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Location: Jet City | ... since my fingers hurt from playing
... since I busted out the red blanket
... since a guitar has inspired me to play like this one has... The wood topped UKII...
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Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) | !!!!!!WONDERFUL!!!!!!!
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Damn I thought my White UK ll was awesome, but that is a beautiful guitar Damon. :) |
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Location: Jet City | ALL UKIIs are awesome kit, especially white ones. This has quenched my thirst for a while. I'm pretty sure I'll end up with a white one and a black/bowtie eventually, but this one... well... after setting it up, I have to say, I think she might outdo the all Urelite models. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Yup, that's a Cutie.
Now I gotta dig something out to play to quench the Guitar Lust. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Now I gotta dig something out to play to quench the Guitar Lust. Just paint another one. THAT should end the lust pretty quick. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by dark bar:
Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Now I gotta dig something out to play to quench the Guitar Lust. Just paint another one. THAT should end the lust pretty quick. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | That is gorgeous, Damon. Was that one of Miles' one-offs? |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Very nice Damon...congrats! |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I skip right over most electrics, but that one stopped me in my tracks! A real beauty Damon. Enjoy! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Gorgeous. Da'Man, you do the best guitar porn.
(and work with some of the best 'models.') |
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Location: SoCal | What's the story on this guitar? May be the most beautiful UKII I've ever seen..... |
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Location: Tennessee | I just have to chime in by saying that as good as Damon is with the red blanket ... the guitar looks better in person. |
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Location: Texas | WOW…I'll look forward to Damon's next break from playing that beauty to share some details/background on it. |
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Location: Jet City | So far all I know is it came from some gas station dude in Jacksonville. I'm hoping to hear more on it myself, especially about the construction and materials. I assume it still has the aluminum frame.
All I know is it's badass! Especially after I have it all setup to "Damon specs". |
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Location: Texas | It looks absolutely incredible. Maple cap (ala LP) on a Urelite body perhaps? How's it sound compared to a standard UKII? I'm envious, but it does seem appropriate that one of the world's foremost UKII evangelists got his hands on that one. Congrats again, Damon! |
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Location: Jet City | It definately has that famous Urelite "grain" on the backside. I can see why they did all the 'grained' models as a burst. Aside from the busrt like mine, they were solid colors. The grain effect works OK through the body, but is a little funky on the ends or shouild I say sides?
It sounds like a UKII should, but with a little extra resonance (especially just strumming it unplugged). Had it sounded much different that a UKII, I doubt I would have had any interest. Initially I had thought my Urelite to have a bit better sustain, but that thought went away after I made a few adjustments to the pickup heights. I actually got a bit more "Stratty" tone with the pickup switches set to the right (looking down). THere were a couple tunes I didn't like using the UKII for because I wanted more of a single coil neck pickup tone. THis one seems to do a better job of that. |
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