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by ash
Fri May 28, 2004 6:24 pm
Forum: Guitars
Topic: fretboard preference - why?
Replies: 31
Views: 13074

I like rosewood from both a playing and building point of view. Rosewood really is a magical wonder wood. You can hear how musical it is when you pick up a blank fingerboard or bridge peice. That's probably why the good stuff is so rare now. Maple definetly has something going for it, but its a pain...
by ash
Thu May 27, 2004 7:47 am
Forum: Amp Talk
Topic: More Trade-me Crap
Replies: 18
Views: 8456

There is also a Yamaha amp on there now labelled as 50W, but it is a Budokan which is more like 10W...
by ash
Wed May 19, 2004 7:37 pm
Forum: Amp Talk
Topic: What was your very first amp?
Replies: 29
Views: 12051

I made my first two or three amps out of kits and intercoms. I still have one of them. No fond memories there... My first 'real' guitar amp was a Gunn Classic 100 2x12 combo. It weighed a ton and always sounded clean, so I set to it with the soldering iron to 'Marshallise' it. It was a little better...