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 ...
No it certainly isn't even if we kid ourselves about it all. that situation I wrote about before came to a climax this week, nearly at death. thanks for all of your honesty.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, I was very sad to hear of the death of Paul Gray - supurb player. heard a very touchin speech given by Slipnot on radio 1 earlier. Anyt other comment just seems cliche, but prayers to your friend and to Paul Gray's family and bandmates xx
ReplyDeletenope, no guarentees, no assured happy endings.
ReplyDeleteStories like this give you a bolt, and make you realise what you have, and what you should be grateful for.... yet within a few weeks you are back to moaning about your lot. Sad but true.
not but sometimes it seems very much fairer to others
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