Looking for a new guitar

[DRodriguez]

Hell yeah I do. Fun city, we used to drive up when I was in college because the drinking age was lower

[sylnau]

Kosta, I just chatted with a guy here in Quebec City who purchase a lot of guitars in the USA.
For a 2000$ guitar shipping is around 150$ then we have to add 20% for custom fees and then around 500$ or more for broker fees.

I'll meet this guy tomorrow... he purchase and sell guitars.

My personal experience bringing guitars into Canada is that I've just had to pay 12% tax. Granted they haven't been shipped directly to me, I've picked them up in the US and drove across the border.

A trip to NYC to go guitar shopping sounds like the best option to me.

It's different in Quebec.

[popvulture]

DRod wants to party in Montréal.

Dude, so do I. Way up on my list for destinations. Joe Beef here I come

[sylnau]

We should do an ILF meetup there one of these day.

[sylnau]

After trying a lot of things... I think this thing is going to stay here with me.
I must keep it and get second guitar later.

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[colin]

That sounds like a good plan to me Syl.

[kosta]

Just gonna leave this Fernandes JG-55 here:

[Chankgeez]

[kosta]

Where's Sonidero? Man, I would play that thing to death.

[popvulture]

That tele looks hella fun, man. Unique, too. Are the pickups stock? If you're not happy with whatever's in there, you can always save the originals and have a LOT of fun messing with swapping out either of those pickups.

Bonus on the proper ashtray bridge, too , not a fan of the flat ones with no edges.

[sylnau]

I replaced the pickups by Lollar Special T / Regal.
And I replaced the capacitor to Orange Drop.

The bridge pickup is still way too bright... I can't use it (it's a tele).
The middle position sound great.

If I keep it I will have to change the saddles... the intonation is not perfect.

[popvulture]

Could get one of those rather pretty Mastery tele bridges

[sylnau]

Not sure yet what I'll do...

If I keep it, I might change the bridge for a Mastery or maybe a Glendale.

Also... I sent an email to Lollar to see if the B.S. Tele Bridge pickup would match my Regal wide range neck. That might be an option too.

[kosta]

Do you know what value pots and cap you have in there Syl? Lower value pots and a different cap might help mellow out the bridge pickup a bit.

[sylnau]

250k

Orange Drop... .022 neck and .047 bridge