I really should avoid the House Of Guitars this time of year

[godofthunder]

 I stopped by the HOG today to get some small Xmas gifts and I left with a worn finish Gibson SG bass A great little bass at very nice price. It really reminds me of a '65 EB3 with it's thin finish. I also like the look of the dot inlays opssed to the trapezoid on the gloss finish SG. After about half a hour of bashing out Slade and Alice Cooper tunes on it I had to bring it home

[Pilgrim]

Long scale?  If so, how is the balance?

[godofthunder]

 Short scale balances fine...................I guess, haven't tired it with a strap, It will pretty much hang like a 60's EB3 I think. I know where I am going to put that Mudbucker I just bought.

[TBird1958]

It's a cutie!

Just be glad you don't collect HO scale trains............

[Pilgrim]

If short scale, it should be a lot of fun and should balance well. 

[planetgaffnet]

After about half a hour of bashing out Slade and Alice Cooper tunes on it I had to bring it home

Well done mate!

The BBC put on a Slade evening here a couple of nights ago.  Documentary, Slade at The BBC (just loads of lip-synced stuff...Top Of The Pops and various kids TV shows) and the night closed with Slade In Flame.  Believe it or not, I actually thought of you while sitting glued to the TV.

P

[planetgaffnet]

Sorry, I should add this bit of Slade trivia too.

I work for a wristwatch company here in the UK...I was on the phone to one of my customers a few days back and he cut the call short saying Dave Hill had just come into his jewellery shop.

P

[TBird1958]

Sorry, I should add this bit of Slade trivia too.

I work for a wristwatch company here in the UK...I was on the phone to one of my customers a few days back and he cut the call short saying Dave Hill had just come into his jewellery shop.

P

Now that's really cool! 

[OldManC]

Nice bass... Hey, you couldn't let that mudbucker go to waste!

[godofthunder]

  Thats way cool! I have one of Dave's Hiwatt DR201s with a letter of provenance from Dave himself.

Sorry, I should add this bit of Slade trivia too.

I work for a wristwatch company here in the UK...I was on the phone to one of my customers a few days back and he cut the call short saying Dave Hill had just come into his jewellery shop.

P

[godofthunder]

 Sigh......... Mark I collect everything including Lionel HO trains.

It's a cutie!

Just be glad you don't collect HO scale trains............

[Lightyear]

Very nice! 

Say, isn't the garage an awful damn cold place to sleep in this time of year?

[drbassman]

I love the SG in a faded finish. My son has the guitar version and it is really cool looking.  Congrats Scott!!!

[TBird1958]

Sigh......... Mark I collect everything including Lionel HO trains.

It's a pleasantly rewarding form of insanity................

This is my closet of finished locomotives and freight cars............
I've lost count, but there are somewhere between 600-700 pieces there
Talk about coming out of the closet 

[godofthunder]

  I can't claim to have a collection like yours Mark though I do have my mid late 60's Lionel HO train set, Lionel only made HO for a very short time. I had my engine rebuilt about ten years ago, the motor and gears went missing. a local train shop did the restoration and they did a fantastic job. It was kinda funny when I picked it up they seemed worried and asked if the train was originally noisy (it was, a real gear masher). We ran it on thier track at the store and it was as the day I got on xmass '65 or '66, grinding away along the track. to be honest it sits on my dresser now. I passed on a box of track and a transfomer at a estate sale this summer, I should have bought it. I do however have track for my HO cars