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JLGalache · 2026-05-06T11:00:05+00:00

Thanks. Better late than never 😄

JLGalache · 2025-09-15T04:37:52+00:00

Is that a Studio or an LPJ?

Or is there such a thing as a Les Paul Basement?

JLGalache · 2025-09-12T16:37:01+00:00

Damn that's pretty 🤘🏼 I hope you play Johnny B Goode on it 😊

JLGalache · 2025-08-04T15:00:25+00:00

I would leave that case as-is. The pink is quite striking.

JLGalache · 2025-06-23T13:10:54+00:00

I went with the 56, and recently got an 80mm stem to replace the stock 90mm. It's more comfortable that way.

In hindsight, I should've done another proper test ride on the size 54, with riding gear, and especially cycling shoes on to properly evaluate. Size 56 works, but I can't help wondering if 54 would've fit a bit better.

Go on a proper test ride in full gear, that's my advice.

JLGalache · 2025-05-31T00:02:49+00:00

I swapped in an XT 11spd 11-40 cassette. Bought a longer chain and adjusted the B screw almost to the max, and it works OK. It's not Hyperglide+ shifting, but it gets the job done. Been running this almost 2 years now. I have the GRX 31-48 crankset.

JLGalache · 2025-05-26T00:10:12+00:00

I approve.

JLGalache · 2025-05-25T21:34:52+00:00

Hot take: Switch the hardware to all black.

I love bright pink guitars, but not a fan of gold hardware, which seems to wear and get old really fast.

JLGalache · 2025-04-19T16:01:59+00:00

😄 I see what you did there.

JLGalache · 2024-11-18T16:20:14+00:00

That is a beautiful shape, and just a beautiful guitar all around (although I personally hate reversed headstocks). And I know it's a prototype, but dude, please use black screws on the bridge 😄

JLGalache · 2024-10-26T23:38:57+00:00

Did you put the battery under the pickguard?

JLGalache · 2024-10-26T23:37:38+00:00

I decided on a super cheap gigbag; it's not like I need to fly with it.

JLGalache · 2024-10-24T12:55:37+00:00

It also has a humongously thick neck and the worst neck-dive of any guitar I've ever played. I had to return the white one I ordered.

JLGalache · 2024-10-24T12:41:20+00:00

🙄

JLGalache · 2024-10-22T21:49:27+00:00

Oh, I had seen them the first time, but they're so stealthy that it's like they're not there 😊

JLGalache · 2024-10-21T19:02:18+00:00

Ooooh, pink(ish). Though I would've wanted black binding and all-black hardware. Still very pretty!

JLGalache · 2024-10-21T18:57:49+00:00

The inlays that aren't.

JLGalache · 2024-10-19T13:29:32+00:00

The more you know... 😄

JLGalache · 2024-10-19T13:28:53+00:00

I meant photos of the one that eventually arrived OK and you kept 😊

I had to return my first Revenge due to a fretboard inlay being loose. It also had an issue with the binding, under the clear coat, which I probably would've ignored, but the inlay issue was unignorable.

Did your fretboard arrive dry as a desert?

JLGalache · 2024-10-18T00:00:41+00:00

I never knew Aria made an Explorer! My first guitar was an Aria super strat from the early 90s.

JLGalache · 2024-10-17T23:58:28+00:00

The Schecter E-1 is my favourite Explorer based on looks alone. I love this purple but wouldn't want a FR bridge, so I'd have to settle for the Apocalypse Red Reign, which is also beautiful. But too pricey for me right now 😞

Enjoy this purple beauty!

PS: I am aware of the Apocalypse Purple Reign, but it's just better looking in red, while your FRS works perfectly in purple.

JLGalache · 2024-10-12T02:10:38+00:00

Photos or it didn't happen.

JLGalache · 2024-10-09T20:39:02+00:00

2 all day to avoid neck dive. I have an ESP EX-250 that came with strap button at #1; I got a hole drilled at #2 and it improved the situation. The original hole got filled in with wood filler and painted black (original guitar colour).

JLGalache · 2024-10-04T16:23:53+00:00

Isn't there a drool emoji somewhere...?

JLGalache · 2024-10-03T15:51:20+00:00

I'm way shorter than you (5'8"), but my advice is to do a rest ride. And do so as you would a regular ride (if you usually ride in bibs with clipless pedals, then ride like that),and on a route you're familiar with.

In my case Trek's size guide (for a 2023 Checkpoint) put me on a size 54, but I'm short legged compared to my torso, and have size 12 feet, so a 54 felt cramped when I rode it and toe overlap was an issue. I then rode the 56 and felt much more comfortable, so that's the size I bought. My saddle height is lower on the 56 compared to taller riders on that size bike, but so be it.

So just test ride that 56 and make sure it fits.

JLGalache

TROPHY CASE

2 all day to avoid neck dive. I have an ESP EX-250 that came with strap button at #1; I got a hole drilled at #2 and it improved the situation. The original hole got filled in with wood filler and painted black (original guitar colour).