Author Topic: Curse that Ebay and all it's Sparkly Treasures . . . . ! (Read 1539 times)

Roadkill · « **on:** November 24, 2011, 06:44:37 pm »

Thought I'd dust of the Guitar and start playing . . . or "playing" again . . .

Mine needed repairs so I thought in the interim I'd pick up a cheapie to get me going . . .

Note - My original is the one in the middle still needing a bridge.

Roadkill · « **Reply #1 on:** November 24, 2011, 06:46:05 pm »

I'm after somin' with a Bigsby, next.

Andy · « **Reply #2 on:** November 24, 2011, 07:07:14 pm »

Is this the unofficial official guitar thread?

*runs to photobucket for links*

F Body · « **Reply #3 on:** November 24, 2011, 07:17:52 pm »

Quoting: Roadkill

I'm after somin' with a Bigsby, next.

I think you should go with something classic

Gator · « **Reply #4 on:** November 24, 2011, 09:45:09 pm »

phil X is bril wastes a few hours of my time he does

guitar is just unspeakably good you get far more out than you put in

good purchases there mr kill

need any help gis a shout

my next shiny treasure, ive gone a bit rockabilly

thats a caddy colour btw

ianjpage · « **Reply #5 on:** November 24, 2011, 09:49:15 pm »

err OK how come you got that many!

Andy · « **Reply #6 on:** November 24, 2011, 10:16:29 pm »

Quoting: Gator

Sweet Jesus! Nice!

Roadkill · « **Reply #7 on:** November 25, 2011, 12:46:32 am »

Quoting: Gator

my next shiny treasure, ive gone a bit rockabilly

Quoting: Roadkill

I'm after somin' with a Bigsby, next.

The older I get the more I dig Rockabilly.

Just acquired Mike Ness's two solo albums (one more country, the other more Rockabilly) and they're fantastic.

I'll get a Gretsch one day soon.

. . . . And a double bass.

Roadkill · « **Reply #8 on:** November 25, 2011, 12:50:48 am »

Quoting: ianjpage

err OK how come you got that many!

It was nearly more !!

It's not as bad as it looks . . . Got one of the Bass guitars then a better one came up so I had two.
Brought the Les Paul (copy) as I always wanted one but was used to the strat-style so got one of them, too, while I'm relearning . . . . the other strat is bits of my old guitar cobbled together with bits from eBay . . . I doubt it'll sound great, but I needed to at least get it working again . . . . Hence . . . Five.

I'm eyeing a double bass . . . . and a semi-hollow body / bigsby combo is simply too cool NOT to have.

FUBAR · « **Reply #9 on:** November 25, 2011, 12:52:22 am »

Nice! got a good collection going there m8!

Roadkill · « **Reply #10 on:** November 25, 2011, 12:54:46 am »

Quoting: FUBAR

Nice! got a good collection going there m8!

There's plenty of space for more !

Although I'd better let the bank account recharge for a bit, first. It's been an expensive week !

Note to self - Need an Amp for the Basses . . . .

Andy · « **Reply #11 on:** November 25, 2011, 06:44:37 am »

How big of an amp do you want?

I *might* be getting rid of my gigging amp, it's a Hartke HA2500 rackmounted with a Korg DTR2000 in a Gator case. Comes with a 4x10 ally driver cab and a 1x15 ally driver cab.

Roadkill · « **Reply #12 on:** November 25, 2011, 12:14:45 pm »

Quoting: Andy

How big of an amp do you want?

I've got a Marshall Valvestate 65W for my Guitars so was looking for something similar for the Basses . . . . Especially as I've technically only just started playing again - a medium sized combo makes sense.

Andy · « **Reply #13 on:** November 25, 2011, 12:21:29 pm »

Ah yes, a little over compensating then, this is my old touring rig so I don't use it anymore.

Check out the 'kickback' range from Hartke, they do a little 10" ally driver one that was pretty freaking impressive when I last had a go on one. Get some great tones from ally cones, should really make your EB-3 sound great too!

Gator · « **Reply #14 on:** November 25, 2011, 07:42:30 pm »

Dean

fender hotrod [of course] 40w valve amp in grabber orange with racing stripes I had a pedalboard made in the same scheme

and it sounds friggin awesome

by coincidence got a 1st band rehearsal with it tomorrow

Roadkill · « **Reply #15 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:44:57 pm »

Quoting: Roadkill

Note - My original is the one in the middle still needing a bridge.

Got the bridge/tremolo/whammy in today. It's a hybrid of over six different guitars so I was expecting it to sound shite . . . . surprisingly enough it sounds good. Really good. And considering I was the one who soldered most of the connections (not really knowing what I was doing) there's no hissing either so I'm guessing I got everything in the right place.

Used the bridge from the Raptor and replaced it with a toploader hardtail set up . . . fitted new strings - just needs tuning. Tomorrow !

Looking forward to spending some time trying to pick up somewhere near where I left off 15 years ago - and I was certainly never good, then, either.

Andy · « **Reply #16 on:** November 25, 2011, 11:25:29 pm »

How long has it been left with strings off?

Just curious as the truss rod may need adjusting to bring the action down without any fret buzz. There's only so much saddle height adjustment you can do on a well bent neck before you need to look at adjusting the truss. It may however be fine.

My brothers old Fender Squire strat had that issue when he stored it for a couple of years with no strings on it.

Good like though, get those finger tips bleedin'!

Roadkill · « **Reply #17 on:** November 26, 2011, 11:50:37 am »

Quoting: Andy

How long has it been left with strings off?

Only days.

art b · « **Reply #18 on:** November 26, 2011, 01:00:59 pm »

ebay is the work of the devil..