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Spudmurphy

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Ohh I know!!!!!!

Trouble is I have spent a long time deciding what I wanted.
There were some great Honeyburst photos placed on the forum too!

I have a Black Les Paul and a Cherry (a la SG) Tele, so black cherry would be a nice way to go!!

When I bought my Les Paul back in 74 from Orange in London, I travelled 180 miles to get it
£285 in those days!!. Asked for a burst over the 'phone but when I got there it was the tobacco burst which I didn't like!! So I choose the black one instead - it felt a heavier guitar and it "sang out to me"!! Man that neck is made of iron!!! Falllen over chipped the neck but still in one piece.

Oh shoot I know you have been really good to me by sending a photo (I feel a heel now!!) but I am going with my initial thoughts - a black cherry. I can't wait any longer.
and I mean what I say - I have been waking up a lot these last couple of evenings getting excited about it - and I'm no kid ha!

Will post again tomorrow - who knows I may change my mind ha!
I'm off to bed now.
 
kbaim

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Either one. Great colors.

Neither of which are available on any of their other guitars except the axis.

I sent you a damn great photograph though. You'll see.

You going single coils or mm90's?
 
Spudmurphy

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kbaim said:
Either one. Great colors.

Neither of which are available on any of their other guitars except the axis.

I sent you a damn great photograph though. You'll see.

You going single coils or mm90's?
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That was the second hurdle to get over. The first was tracking down an AL in the first place.
After deciding that was what I wanted the second hurdle loomed up on the horizon -- MM90's or C mores?
Well I already have a 3 pickup Les Paul and a fantastic guitar I had built for me 20 years ago which has a seymour stacked coil and a Bill Lawrence - both bladed pickups.
I didn't like that guitar for some time, but the courtship blosommed and it's the guitar I play all the time.
The old Les Paul doesn't get much of a look in any more but its done a lot of road miles with me and I just can't let it go!

So I shall be going for the Seymours.
None of my guitars have a trem - my first guitar a Watkins Rapier 44 had 4 pickups and a trem which I really liked, so I am going for one on my "Albert".

Another hurdle was placed in my way and that was the piezo option.
After hearing the piezo I had to have one too!

So gotta go and run some errands, then go down to the dealer and try to "round"the quote down a bit, and pay my deposit.

I've said it before and i'll say it again I feel really nervous about buying a guitar unseen but I know I can rely on the service that EB provides. I know that there was a lot of bandwidth given over to that guy who had a gripe with the lack of birdseye, but you know I'm kinda hoping that mine will have either a good birdseye or even a good flame. There was some good discussion on that but it got a bit hectic at the end!!!
Albert's gonna be with me for some time so I want "him" to look good as well as play well.
I guess that's in the lap of the gods.
I wish I had joinned this forum a long time ago and then maybe I could have made it to the open house this year - I'll have to get saving again and hope that another one takes place before I have to shell out for my son to go to Uni.

So, lets go get an "Ernie"

Oh and I will probably place that picture of your guitar in my mates (Dave Dearnaley Guitars) workshop and show what some of his clients are missing.

KM
 
brentrocks

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Spudmurphy said:
..... cos tomorrow I am going to my dealer to order my AL! - Black cherry, Piezo, Trem mmmmmmm!

So lets go and count some sheep.
Night - nite!
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i know how you feel....i just got a new axe last night, and i couldnt sleep either!! :)
 
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