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Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:07 am

tapper mike wrote:Whenever I sell a guitar remorse sets in. Even though a great number of my guitars sit and collect dust.

I dont sell guitars, they are part of the family...however if I had a les paul it would be an embarrassment to the family and disowned

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:38 am

I loved the way my Les Pauls sounded and played. I hated the wieght. It got to be that I'd take mine to gigs, play the first set with the paul and the rest with the strat. Both left me in heartbreaks one stolen the other broken by my cousin.

Ian B · Post by **Ian B** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:28 am

Ian B wrote:
hibidy wrote:I was jusssst thinking about this thread

Bummer about the bigsby.
It seems to have eased somewhat after a bit of use, tho' is still not quite right.

The improvement continues

tho' I doubt it'll never cope with dive-bombing but it'll never get that off me. Steve at Skylark suggested I replace the spring with a genuine Bigsby but I've always thought these trems were sealed units. Seemingly not so it's a idea worth considering, tho' the initial googling for Bigsby springs in the UK hasn't been very helpful.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:35 am

It's interesting. Though completely a different guitar, my ibby's require quite a bit of extra "love" to get them right. As an example, I have to put chapstick on the knife edges of my trems (even the newest one!)

My point being that these type of mods are commonly being used by all walks of guitarists.

Odd though, he recommended it and didn't have a source?

Ian B · Post by **Ian B** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:28 am

He told me a few people who'd bought Skylark guitars that had these Bigsby style trems had changed the springs, so yeah, a source would have been nice. If push comes to shove I can always replace the trem entirely as I'll have the money because I won't won't be upgrading the stock pups. It seems to be a Bigsby B7 copy, easy enough to get but a tad pricey with gold finish, tho' a B70 is much cheaper but I'm unsure about any differences between the two types.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:44 am

Well, it really is a lovely guitar!

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:46 pm

tapper mike wrote:I loved the way my Les Pauls sounded and played. I hated the wieght.

My Orville Les Paul has the sound and feel of a great Les Paul without the weight (or at least not as much of it). I assume it's all mahogany and that's what makes it so light. The Seymour Duncan Custom 5 pickup is really what made that guitar come alive, it sounds like ZZ Top now.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:43 am

The emg 60 is just amazing. No placebo here, it's LIGHT YEARS imho from the 81. Of course, everyone is different.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:31 am

Ian B · Post by **Ian B** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 5:13 pm

hibidy wrote:Well, it really is a lovely guitar!

And it's getting more and more impressive the more I play it

Granted the trem is still not 100% reliable and it hasn't got the slimmest of necks nor the lowest action out of all my guitars, but the neck is amazingly fast for a reason I can't put my finger on. I actually caught myself shredding last night, well in as far as my very, very shoddy/loose technique will let me anyway.

It's probably the stock pups I'm most pleased with, normally by now with a new guitar I've either bought replacements or they're imminent, but there's no reason whatsoever to change these

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:16 pm

Kawai bass with graphite neck, koa body, and Schaller hardware, who woulda' thought?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/90s-Kawai-RB-11 ... 500wt_1071

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:35 pm

a blend control too eric

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:48 pm

Uncle E wrote:Kawai bass with graphite neck, koa body, and Schaller hardware, who woulda' thought?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/90s-Kawai-RB-11 ... 500wt_1071

sweet!

Speaking of basses, I was looking at carvins. I'm not really serious right now but...........

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:58 pm

awww yeah!

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:10 pm

I started thinking about those rasmus guitars and looking around at them but they are made in China. I have more than one reason why that is a turn off......so.......

Your next guitar?