police squad

yep that's lovely.

How do the pickups sound?

There's all sorts of switching available.

Can it do the out of phase strat sound? and the both pickups on from a telecaster?

For sale is my Electric XII

I bought this for a function band I was fronting, it was used on 3 gigs, 4 songs per gig.

The band folded so I've decided to let it go as I won't need it going forward.

Only made for a year, in Mexico. These are quite rare butlook fab. Hockey stick headstock seals it for me

Great sounding pickup, especailly through my AC30 CC2X

Collection is prefered but could meet up half way, depending on distance etc

any questions just fire away

cheers

I did a bit of googling and the serial number can also be on the neck plate

I never knew there were some usa made squiers

I had a late 70s strat back in 1990. It was maple board, black and most importantly, left handed. So I had it restrung and set up right handed. It really looked the part and played great. I didn't gig on guitar at that time, so I never got to use it in anger.

I sold it to a lefty friend of mine, who is still gigging it to this day

done too

I have 2 seymours in my HSS strat. Both from 1982, a PAF in the bridge and a single coil in the neck. They are superb for what ever I have used.

I have a tele with a bareknuckles bridge pickup based on a '63 IIRC. sounds awesome.

seymours in my Slash AFD LP, it's my best sounding LP

On 06/02/2022 at 09:25, chyc said:

I have one, along with a Burns Brian May guitar. Definitely could sound like the man himself if I could play like him. I just choose not to (practise).

 

The original Deacy I believe was a speaker and a battery, so no volume or gain. The VOX one has all the knobs you'd expect from a combo, but there are some really odd design decisions. One that for the life of me I cannot understand is that using the headphone output doesn't cut the speaker output, so you  put some headphones on and your neighbours will still hear you.

 

Reliability wise, the thing has failed on me and been repaired. It's old, but I hardly play it so that's not a ringing endorsement. If you like near Oxford you're welcome to come try it. It's currently gathering dust under my desk at work.

thanks for the offer but I managed to get an immaculate one, still in its box.

I've used it once or twice. I also have a BM Red Special so decided to pair them but it's not my thing really. I love the Red Special, it's my main gigging guitar, for my 80s thing that I do.

I swapped pickups to  more authentic ones (yonderbosk) but, to be honest, I can't tell the difference

Rotosound yellows for the past 15 or so years, they have been really good.

Currently using Dean Markely Signature strings. Absolutely fine too.

my main gigging guitar atm, 

This guitar is an R8. It has been made to look like Marc Bolan's famous Les Paul, before any of the neck changes. This belongs to my brother. It was his 50th birthday present from his wife.

I bought the guitar as a standard R8 then did all the mods on it, including Slash seymour duncans.

Here's an old picture of my (then) Gibson collection

From Left to right

'79 LP Deluxe, Early Studio with ebony board (belongs to my wife), 2010 Slash AFD LP, Faded Flying V 2004, '67 SG jr, '59 LP jr, Custom shop Flying V Custom and my R7 from  about 2002.

Sold the faded V on ebay to fund a new PA system, the '59 JR was sold to my brother and the Custom Shop V is now with Ben Grenfeld (ex wishbone ash)

On 26/01/2022 at 11:51, EdwardMarlowe said:

Those look like really nice little amps. How are you finding the - "microtubes", isn't that what they call them? - compare to 'regular' tubes? I've read a lot about them, but not had the chance to try one. Did sound like an interesting evolution of the technology, though - especially if they could develop them to fit into an amp built for standard tubes. 

the amp sounds really good. It cleans up nicely when you back the volume down on thw guitar

it's also very touch sensitive. If you dig in it breaks up nicely

All in all, I'm very impressed (and for a time 15 years ago, I was making and selling some all valve amps. www.wkz-amps.com) 

I'm with you on this. I don't want anything these days, weird isn't it

fairly decent amps can be bought 2nd hand quite cheaply. At the moment Andertons are offering the vox mv50-ac plus a cab for 160 quid. A very good deal and a very nice bit of kit. I have the MV50 ac and have been gigging it through a 1x12 cab. More than loud enough for the function band I play with

I have a Gibson Les Paul AFD guitar from 2010. It's not that I am a massive Slash fan, I just thought it would look good. However mine doesn't have the reverse chevron flame but it sounds amazing. I particularly like how it cleans up (both pickups on) when you roll the volume back. 

