Caparison?

The_g-man

Guitar finally arrived this morning, I'll post some pics after I get a new hard case. The padding in this one is torn at the top point of the headstock.

Doctor J

It doesn't exist without pics and nobody cares about the hardcase, it's what's inside the hardcase that counts

Karl Hungus

Yeah, hurry up with the pics! I wanna see!

The_g-man

Quite miffed to find this box arrive this morning, as I had said to Ace I wasn't interested in the Les Paul Custom in the U-box; then here comes postie with a Gibson Flying V box.:eek:
Worked out OK in the end.

The_g-man

Here's some more pics.

Doctor J

Oh man that is sweet. How does it play and sound (stupid question but for the sake of formaility )?

The_g-man

The sound out of it you say? I won't know until next week when my amp arrives.:( But it plays sweet and was in perfect tune straight out of the box.

The one thing leaving a smile on my face right now is seeing the ESP price tag still on the back.
They were looking for ¥162,750 (¥155,000), yet ishibashi somehow makes a profit of delivering this to my door for ¥124,000. Now if only customs hadn't cut in on this I would have been on the right side of a grand.:rolleyes:

Karl Hungus

Sweet. I want one.

What amp are you getting?

The_g-man

I was looking at buying an ENGL screamer on impulse, but I just missed out on that one:o, so I'm settling for a peavey classic 30.

Karl Hungus

The_g-man wrote:

I was looking at buying an ENGL screamer on impulse, but I just missed out on that one:o, so I'm settling for a peavey classic 30.

Settling for a classic 30? Hmm, I don't like the sound of 'Settling for' at all, maybe it's not what you'd really want?

The_g-man

I just don't like the idea of selling an amp for €80 and replacing it with one that costs over a grand. Unless you'd considering giving me a good deal on your ENGL......;)

Ancient1

Wow, nice one man!

I hope you didn't sell your bass to finance this!

Voodu Child

Very nice I wouldnt mind a shot of that , ive been curious as to what they are like for a while now...

Seriously though, you dont want to play that baby through a classic 30 (nothing wrong with them btw) - you want high gain all the way !:D

Karl Hungus

The_g-man wrote:

I just don't like the idea of selling an amp for €80 and replacing it with one that costs over a grand. Unless you'd considering giving me a good deal on your ENGL......;)

Hahaha! No chance I'm afraid.

The_g-man

Don't worry Ancient1, I'm not letting go of the bass that easy.:D voodoo_child, I'll be using the classic 30 for my other guitar, for this one I'm thinking of checking out the roland cube x range when they come out.
http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=822&ParentId=72
Apparently they're due out in October, I can use the classic 30 while I'm waiting.
KH, worth a shot.:rolleyes:

Karl Hungus

The_g-man wrote:

for this one I'm thinking of checking out the roland cube x range when they come out.
http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=822&ParentId=72
Apparently they're due out in October, I can use the classic 30 while I'm waiting.
KH, worth a shot.:rolleyes:

Whoa! Do I need another cube? Honestly, no, but now I want one bad! That 20X looks fantastic. October you say?

The_g-man

http://emusician.com/special_report/summer_namm_2006/
About 3/4 of the way down the page, seems like an american release date. And don't say no just yet, that was only the 20x, wait for the video for the 30x.:p