After writing plenty of songs and working on arrangements in a bunch of different styles from classic blues rock to metal to dark-goth-industrial, and after working out a bunch of covers we liked, we finally seem to have found the right angle, the proper mixture of genres which my wife and I are totally happy with...
 
It's been quite a while since we started but on the other hand, with her schedule, it's hard to make time for our projects outside Cirque. 
 
This is quite a source of motivation for me to have a clear idea of what we want this one project to be, to have narrowed it down. I had my wife listening to a snippet of the latest thing I've been working on last night and her reaction was worth all the energy I've put into it, a hundredfold. We knew that was it.
 
I've always needed that sense of unity when working on something, I need things to be there for a reason and relate to one another. And it also allows me to start and be really creative because now I know which rules I have to bend and twist. :P
 
As an extra bonus, it means that I have to put a new guitar on the home studio budget, a archtop, most probably a Epiphone Riviera, because I want one with the Bigsby. I wish I could afford a big Gretsch, but that's just not in the cards right now... 
 
This is the one I have my eyes one for now:

Make sure you get a real one.
 
Officials: More Than $1 Million In Fake Guitars Found At Jersey City Mail Center
http://newyork.cbslocal.c...rsey-city-mail-center/


Well, that is debatable whether they are worth that much or not. Comments are good though on that article.
 

Are you going for the P90 sound Rain? The Casino's sound really nice as well with P90s. Love my Dot 335 with Gibson Classic 57 plus in the bridge. I just have to complete it by putting a Classic 57 or 490r in the neck.

MakeShift
Are you going for the P90 sound Rain? The Casino's sound really nice as well with P90s. Love my Dot 335 with Gibson Classic 57 plus in the bridge. I just have to complete it by putting a Classic 57 or 490r in the neck.

I wasn't exactly sure, I knew I wanted semi-hollow and a tremolo. But after hearing demos, I'm quite enthusiastic about those P90s. Dot was the first thing I thought - actually, I remember you'd mentioned yours a while ago - but I really wanted a Bigsby (or similar).
 
The other option, the least expensive,  would be a Wildkat, but the Riviera ($500) is more to my liking. Also noteworthy was their Emperor Swingster:
 

But at that price ($699), I'd go all the way and buy a Gretsch G5420T.
 
 
 

 

Don't know how much you are wanting to spend but I have a friend who is wanting to sell this guitar
Here is guitar no longer made. pre Fender Guild X160 w/deluxe hard shell case. $1,700.00 if U know anyone. I am original owner. Serial # 000068 and has never been on the stage. It is a beautiful guitar..excellent for Jazz or Rock. If you are interested let me know and I will pm you his info.

teego
Don't know how much you are wanting to spend but I have a friend who is wanting to sell this guitar
Here is guitar no longer made. pre Fender Guild X160 w/deluxe hard shell case. $1,700.00 if U know anyone. I am original owner. Serial # 000068 and has never been on the stage. It is a beautiful guitar..excellent for Jazz or Rock. If you are interested let me know and I will pm you his info.

That is an awesome guitar - probably worth more than my entire rig. Man I wish I had that kind of money! But unless we hit the big time with those songs I'm working on, I'll have to make due with a cheaper alternative and bit of good old ingenuity. 

No problem,didn't know how much you had for a budget,just seen you were looking and thought about this guitar. I would love to have it too but I don't have a budget for it either.

So you've decided to venture into the under-used genre of country-polka-rap, eh? 

Nice, Rain. I like the Riviera, but I'm trying to hold out for this:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/G5622TCBRR/
The Rosa Red is uber sexy and that's the one I'm after.
If I can't make that happen, the Riviera is the go to. I put my hands on one at the local GC, and it's a pretty tasty guitar.

The  Epiphone with the 3 P 90's looks like a real sweet guitar  I can find a use for that 
 
Kenny