I have to say, I'm quite upset with this guitar...Over the weekend I'd had a few enquiries about the make of pickups so when I got it home (after a weekend away during which I'd made the trade), the first thing I did was get the stings off to check the pickups. Only tonight, having polished the frets and lemon oiled the fretboard, have I had the chance to get the strings back on a plug it in. What a sound, this humble looking little guitar bl**dy rocks!!! Seriousley, it sounds fabulous, so much so that my gut instinct is to abandon my search for a Strat and keep it.
However, common sense must prevail, I need a Strat to replace my recently sold Vigier, so sell it I must.
Let me say this: if you have £300 for a new guitar, this is a great way to spend it.
**A hand crafted guitar by one of England's most highly regarded makers
**A stripped back but pure quality design (much like PRS tried to do with the Mira 15 years later)
**A name on the headstock that bucks the crowd following trend
**A tone that sticks 2 fingers up to preconceptions and if raw and raunchy rock (ACDC) is your thing it'll be your best mate
Sorry, I may have gone over the top with the hard sell - but this guitar just put the biggest smile on my face :-)
More pictures now available to view here. Please note that these were taken before I cleaned and oiled the fretboard, polished the frets and gave the scratch plate a clean to get rid of some sticky marks, so it does look better in the flesh. As mentioned earlier, if this doesn't sell then I may put some time into stripping it and giving the body some serious attention with wire wool and a fresh treatment of oil - a small amount of time on this would really make a difference.
Maaaaannnnn, I haz a want; this'd be the ideal backup guitar for me band (who're ironically also from Coventry and Birmingham). You'd not be interested in an Ibanez Iceman IC400, I suspect?
I owned a New York once upon a time. I wonder what I'd think of it now.As I recall it was much lighter than my strat and I'd certainly welcome that these days.
Main problem I had with mine was the bridge - effectively the strings went over it at the wrong angle and used to pop out a lot. So, the bridge upgrade looks sensible.
Good luck with the sale.
Breeding mammals with insects is my personal bugbear.
Very nice, fantastic price too! Although it'd look so much nicer without the scratch plate....
Good trades with: Rockmonster, Sudds, Robbo 546hall, Mrdan666, maddmatt, HeartfeltDawn, darrcooper, wtf99, jdderbys, JDE, madley91, Randomhero, Astor, Miserneil, Martinw, travisthedog, Moltisanti, Grunfeld, Revmatt, Gazz467, wisem66
Lovely. I had a New York standard the year they came out. By the way, Eggle recommended waxing the body with beeswax.
Thank you all for the comments.
Thebeagle - I love the Ibanez Iceman, especially as a fan of System of a down, but as I took this in part exchange I'm really aiming for a straight sale.
AndrewG - yes I think you're right, a wax finish would work well. I tend to go with an oil based product with a top coat of wax to seal it, but I'll leave as is for now as there seems to be a fair amount of interest.
Bump...
I'm incredibly reluctantly going to have to pull out of a potential deal on this due to van issues; a bump for Matt who's a lovely chap and to see if anyone will give me £300
No worries - I hope you soon get the van sorted.
I've had a few other enquiries today, but no definite buyer yet - I just need to reply to the PMs, so if you have PM'd me today you'll be getting a reply shortly.
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