Rocque-ing

Ah, look who's settled into the ESP camp- Andy Larocque. If you are a King Diamond fan, this guy should be no stranger to you. I particularly like his contribution's to Death's Individual Thought Patterns. But through & through, Larocque's playing is simply a punctuation to all things guitar-related & heavy metal. 

PS: Wishing you a good close to September 😁

Strumming Framus

Framus does strings now. They come in standard gauge sets (you fav 009s, 010s, etc.) as well as those accommodating drop D, 7s & 8s. My beef with many 8-string sets is that their wound strings are simply too thick to be inserted into the machine head holes. Let's see if Framus does address this.

CITES grip: Ibanez (2)

No surprises here as the Ibanez GIO series now sport a pine fretboard. I do not wish to go into details  when it comes to the GIOs as these do not quite represent value for money. If you can help it, consider something else.

Billionaire possessions

Danelectro released the Billionaire series of effects pedals consisting of the four units you see above. A rather curious choice of series name but nevertheless, these are affordable pieces of gear- USD49 - USD79. There's something about that simple, retro-esque look...

The coolest member has to be this power supply unit which is actually running on batteries! Wish these make it to the stores here soon. 

Not coming here

A new finish for the Ibanez RG652, Japan exclusive. Well, just looking. 😒

Re-string Sunday

My Charvel DX-1 ST was given a re-string & wipe down today. Nothing excessive, just routine checks. The fretboard was dry so it received the re-moisturizing treatment. 

Nothing fancy, just a pack of Martin Darco 9-42 set. It's actually the first pack of strings I see when I opened my storage box. It was bought in June & still good to go. I remember wiping down the previous set thoroughly after each play but the corroded parts were near the bridge. A classic case neglecting the area where you least expected to be consumed by corrosion. 

Noticed an intense dust accumulation over at the headstock, so that was taken care of.

The interesting thing about this guitar is the binding. Rather excessive I would say as it covers the headstock, neck & body. Considering the price of this instrument, it was extremely well done. I'm not big on binding as it adds nothing to tone & has the potential to become problematic when a re-fret is due. So that's how the Sunday went. There was no initial plan to re-string this guitar but I'm the type who's bothered by oversight & string replacement is something that can be done rather easily.