I'm done. GAS cured. No more gear.

guitars4you

I can certainly see a gap for a good  Strat and the Thirsk show is only a few weeks away !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DB1

I do have a CS Strat in Daphne Blue - still very happy with the Lucille and 6120 Chet Blueburst that I got from...... you. :-)

They were one of the first two in the 'collection' and I look at your website often still. The Chet might be going up for sale, in all honesty, as my eyes are bigger than my wallet (big eyes, small wallet!) and I need to fund the L5 Signature without selling my wife and kids, although there's a thought.....

Phil_aka_Pip

@crunchman  ; I've got a JV Squier Strat. It has its uses, but I don't think I'll be buying anything Fender in either the short or the long term

crunchman

Phil_aka_Pip said:

@crunchman  ; I've got a JV Squier Strat. It has its uses, but I don't think I'll be buying anything Fender in either the short or the long term

Everyone should have a Tele.

terada

crunchman said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

@crunchman  ; I've got a JV Squier Strat. It has its uses, but I don't think I'll be buying anything Fender in either the short or the long term

Everyone should have a Tele.

or two

Phil_aka_Pip

crunchman said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

@crunchman  ; I've got a JV Squier Strat. It has its uses, but I don't think I'll be buying anything Fender in either the short or the long term

Everyone should have a Tele.

If you say so but I don't like them. Although I don't mind them when they're being played by someone that knows how to handle them. Same with Spanish guitars really ...

Fishboy7

DB1 said:

I think I need counselling. I was a bass player for a few years, and then drifted away from playing (by popular demand!) and then did a bit of six string stuff on and off, until I decided to try and take it a bit more seriously a couple of years ago by getting into more of the jazz/blues/swing/jump stuff that I like. That was accompanied by an interest in the guitars themselves, as my only guitar of note up to that point had been a Mexican Strat. I thought I'd get an Italia Torino to start things off, as I liked the look of it, and it was nice enough. But.....

I have bought and sold well over 50 in the last two years, and now have something like 15 Gibsons (the oldest a 1938 ES-150 CC and the newest a 2016 ES-275), a couple of Fenders, a couple of Gretsch 6120's an Epiphone Elite Byrdland, and a couple of others. It has been as high as 32 in the 'guitar room'. I have an L5 Signature coming and two more vintage Gibsons on the way. I will be putting a couple up for sale over the weekend though, as something has to give. I'm obsessed with it, and I'm now taking an unhealthy interest in the Grez Guitars and Dan Dunham websites.

I've never bothered with pedals, but am now on the lookout for a couple of specific ones including the Nocturne Jr Barnyard. I have even switched my attention to amps and hope to be buying a couple more in the next week or so.

I needed something to switch my attention away from cars, and it's certainly done that. I've even found myself devoting time to thinking about which guitars, I really, really need, and then justifying all of them. It's a bit silly really, and I'm old enough to know better.



But I love it.

How do you like the ES275? That's on my hit list. 

Jota

I don't buy an amp since 2011.

My last guitar was bought in March 2017.

Pedals have been a problem. For years I only bought and kept the ones I needed but lately I've been buying and keeping a few that I like even if I don't have use for them at the moment.

Since I bought a Klone last month I've been feeling no need for more gear except for a new pedalboard. Hope it stays like this for a while cause money is tight.

DB1

Fishboy7 said:

DB1 said:

I think I need counselling. I was a bass player for a few years, and then drifted away from playing (by popular demand!) and then did a bit of six string stuff on and off, until I decided to try and take it a bit more seriously a couple of years ago by getting into more of the jazz/blues/swing/jump stuff that I like. That was accompanied by an interest in the guitars themselves, as my only guitar of note up to that point had been a Mexican Strat. I thought I'd get an Italia Torino to start things off, as I liked the look of it, and it was nice enough. But.....

