NEW GEAR!! Buying anything?

[Greg_L]

Clearly I'm wrong - sorry.
+$150ish is not big deal compared to the US.

They're close though. I suppose that could just be the cost of shipping it over there? I have no idea what it would cost to ship an acoustic guitar from Memphis to Australia. 150 might seem about right? Maybe?

[Armistice]

It's particularly bad at the moment because of the exchange rate. When the exchange rate was better, in recent times, expensive US guitars came down a bit. Swings. Roundabouts.

[Greg_L]

My motherfucking guitar is literally within a few miles of me at a FedEx hub and my scheduled delivery is tomorrow? WTF.

And I don't mean literally in the millennial-speak sense where people say "literalleeeee" when they acctually mean it figuratively. I mean literally literally. It's literally a few miles away. I could ride a bike to the big ass mega FedEx hub in Cypress, Tx.

[Lt. Bob]

they need an extra day for the damaging portion of the delivery process

[Greg_L]

they need an extra day for the damaging portion of the delivery process

It made it to Houston unscathed so they need an extra day to make things right.

[Minerman]

My motherfucking guitar is literally within a few miles of me at a FedEx hub and my scheduled delivery is tomorrow? WTF.

And I don't mean literally in the millennial-speak sense where people say "literalleeeee" when they acctually mean it figuratively. I mean literally literally. It's literally a few miles away. I could ride a bike to the big ass mega FedEx hub in Cypress, Tx.

Hop on your Schwinn & head on over there man...

I feel your pain though dude, when I'm waiting on FedEx, & it says "by the end of the day", that literally means 7 or 8 pm here...

Hang in there, I think you can manage just one more day...That only makes what, 3 SG's you'll have now???

[Greg_L]

Hop on your Schwinn & head on over there man...

I feel your pain though dude, when I'm waiting on FedEx, & it says "by the end of the day", that literally means 7 or 8 pm here...

Hang in there, I think you can manage just one more day...That only makes what, 3 SG's you'll have now???

The original delivery date was Saturday by end of day. I knew that wasn't going to happen. It was coming from California and was only in Arizona by Friday. No way it was getting here on Saturday.

But it did arrive today! Safe and sound. Man, it is clean. This thing is like brand new. Not even so much as a hint of fret wear. It still has that Gibson nice but toxic new nitrocellulose smell. It had to just be sitting in it's case for years. Pretty unbelievable how mint this thing is. I'm gonna rip it apart tomorrow and give it a good cleaning and set up and I'll report back later.

[Tadpui]

Sweet! Enjoy!

[JD01]

Nice! Pics?

[Greg_L]

Nice! Pics?

I'll take some today when I take it apart. I'm very curious to see what's under the batwing. I also need to clean/touch up the output jack. It's a little loose and scratchy. One little surprise is it's got coil splits. Didn't know about that from the listing. It wouldn't have changed my mind but it's an interesting surprise. So I'll break it down today and give it a freshening up and snap some pics. Mostly I just want to clean it. It's in really great shape, but I hate the thought of touching all over someone else's DNA. The fretboard is kind of dirty.

[Minerman]

So I've been looking around for another guitar with a Floyd Rose, & I'd love to have the Ibanez I had back in the day:


I'm pretty sure I'll never find the very guitar I had, so I'd settle for something pretty similar...A quick Reverb search came up with these:
'87 Ibanez S540 blue-burst @ Reverb
'89 Ibanez S540 blue @ Reverb
'88 Ibanez S540 black cherry @ Reverb
'89 Ibanez S540 black cherry @ Reverb

While I'd love to have the same color as the guitar I had (black cherry), it also had 3 on/off toggles for each p'up...The p'ups had the usual H-S-S thing, with a coil split for the bridge p'up, but the middle/neck p'ups were actually stacked humbuckers...The trem was an Ibanez licensed Floyd Rose with the "backstop", & once the strings were stretched/locked down, it just would not go out of tune, at all... I'm leaning toward the '87 in blue burst (first link) because of the toggle switches...I did see one in black cherry with the toggles a few months ago, but can't find it again (on Reverb anyway, there might be one on Fleabay, maybe)...

The Ibanez I currently have is ok, but it's very different from the one I had back in the day...The RG's body is pretty thick & square, where the S540's body is really thin & contoured...That was one of the most comfortable guitars I've ever played...

I'm still looking around, & it's still gonna be a while, but the next guitar I buy will most likely be one like this...

