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I've always been an acoustic player first, but playing electric allows me to have friends.

I never used to play electric at home but these two have changed all that. Combined with an amp and (sorry) a cable, I'm enjoying what they have to offer.
Suppose after 35 years, a man could get Fendered out......

The Arps is going to ruin me though. It weighs nothing, it sounds huge. For a well worn body (mine) that is a wondrous combination!

If that Eastman gets to heavy for you, let me know

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:36 pm If that Eastman gets to heavy for you, let me know

Yeah, what a beauty (shame about the corpulence )

Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:29 pm I've always been an acoustic player first, but playing electric allows me to have friends.

I never used to play electric at home but these two have changed all that. Combined with an amp and (sorry) a cable, I'm enjoying what they have to offer.
Suppose after 35 years, a man could get Fendered out......

The Arps is going to ruin me though. It weighs nothing, it sounds huge. For a well worn body (mine) that is a wondrous combination!


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I love the look of that Arps. It’s very YOU too.

I could be making shit up here, but my brain is telling me that the pickup being a bit forward of the usual placement for a bridge pickup would be excellent. Is it a bit more mellow than the typical bridge pickup bite?

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:36 pm If that Eastman gets to heavy for you, let me know

Pretty sure I put dibs on it if I didn't I can manipulate it so that I did.

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:36 pm If that Eastman gets to heavy for you, let me know

You will be first but please, no holding of breath, OK?

Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:53 pm

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:36 pm If that Eastman gets to heavy for you, let me know

You will be first but please, no holding of breath, OK?

Indeed, I hope you enjoy it for a good many years.

Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:53 pm

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:36 pm If that Eastman gets to heavy for you, let me know

You will be first but please, no holding of breath, OK?

and everyone involved in this is banned.

bender wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:05 pm I love the look of that Arps. It’s very YOU too.

We look utterly ridiculous together: it's tiny, I'm not.

bender wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:05 pm I could be making shit up here, but my brain is telling me that the pickup being a bit forward of the usual placement for a bridge pickup would be excellent. Is it a bit more mellow than the typical bridge pickup bite?

I don't have anything to compare it with but I've thought a lot about this one. There's enough treble in most situations. I frequently turn treble down to about 8. Only when fingerpicking the cleans you get from reduced volumes does the desire for more treble appear.

The pickup was a gift from Oleg; an inspired gift and I treasure it. I think it's a Mighty Mite. I have no idea where it sits on the strata of P90s and I don't care; I love what this one does with the guitar it's attached to!

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 6:00 pm

Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:53 pm

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:36 pm If that Eastman gets to heavy for you, let me know

You will be first but please, no holding of breath, OK?

Indeed, I hope you enjoy it for a good many years.

Thank you.

Bg wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 6:03 pm

Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:53 pm

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:36 pm If that Eastman gets to heavy for you, let me know

You will be first but please, no holding of breath, OK?

and everyone involved in this is banned.

Fair enuf... and I suppose now you are pissed at me, you are no longer going to make me that 1x12 cab with a Celestion Cream for $50?

Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:53 pm

olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:36 pm If that Eastman gets to heavy for you, let me know

You will be first but please, no holding of breath, OK?

Markel Hutchence.

bender wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:05 pm
I love the look of that Arps. It’s very YOU too.

Thinking about it, you're right. If you gave me a blank sheet of paper and said, 'design a guitar,' the Arps is pretty much what I'd come up with.

I just love single P90 guitars for some reason. It's a rabbit hole that takes a lot of energy to resist. Lucky for me the Arps, after a pickup swap, sounded exactly like the P90 in my head and continues to do so. Perfect guitar!

Slowy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 17, 2022 10:59 pm

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I recently met a supply of beer tap stickers so I thought it was time to give Black Benny an upgrade.




I am such a child.....

Well I guess this game is over. Actually, Black Benny seems happier these days.

Slowy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 5:32 am

Slowy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 17, 2022 10:59 pm 20221217_143825.jpg

I recently met a supply of beer tap stickers so I thought it was time to give Black Benny an upgrade.




I am such a child.....

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Well I guess this game is over. Actually, Black Benny seems happier these days.

Sad beer nerd, mentally approving of the labels and beer/cider they represent. Does look good though, you could just keep layering as you get more.