just made a deal that'll keep the Empire...

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Wed Sep 02, 2015 8:41 pm

Looks like I'll be waiting till tomorrow to see how good those pickups are as Parcelforce had a problem at their universal parcel hub or some such shit last night a my guitar I one of 40,000 parcels nit delivered today...

Did think the 800 was a bit different, don't think I've seen one before.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 4:11 pm

Well it arrived, and I'm very happy. The blue is lovely the guitar plays great, is in good nick for a nearly 40 year old guitar... Happy Dez.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 4:26 pm

I like it.

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 5:08 pm

Very nice! That's a beaut. Seems it lost it's

somewhere along the way, maybe someone on OSG has a spare?

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 5:19 pm

That looks great. I prefer the D+B ones.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 5:54 pm

Thomas wrote:That looks great. I prefer the D+B ones.

D+B ones?

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 5:59 pm

Needs new strings and an

but otherwise think I've found a diamond...

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 6:06 pm

dezb1 wrote:
Thomas wrote:That looks great. I prefer the D+B ones.

D+B ones?

Dalt and Binegar.

That's the best NGD I've seen this year. Well done.

Post by **Doog** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 6:31 pm

Beaut!

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 6:31 pm

benecol wrote:Dalt and Binegar.

Are you eating chips?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:10 pm

Looks ace.
Quite envious, I must say.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:28 pm

dezb1 wrote:
Thomas wrote:That looks great. I prefer the D+B ones.

D+B ones?

Dots and binding. I much prefer these without the big inlays and with the plain tops. Yours is one of the coolest I've seen.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:46 pm

Aye, not a fan of overly fancy inlays either.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:30 pm

The larger inlays on Yamaha SGs are amongst the most tasteful in my opinion, I really like them.
But that doesn't detract anything from this, it's a fine looking guitar as it is.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:59 pm

Fran wrote:The larger inlays on Yamaha SGs are amongst the most tasteful in my opinion, I really like them.
But that doesn't detract anything from this, it's a fine looking guitar as it is.

Again, aye the large Yamaha inlays are one of the nicest ones.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:01 pm

benecol wrote:

That's the best NGD I've seen this year. Well done.

Might have some competition when Gus gets his EGC later this year...

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:08 pm

Let's not jinx the delivery time; this is EGC we're dealing with here...

(What's the neck depth like on yours, anyhow?).

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:31 pm

Been playing this all evening and just remembered it has coil taps... Fancy push button ones. The split neck pickup is a wondrous sound fat but not too bassy.

benecol wrote:Let's not jinx the delivery time; this is EGC we're dealing with here...

(What's the neck depth like on yours, anyhow?).

Good point. Where would I take the measurement from?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 6:47 am

Back of the neck to the front of the fretboard - squint through a shatterproof ruler is my preferred method.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 7:53 am

benecol wrote:Back of the neck to the front of the fretboard - squint through a shatterproof ruler is my preferred method.

I have the callipers I shall check later.