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Vanilla Strange Gato

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  1. Chad wants pics of the Sire, but they are going to look familiar! My family gets me Sweetwater gift cards for birthday and Christmas and I had a few stacked and had been trying out guitars, trying to see what neck profile I liked before I ordered something. I didn’t have an electric so I was trying them all, but good Lord is Guitar Center a beating for trying out anything. Electrics I almost bought while taking time to find the one that felt best: - used Ibanez Prestige in salmon color (not great but I’m not exactly playing in front of people yet). It was $1200. They had it marked too low. Reverb had similar models much higher. The Japanese do good things in their guitar factories - Fender Player Strat. Fret edges and fretboard edge felt rough compared to the Sire. That would have been $800 - Silver Sky SE. $899 or whatever they were. I wasn’t crazy about the colors, and they were not offering the maple fretboard yet. Plus, I knew I could never show my face here if I got one because Paul Reed Smith is an arrogant jackass, probably on the spectrum, is doing to Leo Fender what Edison is said to have done to Nikolai Tesla, and regularly fire bombs orphanages and no-kill animal shelters. (One of those might be true) - Schecter Nick Johnston, used, was maybe $950, and was pink. That guitar played nice! Eventually I saw a convincing video from that Canuck named Darrell Braun and he went on and on about the Sires. Then Lee and Pete at Anderton’s raved about them. Yeah, their job is to sell guitars. But then there were demos for amps and pedals, and Lee kept reaching for the Sire even with a room full of sweet ass guitars. I finally ordered an S7 vintage without seeing one in person. Sweetwater has a great return policy so no real risk, and there wasn’t a Sire in Texas for me to try anyway. It was $641 delivered. I bought a gig bag later. Great guitar, feels like the easiest neck to play, was even still in tune out of the box. And less expensive than everything else I tried. Lee Anderton changed the pickups on his but has no complaints otherwise. I’m not there yet with mine.
  2. Oh, and that PRS had 13’s on it when I got it. I must have sounded like SRV on the phone. I took it to a tech at Rockin’ Robin and got it set up, he leveled a couple of frets and put 11’s on it. I eventually put 10’s in it.
  3. Here is the acoustic, with the “birds in flight” pattern for the fret markers. Alex wanted his to look different. I only found out about this model after seeing a YouTube video of him and his wife visiting a guitar store in Tokyo and seeing one of his guitars in the Private Stock line, which were $15k then. Later I found they had made an SE line but it been out of production for several years. Reverb became a frequent visit and one came available in Florida for $800 or so, and I debated for a day or two and it sold. Another came up, listed from upstate New York. It was $725 and sold fast. Time passed and I saw this one while checking Reverb during lunch. It was at the Tone Shop in Addison. I called them, they said “we just listed it two hours ago! It’s very playable and sounds great!” They said if I bought it from them instead of from Reverb they would charge me no tax and ship it free and next-day. I did that and it was $520. Good deal! Reverb probably wouldn’t like this story.
  4. Good evening, gentlemen and Surly members. I’ve been following this thread and the amp thread for a long time but until now didn’t have a reason to post since I don’t own: - a Tele with the appropriate amount of pick guard screws - an exact replica of Billy Gibbons’ Pearly Gates, signed in his blood on the truss rod cover - the reborn and perfectly restored Eric Johnson Virginia Strat Now that the Sire has been brought on board, it’s safe for me to comment. I have that guitar. S7 Vintage. You got it at a great price! I’ve got all the same comments. Great features at a low price and that neck is so comfortable. My only complaint after a couple years is that the G string goes a little sharp when I’m playing some chords. I had the nut slot filled and re-slotted and it helped but I have to watch myself and be delicate with how much pressure I use, especially on the ring finger. Now for an amp. I use a Spark Mini but would like something that will take pedals for real. Hard to argue against the latest Katana for features and price. My acoustic is a PRS Alex Lifeson model. Shocking, I know. Go ahead a neg rep me for not having a $5000 Martin or Taylor or Gibson but I like this acoustic and it plays and sounds great.
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