I didn’t like it.
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Why?
I guess I’m used to the awesomeness of BassBuzz.
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Yeh, he’s a hard act to follow. I often wonder how Josh would approach teaching a guitar course along the lines of the B2B course. To me learning Bass is so much easier than guitar.
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I’ve been doing research on practice amps, and found out that any amp can be a practice amp and get good tone at bedroom volume levels as long as it has an effects loop. You can use a volume pedal, an eq pedal with volume, or one of these…
Hmm. Idly considering this today: Revstar 420 or Pacifica 611 hardtail.
vs
(I know, I know - the pickguard would need a swap 
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The Pacifica has way better hardware, but the Revstar is double-buck, which I want. The Revstar looks have grown on me. Pacifica looked great already. Revstar is cheaper.
I wish there was a Revstar 520 splitting the difference between the 420 and the 620, but the 502 has two P90s instead of humbuckers.
Kind of thinking the Pacifica here. I liked my 112VM. Ideally would want to go non-Strat next time but the Pacifica has a whole lot going for it.
In that price range there’s also the Ibanez RG’s (plus a horde of others), some ESP’s, and the PRS SE Standard and Custom 24, hmm.
Or a Squier, but they are pretty much blown away by those other choices. Low end of Fender Player series as well. Comparing the hardware on the Pacifica or PRS with those is kind of a joke - Seymour Duncan or PRS pups vs stock MiM Fender? lol.
MIM Strats are quite nice, but Yamaha and PRS are packing a lot of value into that same price range. The Players are lookers and feel good though, and you can get them double-buck:
but about $200 more than the others, and a step down in hardware over the premium stuff the Yamaha or PRS come with standard.
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Decisions, decisions…
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I know! Life is hard 
How are you liking the Player?
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I have to change strings today. Going on a month and they’re shot. Not looking forward to it. The one thing I don’t like about guitar.
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Yeah. On the one hand, the strings are cheap. On the other, you burn through them.
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You mean the Strat? It’s a 2008 so I think that makes it a standard. It’s a really nice geeetar, but I’ve been playing the PRS most of the time. But between the two, to me, the Strat is easier to play. Maybe because of the longer scale length.
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Ahh cool! For some reason I thought you had a Player series.
The PRS SE looks really nice and I have to admit is tempting as a choice.
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I bought a Shijie STE strat copy. Stainless steel frets, roasted maple neck, gotoh hardware for $800. Way nicer than a Fender at the same price point.
https://www.shijieguitars.com/
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I would pick the PRS.
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Wow that looks awesome. Really high quality.
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It’s amazing @howard I tried a Fender Professional recently and it’s as good. I thought as it’s made in a little factory in China you might be able to get a better deal as you’re closer?
Anyway worth a look if you ever see that brand pop up anywhere.
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I’m loving it so far.
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Looks really nice. Congrats!
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I’ve been going thru the Justinguitar course and haven’t really plugged in much. The PRS being a semi hollow, I just grab it, sit on the couch, and strum it unplugged. I’ve been thinking about buying a cheapie acoustic for the course.
Yeah good call. I’ll keep an eye out locally. Thanks for the tip