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These two are the most relevant to my tastes in playing style at the moment: Richard Watson (BIM) https://www.youtube.com/user/CottonwoodBlossom For all those 80's LA session guitarists like Lukather, Huff and Landau. He's a great explainer of nuance and has consummate taste in gear. Dave Price https://www.youtube.com/user/fretmelt1 For all those funk, disco, soul and RnB covers plus he offers a course that focuses on essential elements of Alan Murphy's style. He makes a lot of guitar parts for my favourite tunes accessible for students.

I agree, definitely sounds like something loose aboot the hoose.

It looks good when it's grunged up a bit.

Most guitar gods for for 009-042, sometimes 010-045. Although, Billy Gibbons apparently has 007's installed on his axes.

Hey Ed, welcome aboard! What choonz do you like to play?

https://www.guitarchat.co.uk/forum/38-learners/ OK, here you go. Feel free to ask a question.

They have been coy on the details of why they were unsellable.

In August 2019 Gibson basically trashed a load of Firebird X's on the grounds they were unsellable. 216dd9ab6ae4fe42542af4c11563fc29.mp4

It shouldn't work...but it does!

https://www.guitarchat.co.uk/forum/25-theory-and-technique/ Like this? :)

That's a nice reply. I'm glad he was able to help out.

Stands can be had for relatively little outlay. Much better to be safe than sorry. I would tend to put my guitar on some kind of fabric in a corner somewhere to reduce the chance of it slipping.

https://www.guitarchat.co.uk/forum/21-guitarchatters-reviews/ You're very welcome :)

I have one of these Godin 5th Avenue jazz guitars incoming in about a month but without the fancy maple top. I've found a company here who claims to ghost build them and Godin make some great kit.

Maybe Dave or Jon at HotRod could tell you, the handover from Andy took at least 6 months and he taught them everything he knew.

Has anyone tried to give this one a go yet? https://youtu.be/_LnFfBzzByk

I was thinking Lace Sensors after I saw your suggestion.

Yeah Andy Blake sold the business on due to health issues. Until that point he made all my pickups and we used to bounce ideas off each other. I've lost touch with him now but I hope he's OK. Wizard was bought out by two gents called Dave Walsh and Jon Perry, who rebranded the operation as Hot Rod pickups and shifted from Wales to Chichester. They share the same facility as Eternal Guitars.

Goodness me that is a lot of cash to drop on a plank that looks like it's been rescued from a dumpster...even with the manufactured provenance. And I winced when I saw Fender selling Nile Rodgers Hitmakers for close to five grand on Reverb. My hitmaker replica is almost identical, sounds the same and cost 80% less.

I actually managed to play a couple of SE models while in Hong Kong last year, one of which was the Santana model which is not so different to my Yamaha MSGs. I was blown away by their playability! Very nice, supple feel to the strings and relatively low string tension which made bends super easy. Now I'm gassing for a Custom 22 in Amber - the classic look I used to see in those ads in the back of Guitar Player in the 80's. The guitarist in a band I was part of back in the early 90s had a PRS Custom 22 and a Mesa Boogie MkIIc and it made a glorious sound. It was the only kit he had but couldn't fault him for taste at all. Also gassing for a 509 and a 305 as well. Oh dear, I can't afford this.

@G-77 Trev, do you still have it?

Yes it is, but the filtertron pickups are where it's all at and Gretch do cheaper instruments with filtertrons than the White Falcon. The Gretches I've played have this tight rawness to them which overdrives wonderfully and they're so light!

I've been tempted by a gretch simply for indulging the Billy Duffy thing.

Alan Murphy - hauntingly beautiful solo lines but always supportive of the song. Steve Lukather - bombastic solos and solid, rock rhythm work Nile Rodgers - chord progressions around a tonal centre, plus he's a down to earth and very streetwise guy Honourable mention: Steve Stevens, totally underrated as a musician because of the hair and the eye liner. But wow, so versatile and creative.

Welcome Dave, if you're looking to earn an income from youtube or teaching, we have an affiliates forum at the link below: https://www.guitarchat.co.uk/forum/35-affiliates/ Feel free to post links to your channel here. In the meantime, why not let us in on what you're playing and backline? (I was in a neosoul band for a while too FWIW so could be cool to compare notes.)