ezbass

An awful lot of us here are too; you're amongst friends.

I’m not normally one for gold hardware, but that V looks the biz. However, that HB SG (too many initials!) is the one I’d go for, very nice. As to the question posed in the title of the OP, no, nothing new here, but it’s been a close run thing !

My normal go to brand for guitars is D’Addario followed by Ernie Ball (I have used Elixr, but I find their tension quite high). However, in an effort to allow some electric type bending on my acoustic, I’ve been playing Optima Vintageflex. Not as forthright as normal tension acoustic strings, but a joy to play.

Nice! Enjoy.

Good news that you’ve found a guitar that works for you. However....

I really like the look of the Tele ones (no surprises there then), but they are spitefully expensive. I do think they should've started with a mid budget version to test interest. Then they could've gone for a premium model and maybe a Squier after that.

There is an old joke that sums up the guitar playing community: How many guitar players does it take to change a light bulb? 25. One to change it and 24 to talk about how much better the old one was.

Another beauty you have for sale. I do like a a Gretsch Hollowbody, I used to own a Streamliner not unlike this. GLWTS.

Nice . GLWTS.

Minefield and a money pit, but a lot of fun. I’m currently using a Fender SuperChamp X2, but nearly went for a Roland Blues Cube. Best sounding amp I ever owned was a ‘59 Bassman Reissue.

If you’re not looking channel switching or valve saturation, I reckon a bass amp is fine. Some of the best guitar tones I’ve heard have come from amps originally designed for bass. If what you’re hearing works for you, then you’re good to go. You can always stick some fx or amp modellers in front of the amp if you want to spice it up a bit. However, full disclosure, I own both bass and guitar amps. Having written this, I’m not sure why I have a guitar amp.

Never too old to start playing, enjoy the ride.

Another sexagenarian here. I've also been playing since I was at school. Those were the days, eh?

I have a Behringer Vintage Delay tucked away somewhere, it cost peanuts. However, it sounds great and does/did exactly what I wanted at the time. OK, the construction of these beasts, especially the Boss-alikes, isn't top notch, but if you want to get into FX and want to try a number out without breaking the bank, they are hard to beat. You could definitely gig them and, if you're careful not to throw them about, I can't why they wouldn't last a good while. If they do break, replacing them isn't really a huge financial burden.

I had a Tanglewood, electro acoustic, cutaway many years ago and it was really good value for money and a nice instrument, plainly modelled on a Takemine. I moved it on as it was for a specific project that folded, in retrospect (see below) I should have kept it. I currently have an Epiphone EJ200 as I decided I wanted a jumbo (oh the irony). Ideally I would've bought a Gibson J200, but at £3.5k that was never going to happen. Therefore, I trotted off to Guitar Guitar to try one out and took Lady Ez in tow (not quite, but nearly kicking and screaming ). I tried a few EA cutaways, but it was the EJ200 that I preferred. For poops and giggles I tried it alongside a proper J200. You could really feel the difference against your body, the J200 was like a living thing. However, Lady Ez, who was sitting opposite (I'm going to say patiently) said she couldn't really hear any difference, although this is because she could perhaps sense an awful lot money leaving the account. So I settled for the, by comparison, tight feeling and sounding but still very nice to play, Epiphone. Move onto today and I love the EJ200, the access made possible by the cutaway cannot be overlooked and, with playing, the sound has really opened up and it's a lot nicer than it was when I first bought it. Is it Gibson nice? No but, at under a 10th of the price (I went for the natural finish which was, IIRC, £329 at the time), it is much, much more than a 10th of the quality. If you like a big old flat top, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Never too late to start. Remember, you could always have not done it at all and missed out completely.

Ah, but this is the joy of the various 'Chat' forums, the OP is dealt with and then we're away with the fairies, often changing the original theme into something else entirely. How we're not discussing samurai swords Vs broadswords is beyond me - we must try harder .

The Tech21 Trademark 60 was very convincing and fooled hardened valve purists; I had 2 way back when (not at the same time).

I played one of these when I bought my Fender SuperChamp X2, it was a close run thing and I probably should've gone Roland as I have a valve that occasionally 'sings'. If they were cheaper, the Fender Tone Masters would definitely be on my shopping list if I was looking for a new amp.

Hmm, best forgotten about.

Yeah, but one has to show GC love too.

I've come to the conclusion that I like any build diary, no matter what's being built. I'm pulling up my virtual armchair and tucking into ethernet popcorn.

I still don’t understand why these didn’t catch on, they seemed like a genius idea to me.

I know nothing about that guitar other than it's way cool!