NGD and Not-so-NAD! Pacifica 904 + Boss Katana

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Re: NGD and Not-so-NAD! Pacifica 904 + Boss Katana

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Use bench grinder to shorten Allen key?

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JHorner wrote:Use bench grinder to shorten Allen key?

This, or get a ball ended set of allen keys.
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I'm hoping to not have to adjust the truss rod again for a very long time... but yes, the right, or appropriately modified tool, would help for sure.

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Nice choices, the Katana range quite appeals to me. Does the 100w combo only come as a 1x12?

Is it just me or does anyone else think the Pacifica looks like the Ibanez model Andy Timmons plays? Quite like the shape of them, kind of a nice Strat/Ibanez hybrid.

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There's a 100W 2x12 combo too... Terexgeek got one recently, I would've bought that but budget was pretty tight.

You're right, the Pacifica in general is in between Ibanez and Strat, almost exactly the middle in terms of pointiness. I'm a bit of an Andy Timmons fan boi so I'm lining up a pair of DiMarzio Cruisers and an AT-1 for this gat. On a side note, the Katana brown channel does AT tones quite well, cleans up nicely too... like his Beatles album tone. Then again, the IRT-Studio did that too :)

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Hi latest album is brilliant, lovely tones abound. His Rig Rundown is worth watching too if you haven't seen it before.

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Yup, I've seen his rig rundown. And yes, I like his latest album too. Talking about his videos, check out the one where he played While My Guitar Gently Weeps through a tiny Vox amp... no idea which model. I'm amazed at how refined and clean his playing sounds, yet he gives them strings a pretty hard wack! I imagine it's only because we can hear his string noise over the tiny Vox amp.


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Gorgeous lil gat for sure. Really enjoyed having a jam on it, an that was with old strings, lighter than I would usually use. Sorry the tone knob packed up on you, seemed fine but wasn't really using it.

Hope you enjoy. Great buying.

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dayl wrote:Gorgeous lil gat for sure. Really enjoyed having a jam on it, an that was with old strings, lighter than I would usually use. Sorry the tone knob packed up on you, seemed fine but wasn't really using it.

Hope you enjoy. Great buying.
Yup, great buying thanks to you! :) I googled around about the tone knob and it seems to be a weak point in this model anyway... fiddly little thing. That's probably why you don't see any push/push pots around these days. It's a great excuse for me to upgrade the electronics!

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