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I made one of those recently. All came together quite easily, although I had some sort of brain fade when doing the drilling and put the hole for the LED on a direct line between the two upper pots, so had to stick a screw in that hole and drill a higher one. Must get round to putting some labels on it.

I'd add Status to the list. Definitely works of art, not sure on the new 'non-carbon' models but the older graphite neck/through neck S2s crop up frequently and tend to hold their value.

As @neepheid and @Norris say, trying out the colour either on a piece of scrap mahogany or in the neck pocket of the body (assuming it's bolt-on) is the only way of knowing for certain, but personally I don't think purple does very well. Dampened, which all stains do, mahogany is quite a dark and richly tinted wood. Ideally you want a stain that is either bright or complimentary to the wood's natural tint. Purple is neither and is likely to darken the mahogany considerably. As @Norris says, the different part of the spectrum of the purple to the oranges and reds of the timber can also make it brown. But the only way of knowing for sure is to try it Personally, I would be looking at reds, oranges, yellows - even greens sometimes work but that depends on the tone of the specific piece of wood.

Nothing to do with talent (does that even exist?), you just need to know your fretboard and scales/ chord tones. It’s only 4 extra notes 🙂 I’ve got my first fiver in 10 years and I’m really enjoying playing through the songs I’ve avoided to learn in that time due to lack of string. Plus the budget choices now compared to ten years ago is insane.

Well, i like the shape, but don't like the finish - looks like cheap pizza.

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Yes the combo is my limit too, I found the extension cab was just a bit too much for my back.😟

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@Happy Jack gave me good advice on this type of thing before and has some nifty videos of himself doing what you describe...

I'd say Gibson custom guitars with pre-snapped and repaired headstocks are even more stupid (though it does probably make the headstock less prone to snap off compared to non pre-snapped models).

Any with artificial ageing - the stupidest concept ever IMHO.

Not sure if you've ever tried one of the Precision Elites from that year. My friend had one at the time and I thought it was the coolest. Of course, I was 15 at the time and didn't have much experience so no idea what I'd think of it now.

+1 for anything made by TC Helicon. Its good gear and it just works.

I haven't got the app to hand, but doesn't it allow partial saving of snapshots, or snapshots of a subset of parameters? I've only ever saved complete snapshots but I'm sure the snapshot screen has much more than that on it.

I'm all out of Gibson Thunderbird love, but own Spector, Lull and Hamer versions, plus a Lull Thunderbird NR (which, let's face it couldn't be any less non-reverse in shape). As I've posted elsewhere, Thunderbirds are like a magical fountain of youth elixir, you just strap one on and you're 18 again. I've no idea how this works, but it does.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185016145662 ?

Thanks cat. The issue is that it's going to be painted in stripes to match the pride flag, so it would have to be exact and multi coloured. I might just have to keep a look out for something without a pickguard. Although to be fair I wouldn't mind the wear, if any happened.