Advice re: guitars

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What to do?

Poll ended at Sun Nov 01, 2020 10:41 am

Upgrade to Whitfill Strat
2
13%
Buy the Goldtop with P-90s
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25%
Keep Strat, buy cheap guitar with P-90s
10
63%
 
Total votes: 16
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Re: Advice re: guitars

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Just try this out at your local shop:
https://www.musicworks.co.nz/electric-g ... den-green/

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Or this?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listin ... 2835533747

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Re: Advice re: guitars

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Jay wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:20 pm Just try this out at your local shop:
https://www.musicworks.co.nz/electric-g ... den-green/

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saying nowt... biting my tongue.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Jay wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:24 pm Or this?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listin ... 2835533747

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https://www.rockshop.co.nz/shop/gibsont ... 59891.html
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Unfortunately the Revstars are out of stock at present.
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Bg wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:30 pm
Jay wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:20 pm Just try this out at your local shop:
https://www.musicworks.co.nz/electric-g ... den-green/
saying nowt... biting my tongue.
You not keen on them? or just the binding on the SG shape :winky:

I still can't believe these are only $1300 new, they are brilliant guitars and so well made.
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Or the LP special with 2 x p90s. Codedog likes his 2020 epiphone one.

Or a Casino.
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There is one with P90's left in stock...

https://www.musicworks.co.nz/electric-g ... -ash-grey/
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sizzlingbadger wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:12 am There is one with P90's left in stock...

https://www.musicworks.co.nz/electric-g ... -ash-grey/
Yikes.
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sizzlingbadger wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:12 am There is one with P90's left in stock...

https://www.musicworks.co.nz/electric-g ... -ash-grey/
A huge fan of the green one. This one... not so much...

Yeah, I know it's shallow.
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WellyBlues wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:45 am
Or the LP special with 2 x p90s. Codedog likes his 2020 epiphone one.

Or a Casino.
The 2020 Epi Special is cheap and cheerful though. Be prepared to do a bit of setup/tweaking.
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I don't know much about your current guitars or how attached you are to them, but the Goldtop you're talking about looks lovely. I love P90's. The only reason I can see that you wouldn't get on with them would be noise, but if you have other single coil guitars that work for you it shouldn't be any worse than those. There are some pretty good noiseless options around too if you needed to change the pickups.
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*cough*

https://theguitargallery.co.nz/product/ ... y-soapbar/
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Jops wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:09 pm *cough*

https://theguitargallery.co.nz/product/ ... y-soapbar/
Yesss, I have one exactly like that, it’s a cracker. Has very beefy p90s.
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