Birthday lockdown triple NGD

DB1

Well, having turned the '60' corner on Tuesday, I thought I'd treat myself to a couple of different bits as my party's been postponed. I did order a Private Build B&G Little Sister, but after persistent 'communication difficulties' with the distributor I got a bit fed up and had a little moan. Don't get me wrong, the coronavirus situation is far more important than anyone's bloody guitars, but this frustration had been going on since November, and I thought that I might as well bring it to a conclusion.

I also fancied deviating a bit from archtops, and vintage archtops for a couple of weeks at lease. and trying a couple of things out of my comfort zone.

So. I diverted funds into another Little Sister Crossroads - @Wazmeister - among others - will tell you, they're bloody good guitars. Of course, sod's law, another Private Build may have reared it's pretty head, so this one might become available!

In the middle, a very nice TV Jones Spectra Sonic Supreme - it has that retro look and sound, and very Gretsch-like in tone, perhaps not surprisingly. If you've ever played a Gibson Chet Atkins Tennesseean, well... it feels like one of them. Really impressed with this one - excellent build quality too.

Last, but not least, @Treewig1 kindly sold me his TLL Marvin. 1960's Kay meets IKEA - quirky minimalist looks, my favourite colour (Daphne Blue), great build quality and tone - what's not to like? Well, the fretboard has taken a couple of days of getting used to, as it feels quite flat, but I'm getting used to it now.

That's me done for a bit. Although I did see a nice Gretsch, and there's an amp in  the classifieds that's upsetting me at the moment......

brucegill

Wow. Love all 3 of those!! Happy Birthday

Andy79

Last birthday, I got socks

CountryDave

Nice
And a happy birthday to you.

danishbacon

Amazing! Happy birthday Dave

Loobs

That TLL looks super! 

DB1

Thanks all! Just found a piece on the TV Jones guitars - they're very impressive.

https://thenorthamericanguitar.com/blogs/news/going-electric-tv-jones-spectra-sonic-supreme?mc_cid=6da3fd7ed5&mc_eid=917e335a61

guitargeek62

Bloody love those spectras, enjoy!!!

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

That TLL is a stunner! I wanted to make an offer on it myself, but all my current guitars are single coil only so I'm holding back any GAS tokens for something with 'buckers.

Happy birthday! 

DB1

Thanks! Yes, it's lovely - I'm pretty taken with their Deckard model as well. Only thing is, you'd be buying without trying and the resale value doesn't half give you a kicking.  http://tllguitars.com

guitars4you

Happy Birthday - At least you'll remember it for many reasons - Hope many more celebrations to come year after year

JerkMoans

Great stuff. That’s quite the carefully curated capsule collection

edenfield99

Very nice, I like the TLL one...and Happy Birthday.

bandmaster188

A fine selection sir! 

Think I’ve seen Brian Setzer parading around with a baritone version of the spectra. Wonderful sounding things. Enjoy your pressies.

mrkb

Well done! I showed this post to my wife and she said “ maybe he’s not married darling”, so I don’t think that was an ok for me to try a similar spree.

www

Love all three of those, but especially the TLL! Let me know if you ever decide to sell 

TheMarlin

Love that Spectrasonic. Lusted after one of these for a while. 

Have you ever heard Brian Setzer play his baritone Spectrasonic? Sounds awesome!

DB1

Ooh, no, I'll check that out. My knowledge of them is really sketchy (as with most things) - they were a Gretsch model up until about 2005, weren't they? TVJ took on the license to build them - it really is a lovely guitar.

I'm pleased with all three, to be honest - all different characters, and characters the you might expect them to have, based on their looks.

Thanks for the good wishes folks. All I have to do is to learn to play them now.

bandmaster188

Think Brian’s might be a Gretsch then, maybe.
https://youtu.be/HOEnj89XnA4

fields5069

I was just about to take the plunge on a spectra sonic, then TNAG put the prices back up. Doh.

DB1

fields5069 said:

I was just about to take the plunge on a spectra sonic, then TNAG put the prices back up. Doh.

Apparently the lower price was an 'admin error'. I contacted them in a state of some annoyance because it was a day after mine arrived, and received a reply thanking me for pointing it it. So it was my fault, sorry!