Incoming NGD

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Incoming NGD

Post by cincinnatiharry » Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:13 am

Guild Jetstar, Newark Street Collection

These are on sale for €369 shipped, down from €600, comes with a gig bag. Set neck, all mahogny, Fender scale, alnico mini humbuckers. I am thinking it will be good to go once I put a cheap bigsby on it... I wish Bigsby sold “licensed” bigsby vibratos to the public... Maybe a knock off or one of those Dusenburg ones?

https://www.thomann.de/ie/guild_jetstar ... _white.htm

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Post by Jan Deal » Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:40 am

Cool, it reminds me of an Epiphone Coronet. Those Duesenberg tremolos are very good, you finely tune them way more than any other tremolo that I've tried.
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Post by cincinnatiharry » Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:42 am

Jan Deal wrote:
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Cool, it reminds me of an Epiphone Coronet. Those Duesenberg tremolos are very good, you finely tune them way more than any other tremolo that I've tried.
Now I like it even more! Thanks!
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Post by Larry Mal » Thu Apr 23, 2020 6:07 am

Wait, is this "the one" or just an appetizer?
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Post by BoringPostcards » Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:29 pm

Those Guild humbuckers are really nice and chimey for HBs.
I haven't played that model, but I've played an S100 Polara and an S200 T Bird from that collection recently and the LB1 humbuckers were great.

I was planning on snagging the S100, but the virus got the place shut down for the time being.
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Post by HNB » Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:59 pm

Love the funky body shape. Guild does some cool stuff. ;D
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Post by cincinnatiharry » Fri Apr 24, 2020 3:18 am

Larry Mal wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 6:07 am
Wait, is this "the one" or just an appetizer?
Yo! I dunno until I play it. However, I like that it has a set neck... I am mini humbucker fan: I have Lollars in my Gibson Firebird V (I upgraded it last year and put a Bigsby on it too). I like that this has a Fender scale, that should create more tension and make tunings like C standard work better... I bought a Dusenburg Les Trem II for it yesterday, it was €88. I also bought an Orange Micro Terror w/ bag so at this point I have spent all the money from the the Strat sale (more actually). I got the Micro Terror because the new Orange Stamp is out of stock everywhere and “in stock” dates have been pushed back to two months at this point >:( , I needed an amp with a headphone out for playing at home and the iPad Pro w/ Amplitude set up just wasn’t cutting it.

I bought a 2019 Gibson Flying V Tribute on blow out and it arrived yesterday (the thread is posted on it).

At this point, guitar wise, I am pretty done for the time being anyway. I would like an Orange PPC212 cabinet (the Made in the U.K. one)... I have one in storage in the USA but I don’t have one in Ireland. However, it is hard to justify now because I have no idea when I will be playing out again.

I may buy an Ibanez TS-9 mini or this Cliff Burton Fuzz box https://www.thomann.de/ie/morley_cliff_ ... zz_box.htm it is on sale for €59 down from like €100 something.

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Post by cincinnatiharry » Fri Apr 24, 2020 3:21 am

BoringPostcards wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:29 pm
Those Guild humbuckers are really nice and chimey for HBs.
I haven't played that model, but I've played an S100 Polara and an S200 T Bird from that collection recently and the LB1 humbuckers were great.

I was planning on snagging the S100, but the virus got the place shut down for the time being.

Sadly only the Jetstar model is on sale >:(

They want €699 for the Guild Polara https://www.thomann.de/ie/guild_s_100_polara_blk.htm
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Post by cincinnatiharry » Fri Apr 24, 2020 3:28 am

HNB wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:59 pm
Love the funky body shape. Guild does some cool stuff. ;D
Yeah this scratches and itch, I was gonna buy one of the new Harmony’s made by Heritage Guitars now at the old Gibson factory, but I like a set neck (I know, not a popular opinion on here) so with the Dusenburg Les Trem II this will make me happy I hope.

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Post by cincinnatiharry » Tue May 05, 2020 10:20 am

It arrived, finally!

First impressions, at €369 it’s damn good value for money. Set up was perfect out of the box, no fret buzz, or sharp fret ends: very well built, not a scratch on it. Neck is wide and thick. The Fender scale length will take some getting used to. I am looking forward to tuning it to Open G and Drop C... I think those tuninga
Will work well on this guitar.

The pickups are AlNiCo V BUT they don’t sound so good at low volumes which is the only volume I play at as I play at home and when I play out, weekly, the pub is TINY so I bring my 1 watt Wangs amp and dial it on 2.

When you crank it the pickups sound great.

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Post by Maggieo » Tue May 05, 2020 10:30 am

Cool!

Aren't those Wangs' amps just great? I've got the Mini 5 and it's a blast.
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Post by somanytoys » Tue May 05, 2020 10:50 am

Maggieo wrote:
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Cool!

Aren't those Wangs' amps just great? I've got the Mini 5 and it's a blast.
I really need to check one of those out one day, they’re relatively cheap and get great reviews. But I think that you can only order them (?). And even if they were around to try out, now isn’t a time to go surfing in a guitar shop.

And I would have to choose between it and a Bugera T5, if I got one. But if it’s really good, I doubt I’d regret selling a Bugera, I have 2.
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Post by Maggieo » Tue May 05, 2020 10:52 am

Oh! I put NOS tubes in my Mini 5 and it is now amazeballs.
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Post by cincinnatiharry » Tue May 05, 2020 11:21 am

Maggieo wrote:
Tue May 05, 2020 10:52 am
Oh! I put NOS tubes in my Mini 5 and it is now amazeballs.
I should try that! I love my Wangs 1 Watt thang. Great toanz. It really is it’s own thing.

I am super into teeny tiny amps. The Orange Micro Terrors, The EHX 5mm, the .22 Caliber, the Magnum 44, Wangs amps... I buy them all. I NEED the Orange Terror Stamp but it is sold out all
over Europe.

You know what sounds AMAZING? The Smokey Amp

https://smokeyamps.com/

You plug your guitar in, plug the ext. speaker out to a cab OMG, sounds so good. I use one of those 9volt battery adapters, plug my pedal board into it and control the gain with a volume pedal.

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Post by Maggieo » Tue May 05, 2020 12:45 pm

Obviously, you need a Z.Vex Nano Head!

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