I have bought and sold well over 50 in the last two years, and now have something like 15 Gibsons (the oldest a 1938 ES-150 CC and the newest a 2016 ES-275), a couple of Fenders, a couple of Gretsch 6120's an Epiphone Elite Byrdland, and a couple of others. It has been as high as 32 in the 'guitar room'. I have an L5 Signature coming and two more vintage Gibsons on the way. I will be putting a couple up for sale over the weekend though, as something has to give. I'm obsessed with it, and I'm now taking an unhealthy interest in the Grez Guitars and Dan Dunham websites.

I've never bothered with pedals, but am now on the lookout for a couple of specific ones including the Nocturne Jr Barnyard. I have even switched my attention to amps and hope to be buying a couple more in the next week or so.

I needed something to switch my attention away from cars, and it's certainly done that. I've even found myself devoting time to thinking about which guitars, I really, really need, and then justifying all of them. It's a bit silly really, and I'm old enough to know better.



But I love it.

How do you like the ES275? That's on my hit list. 

I like it - mine's the rosewood board, with the trapeze tailpiece. It's odd really, because it's the cheaper end of the 2016 ES-275 range, but the more expensive models had Richlite, which seemed a bit at odds, if you know what I mean. I'd wondered about getting the one with the P90's but I've a few P90 equipped guitars.

It's light, being hollowbodied, and had a nice jazz/blues sound and is an easy player. Oddly enough, it might be one of the ones that go up for sale when I get back to the UK tomorrow (I'm in France at the moment) as I'm going for an L-5 Signature and wonder if they'll be too similar. I'm probably having a bit of a sale of 'same-type' guitars, thanks to 'the auction sites' latest £1 commission offer.

Its nothing against the ES-275 though, as it's a nice guitar, and I may well keep it. 

Bridgehouse

Mods - this thread should be in the Classifieds 

guitars4you

Bridgehouse said:

Mods - this thread should be in the Classifieds 

should be banned - potential customers not buying - what the 'eck is that about

chris78

terada said:

crunchman said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

@crunchman  ; I've got a JV Squier Strat. It has its uses, but I don't think I'll be buying anything Fender in either the short or the long term

Everyone should have a Tele.

or two

Cough, seven.

Anyone who believes they have a complete collection without a single tele or strat is sadly deluded

djspecialist

@shaunm what happened to your MJWs?

shaunm

djspecialist said:

@shaunm what happened to your MJWs?

GAS

Teyeplayer

Looks to me like you’ve nailed quality over quantity on the guitar front. When it comes to amps though I agree with this:

sweepy said:

You need a Princeton to run in stereo for a start

Nitefly

LOL your GAS is cured. 

And I'm the Easter Bunny...

Nitefly

DB1 said:

I think I need counselling. I was a bass player for a few years, and then drifted away from playing (by popular demand!) and then did a bit of six string stuff on and off, until I decided to try and take it a bit more seriously a couple of years ago by getting into more of the jazz/blues/swing/jump stuff that I like. That was accompanied by an interest in the guitars themselves, as my only guitar of note up to that point had been a Mexican Strat. I thought I'd get an Italia Torino to start things off, as I liked the look of it, and it was nice enough. But.....

I have bought and sold well over 50 in the last two years, and now have something like 15 Gibsons (the oldest a 1938 ES-150 CC and the newest a 2016 ES-275), a couple of Fenders, a couple of Gretsch 6120's an Epiphone Elite Byrdland, and a couple of others. It has been as high as 32 in the 'guitar room'. I have an L5 Signature coming and two more vintage Gibsons on the way. I will be putting a couple up for sale over the weekend though, as something has to give. I'm obsessed with it, and I'm now taking an unhealthy interest in the Grez Guitars and Dan Dunham websites.

I've never bothered with pedals, but am now on the lookout for a couple of specific ones including the Nocturne Jr Barnyard. I have even switched my attention to amps and hope to be buying a couple more in the next week or so.

I needed something to switch my attention away from cars, and it's certainly done that. I've even found myself devoting time to thinking about which guitars, I really, really need, and then justifying all of them. It's a bit silly really, and I'm old enough to know better.



But I love it.

@DB1 - "Epiphone Elite Byrdland"... tell me more, please!

shaunm

shaunm said:

djspecialist said:

@shaunm what happened to your MJWs?