[Greg_L]

So I've been looking around for another guitar with a Floyd Rose, & I'd love to have the Ibanez I had back in the day:


I'm pretty sure I'll never find the very guitar I had, so I'd settle for something pretty similar...A quick Reverb search came up with these:
'87 Ibanez S540 blue-burst @ Reverb
'89 Ibanez S540 blue @ Reverb
'88 Ibanez S540 black cherry @ Reverb
'89 Ibanez S540 black cherry @ Reverb

While I'd love to have the same color as the guitar I had (black cherry), it also had 3 on/off toggles for each p'up...The p'ups had the usual H-S-S thing, with a coil split for the bridge p'up, but the middle/neck p'ups were actually stacked humbuckers...The trem was an Ibanez licensed Floyd Rose with the "backstop", & once the strings were stretched/locked down, it just would not go out of tune, at all... I'm leaning toward the '87 in blue burst (first link) because of the toggle switches...I did see one in black cherry with the toggles a few months ago, but can't find it again (on Reverb anyway, there might be one on Fleabay, maybe)...

The Ibanez I currently have is ok, but it's very different from the one I had back in the day...The RG's body is pretty thick & square, where the S540's body is really thin & contoured...That was one of the most comfortable guitars I've ever played...

I'm still looking around, & it's still gonna be a while, but the next guitar I buy will most likely be one like this...

Wow, I didn't know they made those more rounded less pointy super strats. Those are much better looking to me. Cool man, I hope it works out for you.

[Minerman]

Wow, I didn't know they made those more rounded less pointy super strats. Those are much better looking to me. Cool man, I hope it works out for you.

Yeah dude, to me, that was a great little guitar...Light as a feather, and all the bells/whistles...IIRC, that guitar cost me around $1200 new in '88...I paid for it with the $$$ I made from playing gigs my senior year in high school...

They still make 'em pretty similar, this one ain't bad, I like the blue finish better than the "dragon's eye" myself:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... phire-blue

Here's the "top of the line" Prestige (I think anyway, pretty damn expensive IMO) in the "S" series (the "S" stands for Sabre btw):
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... nset-burst

The fingerboard is different, & the latter has DiMarzio p'ups, but to me, they're basically the same, other than one cost over twice as much...

I may end up going with a new one, maybe the $600 version, then throw a set of Mutt's p'ups in it...That would make it a better guitar than the $2k version IMO...Plus, I could probably flip the RG I currently have to help things along...

Going that route would leave a lotta wiggle room for the Mini 800 too...

[Greg_L]

Going that route would leave a lotta wiggle room for the Mini 800 too...

You are a nutcase!

[WhiskeyJack]

Here's the "top of the line" Prestige (I think anyway, pretty damn expensive IMO) in the "S" series (the "S" stands for Sabre btw):
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... nset-burst

That looks like a precision piece of kit. Like it does highly formulated math equations and shit. I don't know why, it just seems it has a very scholarly personality.

[Minerman]

Going that route would leave a lotta wiggle room for the Mini 800 too...

You are a nutcase!

Lol...Fuck man, all you guys know I'm gonna get one of those 20w JCM 800's...I just have to wait until the right time...I've wanted an 800 for years & years now, so fuck it...I like the small form of the Mini Jubilee & how it sounds, so I'd say eventually I'll end up with all of those mini heads...

Patience grasshopper, patience...
My birthday hits first, then Christmas...They fall within 6 weeks of each other & they're getting closer every day...

Here's the "top of the line" Prestige (I think anyway, pretty damn expensive IMO) in the "S" series (the "S" stands for Sabre btw):
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... nset-burst

That looks like a precision piece of kit. Like it does highly formulated math equations and shit. I don't know why, it just seems it has a very scholarly personality.

Well Shan, if that's true, & I had that guitar, then I'd be the only guy in the world who's guitar is smarter than he is...

I think the "S" series guitars Ibanez makes are pretty good, but that only includes the Floyd/locking trem versions...I've played a couple hardtails with that body/neck, & I just didn't like 'em as much...

[Tadpui]

[mention]Minerman[/mention] you'll be surfing with the alien before you know it

[Minerman]

@Minerman you'll be surfing with the alien before you know it

I'm surprised nobody mentioned him yet...That's where the "S"series started...

[SweetDan]

@Minerman you'll be surfing with the alien before you know it

I'm surprised nobody mentioned him yet...That's where the "S"series started...

And they sell just the guitar for that too!



https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... chrome-boy

[JD01]

Miner I was gonna mention, the JS models are thin and light too. My RG is actually quite a chunk.