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

Thanks matttkkkk for the tip on the set of strings with a wound G. Just added to my Amazon order at the last minute :)

my collaborator has a CV Jazzmaster and I play it all the time. It's a fantastic guitar for the money. I hate when people say that actually, so shame on me. But comparing to American made ones, it's hard to justify the extra thousand or two, lol. But I'm not a Jazzmaster super fan so I'm sure there's nuance that is lost on me. If it were mine I'd upgrade the pickups but they're not bad at all- especially in the middle position.

A couple years ago I had a Teisco bass shipped to my partner’s sister in Canada. We just visited so I brought it home at last.
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oh wow that is rad

sick

It’s pretty good! They can feel a bit flimsy in places but I always coveted this colour, like a pearl battleship grey.

sweeet

i ordered one of the player II telecasters, i'm excited. i've been playing them at the guitar store and they look and sound great. iirc this will be the first electric guitar that i've owned new.

well, I made a decision. I've been wanting my forever bass for a long time. the dream of a 60s fender died a looong time ago, pricewise, and even the 70s ones now (which people used to say had questionable quality control) are upwards of 3000-4000. I did play a 70s p bass at a store that was great (amazing neck) but then my friend who works there said "hey have you stood up with that? we should get you a strap"...put it on an the thing was like a ton of bricks, my back just couldn't handle doing a show with it on.

so, i found a local guy here, Glory Guitars, he makes custom basses and guitars and they aren't a whole lot more expensive than the Ultra or Pro II Fenders.

I saw this and it was kind of everything I ever wanted, most importantly a Jazz body with a Lindy Fralin P bass pickup (I did look at the Mark Hoppus Fender but it feels overpriced for what it is and the dingus for some reason didn't want to include a tone knob which is a dealbreaker for me)

also it's got this other pickup, a TV Jones Thunderblade, the switch actually isn't a pickup selector, it just puts the Thunderblade in series with the P bass pickup. He calls it the "thump switch", kind of sounds like a "Gibson bass switch" to me, changes the whole character of it. All the parts, etc are absolutely top of the line and I could get everything down the the knobs exactly how I wanted.

the color I selected is an aged Olympic white (he ages the paint to get that great creamy yellow color). It's basically going to look like this but without the relicing stuff, just light aging.

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https://www.gloryguitars.com/cornerstone-bass-1

Body: Quality sourced alder for solid thump and punch, spec'd at 4 lbs. in your choice of finish

*Neck: Standard 34" Scale - Hard rock maple with an extra dark rosewood fretboard, or with a maple board in GG Dark Vintage Amber with a smooth hand rubbed Tru Oil finish, 10" radius for awesome versatility, .83" at the first fret with a comfortable vintage 1962 "C" carve and 6125 frets. The nut width is a vintage 1.625"

Nut: Hand-carved unbleached bone, fully radiused to perfectly match the fretboard

Pickups: Custom Glory Guitars Cornerstone Bass set: Custom-wound, Lindy Fralin "P" pickup in the neck... a little further up than standard for a fuller, warmer tone. The unique bridge pickup is a T.V. Jones Thunder Blade, custom wound for Glory Guitars

**Tuners: Vintage-style Schaller.

Bridge: Custom Hipshot aluminum A-Style Bass Bridge

Electronics: Exclusive, Glory Guitars "THUMP" circuit, Industrial 2-way "HI-LO" switch for P pickup only ("LO") or TV Jones ThunderBlade added in for SERIOUS PUNCH ("HI"), CTS pots, NOS Sprague "Vitamin Q" tone capacitor, Switchcraft jack, Gavitt 22 gauge cloth pushback wire, Cardas Audio silver solder

dude is really nice, seems to cater to the christian rock market or something based on the bands that endorse him lol but he's been cool and not weird

but it was wild like i literally found the bass i didn't even know i was dreaming of

just put down half in advance, should be mine around late November, really fucking excited

that is just gorgeous!

