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Recent content by Billy Porter

  1. Billy Porter

    When you are a dead guitar player

    I'm being cremated just to make sure lol Guitars and kit going to my son and daughter who both play.
  2. Billy Porter

    Here is an interesting guitar!

    The score we used had no key signatures. I was part of the rhythm section. We started it with F-7, Eb.
  3. Billy Porter

    Here is an interesting guitar!

    As usual, great playing. We just did that song at a Jazz Workshop last weekend where we called it 'All the chords there are' I've a lot of practice to reach your skill level
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    Jason Isbell's collection

    Never heard of the guy, perhaps not that well known in the UK. I'll search out his stuff None the less, great video and I agree that he comes across as a very nice guy who obviously enjoys using all his gear and talking about it. My wife also watched it with me and liked the paintbrush...
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    Most versatile model of guitar?

    This is my most 'versatile' guitar. Originally an Ibanez Blaser that I modified the body beyond repair (Floyd Rose being the final straw - killed the tone). I made the body from 2 chopping Ikea boards. Pickups are 2 Ibanez Super 58 Humbuckers (Tri-sound) and an Ibanez Roadstar single coil...
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    14 years.

    I joined Mar 16, 2005 some 18 years ago however.......................................I seem to remember that the site crashed and we all had to re-register. It was a long time ago and happy to be wrong
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    Seymour Duncan Seth Lover pickups.

    I put a pair into a home build ES335. Great pickups, clarity/string separation is excellent. They squeal a but at high gain gig levels but that's to be expected from non-potted PUs. If the pickups in my LP were cr*p I wouldn't hesitate in slotting them in
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    Soliciting your thoughts on the value of modded 72 custom

    I don't normally comment on these these queries but................the block markers look wrong specifically the 7th fret marker looks crooked
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    Well 2023 is shaping up to be one of the worst years yet for my musician heros

    Gary Rossington has been reported as passed away according to the British Press
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    Unclowning the burst - sunbathed beauty

    I've heard others with far better tone than my amp. I used a Fender Monreaux since the 80s but the last few years a Boss Katana 50 as it sounds good enough for me and a lot lighter than the Fender. Reddart - yeah, go ahead and post some more dead links here. Not sure what you're trying to...
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    Unclowning the burst - sunbathed beauty

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    Unclowning the burst - sunbathed beauty

    Yes, it was alongside the Handyside arcade - now all replaced by Eldon Gardens, I probably sold him that Ibanez Artist Semi acoustic. They're highly collectable now. Great guitars The guy I bought my LP from lived in Cramlington so it could be the same guitar. I don't think it fair to name...
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    Unclowning the burst - sunbathed beauty

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    Unclowning the burst - sunbathed beauty

    Not Rock City but Jeavons in Newcastle. Rock City had a better selection of 'pro' gear. We mainly sold Ibanez which at the time were mid-range but now collectables. Thanks for reviving this thread. I'd forgot all about it
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    Gary Moore.

    Different show that I went too. Only Les Pauls and a 335.
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