R8 Peach Deal

darthed1981 · July 2019

tomajoha said:

darthed1981 said:

tomajoha said:

Someday this thread I created will die and I'll stop getting email notifications from it . Until that day I suppose we should rock on

You CAN turn that off by un-starring it, if you want to...

I don't think I can as I created it, I think the only way is to disable notifications for all my posts, thanks for trying!

Really @digitalscream ; ??

tomajoha · July 2019

I know - I'll have to console myself in the 3,444,543 plectrums Peach gave me as commission.

They're all .50mm bastards...

tony99 · July 2019

tomajoha said:

I know - I'll have to console myself in the 3,444,543 plectrums Peach gave me as commission.

They're all .50mm bastards...

When will you start the R7 bonanza thread please? (cash ready)

Modellista · July 2019

terada said:

Modellista said:

Blaendulais said:

@Modellista ;
are you teaching the exam... or doing the exam?

I did the exam so I had experience of the Trinity setup so I could teach it, basically. Was a good experience, I'd recommend the Trinity exams to anyone - totally practical, no theory explanations required, just three songs and an improv.

Just listened to this. Super super cool, nice playing. Did you get the guitar-free backing track from them - or can these be found elsewhere?

Cheers! The backing track is a download using a code that comes with the book. One way of getting it is using the Trinity app - there's a small fee for each song and you can fade in and out the various instruments - bass, guitar, drums etc. That's the best way of getting just one track.

digitalscream · July 2019

darthed1981 said:

tomajoha said:

darthed1981 said:

tomajoha said:

Someday this thread I created will die and I'll stop getting email notifications from it . Until that day I suppose we should rock on

You CAN turn that off by un-starring it, if you want to...

I don't think I can as I created it, I think the only way is to disable notifications for all my posts, thanks for trying!

Really @digitalscream ; ??

It's true, there's no way to unsubscribe from a thread you've created; the only way to avoid it is to disable notifications for all threads you've created and then make sure you subscribe to your own.

I'm aware, it's pretty silly. The only consolation for me is that I didn't design it.

Ossyrocks · July 2019

tomajoha said:

Someday this thread I created will die and I'll stop getting email notifications from it . Until that day I suppose we should rock on

I hold you personally responsible for the financial hardship I endured whilst purchasing two 2017 R8's and a 2017 R9, which I still have and love, much to the annoyance of Mrs Rocks, who would have preferred to spend the money on romantic trips abroad, soft furnishings and more cushions to add to the 27 we already have in the house.

I find it quietly satisfying knowing that you get a notification every time someone posts in this thread, it's your penance.

Rob

tomajoha · July 2019

Ossyrocks said:

tomajoha said:

Someday this thread I created will die and I'll stop getting email notifications from it . Until that day I suppose we should rock on

I hold you personally responsible for the financial hardship I endured whilst purchasing two 2017 R8's and a 2017 R9, which I still have and love, much to the annoyance of Mrs Rocks, who would have preferred to spend the money on romantic trips abroad, soft furnishings and more cushions to add to the 27 we already have in the house.

I find it quietly satisfying knowing that you get a notification every time someone posts in this thread, it's your penance.

Rob

Have you got a spare cushion? I feel the need to smother myself...

terada · July 2019

Ossyrocks said:

tomajoha said:

Someday this thread I created will die and I'll stop getting email notifications from it . Until that day I suppose we should rock on

I hold you personally responsible for the financial hardship I endured whilst purchasing two 2017 R8's and a 2017 R9, which I still have and love, much to the annoyance of Mrs Rocks, who would have preferred to spend the money on romantic trips abroad, soft furnishings and more cushions to add to the 27 we already have in the house.

I find it quietly satisfying knowing that you get a notification every time someone posts in this thread, it's your penance.

Rob

So frustrating that in the end I only kept an r8 and r9. Should have kept the cherry R8.

Ossyrocks · July 2019

terada said:

Ossyrocks said:

tomajoha said:

Someday this thread I created will die and I'll stop getting email notifications from it . Until that day I suppose we should rock on

I hold you personally responsible for the financial hardship I endured whilst purchasing two 2017 R8's and a 2017 R9, which I still have and love, much to the annoyance of Mrs Rocks, who would have preferred to spend the money on romantic trips abroad, soft furnishings and more cushions to add to the 27 we already have in the house.

I find it quietly satisfying knowing that you get a notification every time someone posts in this thread, it's your penance.

Rob

So frustrating that in the end I only kept an r8 and r9. Should have kept the cherry R8.

That was my intention when I got the R9, to let one of the R8's go. But, I can't bring myself to do it! Two of mine are washed cherry, and at the start it was my least favourite option, but now I'm so glad I went with them, the colour is great but the R8 is fading ever so slightly now.

PolarityMan · July 2019

I couldn't be arsed reading the whole thread.......what's an R8?

darthed1981 · July 2019

PolarityMan said:

I couldn't be arsed reading the whole thread.......what's an R8?

It's a bit like a modded Harley Benton, but more expensive.

antonyiv · July 2019

PolarityMan said:

I couldn't be arsed reading the whole thread.......what's an R8?

A car model, manufactured by AUDI. There are some rich people here in the forum.

