I want a Gibson Hummingbird.

Dude, I am not much of a Flying V fan, but damn, that's cool. I have been gasing for lots of things. From a Large Diaphragm Condenser mic, to a tube preamp, a bass amp, a Boss RE-20, and last but definitely not least is this baby... The Ibanez Euphoria EP-9. It is the first guitar that Steve Vai has his name that doesn't look like a Wanker's guitar. It has a classic look, but also looks as though it could stand next to the future as well.

Digidesign Eleven Rack.

im gas'ing for this guitar at my local music store...its a gibson les paul studio with a seymour duncan invader pickup in the neck...the only thing i dont like about it is the fact that it has dot inlays, because it is pre-1990 as long as no one else buys it, i know that i am going to...the price is only $650!!! i asked if i could use it when i went for lessons and he said sure, so i was playing it and the tone was amazing!

anyone who's been in many of these kind of threads lately probably doesn't need me to repost, but for the newbies or others that just haven't been around lately....

Traynor YCS-50H 50/15 watt head with either a 2x12 or a pair of 1x12's (not settled on the cabs yet)

I just have to wait for my wife to pay off her credit cards and she's buying it fore me since she got her anniversary gift early.

If I get a deal on the amp/cabs then I might just get a condenser mic also.

And it would be nice to get myself a hollowbody electric guitar some day... the Godin 5th Avenue guitars seem nice, also like the Epi Joe Pass and ES-175 models. Some of the Ibanez and Washburn hollowbody guitars are decent too....I would love a Gibson hollowbody but can't justify that much cash.

Leaving aside the Ellis LP to save boring you again about it, if I ever manage to get The Silver Hoard off the ground I'll be chasing a decent gigging amp. Possibly a Hayden MoFo but more likely a Hiwatt HG50 combo. Then I'd take the Fanes out of my 4x12 and swap them for the **** I have in a pair of HH 2x12s. This would give me any setup from the basic combo to a 3/4 stack.
I can dream.
Brian

I'm GASing for........anything I don't have. I have had the same stuff for three years. JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING NEW!!!!!

Whoops! Just pulled the plug yesterday but have to wait for them to get it in stock before they send it out (Monday).

Guess I'll have to pick something else to jones after.... maybe an LP BFG. Always liked the soapbar/hb combo on guitars (had an LP Special that was modified for that).

It's never ending with me.

I'm looking at Jap Fenders on ebay. I don't urgently need one but the prices have dropped $200-300 in the last 6 months. Maybe this is the time to buy one, as the economy is starting to pick up and prices will probably go with it.

the Japanese Fender guitars are pretty decent from what I've heard. I know they kick the nuts off the American Fenders of the 80's before CBS sold the company.

The Squier JV series of the early 80's are quite good too and probably a lot cheaper also. They aren't much for collectable guitars yet, but great players instruments because it usually needs nothing more than some new pickups and sometimes new tuners to make it a killer guitar.

Out here those 80s Jap Squiers are already up around $US350-450. There are currently 10-year-old Jap Fenders, Teles and Strats around $US720 (one Strat with Texas Specials got no bids at 720) Compare brand new bottom-end USA Strat $1100+, I think the CIJs look quite good value.

I want a bass. Any bass. !!!

Memory Boy

I've got an MIA Tele in Candy Cola Red sitting on lay-away in my local guitar shop - should have it in about 6-ish weeks!

This time last year, I didn't really care for Teles. But recently, I've really missed my old Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro 24 Hard-tail and started sniffing around for a new trem-less beast. Given that I've been listening to a bunch of country-flavoured stuff recently, almost ironically I picked out this Tele (okay, she's a looker, too!). Crikey - I'm such a dick for discounting them until now!

It's so weird - I've always kinda thought that they look like toys and well, that they're plain fugly. Though now, as I type I have one as my screen saver and peek at it literally every 10 seconds! It's kinda like a 'Shallow Hal' transformation; I'm totally lovin' Teles!

Ideally, I'll be able to add a Nitro-finished butterscotch one (with a black Bakelite pickguard, naturally) to the family at some point - though sadly, my family doesn't grow quite as exponentially as Madonna's!

Asides from my new found Tele-love story, I've also been looking at tube combos. I'd love a Twin (who wouldn't), but realistically, I'm likely to be picking up a Blackstar Series One 45 in the not so distant future! They are lovely little amps; I recommend you try one if you can. Until I'm gigging though, it's Pod X3 Live and headphones for me!

I've been doing my research for months on different speaker cabinets in the hopes of knowing exactly what I want when I go to get my new amp. One thing I'm noticing though is as much as a 2x12 seems like my ideal cabinet, they're hard to come by.

I'm also noticing that although more common then 2x12's that 1x12's aren't that common either...at least not many that seem to be considered of very high quality.

As impractical as a 4x12 is for me, I find they're a dime a dozen and a decent cabinet can be bought for about the same price I had set as my limit for a 2x12.

The problem for me seems to be that nobody around me carries 2x12's that are in the middle price/quality range... they are either super expensive high end cabs, or cheap entry level crap.

So far I've got a few cabs under consideration:

Bugera 2x12 - really inexpensive, probably will eventually want to swap the speakers, no info on what type of wood is used

Traynor - 2x12 - seems to be the most likely because they make quality stuff at a fraction of what Mesa or Marshall or Orange charge for something of similar specs
- 1x12 - all the models offered are 8 ohm, the drawback is that it's cheaper to get the 2x12 than a pair of these. The advantage is that with the head I plan on getting this would be scalable.

Marshall - Haze 1x12's - considering a pair of these, but being 16 ohm cabs I will not have the option of using only 1 cab if space ever becomes an issue
- MC series 2x12 - Marshall's low end cab line...I'd have to test it I guess, but being built for the MG series I don't expect much

Orange 1x12 - depends if they make one that's 8 ohms because I'd have to start off with one and buy the second one later...also, I could buy a 4x12 for what this cabinet will cost

On paper the Traynor cabs seem the best option, if only I could find some of these other cabs locally so I could try them and let my ears make the final decision.