Owen

I hope this thread will alert me to when I need to spend my money for sparkle!

Deeply ugly. I was actually thinking of wooden paddles/turny bits rather than big lumps of brass. Imaging the money you could spend!

Oooooft! I might struggle to stop myself.

I have no recommendations, but I do love a beautiful machine head. How about getting wooden buttons/ears/paddles/whatever they are called, made? Lush.

The only thing I would change about my DB would be some really lush machine heads. Those MJBL ones look very lovely. 2 of the ones on my bass are damped by sellotape to stop them rattling. They really let the instrument down.

I am on my second screen-based Multi FX. I have used neither. I love the idea that they can do all sorts of exciting things. I am totally drawn in. But I suffer from option paralysis. As soon as I have to decide between A/B/C/Ch/D/Dd/E/F/Ff/G/Ng/H (as we say in Wales) then I just cannot make a decision. I do not want to miss out. Which is ironic being that I have to wear 26 dB cut earplugs to play so never hear any detail from what I do anyway! I can totally see how one of these would work for me.

I am still enjoying this thread.

To be fair, all the guitar work is the right stuff. And the rhythm section support of it is the right stuff. And it was captured to tape so well.

I would have used the drill but the battery was flat. Molegrips were all I had.

There is beauty in a tidy and well-ordered headstock.

Sublime

This iteration of The Pretenders really did it for me. The whole of the first album hit the spot in all sorts of ways.

Wait! He can do all this with wood AND he gets to live in Italy? Wow. Lots of good things in one place there.

I ordered a deeply obscure pickup from them. They told me upfront that it would take yonks. It took yonks, but they kept me informed. You cannot ask more than that.

I will be looking at those D-Rocs again though!

So right! I had no idea! Obv mutter mutter ......extra string...... arm off....mutter.

I played a ridiculous and silly pointy guitar Explorer thang last week. SO comfy! Who knew?

Baby Baby! A thematic collection. I can respect this.

Hmmmmmmm....sparkly .....mmmmmm

To be fair to G&L, there is a 10 year guarantee on their instruments. They sent me a brand new neck from the US at their expense without even flinching.

Of course, the problem now is that I am going to have to collect all the bits I need to house this into it's next instrument.

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* spotty-teenager wrecking crew I love it!

I am expecting a parcel from Mick. I have not even seen it but I know it will be all good