Recent content by bluesnapper

I definitely had the blues when I was a teenager! Nowadays I accept everything life throws at me with a mundane indifference, but back then I really got worked up about stuff!

My favourite two - first, the best (IMHO) BB King clip... Second, Magic Sam! Borrowing Earl Hooker's guitar.

The Dutch vid made me think of sadly departed Dave... only clip I could find is this remixed version of him playing the Thrill... Great player, great singer too.

For me to spend $500 on a set of pickups I'd have to try them out side by side with their rivals, not just view a few Youtube clips and then order them off a MySpace page... Myspace... vintage correct!

You can't trust any old tech these days... which is why I only use this guy.

Just the guitar track, on it's own. That sound....!

Matching headstock fail... ...or is that just me?

I'm a big fan of the Bareknuckles - I've got one in the bridge of a Strat and a set of P90s in my SG. ... I showed a mate of mine the Sliders clip though - I may have managed to persuade him to order a set. He's going to ask his wife first... if he does I hope to be able to check them out and...

They sound amazing. That guy in the vids is a pretty decent player, but he's keeping everything nice and simple and letting the pickups talk. I've actually been thinking about replacing the Texas Specials in my SRV sig recently... those 69s really have the sound I'm looking for... I'm a big...

£1299 is pretty much what a Les Paul Standard costs new over here so the price seems OK... I quite like some of Gibson's new ideas... less so others - this one looks pretty cool. Peach guitars isn't very far away from me but I'm totally spent out after just buying a Martin and can't even think...

I like this place too - and it's good to see HCEG exiles with knowledge and experience like yourself making the switch too. As long as the trolls don't follow...

I would spend most of it on the fees for one of those weekend luthier courses and the rest on materials and make my own 'parts' caster! ...or a solid rosewood Tele :rawk:

Looks cool. Would make it harder/impossible to replace a worn-out fretboard though.

You guys all have so much gear! Guitars: Fender SRV Strat Gibson SG Special with Bareknuckle P90s Martin DC-28E (a D-28 with a cutaway and a Fishman pickup) Suzuki acoustic - basically a 1970s MIJ D-35 rip-off Musicman Stingray Bass (1977 pre-EB) Amps: Cornford Hurricane (18W...

You can travel pretty much anywhere and pick up a used POS acoustic for $25... don't see the point in taking one with you.