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Yeah, it’s kinda gone down hill. Everything seems out of stock and the prices aren’t great, and the shipping is annoying since it’s oz based. Still go there but used to be spectacular
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Just saying, fretwire was way cheaper and shipping nzd12. Ordering from the usa would have been double the price. But yeah, can't say too much about their other parts
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Ah, misread you – I thought you were saying the price was worse. Good to see the local(ish) being a better value in that case
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1am in the morning and still dithering over what guitar I should buy.
I settled on the Explorer and just pulled the trigger. A bit scary.
I have wanted one since the 1980s, but always ended up with something else. Ishibashi in Japan. 2017, but it looks decent enough. Explorers are proven riff machines and Gary Moore proved they are good for shredding too.
It has the 500T and 496R hot ceramic pups. I had those before. I really like them. Fun pups. My current fav is a Super Distortion though. I like the way the mids are strong, but the highs are tapered off a tad. That makes them really sing when using overdrive, instead of sounding shrill.
I really liked a Jackson USA Soloist they have. It is gorgeous and the first blue guitar I have ever liked the look of. I decided it would not get played much. I always gravitate to the shorter Gibson scale length. I am just so used it that trying to play 25.5 necks feels a bit like trying to speak a foreign lingo
Pic is of the actual guitar. It's red, so should be a tad faster
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I settled on the Explorer and just pulled the trigger. A bit scary.
I have wanted one since the 1980s, but always ended up with something else. Ishibashi in Japan. 2017, but it looks decent enough. Explorers are proven riff machines and Gary Moore proved they are good for shredding too.
It has the 500T and 496R hot ceramic pups. I had those before. I really like them. Fun pups. My current fav is a Super Distortion though. I like the way the mids are strong, but the highs are tapered off a tad. That makes them really sing when using overdrive, instead of sounding shrill.
I really liked a Jackson USA Soloist they have. It is gorgeous and the first blue guitar I have ever liked the look of. I decided it would not get played much. I always gravitate to the shorter Gibson scale length. I am just so used it that trying to play 25.5 necks feels a bit like trying to speak a foreign lingo

Pic is of the actual guitar. It's red, so should be a tad faster

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I think so, but they are not everybody's cuppa tea. With shipping and taxes it will still work out cheaper than the lesser model on Trade Me I was considering. I already have the GST customs number thingy from importing the Power Station, so it should be simple enough. Then I'll be broke again looking at $100 overdrive pedals on TM that have Afterpay as an option

P.S. 2017 was the height of the fuss over Gibson QA issues. Let's see if it was a thing, or an internet storm in a tea cup. I suspect it;s going to just fine.

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That is a very nice example, good decision!Aquila Rossa wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 1:51 am 1am in the morning and still dithering over what guitar I should buy.
I settled on the Explorer and just pulled the trigger. A bit scary.
I have wanted one since the 1980s, but always ended up with something else. Ishibashi in Japan. 2017, but it looks decent enough. Explorers are proven riff machines and Gary Moore proved they are good for shredding too.
It has the 500T and 496R hot ceramic pups. I had those before. I really like them. Fun pups. My current fav is a Super Distortion though. I like the way the mids are strong, but the highs are tapered off a tad. That makes them really sing when using overdrive, instead of sounding shrill.
I really liked a Jackson USA Soloist they have. It is gorgeous and the first blue guitar I have ever liked the look of. I decided it would not get played much. I always gravitate to the shorter Gibson scale length. I am just so used it that trying to play 25.5 necks feels a bit like trying to speak a foreign lingo
Pic is of the actual guitar. It's red, so should be a tad faster:
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The 500t is great fun. The Tremonti treble pickup in Marks signature USA model was based off of that. It's the one with triple ceramic magnets (it uses magnets as spacers) and wound to around 16k which was quite daring from Gibson. There's a cocked wah tone I can't unhear from it but it definitely has its place.
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My SG's neck pup has the flutey cocked wah tone too. I think they call them '61 Burstbuckers. Bridge pup is okay, but quite bright in a SG. Neck pup is nice and thick sounding for Parisienne Walkways kind of licks, but gets very muddy in the lows. Not what a good PAF style pup should do. My guess is it has mismatched coils. They do that on purpose for some reason.NippleWrestler wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:33 am The 500t is great fun. The Tremonti treble pickup in Marks signature USA model was based off of that. It's the one with triple ceramic magnets (it uses magnets as spacers) and wound to around 16k which was quite daring from Gibson. There's a cocked wah tone I can't unhear from it but it definitely has its place.
I pulled them out to put my Whole Lotta Humbucker set in, but the leads were too short and I also had trouble with the really big blob of solder on a pot that Gibson had soldered every ground in the guitar to. A regular soldering tip does not work for those blobs. I need to get a big ass tip for it. I chucked the Gibson ones back in for now. The 2020 CTS pots that Gibson made a song and dance about using now are already troublesome. I think they might have the tin whiskers thing going on, which is an issue with CTS lately.
16K is hot for sure. I think the Dirty Fingers might be ever hotter. I dunno. When I have saved up some money again, I might get a bunch more Super Distortion bridge pups. I love 'em in a Gibson.
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I need to decide on a U2/Edge delay and a combination Reverb/Trem so on their way to me at the moment are ........
MXR Joshua (to replace my one that died at the weekend), Strymon Dig, TC Electronic Flashback
Strymon Flint, Fender Treverb, Milkman F-Stop
4 of these will probably be back on trademe in a week or so
MXR Joshua (to replace my one that died at the weekend), Strymon Dig, TC Electronic Flashback
Strymon Flint, Fender Treverb, Milkman F-Stop
4 of these will probably be back on trademe in a week or so

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That's like six or so nice guitar stuff items in one big splurge. Was it you that won that big powerball prize recentlyphilipnz wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 12:27 pm I need to decide on a U2/Edge delay and a combination Reverb/Trem so on their way to me at the moment are ........
MXR Joshua (to replace my one that died at the weekend), Strymon Dig, TC Electronic Flashback
Strymon Flint, Fender Treverb, Milkman F-Stop
4 of these will probably be back on trademe in a week or so![]()

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I'll be interested to see which wins out of these two for you, having been an owner of a Flint and now a Treverb guy!
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Haha, I wish. Trying to be careful at the buying end so I don't haemorrhage at the selling end. I live in the wops so if I want to try something properly there is no option but to buy and sell. Times like these I envy USA musos that can try and send backAquila Rossa wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 1:10 pmThat's like six or so nice guitar stuff items in one big splurge. Was it you that won that big powerball prize recentlyphilipnz wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 12:27 pm I need to decide on a U2/Edge delay and a combination Reverb/Trem so on their way to me at the moment are ........
MXR Joshua (to replace my one that died at the weekend), Strymon Dig, TC Electronic Flashback
Strymon Flint, Fender Treverb, Milkman F-Stop
4 of these will probably be back on trademe in a week or so![]()
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Yes - your comments have been noted. I had a flint too and got rid of it, preferring my PN-2 which I will not part with (again) but real estate is at a premium.
Meanwhile the pedalboard Tetris continues........ Bottom left is the current set up (Joshua shit itself at the weekend and that stings a bit)
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