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Absolutely delighted to bring home a new Fender Sixty Six from guitarguitar in Glasgow last weekend. Bob and the other staff couldn’t have been any more helpful if they had tried. Brilliant shopping experience from start to finish. Played through a kemper in the booth using a range of profiles. Actually went in to pick up a Gretsch Electromatic but came home with this instead. Tried many others from £600 to £800 and this was easily the best neck, best fit / finish, best sound and playability out of the lot...though didn’t play any strats. The neck and bridge pups are easily the best sounds on the guitar, though the middle is very usable. The mix of bridge humbucker and middle Tele single coil is also great. Took a buddy along to help out and he’s going back in for the Suhr Ian Thornley sig model he tried while we were there too. That was lovely.

Every fool knows you can’t use a plastic slide on guitar, sounds awful.

Ok so I’m looking for an amp with effects and nice tones I’ve come across the Yamaha thr10 so I was wondering if it’s any good I want it for my room so bedroom playing does any of you have any experience with this.

Started playing instruments about 50 years ago, first violin (briefly) and then guitar. Moved to bass in 1975 or so when I joined a band at university, and after a bit of a hiatus committed to bass in 1980. I've kept playing guitar though, for songwriting and for the occasional open mic. Acoustic instruments are assorted jumboes (Eko Ranger, Crafter, Yamaha 12) and a couple of Variaxes - one 300 with a Roland GK1 pickup and a JTV59 (the Les Paulish one). No amps, assorted effects - Zoom G3n, MS-50G, and MS-70CDR, Line 6 POD HD500.

Guitar Man GMP01 Guitar effect pedal power supply. This was bought new and has not been used - it was a spare and has not ever been needed. It has 2x18v and 8 x 9v supply outlets. All 10 pedal connectors are included. Original unused power supply plug included too. Can't find the box I'm afraid, but will package well for UK delivery. Free delivery to UK. Thanks

https://www.boss.info/uk/categories/amplifiers/katana/ What about these?

Ole Smokey is almost finished just got to wire it up and do a set up then I’m good to go Sorry for the crappy photo

Twerp.

Well slight problem I have is that the amps are spread across two countries. So I'll have to improvise a little. First up the pedal board. After getting a Zoom G3X, I actually found myself falling back on a handful of sounds. Mainly overdrive, chorus, reverb and delay. The signal chain starts with the Xotic Q wah, then straight into a Nux Chorus for trichorus. Then the signal goes into an Amptweaker Tight Rock Pro which is one of the best distortion pedals I have ever played. The TR has a side chain and effects loop intended mainly for running clean and dirty signal chains. So the Effectrode PC2A valve compressor and Empress Para EQ (for added sparkle) are on the clean side. In the effects loop are a Joyo JF14 American Sound and a Digitech Freq Out for low volume feedback. The Joyo is wonderful, I crank the mids for a thick, fat and searing lead sound in conjunction with the Tight Rock - it's basically Alan Murphy in a box. After the Tight Rock, the signal goes into a Mooer Ocean Sound for delay and reverb and then into the two Ibanez combos. One note about the Effectrode PC2A, it's fabulous sounding (good enough for Mr Gilmour it seems too) but it needs a 12v 1500mA supply. So not much good for gigging really unless it stays with the amp and then there's no point in having it in pedal format...sigh. The two Ibanez TSA5 combos are fine sounding amps, reliable, clean sounding and plenty loud enough for playing in an apartment. I discovered them at a Basschat bash, one of the other members bought a TSA15 along and I was impressed by how good it sounded but I didn't need 15w. In storage however I have an ex-Lindisfarne Burman Pro501 1x12 50w combo which is great for cleans. I got it back about 10 years or so ago, thanks to a contact on BC who knew Ray Laidlaw, the band's drummer. The overdrive needs careful tweaking or else it can sound woofy. Luckily Simon Cowe [who sadly passed in 2015] left his settings on in white grease pencil. A cat either owned by Ray or Simon left it's marks as well. lol You can see it here in an old shot at my place in NZ. This is a 1984 Fender Concert II. I've always loved the sweet sound of Fenders. A Super Champ was on the bucket list but couldn't afford it and I mistakenly thought the Concert II would be the next best thing. As it turns out the Princeton Reverb II was the one to go for. Ah well, it's hard enough to find these things in the UK as it is, let alone at a reasonable price, so should still count myself lucky. I haven't actually played it yet even though it was bought about three years ago because I had already left the country. It'll probably need a service before it gets shipped out here to make sure the caps are fresh. And a couple of years ago I snagged a near mint Fender Princeton Reverb II because I had planned to sell the Concert II. It came with all the paperwork, spares and cover but no footswitch. However I ended up purchasing one from an Australian seller a few months later for a somewhat embarrassingly generous amount on my part. Extra stuff: Burman GX3 preamp - haven't actually tried this with the Pro501 yet but want to see how they both sound with one driving the other. I've tried recording with it but it tends to pick up the sound of the PC power supply and fans too easily. Lexicon MPXG2 - an oldie but a goodie. A real swiss army knife of an effects unit. Lush reverbs, infinitely configurable (almost) and connectable. Currently in storage. (Not my photo BTW because I don't have any good ones on my hard drive).

If they’re causing you nausea, then yes. Ooh, is that my coat? It’s ok, I’ll get it myself.

Hang it on the wall and call it art?