GAS

Sorry @djspecialist I was rather flippant there.

I used the two MJW’s for the first album I did with my band and although I liked the sound I wanted something a little different for the follow up. 

The reason I have the Laneys are that I find them super inspiring to play, in fact I always have. Since 2008 I’ve had them on and off, I am always pleased with the tone when I plug into them and they take pedals really well. 

The JTM45 simply because to my it’s the best blues rock club amplifier made. I don’t class myself as a blues player but the tone is just right both clean and pushed a little.

I loved the MJW amps but I had taken my sound as far as I could with that set up. 

Oh oh and because of GAS

DB1

Nitefly said:

DB1 said:

I think I need counselling. I was a bass player for a few years, and then drifted away from playing (by popular demand!) and then did a bit of six string stuff on and off, until I decided to try and take it a bit more seriously a couple of years ago by getting into more of the jazz/blues/swing/jump stuff that I like. That was accompanied by an interest in the guitars themselves, as my only guitar of note up to that point had been a Mexican Strat. I thought I'd get an Italia Torino to start things off, as I liked the look of it, and it was nice enough. But.....

I have bought and sold well over 50 in the last two years, and now have something like 15 Gibsons (the oldest a 1938 ES-150 CC and the newest a 2016 ES-275), a couple of Fenders, a couple of Gretsch 6120's an Epiphone Elite Byrdland, and a couple of others. It has been as high as 32 in the 'guitar room'. I have an L5 Signature coming and two more vintage Gibsons on the way. I will be putting a couple up for sale over the weekend though, as something has to give. I'm obsessed with it, and I'm now taking an unhealthy interest in the Grez Guitars and Dan Dunham websites.

I've never bothered with pedals, but am now on the lookout for a couple of specific ones including the Nocturne Jr Barnyard. I have even switched my attention to amps and hope to be buying a couple more in the next week or so.

I needed something to switch my attention away from cars, and it's certainly done that. I've even found myself devoting time to thinking about which guitars, I really, really need, and then justifying all of them. It's a bit silly really, and I'm old enough to know better.



But I love it.

@DB1 - "Epiphone Elite Byrdland"... tell me more, please!

I'd read a bit about them, and this one came up at a really good price at Richtone Music in January. I bought it without trying it, which is unusual for me, but it's absolutely lovely. The build quality (Terada) is first class and it looks and feels fabulous. Mine's a 2003 model, so it's named 'Elite', rather than 'Elitist', as I think Ovation forced Epiphone to change from Elite. 2003, as far as I'm aware, is the only time that they wore the 'Elite' badge. 

It's also the more rare sunburst (as opposed to natural) and has a lovely patina about it, almost 'vintage' - the sound is as mellow or as pokey as you want it to be - I tend to go towards the jazz/blues feel and it's perfect. The Byrdland has become almost a mythical thing - there's so few about, and the search engines usually come up with 'sold' examples, so I didn't really hesitate to get it, and I'm glad that I did. The 23.5 scale (as in the Gibson Byrd) isn't to everyone's taste, and I don't think that I'd have it as an 'only' guitar, but its lovely to have. People just don't seem to sell them though. I won't bore you with the specs, and you probably know the story about Gibson asking Epiphone to produce the best possible quality Byrd, only to stop them producing it when they realised that people weren't buying the Gibson version. 

The specs are impressive, and the fit, quality, feel of it are top drawer - I tried a Gibson Byrdland shortly after I bought it and wouldn't have swapped it for the Gibson - not that the Gibson was bad, far from it, but the Epi felt 'friendlier', somehow - plus I don't think I'd have spent Gibson money on a 23.5 " scale guitar, to be honest.

I would recommend to anyone 'if you find one, buy it' - I'm a bit of a fan of Epiphones, particularly the Korean ones, but this sets the bar a lot higher in all respects. 

Keefy

The best antidote to GAS that I have found is to work out which bit of kit I have used least in the last 3 months, then spend an hour or two playing with it and appreciating the things it does well.