The last entry was in fact, weeks overdue and this entry is a tad better since it dates to a week back *lol*
Anyway...look what the courier service has delivered to my doorstep again, deja vu, isn't it?
Details of the box:
Oh-oh...this isn't yet another...
Yes sir...It's a Fender 72 Custom Telecaster Reissue! :) Fresh out of the box with the pickguard plastic still on.
Details of the sexy black Tele minus the strings
The customary/obligatory 'family' portraits:
L to R: Fender Jaguar, Fender US standard Strat, Fender '72 Custom Telecaster, Fender Jaguar
Okay, I've not gone out of my mind and went on a guitar-shopping spree but the last story hasn't ended there. Unfortunately after giving the previous Tele a spin, I realised that while it sounded pretty good, I wasn't really happy with the feel of its neck. It was too 'sticky' for my preference and got in my way of playing. Also, the Bigsby didn't function as well as what I had in mind. Finally, it also came with some blemishes probably caused by shipping...a tiny dent, lose tuners and rough fretwires :( So, in the light of these issues, I decided that I should try to return it and get some sort of a refund. After emailing the friendly fella, he has agreed to take it back albeit the loss I had to suffer due to shipping, etc.
After lugging the packed guitar to the post office with the help of my bro, I bade the butterscotch baby farewell and made plans for a replacement. Hence I've decided to get a new Fender '72 custom Tele after learning from an expensive lesson on what I'd really want.
It didn't arrive in a breeze in the sense that after ordering and paying an online Japanese store for the guitar, I was informed only after a week later that they couldn't ship it over due to restrictions placed on them by Fender Japan, so I had to quickly find another source before they put a clamp on the stores nationwide. Luckily I was able to liaise with the ever friendly Koichi from Ishibashi, whom quoted me the price and details of the order. Immediately, I sent my debit card info over and wham! 3 days later, the guitar arrived in a recording-breaking shipping time! Boy I was glad cos apparently, alot of international orders were rejected but I was lucky Koichi had mine processed.
Well, it doesn't take a rocket-scientist to realise that having 6 electric guitars is probably a little overkill, so I've decided to take a personal 'vow' that I will not buy any more guitars for at least a year (and hopefully longer) *lol* Time to put my savings aside for more practical things like...ermm...my future girlfriend? Heh. I sure hope I don't end up being in a situation like this fella here
Oh, that aside, it's probably old news by now but during this absence of online activities, alot of things happened and one of them was the changing of my band lineup. It was a tough time coping with the decision to let go of 2 members (especially our vocalist, who's the 'voice' of LGF) but after these few months of hunting high and low, posting on forums, tonnes of awkward random messaging via friendster, wholivesnearyou.com, superstar-style of auditions, etc...we've finally found someone worthy to fill the shoes of our ex-vocalist :)
We've wasted no time coping with changes which include getting to know more about our new vocalist, adjusting the key of our songs, fine-tweaking on them, mutual sharing of musical influences, etc. And so here we are, ready to showcase the new LGF to everyone. We've finally gotten ourselves one or two 'warm-up' gigs this year which I'll announce soon. So, watch out for LGF mk II....faster cleaning action! *lol*
