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Good Friday walk
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We went for a long walk around some woods near Canterbury, lovely day. Then had tea and a hot cross bun in a cafe. :-) Millions of ants
MMMmm! Tea and Hot Cross Buns has been the order of the day at Piley Towers too!! I love HCB's, and in days gone by they were a real treat too... now they seem to be on sale almost all year round, so doesnt feel as special anymore... Hmm, think I may nip down now for just one more!
I'm building a new guitar. So three things influenced this one. A hybrid tele / Strat body I saw, an interesting neck and particularly an interesting electronics option. Here are the bits as arrived. The body is a telecaster shape, telecaster neck pocket, telecaster control cavity but routed for 3 Strat pickups and a Strat style vibrato bridge. The control cavity makes it different to many hybrid Telecasters a la the John Mayer model which have a more Strat like control cavity. The body was advertised as "mahogany" it's quite red in nature but nice looks to be two piece centre jointed. The neck is mahogany with a maple fingerboard and a maple skunk strip. So a bit reverse look from normal. Electronically I'm going with three Strat pickups from Tonerider, having used there nashville set in the nashville tele conversion I did I was impressed. Five way switch master volume and tone. But I'm putting in a shape shifter switch ...
Folks will remember my purchase a few weeks back of the Vintage Gordon Giltrap VE2000GG 12 string to replace my old Yamaha which sadly has seen better days... My requirement was for a nice playable 12 string electro-acoustic. Most of my stuff is as you know acoustic rock orientated in the David Gray, John Mayer genre. I'd had my eye on a Gordon Giltrap for a couple of years now anyway since a) I'm a big Giltrap fan b) I'd heard said Mr Giltrap use the 6 string version live a couple of times and was impressed c) it seems incredible value for money. Now then my life was made a touch my complicated by the appearance of the Paul Brett signature 12string. This is a slight oddity in that this is a parlour sized guitar which to be honest wasn't my initial desire but has received rave reviews and also has been designed as a 12string from the ground up - unlike the Gordon Giltrap which is an adaptation of a 6 string design. Not unusual to be fair most 12 strings ar...
In the cafe? It's been a lovely day though.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great Easter!
MMMmm! Tea and Hot Cross Buns has been the order of the day at Piley Towers too!! I love HCB's, and in days gone by they were a real treat too... now they seem to be on sale almost all year round, so doesnt feel as special anymore... Hmm, think I may nip down now for just one more!
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@Liz - no in the woods... I should have reread that before posting
ReplyDeleteSuch a great thing to do! Scenic, relaxing... hope you have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThat looks so beautiful, I wish Id walked there today :)
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i love little spring flowers ..
ReplyDeletethat always perks me right up :)
did ya'll make out a bit behind a tree?