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http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/77085/exposing-the-dodgy-criminals-behind-two-uk-pedal-brands
Here's a video I'd never seen before with some great close ups of the guitar. It's got the PAF still in place, a Gretsch volume knob and a coil split switch in between the knobs...SO....the guitar on sale looks to be less and less like the guitar I covet and more a sum of some of the parts I covet and some replacements along the way.....it's suddenly much less appealing...
(formerly miserneil)
(formerly miserneil)
(formerly miserneil)
@ourmaninthenorth Absolutely right Paul, on closer inspection I'd wager the only parts that are 'Ralphs Mott/Bad Co era' are the Body, Neck & Tuners. So I'm out.
What a rollercoaster of emotion this last 24 hours has been! Hey ho, at least my lad will still get some pigs in blankets with his findus crispy pancakes this christmas day....
(formerly miserneil)
play it. If as a guitar it’s worth the money to you buy it.
If its only worth the money to you because of who played it. Play it and pass.
And don’t pay anything for artist association, unless it’s Hendrix, Clapton etc. You’ll lose money as generations change.
Im a massive fan of vintage guitars and they are worth it to me. But know the market price and stick to it.
As i said if when you play it ‘it’s the one’ you won’t regret selling everything to buy it.
(formerly miserneil)
Here is the Tab (sectionalised) too if you want to emulate.
http://i66.tinypic.com/2eywcya.jpg
@miserneil... I'm not sure that's the guitar you're after.
I think the M Ralphs that played for Mot the Hoople was a car mechanic. Different guy altogether.
You owe it to yourself to have this £25k guitar, you deserve it, I mean why should you go without!
But no, instead all we see is a sensible grown-up approach. Disappointed.
Personally, I wouldn't. If it means selling everything then it's a risk too far. Imagine if it played like a dog. Imagine if it just didn't sound right. Imagine how much you will worry and fret about it at every single gig. Every time you put it in the car. Every time you take your eye off it.
I always wanted a 1961 slab board precision - James Jamerson style. One came up recently - one of his actual basses. Knackered, well loved and clapped out. But it was his tho.
I did play a '61 when I was on the lookout for my vintage P - it looked totally right. It had everything. It was just gorgeous. But it was a monstrosity to play. It nearly put me off pre-CBS precisions completely.
Few weeks later I tried a '64 and it's now mine. It was the polar opposite to play. I don't think I will ever play a nicer bass. I wouldn't swap it for an earlier P, or for anything else regardless of who owned it.
You are a musician - buy for how an instrument sounds in your hands, not for how it sounded in someone else's
Even if photographs and video were to suggest a decent match I cannot think what would be acceptable provenance other than a brief meeting with Mick Ralphs with guitar in hand. I am very sorry to hear that Mick is in a care home.