New guitar day!

I am no longer allowed unsupervised access to e-Bay, because things like this happen:

Ibanez MMM1 Baritone 28" scale, 3pc Hog and (Bubinga?) through neck, solid hog body.

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Aside from a few minor scratches and some belt rash its is all pretty sweet, the prior owner had replaced 2 of the tuners as he had broken them, as well as replacing the bridge pickup with an SD Distortion trembucker, he kindly donated the remaining tuners from the set and the original Super 58 PUP as part of the deal.

I have discovered my little Roland Cube is not a fan of this thing...I may have to build that Cab sooner than expected!

Good score, I've never played a Baritone guitar before, are they much like a regular guitar to play?

Nice score Frankie.
Doc the scale length is in between a bass and guitar so a heavier gauge string than a guitar

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Nice score Frankie.
Doc the scale length is in between a bass and guitar so a heavier gauge string than a guitar

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Yeah it's running a 13 to 70 set of GHS at the moment Doc. But the low end menace, oh the low end....

Oh rightio, I used to experiment with dropped tunings but found that normal gauge strings went all floppy when you tuned them down, so I'm assuming that because of the thicker strings Baritone Guitars are more suited to that than normal-scale guitars.

Exactly, the bloke I bought it from had set this up as Drop A, so A E A D F# B, still a little slack on the sixth but not so bad a de tuning to C on a standard guitar (think Smashing Pumpkins, everlasting gaze)

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Exactly, the bloke I bought it from had set this up as Drop A, so A E A D F# B, still a little slack on the sixth but not so bad a de tuning to C on a standard guitar (think Smashing Pumpkins, everlasting gaze)

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i think the lowest tuning I've experimented with is tuning the guitar down to "B" so that it goes B,E,A,D,G,B, from low to high, and I was using a set of 46 to 10 gauge strings at the time, even then they were getting a bit floppy.

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Exactly, the bloke I bought it from had set this up as Drop A, so A E A D F# B, still a little slack on the sixth but not so bad a de tuning to C on a standard guitar (think Smashing Pumpkins, everlasting gaze)

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the tone on Everlasting gaze is one of the most brutally saturated things my ears have ever had the pleasure of hearing... it gives me all the feels

great score Washie!

oh yeah, very nice, she'll only be mad for a while, but you'll always have the guitar!

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the tone on Everlasting gaze is one of the most brutally saturated things my ears have ever had the pleasure of hearing... it gives me all the feels

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MMM yes many Feels. Big Dark Brooding Feels.

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oh yeah, very nice, she'll only be mad for a while, but you'll always have the guitar!

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My She has a whole sewing room stuffed to the gunwales with craft, art, and sewing/knitting materials, three sewing machines and an overlocker and our old dining table as a layout bench for her patterns. In addition a full fold out sewing cabinet, Two wardrobes full of other craft stuff and a purpose built bookshelf/Foldout desk. SO I reckon I'm good (though I might just slip that new Gator case behind the others as a self preservation measure!!!!)

It's ALWAYS better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

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It's ALWAYS better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

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Ask, beg, they both work. :)

Or better still, buy her something really nice while buying something for yourself, that way she ends up in a happy mood.

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Or better still, buy her something really nice while buying something for yourself, that way she ends up in a happy mood.

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You saw the bit about the Sewing Room right? I reckon I'll be okay.

Beautiful guitar FW I can see why that had to happen.

I can relate to this.

When I bought my new Hartke Bass amp a few months ago the Minister for War & Finance was not consulted and I safely snuck it into the house only to get sprung about a week later with the usual 'what is that? where did it come from?' type lines of interrogation. Thankfully that only lasted for a few short minutes. Maybe not so lucky next time though as she only knew about one of my kit builds and more just kept appearing. Think she might be onto what I am up to so will have to lay low for a while and change tactics to throw her off the scent haha!

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I can relate to this.

When I bought my new Hartke Bass amp a few months ago the Minister for War & Finance was not consulted and I safely snuck it into the house only to get sprung about a week later with the usual 'what is that? where did it come from?' type lines of interrogation. Thankfully that only lasted for a few short minutes. Maybe not so lucky next time though as she only knew about one of my kit builds and more just kept appearing. Think she might be onto what I am up to so will have to lay low for a while and change tactics to throw her off the scent haha!

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See what she reckons if you offer to buy her a guitar kit and build it for her, you never know, she might like that idea.

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You saw the bit about the Sewing Room right? I reckon I'll be okay.

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Yeah I did see that bit, hope she doesn't get too mad at you.

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See what she reckons if you offer to buy her a guitar kit and build it for her, you never know, she might like that idea.

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Bought her a keyboard last year as she can't play guitar and it sits in a corner gathering dust at present.

Hahahahaha hahahaha! You guys crack me up :)
I soooo lucky, my Minister for War and Finance is OK with me buying toys...errm.. Guitars and tools.... just so long as I use my own cash and dont raid the business account that is..
I only just escaped with my daddy pills still attached when I "accidentally" bought a bunch of Tomastik flatround strings for my Kiso Suzuki with the business credit card.. It was an honest mistake, I hit the wrong paypal credit card option.. well thats my excuse and I am sticking to it!

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Hahahahaha hahahaha! You guys crack me up :)
I soooo lucky, my Minister for War and Finance is OK with me buying toys...errm.. Guitars and tools.... just so long as I use my own cash and dont raid the business account that is..
I only just escaped with my daddy pills still attached when I "accidentally" bought a bunch of Tomastik flatround strings for my Kiso Suzuki with the business credit card.. It was an honest mistake, I hit the wrong paypal credit card option.. well thats my excuse and I am sticking to it!

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Hahahaha....that sounds like a reasonable enough excuse to me mate, I often wonder what it is about women and them not letting their husbands buy things for themselves, I guess not being a married guy doesn't make things any easier for me to understand, does it?....haha.

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Bought her a keyboard last year as she can't play guitar and it sits in a corner gathering dust at present.

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I'm just getting quotes together for moving Her piano from her parents house to ours and having it tuned. I know that it will get used though. Our 3yo will monster it!