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Post by Craig on Jun 8, 2019 11:15:12 GMT
When I started work in 1978 I wanted a Strat but everyone warned me off them saying they were rubbish and not worth the money (a point borne out by the absence of Custom Shop 70's models) so instead I bought a Music Man Sabre II which I still have.
Fast forward to 1986 and a lunchtime stroll led to an impulse buy of a Charvel model 6 which has been my go to guitar ever since and also the last electric guitar that I bought.
Now with impending semi retirement and some bonus cash I started looking around and soon decided that my preferred new guitar would be a PRS DGT, more browsing followed until I found the one which I quickly put a deposit on but I still had the feeling that my last guitar should be a Strat.
So on my first day of semi retirement I headed to the shop that had my preferred Strat to reacquaint myself and it still felt very good but they didn’t want to do me a good deal which kind of left a bad taste, oh well, off to pick the PRS up from a different shop. I didn’t bother playing the PRS because I’d played it a few times before but ooh those new Les Paul Standards look nice! I left with the PRS and a very nice Les Paul Standard 50’s which they did me a very good deal on.
Day two of semi retirement was a very long drive to a shop that I’d wanted to visit for a while to try and find an even better Strat (I had one in mind from their website) it turned out that it wasn’t the one but another which I’d glossed over on the website most definitely was so that came home with me too.
So there you have it, 3 new guitars in 2 days does seem a bit excessive but 5 in 40 years is well below the average :-)
Craig
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Post by Craig on Jun 8, 2019 11:17:45 GMT
Of course this story completely omits to tell of any acoustics which I may have bought along the way :-)
Craig
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Post by Martin on Jun 8, 2019 11:45:09 GMT
Nicely done, Craig! I admire your impulsiveness and bloody-mindedness. Makes me feel better about myself Now let’s see some piccies of these beauties
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Post by Craig on Jun 8, 2019 11:50:23 GMT
Thanks Martin, I'll post some pics as soon as I can, I've got one of those hectic weekends!
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Post by ocarolan on Jun 8, 2019 18:12:47 GMT
Congrats Craig! I'm looking forward to seeing them too.
Don't let semi-retirement fool you - complete retirement is better still!
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Post by Craig on Jun 8, 2019 18:59:55 GMT
Thats two years away Keith, I have to slog through two days a week until then 😁
Craig
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Post by bleatoid on Jun 8, 2019 20:54:27 GMT
Thirty odd years of self restraint is very admirable Craig - but something had to give... Of course, it goes without saying that with three new 'leccies on the rack, the rig needs rebalancing......when exactly did you last buy a new amp? Go on - you know you deserve it... Enjoy!
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Post by Craig on Jun 9, 2019 10:27:13 GMT
when exactly did you last buy a new amp? Quite recently bleatoid, when I discovered the Cornford Roadhouse :-) Craig
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Post by Craig on Jun 9, 2019 13:08:52 GMT
As promised, pictures Craig
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Post by delb0y on Jun 10, 2019 6:45:07 GMT
Oh, I'm looking forward to retirement now if this is the sort of thing that happens!
I bought a Strat in '79. Nobody warned me off, thankfully, and it's still going well. I do like them. :-)
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Post by grayn on Jun 10, 2019 12:39:37 GMT
Very nice trio there. Though I think you should complete the ensemble with a Tele and a nice Semi.
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Post by walkingdecay on Jun 10, 2019 15:28:58 GMT
Very nice trio there. Though I think you should complete the ensemble with a Tele and a nice Semi. This. Then you'll play the Tele most of the time and look fondly on the sculptural qualities of the rest.
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Post by Craig on Jun 11, 2019 7:08:44 GMT
Stop trying to get me in trouble guys 😁
I had agreed with my wife on the PRS and a strat, she was quite gracious over the les paul!
When I was getting the strat I was in a room with about 50-60 custom shop strats and teles and I knew I had to leave the teles alone, she might not have been so gracious with 2 more than we'd agreed.
Craig
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Post by grayn on Jun 11, 2019 7:57:10 GMT
Stop trying to get me in trouble guys 😁 I had agreed with my wife on the PRS and a strat, she was quite gracious over the les paul! When I was getting the strat I was in a room with about 50-60 custom shop strats and teles and I knew I had to leave the teles alone, she might not have been so gracious with 2 more than we'd agreed. Craig CHICKEN!!!
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