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Post by thecreep on Jan 31, 2009 23:39:35 GMT -8
Excellent guitar. Do you have pics of it? I had a 1962 Gibson SG, but during shipping once the neck was snapped at the head. It had a super touch tolex case, and the strings were removed to make sure breaking didn't happen. Sad day, it was a great guitar. That sucks about your SG! It must have been so nice... I've heard flying with guitars is tricky, a couple of friends of mine have had their guitars broken while flying, even after loosening the strings off completely and everything. Here's a pic of mine, it's actually a girls' Les Paul. At 5 feet tall, I find the full-blown Les Paul a bit difficult to play haha! The model is called the Vixen (I don't know why they have to name girls' guitars such silly names...) They made Vixen versions of the SG as well I believe. This guitar has a solid mahogany body, but it's a bit smaller and has no maple top which makes it a lot more lightweight. The neck is really easy for me to play too.  Beautiful guitar. I know what you mean about the name, but its not as bad as some I have heard. The thing with Gibson's, and why they break so easily, is the mahogany wood they use. It sounds amazing, but breaks a little easier especially when they use it for necks. I had two thinline Telecasters as well. One was bought from a customer at a store I worked at, the red one, and the other was made from scratch by myself and the guitar tech at the shop. I sold the red one as the brown was better sounding. But due to later financial troubles I had to sell the brown one. Sucked quite a lot to sell that, not only because its something I made, but how good it looked and sounded.    |
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Post by oldfartatplay on Feb 1, 2009 5:35:00 GMT -8
Nice telecasters thecreep. You built that WOW! In the picture the body looks black. I recognize the wood, tiger (aka curly) maple.
I have a hobby I haven't given up yet, building furniture and picture frames.
Now I have got a question for you. How did you get the maple that color? I've seen it done before, in a friends car and it really makes the grain pop. I'm dying to know. Is it done with a dye?
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Post by thecreep on Feb 1, 2009 13:12:07 GMT -8
Thanks, yes it was dye. I had a shop paint the body, the dye and clear coat is not good to breathe so they have the right equipment. The front of the body is flame/curly maple and the back is just ash. The dye on the red one helps show the grain, but the maple really jumps out. It almost looked 3d.
The color was a deep brown/black and the back of the guitar was close to the color of the neck. It looks great in person, but possibly too flashy for me.
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Post by irsk on Feb 1, 2009 22:30:14 GMT -8
Sci-fi lover here too, though I've never really considered it a hobby (but I have been trying to hunt down first editions for the last year or so)
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Post by gamma888 on Feb 6, 2009 9:53:45 GMT -8
interesting thread here....
i've been bouldering (which is like rock climbing sans roping) for the past 12 years. bouldering has led me to explore many different rock spots on this earth... i guess traveling is one of those hobbies, too!
but now that i'm all settled down with a wife, it's quite nice to see many international artists have their shows here in 415 area.
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Post by greenhorn1 on Feb 6, 2009 12:17:06 GMT -8
One of my favourites is a signed Time Travellers Wife, I loved that book, and was happy to get a nice edition. One of my favorite books ever. Too bad the movie has been delayed for another whole year. Then again, based on what i've heard about it so far maybe it's not too bad after all. |
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