The Bassist and Guitarist thread

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 20th

Gretsch G5655 (l think?)

Gear 4 Music
Clifton Trading Estate
York

This had a gorgeous finish

https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-a...QM-Electromatic-CB-Jr-w--Bigsby-Speyside/5E3P

 

[Drago]

G4M have a decent rep.

 

[Cycleops]

That's a lovely looking guitar.
I believe Bert Weedon played Guild Starfire, among others. George Harrison also used a Guild.

 

[Cycleops]

G4M have a decent rep.

They've even sent me stuff down here. Get all my strings and accessories from them.

 

[DRM]

I don’t know how Gretsch do it, their prices really aren’t bad, when you compare them to a Gibson ES335 hollow body for example £2,699 v £829 for the Gretsch, that‘s certainly one lovely looking instrument, Bigsby trem too, there’s about £150 in that alone
https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-a...MI0qL3xZfr_QIVje3tCh0J7wRAEAQYASABEgIWWPD_BwE

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I don’t know how Gretsch do it, their prices really aren’t bad, when you compare them to a Gibson ES335 hollow body for example £2,699 v £829 for the Gretsch, that‘s certainly one lovely looking instrument, Bigsby trem too, there’s about £150 in that alone
https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-a...MI0qL3xZfr_QIVje3tCh0J7wRAEAQYASABEgIWWPD_BwE

It’s one of the smaller/thinner bodies than the ‘6120’ series, they're in the region of £2,000 - £3,000

I like the natural/‘blonde’ E335, it’s very Dave Edmunds!!!

 

[MontyVeda]

I finally got round to putting a new nut on my steel string. It was a RH guitar which has been strung LH and that threw up the inevitable intonation issues. In 2020 i paid a guy to recut the saddle slot to sort out the intonation, which was better but certainly not anywhere near perfect. He also offered to make a new nut (it was the old RH nut, badly carved to take the upside down strings) but at £50 just for a nut, i declined. Bought a cheap plastic nut for a few quid and spent a couple of hours grinding it down the get the action in the right ball park and now the intonation is as good as it'll ever be i reckon. It's so much nicer to play

 

[Grant Fondo]

do you guys know what I might get for my Yamaha Pacifica? Never play it these days as stick to the Tanglewood Odyssey. It's in top nick.

 

[ColinJ]

do you guys know what I might get for my Yamaha Pacifica? Never play it these days as stick to the Tanglewood Odyssey. It's in top nick.
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Which one is that? There seems to be a very wide range of prices depending on which model it is.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Which one is that? There seems to be a very wide range of prices depending on which model it is.

It's a 112V so not the cheapest version

 

[Drago]

Rehearsals tonight.

 

[DRM]

It's a 112V so not the cheapest version

A quick glance at Ebay would suggest between £150 to £200

 

[ColinJ]

I was searching for the famous John Williams version of Asturias (Leyenda), but I liked this alternative performance...



Wind back to the beginning and whack the subtitles on (unless you speak Spanish) for an interesting discussion about the piece.

50 years ago I used to dream about playing that piece but it is obviously never going to happen now!

 

[Drago]

Christ, I remember sweating for weeks learning Classical Gas.

She does a good Bass Face.

 

[DCBassman]

She does a good Bass Face.

All bass faces defer to Este Haim, undisputed master!