Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
god yes - they were shit. But there were even worse ones! (shudder).Puts me in mind of a Satellite guitar - cheapest electric when I was a nipper but that one looks even cheaper
Should I buy this guitar?
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maomao
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I keep wanting to buy this:
www.gear4music.com
(Except in pink, I was sure I'd c and p'd the pink one)
Not sure if that qualifies as a midlife crisis or not.
Hartwood Charger Electric Guitar, Peppermint at Gear4music
Hartwood Charger Electric Guitar, Peppermint at Gear4music
Not sure if that qualifies as a midlife crisis or not.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
I never saw one with a whammy bar before. Those fuckers were hard to enough to tune in the first place - god knows how detune-tasit that monstrosity would have been.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
im looking for a backup guitar in case i break a string at a gig. I play a gibson sg - so need somethign else with the same neck width and fret scale (and double coil pick ups) - otherwise i get thrown cos the guitar feels all wrong.
Seen this epiphone LP on fb market place for £110 - which seems quite cheap - anybody had one? pretty much the cheapest guitar that epiohone do - but is it decent enough as a back up? hmm - eta - it says 3/4 - does it mean the fret scale would be smaller?
Seen this epiphone LP on fb market place for £110 - which seems quite cheap - anybody had one? pretty much the cheapest guitar that epiohone do - but is it decent enough as a back up? hmm - eta - it says 3/4 - does it mean the fret scale would be smaller?
danny la rouge
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I’ve not played one. The scale length will probably be shorter, meaning lower tension so you might want thicker gauge strings. But it also usually affects tuning and intonation.
I think they’re called Epiphone Les Paul Express, if you want to look up YouTube reviews.
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Is that a Woolworths Top 20? I've still got a mutated Woolies axe lying around somewhere.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
It’s a Satellite - cheap Japanese crap. I used to own a Woolies amp like this one - quite a decent sound (if a bit “toppy”)
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I had a little Woolies practice amp.
Best guitar I had was a beautiful 1950s Hofner President... till some fuckers attacked my squat in the late 80s and reduced it to Marchwood
These days I play an Epiphone Joe Pass, which reminds me a lot of the old Hofner.
Best guitar I had was a beautiful 1950s Hofner President... till some fuckers attacked my squat in the late 80s and reduced it to Marchwood
These days I play an Epiphone Joe Pass, which reminds me a lot of the old Hofner.Attachments
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
That’s lovely looking. My main guitar is an Epiphone Sheraton with two Di Marzio humbuckers put in. Just had it refretted following 25 years’ worth of hard gigging put holes in the lowest frets and it’s still sounding good.I had a little Woolies practice amp.
Best guitar I had was a beautiful 1950s Hofner President... till some fuckers attacked my squat in the late 80s and reduced it to Marchwood
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Sheraton's are brilliant, I had a go on one of the in-law's.
That reminds me, I also had an old Epiphone Kalamazoo 335 bass that I left with someone in Montpellier in 1982 to look after till I returned. I never returned and lost contact with the lad I left it with
That reminds me, I also had an old Epiphone Kalamazoo 335 bass that I left with someone in Montpellier in 1982 to look after till I returned. I never returned and lost contact with the lad I left it with
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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That looks horrible. I'm pretty sure it will be junk.
How long does it take you to change a string? If I break one live I just carry on.
I think Harley Benton 'might' be a bit better than Vintage for the same price, but . . . . there is always an epiphone SG going on facebook marketplace or gumtree for around £100 - £150. If it was me I would just wait for one to pop up within walking distance, but that's because I wouldn't want to waste a train ticket (or time) if there was something wrong when I got there.
Equally, if you did want a vintage, facebook market place is also crawling with them for peanuts.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
epiphone sgs are now going for about £300 plus (!) . Nah - dont like having to change strings on stage - those 2-3 minutes could mean having to drop a song - and kills any momentum. I have a yamaha pacifica that I am looking to trade/swap.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Nonsense. Have a look on facebook market place. I see one within walking distance of my house (I know that's not your house, it's just an example) for £300.
If I wanted to venture somewhere else I can see loads of epiphone SGs from £100-£200.
They come and go quickly.
When I want something I just type it in every day and wait for it to come up in my area. I never have to wait that longer than a couple of weeks.
Neither do I. I meant I would just carry on with a sting missing. . . . probably different music though.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
You also get a lot of Mexican Telecasters. They’re good value and play well.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
Need same size neck as sg though, guessing tele is same as strat?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
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yeh that's the thing about the Vintage ones, theres tonnes all over and they're ways cheap.... and I always have a go on my nephews when I visit, they're feel real nice (if you like low action, which I'm not keen on but I know most people are). only thing is I haven't tried it cranked through a loud amp so I dunno if pickups wd need upgrading.... but I researched and most people rate them as virtually same as an epiphone.
edit: it's the vs6 model.... 80 or 90£ on marketplace I think
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prefr the SG shape to the Les Paul. I had a Vintage SG copy for a while. Had Wilkinson pickups. Was pretty good but sold it on. Epiphone make nice ones of course.
My first guitar was a strat copy. RockWood by Honer. Just checked they go for about 60 quid. It was kinda awful. Buzzed at the first fret and the electronics just stopped working one day. But you know, I had an electric guitar (and a tiny battery powered amp.) SO fuck yeah. My second was an Ibanez RG something. second hand. Still got it but have blocked the rather crappy TRS floating bridge. IT's great for thrash metal.
My first guitar was a strat copy. RockWood by Honer. Just checked they go for about 60 quid. It was kinda awful. Buzzed at the first fret and the electronics just stopped working one day. But you know, I had an electric guitar (and a tiny battery powered amp.) SO fuck yeah. My second was an Ibanez RG something. second hand. Still got it but have blocked the rather crappy TRS floating bridge. IT's great for thrash metal.
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Not after a guitar but a new amp. I've been thinking of getting back to live music/gigging. I play mostly blues and some jazz. I offloaded my old gig combo years ago because it became too heavy to lug about, what with bad knees, bad back and with me generally coming apart at the seams... and because I'd stopped gigging. I've been looking at the Fender Mustang LT50.
It's lightweight and seems to suit bluesy jazzy sounds. Anyone got experience of one of these?
It's lightweight and seems to suit bluesy jazzy sounds. Anyone got experience of one of these?
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
I think this is it now. I had a guitar question come up a couple of weeks ago and was looking for a thread but there doesn't seem to be a Guitar Chitter Chatter thread which I was surprised to see.
I have a Squier Strat and just bought a Harley Benton Les Paul copy.
I can't play for shit but it's fun.
mojo pixy
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Not an answer to your question
and I may get yelled at by analogue purists, but fwiw Blackstar make really good amps. Amp modelling, clear and deep effects, if anything there's too much flexibility. Anyway, I've got a 20w one, into which I play an Ibanez Artcore, and it's quite beautiful how old-fashioned this bang-up-to-date, super-modern equipment stuff can sound. And loud.
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I've got a diddy little Blackstar. It's great. In fact the sound is beautiful. Dunno how heavy the bigger Blackstars are. Weight is a big issue for me in my current unhealthy state Which is why I was looking at the Mustang. It's pretty much light as a feather and weighs in at under 10 lbs.
Which is why I was looking at the Mustang. It's pretty much light as a feather and weighs in at under 10 lbs.
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