thanks! only downside with a custom build is having to wait. was really a cool experience to talk to a guy and have him do exactly what you want in every detail. and not really that much more than a top of the line new store bought bass.

yeah it seems like if you are confident in what you want there are a lot of very well-regarded custom builders out there who can do great work for very reasonable prices, especially fender-type builds

still loving my pink Squier offset Tele, just a pleasure to play. I’ll give it better pickups I think.

ums that bass is beautiful

Yeah, that bass looks great.
Really curious about the sound too...
I love my Pbass Special, 'cause I can dial in some of the Jazz pickup near the bridge for more bite, wonder if it's something similar... let us know how it sounds!

ums that bass is gorgeous. Curious as to what the final weight of it will be.

That is a cool looking bass. RS Guitarworks has a model that is kind of a P Bass meets a Tbird that think looks pretty swell. It has like the Lollar Tbird pickups.

https://rs-guitarworks.myshopify.com/cdn/shop/products/IMG_3394.JPG?v=1443472331&width=1080

All my electrics are parts guitars at this point. Have not gone that way with my basses. Kind of the nice thing about going that way is you don't really dig it, you can take it apart then use some of the parts to make something else and try again.

meets a Tele bass. Interesting!

Those dudes are local here, they are wizards. They make some cool stuff. I've known one of those guys pretty much since I moved to KY and Bob has put together or worked on most of my stuff.

new telecaster: https://www.instagram.com/naamme/p/C-OqcMkv3hC/

ums that bass is gorgeous. Curious as to what the final weight of it will be.

― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, August 4, 2024 1:08 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

thanks! he uses alder - says it should come in around 4 lbs. give or take

that was actually kind of a big factor as i mentioned above, the older i get some of those 70s ones i just don't want to have something that heavy i think the one i tried was around 11 lbs.

earlnash - i love that rs guitarworks bass, kind of a cool hybrid of a bunch of things the tele bass pickguard w/the p bass body and t-bird pickups, looks gorgeous

They build a bunch of weird hybrids, like Flying V telecasters etc. They have a gretch/tele hybrid called a rockabilly that is a neat guitar.

i have another kind of oddball one, this I bought on Reverb during Covid, it is by McGibney Guitars, was being sold in a shop from Nashville as a prototype (I've looked on his site and never seen anything like it - he mostly does Fender adaptations, pretty straightforward stuff)

but anyway it seems like....a remake of a bass that never existed in the first place, like if there had been a double cut gretch pro-jet (like what malcom young plays)

the strap there is covering up a "mud" switch that makes the sound really tubby. the upper dial is a volume cutoff like gretch's have

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i love it for recording - it's a short scale with flatwounds, playing it with a pick sounds so good. unfortunately not really playable for shows. the body is chambered and incredibly light so the neck dive is out of control.

love that tele NA. burst w the maple neck is undeniable.

ums cant wait to see your bass when it comes in. awesome you found what you wanted with a local builder. that blue bass is awesome too, star inlays! you've got some unique gear

yeah that is such a classic looking tele, great scheme

i'm happy with it. i was interested in some of the other finishes that are coming later this year but i didn't want to wait until december. too impatient

off topic - does it feel like the used market is really tanking? i see more and more stuff on craigslist that's quality stuff that's well priced sitting there for a long time, relisted over and over

Finally got all my pieces parts and did the changes on my CV Jazzmaster today. These come stock with tort pickguards and snow white plastics. Now it's got a mint pickguard and Fender "aged white" plastics, except for the switch tip which I had to grab on Amazon in "cream" made for Epiphones because it was the only metric shit I could find. Looks okay. Not completely sold yet on the mint pickguard (looks better in this photo, but both the pink and the mint are little more saturated irl). I'll live with it for a while before I decide whether or not to try something else.

Anyway, I love playing with this vibrato. May upgrade that to a proper Fender one at some point too (all those boutique ones are too expensive—yikes!—but there are some Fender ones in the $50-$80 range).

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Super hot!

off topic - does it feel like the used market is really tanking? i see more and more stuff on craigslist that's quality stuff that's well priced sitting there for a long time, relisted over and over

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, August 5, 2024 2:10 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

vintage/rare stuff still seems pretty steady but everything else seems to be tanking

Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace have been dead zones around here for years, I've listed stuff (music gear or otherwise) for way less than Reverb or EBay and had it sit forever, finally listed online and it's gone in a day or two.

very nice! i think a pearloid pickguard could be worth a try if you're not 100% on the mint xps

Glut…

Way more guitars than guitarists
Way more guitarists than bands
Way more bands than venues
And not enough people that want to go see live music

yeah, I think there were so many sold during COVID that people didn't really take to is a big factor too

Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace have been dead zones around here for years, I've listed stuff (music gear or otherwise) for way less than Reverb or EBay and had it sit forever, finally listed online and it's gone in a day or two.

― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, August 5, 2024 2:56 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah i had a really good squier CV jaguar deal up on FB marketplace for nearly 6 months, thought it would be sold within a week. only got a couple inquiries before some kid finally offered a good trade I accepted.
i ended up with this squier cv 60s thinkline tele, sherwood green with white binding
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(not mine pictured)

ooh I’d go for that!

yeah i kinda feel like i ripped him off cos the tele is way cooler (special run color + binding??) than the jaguar i had... but he was really happy with the trade and the values were equal.

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https://www.walkin.co.jp/230227291639-2/

Archtop Tribute, who made my ES-350 clone, have finally 'made good' on their Barney Kessel tribute model, and here it is, and I am staring politely. It's more than double the price of what I paid for my 350 from them. I wish I was in Shibuya right now and could try it out

somewhat recklessly i have bought my guitar-curious 12yo a £150 squier sonic strat. they get great reviews and if nothing i else i can play if he forgets about it someday. my rationalisation went: that’s the price of a nice dinner out for 4, or a pair of new jordans, so why not get something he might actually be creative with

Flamboyant, what does that work out to price wise with shipping? looks very very classy. I wouldn't mind trying out a Charlie Christian pickup someday!

Those thinline teles are awesome. I wish Jaguars sounded better since they're the obviously the coolest looking guitars ever.
Fender is pushing those horrid Acoustisonic guitars, they would have been much better off getting a creative acoustic/electric pickup arrangement going in a thinline tele- hidden body sensor, piezo bridge, regular magnetic pickups + all controlled by a 5 way, a la Taylor T5Z or Rick Turner etc- but with the look of a conventional Telecaster. in my extremely humble opinion

Tangentially related, I just noticed there's a 'guitar summit' at Le Poisson Rouge this Saturday.

The show will feature Kurt Rosenwinkel, Nels Cline, Gilad Hekselman, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Mike Stern, Leni Stern, Rodney Jones, Anupam Shobhakar, Camila Meza, and Joel Harrison with Jerome Harris (bass), Harvey Sorgen (drums), Ben Perowsky (drums) performing in solo, duo, and quartet settings. "Expect one-of-a-kind meetings between some of the most storied creative improvisers of our time...This show also serves as the release party for a collection of solo recordings on the AGS Recordings label entitled The Middle of Everywhere: Guitar Solos Vol I: www.alternativeguitarsummit.com"

I was just at Walkin' last week!
So many beautiful guitars... guy was really friendly but I wasn't comfortable playing anything as I'm not really able to afford any of them...
Bought a set of halfrounds for my tele...

Squier Paranormal Jazzmaster XIIs are $350 new right now for the white/blue ones.

They have their flaws but the necks on these are worth the price of admission alone ...

*those
*those Jazzmaster XIIs

majorairbro, taking a guess at the shipping you'd probably land one of those Barney Kessels in the States for a little under $3500.