$487 in Reverb bucks, what to buy?

Grant Gross

Grant Gross

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Sold a bunch of pedals on Reverb, now I have $487 in Reverb bucks.

Tempted to buy a Fender Duo Sonic HS in surf or canary, but I already have a Pawn Shop Mustang, a Mustang 90, and a Cyclone.



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Also tempted by a short-scale base, a vocoder pedal, and this:

 
I played the Duo Sonic at GC again last night. Still disappointed in it. Each time I try one, I hope I’ll like it better than the last, but they are still just ok.
 
Chad said:
I played the Duo Sonic at GC again last night. Still disappointed in it. Each time I try one, I hope I’ll like it better than the last, but they are still just ok.
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What is it about the Duo Sonic that you don't like?
 
Grant Gross said:
What is it about the Duo Sonic that you don't like?
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The finish on the neck, it would not stay in tune (last night I tuned it up, stretched the strings and retuned), the pickups didn’t sound good. I mean, if I found one for $200 I may bite, but for $400-$500 it needs some work before I’d be happy. Which sucks because I had one of the Pawn Shop Mustangs with the Wide Range Humbuckers and that was a good guitar out of the box.
 
Chad said:
The finish on the neck, it would not stay in tune (last night I tuned it up, stretched the strings and retuned), the pickups didn’t sound good. I mean, if I found one for $200 I may bite, but for $400-$500 it needs some work before I’d be happy. Which sucks because I had one of the Pawn Shop Mustangs with the Wide Range Humbuckers and that was a good guitar out of the box.
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Yeah, my Pawn Shop Mustang is a great guitar.

That's odd, because the Duo Sonic's sister guitar, my Mustang 90, is a solid guitar. It stays in tune decently (even better with a new TUSQ nut), and the pickups sound good.
 
Grant Gross said:
Yeah, my Pawn Shop Mustang is a great guitar.

That's odd, because the Duo Sonic's sister guitar, my Mustang 90, is a solid guitar. It stays in tune decently (even better with a new TUSQ nut), and the pickups sound good.
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It could have been a cursed GC guitar, but it has been the third or fourth time I’ve tried one. The others I tried were at a different GC and each time I used a different amp. I really wanted to like it because they are perfect guitars for me, but if I were to get one, I’d search for a used Pawn Shop one, those are just better.
 
CBHScott said:
Those AC10s are fantastic, with surprisingly good low end, and yes, quite Voxy :thu:

Also, if you can hold out, the new Marshall DSLs are coming out soon, including a new 1-watt combo that'll clock in at under $500.
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Oh, that Marshall one-watter sounds interesting.
 
ixnay on teh Duosonic.

However, you like short-scale FMIC offsets, and you say you're looking at basses? May I tell you that as a long time FMIC gear whore, one of the better recent buys I've had is my Mustang P/J bass. Terrific pickups, and just a nice, solid short scale bass.
 
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ixnay on teh Duosonic.

However, you like short-scale FMIC offsets, and you say you're looking at basses? May I tell you that as a long time FMIC gear whore, one of the better recent buys I've had is my Mustang P/J bass. Terrific pickups, and just a nice, solid short scale bass.
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Yeah, one of those has been on my radar screen.
 
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