Although unforeseen opportunities cannot be ignored, there is generally some rhyme and reason to purchasing decisions. Just sharing a list of gear doesn’t give any sense about the rationale behind searching them out or how they fit into the overall CRAVE Guitars strategy. 1981 Electro‑Harmonix EH4600 Small Clone Mini‑Chorus.1980 Electro‑Harmonix Bad Stone Phase Shifter.So… here is the shortlist of what has actually come this way in the last 8 months. Effect pedals also make a great complement to the guitars and amps and they can be great fun to amass. Having said that, a couple of these pedals cost nearly as much (or more!) than an ‘affordable vintage’ guitar, so perhaps I need to have a rethink. Under current circumstances, and with another deep economic downturn looming, effect pedals have proved less financially risky all round, which is a good thing as funds are very limited. There also seems to be a plethora of choice (unlike guitars at the moment). Effect pedals have a number of advantages they generally require less capital outlay per item (but not always!) and most take a lot less space to accommodate. It is CRAVE Effects where I’ve been most active this year I’ve been a very busy boy (for me). Amps take up a lot of space and demand a lot of attention, as well as resources, so buying a whole bunch of them isn’t exactly a high‑priority large‑scale exercise. While there has been only one purchase, it is a doozy and one I’ve been after for a couple of years. Then there is the COVID‑19 situation triggering the worst recession in living memory going on in the background, which is affecting the fundamental economics of supply and demand.ĬRAVE Amps has been equally quiet but more eventful than last year. This is primarily because a) I’m trying futilely to save funds for the much‑vaunted but little‑actioned cellar conversion, and b) actually finding the 5 guitar Rs – the right instruments at the right time in the right place in the right condition at the right price. Well, for starters, it has been a very quiet time for guitars recently. So, getting right to the point, what shiny new old stuff has come CRAVE Guitars’ way? New in at CRAVE Guitars in 2020, so far As a rapid recap, the first slice of this recent 3-parter was to cover last year’s (2019) purchases in some detail, the second was to cover the on‑going vintage guitar repatriation project, and this third part is basically a ‘what’s new in at CRAVE Guitars’ in 2020 so far. While I cannot promise oodles of delightful entertainment, I can at least deliver on what I said that I would do two months ago which is to bring you all bang up‑to‑date with what else has been happening down here in the south west of the UK during 2020. Right, got that out of my system, now back to business. Like every other responsible adult, CRAVE Guitars is not only weary of the enforced constraints of living through coronageddon but also aghast at the sheer arrogant stupidity of selfish covidiots who ignore the threat and risk prolonging the danger for the rest of us. These are scary and truly staggering statistics for a health pandemic during the modern era. If there isn’t much to say, I won’t… or will I?įor the record, at the time of writing, current COVID‑19 statistics indicate that there are now over 25 million confirmed cases and 843,000 deaths recorded globally and still rising. You might well conclude that I pad out these monologues because I revel in writing voluble blurb for the sake of it. You may be pleased to know that this one is a wee bit shorter than usual. GREETINGS GREAT GUITAR people and welcome back to some ‘even more whazzup at CRAVE Guitars’, herein the third and final part of the triptych of guitar‑related ‘current affairs’ articles.
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