It's rainy during British summertime.
Morning Crowy & Bartles. Ready for another fun packed day?
(Colonel Santiago Introduced surprised kitty to the world., Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:21, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Morning, Colonel. Almost prepared,
I'm working at home this morning, but at least sitting at home on my own is better than sitting in my office on my own. (Virtually nobody's around this week.) I just have to make sure I actually do some work, rather than giving in to the constant distractions of my guitar and the kettle.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:39, Reply)

Kettle and guitar always win.
I decided the other day that as a multi instrumentalist, I'm going to stuggle to afford top of the range gear in everything, so am going to focus mainly on my drums and build bastard-hybrid guitars/basses from bits as it'll be cheaper. Got a Les Paul Junior copy the other day and I'm in the process of getting hold of some decent Seymour Duncan's for it. I'm also getting the hardware upgraded to Gibson stuff and putting hot rails in my strat. Woo!
(Colonel Santiago Introduced surprised kitty to the world., Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:49, Reply)

Woo indeedy!
I know your conundrum: I've got a small collection of several different but very 'budget' instruments. I feel like I ought to focus on the bass, given it's my 'main' instrument, but having just forked out for a (comparatively budget) resonator, I think it will be some time before I can justify the cost of a proper Fender bass!

Re: hotrailing your strat - I know the obvious benefits, being that they make a cheap guitar sound noticeably less cheap, I'm just a bit sceptical as I think you risk losing the 'stratitude' of the sound - won't they make it sound a bit generic-guitar-with-humbuckers? I would have thought noiseless single-coils would be more suitable, but I suppose it depends how much you want to preserve the sound of your strat!
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:22, Reply)

It's only a copy.
So currently sounds absolute whack. I'm not after a 'strat' sound or 'les paul' sound, just a nice versatile guitar that can cope with various genres really.

I've just seen a Squire P-bass for £25. Might get that and stick some fender pickups in it. That'd sound sweet!

Ooh, also - you're a bit more guitary than me... What (guitar)amp would you recommend that would be loud enough to be giggable, cope with some rockin out and sound ok clean, on a budget of about £200? Someone metioned a Fender Champ but I can't for the life of me find one that price!
(Colonel Santiago Introduced surprised kitty to the world., Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:39, Reply)

Hmm...I might defer to Vippers on this one
As I'm more bassy than guitary. Does depend what you're playing: I own a Vox Pathfinder 15R - it's only a 15W solid state but it's alarmingly loud and does have a nice, warm, balanced sound. Probably giggable if you're running amps through the PA or in a small venue.

If you need something bigger, I've always found that Laney make fairly sound bass amps, so this might fit the bill.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:48, Reply)

You want one that goes to 11

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:51, Reply)

Certainly am.
I've already pissed off one customer Today, so I've got to keep my head down. If I look busy by typing a lot, I should get by.

Guten Morgen herr Colonel
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:39, Reply)

I'm much the same...
Head down, look busy - in reality, doing fuck all...

I take it upon myself to be as offensive as possible to 'customers' when they call. (When I say customers, I mean the public.) My normal customers are businesses but when the public occasionally call, you can guarantee they'll be completely retarded.
(Colonel Santiago Introduced surprised kitty to the world., Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:45, Reply)

My only contact with the public is to tell them to fuck off parking in our car park.
My customers though, I generally treat with respect, even when they don't deserve it.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:49, Reply)

Ha!
in my head, you are the grumpy hi-vis security guard at the NCP, playing grumpily on your phone.
(Colonel Santiago Introduced surprised kitty to the world., Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:56, Reply)

Thanks for that

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:59, Reply)