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Re: NGD

Phill Williams wrote:
Russell_Harding wrote:

yeah Phill it was a  disappointment but i would feel a lot worse if they did not take it back (they also sent a pre-paid shipping label all I had to do was call FedEx and arrange a time.

Phill Williams wrote:

Sorry to hear about your disappointment, but it does make a good point about taste and try before you buy. I was tempted to buy  a Rickenbacker as per John Lennon (the black and white one) from an on-line shop, tried one in a local shop and hated it, that's when I bought my Telecaster, the very guitar I didn't want...so I thought. Well done for being tough enough to return it.


that's a relief Russ, as you told Zurf, i've bought mic's strings and stuff, even a drum kit (electronic) but not a guitar.

They are good people at Sweetwater I never had a problem with them.

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Hope you find a better replacement. Remember , the search is half the enjoyment.

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THAT GUITAR WAS MADE FOR THE MODERN SHREADMASTER AND THE GUYS IN DROP C, THEY LIKE THE HIGHER FRETS, TOO BAD IT DIDNT WORK OUT FOR YOU.  oops forgot caps was on,   LTD and ESP are great guitars

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beamer wrote:

THAT GUITAR WAS MADE FOR THE MODERN SHREADMASTER AND THE GUYS IN DROP C, THEY LIKE THE HIGHER FRETS, TOO BAD IT DIDNT WORK OUT FOR YOU.  oops forgot caps was on,   LTD and ESP are great guitars

Yep it most likely was, but I am not a shreadmaster nor do I aspire to be one , in fact I am not even modern but I do write a lot of songs so that qualifies me as original smile

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What a shame, Russell ...

Sounds like they got the full two octaves with closer frets instead of a longer scale length. I tried out a 24-fret Epiphone Prophecy, and discovered the same thing. Those extra narrow frets aren't much good a we can't get our fingers in them. Hope you can find one just as cool looking, that fits your style better.

I don't know a thing about these auto-tune mechanisms some companies are coming out with. I do know that locking tuners (like Grover's 106s) are essential with a trem. You first put me on to the Stetsbar a few years back, and I love it. With the locking tuners and D'Addario's NYXL strings, I've never had to re-tune during a jam / practice session. Once it's tuned at the start, that's it.

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Tenement Funster wrote:

What a shame, Russell ...

Sounds like they got the full two octaves with closer frets instead of a longer scale length. I tried out a 24-fret Epiphone Prophecy, and discovered the same thing. Those extra narrow frets aren't much good a we can't get our fingers in them. Hope you can find one just as cool looking, that fits your style better.

I don't know a thing about these auto-tune mechanisms some companies are coming out with. I do know that locking tuners (like Grover's 106s) are essential with a trem. You first put me on to the Stetsbar a few years back, and I love it. With the locking tuners and D'Addario's NYXL strings, I've never had to re-tune during a jam / practice session. Once it's tuned at the start, that's it.

The frets were not just narrow at the top end they were overall and the fret wires were too high making it uncomfortable to play, sometimes new ideas work out but not always and I still think you need to go to a music store and actually take time to play any instrument before shelling out the big bucks. The auto-tune on my Gibson work fine if I remember to check the battery every now and then.

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Ever play a guitar with a scalloped fret-board?   Now that's very weird and I can never get used to it.

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beamer no I have not and would not play one I have enough with a standard looking one.

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