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

that is slick as hell, love it

that's amazing!

also lol matttkkkk

It’s gorgeous

sick guitar

I just found a guitar on the street!
It's a Samick copy of a Rickenbacker solid body...
The electronics are super grungy but the pickups sound gorgeous... I've got contact cleaner so I'm going to clean the pots, jack and switch, but I'll probly need to replace them...
Likely needs a new nut too...
It's got a bigsby style tailpiece which I might swap out...
It's also a really short scale which is weird... might use it to mess with alternate tunings or something...

I used to browse aluminum neck Kramers as the poor man’s Travis Bean but they’re no longer poor man’s anything. Still look cool though.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C_bWlv6SBuo/?hl=en

Fretless super-EBow-sustainer guitar with the six strings independently switchable

might make more sense as a pedal steel with the string switches tied to pedals?

That looks so fun...

Just a question for people who've played vintage Fenders. I've never played one.
What would you say the quality of the neck profile was like? I mean, did it feel smooth/well-executed or was there some weird asymmetrical stuff going on?
Do you think they have a different feel to CNC-era neck profiles? Or any advantages?

I'm curious as I know they shaped them freehand on a belt sander back then, so I'm wondering if this method has any advantages.
It's quite a different technical process to CNC so I'd be curious if the result is different or in any way preferable.
I believe the final sanding is still done by hand, but not the entire neck profile, apart from some of the custom shop models.

I’m not sure when my Fender Strat neck is from, but it’s maple and very heavy, and I was told by the guy who made it (it’s a Frankenstein) that the wood was quartersawed, and thus a more optimal grain direction. It feels maybe 1 mm taller in its circumference, too, to a modern Fender neck, but it’s entirely rounded (that is, not a slight pyramid shape like my old acoustic Martin). It’s remarkably easy to play. The wood feels very similar to the neck of a violin or a cello, and it’s always disappointing to go back to the laminated finish neck of my archtop.

I'm not a big fan of signature models generally, and I truly give zero fucks about Jack Antonoff, but this Gretsch he's launching that's a combo of an old Gretsch Princess and a Jazzmaster is pushing all my buttons. Not a boatload of $$ either (699 USD). If I hadn't just bought a CV Jazzmaster three months ago, I would be all over this.

https://i.imgur.com/RTTJwDH.jpeg

When I read the description I hoped it’d be Gretsch running gear in a JM shape …

well shit ain't that nice

sorry. well shit, ain't that nice! not (that) shit ain't that nice.

Finally found one of these at a price I could live with - Grass Roots G-T-64B, Tetsuya model. Fiesta red sparkle, 4 string bass styled as a Bass VI, so a Bass IV I guess. Saw one about 10 years ago in Tokyo and have had an itch for one ever since. Hasn't shipped yet but I'm excited.
https://i.imgur.com/lUZhOoB.jpeg

oooh

love it!

Beautiful

I think it might be a bit cheap-feeling (00s, made in China, most of the "plates" are mirror plastic ...) but wasn't too expensive. I'm pretty psyched to hear it.

That looks legit Cool As Hell - totally love it!

I absolutely, positively have no need for another guitar but damn... the Guild Surfliner Deluxe

https://guildguitars.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Surfliner-Deluxe-Evergreen-Metallic-1500x630.jpg

You have my attention

oooh that's nice

just got word that my custom bass is back from the paint guy and he's starting to build it, should be done around Oct. 26th :)

best part of that Guild is you can swap out that shitty floating trem for a legit (or aftermarket) jazzmaster one.

Descendant bridges makes a Jazzmaster bridge swap for Tune-o-Matics so you can save Squier Mascises and other brands from the worst feeling in the world (offset vibrato and TOM)

(which is definitely not me thinking of finding a used Mascis and putting in noiseless P90s like Sunn O))) and having a Jazzmaster of Doom)

^ I mean, I endorse this 1000%.

I’ve been flip-flopping between using my 350 clone + Kinman P90 vs. my partscaster with the three Jaguar pickups and the heavy maple neck. The latter is easier to play (I love the natural finish on the neck, feels like a violin), but the sound of that P90 is just impossible to beat. It’s in my top five fave pieces of gear of all time, it sounds absolutely amazing

fgti, do you happen to have a sample of it sounding amazing? genuinely curious.

mkkkk and that guild are super nice looking guitars. also excited to see ums bass when its done!

just got a text from the builder - my guitar is done! he's going to keep it another week, he says he likes to see how it reacts to string tension and he keeps tweaking the setup while it settles in, but should be able to get it next weekend :)

here it is

https://i.postimg.cc/xCnKVyqY/bass.jpg

@ Steve Shasta, I'll make a video this weekend!

wow, I'm honored! 👀👀

Gorgeous bass ums

ums that looks so nice man

damn ums that is stunning

Just as a heads up: Fender currently has a Black Friday sale on Sherwood Green Paranormal Jazzmaster XIIs for $328.99. Total steal if you ask me

Fiesta Red is $314.99 and looks nicer imho.

Just wish they had a floating trem.

Man, they are hard to keep in tune with a hardtail already. There's a reason 12s don't have trems!

yeah no

https://i.imgur.com/YVo9ANk.png

LOL. I got to play one of BJM's Vox Ultrasonic XIIs in the 1990s and the trem was completely ridiculous but when I realized that DUH if you just tuned everything to one note you could really have fun with one. If you do pull the black friday trigger on a Paranormal JM XII check out the threads on /r/offset from folks who have modded them. You can make something really cool out of them.

Yeah I mean I know a few crazy folk do it, it’s more that it needs too much finesse and attention for mass production. The tuners on the Squier are pretty flimsy but the real issue is binding in the nut - I am pretty good at setup but I can’t keep mine stable whereas my hardtail six strings stay in tune for years (literally in some cases).

Pardon my ignorance but does ‘paranormal’ refer to some technical aspect of those guitars?

It's a Fender marketing gimmick about releasing some Frankenstein guitars (offsets with Tele electronics, Teles set up like Les Pauls, and so on). They've been doing it for several years and I haven't seen one yet I'd actually buy.

I have an Offset Telecaster and a Jazzmaster XII from the Paranormal series and both are stellar builds, with cheap-ish hardware and pickups. But the necks and the finishes are absolutely top line.

I really don't need it, but the Offset Telecaster with a jazzmaster pickup in the neck, grey with matching headstock is only $315 right now...

an offset telecaster with jazzmaster pickup in the neck u say

https://i.imgur.com/8fXAVZK.jpeg

Rather tasty

Sicccck

My favorite Frankenfender is still the Parallel Universe Jazz Tele — T body with JM pickups and vibrato, sounds and looks great in a deeply Fendery way, could 100% picture a very serious player having one as their main instrument. But I can see why they focused that kind of concept into the Squier line, where the Paranormals can sit at a nice intersection of relatively affordable, relatively well-made, and fun/novel. (My Cyclone could probably use a pickup upgrade, but even that might ruin what's already a lovably scrappy feel.)