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Years ago back in the day several people would say to me," if you like the Byrds you must like the Doors too". WRONG!! The OP did make me think of this as there doesn't seem to be that close a similarity of the Byrds to Stone Roses, although not wanting to sound like a put down. However if...

Welcome and congratulations.

No wonder you're so proud, that 620 looks fab in JG. I really like Ricky's 600 range and have a 660-12 in FG but
have recently been hankering for a 660-6 in JG. Sadly that idea is a long way off....

See you around here

I'll second that, Steve Lasko is a good guy and his attention to customer care is second to none. I really don't know how you can be running your JB2 Byrds with batteries. My unit started distorting after less than two hours with batteries, not acceptable especially when gigging. I would seriously s...

Just caught up with this post James ( tut tut where've I been). Many thanks for the link What a fabulous documentary and for change interviews with knowledgeable people, not the self promoting half wits who so often get involved with documentary s Watched the whole thing straight off, fascinating :)

An interesting and worthy post Ken Townsend is a true gentleman who unlike so many laterday corporate studio managers, worked his way up and knew the business inside out. He was technically innovative, steered Abbey Road through some tricky times and helped her maintain her position as one of the to...

This is an interesting thread and Julian's posts are on the button with excellent advice, observations and comments. Some years ago I got into a project that was close to my heart, writing and recording original songs in the Shads style. In the early days of this project I asked Bruce Welch to check...

Indeed, I'm seriously into my Jaguar at the moment so tend to spend time at OffsetGuitars, Heyho it's good to ring the changes. I may get shot down here but I really respect Rickenbacker for carrying on with the same models. Yes COYs were a good way to spice things up but do you know what? I find Ri...

jdogric12 wrote:I reckon it all starts with Beauchamp. (Pronounced BEEK-um, IIRC)

Ok, off topic but feel the need to mention this:

Just passing comment here on the pronunciation of Beauchamp. The correct one is BEECHAM

Wow, thanks for all the great replies. Hey Nick, ever consider changing out the neck on your Strat? It's easy and you can hang on to the original one if you want to sell it. Hi, yes I have. The problem is this Strat has the newer "bi-flex" system and am not sure an old school neck would f...

I've got a beautiful US Strat, it was my chosen gift for 30 years service. Bought new at the time back in '98 it's a Special or Limited Edition two piece Natural Ash Strat. Sounds fantastic but...the neck for me in the last few years has been too thin. I'd be using it today if it wasn't for that. So...

Congratulations Gareth, that's a beaut!

And maybe the open back tuner slots make restringing just a bit easier.

Have fun

But those new BlackTop pickups are really good. Gretsch have improved things with the new 54XX range My advise would be 'try before you buy' though as there have been some QC issues. If you get a good one you've got an excellent instrument especially if you update the pots. Having gigged with my 543...

Nice one Matt.

Casinos can be really good and the MIK models have a particularly good reputation.

Lucky chap

Strewth, reading this was a real surprise, had no idea there had been recent changes to the 600 range. Wonder why? I have a 2000 model 660-12 and love it, as am sure many do. Can't understand why the shape should have been changed. In fairness the new style doesn't look too different and this could ...

All I can say is tuning the 12 string is a lot more fun than restringing it!!!