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Post by Slinger on Apr 3, 2023 14:29:31 GMT
That's a gorgeous Custom Shop Gretsch. I'm guessing it really hurt to sell it on; I know I'd probably still be wearing black and mourning the loss.  |
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 3, 2023 16:33:20 GMT
eBay strikes again. Well, I hadn't got an orange one...  It's a 2/3 sized Jackson Dinky " Minion" JS1X in (as shown here) Neon Orange. Hopefully the scaled down size should facilitate some humungous string-bending, and if I get on with it I plan to swap out the high-output Jackson pickups with something more buesy, and not so heavy-metal-shreddy. Sacrilege. A Dinky is made for metal, end of ... |
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Post by Fro on Aug 28, 2023 20:35:21 GMT
Really enjoying my 2003 Jim Olson Cedar SJ!  |
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Post by Fro on Sept 10, 2023 17:44:20 GMT
An epic night at the Grand Opening of House of Neville art gallery. I used my Taylor Fall Limited Koa for this gig. Art , music, and old friends are what makes our lives so special!!  |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 10, 2023 18:35:46 GMT
That's a hell of a piece of art behind you.
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Post by Fro on Feb 10, 2024 21:01:54 GMT
I haven't owned an acoustic 12-string since back in 1978, when I got an Ovation Glen Campbell 12 string. But this week I scored this Taylor 954ce that will arrive shortly! I already have a Taylor Fall Limited Koa that sounds great plugged in for our gigs. Hoping the Expression pickup on this model sounds as good...   |
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Post by MartinT on Feb 10, 2024 21:23:12 GMT
Looks fab. I was admiring Gordon Giltrap's signature electro-acoustic guitar when we saw him in concert, a couple of rows from the front, a couple of years ago.  |
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Post by Slinger on Feb 10, 2024 22:43:06 GMT
Looks fab. I was admiring Gordon Giltrap's signature electro-acoustic guitar when we saw him in concert, a couple of rows from the front, a couple of years ago. I've got one of those, and the matching 12-string version too. |
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Post by Fro on Feb 26, 2024 3:47:39 GMT
Our latest gig at the Neville Art Gallery was a success, with the new Taylor 954ce 12-string!  |
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Post by Fro on Mar 21, 2024 16:54:00 GMT
We did a couple of fun gigs last week. 1st - Beatles gig with the band. 2nd - Nanc & I played at the downtown T&P Train Station for the Humane Society Fundraiser.   |
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Post by Fro on Jul 17, 2024 19:58:05 GMT
This is my newest guitar I am awaiting to be shipped. **Fender Custom Shop Merle Haggard "Tuff Dog" Telecaster**
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Post by Slinger on Sept 3, 2024 13:55:07 GMT
A cheapy-cheap Gretsch I couldn't resist. I had 10% off at eBay too, plus the " 4 Nectar points / £1.00" is now in operation, as long as you remember to shop via the Nectar site.  The colour is "Gold Dust". Well, I hadn't got a gold one. |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 3, 2024 14:06:19 GMT
Ah yes, thanks for reminding me that ordering from eBay using Nectar has changed.
Nice guitar!
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Post by Fro on Sept 3, 2024 14:33:38 GMT
Nice - My 1st Gretsch was this 1963 Tennessean about 10 years ago. Should have kept it!  |
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Post by Slinger on Sept 3, 2024 18:25:56 GMT
That would cost the best part of £4K at least over here, at current prices. Sadly that's way out of my league. If I had money to burn I'd probably go for the Custom Shop G6128 Burled Maple "Closet Classic" in Trans Green Burst, or, for a more reasonable price, a Brian Setzer Signature model.
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Post by Fro on Sept 3, 2024 18:40:45 GMT
Another Gretsch I owned and later sold, Custom Shop Penguin...... Believe it or not, I just like the sound I get from the Dynasonic pickups in my current Harrison Duo Jet, much better than the Filtertrons in the Penguin.  |
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Post by Slinger on Nov 4, 2024 23:40:32 GMT
I've just ordered the "Parlour" style/size of this, which has the smallest body in the range. It's third from the left in the pic below, the Vintage VE880WK Statesboro Parlour Electro Acoustic Guitar in Whisky Sour fininsh. I think the model name is bigger than the guitar.  . It's an electro-acoustic (unlike the one in the video) and it comes from those wonderful folks at "Vintage" which is part of the John Hornby Skewes & Co. stable. They're also the people who produce the 6-string & 12-string Gordon Giltrap signature guitars I own. I've also got another 12-string of theirs, as well as a very nice Ash Blonde Telecaster copy. My new guitar was designed in association with another top guitarist, the late Paul Brett, who was a Facebook friend, so I already knew something aboput the model. I wanted something cheap I could leave knocking around to pick up when and if I want to, and as all of my other acoustics are full-sized instruments I wanted something a bit easier to have hanging around too. Also, all of my other acoustics are in cases, so there's a " process" involved when I play one, which I've now short-circuited. This can sit on a stand sans case within arms-reach of my computer chair. They really are stupidly cheap, as the video below says, and I got it for £50.00 off list too. As you can see, the electonics are fully featured for such an inexpensive guitar. Not something one always finds.  |
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