Boogie Bill
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Re: The Guitar You Thought You'd Love But Turned Out Was A Turd
There are two that come to mind. The first was a c. 1970 Gibson ES-150DCN, bought in 1972 Beautiful blonde 3" deep maple bodied double-cut hollowbody...a thicker 335 with a master volume added on the upper treble bout, and no center block. Beautiful guitar. But it would not tune up, would not play in tune, would not stay in tune. Narrow neck, wide flat frets, trapeze tailpiece...all factors. Every time a storm front would come it it would be crazy unstable. Didn't like my SUNN amp, though it did well through various Fenders...but...at any kind of volume it would feedback like a banshee. A competent luthier might have helped, but that guitar was just a mess. Finally traded it in on a new Music Man Sabre II when they first came out. I took a loss on the ES-150 in the deal and was glad to be rid of it.
Second was a brand new Peavey Horizon II that I bought about 1990. Inexpensive, and the specs on paper were really great but somehow was less than the sum of it's parts. The vibrato and the tuners were great and it had a beautiful burst finish. Didn't like the neck, the controls, the ergonomics...and it just didn't work for me. Sold it to a guy for a $50 profit, and he loved it. It was a good and well-made guitar, but it just didn't fit me at the time.
Bill
There are two that come to mind. The first was a c. 1970 Gibson ES-150DCN, bought in 1972 Beautiful blonde 3" deep maple bodied double-cut hollowbody...a thicker 335 with a master volume added on the upper treble bout, and no center block. Beautiful guitar. But it would not tune up, would not play in tune, would not stay in tune. Narrow neck, wide flat frets, trapeze tailpiece...all factors. Every time a storm front would come it it would be crazy unstable. Didn't like my SUNN amp, though it did well through various Fenders...but...at any kind of volume it would feedback like a banshee. A competent luthier might have helped, but that guitar was just a mess. Finally traded it in on a new Music Man Sabre II when they first came out. I took a loss on the ES-150 in the deal and was glad to be rid of it.
Second was a brand new Peavey Horizon II that I bought about 1990. Inexpensive, and the specs on paper were really great but somehow was less than the sum of it's parts. The vibrato and the tuners were great and it had a beautiful burst finish. Didn't like the neck, the controls, the ergonomics...and it just didn't work for me. Sold it to a guy for a $50 profit, and he loved it. It was a good and well-made guitar, but it just didn't fit me at the time.
Bill
