A few weeks ago, I set out with a budget of £300-£500 (but ideally less) to buy an electro-acoustic.
I've got plenty of electrics, a bass or two, one acoustic ... but no electros. So, gap to be filled.
£300-£500 would sneak in under the wifely radar.
The Yams were up there on my list of possibles. Not least because that one acoustic is a Yam, and I've had it for over 30 years, so it can't be too bad.
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@bazxkr (thanks Barry) kindly lent me his APX to try out, but - fine guitar though it is - I made the mistake of going into a guitar shop or two, and talking to some people who decided to guide me in my quest.
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Faith PJE Legacy Neptune.
I rather like it. The combination of piezo and in-body condenser mic (which can be blended anywhere between 100-0 and 0-100) really does give a wide range of sounds and the condenser offsets a lot of the piezo sharpness that you don't always want.
Neck is beautifully unfinished - simple satin finish with no sticky glosswork.
So far, I'm loving it.
So why the "fail" in the thread title. Hmmmm ... budget, whoops. ![](/plugins/EmojiExtender/emoji/fb/3.gif)
(Yes, the patio is new too).
Big thanks due to @Jason for pointing me in a good direction.
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Congratulations. That looks lovely. The guitar isn't bad either.
Does it have steps into the house?
No steps. 3m of bi-fold aluminium patio doors open straight out onto the patio on more-or-less the same level.
It took the guys about a month to level the base and lay the slabs.
No, no, no @simplesimon!
There are side dots on the neck, which is all you (I) need when playing it. The naked series were a step too far in simplicity for my taste, but I don't generally like big markers/dots on the fretboard, so this works well for me.
Apart from that though they didn't do too bad a job, lines are nice and straight, some gaps are a little on the big side and if it were me I would have tightened it up a little but that being said it looks like a quality job.
Impressive.
Makes that case look even more awesome , if that's even possible.
I’ve got to work out a solution to get into the garden from out new extension. We didn’t go bi-fold so it has a step down on two sides from French doors and sliding patio doors, and needs to tie into the existing patio area - or scrap the lot and start again. That opens up other possibilities - decking etc.
Yours looks very smart.
It's about 80m2 of patio. Sitting on about 30 tonnes of crushed concrete to form a level base (sloping away) with a retaining wall around the outside. The first week+ was just getting the base in place, with drainage. And we paid for the job, not the hours!
Gotta keep the faith brutha!
Getting the Orange/Red fluffy fabric to sit just right like that is no easy task.