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thecontrolcentre wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 12:39 am
Bombadil wrote: Sun Dec 19, 2021 11:03 pm Thankee. I just wish I had someone to play them with.
I've had the same issue since moving up to the Borders ... and Covid doesn't help
There's a small scene in Berwick , but that's 20 odd miles away (on country roads)
I've started teaching a mate to play, but it'll be a while 'til he can play well enough to jam.

Here's a picture I found of me and my Tokai Breezysound taken in 1990 :)

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I should never have sold that guitar ... :love:
I hope it works out for you! There's a guy, next building over, who plays piano. In 2020, he did little concerts for the neighbours during one of the lockdowns. Musical tastes may clash, though. I don't do Manilow.
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Here are my classical guitars:
2018 Hanika 54PF (Palisander/Fichte, Rosewood/Spruce);
2007 Hanika 54 PC (Palisander/Cedar). All solid woods.

I bought the spruce top because I prefer the sharper attack of the spruce, although both are beautiful. Hanika is a German guitar builder, and they make great guitars. These are toward the lower-end of their line, but still not cheap. The cases in the background hold my Lakewood gits.
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From a live gig in 2013 (I'm somewhat greyer nowadays, and beardier too), but still in everyday use (the guitar that is). It's a PRS Santana SE which I customised the electronics on:

- I removed the volume control and soldered a resistor across the output for fixed volume

- I replaced the volume control with a toggle switch, so I can switch from the output of the 3 way pickup selector+tone control straight to bridge pickup in one go

- I subsequently (about 2-3 years ago?) did Craig Anderton's LED mod (https://craiganderton.org/transient-tamer-diy-project/) - to be honest, I'm not sure I can tell much difference, but I'm happy with the sound I'm getting now so...
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Put Seymour Duncan '59s on this, my Stanford CR Marquee. Serious improvement across the board to the original pups. No muddiness, everything clear as a bell.
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Nice looking guitar! Does it have the Huberesque neck joint? I saw one advertised a while ago for silly money but had never heard of the Stanford brand at the time. They're from the Maybach family aren't they?

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Yep, they're Maybach's Chinese models. Nitro-lacquer, which is really nice. If it been a cheaper model, it would've been like dipped in a vat of polyurathene.
Last April, I was looking for a semi-acoustic, but most of the cheap usual suspects were having logistics issues. Thought it over, decided to sell one to pay for the new one. It's a Stanford Crossroads 35 AV. Cost a bit, but it is my best electric axe. Come last Christmas, I decided to let go of another of my electrics that I never played, and bought the Marquee, above.
Both were perfect out of the box. The neck is fatter on the Marquee, kinda like a beefy old Gibson neck. The neck on the CR-35, is more of a gentle c, perfect for my hand. I see them going second hand, and I have to wonder why, because these are really good guitars. Switching out the pups takes the Marquis to the next level, though! :hyper:

No idea what kind of joint, long tenon, maybe.
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Sounds like a keeper then :tu:

The Huber neck joint is kind of the reverse of a "normal" joint with the neck overlapping the body. Looks a bit wrong but it's supposed to work well

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Yes, it does! Access to the higher frets is easier.
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uh! forget it! Bloody spam filter. :evil:

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Bombadil wrote: Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:43 pm Put Seymour Duncan '59s on this,
trying to say this is nice.

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It is, thanks!
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fretboard wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:02 pm uh! forget it! Bloody spam filter. :evil:
5 posts should kill that :tu:

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vurt wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:08 pm
fretboard wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:02 pm uh! forget it! Bloody spam filter. :evil:
5 posts should kill that :tu:
All I did was quote the post above to comment on the guitar. Got hit with a SPAM filter!! :lol:

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fretboard wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:09 pm
vurt wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:08 pm
fretboard wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:02 pm uh! forget it! Bloody spam filter. :evil:
5 posts should kill that :tu:
All I did was quote the post above to comment on the guitar. Got hit with a SPAM filter!! :lol:
You previously didn't have enough posts. You do now :)

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indeed, and welcome aboard.

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