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Post by Blacksunshine on May 29, 2020 21:41:24 GMT -5
What's wrong with me?
I just got a Flying V, I should be happy right??
Talk me out of this new obsession, please!
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Post by Auf Kiltre on May 29, 2020 21:48:30 GMT -5
Can you imagine?? Through a Marshall double Stack, 120+dB?
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Post by Blacksunshine on May 29, 2020 22:12:40 GMT -5
Can you imagine?? Through a Marshall double Stack, 120+dB?
I can imagine! But how is this helping me NOT buy one?
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Post by Auf Kiltre on May 29, 2020 22:30:28 GMT -5
Well, I think you owe it to yourself. And not only to yourself but to your community.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on May 30, 2020 3:08:00 GMT -5
There is nothing wrong with you...it is normal to want simplicity and killer tone from a guitar.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on May 30, 2020 8:47:36 GMT -5
Got to play an original a year ago or so. It was amazing. The p-90s were incredible, but the color really made it sound so much better.
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Post by Blacksunshine on May 30, 2020 12:14:33 GMT -5
Got to play an original a year ago or so. It was amazing. The p-90s were incredible, but the color really made it sound so much better.LOL!! I know, right?
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on May 30, 2020 15:56:59 GMT -5
I have a Gibson CS '58 Les Paul Junior DC that is as good as any other guitar I own or have ever played. It is a holy grail...perfect in every way. I have a lot of guitars, but this one is easily among the top five I own. Yeah, the bar bridge does not perfectly intonate, but that does not matter because it all averages out in use and it is a huge contributor to the tone. In a similar manner to the Fender Esquire, the single pickup does not limit the variety of sounds this guitar can make; I think it broadens the possibilities. It's the 'TV white' mahogany finish...Gibson made some Juniors, Specials, Explorers and Flying Vs in this color, but not a lot of them.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on May 30, 2020 16:14:40 GMT -5
The closest I've ever come to such a guitar is a Melody Maker from earlier "this century". My recollection is power chords and riffs below the 7th fret. Is that where these axes excel?
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Post by Larry Madsen on May 30, 2020 18:48:47 GMT -5
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Post by Leftee on May 30, 2020 19:02:11 GMT -5
Let’s start a pool.
How many posts before he orders?
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on May 30, 2020 19:29:50 GMT -5
Got to play an original a year ago or so. It was amazing. The p-90s were incredible, but the color really made it sound so much better.LOL!! I know, right? As though anyone would question it!
I see so many guitars day to day, week to week that they all bleed together, but that one stood out because I had a co-worker years ago who, though he rarely talked about vintage pieces he wanted, always talked about how much he wanted one of those. I didn't have his cell number, otherwise I would've sent him a taunting photo.
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Post by Leftee on May 30, 2020 19:42:14 GMT -5
I don’t think he’ll make it to the end of page 2.
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Post by insanecooker on May 30, 2020 22:29:10 GMT -5
I had a Nashville Double Cut Junior a few years back (one of those guitar of the week type of things - 2010 I believe?).
Lots of fun to play. I could never get the intonation truly close enough for rock'n'roll, though, so ended up moving it on.
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Post by LesTele on May 31, 2020 6:26:07 GMT -5
This thread could not have come at a worse time. I received an email from my local music store advising that they were selling Gibson Tribute Juniors and Specials for £500 - almost £300 off.
Very tempting. No TV yellow though.
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Post by Blacksunshine on May 31, 2020 9:01:47 GMT -5
Let’s start a pool. How many posts before he orders? Ha!
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Post by Blacksunshine on May 31, 2020 9:02:25 GMT -5
This thread could not have come at a worse time. I received an email from my local music store advising that they were selling Gibson Tribute Juniors and Specials for £500 - almost £300 off. Very tempting. No TV yellow though. You have a link? Will they ship to the US?
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Post by LesTele on May 31, 2020 9:35:19 GMT -5
I do have a link Gibson Clearance
I very much doubt that they will ship outside the EU. I understand that the manufacturers normally impose these restrictions.
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Post by Blacksunshine on May 31, 2020 11:39:04 GMT -5
I do have a link Gibson Clearance
I very much doubt that they will ship outside the EU. I understand that the manufacturers normally impose these restrictions. Thanks! The site says they ship worldwide, but I emailed them to be sure. They don't have one in TV yellow that I saw, but I could go for one the brown ones.
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Post by Blacksunshine on Jun 1, 2020 12:44:02 GMT -5
Well that guitar shop in the UK will ship here, so all in total it would be 647 pounds with shipping, which is $807.
With the conversion its not a smokin' deal, plus I'd have to get the brown, which I really like, but I'd still be settling.
I'll kick it around a bit, but the search probably continues.
Thanks for the heads up, LesTele!
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Post by langford on Jun 1, 2020 14:02:00 GMT -5
I hate to take up space, but it sounds like Blacksunshine may pull the trigger before this thread gets to the bottom off the page.
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Post by Leftee on Jun 1, 2020 14:16:15 GMT -5
No way! I say page 2.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jun 1, 2020 14:38:08 GMT -5
Doing my part to get this to page two.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jun 1, 2020 15:00:16 GMT -5
I don't unnerstand why Peegoo doesn't just make you one.
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Post by Vibroluxer on Jun 1, 2020 15:27:53 GMT -5
Well that guitar shop in the UK will ship here, so all in total it would be 647 pounds with shipping, which is $807. With the conversion its not a smokin' deal, plus I'd have to get the brown, which I really like, but I'd still be settling. I'll kick it around a bit, but the search probably continues. Thanks for the heads up, LesTele! I picked my country, USA, put a brown one in "my basket" then went to checkout to see the price: Order Total £555.88, which is $685. The UK Value Added Tax is removed. Thats for the 2 pickup version. Not to try to pressure you into this thing!
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Post by Leftee on Jun 1, 2020 16:23:37 GMT -5
Didn’t he get to page 2 on the V thread?
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Post by LesTele on Jun 1, 2020 16:38:01 GMT -5
You’re welcome Blacksunshine. Did you know that a Special Tribute D.C. in blue can be bought from Guitar Center for $599? Guitar Center
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Post by Ayns on Jun 1, 2020 17:43:00 GMT -5
Hey LT, I saw those specials/ juniors on the website yesterday. Great deal, but I'm not biting.....yet.
Also, our other guitarist just bought a TV yellow LP Junior (copy) yesterday,
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Post by ProzaKc on Jun 1, 2020 19:08:47 GMT -5
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Post by Leftee on Jun 1, 2020 19:14:53 GMT -5
He did order the V on page 2 of that thread.
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