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#141
My father has just 'gifted' me a 'almost case queen' that he bought around 1994/5 - a 1990 Yamaha 'MSG' Deluxe. Sold in the UK as the 'MSG', but in other parts of the world as the 'Image', this was designed for Yamaha by UK luthier Martyn Booth, who happens to live just up the road from me (The Story | Martyn Booth Guitars). It is a superb instrument, based loosely on the solid-body Gibson 335-S but built to the much higher standards of PRS, to which it is perhaps more comparable. One-piece mahogany body with flame maple top, mahogany neck with ebony board, 25" scale and 22 jumbo frets, push/push HB/SC on the tone knob and a floyd-rose based RM-Pro tremolo.
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I only really have space for one electric guitar, so as much as I love a good Strat, this one is probably on borrowed time...
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SteveCS said:
My father has just 'gifted' me a 'almost case queen' that he bought around 1994/5 - a 1990 Yamaha 'MSG' Deluxe. Sold in the UK as the 'MSG', but in other parts of the world as the 'Image', this was designed for Yamaha by UK luthier Martyn Booth, who happens to live just up the road from me (The Story | Martyn Booth Guitars). It is a superb instrument, based loosely on the solid-body Gibson 335-S but built to the much higher standards of PRS, to which it is perhaps more comparable. One-piece mahogany body with flame maple top, mahogany neck with ebony board, 25" scale and 22 jumbo frets, push/push HB/SC on the tone knob and a floyd-rose based RM-Pro tremolo.
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I only really have space for one electric guitar, so as much as I love a good Strat, this one is probably on borrowed time...
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Man, your father is the best of all time. That is such a fine instrument.
 
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#143
SteveCS said:
My father has just 'gifted' me a 'almost case queen' that he bought around 1994/5 - a 1990 Yamaha 'MSG' Deluxe. Sold in the UK as the 'MSG', but in other parts of the world as the 'Image', this was designed for Yamaha by UK luthier Martyn Booth, who happens to live just up the road from me (The Story | Martyn Booth Guitars). It is a superb instrument, based loosely on the solid-body Gibson 335-S but built to the much higher standards of PRS, to which it is perhaps more comparable. One-piece mahogany body with flame maple top, mahogany neck with ebony board, 25" scale and 22 jumbo frets, push/push HB/SC on the tone knob and a floyd-rose based RM-Pro tremolo.
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I only really have space for one electric guitar, so as much as I love a good Strat, this one is probably on borrowed time...
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Something wrong with it?
 
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Just reviving the thread. Even though the gigs have (finally!) picked back up, I've really enjoyed playing guitar in the offtime, and added a couple to my collection. The Robitussin red Les Paul Special was a Craigslist rescue... had an ugly headstock repair, so I got it on the cheep-o. It was an easy fix and touch-up... plain-jane no-frills mahogany slab guitar, but those P-90's... good-golly! They sound soooo sweet. Nothing sounds like that. A little shielding work inside, and this guitar is good to go, quiet as any 'bucker equipped Les Paul. It's a very special, Special.

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This MIM Player Series Telecaster HH got Alembicized with a set of Activators, and received black/gold appointments. It's amazing how they nail what you need from a set of pickups, and put just a little extra something in there. In my case, it's a 3-position Q-switch... it boosts the top of the frequency I have the Filter set at, by 0-6-9 dB. It goes from smooth-n-mellow to tear-your-face-off. I call this one; SuperTele.

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Also a couple amp upgrades from Craigslist dealin'... a pair of Fender Princeton Reverbs, a '68 in Silverface and a '65 in Tweed. Both of these combos had a wonky power tubes when I got them. And the '68 had a cabinet rattle too. Guys were fed up trying to figure out what the racket was. Tubes and screws, fixt.

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Then of course, I needed an ABY box... so I could compare them, or... run... them... both... AT ONCE!

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...and the neighbors thought they hated bass. :laugh:
 
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#152
I started playing bass in February 1971 (drums for a few years before then) and began playing guitar within the year. I have owned lots of guitars, both electric and acoustic over the decades, but these days, just bass and acoustic guitar. And yes, I gig on both.
 
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#154
EdwardofHuncote said:
I really liked that double cutaway Custom Martin you had... still got that one? Man, that was a cool guitar.
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I still have it! It's really too special and great playing/sounding to sell. However, enough $$$ could sway me. :D

One of these days I should make some current photos of it (it still looks just like the ones I made in 2012, though).

For those who have not seen it:

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Jeff Scott said:
I still have it! It's really too special and great playing/sounding to sell. However, enough $$$ could sway me. :D

One of these days I should make some current photos of it (it still looks just like the ones I made in 2012, though).

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I have never seen one like that. Very cool.

A friend of mine ordered a D-28-12 about ten years ago. He wanted the tobacco sunburst finish. It took over six months for CFM to ship it. When he got it, he was underwhelmed by the volume and tone. I said “wait a while, it’s a Martin, it will open up.” After about a year it was a great sounding twelve.
 
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#157
Just got the Epiphone '56 Pro back from the shop, where they replaced the stock P-90's with a set of mini-humbuckers and installed coil-tapping push/pull pots. I was going for something different, since the Les Paul Special has P-90's already, and wow... this was a great idea. Very cool no-mod side-grade. Easily reversible. Not particularly expensive either. Pickups were a new take-out set $47 offa' Reverb, the work, parts and labor was $95. It's like a completely different guitar now.

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