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April 23rd, 2008
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New addition to the "family"
OK, so I told the story in another thread. To make a long story short, I had been fighting the GAS for this big orange Gretsch 5120 for a while. The other day my wife and I went into GC while out shopping and she came up to me holding the Gretsch and said "I want you to buy this one!". I hadn't pointed it out to her, hadn't even mentioned it to her - she just came across it while walking around the store. She was completely in love with it and insisted that I buy it! Hey, I love my wife dearly and I'm all about making her happy - so if that means buying a guitar that she really likes (that I just happened to have been GAS'ing for), well, what kind of husband would I be if I said no??? 
She named it "Katie" - this is not only the first guitar of mine that she's ever named, it's the first guitar she's ever insisted upon me buying (rather than rolling her eyes like usual) - so there's a big serving of mojo poured all over it right from the start!
Mac
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May 4th, 2008
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Thats what I'd call a Stray Cat guitar, cool.
I miss the comfort in being sad
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May 4th, 2008
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Originally Posted by knight46
Congrats on the new guitar, Katie is a beaut. Could you please share the receipt for the Magic Potion that you have been using on your wife. I would really like to replicate those results.  |
Mega Dittos!!!! I have a Gibby V that I've been GASsing over..... 
Fender HSS & Takamine player, Hughes & Kettner lovin' Peadalwhore!
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May 4th, 2008
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I just read this post again...and it reminded me its time to name MY new guitar!
Yesterday was history, tommrow is a mystery, today is a gift. I'm moving on and starting over. There are things that have been done and past. You cannot change what's done but you can change what has not been. I will fall down and I'll pick myself back up again.
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May 11th, 2008
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Great buy. If they ever put out a hardtail version, I'm all over it.
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May 11th, 2008
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Gotdeeblues I'm wondering why you're against tremolos.
Any tremolo can stay in tune ok if setup properly.
Yesterday was history, tommrow is a mystery, today is a gift. I'm moving on and starting over. There are things that have been done and past. You cannot change what's done but you can change what has not been. I will fall down and I'll pick myself back up again.
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May 11th, 2008
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Well, for me I rarely use the tremolo, so even though it's possible to set it up so it's in effect a hardtail, I prefer guitars without. And in the case of Bigsby-style tremolos... well, I think they look horrible and if there is one, the whole guitar seems to me more clumpsy, even if I never touch the tremolo.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
- George Bernard Shaw
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May 12th, 2008
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I generally prefer non-trem guitars also, CK....don't use trem often and don't like dealing with the headaches they bring. As I've said before, the only reason I haven't blocked the trem on my Strat is that it's my only guitar with a whammy, and it's not my main guitar.....so I keep it around for the rare occasions I want to noodle around with the EVH-type stuff to amuse myself.
The Bigsby is definitely not as bad (headache-wise) as a trem - but all I use it for is to put a little "shimmer" in things. Dive-bombs and big "whammys" are definitely out of the question with a Bigsby - it doesn't have that kind of range and isn't designed for it. I don't notice near the tuning problems with the Bigsby that I do with my Strat's trem - it actually holds tune very well.
I love the "retro" look of the Bigsby on big hollow-bodies like the Gretsch, but don't think I'd dig it on a Tele, Strat or LP....it's just not the same.
Mac
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May 25th, 2008
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Hey stratrat...
Nice guitar man,not really my taste(I don't mean it's value),but it doesn't matter as long as your wish came true...
It's nice being a good husband and respect your wife's requests.That is what a real gentleman does  ....
Enjoy there man...
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May 25th, 2008
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Jess, nothing against trems..I have a Fat Strat with one. Just a lot of what i play is easy. jazzy, old standards. A trem in the hands of someone who knows how to use is a great sound, too. Just not me.
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May 25th, 2008
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Nice guitar Stratrat. And a good story to boot. I like the Bigsby. I put one on my tele but the bridge was terrible and I took it off. It really needed a roller bridge or more distance between the bridge and the trem. For that guitar I would pick the Bigsby over a hardtail, given a choice.
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May 26th, 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fly135
Nice guitar Stratrat. And a good story to boot. I like the Bigsby. I put one on my tele but the bridge was terrible and I took it off. It really needed a roller bridge or more distance between the bridge and the trem. For that guitar I would pick the Bigsby over a hardtail, given a choice.
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Thanks, Fly. I remember you talking about your experiment with the Bigsby on your Tele! I wouldn't ever think of putting one on any of my Teles, but on this Gretsch it just feels right.
Mac
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