I’ve been dreading posting this, but it’s time. It’s been a crazy year since moving to Japan. I don’t think one could understand to challenges in starting life over in a new country. Intentions were well and a significant effort was put into trying to keep producing the high output models with...
And the pronunciation is more like a rolled r or “d”. Definitely requires different muscles for Americans. There characters aren’t letters. Everything is an entire syllable except ending in “n’
Gloss and gross would be like “gu-ro-su”. There is no different character for ro vs lo and the...
Having been from the Dallas area, I ran into Dime a few times in the wild. He was a class act.
Pretty sure there’s a few forum members here that have hung out with him.
Both the neck and frets feel meaty. I’ve since pulled the lollars in my other tele in favor of my own winds, which are A5s, but I think I prefer A2s like the Aniquitys.
I’m going to die single with a house full of Japanese Guitars.
I went off today since it’s Black Friday in and my employer in Japan is an American company. What I didn’t expect was for the store here to have Black Friday since neither thanksgiving or Christmas are really a thing here. I get...
Yeah, the “L” vs “R” in Japan. The struggle is real. It’s almost like a soft “d”. I’ve always thought the neck is more critical than the body for tone.
If you look on YouTube for “Black Smoke Sigma”, there actually sill quite a few videos. To me, it’s the perfect balance of vintage and...