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Everything posted by Owen
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Very wise.
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My mate who is a solicitor phoned me. He said that he has decided to change job. He was walking past a guitar shop, popped in out of curiosity and "bought a guitar and I am going to be a full time musician". "WHAT? Is it like you had an epiphany?" I asked. "No, it's a proper Gibson", he replied.
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Locking jack socket and also XLR out. The initial pictures make it look a bit more orange than it is. It is more a rich red. -
Get off my thread! I will not have lightweights here!
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36". 36" speaks in a way which is compelling.
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A truly stupendous piece of kit. But unless I play it all the time I get disorientated when I go back to it. I tried, it was not to be. It is in top nick for a 35+ year old bass. One or two nicks, but you have to look. It went back to OW for maximum love. They plumbed a contemporary 3 band preamp in there and cnc'd some ebony to plumb the latest pickups into it. 36" scale, neck through and lush. You know that many of the West End pits have OWs in there? Super quiet, super accurate, super well voiced accross the range and super duper. I find that I can happily sit on the B and use it as I would the E on any other bass I own. It is that clear. Is it light? With that much maple? Nope. It is funny, if these were made in the US people would be laying eggs with excitement about them. It is the equal of anything else I have tried. And I have tried them all. I am just not the equal of it. And I am at peace with that. It is strung bottom F# to G. People say "you will not be able to hear it etc etc." "Too low etc". Wrong. But of course, you could just go low B to high C. I have heard that people dig that higher stuff (smh). Currently strung with fairly fresh Newtones with Payson low F#. I am fully aware that this is pretty niche. If it does not sell then it will not be a hardship to pick it up out of the rack now and again. There are worse problems to have. Trades? Dingwall D-Roc 5 turquoise glitter thang. Otherwise just cash. But thanks for thinking about it.
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https://www.pennemusic.com/squier-by-fender-limited-edition-classic-vibe-bass-vi-silver-sparkle/
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We are all so astonishingly shallow. One hint of glitter and our tails are wagging like small dogs waiting to run after a ball. I love it.
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I hope this thread will alert me to when I need to spend my money for sparkle!
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Deeply ugly. I was actually thinking of wooden paddles/turny bits rather than big lumps of brass. Imaging the money you could spend!
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Oooooft! I might struggle to stop myself.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I am still enjoying this thread.
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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.
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I would have used the drill but the battery was flat. Molegrips were all I had.
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There is beauty in a tidy and well-ordered headstock.
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Sublime
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This iteration of The Pretenders really did it for me. The whole of the first album hit the spot in all sorts of ways.
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Wait! He can do all this with wood AND he gets to live in Italy? Wow. Lots of good things in one place there.
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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.
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I will be looking at those D-Rocs again though!
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So right! I had no idea! Obv mutter mutter ......extra string...... arm off....mutter.
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I played a ridiculous and silly pointy guitar Explorer thang last week. SO comfy! Who knew?
