good Epiphone LP Custom neck on eBay for £100 but it was a right pain in the posterior for the seller.
The guitar is now back from the luthier and good as new. £65 all in and a valuable lesson learned. Kind of takes a bit of the shine off the whole thing but onwards and upwards.
I mentioned it to the guy at the counter down at the depot and he told me some of the staff were reckless so I got compo that time. Second time was from a music shop and the packaging was exactly the same as it came out of the factory, so it made it across from California but couldn't survive
My father had a 1940's grey Paolo Soprani accordion insured for £10k damaged by DHL a few years ago and they tried to say it wasn't packed properly. They had removed all his packaging to X-Ray it and hadn't repackaged it properly which after weeks of emails they admitted. Very expensive lesson for the local DHL depot. The lady manager was like 'sure send it back to the factory', get a tube of wood glue and fix it etc. Absolute cretin.
The next one he sold he actually got the boat across to Scotland and met the buyer and hand delivered it for the sake of £50, avoiding a whole heap of misery.
Edited by sutoka on Monday 22 May 17:53
I’ve done a thing… always wanted a telecaster, flip flopped between traditional ‘pure’ all single coil iterations and ‘deluxe’ all humbucker models. Couldn’t decide as have both bases covered already.
So, tripped over the Richie Kotzen sig tele with a single on the bridge and a humbucker behind.. Japanese build; oh my just on execution. Bling hardware is good, right?
So, tripped over the Richie Kotzen sig tele with a single on the bridge and a humbucker behind.. Japanese build; oh my just on execution. Bling hardware is good, right?
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