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Digitech RP255

bshen92 — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:21:54 +0800

WTS Digitech RP255
Condition 9/10 (Protective plastic still on screen)
RM450 Nego
COD Kota Kinabalu

Damansara heights parking

bshen92 — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:38:04 +0800

There have been some older threads but they are either outdated or not directly relevant to me.

I'm going to start an internship in bangunan sppk, Jalan Dungun in August for a period of 3 weeks. I plan to carpool with a friend and I live in an area with scarce public transport so driving is my best option.

I'm aware of the parking difficulties in the area and I'm willing to pay up to RM10/day. I was hoping you guys could point me towards a parking lot near my building I could use.

3 min video by my friend

bshen92 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:28:01 +0800

[YOUTUBE]mFuRfrasoCQ[/YOUTUBE]

He's entering a worldwide competition, so if you like it, please help a fellow Malaysian win by liking it on YouTube! Thanks Kopitiam. appreciate it!

The whole point of couchsurfing is that you dont spend on accomodation. You can go far with a relatively little amount and get to have locals take you around.

For people interested. I'll include a link below to their site.
Couchsurfing site.

Story of a Gibson that was almost stolen.

bshen92 — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:07:21 +0800

I know ads are not supposed to be posted here, but I'm posting this for the story and it would be rather inappropriate to cut out the man's ad. Anyway, hope the mods don't delete this. Enjoy!

1964 Gibson EB-0 Double Cutaway Bass Guitar Cherry, RARE, amazing history, PHOTOS INSIDE
£750 Gorebridge, Midlothian

Reply to this ad or Craig on 07791807131

This is a truly stunning bass guitar, Priced for a Quick sale, similar aged/condition ones are selling as high as £1200-£1300 online.
Need money to start a business, so unfortunately this piece of history is for sale.

The guitar is showing its age, 47 years of gigs ect has taken its toll on the paintwork, but it still plays like new, and is the best sounding base I've ever heard.

a bit of history on the guitar..
The guitar was bought brand new, on credit, by my granmother in 64 from Pete Seton's(the father of the guy who owns Drum Central in Edin) music shop on the bridges in Edinburgh, along with a twin stack Marshall Valve Amp(sadly thrown away before I was born by my Aunt when cleaning..)

My granmother was a very well respected band manager on the amatuer UK circuit in the 60's knowing a few of the big bands before they were famous.

My uncles band used to play support gigs for a band called The Few
Their band manager was buying a Piano from my Gran, so were at the house..
At this point the guitarist wanted to buy the EB-0 and my gran refused as she had dreams of my uncle's band making it big and knew how great this guitar is.
Soon after the band left, the family friend who tells this story often noticed the guitar was gone.. the police were phoned.
The bands van was stopped 2 miles from the house, and the guitar recovered, no charges brought as the band accused a roadie of stealing it, while he and my family accused the guitarist who was in a "right strop" at being denied to buy it...

This band later renamed and became rather famous.. The Few became The Who, and the guitarist in this story is Pete Townshend.. Now there is no proof that he took the guitar(or this would be selling for thousands not hundreds), but that is the story I'm told from a trusted family friend.

I'll be sorry to see it go, but the money is needed to fund a new business.

as with most guitars this age, its not perfect(its old.. its meant to look old in my opinion) the string guard is missing, 1 knob missing, the other a replacement gibson one from a different guitar and a non original screw in the finger rest..
more importantly
No cracks in the neck or base, these are really common on the EB series, the mahogany is very brittle on the early models (56-64) but this one has survived the test of time,
original Humbucker neck pick up, ebony fretboard and mother of pearl inlays so they are still as nice as day one.. no fading like traditional painted/wooden inlays.
if it was perfect the price would be double this.

Priced £750 ono
Can be viewed anytime,

Image 1
Image 2

more photos available on request.

Source: http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/1964-gib...inside/91335610

Crafter SA

bshen92 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:34:44 +0800

Wanna get a Crafter SA guitar. But, distributors are in all countries (aus, sing, indo, thai) except Malaysia. Really aggravating because I've been guitar hunting for a long time (ask deadeye XD) and finally found one not available here.

Anyone have one? seen selling? Know where to get one? know how to import (not too much hassle and cost)? or any other brilliant ideas?

[addedon]March 28, 2010, 3:32 pm[/addedon]Anyone at all with ideas?

Parker guitar seller?

bshen92 — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:43:20 +0800

I've been looking high and low for the seller of the range of parker guitars. Particularly the P series.. Any ideas anyone?

Double Edge pro

bshen92 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:16:47 +0800

So, which currently available ibanez has the DOUBLE edge or DOUBLE edge pro bridge? Been searching but no specific answers.

Horrible intonation

bshen92 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:12:25 +0800

The intonation on my first E string is horrible. When open, its a perfect E, on the 12th fret, its a full semi-tone off.
Anyone know the common causes of this? the other 5 strings are fine. Could it be a dead string? the string is pretty grubby looking..

Note: not an electric guitar.

And thanks in advance again.

hybrid picking or finger picking?

bshen92 — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:18:13 +0800

I do mainly finger picking. Now i'm venturing into the world of hybrid picking, But i cant see any advantage it has over conventional finger picking.
Was hybrid picking started by people who were accustomed to using only a pick? I use mainly a fingers for strumming and picking.

So, what are the advantages of hybrid picking over finger picking?

Thanks in advance.

Me and my first acoustic

bshen92 — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:29:27 +0800

So, it's my birthday, so my parents got me a new acoustic yamaha F310 . I know its the basic model. but, I'm still new to the acoustic guitar (small fret board and steel strings), so im fine with that.

Used to play all songs on my takamine classical, so now i have a choice.

What u guys think of it?

Best skype solution

bshen92 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:23:09 +0800

best mobile device skype solution. I want suggestions people.

requirements.
- not a netbook/notebook
- smallish (smaller than netbook)
- less than 1 k
- wifi
- not an ipod touch/ nokia table

Start now!!!

thanks.

calling all maton owners

bshen92 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:12:37 +0800

maton guitars. I think all their rosettes are the same size. they only have one size for their pickguards. the question is.. what size is that?

Maton guitar owners, can u do me a favour? go do this (pic below) and tell me what size it is. please.

Kind souls, if u go to your guitar shops, can u bring ruler and check for me? my local places dont stock matons

thanks a lot people.

Oh btw, the reason for this is i wanna order a maton pickguard online, but i'm not sure what size it is. it will fit maton guitars. so im posting here.

Best call rates question

bshen92 — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:52:49 +0800

Trying to help out my maid here. So i'm wondering whats the best phone rates to indonesia.
extension is +62

italk is 0.38sen/min to handphone and fixed line.

Any better ones?

Really appreciate the help guys.

Classical guitar strap

bshen92 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:44:05 +0800

You all should know that most classical guitars dont have a strap pin.

I am thinking buying a guitar strap that would not require me to put a "pin" on my guitar coz I definitely would not want to drill a hole on it because i find it very risky and might damage my guitar (entry level yamaha classical guitar).

Any recommendations on what possible good guitar strap to use? (without putting pins on it)

Hope to hear from you guys. thanks!

Fender electro acoustic

bshen92 — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:25:12 +0800

I want to get an electro acoustic like this one

Fender® CD-140SCE
-solid top
-cutaway

Where got sell this guitar? Bentley got kah? if so what price? fender or takamine?
Calling all the pros, Bring ur opinions too.

and dont recommends me a f310, not interested haha. Electro acoustic. stay focused people.
Thanks

btw, i have a takamine classical already. its nice, but i want the acoustic guitar sound. dont wanna get tied down to my classical music