And what did you buy today ?

[litlmn]

That's a pretty awesome "beginner guitar" considering how many classic albums were recorded with them.

I know nothing about guitars, but from what I've read Squire is the Tudor to Fender's Rolex.

[is that my watch]

Have loved these from my local Korean supermarket so much I’ve got some seeds inbound from China to grow on the allotment:


Choy sum: tender, spinachy, mineral rich


Garlic chives: the best of several worlds.
40cm long spring onions that taste of garlic
And grow up to leek size if you leave them in the ground

Plus, love the branding :-)

do you grow any flowers ? as it's a good way to keep slugs off your veg ? begonias seem like catnip to them ?

[mlcor]

I know nothing about guitars, but from what I've read Squire is the Tudor to Fender's Rolex.

Actually, Fender has more layers:

1. Custom Shop
2. "Vintage" reissues and "relics" (intentionally "aged" nonsense)
3. American Fenders
4. Mexican Fenders (the ones I've seen are quite good for the price)
5. Squire

The #4 layer used to be made in Japan--I have one from the '90's and the quality is better than the American ones being made at that time...

[skywatch]

Actually, Fender has more layers:

1. Custom Shop
2. "Vintage" reissues and "relics" (intentionally "aged" nonsense)
3. American Fenders
4. Mexican Fenders (the ones I've seen are quite good for the price)
5. Squire

The #4 layer used to be made in Japan--I have one from the '90's and the quality is better than the American ones being made at that time...

Even more layers than this... I have had a lovely Japanese made Fender Fretless jazz bass for almost 30 years now, which I am told is a bit collectible. I also have a Vietnamese-built Fender telecaster with Seymour Duncan humbuckers that my guitar geek friends tell me is garbage. ... but I like it!

[gnuyork]

Actually, Fender has more layers:

1. Custom Shop
2. "Vintage" reissues and "relics" (intentionally "aged" nonsense)
3. American Fenders
4. Mexican Fenders (the ones I've seen are quite good for the price)
5. Squire

The #4 layer used to be made in Japan--I have one from the '90's and the quality is better than the American ones being made at that time...

I have two Fender Custom Shop instruments (and one Gibson custom shop) and they look, feel, and sound fantastic. They are very lightly relic'd though. I actually prefer it, I'm not a fan of glossy finishes but also not a fan of huge gaps of missing paint though.

[mlcor]

Even more layers than this... I have had a lovely Japanese made Fender Fretless jazz bass for almost 30 years now, which I am told is a bit collectible. I also have a Vietnamese-built Fender telecaster with Seymour Duncan humbuckers that my guitar geek friends tell me is garbage. ... but I like it!

I have two Fender Custom Shop instruments (and one Gibson custom shop) and they look, feel, and sound fantastic. They are very lightly relic'd though. I actually prefer it, I'm not a fan of glossy finishes but also not a fan of huge gaps of missing paint though.

That's a beauty! I've got a couple of guitars that are probably collectible, including a mint 1969 Telecaster and a 1976 Martin D28. Of course, all my guitars are left handed; I can't imagine finding another Tele like mine in that kind of condition.

I had contacts through work with Gibson, and have visited the Custom Shop in Nashville--quite amazing to see them work by hand, and on WWII era machines. They built a '59 reissue for me that I followed every step of the way, from this:



To this:

[gnuyork]

That's a beauty! I've got a couple of guitars that are probably collectible, including a mint 1969 Telecaster and a 1976 Martin D28. Of course, all my guitars are left handed; I can't imagine finding another Tele like mine in that kind of condition.

I had contacts through work with Gibson, and have visited the Custom Shop in Nashville--quite amazing to see them work by hand, and on WWII era machines. They built a '59 reissue for me that I followed every step of the way, from this:



To this:

Nice a 59 is the one to have... though mine is a 56 gold top with P90s... I really like p90s. I'd love a 335 with PAFs one day.

I'm in the process of making my own Esquire (pine body)

[OhDark30]

do you grow any flowers ? as it's a good way to keep slugs off your veg ? begonias seem like catnip to them ?

I’m planning to, though more to encourage good creatures than repel bad ones

I’ve got daffs and sweet peas, going to add hollyhocks, wildflowers and posh sunflowers (Velvet Queen)


To control slugs I’m destroying their habitat, paving paths and removing rotting wood borders, weeds. We’ll see how it works

[skywatch]

That's really pretty.

Well, I guess since guitars are the new watches, I could show my recently acquired *very inexpensive* Chinese-made Weissenborn guitar. It's a fretless acoustic most commonly associated with Hawaiian music, but I'll try it with much less familiar vocabulary.

[is that my watch]

I’m planning to, though more to encourage good creatures than repel bad ones

I’ve got daffs and sweet peas, going to add hollyhocks, wildflowers and posh sunflowers (Velvet Queen)


To control slugs I’m destroying their habitat, paving paths and removing rotting wood borders, weeds. We’ll see how it works

yeah beer works salt works if planning to kill ..to prevent copper strips ..stone chippings work or give them an alternative as you say a wild patch as then you can encourage insects in to the plot also if I remember right coffee grinds works to put them off too

once wrote several story's about slugs for my niece when I was looking after her, one time when she was ill and could not go to school came about when she had overheard I had gone out at ten at night with a torch to see what was eating my flowers