Jonesy

I wouldn't have thought retailers would be taking part in Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales unless it made them a profit. Q4 is naturally busy for them with all of the holidays, but this weekend is def one of the busiest in the year for them - with lockdowns and the general publics feeling of unease about visiting busy shopping centres/districts then this year even more so. I guess you can bucket the sales into something like people that will buy the product anyway and are just looking for a discount; people that are on the fence and the discount pushes them over the line and then people that didn't really start the day wanting the product and just saw a good 'deal'. I would have thought the second 2 categories more than make up for the buyers who would have bought anyway. Plus, there's other costs associated to the seller that you can think about. These sales help to clear stock, so they have less warehouse space to pay for when next years lines are released and stock bought in. When that new years stock is bought in they'd probably see the old lines not selling, so would have to offer a discount anyway, and that discount would likely be more than the BF sale.

I think over the course of the year I'd end up in the red by quite a margin if it became a regular occurrence. I'm sure my inability to read an eBay listing was a lucky fluke!! 😂

Turns out I am a clairvoyant drunk! At £310 that's a steal. Thought it may go a bit cheap with a combo of innacurate title, condition, end time and no delivery. I don't suppose anyone here picked it up?

I might revisit the thread after a few cocktails next Friday. Who knows - it's taken a few knocks so maybe it will go cheap and I'll turn out to be a clairvoyant drunk!!

Ahhhhhhh, I've gone and misread the auction....... Thought the seller wanted £250, or an offer near there for it. Beers and ebay shopping don't mix that well 😂

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284087220010 Anyone near Leeds fancy this??

That £250 difference comes down a bit when you think that the Vintera comes with a gig bag that you'd have to fork out for if you bought a Player Series. I like the look of the 70s jazz because I'm a fan of block inlays, narrow frets, a gloss neck and 70s pup spacing. If those are important to you then it's probably worth the extra dosh.

I can't wait to play loud again. Managed to get a couple of practices in between the lockdown, but really want to make some noise!! The amp sounded great for the 10 mins I played around with it, so I'm sure you've got a good'un! Yep, felt like a right knob when I asked the guy what I was doing wrong and he just said I needed to turn the amp on. To be fair, he said it happens a lot so I'm sure it's a wind up the shop staff have fun with!! 😂

Ohhhh, keen to know how you get on with it once you can crank it. I've obly played through one in a shop when trying out a Sire jazz. It's pretty confusing that a light comes on when it's not actually turned on..........left me scrambling around, checking leads and volume pots for about 5 mins before finally asking someone in the shop what I was doing wrong??!? 😂

I've managed to pick up a few bits....... Quilter BB800, G&L tribute JB, Epiphone Jack Casady, EHX Soul Food & TC Forcefield. I haven't shifted anything on yet, but will do some rejigging in the new year 😁

The Gipsy Kings version of Hotel California tops the original for me. It's not often I think anyone can beat Hendrix, but SRV's covers of Little Wing and Voodoo Child are just amazing.

Bound neck and blocks does it for me too, as does the machine heads and more traditional look of the Lakky.

Just seen that Wunjo's have a sale on at the mo. 10% off orders over £200, if anyone fancies a new lockdown pressie... https://www.wunjoguitars.com/

The surf green one looks pretty tasty. I've seen a FSR pink bronco that looks nice too. We might get some luck in the Jan sales!! My Ric isn't the most contoured and I don't find that uncomfortable, the DC doesn't look to be that thick so I'm half hoping it won't be an issue. The other half of me wants to save the money though!!

Ah, I'm finding the same with my Epiphone Jack Casady. The comfiest way I've found to play it is to hang it fairly low and have my arm through the dip just before the top horn. If it's not so comfy it could be good news though seeing as it's the most expensive of the 3!! 😂

Gah! Fingers crossed they turn up a bit sooner!!!

Well.......... Has it turned up yet? Just seen they're not in stock until mid Dec, but did your order sneak in before their last batch sold out?

Only because I've never played/owned one, I wouldn't mind adding a short scale to the collection. Or at least having a look at a few, I mean what's the worst that can happen? Current contenders are the........ Squier Classic Vibe Mustang. G&L Tribute Fallout. Gibson DC Jnr.

Tronographic Rusty Box for my noisy band EHX Soul Food for my blues band

Very good shout! A couple of mates have signed up for it and say its pretty good.

Whenever I get the calling to the dark side I always find.... Paul David's.... https://www.youtube.com/c/PaulDavids And Marty Schwartz.... https://www.youtube.com/c/MartyMusic https://www.youtube.com/user/martyzsongs Pretty handy. I mean, I can't play for toffee, but this is more down to my own confusion about those extra 2 strings rather than anything negative about these guys 😂

Very nice, love the gold scratch plate. There is something about a P and everyone should own one. I was quite anti them for a while and had a couple that I never really gelled with, thought they were a boring choice. Then I picked one up for a blues band, fell in love with it and saw what I was missing!! Have fun with it 😃

If it's an essential riff, fill I like or main part of the song then I try to get it note for note. Otherwise I just get the feel of the song and fill in/make up the dots as I go along. A track on a record is kinda like a photograph of a song, so it'll be the same everytime you hear it. I can't think of any bands I've seen live where everything was played note for note though. If the recording artist doesn't have to stick to the rules then I don't see why I have to 😁

Ah, it'd be nice if it was!! Can you remember any dings/marks/serial number etc??