Leaderboard

There is one guitar that I have some GAS for which is totally out of character because it is A] Vintage, B] Gibson, c] pointy and d] unobtainable..... Jimi's Black Angel custom flying Vee. Yeah, the actual one. Had a chance to play it (sadly not plugged in) once, and there was an undefinable yet undeniable magic in that thing. Normally hate Vs, but..... Not the only hero's guitar I ever got to handle, but the only one I could *play* (being a lefty). My GAS list is normally much less prosaic, focussing on stuff I can actually afford or might realistically buy, tbh - boring, I know. Currently it is: 1] Fender player Strat - maple board tidepool 2] Fender player p bass - tidepool & maple 3] Gretsch 5210 4] Godin 5th Av Kingpin (the non-cutaway, one-pup version) 5] Eastwood Surfcaster 12 string or maybe the Reveleation Jazzmaster-style 12string 6] Eastwood Mandocaster 12 7] Fender Tim Armstong acoustic with the cat inlays. Amps-wise, the new Vox ABS-bodied bass amp, and the little nutube head, the AC version (clean is too clean, while the 'rock' one sounds like a Marshall, which isn't what I want). Think that's about it. Not big on humbuckers or Gibsons generally. If Eastwood ever did their take on the Johnny Ramone guitar as a lefty, well then..... I tend to like guitars that aren't woody/flametop types, prefer solid colours, like oddballs but with areal retro sensibility; don't care for pointy metal guitars. Floyd Roses are dealbreakers for me.

I'm a man of (limited) wealth and (questionable) taste... I've been away from the guitar and bass for a couple of years, not much played or picked them up, but recent coverage of Fender's new Player series (including the elusive, affordable maple-boarded P bass I've wanted forever!) has tempted me back. Used to play out twenty-five odd years ago with a youth group praise band; did one gig with a spoof-grunge band as part of a show I co-wrote and played in at university, and was in a string of bands that never got out of the rehearsal room (The Horse Dentists actually made it to six rehearsals with an angry punk cover of Maggies' Farm that we planned to dedicate to Tony Blair had we ever gigged....). Used to post for years as 'Edward' on Harmony Central, but eventually a new revision of the site stopped accepting my Yahoo email address, and as I didn't want to use the work one.... A UK based site makes more sense now anyhow. Hope eventually to get organised enough to pick up a few lessons to improve my playing (self-taught, never was much of a lead player and have no real theory). got a few nice guitars - my old 1994 US Std Strat, 2006 CIJ 71RI Tele, Brandoni P bass that's basically a 62RI under the hood.... all staying. Few others that it's time to part with, including a couple of Westones (Thunder IA guitar and IA bass), and probably my 1998 Korean Epi flametop Les Paul. Got my eye on the Player series Strat in Tidepool (if it had a soft V profile on the neck it'd be close to my dream Strat), a Gretsch 5210, and something like a Godin kingpin or similar (one pup, no cutaway). Love to play out with a band one day for some fun, though being now fat, bald and middle-aged I'm the very anti-thesis of rock and roll cool.....

Gibson ES325 or 339. I know I could go and get an Epi Sheraton or 339 Pro for cheap second hand, but the ultimate ambition is a full blown Gibson. Maybe I'll get the Epi and save up til I've finished uni in 3 years and get a proper job.