Yeah, that bass drum has become a decoration. I used to host Halloween Parades before my move earlier this year. I have a gold sparkle marching bass drum and a matching marching snare. Some friends who are stellar third line players join in most years.
Yes, my aim is to start with a modern fender era duo jet and mod as needed. 
I was suprised that my sonās guitar teacher brought over a Gibson 1957 ES-175 today. I told him that I would like to buy it from him after playing it. What do you think a guitar like this is worth?
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Oh man, thatās so similar to my 58ā es175! If it still has the original PAF pickups, itāll be worth north of $15,000
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Hi Alex,
Let me double-check on the pickupsā¦I think he said that that they are the originals, but I will let you know.
The story of this guitar is that the actual owner is in Devon. He tried to sell it in London over 20 years ago but no one bought it. So eventually it was lent out through a friend to my sonās guitar teacher, James. James said he has had it for about 20 years and in that time he has had no contact with the actual ownerā¦no one is asking for it to be returned.
If it is worth so much, then I am going to ask to borrow itā¦I plan to play Jazz pieces of your arrangements instead of on my Ibanez. I have seen your '58 model in a bunch of your videos so far. James also has a beautiful Gretsch White Falcon which he is probably willing to loan outā¦it is great for Chis Isaak stuff.
very eclectic collection Rob.
you said youāre Nash Tele has a slim neck, my Nash Tele has a real baseball bat neck, i really like it.
Wayne, i have the same model Ibanez. the original strings are quite light gauge, iāve thought about changing them for heavier guage flat wounds to give a more jazzier tone.
may i ask what kind of strings you have on your Ibanez?
Thanks Peter, and glad you love your Nash! Which model do you have?
Iād love to find a Nash that has a chunkier neck. Their guitars wonāt break the bank the way some Fender CS and boutique builds will, so Iād love to find one thatās ājust right.ā
Iāll be honest Rob, Iām not sure which exact T model it is now, I bought it in 2003 or 2004 , I think that was just after Nash started and relic-ing was just becoming a thingā¦ There is a photo of it with some of my other guitars near the top of this thread.
I bought it from SuperSound Music in California and he shipped it to the UK for me. I also bought a Shoreline Gold Nash Strat from the same dealer.
Hi Peter,
I like this Ibanez model as it is really easy to play and sounds quite nice for Jazz tones. To be honest, I bought it only recently so that I could better replicate the tone that Alex achieves from his Gibson '58 ES-175.
I have factory strings on it at the moment and believe they are Nickel coated. I just did a search and my Bing AI returned the factory gauges, which are:
- String Gauge: .010/.013/.017/.030/.042/.052
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Thanks for you reply Wayne.
I agree the Ibanez is easy to play and has a nice tone with the factory strings. Maybe Iāll keep the factory set up and just buy another jazz guitar for the heavier string set.
The Ibanez is great for picking up and just strumming chords and rhythm guitar too.
all the best,
Peter
Yes, the pickups are original. The tuning pegs and the knobs have been replaced with Gibson originals of that era. James said today that he would lend the guitar to me as soon as a decent luthier fixes a crack in the headstock.
After many, many years of playing different jazz boxes (Eastman, Gibson, Heritage) I think I finally found āThe Oneā for me. The Ibanez GB 10 Prestige MIJ. Where do I start, the size is perfect, like an overweight Les Paul. The quality and workmanship are flawless, the pick ups are extremely clear and balanced, very easy to dial in a range of tones. The neck is smooth and fast. Itās a little āblingyā but hey Iāll survive. I play a lot of soul/jazz stuff and this guitar just nails that sound for me, very happy fingers! and ears 
As a side note I ordered directed from a Kurosawa Music store on Reverb and it was the easiest online purchase Iāve ever made, Tokyo to Vancouver BC in 3 days, amazing customer service and cost me $900 less than buying in Canada.
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Hey everyone. Just joined Alexās Patreon today and thought Iād head over and share my new gear day gear that arrived today!
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Love the color of that Ibanez!
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Just bought this 1963 Gibson Custom Shop Benchmark Collection ES-335 here in Denver Colorado a few months ago. The original owner bought it at Wildwood Guitars in 2013. It sounds amazing!
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Do we have another person on in this community from Denver? Thatās fantastic. It was a surprise to see Wildwood Guitars called out here! I have a few instruments from there, in fact, one of them is in my hands at this very second.
Welcome to the community. Whatās your story? Where are you in Denver? I might be meeting with another community member here on Thursday night. We might be meeting up to see La Lom which unfortunately I think is sold out, but Iād love to connect. https://youtu.be/br-Ij3WMvsg
We also have similar guitars, you have '63 ES-335. I have a '64ish Epiphone Casino. Very similar. I was actually going to take that up to see Steve at Wildwood sometime soon. They also had a mid 60s 335 for sale recently up on their Youtube channel.
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I had been looking for an inexpensive acoustic archtop and had been looking at the Loars and then eventually picked up a Godin 5th Avenue from Amazon. I wasnāt sure about buying from Amazon but they had a 30 day return policy, so,ā¦ what the Hell. Ideally, I wanted to get something a little more vintage in the future but I let a few people know I wanted something acoustic for jazz and 5 days later I heard back that somebody had something for sale and I was able to return the Godin and pick up this mid-to-late 1930s Cromwell. It was made by Gibson in Kalamazoo. The top is pressed instead of carved but itās a nice instrument all the same and itās been in good hands and thoroughly loved.
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Iāve eyed Cromwells for a while. Iāve never had the extra dough to make the purchase though. Tommy Harkenrider has a couple videos with one. I hear good things about them
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