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So a while back I bought another Greg Bennet. This time his take on a Les Paul, an AV6, Spalted Maple top, about 3mm thick and a mahogany 4 piece body. It has the Duncan Design trem bucker pick ups in it, a crap Wilkinson bridge  but nice Grover machine heads.

So since I have my Blackstar I am doing some serious bonding with this guitar it sounds just like I have always imagined my sound would be like, (with a little help from the Blackstars ISF).

My problem is I don't want to bond with this £300 guitar I want to bond with my Gibson, yet it is just not happening I don't vibe when playing the SG like I do with Greg Bennet. I have just ordered a hard case for Greg Bennet as I don't want it get damaged.

Should this bonding be happening??

I got it and wow, that articulation this thing gives to your playing is great.

I will do a review in a few weeks when I get to know the amp a bit better.

Its loud, though my cab its just mind blowing, (and window shattering).

I am in major trouble with the wife, as a valve amp is not complete without pedals.

I got Vox wah v847.

MXR  micro amp.

Carl Martin, Red Repeat. Which is epic.

Boss Chorus, cr1.

Only trouble I have 2 Exams next week, so not much time to play.

Hope you all had good and wishing every one a happy new year.

So Don't know if any one remembers, I have been looking for an amp know for quite some time. I have money saved for one which the wife spent , because me Dad offered to build me a hand wired Vox. Anyhow me Dad rang this morning and said that he had started to look at the Vox schematic he had and it would not work.

He went into a load of technical jargon but the up shot is the schematic is American and certain things would have to be changed and he couldn't guarantee he would change the right ones in order for it still to sound like a Vox.

So he has found a old Jennings schematic (Jennings designed and still own the original Vox AC design). However, this would take him longer to build as he would have to mock a lay-out the test it for current, not shore where he is gonna find currents in an amp .

So off I go to PMT to buy an amp as I have just had a Tax rebate, nice.

I had a play about with a few and finally the penny dropped, the Blackstar HT 20 months and months of trying to decide and there it was. Great clean, head room a plenty, nice crunch, great overdrive which stayed well defined, effects loop, emulated out for headphones or recording and a master volume so I don't piss next door off.

So I explain to the sales lad I can leave £20 I am waiting for check to clear, what with bank holidays I can safely say I will be in Saturday 7th Jan but if my check clears any sooner I will come down then. So of we go to the sales counter deal done or so I thought.

Now would be a good time to take on board that in the last 18 months I have spent £1800 In PMT mostly on me Gibson but also my ESP, and some other bits including a line 6 Pod, Microphone, MXR micro Amp, and a  Boss sd1. And I am on first name terms with most of the staff.

So at the counter the manager says £20 deposit is not good enough it needs to be 10% which is £45. I think f*** you you twat, walk out as I could feel the light infantry man in me coming out.  On a side note I am knocking on a bit now have put on weight and probable would of got my head kicked in.

So I get back home ring the director who works in the PMT in South-end, he claims he  is too busy to talk to me, apologizes and puts the phone down.

Now I thinking that xmas eve, I will go down make out I want to buy Les Paul custom, they have two in there, drop it breaking the head stock as way of revenge.

But the love of a Les Paul got the better of me So I scrapped that plan and placed me order at Dawsons, Who said that they would do it on a £10 deposit. All good, I feel better getting an amp to play which I like while I wait for me Dad to build the Vox.

Then Disaster PMT ring, Simon the director as phoned the Leeds branch, found out whats gone on and said to the manager to accept my £20 deposit. The sales lad then rang me to tell me. I explain what I have done with Dawson's apologize to him and promise to drop him a McDonald's in, as none of this was his doing and he had spent 2 hours with me.

So I ring the Director back who assumes I am gonna be happy and I say I am not he the says Mr Duckworth, which I hate, ring me back on Tuesday I am busy and once again put the phone down.

I have to give him the benefit of the doubt because he did look into my first complaint today when I thought he just brushed me off.

So been the half Yorkshire/Lancashire man I am, I sniff a good deal , I e-mailed the director a list of what I want to buy and I feel a discount coming or a straight f*** off.

I will let you know what happens.

What do you think, should I go with Dawson's or take the deal, if I get offered one from PMT.