tegs07

paranoid android - radiohead

never enough - the cure

Bass looks great. Dude playing it could benefit from a makeover though 😉

from her to eternity - nick cave

you’re welcome - dwayne johnson 😀

boys don’t cry - the cure

rock and a hard place - sisters of mercy

fire and water - free

this is not a love song - PiL

I have a horrible feeling that the best Ray is a ……… Bongo! Hideous but fabulous!

new york city cops - strokes

room to roam - the waterboys

kick in the eye - bauhaus

alive- pearl jam

i walk the line - johnny cash

curious corn - ozrics

Pigtails - Fink

Possibly start with “Head on the door”then.

Personally speaking anything up to and including Disintegration. I never really got into anything after that with the possible exception of Bloodflowers. Agree Mixed up was woeful.

exploitation - róisïn murphy

Lullaby - The Cure

african postman - burning spear

i don’t owe you anything - the smiths

innocent when you dream - tom waits

Maybe it’s an era thing? I had some shockers in my youth (clones as couldn’t afford a Fender) but in the last few decades CNC technology is so accurate it’s pretty much impossible to make a really horrendous instrument. QC can be the downfall but I have picked up some second hand bargains that took less than an hour to turn into really nice playing instruments. Not just from Fender. Indonesia, Korea and Mexico are knocking out huge numbers of instruments a year. Most are really good. Some slip through the QC net and can make for great bargains. After all it’s just two bits of wood bolted together with some very basic electrics. As long as the CNC machine has been given the right info beforehand there isn’t the level of creativity or skill involved that a boutique luthier would offer. As far as I am aware the much appreciated G&L tribute series and the Squier instruments that can get some criticism are (or were) both produced by Cort in Indonesia. I don’t know the full story of Cort or how they make instruments but to guarantee consistency and keep costs low I suspect that the same machines are used for both brands and their is a “menu” like range of options for things like woods used for the body/neck, hardware, paint etc that is agreed with G&L / Fender etc based on the price point of the range of instrument. Its highly likely that the same guys working in teams will be producing the instruments for a variety of brands from Ibanez to ESP as well as Corts own brands.