2007 eastman t186mx, Kent Armstrong pickups. no case, chipped finish, and the guy says it’s a headstock repair… but he’ll bump it down to 850 for that. it sounds good, plays good, nothing feels off, just hard to know how much that headstock repair weakens the instrument. “semi hollow” but I guess it’s got a really tiny centerblock, per online. these go used around 1800 good condition / 1500 fair condition.
the alternative is a brand new t386 for around $950. from what I read online, some key differences are laminate vs solid sides/top, less pretty aesthetics and there’s a bigger center block. newer Kent Armstrong pickups, sound less treble but maybe also less clear?
yeah the 386 has a full length center block like an es 335, whereas the 186 is essentially full hollow, like a sheraton or es 330 minus the trapeze tailpiece. so, slightly boomier, more prone to feedback, super resonant. can’t install a bigsby on the 186, if that makes a difference to you.
i think the main selling point as the size of it while retaining physical controls. the 1010 bluebox is in the right price range for this sort of thing (~500£), but that touch interface always looked pretty rough to me.
yeah i have a bluebox and i don’t use it almost entirely because of the touch controls, they’re just rough on a mixer because mixers are one of those things where physical controls make the most sense
the only thing missing from the tx-6 is recording capability but someone from sonic state said they’re working on that?
recording and/or some sort of looper seem like huge omissions.
the ‘tone’ synth they included is low key the exact synth i’ve wanted to exist and made various versions of over the last 10 years. just 6 channels of sine waves with physical faders and non-chromatic frequency control.
I used my graded 3M pads to clean up the rosewood fretboard on my dad’s old parlor acoustic that I’d marred trying to clean with a razor blade when I was 13
used a 3M pad to take off the high gloss polish on the jagstang neck last night, took like 5 minutes including masking it off and cleaning up. realized it’s reversible as long as you don’t take off much more finish than necessary — just polish it back up
plays much faster!
@stylo thought of you talking about preference for satin necks above, recommend giving it a shot if the guitar is otherwise to your liking
2008 epiphone sheraton (made in Korea). just put 11’s on it, feels good sounds good, need to intonate it better but some of the screws lock up. Other than that I like it, it’s much more ‘jazz guitar’ vibe than the squier
mainly it was cheap and i figure it’ll allow me to understand my preferences as i continue to play it. maybe a pickup swap down the line to seth lovers, but not rn
got tone compliments from my jazz teacher playing it thru the Joyo American Sound into DI :3
altho i will probably continue procrastinating lol
