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  1. Hi S s - thanks for sharing that story. Hope you get a good balance goin' with the right guitar - sure it happens sooner or later. The best Sunday to you
  2. The non-torrefried True Vintage models turned into what you have on the way, , , , and then some 60s with fixed bridge and others occurred. Recommend you dive into that yourself. It's too complicated to write about - compared to how relatively un-complicated it is to do the research. So a couple of groovy hours ahead tomorrow. Ideal Sunday stuff while waiting. . . .
  3. Very beautiful guitar - this looks like the Vintage version to me. Perhaps the first year they were introduced taking over from the so called True Vintage. Meaning torrifried top, that style of tuners, thinner finish. Lucky to find a lefty - wonder how long you have been searching. Hope it lives up to the stunning look.
  4. Point taken - but opening that can is risky business as it leads to so many other themes in life. Where are the reasonable limits in this existence > how many ice-creams, how many things in the fridge, how many holidays and journeys abroad, , how many square-meters to live on, how big a lawn, how many cars, dogs, friends, , , children, , , and wives. . A what about the guy who keeps a herd of 5 motorbikes but lives in a small room in some attic with nothing more. Besides, what is the philosophical reason* for comparing ones weekly meals'n'menus with uncle Benno's granddad who lived his entire life on onion soup and cold boiled water. I have a few friends who a remarkably purist. Fine, , , but now that they've been aware of that for 25 years, isn't time to ask themselves why and how it turned out that way. *Notice I don't say political 😺
  5. Plus 1 - a little 'this is me* mark. A reminder from a fret rarely used : Hey, you should come here more often. . . But yes, in the big picture, absolutely far out
  6. Your archive is appreciated and makes perfectos sense here. It adds a special weight to the Board - just like many other stores of insight knowledge wisdom behind these pages. Keep pickin'
  7. As a matter of fact in 2022 - 'ere we go, , , or went. .
  8. This topic was up not so long ago and the responses were more or less the same. Looong story short = Jez, J-45/50/slope SJ can definitely be fingerpicked. Some of the finest popular folk-tunes from the golden era between 1965 and 75 should prove it in case anybody is in doubt. Hard to see why the short scale would be in the way for max f-p. Quite the opposite, I'm tempted to say. .
  9. Actually long-distance-bought 2 similar guits around New Year with the idea to choose the best. They had different heights (and action) - and 2 significantly different out-puts. Idea was to pick the strong one and lower it a tad. Not too experienced, I chose to follow the guide-videos on the Tube - then go by ear from there. Didn't want max power - needed to 'drain' a bit to find its soul.
  10. A good deal of what you're saying is recognized here. Those are clear and though versatile very powerful p-ups. Wonder if you have a 'height-policy'. . . 🤓
  11. New behind the ES-335 here - but 1 thing learned already is that the pick-ups mean SO much if you go for some of the classic virtues of this model. They came with the legendary PAFs and though celebrated like the handles of holy grail, those pups had no 1-dimensional formula and thus can't really be measured by other than an overall timbre'n'soul. From then on the pick-ups changed and changed again on a seemingly endless voyage up through time. My brand new Satin Vintage has the relatively new T-type Calibrated, which is fine and versatile, strong, sensitive, warm and somewhat 'creamy'. Not sure it can come up with the well-known and beloved jazzy voice of the early ones though - then again neither sure I'm after that particular sound. Besides the T-types (which are a bow to the plus/minus 1970 version) offer some sort of upgraded version of the mentioned jazziness. And that's not bad at all. . . Look forward to hear what you experience. .
  12. We need another comment from Nick - just to be sure his ship remains 'bove the waterline ~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  13. Well, well, it's alive, , , and will still be able to tell tales. .
  14. What a burgundy-beaut. Are those P-90s ? Great post. Happy you're happy about the remarkable Gibson.
  15. If it's a new guitar straight from the production line, it shouldn't look like that, full stop. Hard to understand why Gibson let issues like this cast a shadow over the brand. Don't they know people talk. That means the world. My brand new over 3 kilo ES-335 had bindings fitting so bad they must have been fabricated by an imbecile on the plant - employed there as some kind of social experiment.
  16. Agree ^ and maybe Paul got there before George. There's something up'n'light to the tiny 4-string that didn't match Harrison's early solo years.
  17. I'd like to hear you crack that to George. .
  18. And so , , ? Btw. are you sure. . .
  19. Just meant : There's always a safe way back to Uke-land. Let's say a stabile corridor between the 2.
  20. The WW1 Luftwaffe-theme on the bridge is underlined by the propeller here. How about a Red Baron decal. Glad another good guitar was found. U can return to ukes anytime. . .
  21. Never sold a guitar that appealed so much to me it seemed like a keeper, so no regrets. Hard to pick a spezial No 1. But my 1980 Gibson-re-topped, 2012 re-necked now long-scale 1966 Country Western is irreplaceable. There's simply nothing or no one like it on earth. The Harrison Les Paul is unique. Was originally a goldtop with PAF pups. It was refinished by Gibson in approx 1966, SG style. I plus band too was booked to play for H.A. many many years ago - by the director of a film about them. A week before the premiere they gunned down a man or 2 and I thereafter withdrew. A move also never regretted.
  22. Point taken - but the knowledge of those finer nuances needed before actually pressing the green button isn't necessary when trying to navigate on the 'overall sea' of a model or a series. At that stage the videos often do spectacularly good jobs as compasses and path-finders. Would be a shame to rule them out.
  23. Well, , if you are sceptical about the testers not providing decent tests (but wanting to cheat), the Tube isn't the place for you. Then again you seem to be experienced enough to both evaluate the presented sounds and the people behind them. In my opinion most of them do a good job - they are passionate about the trade and careful for their own & their shop's reputation. If once landing under a black cloud here, there's hardly a way out. Soon the rumour will undermine your platform and drag it down the swamps.
  24. Everything look fine - it's a Hummingbird Standard (opposed to the True Vintage models from those years). Has embedded flora/fauna, Grovers and a black-ring-rosette. * I had one of these - a very yellow flier without any dot over the l. Sounded good but almost too sweet. Was necessary to return it after a week. * Also slightly heavier back braces than the TV.
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