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Yep, I’m so bad at selling guitars that I’m now selling another!

This is an early noughties Japanese Love Rock, model LS95F, and obviously it’s left-handed. The “F” indicates that there’s a thin flamed sycamore veneer on top of the usual maple cap. This is common on recent mid-range Love Rocks… it means that they can keep costs down by not having to use expensive flamed maple for cosmetic purposes. But then sycamore is a type of maple, so the tone isn’t going to be affected too much.

I’ve been very careful with this guitar (probably because it’s so damn cute and less obviously utilitarian than some of my other guitars) so it’s almost in “as new” condition. There’s just a couple of belt-buckle dents on the back. Everything is stock apart from the wiring… I installed CTS pots, Orange Drop capacitors and rewired everything to the Gibson 1950s schematic (Gibson and many of the replica manufacturers now use a slightly different wiring scheme, which seems to kill treble frequencies a bit more as you turn the volume down).

Click the photo to go to the Ebay auction page, for bigger photos and more info!

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I’ve never been particularly good at selling guitars. Despite my best attempts at rationality, and despite not usually being a sentimental person, I always seem to find myself erring on the side of nostalgia and emotional attachment. They’re just tools, fergawdsake!

However, the need to declutter and the impending arrival of something new and rather tasty means I have to be brutal. I haven’t really used my JJ Retro for a while now, so it’s going, shortly to be followed by something else (details to follow).

You can find all the details, including a little demo video I made, on the Ebay page (click the picture) but in summary… it’s a prototype, from the last stage of development before the original JJ range went into production. As far as I’m aware, it’s the only left-handed prototype they made (it was specifically made for me when I agreed to endorse them) so it’s unique!

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From the “improve our lives by addressing the mundane and everyday” department…

Folding Design Flattens the Fatty UK Plug (Gizmodo)

That’s just totally wonderful. The whole design is impressive, but the Big Grin Moment for me is when the folded plugs all connect to the side of a master adaptor. Someone please give those designers a lot of money and go into mass production NOW!