Search results

Picked up a USA Junior a few months back and been absolutely loving the sound and getting on okay with the relatively slim neck: to be fair, it's a great neck and not as slim as most slim-taper necks I've played in the past. BUT! Had a hankering for something a bit more special (pun intended!)...

So ... my local store has a (circa) 1967 Gibson SG for sale. I've seen it in person in the shop but not had it down for a close look or to play it but I'm considering taking it for a "spin" to see if I might want to go for it. That would involve selling / part-ex'ing my CS ES-335, though...

Okay ... I’ll try and keep this brief ... but will probably fail! Over lockdown, my Gibson SG Standard ‘61 and Gretsch Duo Jet have very much become my go-to guitars. So much so that I started disliking my 335 and decided to part-ex it. Initially I picked up a PRS but - whilst it sounded good...

Okay, it’s a fair cop, I’ve done a few of these ... but I picked up a set of Bare Knuckle Nantucket P90s back in January with the intention of fitting them to my Epiphone Joe Bonamassa Firebird I ... yes, that would involve some fairly serious routing ... which is why I never could quite face it...

Been a while since I had a Les Paul in the stable but was feeling the need for one to go alongside my P90 SG and ES335. Was taking a while to save up for a good Trad or cheap Historic but then I spotted a 2004 Studio Plus which I thought had "potential" so I went for it and made a few mods -...

Well ... it was only a matter of time before my P90 obsession took hold and - since my ES-335 already has some fabulous WCR PAF-style humbuckers - the SG was inevitably going to get the ol' soapbar conversion treatment! Ordered the pickguard from Parts Is Parts in the US and the description...

Having left my band, I've been considering what guitars *I* want, as opposed to which work best for the set of covers we play. It came down to an ES-335 (got), 58/59 reissue Les Paul (can't afford just now!) and a nice Cherry SG. So, I managed to sell my Firebird and started looking for either...

Goodness knows if this is the right section but here goes: I recently bought a CS Non-Reverse Firebird - love it. I'd like to add a Bigsby but I am concerned that standard strings would not be long enough: - Current distance from top E tuner to Stoptail is approx. 87 cm - I reckon a...

I've now lost count of the number of times I've been round the Gibson / PRS / Gibson ... loop (though my wife perhaps hasn't ....) and I find myself firmly back in the Gibson camp today. Having consolidated down to two PRS guitars - quite successfully from a gigging/flexibility/tone perspective...

I've been through a few PRS' over the last couple of years, searching for one that was right for me: I just love the feel of the necks and fingerboards - so comfy to play - but despite trying a Swamp Ash Special, Singlecut, McCarty and 408 I never quite bonded with the tones. The 408 was very...

Hey guys, recently put some new pickups in my Firebird and thought I'd record a quick demo: Creamery Firebird Pickups Demo - YouTube Pickups are from The Creamery in Manchester, UK and they sound great!

So, until very recently my Firebird had three BKP Nantucket P90 pickups. I've now removed those and dropped two into my SG - which sounds incredible so I'm very happy with that. The question is, what to do with the Firebird now? My original plan was to go back to the traditional Firebird...

So, I've wanted a Gretsch Duo Jet for as long as I can remember - driven primarily from seeing Neil Finn (a personal hero of mine) play several in the various bands and solo projects he's been involved with. The great grungy/fuzzy tones that folks like Jack White coax out of Gretsch guitars...

There have to be some perks to business trips, right? Was in Tampa last week and decided to check out the local GC with a US based colleague. Guitar selection was pretty good for Fenders and Gibsons: although they didn't have any Tele Customs which would have been cool as I've really started...

Already posted this over at MLP but figured I'd share here too! I was a dyed-in-the-wool Les Paul guy until my unexpected falling for the humble SG and since then the other Gibsons I've wanted have been a Firebird and an ES335, rather than back to a Lester. So, having sorted the Firebird...

Well, it's been a long time coming ... back in August I found this 2010 NOS Firebird V on sale at my local music store and I had the plan to (finally!) get my dream Firebird/3xP90/Bigsby 'signature' guitar done. I've been banging on about doing this for about 3 years or so but couldn't quite...

So, you all have my full permission to yell "IDIOT!" at the top of your voices but here goes ... A couple of months back, I bought a PRS 25th Anniversary Swamp Ash Special Narrowfield guitar. I fell in love with the playability, flexibility and the tone - it's become my mainstay guitar for...

So, I bought this fairly recently for more than I should probably have paid for it but I fell in love with it when using it to try out some pedals. I've added a Bigsby B7 - using some black, hard-rubber tap washers to get the correct height at the bridge end - along with some nickel humbucker...