It was an accident...

[Simon Barden]

Somehow this seems to have arrived today. Must have been a slip on the mouse button.



Vintage V130. New, but with a small cosmetic flaw (visible glue line on the neck heel), so it was almost half price on eBay. £149 including postage, so currently about $262.



I bought it as my 'learn to play slide' guitar, so it's got great upper fret access and a powerful bridge P90.

"Unfortunately" it came really well set-up, with a nice low action and low nut slots, so I'll have to replace the nut so I can get a bit of height over the lower frets. Heavier strings too. Neck is slim and smooth, it has a decent length neck tenon. 'Mahogany' body and neck, though the visible body grain doesn't look like normal close grained mahogany (whilst the neck does).

Pots and knobs will get swapped out at some time; the volume and tone controls don't do a huge amount until turned right down and I don't like the slippery-smooth curves of the knobs.

I can't find any details about the WP 100-B pickup fitted apart from that it's a P90-based stacked type, so relatively hum free. It's certainly powerful and not that subtle. At some point I'll be tempted to upgrade the pickup, but it will do for now.

[Marcel]

Of course we believe you when you say it was an 'accident'.... lol

[FrankenWashie]

I have a fairly standard set up on both th my Dobro and the TLA-TH for playing slide, I’ve not felt the need to raise it at all.
I’ve successfully managed to avoid ‘accidents’ and keep Igor leashed for a couple of months now. Yours looks to have been a very happy and budget conscious accident. ☺️👍🏾

[Simon Barden]

My standard setup and yours probably differ a bit. I go for ultra low, with the barest gap possible between the strings and the first fret. This came set up like that, and any downward pressure will cause the string to fret. So I need something a bit higher, though I'm not going to go too mad. Just ordered a set of 11s and a set of 12s. I really want to get a brass slide, but whilst they aren't large hands by any means, almost all the slide's I've tried are far to small to fit on my finger. I've got a good glass one that fits, but I prefer the sound of brass (at least on an acoustic).

[FrankenWashie]

I have chrome and a couple of heavy walled glass ones, the chrome definitely goes better on acoustic.

[Fretworn]

It won't necessarily work first time.

[FrankenWashie]

It won't necessarily work first time.

i will have to drink more wine....

[Hardcoretroubadour]

I had a similar accident when I bought a Hofner shorty bass at a stupidly low price 😄

[FrankenWashie]

Mine was an Eastman Archtop at 20% off.

I meant to say "No thanks" but i was busy playing it and just handed him my wallet.....

[Hardcoretroubadour]

Mine was an Eastman Archtop at 20% off.

I meant to say "No thanks" but i was busy playing it and just handed him my wallet.....

Love it 😂
Must learn better impulse control..