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Peaveyologist
You've got to read this to the end, to appreciate the "score". I'll try not to be too long-winded.
So . . . I walk into one of my favorite mom & pop music stores. (Crazy Dave's in Orange Park.)
I'm looking for some Les Paul pup mounting rings. I have to pause and peruse the used guitars. There, on the wall, is a sweet little Daisy Rock Classic. (Don't laugh. This story gets better.) I've always liked a few of the Daisy Rock guitars, probably for the same reason some dig the "Hello Kitty" Stratocaster. Fortunatly, this one is NOT Atomic Pink. It's sparkely, but it's a subdued lavender. It feels great. Fretwork is killer. The neck profile fits my hands perfectly. The guitar is in "like-new" condition. Nary a scratch. 100 bills. I snag it. They throw in an amazing TKL gig bag. This is one of the sturdiest bags I've ever seen. I look it up online, and it sells for around $65, by itself. That's the first score.
(The headstock is the same color as the body. That's just my bad photography skills.)
I know from my research, that the upscale "Classic" version of this axe comes with Duncan Designed HB-103's. (The Distortion model.) I can see where someone has buffed off the DD logo. No big deal. Also, the Classic version comes with a push-pull tone pot to split the pups. When I get it home, the push-pull pot doesn't work, but the guitar sounds killer. Way better than I remember HB-103's to sound. (I have them in another axe.) So I pop the back cover off to see what's going on with the wiring. They're 2-conductor wires. DD's are 4-conductor. But it's the good quality 2-conductor. Not like cheap EPI pups.
So I pop them out to see what they are:
Are you friggin' kidding me! Someone put Slash AII Pro's in here! :banana:
No wonder they sound so good.
So, that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it. $100 bucks. Sweet axe. Killer pups, nice gig bag.
I must've been a good boy.
Artie
So . . . I walk into one of my favorite mom & pop music stores. (Crazy Dave's in Orange Park.)
I'm looking for some Les Paul pup mounting rings. I have to pause and peruse the used guitars. There, on the wall, is a sweet little Daisy Rock Classic. (Don't laugh. This story gets better.) I've always liked a few of the Daisy Rock guitars, probably for the same reason some dig the "Hello Kitty" Stratocaster. Fortunatly, this one is NOT Atomic Pink. It's sparkely, but it's a subdued lavender. It feels great. Fretwork is killer. The neck profile fits my hands perfectly. The guitar is in "like-new" condition. Nary a scratch. 100 bills. I snag it. They throw in an amazing TKL gig bag. This is one of the sturdiest bags I've ever seen. I look it up online, and it sells for around $65, by itself. That's the first score.
(The headstock is the same color as the body. That's just my bad photography skills.)
I know from my research, that the upscale "Classic" version of this axe comes with Duncan Designed HB-103's. (The Distortion model.) I can see where someone has buffed off the DD logo. No big deal. Also, the Classic version comes with a push-pull tone pot to split the pups. When I get it home, the push-pull pot doesn't work, but the guitar sounds killer. Way better than I remember HB-103's to sound. (I have them in another axe.) So I pop the back cover off to see what's going on with the wiring. They're 2-conductor wires. DD's are 4-conductor. But it's the good quality 2-conductor. Not like cheap EPI pups.
So I pop them out to see what they are:
Are you friggin' kidding me! Someone put Slash AII Pro's in here! :banana:
No wonder they sound so good.
So, that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it. $100 bucks. Sweet axe. Killer pups, nice gig bag.
I must've been a good boy.
Artie
(Done.)