PolarityMan · July 2019

To be fair I'd discount peach ones too...shit colour for a guitar.

roberty · July 2019

FWIW @tomajoha you will always have a special place in my heart

roberty · July 2019

roberty said:

FWIW @tomajoha you will always have a special place in my heart

As someone I can annoy by occasionally posting in this thread

tony99 · July 2019

roberty said:

roberty said:

FWIW @tomajoha you will always have a special place in my heart

As someone I can annoy by occasionally posting in this thread

lol

andyp · July 2019

Modellista said:

terada said:

Modellista said:

Blaendulais said:

@Modellista ;
are you teaching the exam... or doing the exam?

I did the exam so I had experience of the Trinity setup so I could teach it, basically. Was a good experience, I'd recommend the Trinity exams to anyone - totally practical, no theory explanations required, just three songs and an improv.

Just listened to this. Super super cool, nice playing. Did you get the guitar-free backing track from them - or can these be found elsewhere?

Cheers! The backing track is a download using a code that comes with the book. One way of getting it is using the Trinity app - there's a small fee for each song and you can fade in and out the various instruments - bass, guitar, drums etc. That's the best way of getting just one track.

This sounds great! I’m gonna try that tonight.

tomajoha · July 2019

Thanks @roberty it’s good to feel loved

tony99 · July 2019

nice 2012 R8 on facey at the minute, £2150's not bad

(no affiliation)

dbphoto · July 2019

Pretty much a year after the event how many original buyers still have their R8? (or R9)

Around 6 months in I realised I was never picking mine up as even though I have bought and sold quite a few Les Paul’s I never seem to accept they are just not for me, and the small finishing defects just became too annoying, along with buying an old Ibanez JS for a tenth of the price that I preferred in almost every way.

So while it was a lovely thing, it became nothing more than an ornament so decided to move it on in January I think.

(it sold within a week or so via Gumtree to a very trusting guy in London who was happy to pay my asking price of £2500, via bank transfer, and with my condition that he arranged and paid for a courier to collect. A £1 profit and six months of ownership worked out well I think!)

terada · July 2019

I kept one R8 and one R9. Mostly play the R9, but they are both superb.

I havent lost out on any that went

dbphoto · July 2019

The quantity discount you must have received probably helped with your profit margin @terada ;-)

Fifty9 · July 2019

Still have mine. It’s everything that I want out of a Les Paul after 25 years of trying and playing many kinds including older historics. So it’s staying unless I need the cash for non guitar stuff.

TINMAN82 · July 2019

dbphoto said:

Pretty much a year after the event how many original buyers still have their R8? (or R9)

Around 6 months in I realised I was never picking mine up as even though I have bought and sold quite a few Les Paul’s I never seem to accept they are just not for me, and the small finishing defects just became too annoying, along with buying an old Ibanez JS for a tenth of the price that I preferred in almost every way.

So while it was a lovely thing, it became nothing more than an ornament so decided to move it on in January I think.

(it sold within a week or so via Gumtree to a very trusting guy in London who was happy to pay my asking price of £2500, via bank transfer, and with my condition that he arranged and paid for a courier to collect. A £1 profit and six months of ownership worked out well I think!)

What were the finishing defects out of interest?

dbphoto · July 2019

I will see if I can dig out some photos later @TINMAN82 but the fretwork was poor, there were lots of file marks on the board and due to the neck pickup ring not being flush against the end of the fretboard you could see a bit of a bodge job at the tenon. Also, no matter what I used I could not get the fretboard to stop looking too dry!

Still, overall it looked superb and sounded great and if it had only had a belly cut and balanced better when playing seated I would have continued to forgive the above.

TINMAN82 · July 2019

dbphoto said:

I will see if I can dig out some photos later @TINMAN82 but the fretwork was poor, there were lots of file marks on the board and due to the neck pickup ring not being flush against the end of the fretboard you could see a bit of a bodge job at the tenon. Also, no matter what I used I could not get the fretboard to stop looking too dry!

Still, overall it looked superb and sounded great and if it had only had a belly cut and balanced better when playing seated I would have continued to forgive the above.

That is poor for a historic. None of those issues on my 2013 R8 but have seen most of them on USA models. Would have nagged at me too, although the frets and file marks are easily enough sorted.

mart · July 2019

dbphoto said:

...
(it sold within a week or so via Gumtree to a very trusting guy in London who was happy to pay my asking price of £2500, via bank transfer, and with my condition that he arranged and paid for a courier to collect. A £1 profit and six months of ownership worked out well I think!)
....

Pfff, this place is full of flippers who just want to buy low and sell high. Should be ashamed.

terada · July 2019

dbphoto said:

The quantity discount you must have received probably helped with your profit margin @terada ;-)

dbphoto said:

...and balanced better when playing seated...

This was one of the main reasons many of mine left casa terada. My R9 is the most balanced les Paul I’ve ever handled on the knee, the R8 less so, but some of the ones I moved on were far too unbalanced for me.

gringopig · July 2019

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Ossyrocks · July 2019

I still have my three, but I actually listed my R9 for sale today on Facebook. The cherry R8 will be going too. I’m keeping the iced tea R8 with subtle flame and only 8lbs 5oz.

I’m having a bit of a clear out to raise extra cash for a house purchase/ move coming up.

I listed my Yamano 335 this morning on Facebook and sold it in 5 minutes, maybe that was advertised a bit cheaply.....

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