I'm Missing Floyd...

[veatch]

Rose that is.

Had a rehearsal last night and took the Wilky equipped C-55. Just not the same. Just not the same.

10 years ago, you couldn't spit in my apartment without hitting a guitar with a Floyd. Today? Not so much...

Post some Floyd porn and help a brother through his moment of crises... /emoticons/default_laugh.png

 

[David B]

 

[Feynman]

I miss Floyd, too!

 

[ecnal]

I miss Floyd, too!

I really like the jackson

 

[Feynman]

Me, too. I have bought and sold many a fine guitar, but that one still kinda hurts.

 

[ecnal]

Me, too. I have bought and sold many a fine guitar, but that one still kinda hurts.

I don't know too much about Kellys. Yours looks fancy; was it custom shop? What did you like about it the most? Was it a Gibson scale?

 

[BCR Greg]

 

[RacerX]

O.F.P.

(Outdoor Floyd Porn)

 

[Feynman]

Me, too. I have bought and sold many a fine guitar, but that one still kinda hurts.

I don't know too much about Kellys. Yours looks fancy; was it custom shop? What did you like about it the most? Was it a Gibson scale?

Not to derail the thread, but I can be brief. I love the feel of an ebony board. The 12-16" compound radius was wonderful. The build quality was excellent. 25.5" scale. Sounded great.

No custom shop - just a standard KE2. The trans-color tops get chrome hardware and a flame maple (veneer) top. That top looked great to me. The veneer is supposedly paper thin, but it does look nice.

I disliked the same thing I dislike about the Standards - the upper horn and the way it rested under my right arm. I sort of got used to it, but never completely. A Soloist and a Kelly are pretty much the same guitar. They just attach a different shaped set of wings to the neckthrough block (I think that's the only difference). The Kelly could be a little neck heavy as well.

Now that I know I love the Strat shape, I think I'd love to have a Soloist. Someday I will. They are a lot more reasonable used than Calis, and I have a teenage soft spot for the Soloist anyway.

I REALLY wish I could get used to the Standard/Exploer/Kelly shape - I love the look.

OK - back to the Floyd thread!

A Soloist to get us back on track:

 

[seeker]

 

[Sam]

This is the only Floyd-ish trem that I've owned. I purchased it 15 years ago, and soon realised that locking trems were not for me. Perhaps I should have tried it with strings? /emoticons/default_laugh.png

 

[BlueRedWhite]

This is "The Beast" with a Hot Rails and a Screaming Demon...best sound ever

my fave sound

My only problem is tuning it, i never had the cojones, but what the heck it cannot be that difficult...i found a youtube video on how to do it...i'll tell you on Sunday /emoticons/default_laugh.png

That's an old pic, since then it has been cleaned and oiled -neck looks a bit dry-

 

[veatch]

Great stuff. A super-strat may be in order after the funds re-accumulate.

Why did i sell the Cali again? /emoticons/default_laugh.png

 

[Lockbody]

Why did i sell the Cali again? /emoticons/default_blink.png

Good question. Occasionally I ask myself why I sold then I remember that even though it was my first Hamer, and still probably the best playing guitar I've ever owned, the neck was so shallow that I couldn't play longer than 15-20 minutes before my left hand would start cramping. I was so sad to see it go (especially at a time when the prices for merely "okay" Calis had bottomed out).

I really nice Chap that I just didn't bond with before something else caught my eye. /emoticons/default_laugh.png

 

[Brooks]

all these are gone. but, i put an OFR in my cheapo ibeenhad RG this afternoon.

 

[carfish7]

Z

 

[JohnnyB]

I'm missing Floyd.

Me too.

 

[Don]

 

[Kramer_nut]

I've got this one showing up from Greg next week!!

and I have these old ones hanging around too!!

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