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Post by geddarby on Feb 20, 2021 21:45:56 GMT
francis you should have made your own, you lazy sod!  - I have (a Les Paul) but it's 2 B heavy, mahogany body with carved maple top etc. I've also built a dot335 look-a-like... OK francis my arse has been kicked and my tail is between my legs  I’m just envious ( but you should have bought a sunburst, because we all know that they sound best) |
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Post by andrewjw on Feb 20, 2021 22:01:25 GMT
An Arctic snowburst a very close second possibly.. ?!  Inn(u)it !? |
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Post by earthbalm on Feb 21, 2021 8:55:59 GMT
geddarby - I have (a Les Paul) but it's 2 B heavy, mahogany body with carved maple top etc. I've also built a dot335 look-a-like... OK francis my arse has been kicked and my tail is between my legs I’m just envious ( but you should have bought a sunburst, because we all know that they sound best) Sunburst and double bound à la Andy Summers  . |
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Post by scorpiodog on Feb 22, 2021 12:55:59 GMT
In a few months time, Francis  you might consider buying one of these.Then you'll never have to waste any time going to the shops to buy pedals. Congrats on the new baby. Looks lovely. When will you be forming a band, then? |
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Post by francis on Feb 25, 2021 11:35:31 GMT
Well I have a Fender Frontman amp and a Roland Cube x30 andf just bought a Vox Clean headphone amp so I don't have to worry about plugging in to a mains socket. Plus it's keeps all the errors for my ears only (there's lots of those).
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Post by andrewjw on Feb 25, 2021 13:16:47 GMT
Well I have a Fender Frontman amp and a Roland Cube x30 andf just bought a Vox Clean headphone amp so I don't have to worry about plugging in to a mains socket. Plus it's keeps all the errors for my ears only (there's lots of those). Sounds like you are well tooled up Francis ... I'm a bit concerned about your extra ears [you only had the regulation number when we last met]...a vaccination side effect maybe?  |
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Post by francis on Feb 25, 2021 14:28:48 GMT
Well I have a Fender Frontman amp and a Roland Cube x30 andf just bought a Vox Clean headphone amp so I don't have to worry about plugging in to a mains socket. Plus it's keeps all the errors for my ears only (there's lots of those). Sounds like you are well tooled up Francis ... I'm a bit concerned about your extra ears [you only had the regulation number when we last met]...a vaccination side effect maybe? I don't get me jab till next week so can't blame that.... |
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Post by sweyne1 on Jun 5, 2021 17:17:23 GMT
I took my parlour to Francis a few weeks ago for a little job to be done. While there he said do you fancy buying a telecaster. He said he was having problems adapting to the neck - nut width and neck shape. I said i'd think about it and decide before picking up the parlour. Well, I thought about it. And bought it . I mentioned on some other thread a while ago that i'd thought about selling my strat (American Standard) that I hardly play, buying a far east tele and keeping the balance of the money for my next foray into GAS. At the time I asked my brother if he wanted to sell me his tele only for him to say he'd sold it just a short while before. So when Francis offered his one it seemed like fate. No need for me to post any pics because you can just check out the one Francis posted. As you'd imagine it's immaculate given it's only 4 months old. You mentioned Keith about changing the strings to 10's (not enough tension). I will change them fairly soon but at the moment i'm in the process of trying to get my granddaughter interested in playing and she'll find these easier for her little fingers to press down. Anyway, now i'm stuck with four acoustics and two electrics. Terrible life isn't it  John |
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Post by francis on Jun 5, 2021 20:07:04 GMT
Enjoy John, sweyne1 It's not quite as I bought it: I adjusted the nut to get the strings aproximately near to the first fret, adjusted the saddle pieces too so they sat at the same radius, polished the frets and tightened a few screws holding the tuners on... |
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Post by sweyne1 on Jun 5, 2021 21:26:00 GMT
Actually you did mention that Francis now I come to think of it. So it's actually better than new really. I don't have to do anything. Just play it. The best deal  John |
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