Members Jab9000 Posted June 11, 2021 Members Share Posted June 11, 2021 Sup folks! So, reintroduction: I'm Jab, 29 and based in southern England. I was a member of HC way back in 2008. I don't recall any specific reason for leaving, but I do remember the forum kinda drying up after a mass migration to Facebook? I could be wrong, but in any case it's great to see that the community is back and thriving. This place was always a lot of fun and a great source of collective information and support. Primarily a guitarist, builder and collector, and been playing for about 18 years. The collection numbers around 30 guitars I think, but I'd have to check the inventory list to be sure. Currently filling the position as bassist in two bands with my old man (the lead guitarist and vocalist), playing covers of a variety of popular songs from the 60s-80s after the previous bassist unfortunately contracted COVID-19 and passed away. Naturally, it feels like some pretty big shoes to fill and obviously I want to make my dad proud as he's the whole reason I play at all, so I'm giving it my absolute all and having a lot of fun doing so. Now, without further ado, onto the NGD. I believe what we have is an old Aria Pro II TA40, but the neck is not the original. Technically it's not new as I got it a year ago last week. It was a belated birthday present from my dad, and it's my first semi. I'm not sure what hardware it has as I've not cracked it open (there's been no need), but it has that semi sound I wanted and plays nicely enough. All I've done to it is add a truss rod cover since it didn't have one, and some amber top hats as it had no control knobs either. Right, that's all for now. There have been a number of NGDs and NADs which I'll get around to posting, and I'm looking forward to hearing what you guys think. Hopefully you're all well and staying safe. It's good to be back! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted June 12, 2021 Moderators Share Posted June 12, 2021 welcome back, Jab.... I wouldn't say we are 'thriving', but, dadgummit, we're still here...😜 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted June 12, 2021 Members Share Posted June 12, 2021 Everyone needs a nice semi-hollow congarts , It looks pretty nice. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted June 14, 2021 Members Share Posted June 14, 2021 Congratulations. Happy (Old) New Guitar Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jab9000 Posted June 24, 2021 Author Members Share Posted June 24, 2021 Thanks for the welcome and kind words, folks! I think it really speaks volumes for the strength of the community that it's still here and still active. This place was always so helpful when I needed advice. Plus it's nice to have a place to talk guitars, and I'm keen to pick your collective brains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted July 13, 2021 Members Share Posted July 13, 2021 That looks like a nice guitar! Congrats and welcome. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theFoonkySteve Posted July 21, 2021 Members Share Posted July 21, 2021 That's a cracking Guitar! I had the same one in the same finish for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Charvel1975 Posted October 3, 2021 Members Share Posted October 3, 2021 On 6/11/2021 at 12:45 PM, Jab9000 said: Sup folks! So, reintroduction: I'm Jab, 29 and based in southern England. I was a member of HC way back in 2008. I don't recall any specific reason for leaving, but I do remember the forum kinda drying up after a mass migration to Facebook? I could be wrong, but in any case it's great to see that the community is back and thriving. This place was always a lot of fun and a great source of collective information and support. Primarily a guitarist, builder and collector, and been playing for about 18 years. The collection numbers around 30 guitars I think, but I'd have to check the inventory list to be sure. Currently filling the position as bassist in two bands with my old man (the lead guitarist and vocalist), playing covers of a variety of popular songs from the 60s-80s after the previous bassist unfortunately contracted COVID-19 and passed away. Naturally, it feels like some pretty big shoes to fill and obviously I want to make my dad proud as he's the whole reason I play at all, so I'm giving it my absolute all and having a lot of fun doing so. Now, without further ado, onto the NGD. I believe what we have is an old Aria Pro II TA40, but the neck is not the original. Technically it's not new as I got it a year ago last week. It was a belated birthday present from my dad, and it's my first semi. I'm not sure what hardware it has as I've not cracked it open (there's been no need), but it has that semi sound I wanted and plays nicely enough. All I've done to it is add a truss rod cover since it didn't have one, and some amber top hats as it had no control knobs either. Right, that's all for now. There have been a number of NGDs and NADs which I'll get around to posting, and I'm looking forward to hearing what you guys think. Hopefully you're all well and staying safe. It's good to be back! Hey Jab9000!! Beautiful guitar! This is my first reply on here since February of 2010!! LOL!! I had to get another password to even log in LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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