Erwin made a believer out of me. I don't know which version, HRM, HRM-BM, they sure sound nice for archtop duty with a reverb.

Someone ought to tell some of the big jazz players, like Pat Martino, GB, Rosenwinkel, Metheny and the like. Rosenwinkel especially could benefit, as he often plays with distortion, as well as straight ahead archtop.

Interesting Larry picked the Bludo for his road duty. He bypassed all the fancy Two Rocks (geez they'd probably name a Signature model after him, $10,000....), Bruno, Glaswerks, Fuchs.... and picked the Bludotone.

I wish Nik would do a partnership with Bludo, maybe offer a kit version and distribution, parts, service etc. Get around those nasty "duty" import fees.

Nik nor Bludo can keep up with demand it seems. Gotta love that, someone is doing well in these horrible times. How many companies can say that?

On a side note, I am well aware of the VAT/Import taxes Europeans pay. If I was a big company like Gibson, PRS Fender I'd open a plant somewhere, perhaps the UK, Holland, Germany etc, making guitars of equal  quality as their American counterparts.  As it is now, most Europeans pay about double for something like a Les Paul.  I'm sure that kills demand, just a little bit  :}

Why not? Nik could get a tube effects loop and Bludo could get a whole new kit based line and royalties.
It might be "cool", who knows?


And the Ceriatone was  every bit as good? Not everyone on the  Gear Page  would agree, but what do they know?



Maybe, up to '86. Gibson has been pretty good since being freed of Norlin. I've got a LP , SG, ES175 and L5 from the 1990s, and they are all super fine guitars. Each and every one.


I'm not much for ES335s. I've been playing guitar longer than most here have been alive too. 

I can't get over that reversed pickguard on the Japanese LP copy. Is that how they avoid another lawsuit from Gibson? Gibson shut down Ibanez, also shutdown PRS's line of "singlecut" guitars for years too.

I'm kind of of the opinion solid body guitars shouldn't cost anywhere  near that. Archtop jazz boxes yes, Les Pauls and variations, no. Sorry. Crank up the distortion and one humbucking equipped  guitar sounds awfully similar to the next. Even a Les Paul and an PRS.

Don't get me wrong. If someone wants to donate a '59 Michael Bloomfield Reissue LP, gloss finish, I'd love one. $7300? You kiddin' me?

+1 !!!

-2

As in losers.

Nice L6S from the 70s there. I'm sure you need a real Dumble to bring out the tone.

So you don't want  to talk about archtops. I understand. How  about the Schrodinger Wave Equation? Always a hot topic on guitar boards.

That is good. Transistor amp you say? Not an Ethos? SansAMP?

As for me, I'm a jazz  and fusion player, not much the blues player. You wouldn't like me. I even play fast at times, like Larry Carlton used to, before he was shot in the throat. I'm the kind of guy that would much rather listen to Kurt Rosenwinkel than Jimi Hendrix, who has always bored me to tears.

Physics is  all around, whether or not you accept its existence. If you can  make a buck off it, so much the better.