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In celebration of the late Genius and God Edward Van Halen's birthday last Friday, someone ordered this little beauty.....

https://www.evhgear.com/gear/shape/stra ... 5107902576

Oooohhh I can't fucking wait to play that thing.

That is Soooo COOL!


You Lucky Bastard !

How's it going with the new Axe mate?



I just sold one of my old Acoustic's (Takamine) 6 string and have put the money towards this little Beauty:

Taylor 12 Fret, 12 String 352ce









Demo:

https://www.pegheadnation.com/instrumen ... and-362ce/

Bought this Ibanez last month! Plays great.

EssexGooner1981 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:18 am

Bought this Ibanez last month! Plays great.

WHOAHHHHHHH! Dude That is "Nice"... Nice Set-Up Too!.


Have you seen this Angus?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6rBK0BqL2w


Only 15yr when she did this.

OneBardGooner wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:24 am

EssexGooner1981 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:18 am

Bought this Ibanez last month! Plays great.

WHOAHHHHHHH! Dude That is "Nice"... Nice Set-Up Too!.


Have you seen this Angus?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6rBK0BqL2w


Only 15yr when she did this.

Hah! That's cool. Yeah some kids are ridiculous.

EssexGooner1981 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:55 am

OneBardGooner wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:24 am

EssexGooner1981 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:18 am

Bought this Ibanez last month! Plays great.

WHOAHHHHHHH! Dude That is "Nice"... Nice Set-Up Too!.


Have you seen this Angus?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6rBK0BqL2w


Only 15yr when she did this.

Hah! That's cool. Yeah some kids are ridiculous.

I play acoustic rather than electric but when I saw that I thought....Fuuuuuuuuuucccckkk!

EssexGooner1981 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:18 am

Bought this Ibanez last month! Plays great.

Does the Fender Amp have FX Built Into it?

OneBardGooner wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:07 pm

EssexGooner1981 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:18 am

Bought this Ibanez last month! Plays great.

Does the Fender Amp have FX Built Into it?

No it's a custom shop model from the 90s. It has two channels (clean and diirt) and a separate effects loop for each, but effects don't come as standard! It's pretty old school.

Sounds incredible.

EssexGooner1981 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:09 pm

OneBardGooner wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:07 pm

EssexGooner1981 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:18 am

Bought this Ibanez last month! Plays great.

Does the Fender Amp have FX Built Into it?

No it's a custom shop model from the 90s. It has two channels (clean and diirt) and a separate effects loop for each, but effects don't come as standard! It's pretty old school.

Sounds incredible.

Gotta say it looks well nice!

EssexGooner1981 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:18 am

Bought this Ibanez last month! Plays great.

Nice. Is that Ibey a Prestige? That wasn't cheap!

OneBardGooner wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:50 pm

How's it going with the new Axe mate?



I just sold one of my old Acoustic's (Takamine) 6 string and have put the money towards this little Beauty:

Taylor 12 Fret, 12 String 352ce









Demo:

https://www.pegheadnation.com/instrumen ... and-362ce/

Haven't got it yet.

Usually buy my guitars from Thomann in Germany boom six days later it arrives. Decided to be a nice bloke and throw the thousand quid at an Oirish guitar shop for this EVH and I'm still waiting for it to be delivered!

Thomann in Germany is where I got my T-Rex Soulmate (Acoustic FX Board) from, they also sorted a decent carrying case for it. Always helpful.

I'm the same with my Taylor 12 fret, 12 String.... I actually travelled to Birmingham to the Guitar-Guitar shop, they were doing it the cheapest by some £300, so that easily covered petrol etc. They also gave me a good price / exchange on my old Takamine. Apparently there have been Hold-Up's with Imports all over the UK. Taylor told Guitar-Guitar it was due to a change in Shipping Fee's; something to do with a sudden Big Increase in insurance costs etc, my Taylor should have been here by last Saturday so a 2 Week delay expected. They will set it up and ship it to me asap, I am just looking forward to playing it.


Just out of interest what strings do you tend to use on your (Electric) guitars? I've tried various over the years on my Acoustics , but usually now use Elixir Nanoweb Light 12 - 53, they are quite pricey, but I can usually source a 3 packs for 2 online. The best one's I've used are Lowden's own make / brand (Bronze Light) They are amazing but they are expensive.

DB10GOONER wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:40 pm

EssexGooner1981 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:18 am

Bought this Ibanez last month! Plays great.

Nice. Is that Ibey a Prestige? That wasn't cheap!

Well I got it on a reduction as it was last year's colour! Anderton's were obviously having a clearance out the back!

OneBardGooner wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:10 pm

Thomann in Germany is where I got my T-Rex Soulmate (Acoustic FX Board) from, they also sorted a decent carrying case for it. Always helpful.

I'm the same with my Taylor 12 fret, 12 String.... I actually travelled to Birmingham to the Guitar-Guitar shop, they were doing it the cheapest by some £300, so that easily covered petrol etc. They also gave me a good price / exchange on my old Takamine. Apparently there have been Hold-Up's with Imports all over the UK. Taylor told Guitar-Guitar it was due to a change in Shipping Fee's; something to do with a sudden Big Increase in insurance costs etc, my Taylor should have been here by last Saturday so a 2 Week delay expected. They will set it up and ship it to me asap, I am just looking forward to playing it.


Just out of interest what strings do you tend to use on your (Electric) guitars? I've tried various over the years on my Acoustics , but usually now use Elixir Nanoweb Light 12 - 53, they are quite pricey, but I can usually source a 3 packs for 2 online. The best one's I've used are Lowden's own make / brand (Bronze Light) They are amazing but they are expensive.

On all my regular guitars (the ones tuned in E standard) it's Enie Ball Super Slinky 9 - 42.

For the ones in drop D tuning, drop C tuning, or E♭ tuning, and the one 7 string I have, it's Ernie Ball super slinky 10 - 46.

After experimenting with loads of brands as a kid I discovered Ernie Ball Super Slinky and have played them ever since. And that's decades my friend!

I love them.

They just feel so smooth and well.... slinky.... on the neck. They are great for extreme string bending and for any guitar with a Floyd or Ibanez Edge whammy.

I literally use no other type of string. When I bought my Kramer Baretta, before I even plugged it in, I ripped off the factory strings and slapped on a set of Super Slinky nines!