Guitar Nerds Anonymous

Whatever you go for, I would want to play the thing before buying it. When I got my tele I played loads before settling on a standard MIM - it wasn’t the best plugged in but a pickup swap (custom shop Texas something or other) solved that.

I just bought a black MIM tele and it’s the nicest guitar I’ve played for a while. American Fender have more exotic hardware but that’s a cheap upgrade for a MIM guitar that plays well.

Alas, one of my mates just had all his guitars nicked and is struggling a bit so my new tele is going to him.

Tobacco burst, maple neck is one of my fave strat combinations.

Great price on a 2nd hand US Strat here:
https://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/product/fender-american-special-stratocaster-black-with-gig-bag-2nd-hand-yfender89713/

Or something like this might do... a bit dinged, mind. https://www.whitstableguitars.co.uk/fender-st-362-us-2ts-mij

@Dramatic_Hammer I should be okay as I play lots of really awful guitars at work, which are abused to the extreme and anything that's half decent will be fine for what I'm looking for.

@Jung Yes, Tobacco burst looks great.

@Pifko and @rickster They're great finds, but a little too expensive for me at the moment, as I need to get a wah-wah pedal and probably a little practice amp too. I'm not sure I need anything quite that nice...

Keep enough aside for a tortoiseshell scratchplate.

Get one of these instead of a practice amp and plug it in your stereo mate. I've had mine since they first came out and still really like it. They're super handy if you're trying to nail a particular sound on the cheap.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LINE-6-POD-XT-MULTI-EFFECTS-PROCESSOR/143239805722?hash=item2159c1fb1a:g:FLUAAOSwAoJcxgqh

Really?!? Where can you get good tort these days anyway? Most of it looks so cheap compared to the old stuff...

I hear great things from friends about the Yamaha THR series amps, cheap as chips too...

I hear great things from friends about the Yamaha THR series amps, cheap as chips too...

Looks really good. And the reviews are great. Actually, looks fucking great!

Wow they do look cool. Never heard of them (absolutely par for the course.)
...frantic googling ensues.

Instant WANT! That's like every bedroom noodlers dream package. And with a battery too. Damn.

Putting 11s and a tunomatic on there to sort all my issues, I'm sure. Slapping a compensated nut on there too.

A used one popped up here for $150, was so tempted but REALLY don't need another amp!

You'll probably be fine then, 10s and massive whammy abuse were probably the culprits for me...

Actually I'm not sure about black body-black pickups-tort pickguard. Pickups have to be white for it to work:

But I also don't think black-white-black looks that good.

Black pickguard instead.

Consider also the Vox Adio Air GT. If you can get past the fact that it looks like a Louis Vuitton purse, it sounds great and has lots of useful functionality.

I think all strats should be Olympic White (and on very rare occasions Fiesta Red)... But I hate them with a passion so what do I know...

I like the Black / Black, 70s headstock look but I much prefer it with the maple neck.

Agreed. Dave Gilmour also thinks so.

I went thu the “which practice amp?” Thing a few pages back and got a Yamaha THR something or other. Love it love it love it. So much fun. Honestly best guitar related purchase in years.

Has anyone got any experience of the Hudson Sidecar?

I was just thinking the other day that the TS9 didn't really have the range of sounds I was after then I saw this mentioned repeatedly in a thread on Fretboard.

Watched a few demo videos on YouTube and now I'm convinced I need one.

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£2 from the dump. Needed work, strings and a saddle. It’s been butchered and had identifying features crudely removed but it’s a Yamaha fg140 Nippon Gakki from mid 1970. I knew as soon as I picked it up from the neck.

Sounds good too

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Building a Timmy clone pedal. God knows why - there are plenty of cheap ones available to buy that have been put together by professionals - but if it all goes well, then I’ll be building a Hot Cake next.

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Nice find! Those old Yamahas are great! Like your stuffed fox head too. Related to your username or just weird coincidence?