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this arrived today...
am actually surprised by this, wasnt expecting much. quite a nice profile neck on it. does need a new nut (current one, someone filed the grooves down, and the top of the nut sits 5mm above the strings instead of sanding the bottom of the nut down) and need to shim the neck a little to lower the action (TOM at lowest setting but still too high, should've had an angled neck not straight)
but otherwise not too bad for a cheapy. its even got real binding
will probably chuck some chrome PUps in there and not sure if to leave the pickguard on or not?
am actually surprised by this, wasnt expecting much. quite a nice profile neck on it. does need a new nut (current one, someone filed the grooves down, and the top of the nut sits 5mm above the strings instead of sanding the bottom of the nut down) and need to shim the neck a little to lower the action (TOM at lowest setting but still too high, should've had an angled neck not straight)
but otherwise not too bad for a cheapy. its even got real binding
will probably chuck some chrome PUps in there and not sure if to leave the pickguard on or not?
Hurdy Gurdy.... some how... and I'm not entirely certain how mind you, an instrument that sounds like someone has shoved a nest of angry hornets into a goose with a kazoo bill and is randomly slapping the poor creature with an accordion.... Sounds amazing.
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Nice. I'm going to have to pinch it at some stage What make is it?
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that it is. its a Mirage brand (I was expecting equivalent of a Mannix, but its a step up I thinkbabytaylor wrote:What are we looking at here? It looks to be a 12 string?
Hurdy Gurdy.... some how... and I'm not entirely certain how mind you, an instrument that sounds like someone has shoved a nest of angry hornets into a goose with a kazoo bill and is randomly slapping the poor creature with an accordion.... Sounds amazing.
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Toan is in the tenon!crowbgood1 wrote:Cool..and it's not 'made in Japan'
Looks cool IB, but isn't it a bit round for your tastes??????????
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I've had a couple of mirage brand guitars, after a bit of fretwork they've been reasonable players that I've not minded throwing around and bashing the shit out of. Long neck tenons too.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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yeah, but it was cheap and not a tele or stratjeremyb wrote:Looks cool IB, but isn't it a bit round for your tastes??????????
but am hoping it will ease my Bich10 GAS for a while, till I can afford a Bich anyways
have been in a "collecting" mode this year, am now up to 6 electrics, 2 acoustics and a balalaika
this ones got a reinforced tenon at thatBG wrote: Long neck tenons too.
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Hurdy Gurdy.... some how... and I'm not entirely certain how mind you, an instrument that sounds like someone has shoved a nest of angry hornets into a goose with a kazoo bill and is randomly slapping the poor creature with an accordion.... Sounds amazing.
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Stop talking about Bich 10's, they make my credit card twitch.
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I had a mirage 5 string bass. It was seriously cool. You're probably in for a whole load of enjoyment here.
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Ironbird13 wrote:yeah, but it was cheap and not a tele or stratjeremyb wrote:Looks cool IB, but isn't it a bit round for your tastes??????????
but am hoping it will ease my Bich10 GAS for a while, till I can afford a Bich anyways
have been in a "collecting" mode this year, am now up to 6 electrics, 2 acoustics and a balalaika
this ones got a reinforced tenon at thatBG wrote: Long neck tenons too.
I know how you feel I brought the ibanez iceman but what I really want is a Bich 8 string
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