Recent content by John_L

Okay so today I popped into Macari's in London and they had a bunch of straps by Loti or Lotti Head Guitar Accessories. I thought they were worth looking into but I have searched on line and can't find anything. Apparently they are from New York but I might have got the name wrong. Any ideas...

How big are the frets on the new Epi Nighthawk? I know I'm no fan of large frets but those look gigantic. I saw a photo of one in a magazine and looked on the website they look easily larger than Ibanez' super jumbo. Real road humps.

PRS have redesigned the wiring of the Custom 24. Firstly it moves to a blade switch rather than the rotary and the selections are different. In fact they are identical to the selections used by Godin on two HB guitars between 1994 and 2000 which gives you back to front. Bridge humbucker, Bridge...

Everyone should read this, especially if you are considering a signature model. http://www.tuckandpatti.com/fault.html

Tried a PRS McCarty today with a rosewood neck it was a really nice sounding guitar although the tapped sounds were a little disappointing. The thing that surprised me was the feel of the neck which although a little chubby felt a lot better than a SC Hollowbody with the same neck profile I...

Anyone ever used one of these on a tone control instead of a push pull? The look good and seem better than the push pull but where do you get them. Nik Huber and Warwick use them but I've not seen too many others,

This sort of follows on from the PRS thread. But back in the early 80's Yamaha were the number three quality guitar maker with the SG and so on. Before starting his factory PRS attempted to do a deal with them but didn't get the money he wanted (I bet he's glad he didn't now) and by 87 Yamaha...

In 'The Charity Shop' South Kensington London today they had a Paul Read Smith guitar with See More Duncan pickups. Someone had converted this knock off into a wall clock.

http://prsguitars.com/sc58/index.php Yep a PRS SC with a neat stop tail. What bugs me is that they were using this stop tail in the mid 90's on a prototype of the McCarty that I was able to play (they let the public play and rate at the London Music Show) in 1994 so why has it taken this long...

I'm looking for a guitar make from the mid to late 1990's. One was reviewed in 'Guitarist' Magazine around 1997 it was a gold speckle finish. I've had a look but don't seem to have that magazine. At Glastonbury 1997 Beth Gibbons of Portishead played a black version of this same guitar. However...

Anyone try these? They look good but are they worth the money over a normal metal slide? Also does anyone know what 12/16" is in ring size?

Will a little '59 fit into the standard neck pick out rout on a telecaster? I have a Tele body doing nothing and thought a Hot Rail/Little '59 combination might work. As I want some art work I'm not using a pickguard so it needs to be a slightly neat fit. (I'm using a non trem version of the PRS...

If you won over 10 million (dollars, pounds or euros) on a lottery what would be the guitar you would buy first? I tend to think that I would go for something odd maybe a pedal steel or a Chapman Stick. Both of these are guitars (well they have strings) that I would like but cannot justify...

Does anyone know if Fender make a Fender branded version of the EVH strap? It looks like a good strap for me as it's long but I don't really want to have EVH on it (at least it isn't striped up) and it'd be a pain to sew on something over the EVH logo.

Would changing the speaker grill affect the sound? I'm guessing not enough to make a difference.