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Fair enough, no point going for a copy when you've got the original. I think I read somewhere that this was Tanglewood's take on the late '50's Gibson-style roundshoulder dreadnought. Not that I'd read too much into that. If you want a late 50s Gibson then I reckon you've got to buy a late 50s Gibson (and pay the price), but I guess it's interesting to know where they got the inspiration from. Cheers, Andy

Yes, it's (laminated) spalted maple. The "spalting" is apparently a fungus of some sort that gives the dark lines. Cheers, Andy

I bought this guitar on a bit of a whim a few months ago. When I played it in the shop I was struck by the looks, by how easy it was to play and by the unique sound and just had to get it. There is nothing refined about the sound, it is bright and "springy", but great fun. Not sure if the sound is down to the sloped shoulder dread design or the solid spruce top and laminated maple back and sides, but it's quite different to your standard spruce/cedar + rosewood/mahogany sound. Despite really enjoying the sound and looks I find the 43mm neck width too tight for my clumsy attempts at fingerpicking and, as I've accumulated far too many guitars over the months, this one has to go. It's always hard to predict what other people are looking for in a guitar, but I'd say that this would be ideal for a) somebody looking for a something that looks and sounds a bit different, b) for somebody who wants a guitar that will cut through a mix, c) for somebody who is just getting started and wants something a bit better than an all laminated guitar to start on, or d) somebody switching from electric to acoustic as the neck is very similar. Personally I don't find it particularly well suited to fingerstyle but there are plenty of far better players than me who fingerpick just fine with a 43mm neck. It comes with a Fishman preamp that includes a chromatic tuner. I'll include a Ritter bag. This is just an unpadded nylon bag so doesn't provide much protection against dents (not that any gig bags do really) but is very light and protects it from scratches. I can't really find any marks on it and would say that it's pretty much as new. The model number is TWD-SPL-E if you want to look it up on the web. Retail price is 350 and I'm asking for 230 (or something very close). Any questions, just drop me a line. Cheers, Andy

One more bump, before she goes on ebay.

The coil tap is on the rear tone control. Just pull it out to turn the rear pickup from a single coil to a humbucker. One of the neat things with the EMGs is that even the single coils don't hum, but being able to turn the rear pickup into a humbucker gives you lots more options, especially if you really want to overdrive that amp. The scratchplate is just a metallic "sparkle", but you could easily swap it for a mirorred one if that's your thing. She's a great looking guitar, well put together and really easy to play. But so far nobody seems to want to take her off my hands. Maybe the wrong time of year or something. Cheers, Andy

Just giving this a bump in time for Christmas, in case anybody missed it. Cheers, Andy

SOLD Thanks, Andy

OK, the clearout of things that I'm no longer using continues. This one is a little unusual though. The guitar is just a basic Squier Affinity Fat Strat (i.e. a Strat with a Humbucker at the bridge for a bit more variety). It's had a few small dings, which I've done my best to photograph, but is very nicely put together, looks good and plays really well. However, this budget guitar has really been transformed by the addition of a nice set of EMG active pickups. This is the SA/SA/89 set with a coil tap, so that the humbucker can be switched to single coil mode for those classic Strat tones. If you are interested in the guitar then you probably know all about the EMG pickups. If not a quick Google will tell you all you need to know about these pickups, including the long list of top playesrs who have used them. You might ask what posessed me to put such an expensive set of pickups in a budget guitar? Well the guitar is basically sound and plays well and the main criticism of EMG pickups seems to be that they sound the same whatever you put them in, so I thought it made sense. I think the combination works well, but it wasn't really the tone I was after and I've now switched to a 335-style twin-humbucker semi-acoustic guitar. The EMGs give a really clear clean tone, which ironically works really well if you like lots of distortion. I guess, if you are going to pile on lots of distortion, you want to start with a nice pure signal, but I just play clean all the time, which is probably why I prefer the semi-acoustic. The EMGs also pretty much eliminate the single coil hum that you get from most Strats without relying on the potentially dangerous trick of wiring the ground to the tremelo block (and using the player as the earth), which never struck me as a good idea but seems to be standard practice with lots of guitars. This guitar is too nice to sit around my spare room gathering dust so I thought I'd stick it on here and see if there was any interest. I'm looking for something close to 250 for it. Losts of pictures can be seen HERE Cheers, Andy

Tanglewood Evolution Folk (TSF-CE) Electro Acoustic 150 Pictures available HERE Not played this one much although the shop set it up with a nice low action for me (around 3mm bass side and 2.5mm treble) with no buzzing as far as I can tell. I never stuck the pickguard on, but it's included. Only very tiny marks on it as far as I can see. I'll throw in a gig bag (backpack style, although the zip for one of the pockets is a bit dodgy) and a set of D'Addario EJ15 Extra Light strings, which is what it has on at the moment. The combination of extra light strings and low action make it a good first acoustic, but I'm just not playing it enough to justify keeping it.

Fender Blues Jnr Amp 270 Pictures HERE I bought this second hand from Bruce Millers a couple of months ago but it was in immaculate condition. It has a little (fender 60) sticker on, which I know tells you which year it was made, but I can't recall what the year was now (2006?). Anyway, I can't see a mark on it and everything works. Don''t think it's ever been gigged (certainly not by me).

Hi, I've also got a Fender Blues Jnr Amp which I'm looking to sell (for 270) I bought this second hand from Bruce Millers a couple of months ago (so paid over the odds, something close to 400 I think!) but it was in immaculate condition. It has a little (fender 60) sticker on, which I know tells you which year it was made, but I can't recall what the year was now (2006?). Anyway, I can't see a mark on it and everything works. Don''t think it's ever been gigged (certainly not by me). You can see various pictures of it HERE Cheers, Andy