So today I played a 1956 Les Paul...

Doctor J

... nice, no doubt about it, mojo coming out the yin-yang...


...but...


...I'd still go for a modern one made by someone other than Gibson who I'm tired of pimping

Dord

You should get a '56 Bacchus instead!

Doctor J

The Earth's core would implode with such mojo

And I have another convert too

Dord

You don't need to convert me, I am wise to the ways of Japanese production.

Although, I don't have a Bacchus or Bacchii? (is that a word?)

Doctor J

You need to get one. Seriously.

There are a couple of Japanese L2000's on the u-box at very tasty prices, sod all info around on them though. I think ESP made them before they started the Tribute range in Korea.

Dord

Doctor J wrote: »

You need to get one. Seriously.

There are a couple of Japanese L2000's on the u-box at very tasty prices, sod all info around on them though. I think ESP made them before they started the Tribute range in Korea.

Intriguing....


Nah, I don't have the space for any more instruments. I am gettin' me a new amp soon though, Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0! :eek: :pac::pac::pac:

Patricide

All of you guys with your proper jobs and salaries make me sick.......with a major affliction of gass.

Doctor J

We were young and poor too, now we're old and slightly less poor

Patricide

True......true, but not in this age of super guitars and internets to gawp at ...........you think you know of gass.............YOU KNOW NOTHING haha

Dord

Doctor J wrote: »

We were young and poor too, now we're old and slightly less poor

Speak for yourself, I'm young and less poor.


*waits for wimmins to PM him*

Ancient1

Patricide wrote: »

All of you guys with your proper jobs and salaries make me sick.......with a major affliction of gass.

That's coz we from the Seventies and you're not! :pac: (<--- is the pac smiley really back? Hooray!!)

I positively OD'ed on all kindsa tasty geetars today, from the Doc's insane collection to a tasty vintage collection....No need to philosophize much - I want them all!

Doctor J

Check it out, man, they're making a posh version of the Empire now :eek:

Johnny Storm

Doctor J wrote: »

... nice, no doubt about it, mojo coming out the yin-yang...

...but...

...I'd still go for a modern one made by someone other than Gibson who I'm tired of pimping

I'm thinkin' ..... identity theft ?

Doctor J

Nah, it was nice for sure, but there's just no doubt at all that modern build methods and finishes are better, finishing (ie fretting, etc not the paint) is better, you're counting on individually perceptive or ethereal and magic qualities to raise it above the level of a high quality modern equivalent.

Plus the neck was like a friggin oar

Deadly, but there's no reason something built this year wouldn't be better if you know where to look.

The_g-man

How much, Doc? Me likey.:pac:

Doctor J

They are offensively priced, over 2k. I picked up my older version with the flame top and pretty much everthing else the same second hand for about €700. Wonderful, wonderful guitar but jaysus is any guitar really worth over 2k?

http://www.kurosawagakki.com/items/detail/9489.html

Edit -> Although it was funny to see Ancient1's face when he heard the Telecaster that hides under the skin of it

The_g-man

Not when you can buy it in a different colour for €700 it's not.:eek:

Doctor J

Although to put it in perspective, the Les Paul costs over twice the price of the posh Empire, so who's to say what's right in this crazy, crazy world

Dord

'56 Les Paul for €4K? :eek:

Doctor J

"...over twice..." - 5.5k for a single P90 LP junior slab body :eek:

Dord

ahhh right. LOL

You didn't say it was a Jr. so I presumed it was a standard.

I'd love a Jr., but tbh I'd rather buy a new one for a lot less.

Doctor J

Ah you'd expect they had the pixies sprinke mojo dust on the juniors as well as the standards

Dord

Of course!

Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day has about 25 or 30 LP Jr's! :eek:
Lucky baxtard!

boycey

Never really got to play anything considered truly vintage. The closest would be my mates SG which I think is a '73 . Something very right and cool about it though. Small guard, walnut finish, mini 'buckers. Its been through hundreds of gigs in his 15 or so years of ownership. The neck finish is practically gone at this stage, frets still ok though. It stinks of mojo and I love it, just feels so 'worn in'.
New guitars/old guitars- as long as theyre good I'll have 'em all thank you very much;)

fish-head

Is that the SG Junior in Wunjo Guitars? I loved that guitar!

Dord

There's something very nice about a guitar that is a bit worn in. One of my Aria basses is from the mid 80's and has seen a bit of use but definitely no abuse. The neck is wonderous on it and it gets many comments from those who play it.

Doctor J

It all comes back to Bacchus... I'm like a broken record now... sorry

Them employ someone to file these "side scallops" between every fret so the neck feels like an old played in friend before it ever leaves the factory.



Oh how I love them all

boycey

Doc I cant believe you even took a photo!!

You are BACCHUS FANBOY NUMERO UNO

Impressive attention to detail none the less.

