NGD – N.O.S. AV Limited Edition Strat
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ItsaBass
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I have finally got around to putting some good play time on this thing. Hokey smokes, it is a fantastic, almost magically great, guitar. The build quality is superb. The color is killer! So hard to represent how gorgeous Shoreline Gold looks, in a photo. And the wide-bevel white (i.e. not "mint") guard was such a great look (only around from '65 to '68).
Re: NGD – N.O.S. AV Limited Edition Strat
I have finally got around to putting some good play time on this thing. Hokey smokes, it is a fantastic, almost magically great, guitar. The build quality is superb. The color is killer! So hard to represent how gorgeous Shoreline Gold looks, in a photo. And the wide-bevel white (i.e. not "mint") guard was such a great look (only around from '65 to '68).
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YeRedHouseOverYonder
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I spy a GA 5?
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I spy a GA 5?
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ItsaBass
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Yep. Found it in an abandoned, busted up house in the desert, completely covered in dust, with the leather handle crusted and cracked from the lack of water in the desert air. Put $100 into a service (replace all out of spec parts, install pilot light, install new power cable), $50 into a speaker (WGS – original was torn and needed to be re-coned), and about half a cent into the rope to make the handle. It's a nice bedroom or recording amp. I run it in the 8-10 range almost exclusively, and control tone, volume, and breakup from the guitar. Glad I found it; glad I repaired it. I likely never would have tried one out otherwise.
Re: NGD – N.O.S. AV Limited Edition Strat
Yep. Found it in an abandoned, busted up house in the desert, completely covered in dust, with the leather handle crusted and cracked from the lack of water in the desert air. Put $100 into a service (replace all out of spec parts, install pilot light, install new power cable), $50 into a speaker (WGS – original was torn and needed to be re-coned), and about half a cent into the rope to make the handle. It's a nice bedroom or recording amp. I run it in the 8-10 range almost exclusively, and control tone, volume, and breakup from the guitar. Glad I found it; glad I repaired it. I likely never would have tried one out otherwise.
YeRedHouseOverYonder
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The older '50s models don't sell much more than that one. They are nice amps for sure. I have two old gibson amps myself. Congrats on the strat! She's a beaut.
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The older '50s models don't sell much more than that one. They are nice amps for sure. I have two old gibson amps myself. Congrats on the strat! She's a beaut.
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ItsaBass
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Are the earlier ones any different in circuit design, or are they basically the same tone?
Re: NGD – N.O.S. AV Limited Edition Strat
Are the earlier ones any different in circuit design, or are they basically the same tone?
YeRedHouseOverYonder
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The earlier ones are more true to and rival their tweed counterparts. The GA 5 is suppose to be a 5F1 circuit. Your amp is still killer for what you spent.
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The earlier ones are more true to and rival their tweed counterparts. The GA 5 is suppose to be a 5F1 circuit. Your amp is still killer for what you spent.
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