Maurice wrote:Nice. I'm curious--since the Ricks have the reputation for brightness, do you find that the flatwounds mitigate that a bit, bringing the highs down into the realm of reasonability...?

dunno about Rics, but that's the result I get using flats on my Tele.

14cells wrote:

Anyone know how these play?

Saw one for the first time a few days ago, had too keep going back for another look before I could let myself leave the shop.

I played the earlier version (below, with humbuckers), and it sounded and played great - if you don't mind the slightly shorter scale neck. It seemed like a cross between a Jaguar and a Tele Deluxe.

Shergolds. These guitars were well built and you can get them to go from Andy Gill, glass breaking shrill to "Ha ha Les Paul in the neck position is that all you've got?" heavy.
I have a 6 and a 12.

For the life of me I can't figure out why these aren't Travis Bean popular.
As Jerry Garcia is to the Bean, Mike Rutherford is to the Shergold - the odd player out.
Other famous players are/were Bernard Sumner while in Joy Division, Peter Hook (8 string bass) while in both bands, Julian Cope, Marty Willson-Piper (12 string), Graham Coxon (who also played a the similar Hayman), Adam Franklin.




Go to shergold.co.uk and look up the models produced. Check out the sister company, Hayman.

I'll also second the Yamaha SG2000. I have one with an ugly blue finish, but it will out play damn near anything.



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alex maiolo wrote:
Go to shergold.co.uk and look up the models produced. Check out the sister company, Hayman.

One of my particularly retarded guitar-related decisions was to not buy a super-cheap Hayman 3030. They go for upwards of £1K these days. Very cool.

Adam-

Then get a Shergold. They are nearly the same thing. The Re'an pickups are the key and they are built with the same quality. In fact, early Shergolds used leftover Hayman parts. Notice how the early models have the "German" style headstock.

As a UK citizen, you can find these things cheap. Get to it!

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I'm curious--since the Ricks have the reputation for brightness, do you find that the flatwounds mitigate that a bit, bringing the highs down into the realm of reasonability, or is the improvement with flatwounds in some other direction?

Man I hear this all the time, but I don't have any complaints from my ric. It's pretty much a tone machine. I find I can get alot out of it.

alex maiolo wrote:
As a UK citizen, you can find these things cheap. Get to it!

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Maybe 5 years ago, but not now.

Well, "cheap" is subjective. You can still get the Meteors and Masqueraders for 350 pounds. I think that's pretty cheap because they are really great guitars.

Forget about it when you're talking double necks. That's when the Genesis fan come out, and we all know they are rich public school types with cash to burn.
Although Julian Cope plays one in that Brain Donor band.

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alex maiolo wrote:Well, "cheap" is subjective. You can still get the Meteors and Masqueraders for 350 pounds. I think that's pretty cheap because they are really great guitars.

Forget about it when you're talking double necks. That's when the Genesis fan come out, and we all know they are rich public school types with cash to burn.
Although Julian Cope plays one in that Brain Donor band.

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If you can link me to a £350 guitar, I'm buying.

scott wrote:

(ignoring the most famous player of the Iceman for a moment here)


Horsewhip wrote: Rick Neilsen?

Oh, wait. Yeah, that guy.

No, THIS guy.

When I think "Iceman" I think: