Guitars... what you've got / what you want

Also beware wireless stuff in a gigging sitch. Friend of mine has a fancy PA that can be controlled from an iPad or phone, and it works fine in a studio or rehearsal. But one time at a bar gig it glitched and gave up.

There was some suspicion that it got confused because there were too many people there, all using their phones, and there were too many signals.

With normal wired gear that has cables and knobs and such, we could have done the appropriate troubleshooting

it was local, it was cheap, it's a 70s Japanese Fender copy, I literally had no choice.
https://i.imgur.com/KYXCPQc.jpg

with the competition stripe!

excellent

That's sweet

Apparently a low end mail order brand by Suzuki in 70s Japan

Sometimes ad algorithms get it right. I've never seen this model before, and I still can't tell if I love it or hate it, but a random Reverb targeted ad the other day enticed me enough to keep thinking about it.

https://i.imgur.com/iwzlAiZ.jpg

https://reverb.com/item/65144331-burny-fernandes-vertigo-h-65-1990-s-orange

feel like my brain is melting, probably how people felt when they saw the first Strat

Love the body shape and esp the color

I love that somehow it just fits in a normal case

I'm really getting obsessed with getting a very specific style of guitar that I don't even know what to call it...Japanese guitars of the late 70s, body shape is usually a wider Strat or sometimes a more double cutaway Les Paul shape but more contoured, always alway always a natural stain and often with a neck through design where it's lighter stained like a racing stripe kinda thing, mostly 2 humbucker configs

https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--AXxDgXma--/a_0/f_auto,t_large/v1677505731/zquoubpwnzklk3t3brrt.jpg

https://reverb.com/item/66346010-ibanez-mc-400-1978-dark-stain

https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--1dBE6YOi--/a_0/f_auto,t_supersize/v1674857068/qfbqsyo1ztirf7ckvz2t.jpg

https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--U_G6OC5I--/a_0/f_auto,t_large/v1671855889/uy6ci6fomspewsh2o9tj.jpg

sold my Science Earthling because I have no place to blast a 50W amp anymore (and modeling works great for me), can't decide between putting the money toward a Dave's Guitars '62 JM or waiting to find a Lake Placid Blue AVII with the new headstock, planning to put either Novak Thunderbird pickups or JM-sized Wide Range Humbuckers in either one

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0592/2973/3018/products/V2216978C_1800x1800.jpg

haha UMS i love looking at those guitars too, i have a saved search for the ibanez artist AR305 on reverb--it doesn't have the neck-through but is otherwise in that wheelhouse. i think one of the things i thought was that it would be cool to get a guitar from my birth year that was high quality and not insanely expensive.

yeah Greco Go II is my bias in that dept, I think of it alongside the MusicMan Sabre II, Peavey T60 et al. The Vantage line are pretty good too. Classic 80s “at last, perfection” mindset.

I'll check those out, the ones I posted are all Ibanez, Yamaha, and Aria

Feels very "studio pro" aesthetically

oh yeah--https://reverb.com/item/44740102-vintage-1979-greco-go-ii-700-with-ts-vibrato-walnut-made-in-japan

The aluminum necked Kramers are cool for that vibe too

https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--kT5V-SaU--/f_auto,t_large/v1647198797/jarjx3r63csouxnwzwwv.jpg

shocked that this weighs less than 10 pounds

https://reverb.com/item/66356544-kramer-dmz-4001-1979ish-natural-aluminum-neck-bass

I don’t know how I feel about those double cut neck-through wood ones. They’re kind of awesome but I also get vague unpleasant 70s vibes from them like jazz fusion guys in tan turtlenecks with half tint glasses.

I always imagine they play really well and weigh a ton.

yes when i browse them i definitely ask what exactly i see myself playing on these things....the part-coffee table aesthetic is an obstacle but my guess like yours is that they really shred and i should stop overthinking it

haha joygoat I think that fusion vibe is the attraction tbh but you are dead on

You can get em pretty cheap on Reverb if you wait for them to pop up in slightly tougher shape - sort of $700 range

(the Greco Go IIs I mean)

I always think of Aria basses whenever I see that design. They're nice to play - I could see getting into them if I needed to explore the sound of the 80s.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0550/4437/4714/products/medium_56446a17-bae4-4438-95e8-83fcb53b7c29.jpg

those are cool, though that top horn is a bit much for me. this is a cheapie on mpls craigslist right now, not exactly what I'm talking about but in the zone

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/msg/d/saint-paul-early-production-cort-bass/7598313549.html

basically a cheapie of the Kramer bass

I always associated that design with Alembics:

https://www.thewho.net/whotabs/images/equipment/bass/75_jae_alembicseriesi_f.jpg

that must have been the origin

Interesting. I love the fiesta red. The unpainted sections on the body are a little confusing. They're obviously meant to evoke a hippie sandwich, but I presume that it's not actually a neck-through?

also Jerry Garcia's Wolf guitar, which I think the Alembic guy made for him custom

https://extrachill.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/jerry-garcia-playing-wolf-winterland-1978.jpg

Interesting. I love the fiesta red. The unpainted sections on the body are a little confusing. They're obviously meant to evoke a hippie sandwich, but I presume that it's not actually a neck-through?

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no just a bolt on, i really should buy another bass but it would probably be a nice little player

Alembics

See also Carlos Alomar.
https://i.discogs.com/vVYW-QUdeUOiQlkYgCmeczoa8Mvgu81W6dxuCQYbN3g/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9BLTExMjE2/Ny0xNTg3MDQ0MjIw/LTcwNzQuanBlZw.jpeg

there's nothing not to love about that picture

An alembic bass is like my holy grail

i've been thinking i want to get back into Mascis style shredding. i was moving more in a jazzier/country direction and bought a gretch semi-hollow but i never really fell in love with it. should i be looking at telecasters? i just want something basic with a whammy

Alomar’s Alembic guitar just doesn’t look right, and maybe it’s because I’ve seen so many Alembic basses*. It reminds me of this, which also doesn’t look right:

https://www.retrofret.com/images/9605_guitar/xLarge/9605_01.jpg

*I’ve never once seen any Alembic in person, just in photos.

Zach from Pinback plays an A bass, seen them a couple of times. Thick, distinct tone

https://i.imgur.com/aTdrQfC.jpg

Hefty baby girl arrived safely
Couldn’t ask for more
Tribe’s Buggin’ Out was the first track I played on it

mmmmm yes

sick

beautiful

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/149266992_a-vintage-fender-stratocaster-electric-guitar

I want that

Calstars, that bass is fucking classic and I hope it serves you well.

Maple neck, solid as fuck. Rock ON.

Rocking in progress
My left pinky hurts

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/149266992_a-vintage-fender-stratocaster-electric-guitar

I want that

Literally, one town over from me. Kinda wish I didn't see that.

Tomson Mustang update: some hidden problems - neck heel needed drilling and dowelling but now a solid joint. New bone nut, fresh set of 12s, three full turns on the truss rod (which by some miracle still works), shims and adjustments ... it's about 90% of the way there and plays well. Pickups are great.
https://imgur.com/Zm9uIRH.jpg
https://imgur.com/BOYzWYE.jpg
Impressive for a 50 year old cheapie. I doubt it played this well out of the factory!

congratulations!

I really wish I had the skills to work on my own guitars, that's so cool matthew

makes up for not being able to play!

Sweet

that's a sick guitar