I bought it new, unseen and almost returned it because I don't like the top very much.

What a great guitar and they only made 600 of them.

I have a Jerry Donahue Vintage telecaster. It cost peanuts really. Again not a JD fan but the wiring and 5 way switch made this guitar very appealing to me. It is also a great guitar

I also have a Brian May red special guitar. I use this in my 80s duo. An interesting sounding guitar, nothing like a strat really but still a really useable guitar. I use it exclusively in my 80s thing.

and a Justin Meldel Johnson Fender Mustang bass. No idea who JMJ is, they got great reviews on basschat, so I bought one, again, unseen. It is my favourite bass and is my goto instrument.

Signature models sometimes offer a different flavour on a given guitar, which will suit some people but not others.

Just enjoy

22 hours ago, EdwardMarlowe said:

I was "The Extra Terrestrial".... What can I say, I was twelve...

me too!! If there was to be a revival, I'd still be G-Force

5 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

In my misspent student days, I knew some young ladies, who lived in flat G4 and went by the collective name of 'G-Force'.

My CB radio handle was 'G-Force'

yeah nice, what's the finish?

I use an old boss OD-1, sounds great

On 30/10/2021 at 11:34, EdwardMarlowe said:

TBH, the biggest thing the big money makers can offer me as things are now is typically a much better range of left handers. That has improved a lot in recent years - Fender have gotten much better in their Mexico range, in particular. Still a bit limited (none of the reissue Tele / Strat models are available left handed in MIM), but it is now possible to get a MIM P Bass, and even a reasonable range of both colours and *maple* boards left handed. 

Vintage are tempting me for a Tele, as I really like their V52 model with the new shape headstock; what holds me back much more with the Strat option is that they only have the left handers in a burst, though at a cheap enough used price I might be tempted to swap out the body, or have a respray... Big thing I need to do is try their necks. Much as I love my old US Std Strat (a 1994), that 43mm nut and flatter neck profile is noticeably less comfortable for me to play on than the 42mm nut MIM necks. (Money no object, I'd be very tempted to buy a Fender Clapton type neck for it.) Need to have a go on some Vintages to see how their necks feel. Have learned over the years - much to my surprise - that sometimes something that has a reputation for being a thicker neck works better for me. 

I love bigger necks, mostly. They sit nicely in the hand. I tend not to play with my thumb on the back of the neck and I do have quite big hands.

I rehearsed with my Vintage JD the other night and had forgotten just how good it sounds. You're right on the Vintges choice of colours, for lefties, they need to offer more

https://www.rsmuk.com/blog/moving-personal-possessions-around-europe-in-post-brexit-world

worth reading

I get the economy of scale thing, of course (I work in manufacturing myself) but still I'm surprised the bigger companies don't absorb those costs into their other products to help.

Maybe they just can't be bothered with such a small market

I've never really thought about the lefty market apart from LH instruments used to be thought of as more expensive.

The big makers are missing a trick if they dont make lefties, surely they can do it

17 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

 

I did that for a while, equally just 'for fun', and it wasn't so bad. Not that I'm particularly gifted 'righty', of course, but I found the adjustment more a question of sitting posture than hand/finger coordination. Maybe it helps that I play drums 'lefty', and half of my parents and siblings are/were lefty. I've reverted, now, to 'normal' playing, but it was an interesting experiment; I learned a lot. 

I've done a little bit by flippimg my Mustang bass over and playing it upside down. I'm trying to analyse my right handed technique and I've noticed I play mainly with my first finger and little finger for fretting. So I'm trying to copy my hand position from the start.

Sometimes they ask, on ther FB page, what people would like them to do.

It must be a pain being a lefty because of the lack of gear. (I'm actually thinking about relearning the bass, left handed, just for a challenge)