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The singer in one of my bands bought a Harley Benton ‘Ric-alike’ 12 string which was remarkably good value, plays well and sounds great. https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_rb_612bk_classic_series.htm

IIRC I’ve had:

Traynor 2x12 (a Fender Twin clone that weighed a ton).

Marshall Country & Club

Fender Hot Rod Deluxe (I replaced the speaker with a Jensen 12”, which improved it no end).

A self build Stinger amp, designed by Denis Cornell, 1x10, 11w.

Fender Super Champ X2 (my current amp, albeit with some digital FX gubbins in it).

But the best valve amp I ever owned was Fender ‘59 Bassman reissue. 4x10, 2x6L6 and loud as hell! I modded it so it be a master volume amp, with preamp gain control. What a tone.

Fine, fine guitars. I owned an original run McCarty and a Swamp Ash Special, both were fantastic players with bags of great tone, although eventually I found the ergonomics weren’t for me. I also had an SE singlecut later on which was better for me as a design and was stunning value for money. I’ll see if I have any pictures stored somewhere.

EDIT: None of the Swamp Ash Special sadly. However...

1 hour ago, MoonBassAlpha said:

I wonder why they stained it, pao ferro is a lovely looking wood, unless they were trying to make it look like ebony?

This is my thinking.

32 minutes ago, bassbiscuits said:

I saw Black Star Riders a few years ago and Vivian Campbell was playing a Yamaha SG with P90s. 

He had the best guitar sound of the entire gig. 

P90s for the win.

Right, let's get this forum moving with some satiated GAS. Having tried this out last week, I pulled the trigger today and I'm ever so glad I waited, £60 off the advertised online price. I've taken off the horribly contrasting white pickguard and have set it up. Plays really nicely and those stock P90s sound great, especially the neck pickup. Minor gripes are that there a few sharpish fret ends (easily fixed) and that the pau ferro used for the fretboard has obviously been stained a bit and putting some lemon oil on the rather dry looking 'board, caused some stain to come off on my fingers. Still that's merely cosmetic and, again, easily fixable. Oh what's that I hear you say?

Very well...

Clashing on the weekend of the Bass Bash makes this a non starter for me too .

Guitar Guitar in Birmingham have one at the moment https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/pxp180812331231004-1821754--yamaha-sg700s-trans-green-mij-pre-owned-qj0029f but you’re right, you just don’t see them that much and they were such good guitars. I also have a soft spot for the ‘Super Flighter’ which was a cheaper alternative to the SG.

20 minutes ago, leftybassman392 said:

My Rob Williams custom set-neck. Made for me by Rob in 2013.

That, sir, is bloody lovely. GLWTS.

That partscaster looks quality.

I like Guitar Guitar, the range at my local branch (Epsom) is huge! However, I also have a soft spot for Guitar Village in Farnham as I find their old, rambling premises intriguing, with lots of nooks and crannies hiding some nice gear. Anderton’s in Guildford is good too, albeit a bit of a drive (as is GV).

41 minutes ago, leftybassman392 said:

I realise that it's favourite guitarists rather than best guitarists, but I'm still quite surprised at those who haven't had a mention yet.

Electric: What about Guthrie Govan? Or Allan Holdsworth? Or Robin Trower? Or Jan Akkerman? Or Steve Vai? Or Duanne Allman? Or Paul Kossoff? Or Paul Gilbert? Or Eric Clapton fer crissakes? Not to mention...

Acoustic: Well, there's Adrian Legge; and Martin Simpson; or what about John Renbourne? Richard Thompson? Newton Faulkner? Dylan's acoustic work isn't generally my cuppa tea, but he must be on somebody's list, surely?...

Jazz: Martin Taylor? Joe Pass? Barney Kessell? Jim Hall?...

Probably down to lack of replies at this time, if this was BC there would be probably 5 times the amount of posts; give it time. Guthrie Govan, what a talent, The Aristocrats are amazing. Good shout on Richard Thompson, as adept on electric as he is on acoustic guitar and a song writer par excellence, who I’ve seen many times.

Ah, slightly different, but totally workable. Cheers!

Hi guys,

I'm loving the new site, just what I need, somewhere else to fritter away my time  

Anyway, I've noticed that when selecting a thread from the list of unread posts, rather than automatically jumping to the most recent unread post (as it does on BC) it just goes to the first post of that thread. It does it on both my iPad and Mac. Nothing major, but I thought it was worth reporting, especially when we start to get longer threads than we have currently.

Keep up the good work.

21 hours ago, bassbiscuits said:

 

Honourable mentions also to Slash, Joe Walsh and John Martyn each of which has a style and touch you can instantly recognise. 

 

As they say on Planet Rock, one's day is always made better with a bit of Joe Walsh; Turn To Stone is my personal favourite.

3 hours ago, TrevorR said:

 

 

PS love the finish on that Tele xxx  xxx

Why, thank you very much. It’s actualy a water colour paint with Danish Oil on top, finished off with wax. I did the faux binding with enamel, model paint.

There’s a 2nd hand 7 string at GuitarGuitar within your budget at the moment https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/pxp180728330165004-1740455--esp-ltd-mh-350nt-pre-owned-l10013876

This seems only appropriate as it seems a popular subject on BC. I'll start:

Eric Johnson

Robben Ford

Steve Morse

Brian Setzer

Tuck Andress

Mark Knopfler (at least the first 3 DS albums anyway).

I've also recently been listening to a lot of Richie Kotzen, but I can't add him (yet) as he might be just this week's 'must listen to' player.

Simon & Patrick Rosewood Folk (which I've had for 20+ years) and Epiphone EJ200.

Heavily modded Squier 50s Tele, Simon & Patrick Rosewood Folk and Epiphone EJ200.

My GAS for a Gretsch Brian Setzer 6120 never goes away, fortunately, as they’re so expensive, I’ll never pull the trigger (probably ). In Real Town, a cut down, semi acoustic has my dander up at the moment. I’m going to try an Epi 339 Pro and a Casino Coupé out on Tuesday. Watch out got an NGD thread .

I played guitar way before I ever picked up a bass, but TBH I’m a better bass player than a guitarist (at least that’s what Mrs Ez says). I started in my teens and over the years I’ve had some crap and some cracking gear. These days it’s just a heavily modified Squier Tele, a Simon & Patrick acoustic folk  (my oldest instrument by far) and an Epiphone EJ200 jumbo acoustic, although I currently have GAS for a small bodied, thinline, semi-acoustic (an Epi 339 or Casino Coupé). Amp wise, I have a Fender Super Champ X2 as I only play at home these days. Previously, my nicest Guitar was probably a PRS McCarty (original run), although, if I had to pick my favourite, I think it was my Gretsch Streamliner. Best amp? I think my Fender Bassman ‘59 reissue, damned loud, but sweet as nut.

My heavily modded Squier 50s Tele.