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Here are the instruments in my collection: 1987 Chandler Strat: This one is a triggers broom. Bought in 2006, I had the muddy green finish stripped back to bare wood and everything else was replaced. Jon Shuker finished the body for me and I did the neck in tru-oil. Because I wanted this to make 80's session noises, it was fitted a prewired HSS pickgard with EMG 85 in the bridge and two EMG SA in the mid and neck positions. The electronics feature a mid boost control and the EMG85 is tapped by pulling on the vol control. Tuners are no brand locking type and work well enough. Unusually, the body is solid two piece quilted maple so the notes ring clear and unmuddied. The bridge is a Wilkinson VS100CV, these haven't been made for many, many years and offer the benefits of both vibrato and hardtail. The trem arm locks the bridge in place when not in use. I have another three VS100CV bridges stashed away for future use, one in gold and two in chrome. Finally, I got the chance to briefly meet Nile Rodgers on my birthday back in 2013 and he signed it for me before being whisked off by Acoustic Guitar mag staff. I tried protecting it with coat of acrylic but the acrylic has started flaking off and it made the signature a little smudgey. :( Speaking which, Nile Rodgers was the reason I decided to take up guitar. This is a replica of his Hitmaker strat made by Al Knight - made with Fender licensed parts apart from the body. The wear isn't quite the same these days but it features a thin alder body, Sperzels, Gibson speed knobs and a hard to find Kahler brass pickguard finished in chrome just like the original. Electronics are standard wiring with Fender Noiseless Vintage pickups. I'm pleased to say it gets satisfyingly close to the sound of the original! Being a big Al Murphy fan and needing something with humbuckers led me to this, a Yamaha MSG/Image Deluxe. I have two, one of them is the Mk1 and this one is MkII where the vol pot is slightly further from the bridge. All mahogany construction with a maple cap, I have since installed Armstrong PAF humbuckers so can extract some nicely jazzy sounds as well as a fat crunch. The pickups can be coil split and while I was aiming for a tele twang, the mahogany construction kind of gets in the way of achieving that. Still, the sounds are funky enough. Otherwise both are still stock, with a Yammie RM-Pro vibrato bridge. These are great guitars, seriously underrated. Finally - a Klein replica. I made the body with help, from NZ beech with a redwood top and the neck is an old Music Yo Steinberger jobbie. Bridge is a Steinberger R trem and a Fernandes Sustainer kit is fitted for infinite yowling. I'm not totally sold on the beech body, it seems to dampen the attack a little without reducing harshness so I may yet look for a replacement from mahogany or limba. Still gassing for an Ibanez Artcore AWD82-ATF for semi hollow sounds. Was going to make one but with this being nearly identical spec to what I planned, it's a no brainer. Assuming I can find one.

So, does anyone here play with a slide ?, and if you do, can you give me some hints and tips please ?, presently tuned open D, is even that right ?, thanks.

It is worth throwing the amps and pedal board up as well?

hi first time here

Any tuning is ‘right’. However, I found taking off the E string and tuning to open G, like Keef and Chris Rea, gave the most pleasing results (you can also leave the E string on and down tune it to D). You can get some nice chord voicings by fretting notes behind the slide. If you haven’t already, check out Sonny Landreth, IMO the king of slide.

Guitar is my principal instrument, currently have four electrics and one acoustic. Also have one bass guitar that I bought second hand in 1994 and still use to this day. Have started rehearsing with a band on the bass as well in the last year, so hoping to get a lot more use out of it in the near future.

,,,,,,,, simply appalling, sigh.

USA Gibson SG Special, made in 2004, good condition for the age, it’s been looked after and is all original. Sorry, no case or bag. Collection from Harrow. Please contact me via Basschat if you’re interested https://www.basschat.co.uk/profile/30715-chiliwailer/ Cheers

Two Squier guitars with tremolo for sale. See the links. https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/359033-brown-burst-squier-bullet-strat-with-rosewood-neck/ https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/359031-red-squier-strat-rosewood-neck/

That's me putting my hand up to say 'me too' by the way...