new guitar!

i am vaguely curious about these ampeg guitars, even though i'm not really in the market for a new guitar: http://www.ampeg.com/products/daplexi/amg100/index.html. they had them at the guitar store and they are really small and light and thin and have weird interchangeable pickups

<3 the lucite armstrong. this store down the street from me has two clear univox knockoffs hanging on the wall and the owner says they're not for sale. why display shit that isn't for sale whatta dick

Man, this Elliot Easton signature Firebird is awesome:

http://images.gibson.com/Lifestyle/2013/elliot-easton_DSFEGPCB1-Finish-Shot.jpg

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Firebird/Gibson-USA/Elliot-Easton-Firebird.aspx

Very close to pulling the trigger on a wine-red 2015 Gibson ES-335 Studio at a v good price. Speak now or forever hold your peace.

Do it !

:D

So I pulled the trigger.

It's basically a no-frills version of the ES-335 -- one tone knob, one volume knob, '57 classic and super classic humbuckers. The cosmetic stuff is toned down (dot inlays etc.) but I kind of like the simple look of it. Wider than average neck but I think I also like that since my fingers are a bit fat and clumsy -- I feel like I don't make as many mistakes on it. Didn't have time to do a proper setup so I'm going to get that done today and then spend a week or two with it to see if I wanna keep it for sure.

At first I thought the wine-red was too "wedding band" or something but now I think it's subtle enough to work in many settings.

There were other interesting options if I wanted to risk ordering through reverb or ebay or whatever, but I really hate buying a guitar without playing it, so I was limited to guitar stores.

I tried out a cool Hofner Verythin that I was tempted on, but the electronics/switches were just too awkward and complicated. Good sounding guitar but I'd rather have the simplicity and reliability of the gibson.

It looks like this:

https://images.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2015-Memphis/ES-335-Studio/ESSD15WRNH1_MAIN_HERO_01.jpg

Wine red is one of the best gibson finishes, imo! Congratulations.

Veddy nice

Now someone help me choose a strap that looks nice with it.

semi hollowbodies are the best

Yeah, you hit that open A, you can go have a bite and come back, you’ll still be hearing it

https://www.couchguitarstraps.com/guitar-straps/artist-series-straps/the-couch-cat-guitar-strap-black-with-white-cats.html

^^^ my strap suggestion

Beautiful, ma!

err, that was an abbrev for man alive

Haven't had a real bass in close to a decade and recently splurged on this beauty:
https://images.equipboard.com/uploads/item/image/73571/airline-map-tenor-xl.jpg?v=1552058062

wow, that's a beaut

xp I don't like cats but I do like those straps -- I may order a different one

The vegan leather is really nice, I like it more than the real leather strap I have.

For cloth, Original Fuzz straps are nice.

I love the ES-335 so fucking much. I finally played it with a band last night. It feels so good and easy to play, and it's like my playing actually finally sounds the way it does in my head.