guitar items you are looking forward to getting?

mike_l

My GAS list is currently empty.

Although it's the big 4-0 this year so something may be in the pipeline in a few months..........

Phil_aka_Pip

Nomad said:

An Ebow that I just added to a Thomann order. Never used one before.

The ebow is a most interesting device. I'm sure you will find lots of fun things to do with it

lasermonkey

Gizmotron II should be available next year. I've wanted one for about thirty years!

english_bob

Loobs said:

I wish you hadn't showed me this. So cool.

Which strings go on it? Heavier the better?

I'll let you know when I've got it I would assume fairly heavy. EDIT: Had a look on Strings Direct, string gauge seems to depend on the tuning you plan to play, but while the inner string gauges vary, the outer ones are around .015" and .056". So yeah, pretty heavy.

If you do get one, get it from Thomann- considerably cheaper than anywhere else I saw, presumably because country music is big in Germany or something...

english_bob

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Nomad said:

An Ebow that I just added to a Thomann order. Never used one before.

The ebow is a most interesting device. I'm sure you will find lots of fun things to do with it

An Ebow was lurking in my Christmas stocking last year. Still haven't really mastered the beast, but it's great fun to have around.

Alnico

Placing an order for a Feline Lion in late January but that won't be ready until October-ish.

Phil_aka_Pip

none whatsoever. I always told my family not to buy stuff for me that i could buy for myself AND write it down against tax.

stickyfiddle

Not expecting any significant presents this year - I already had a Gibson Dove for my birthday...

gusman2x

If I ever sell my RG550, then that'll be turned into a deposit for an all aluminium Electrical Guitar Co guitar. Much excitement.

Other than that, really looking forward to getting a Blackstar Fly 3. Always wanted a small desktop amp that didn't sound like shit.

usedtobe

richardhomer said:

I've just ordered a string winder, having lost my last one years ago.

I'm quite looking forward to easier restringing!

Been meaning to buy one of those things, for years..!

ThePrettyDamned

An acoustic from @jimmyguitar

samzadgan

oil city ASL pickups...probably not going to be till the new year before I get them...should be a good start to 2015!

Alnico

not_the_dj said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

Didn't realise there were so many, they're gorgeous! Were they very successful? 

The one I tried was swamp ash, looked a bit like the second from the right in your picture. It's one of a few guitars (along with the les paul raw power that I'll never forget) that I should have bought, even if it meant selling everything else.

The Swamp Ash would have been a later one than these (The Smartwood Exotics) were available for a short time in the late 90s, the Smartwood Studio and Swamp Ash ones were a few years later, they'll have a leaf logo on the truss rod cover. 

The Exotic's weren't that successful really, the body is much thinner than even a studio, so the Gibson snobs didn't take to them at all.

*Edit* and old photo, but here we are togther:

http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/not_the_dj/col_zpsbff4263e.jpg

Tripped across this while i was dreaming my way around Ishibashi.....................

http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/e/select.php?cd=18-315100609

At todays exchange rate that's £399.79 before shipping, VAT and import duty.

digitalscream

This, when it's assembled...

(mine's the dark, stripey neck)

Soon. Very soon.

Alnico

@digitalscream

That body looks stunning - what, how......HOW?

The sheen, the gloss, the grain...................incredible !

EXPLAIN !!!

digitalscream

Alnico said:

@digitalscream

That body looks stunning - what, how......HOW?

The sheen, the gloss, the grain...................incredible !

EXPLAIN !!!

Heh...it's not going to be glossy when it's done. It's something Jaden's come up with - a driftwood-alike finish.  Like this:

Alnico

That black is,.......... well i want to say "Stunning" but it's such an overused phrase it seems like it's not enough !

I have never seen something so natural and 'THE Black in my head', if that makes sense ?

I'm sure the guitar, being handbuilt, will be amazing but that finish is pure artwork.

Justifiably something to be VERY proud of.

digitalscream

Definitely Mine's quite different in spec, to the original one, though - particularly the swamp ash body instead of mahogany and five-piece laminate neck (alternating layers of wenge and purpleheart).

To say I'm a little excited would be a significant understatement

guitarfishbay

Are you sticking with the light back? That'd be sweet. Fretboard looks great.

rlw

I am looking forward to acquiring some skill.