do pirelli make those?

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You talking about the amp or the guitar?

The Tire's (tyre's sic)

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All I know is I have not seen a pic. with Ceri written on a piece of paper between the strings!
So, one of our main rules still stands!
No pic = No guitar!

Gratz...I'm actually great on the sales floor. What's to say a guy can't sell a cheap Washburn to a customer, and then a D-28 to another? Qualify the customer, find his budget, make the sale. I've done this before! But I'm not a quick sale, flim flam artist either. I'm going to tell you up front WHY you only paid $200 for that guitar and 2G for THAT one. Customers should be repeat customers, and total honesty brings that around. That's a fact.

As to what you may believe, not believe, perceive or care to put your faith in, please remember that it's no business of mine what that works out to.

I'm not applying for a job. I don't care to be in " your" inner circle. I'm not stumping for votes...I don't care to be elected to any post. Personally, I'm not special. Please don't go looking for that. I have been somewhat lucky, and a LOT blessed...and maybe that's better than special to me. You, my friend are likely very special, and that's good too!

I share what I can. That's it. Wish I knew everything...don't. Wish I remembered everything ...can't. Wish I hadn't sold some things, wish I'd bought some others...doesn't matter!

Life is good, boys. God is good. I have no regrets. I don't have to prove anything to anyone, including a wonderful wife for well over 30 years, two great kids, and grandkids! These are the important things, and those guitars of mine ( and yours) are just wood and fretwire, some metal and paint. And the fact that some of them are old, or that an amp is old is not magic. They aged like I did, and like we all will. Time just took care of it, I guess.

I'm sorry to have caused such doubt of integrity. I realize it is indeed in short supply these days, so it's OK! I really can't blame anyone. I just came on here to learn things, meet people and talk about things we loved. After all these years, I still find a way to love guitars and all my friends...and maybe I'm just appreciating them more now than ever...who knows?

Cheers, Pete












Cheers, Pete

+1 for that Pete

Cheers,

Peter

Cheers right back at you Pete! We seem to be about the same age and this has all been in fun my man! Hope you take it that way!
Gratz is good people and so are the majority of the rest of us and we don't run clicks. That's not our M.O.

I still enjoyed this thread and your postings in others - and I got your point. Feel free to give me a yell, Pete...

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Pete,

I found great humor and breath of fresh air in this thread when I read the first post. That was all I needed to read to know what was coming, and I was'nt disappointed This has been one of the most enjoyable threads I've been able to participate in. Thank you for starting it.
There's a lot of sense in what you say, and the stores that I've bought my best guitars were owned and operated by people like you. Those shops have been forced out of business by the huge chain stores that are now our source for good quality guitars. Buying a good guitar these days from places like Guitar Center, or Sam Ash, etc. is a crap shoot at best, unless you know exactly what you are looking for. Chances are, that if it's the best of the line that you want, and the way you want it, they will probably have to special order it for you. That's a sad statement in and of itself.

In another thread, I had put the question on the floor for discussion about the opinions of the Robin Trower Signature Strat. I wanted to hear what others felt about it, and if it was worth $3500. Some said it was, some said I should take a Highway One and make it into something that's close to it for a lot less.
Your appraisal of the Highway One, gives me a viewpoint to look at that guitar from a different angle, previously unmentioned. I appreciate that because I had considered many of the things you mentioned, but thought I was being too critical. Perhaps a CS guitar built to my specs is what I'm really after.
I may still go the Highway One route and see what I end up with after making changes and getting it to where I'd like it to be, but as a performing instrument, time will tell how long it will hold up.

By the way, I did answer your post about the Vox Phantom guitars, I don't know if you saw that.

Cheers,
-Harley

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Nikininja,

Now you know why I don't use that equipment very much. It does have the character you describe, but that's the only character it has. It's a very limited, and dated sound, with both the guitar and the amp.
If I want to play music from the Beatles or the Stones early material, or even the Ventures, then those are the instruments I'm going to reach for. Anything going into the 70's music or beyond, with the exception of some Queen selections, I'll have to use my other gear.

-Harley

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Harley.
For a player of your taste for quality equipment I'd usualy be sure to recommend a CS one off for your trower strat. However for some reason i cant quite articulate I actually think a modded highwayone could be the best way for you.
By alot of your choices in guitar i think your a bit like a lot of us and want to cram a bit more under the hood. The highway1 could well be the perfect guitar for that, as long as you find a neck that meets your requirements. That in itself though could be a holy grail quest, particularly with a lower end instrument. Which leaves you the desicion playability vs modability. There are some things the CS wont do, as discovered by user 'shreddin'.

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That's true Nikininja,
But then again, if you want a CS Strat for a certain type of music, then you also need to know what to ask for.
In my case, it's not so much about wanting something more under the hood, I have guitars for that already. It's about a soul that seems to be missing from the newer instruments. Granted, much of the tone that comes from any guitar is in the hands of the player, but when you want to react to your instrument, reciprocating back and forth with a feeling that you get from what you are doing with your guitar, and the way it's responding to you, it's a bit harder to do when the instrument does'nt have any response.
I've noticed this in many of the newer instruments, especially with the noiseless pickups. Sure, they're quiet, but that's because they're wimpy. If I have to settle for a noisy single coil to get that great bluesy tone from the Strats, then so be it. I'll deal with that the same way I've been dealing with it since 1972, when I got the very first Strat I ever owned.
I would just like to get a Strat with the same feel and tone that I could get back then, if it could do that with quieter pickups great! If not, then I'd still like the guitar to last. That's the other thing. How long will a cheap guitar last?

-Harley

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"By the way, I did answer your post about the Vox Phantom guitars, I don't know if you saw that. "

Yes, I did Harley, and thanks. I do know that guitar now that you've refreshed my memory. I never worked on many of those " Mark VI" models to my recollection, but here's something interesting. That same guitar shows up on my bench several times in the mid 70's, but it's made by a company called EKO. Same basic design but made in Italy, and truthfully, not so good It was really tough to play, and the action was incorrigable. Some guys set those up for open tuning and played slide on them. The PU's were loud enough, but very bright, and almost an "ice pick through the head" effect to them. The Vox models had smoother PU's and more pleasing.

I love VOX amps BTW. I would very much like to get an old AC-15 ( 1958-1961 preferrably) Just a wonderful circuit, and I always thought the tone was under-rated. The AC-30's were really just more robust big brothers to the venerable AC-15, but although the tone is insanely good on those AC-30's, they're really loud! 2 EL-84's are plenty for me as far as output is concerned

Pete ,i have the greatest respect for your experience and knowledge i guess my problem is with comments like inner circle ,and thinking somehow im special , like you im just blessed and am very happy in my life .so if ive said something to give you the wrong impression of me im sorry.

TY Gratz, please note that the "inner circle and special people" comment was not meant as a shot, but a very real perception I had as a result of my integrity ( show us some pics...to me is childish, to some is credibility witha big C) being questioned. I tell my kids, and will tell my grandkids, I'm sure," please don't put pics of you and your friends or toys or family on the net" I challenge all of us to the same standard. A lawyer friend of mine once clued me in on this, and I think he had an effect on me. The guys that have a huge ego, or worse yet worthless pieces to show pics on, just cause their ego gets stroked are a different breed altogether.

Does PM work here? If so, I'd be happy to share more with you. I have a nice 1962 as well in custom color, you'd like that one too, but it doens't have the original case. If that would be very important to you, and at the same time really important to me ( making you happy, that is) then I'd be glad to! Here's a problem: It's not very important to me. Does this make sense?