Wednesday, November 20, 2002
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Yet another celebrity guitar fails to sell at auction; this time it's John Lennon's Vox organ guitar. posted by G L Wilson 2:58 PM |
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This Website and Making ContactIt seems that a lot of people are finding this website from Google and other search engines using queries such as "how to remove varnish off a guitar", "how to sand a neck", "Telecaster routing", etc. Other times people are looking for information on specific guitars (e.g. Teisco or Wandre) that I may at some point have mentioned.Please feel free to search through my archives (see right-hand column). This website is a blog - or weblog - which means that it is a frequently updated website, mainly consisting of links to content elsewhere on the internet. If you are looking for a particular type of guitar or information on renovation it is possible that I have covered it somewhere, but you might have to go trawl back through the archives to find what you want. What's at the top of the front page today, will not be there next week or next month! Perhaps I should see about incorporating a "Search this website" feature. I have recently added a commenting feature, so you can leave feedback beneath individual posts. If you have any direct questions you can always email me at gl.wilson@ntlworld.com but I warn you now, I am not a guitar guru as such, just someone with a passion for the instrument. Possibly you know far more about the subject than I do! |
Monday, November 18, 2002
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Auction update: The Eko Ranger XII was sold for £167 (that was fun sending that one off - I didn't have a big enough box, so had to fashion one out of two other guitar boxes and a whole roll of brown tape), and the Aria Legend plexiglass guitar auction has just finished with a winning bid of £180. The bidding may have gone higher but I disqualified one of the bidders because I took a look at his feedback ratings and saw that he had two negatives from within the last four days - obviously he just bids on things which he clearly has no intention of buying. People like that are a right menace on eBay. In other news, the fretless Fender Jazz Bass is absolutely gorgeous, although it still has the factory-fitted flat-wound strings on it, which makes it go "thud" rather than give that beautiful sustain-rich fretless tone. |
Thursday, November 14, 2002
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Bass guitars galore over at Subway Guitars - a nice collection. posted by G L Wilson 1:25 PM |
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www.musicvox.com - the Musicvox Space Ranger has got to be one of the wackiest modern day guitars currently in production. Nice to see the Spacecadet 12-string bass too. posted by G L Wilson 1:09 PM |
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Get more sustain out of your guitar or bass by clamping a Fat Finger to the headstock, and thus tuning out unwanted dead spots. posted by G L Wilson 12:56 PM |
Tuesday, November 12, 2002
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This saddens me. I have been forced to put these two guitars up for auction: Fender Stratocaster, pink paisley, Japanese built JV series, circa 1988
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collectguitars.com - a bunch of people showing off their guitar collections (although in some instances I don't see how one guitar can comprise a "collection"). Perhaps I'll submit some photos to this myself! posted by G L Wilson 11:37 AM |
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Daisy Rock guitars for girls, although it looks like a few boys play them too! Robert Smith of The Cure is a fan. posted by G L Wilson 10:38 AM |
Thursday, November 07, 2002
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Another guitar I'm selling...Aria Legend Plexiglass guitar This is an Aria Legend solid electric guitar, based loosely on the stylings of the now legendary Fender Jazzmaster guitar. It features two powerful humbucking pickups, 1 volume, 1 tone and 3-way pickup selector, a 22-fret neck with rosewood fingerboard, and body and headstock made from clear perspex making this guitar look ultra cool. The perspex headstock is scarfed onto a wooden neck (which looks like maple) and the joint is absolutely seamless. The extremely dense body material makes this guitar very heavy, but at the same time it gives it excellent sustain. The action of the strings is nice and low and the neck allows for some fast lead I bought this guitar new in January 2000 and have only used it at home. It has never been gigged and is in excellent condition. There is, however, one small flaw, namely a small crack inside the perspex body itself, adjacent to one of the bolts holding the neck in place. The guitar was in this condition when I bought it. The "crack" shows no sign of spreading, and the instrument seems to be structurally sound despite this small flaw. The sound is superb, the guitar is a joy to play, and looks really neat into the bargain. The only reason I am selling is because I have one six string electric guitar too many and one of them has to go! This poor beastie was simply getting overlooked in favour of my other instruments (a Fernandes sustainer guitar and a 7-string, so this poor guitar is basic in comparison)*. It would make someone a great visual and very playable instrument. This guitar deserves to be played and to be seen.
* This is not the whole story: I need to sell this guitar so I can afford to pay for a fretless Fender Jazz Bass. Is that a good enough reason to sell, do you think? |
Tuesday, November 05, 2002
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microtones.com - microtonal guitars and recordings - dedicated to providing the best in alternate-tuned music. posted by G L Wilson 12:10 PM |
Monday, November 04, 2002
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Lonnie Donegan, known as the "king of skiffle", has died aged 71. posted by G L Wilson 2:45 PM |
