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profi182 · Post by **profi182** » Mon Jul 07, 2025 1:40 pm

Had been eyeing up a guitar with an Evertune bridge for a while and finally pulled the trigger on an ESP LTD EC-1000. Plays like a dream and haven't even needed to re-string it, the tuning stability is so good!

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Mon Jul 07, 2025 4:14 pm

Flawless guitar. Everything about it is great, from the looks to the pickups, and of course the Evertune. What year is it?

WatchTheGuitar · Post by **WatchTheGuitar** » Tue Jul 08, 2025 12:35 pm

Ordered a B stock Strymon Deco V2 from Andertons. A hundred quid off the normal price just because it has a scratch on the underside of the unit. Been wanting one for a while.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Tue Jul 08, 2025 2:17 pm

That’s a great one!

pekbro · Post by **pekbro** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 7:01 pm

Buddies trying to sell me a 2007 Memphis CS, ES 339. Considering it, not much experience with hollow electrics.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 7:48 pm

Pretty guitar with an interesting construction technique. The small size looks strange to me. I want to look like BB King when I hold a semi-hollow.

WatchTheGuitar · Post by **WatchTheGuitar** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:16 pm

Deco v2 came today and I’m amazed, it’s 100% fine. The B stock label seems to have only been applied because the bottom of the Strymon cardboard box is a bit scruffy.
Hundred quid discount for that! Thank you very much.
Got it on my board now, had to move the reverb off but I was intending on having it as a send effect for my DAW anyway so all good. Loving the saturation on the Deco, it’s like a sonic glue.

stoopicus · Post by **stoopicus** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 9:05 pm

I keep buying and selling Revstars. I am on my fourth. I'll keep this one.

I am primarily a synth and bass player, guitar is #3 for me, so the cycle is always the same. Buy nice Revstar, don't play it often enough, sell it, later need guitar for new project, remember how much I love Revstars, repeat.

YnJ · Post by **YnJ** » Wed Aug 06, 2025 11:42 am

Revstars are really good, you can't go wrong with Yamaha

Anyway, I got an Eminence Texas Heat speaker. Love it, I'm definitely going to get another. I don't think I would fill a 4x12 with Texas Heat speakers only though, I should find something smoother to blend them with

I also got a second hand unused Celestion V-Type. For my taste it sounds too harsh, do these speakers get smoother when played in?

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Wed Aug 06, 2025 2:31 pm

You can spray fabric softener on to it to make it sound smoother. This is what Mark Samson used to do on the original Matchless amps.

YnJ · Post by **YnJ** » Thu Aug 07, 2025 10:22 am

Do you thin it out with water first? I looked it up on the internet, and there were mixed opinions about it. I got the speaker very cheap, so I might give it a try. I still want to take some caution though

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Aug 07, 2025 1:54 pm

I don’t thin it. I don’t use much when I do it. Just enough to cover it, 3-4 sprays per side.

The Noodlist · Post by **The Noodlist** » Thu Aug 07, 2025 5:41 pm

I got a budget (project) guitar @£75 delivered. It has a roasted maple neck and a full size poplar body.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F9PR4XXR
I was surprised to find it was a £139 GAK guitar (below), GAK has entered insolvency.

Edit: On inspection of the box and sticker offering 6 months free guitar lessons @tigermusic who are also selling a guitar very similar to the one mentioned on Amazon @£139 in 3 colours. and on their official website.

I'll drop in a budget pre-wired alnico pickguard and a spare full size block. Tuners might be OK, it tuned OK.

YnJ · Post by **YnJ** » Mon Aug 11, 2025 8:20 am

Uncle E wrote: Wed Aug 06, 2025 2:31 pm You can spray fabric softener on to it to make it sound smoother

I did, very gently. It does sound slightly smoother. I managed to cover it using only a couple of sprays per side, I think I'll leave it as it is now though. It complements the Texas Heat very nicely, I have them in a 2x12 and have the volume to the V-Type set lower than the Texas Heat, at a sweetspot I found after experimenting with different volume settings

I have two more second hand speakers I got dirt cheap on the way, a VOX VX12 and an Eminence Blackheart 1216B. I guess the Eminence is a more colorful bugdet variant of the Legend. We'll see if would have gotten more out of ordering a pizza instead or not by the end of the week

The Noodlist · Post by **The Noodlist** » Fri Aug 15, 2025 6:34 pm

Got a Crybaby GCB95 25 years+ after mine went missing. £89 @Amazon
I was looking at a multifunction FlipWah by Sonicake. Anyone tried it? The reviews looked mixed.

On another note. Gear4music have started releasing more of PMT's liquidated "Antiquity Guitars" stock.
A T-style @£50, new S-style colours and a Rickenbacker style semi is now being listed @£119.99
They call it the Antiquity Legends RB-GH1, it has mini humbuckers.

What guitar gear have you bought/are you buying/will you buy?