NGD-Just pulled the trigger... UPDATE

johnonguitar

On a Midtown Custom in burst like this...



I got it B Stock so was cheaper than the ebony and the whole point is to have a good, versatile working mans 'bucker guitar so I'm not too worried if there a bit of rash on it and it is a lot prettier and will match my Kotzen Tele on gigs... Not sure of that's a good thing.

Now we wait...

Arktik83

Looks stunning!  Congrats

John_P

Excellent!    Nice work finding the sunburst at a good price

johnonguitar

Yeah I'd totally resigned my cheap ass to the ebony, after all it was meant to be a bargain, but when I finally went to pull the trigger the B Stock burst was there so what do you know.

Will get a wee demo up when it comes. If anyone has any requests of what sort of tones you'd like it to tackle then let me know

mart

That looks gorgeous! Hope it plays as good as it looks.

Flanging_Fred

Nice, those mid towns seem very cool to me. I hope it works out for you.

EdGrip

BANG! Oh wait, you were talking about buying a guitar instead of pulling the trigger on a gun.

Adam_MD

http://media2.giphy.com/media/jK5Fb4YgSgJ5S/giphy.gif

blueskunk

Lovely stuff

hobbio

There's something about those Midtowns that hits me right in the GAS gland.

Phil_aka_Pip

Good GAS Sir   Enjoy!!

Neil

johnonguitar said:

Yeah I'd totally resigned my cheap ass to the ebony, after all it was meant to be a bargain, but when I finally went to pull the trigger the B Stock burst was there so what do you know.

Lovely guitar.

BTW "Cheap ass" and "pull the trigger", are you an American by any chance?

Beexter

That is very nice. Very nice indeed.

johnonguitar

Neil;674683" said:

johnonguitar said:

Yeah I'd totally resigned my cheap ass to the ebony, after all it was meant to be a bargain, but when I finally went to pull the trigger the B Stock burst was there so what do you know.














Lovely guitar.



BTW "Cheap ass" and "pull the trigger", are you an American by any chance?

No, I'm a bilingual Scot

fretfinder

Nice one. How do you get on with the slim neck compared with the neck on the Kotzen Tele?

johnonguitar

fretfinder;674898" said:

Nice one. How do you get on with the slim neck compared with the neck on the Kotzen Tele?

Sorry dude it's not arrived yet! I said it was like the one in pic, sorry if it wasn't clear.

I will let you know how the neck is though. To be honest I don't really have a neck preference. All my guitars are wildly different and differently setup depending on what I use them for. As long as it doesn't feel cheap and nasty... Which incidentally I found to have nothing to do with price after trying about half a dozen ES-175 last year and settling on an Eastman that cost little over a grand

johnonguitar

So this arrived

johnonguitar

And out popped this

johnonguitar

Sounds a bit like this

johnonguitar

So yeah I'm pretty pleased to be honest. I haven't really gotten off the volume-rolled-back in-betweeny sound. There's a lot of woody pop to the guitar as I was hoping for. The Burstbuckers are a lot higher output than I thought they were going to be considering the blurb but I can live with it. The richlite is fine, don't notice it. Tunes well, necks decent, it feels familiar. Could maybe do with have the finish removed but we'll see what a bit of sweat does to rove the polish. Happy camping so far

hobbio

I'll be honest @johnonguitar, you're better looking than I imagined.