Category: Guitar

  • I need an intervention…

    I need an intervention…

    I play guitars. I own guitars. I own plenty of guitars.

    Right now, I have 7 hanging on my walls, two in a case, and one that is on display (it is a vintage Martin Tenor guitar that was my father’s, it is a non-player).

    I have multiple electrics, from 1980s inspired super Strats, to a damn fine Strat clone, to hot rodded Telecaster clone, and a pure metal neck through with hot EMG’s.

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  • New Guitar Day – The Harley-Benton Modern ST Plus

    New Guitar Day – The Harley-Benton Modern ST Plus

    I have plenty of guitars already, but I wanted to make an addition to my stable. I have long desired to add a Stratocaster to my collection, but the one I want was about $900, and that was just a wee bit high. What I was eyeing was a Fender Player II HSS Stratocaster in blue. The Player series is made in Mexico (and that is not a negative, the plant in Mexico turns out damn fine instruments) and is adorned with a hum bucking pickup in the bridge position, and two single coil pickups. This provides a wide variety of tonal sounds to be dialed up.

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  • New Gear Friday – It’s here

    New Gear Friday – It’s here

    Today at lunch time the FedEx truck showed up with my monolith shaped box. The Charvel Pro Mod So-Cal Style 1, in Robin’s Egg Blue with the Ebony fretboard is here.

    Pulling it out of the box, it was dead mint, gorgeous, and flawless. It was out of tune (not surprising and I suspect that it will take a few weeks to stabilize to my local temperature and humidity.

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