police squad

telecaster, no question

On 02/02/2024 at 23:06, ezbass said:

When you say enormous neck, width, depth, both? I’ve recently rediscovered classical guitars and I’m loving the super wide fretboard and spacing, who knew?

sorry I missed this reply

but from the BMguitars website

On 09/02/2024 at 19:19, tele-strat owner said:

Nice I am not much on the reds, but I like the dual tones here 

agreed, it's a nice piece of wood for the top and the staining really brings it out

So this finally arrived. Weighing in at 7 pounds and 4 ounces.

It's very nice, some people will hate it, some people will say it's not an exact replica (I know it isn't)

It has an enormous neck and plays beautifully

I waited 18 months for it and get to gig it tomorrow and Sunday

this is it

On 24/01/2024 at 21:14, Crusoe said:

Is it a big curly wig? 

I've already got one!!!!1

It's on it's way, I'll post up pictures and details when it arrives

these were good guitars. My brother had one, it sounded great

my christmas pressy hasn't come yet, hopefully soon though and I'll post a picture when it does (it's Brian May related, not that I'm a fan boi or anything, I just love his guitars)

I've recently bought a HB PB50 bass. I rolled the fingerboard edges and gigged it last week. £105. unbelievable

15 hours ago, EdwardMarlowe said:

I know how you feel! I shied away from Hendrixing a Strat for years because those comparisons would..... not be flattering.... now for that very reason I'm tempted because there's no way anyone could accuse me of sounding like him.

I did the upside strat many years ago. Sounded great but upper fret access was terrible. Sold it to a lefty handed mate in 1990 and he still uses it now

On 31/10/2023 at 13:23, Kiwi said:

Please tell me its a refinish

no that's how it comes. It's wonderful

it glows in my music room, I think it's alive

My first guitar amp was my brothers old 50 watt marshall, master volume 2x12 combo. These were great amps and when I eventuall joined a band on guitar just over 20 years ago, I bought the head version and ran it into an old marxhall 4x12 with green backs in it. This servered me well till I went to a Superbass Head with a Marshall Powerbreak.

At the time I was palying with Martin Kidd (Cornford/Victory designer) and we're good friends. He made me a 50 watt head, with dual masters volumes and a gain boost section, which meant no O/D pedal needed. FX loop. It was awesome and so I set up a company and sold a few.

 http://www.wkz-amps.com

There's a great sound clip on the website, demoing what you can do with it. A simple amp with a great core sound. The lengendary Producer, The late great Chris Tsangarides played one live with his band ExMoore and recorded almost everyone that came into his studio with it.

They haven't been available to buy for many years now as I have moved on but I still play live with Martin a few times a year.

I still have a White half stack, a 50 watt combo and the prototype 18 watt combo. All working perfectly but not being gigged anymore as thy are too heavy for my aging body.

There are plenty of good valve amps out there. I also have a modified Vox AC30 CCX. I have changed some resistors in it, as found on a website somewhere, to make it sound better. It worked, it's a lovely sounding thing, with blue speakers.  I keep it in my office, at work, for the times I need to learn something. Again a touch too heavy to gig with now

I bought this recently, for my 80s duo and band.

It is the most pink colour ever. Neon, very hard to photograph

Anyway, I've already upgraded the pickups to Yonderbosk and changed the volume pot for the thing that BM currently uses live

Here's my almost mint Vintage. Bought for a Stereophonics tribute that I no longer do.

Nicely set up and with Vintage soft case.

I could probably courier it but would rather meet up etc

any questions, send me a message

that guitar looks fab actually

The Vintages are very good actually. I have 4 at the moment. Great value and good gigging guitars.

I've not tried the Marshall but I'm sure it's good to be getting on with for now

for me it's Brian May. Utterly unique tone

19 hours ago, pnefc42 said:

Beautiful guitar, looks lovely 

 

Yes, the neck on the super is identical to the original RS. It is massive & takes some getting used to, but is actually very comfortable once you’ve got used to it

I like big necks, so it's a positive for me. At some point I'm sure mine will arrive

On 02/11/2022 at 19:57, pnefc42 said:

Would love to get my hands on that! Any pics?

er yes, he sent me some, I forgot

On 02/11/2022 at 19:57, pnefc42 said:

Would love to get my hands on that! Any pics?

I havent got any no. It's #1 of the 21 that Andy made.

Does your super have a massive neck like the original?

On 29/10/2022 at 00:10, pnefc42 said:

Nice guitars! I have 4 myself, 2 BMG specials (one sunburst, one white), a 2016 BMG Super (bought new from BMG guitars), and a 1984 Guild BHM1

 

Love the band, love the guitars, love the sound. As BM would say ‘rock on’!

nice collection you have there

I have a BMG super on order (who knows when it will be ready) and my brother has one of Andy Guyton's Borap Red Specials.

The Guyton is really quite special

On 20/10/2022 at 18:00, ezbass said:

Signed no less. Gook work! I really like the natural finish one.

yes I like the natural one too. They really do have their own sound and they work really well in rock music. I play mainly 80s stuff, including some Queen and some very clean stuff too.

Here are mine. I gig the unsigned one, it has been my main gigging guitar for over 2 years now.

It has Yonderbosk pickups and Gotoh locking tuners (the original tuners are very fiddly and makes quick string changes (during gigs) very difficult)

It also has a volume pot mod. It's called the 'Superpot' and is what Brian currently uses

I didn't even know they did a Paisley JV. Excellent. Gotta be worth £1500 I would say, maybe more