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Re: Gear: TALK ME OUT OF IT or JUSTIFY MY PURCHASE?
Posted: Mon May 12, 2025 10:14 am
by Maurice
Owen wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 3:38 pm
I did Olympic White on my Warmoth Tele Custom build. I wanted something light when not playing my Bean or ECG, so I went with a Warmoth light weight Ash body, roasted maple neck with dark rosewood fretboard, Fralin Wide Range Humbucker and a Blues Special Tele bridge pickup, Nitro Lacquer finish, Starr electronics, and about 6 coats clear satin lacquer.
Whoa. That's a gorgeous guitar. Y'know, if you've ever considered swapping the pick guard for a tortoise-shell look, I have one lying around that I ordered mistakenly I could just send. (Intending to buy the Tele Deluxe pickguard, I'd ordered a Custom. So it's just sitting here unused.)
Re: Gear: TALK ME OUT OF IT or JUSTIFY MY PURCHASE?
Posted: Mon May 12, 2025 1:07 pm
by Owen
Maurice wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:14 am
Whoa. That's a gorgeous guitar. Y'know, if you've ever considered swapping the pick guard for a tortoise-shell look, I have one lying around that I ordered mistakenly I could just send. (Intending to buy the Tele Deluxe pickguard, I'd ordered a Custom. So it's just sitting here unused.)
Thanks! I really dig it. You know me, you know I dig some tort.
Re: Gear: TALK ME OUT OF IT or JUSTIFY MY PURCHASE?
Posted: Wed May 14, 2025 9:39 am
by Dudley
Owen wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 1:07 pm
Maurice wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:14 am
Whoa. That's a gorgeous guitar. Y'know, if you've ever considered swapping the pick guard for a tortoise-shell look, I have one lying around that I ordered mistakenly I could just send. (Intending to buy the Tele Deluxe pickguard, I'd ordered a Custom. So it's just sitting here unused.)
Thanks! I really dig it. You know me, you know I dig some tort.
That's beautiful. What's the colour/finish?
Re: Gear: TALK ME OUT OF IT or JUSTIFY MY PURCHASE?
Posted: Wed May 14, 2025 12:33 pm
by Owen
Dudley wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 9:39 am
Owen wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 1:07 pm
Maurice wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:14 am
Whoa. That's a gorgeous guitar. Y'know, if you've ever considered swapping the pick guard for a tortoise-shell look, I have one lying around that I ordered mistakenly I could just send. (Intending to buy the Tele Deluxe pickguard, I'd ordered a Custom. So it's just sitting here unused.)
Thanks! I really dig it. You know me, you know I dig some tort.
That's beautiful. What's the colour/finish?
I had always deeply desired a Sherwood Green Jaguar or Jazzmaster, but never pulled the trigger when one showed up. These Player II Jazzmasters in British Racing Green came up on super sale on Musicians Friend for $699 and I couldnt resist.
Re: Gear: TALK ME OUT OF IT or JUSTIFY MY PURCHASE?
Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 8:03 am
by Dudley
Owen wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 12:33 pm
Dudley wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 9:39 am
Owen wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 1:07 pm
Thanks! I really dig it. You know me, you know I dig some tort.
That's beautiful. What's the colour/finish?
I had always deeply desired a Sherwood Green Jaguar or Jazzmaster, but never pulled the trigger when one showed up. These Player II Jazzmasters in British Racing Green came up on super sale on Musicians Friend for $699 and I couldnt resist.
I can completely see why. Stunning - particularly the finish. It looks more sparkle than metallic.
Re: Gear: TALK ME OUT OF IT or JUSTIFY MY PURCHASE?
Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 10:32 am
by W.L.Weller
Should I drive to Staten Island to buy a Radial ABY box for $50?
Current pedalboard has the Stereo Pulsar doing the "one guitar to two amps" job:
I guess I need to answer the "do I need to be able to invert the phase of one output" question for myself, but I'm asking here in case there's additional benefits to the Radial box.
Re: Gear: TALK ME OUT OF IT or JUSTIFY MY PURCHASE?
Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 10:36 am
by mdc
I guess the benefit of transformer isolation and ground lift in case you have ground loops and bad hum in certain circumstances. The ground lift on their active reamp box has come in handy a few times for me.
Re: Gear: TALK ME OUT OF IT or JUSTIFY MY PURCHASE?
Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 10:43 am
by Dr Tony Balls
W.L.Weller wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 10:32 am
Should I drive to Staten Island to buy a Radial ABY box for $50?
LOL they could ship it to you for less than the tolls on the Verrazzano.
Re: Gear: TALK ME OUT OF IT or JUSTIFY MY PURCHASE?
Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 12:02 pm
by Frankie99
I have a radial shotgun, and I think it's worth it. Does the ABY have a phase switch and ground lift? If so....that might be a bargain.
Re: Gear: TALK ME OUT OF IT or JUSTIFY MY PURCHASE?
Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 1:08 pm
by W.L.Weller
Frankie99 wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 12:02 pm
Does the ABY have a phase switch and ground lift? If so....that might be a bargain.
It does, it's an older Radial Big Shot, and it looks like the new version goes for $120+tax.
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