Sad parting - and wheeling and dealing....

[Ronnie Robinson]

Beautiful .....but let's move on ...what are you looking at?

[Les Paul Lover]

Beautiful .....but let's move on ...what are you looking at?

Not too sure to be honest.
I'm really enjoying this getting stuff and moving it on at the moment, it gives me the opportunity to try so much gear that you can't always get the chance to play and try out properly.

I've been eyeing up an OR50, but it's a hit far away... Ide really like to try one of those. Since I bought that duesenberg starplayer special, they are constantly on my watch list. I was very impressed with their entry level guitar, it was beautifully made, and sounded great.

They make their own pick ups, and they really are something different. Those humbuckers were right in between a paf and a single coil.... Great chiming highs..... Mmmhhhh......

[Les Paul Lover]

And here's the next arrival in the household!


A lovely gibson explorer traditional!
I've strictly picked that one up to make some cash, but that's one hell of a guitar. 2nd hand you can pick those up for £550 to £700, and they're really well made, include graph tech nut, and locking grover tuner!
I've picked mine up upgraded with bareknuckle pickups too - cold sweat in neck, painkiller in bridge..... They're both really excellent.

Between these 2 pick ups, you're covered from Jazz to sizzling metal, pretty impressive. The battleworn pick up cover are something different, but I like them a lot on that guitar !

I like the neck profile of these too. It feels wider and flatter that the 50s LP profile, but contrary to the 60s profile, the wider feel of the neck is very comfortable.

[thejay]

An explorer! Cool! I have thought about picking up another one. I had one years ago and sold it, was so thin sounding. It was a shame too b/c I loved the feel of that guitar.

[Les Paul Lover]

Yeah I've been really impressed with it.
It's actually very confortable to play, even sitting down, and the upper fret access us great too.

I'm wondering why yours sounded thin?? Did youbhave the classic 500t 496r pick up combo?
Mine has bareknuckle pick ups and the both sound great - the neck is big, warm, detailed, the bridge is thick and articulate, certainly packs a punch!!!!

I'm not going to keep that one, but it's a very nice axe, I'm glad I got my hands on that one!!!

[cddsix]

I was recently hit with the Explorer bug, ended up getting an Ibanez destroyer, and I love it, VERY massive thick sounding beast of a guitar, very shreddable neck dimension also.

I have owned and so many guitars and amps over the years, the major plus is that doing this have given me great first hand experience on so many different things, that now I really have a good idea what gear I would like to buy for the long haul and that I will be happy with. If you are proficient with reverb dot com and ebay and clist it is pretty easy to at least break even on purchases.

[Les Paul Lover]

I was recently hit with the Explorer bug, ended up getting an Ibanez destroyer, and I love it, VERY massive thick sounding beast of a guitar, very shreddable neck dimension also.

I have owned and so many guitars and amps over the years, the major plus is that doing this have given me great first hand experience on so many different things, that now I really have a good idea what gear I would like to buy for the long haul and that I will be happy with. If you are proficient with reverb dot com and ebay and clist it is pretty easy to at least break even on purchases.

I haven't ventured down the road if nice ibanez axes. They just strike me as harder to sell if I don't like them ?
But i've really enjoyed getting a variety of guitars and amp lately. It's been great fun trying them out, and pitting my own gear against it, it's been very refreshing and satisfying.

And a number of them I wouldn't have gotten to try otherwise, so I'm very pleased.

Tried that explorer again, these bareknuckle pick ups and the guitat are really excellent. Great fun whilst in my custody!!!!