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Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas

After being made aware of some special pricing, on a thread here on BC, from those lovely folk at Thomann, I pulled the trigger on 40th Anniversary Squier Precision in trans(ish) blond, at £285 (28.5% off list), it was rude not to. It arrived today and straight out of the box, it screamed keeper. Everything as you’d expect from a well put together P, but at a price that seems impossible for the quality. It weighed in at 3.8kg, but I had a spare set of Hipshot, lightweight tuners, so fitted them straight away and that weight is reduced to a very acceptable 3.67kg (lighter than my Mustang). The 40mm nut width was also most welcome (the same as my Mustang). Matt body, satin neck make it pleasant to handle. The sound: a proper, full on P, with a very usable tone control. The nut was a little rough in places, but a nail file soon put that right. A bit of fret buzz on the G string around the 12th fret area also needed a little polish to the frets to remove that. I’m pleased, very pleased. I’ll update with more pics when I’ve fitted the tort guard I’ve ordered along with more thoughts after a few days of ownership.

Cheaper from GG. https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/search/?Query=Aerodyne

A cardboard box. No, they don’t come with a case or gigbag.

Reverb, Guitars Electric, in Wolverhampton.

Wouldn't hurt. What's the worst they can say, "Nein!"?

Ooh, good to know, I've just ordered a tort plate. I'll get some copper tape pronto. I had some lightweight Hipshot tuners spare, so I've chucked them on, it now weighs 3.67kg, less than my Mustang. Yes, it is slightly translucent, but less noticeably so because it's a matt finish.

Cory Wong.

My favourite is Missives From The Sisters. Good work, Sir! 👏👏👏

Changed the strings and did a set up. One small high spot around the 12th fret on the G side, I'll narrow it down and polish out. Couldn't get the D & G pickup high enough without the pickup going slack on the screws (trying to match the out of my JMJ), an extra bit of foam under the pickup sorted that. No cavity shielding I notice, but it's quiet as snowflake fall, so not an issue.

Just arrived. 3.8kg (very manageable given the good balance) and a 40mm nut (perfect), very playable straight out of the box. Happy days!

That would a complete result for me. Doh! Just 4 days late. I’m ok with it as I should be NBD today and not next week.

“Your parcel from Thomann Outbound is with your DHL Parcel UK driver for delivery between 11:08 and 12:08.”

Sleep That Burns - BeBop Deluxe

The blond P.

It'll be out for delivery tomorrow, apparently. I hope I'm not disappointed by either the product or the delivery. 😬🤞

Currently wishing I'd pulled the trigger sooner, this inactivity, waiting for the border clearance, is driving me nuts. 😬

Hey, Stoopid! - Alice Cooper

Sorted!

Very Pino.

Once I was roped into singing a bit, I went and bought a reasonably priced mic at a bass/guitar show. It was an AKG D5 and cost about £45 at the time IIRC and did the job adequately. Time went on and I was singing lead vocals and the sound guy (a friend of mine) said that for lead, the mic wasn’t doing me any favours. Tried an SM58, better but not great. Then I tried a Beta58, which was a big improvement for my baritone warblings and it’s the one I still use today. Not cheap, but not eye wateringly expensive either; a good investment.

Depends on your own point of view. Some would say earning a living, others, having some celebrity status and others, having a successful album/song release.

Probably the moment that I realised that what I actually wanted from life was just to be happy, which probably explains my ‘all over the map’ working life. I was 16 and at my first job interview, the executive who interviewing me (a really nice guy) noted that I was a musician on my application and, quite rightly, wanted to see where my focus was and how it would impact my commitment to working for the company. I remember saying, “I really just want to be happy,” or words to that effect. It was a revelation to me at the time, as I’d never considered it before. Would turning pro/making it have made happy? Quite likely, but for a long time, I just let life happen to me, rather than making it happen and that isn’t how one makes it, as far as I can see. I would have liked to have toured, just once, still would, but seems unlikely, although not impossible.