Doctor J

I'm even beginning to piss myself off

Should say, there was a Fender custom shop strat there, a Mary Kay relic... friggin beautiful, wasn't mad on the V shape neck profile but jaysus what a stunner

Vim Fuego

Speaking of Bacchus, where can you buy their LP models? Guitar Japan still has last year's line-up on the site and I can barely even read U-Box, let alone find and buy anything on it

Doctor J

Send guitarjapan an email, they can get them in for... wait for it... $1250

boycey

My next completely necessary purchase was going to be one of the new Cornford Roadhouse 30 watt heads, a LP shaped Bacchus has wormed its way into my subconcious though. Wonder how

Vim Fuego

Hmm, I've emailed GJ before and heard nothing from them. What address are you using? The one I have is guitarjapan2004@yahoo.co.jp.

Just a heads up. I've also found a Swiss chap on ebay who always has a few Bacchi for sale. The LPs seem to go for around €900 but he always has them up for auction rather than at a buy-it-now price which is annoying, though there's rarely ever more than one bid and the shipping is obviously a good bit cheaper. I just can't bring myself to buy a Gibbo these days so the Duke is on the radar bigtime.

Dord

If you were buying from Switzerland would you have to pay customs & VAT, is it technically in the EU?

Vim Fuego

Yeah, I'm guessing you would stung for VAT.

Quattroste

It's great that a thread titled "So today I played a 1956 Les Paul..." can turn into a Bacchus thread.

I have a Patrick Eggle Berlin, a Tokai LS200, a Tokai ES100 a Bacchus 04G Studio and some other yoke plus I have owned a Fender american Strat and a Gibson LP standard and out of them all the Bacchus is the best. I have only had it a couple of months and if I could keep only one guitar the Eggle would give it a run for it's money as I have had it for 15 years but the Bacchus is better.

Doctor J

Yeah, I used that address. Received this the week before last

Thank you for your interest.
We will confirm the availability of DUKE-MASTER.
The price will be $1,280 + shipping cost + might be customs duty.
Best regards.
Ryutaro Tsurumaki

The Swiss guy, I am very aware of

A lot of his stuff is second hand though, from what I can see. Guitarjapan deal in dollars (wahoo!) so a brand new Duke is €813 at todays's exchange rate :eek: Add shipping of about €100 and that's just a ****ing ridiculous price for that guitar, even including import duty.

That's just ****in nuts

I got the Bacchus P from them, they were great to deal with and as soon as I can raise the cash, I'd really like to get a Duke while the exchange rates are so favourable.

Doctor J

Quattroste wrote: »

but the Bacchus is better

I'm glad it's not just me at long bleedin last

Quattroste

It's in my hands right now......











the Bacchus that is

Dord

feylya

Oh christ, we'll never shut him up now! :pac:

Dord

Sorry

:pac: :pac: :pac: :pac: :pac:

Doctor J

feylya wrote: »

we'll never shut him up

...ever :pac:

I've no doubt that is the best drink in the world

Vim Fuego

Found another Japan-based eBay store with good feedback with the bacchai. This could be the winner for my Duke business: http://search.ebay.com/?fcid=99&fpos=&sass=hisashi0731&gbr=1&save=Save

Flippin' Guitar Japan's ebay store doesn't even have most of their stuff: http://stores.ebay.com/Japanese-Guitar-Shop and they haven't emailed me back. They must only like Doctor J :pac:

Quattroste

Hisashi is a good guy too. I've only heard good things about him. I know him from the Tokai board(if that can be classed as knowing someone!!)

I want this http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Bacchus-Japan-Hand-Made-PJ-Bass-Wood-Line-Black-Oil_W0QQitemZ230221285928QQihZ013QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

boycey

Im surprised how many of you guys that post on here play guitar and bass too.
I know thats not a shockin revelation but after all these years Ive never had the urge to buy a bass, hardly ever touch an accoustic even. Neither excite me in the way electric guitars do. My loss

Dord

boycey wrote: »

Im surprised how many of you guys that post on here play guitar and bass too.
I know thats not a shockin revelation but after all these years Ive never had the urge to buy a bass, hardly ever touch an accoustic even. Neither excite me in the way electric guitars do. My loss

I just play bass although I did try play guitar before but I suck badly.

Morf

This made me sex wee my pants

Doctor J

Morf wrote: »

This made me sex wee my pants

I have something very similar

boycey wrote: »

Im surprised how many of you guys that post on here play guitar and bass too.
I know thats not a shockin revelation but after all these years Ive never had the urge to buy a bass, hardly ever touch an accoustic even. Neither excite me in the way electric guitars do. My loss

I started on bass and bass is still the instrument that I enjoy the most. I only started playing guitar out of frustration with guitarists :pac:

Doctor J

This place ships internationally too and they've got Dukes, lots of Dukes

They won't take credit cards though, has to be bank transfer

http://www.kurosawagakki.com/tags/search/1/132/index.html

Dord

Doctor J wrote: »

This place ships internationally too and they've got Dukes, lots of Dukes

They won't take credit cards though, has to be bank transfer

http://www.kurosawagakki.com/tags/search/1/132/index.html

You f*cker! Thanks for giving me GAS! :mad:



Me wanty.