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**Gibbo** · October 28th, 2011, 03:32 PM

Hi all, just registered, looking forward to maybe joining in some future discussions.

Robert**** · October 28th, 2011, 06:45 PM

Hi Gibbo, welcome here!
Whatcha play?

**sunvalleylaw** · October 28th, 2011, 10:52 PM

Hi Gibbo, and welcome!

**Gibbo** · October 29th, 2011, 06:55 AM

Hi there, and thanks for the welcome!
I play guitar, 20 or so years now, originally started out on bass. I've collected some stuff over the years. Got rid of most of it, as we all do !
Currently playing... 2010 Gibson Les Paul Traditional, 2005 Gibson SG Standard, 2006 Gibson Firebird Studio, 2008 Gibson Les Paul Faded DC ( TV Yellow ) Fender 60's reissue Strat ( rosewood board ), Fender Classic Player '50s Strat ( maple neck ), Fender Telecaster Vintage '52 Reissue, and I also have an Epiphone Lynyrd Skynyrd Goldtop Les Paul, which I don't play, I just bought it for the collectability factor, see if it goes up in value.. you never know !
Acoustics are a Takamine EG440SC electro acoustic, and an old, nicely played in Yamaha FG300 acoustic. I've recently aquired a Delta Blue 6 string banjo, which, to be honest, I'm just kinda messing about on at the moment..though I'd like to maybe take it a little more seriously in the future.
Ampwise I'm using a Marshall MA50C combo through a Marshall 1936 2x12 cab for the electrics, and a Marshall AS100D acoustic amp. Also got a Fender FM212 100W. solid state combo which I've had for some years, but since I got the Marshall it's virtually never used now.
Pedals wise, nothing much really.. Line 6 M5 and a Marshall Supervibe Chorus. I like the overdrive on the Marshall rather than a processed distortion..can't beat a raw tube sound, in my opinion.
What about yourselves? Always interested to hear what fellow players are using.

Eric*** · October 29th, 2011, 08:57 AM

Hi there Gibbo. Nice to have you aboard.

Regarding my equipment, I've got most of my relevant gear in my sig, so I won't clog up this thread by regurgitating it.

FrankenFretter*** · October 29th, 2011, 11:28 AM

Welcome aboard, Gibbo! Like Eric, my gear is in my signature.

Glad to have you here!

**Katastrophe** · October 29th, 2011, 02:43 PM

Welcome!

I don't have a sig, so my gear is a 90s Ibanez RG 570, an ESP Custom Shop M II Deluxe, and a 2006 MIM Fender Standard Strat. I play the Strat primarily through a 20 watt Fender Mustang I amph.

I dig your choice of gear, and I hope you enjoy thefret!

**Gibbo** · October 29th, 2011, 03:18 PM

Thanks folks. Could you excuse my ignorance, or maybe naivety ( I'm new to internet forums )....but whats a "sig" ?

Spudman*** · October 29th, 2011, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by Gibbo

Thanks folks. Could you excuse my ignorance, or maybe naivety ( I'm new to internet forums )....but whats a "sig" ?

Sig = signature. It's a list of all the crud we've accumulated as gear junkies and we put it down below the relevant stuff that we post here. Go to "settings" at the top and then to "edit signature". You can then put in text that will show up on every one of your posts on the forum.

**Gibbo** · October 29th, 2011, 04:03 PM

Thanks Spudman

Tig*** · October 29th, 2011, 04:45 PM

Welcome to the Fret, Gibbo! Nice bit of gear in your collection.

**Gibbo** · October 29th, 2011, 04:51 PM

Hi Tig, and thanks for the compliment. I guess I've been lucky in being able to pick up good gear at decent prices. But I must confess to having developed Guitar Aquisition Syndrome !!!!!!

Tig*** · October 29th, 2011, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by Gibbo

Hi Tig, and thanks for the compliment. I guess I've been lucky in being able to pick up good gear at decent prices. But I must confess to having developed Guitar Aquisition Syndrome !!!!!!

Well, you came to the right (wrong?) place, then!

Hanging out here is like having an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at a pub.

**Gibbo** · October 29th, 2011, 05:26 PM

Guess I'll feel right at home then, lol

**cheapgtrs** · October 30th, 2011, 11:53 AM

Welcome Gibbo.

**Gibbo** · October 30th, 2011, 12:04 PM

Hi Charlie, noticed on your introductory post you were getting a Tele. Have you got it yet, and if so, how you getting on with it? I got a 52 Reissue, the butterscotch one, wired up as original but comes with a kit to wire up the pickup selector as per a modern Tele. I left mine original, and just love it. That bridge p/up just has a tone to die for !

**cheapgtrs** · October 31st, 2011, 08:30 AM

I did get it. Mines just a squier cv50 but for what I paid for it I like it alot. Finish is vintage blonde with nice grain showing through, pickups sound surprisingly good although I'm probably gonna swap em for what I'm not sure yet. Neck could be a little fatter but its not to thin I just have giant hands. But yeah I think I've bonded with the shape and feel of the tele already. I'm already thinking of adding another but am probably gonna wait a year or two until my son is a little older so I don't have to keep it under lock and key:-)

Tig*** · October 31st, 2011, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by cheapgtrs

I did get it. Mines just a squier cv50 but for what I paid for it I like it alot. Finish is vintage blonde with nice grain showing through, pickups sound surprisingly good although I'm probably gonna swap em for what I'm not sure yet. Neck could be a little fatter but its not to thin I just have giant hands. But yeah I think I've bonded with the shape and feel of the tele already. I'm already thinking of adding another but am probably gonna wait a year or two until my son is a little older so I don't have to keep it under lock and key:-)

There are many happy Squier CV owners here (Strat's and Tele's). For the most part, the pickups sound really good. Apparently they are made in the same factory as Tonerider pickups.

**Gibbo** · November 2nd, 2011, 03:16 PM

Hey, don't say your Tele is "just a Squier", I've owned a couple of Squiers myself and they're fine guitars. And like you suggest, you can always upgrade the hardware if you want to.

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