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

ooh that's cool, did you put that together?

No, it's a parts guitar though. There is a local guy here and some guys close by that are pros at this stuff(RS Guitarworks). Bob Davenport used to work for Willcutts (kinda well known guitar store in Lexington been around since late 60s) and was building guitars out of his house at the time. He works @ RS now. I got a couple parts guitars he worked on. I got another buddy that also hotrods pawnshop guitars etc. So I got a couple ringers on this stuff.

just went to their website - how sad, jeez

Last Thursday, October 7th, RS Guitarworks suffered catastrophic flash flooding which has interrupted our operations and ability to serve our customers.

Nearly 6" of rain fell in an hour, which led to 36" of sewage, oil, and water flooding our building. The scale of the devastation is beyond comprehension, and we've only just begun the process of assessing the scale and scope of the damage.

At this time, we will not be accepting new orders. Existing orders placed prior to Thursday will be assessed for feasibility of delivery, or refunded as soon as possible.

While we work through the flood recovery process, we ask for your patience and understanding, and if you are at all able, to give what you can to our GoFundMe effort, which we've linked below.

Yeah, I donated on that a few days ago. Cool and wild to see how much love they are getting from Japan, as they sell quite a few guitars over there. They have done a work for pros over the last couple decades. They restored quite a few vintage guitars that got damaged in the bad Nashville floods a few years ago.

does anyone know what those "ashtray" things (those metal covers over the middle pickup and/or the bridge) on older models of P and J basses affect the sound? or just what the purpose of those was to begin with

I always assumed they were palm rests but that only seems like it would work if you were playing with a pick which most people don’t.

fwiw I always loved the way the old tele ashtray covers looked and wondered why more people don't have them, but otoh I've never tried playing with one on.

i think they were strictly for aesthetic purposes and most people remove them because they get in the damn way.

I recently bought this (used) and there’s no way I’m taking the covers off, it’s been interesting learning to work around them.

https://i.imgur.com/51F7GBD.jpg

that's great looking

how is it? see SX around but don't know much about them

It’s great. Well built, well finished, plays well. Neck tint is hideous orange but otherwise about 80% as good as the AVRI version I once had. Fretwork and neck shape are faultless.

cool! good to know, definitely see those on craigslist from time to time

Chinese made for Rondo in the States I think. I’d say on a par with newer Squires (i.e. better than the stuff they were putting out 5 years ago) or maybe some of the China-made Fenders.

Enjoying my new Gibson Flying V, my first electric guitar. People who said it would be awkward to practice with were wrong. You put one part of the V between your legs and angle the neck upward on a diagonal and it’s fine. In fact it’s how classical guitarists play.

I kinda like the vintage tint look myself, I like it better with a satin matte than a gloss and it looks better if the maple wood has some nice figuring. It is pretty much to get the look of what old Fender clear lacquer would do as it aged. I had a 78 P-bass that they would still use it on the front face of the head stock and it was that tone of orange. Buddy had a G&L ASAT that was black that had that type of paint on the maple neck and I thought it looked pretty cool.

Totally agree on the tint look, but what you can't see in the pic is that this one is orange, not amber. It doesn't photograph well but the one on the left in this pic gives an idea of the difference:
https://www.tdpri.com/attachments/img_20181207_164546-jpg.567473/
(and yeah the oddness of orange nitro on the face of a yellowed poly finished 70s neck is yet another thing!)

Congrats on the Flying V, Josefa.

That is a noble instrument and I hope it brings you joy.

Thank you, Puffin. Maybe being stuck indoors for many hours this coming winter will give me enough practice time to get good on it. I see myself ultimately as a capable guitarist, but I'm just a beginner now.

I keep trying to escape from playing the guitar but it keeps pulling me back.

Like, I spent most of the last 10 years on mandolin, bouzouki, percussion, drums, bass.

Anything but guitar. My town has a glut of guitar players. Like 62.5% of middle-aged white guys can play guitar. In two phone calls I can find four guitarists who play better than me. So why bother?

Then I recently had a gig where what made sense was guitar (in terms of keys and logistics). So I was like, oh yeah, I guess I can do that... And now I find myself sneaking up into the attic to get amps and pedals I'd forgotten about.

_Mars Volta dude did have a pretty sweet Ibanez signature model about ten years ago IIRC

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If I had $3K, I'd buy Omar's EBMM model: https://www.music-man.com/instruments/guitars/mariposa🕸

_Mars Volta dude did have a pretty sweet Ibanez signature model about ten years ago IIRC

― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, November 9, 2021 10:24 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink_


If I had $3K, I'd buy Omar's EBMM model: https://www.music-man.com/instruments/guitars/mariposa🕸

Yeah that sunburst natural finish is really pretty

Not a big fan of the Ernie Ball headstock but appreciate stuff like this and the St. Vincent where they just aren't recycling old designs like Fender etc

Reminds me a little of this sexy beast

https://destroyallguitars.com/collections/197-versoul/products/2419-versoul-raya-6

LOL

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWJHOEbJWJ3/

the ultimate boomer guitar and amp

Awfully close to

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdVjkvzVMAAfdFI.jpg

Haha

one of the weirdest things to me is dudes who list the same guitar on craigslist for months and months, maybe even years and never once drop the price. one that i always see actually re-posted it as MORE expensive recently. so odd.

it is weird. and then they often get mad when you throw a lower (but still fair) offer out there lol.

there was this guy who had a squier strat painted like the cover of "in the court of the crimson king" in glow-in-the-dark paint (fucking horrifying), i think that thing was on there for 3 years

oh man i've lived where i've lived for almost 4.5 years now the same person has had two shitty partscasters listed on CL the entire time.

wangcaster is perfection omg

like it seems like a prop from a david lynch movie or something.

Joe Bonamassa's BonerCaster

Ideal for Bonamasturbating

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/article/news/7/75787_0_wide_ver1528919807.jpg@642

Rudy Giuliani shreds

Vic Reeves farts

Rescued a 1986 Fender Japan P Bass from a hacky 5 string conversion (which made it very cheap at the local pawn shop):
https://i.imgur.com/TpIFzbq.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Z0hZVQh.jpg

nice work!
every time a 5 string bass turns into a 4 string bass an angel gets its wings

yes thank you for saving that poor instrument

Does anyone have any experience with KLOS travel guitars? I have had enough times lately that I wanted to bring a guitar on a trip that I thought it might be worth getting a decent travel guitar, and most seem like shit.

Good luck with that.

I don't mind the Martin backpacker but I remain skeptical of removing a neck and unstretching/stretching strings as a strategy.

Would (personally) rather bring a mandolin or ukulele, as I'm pretty sure I've said before

I'm not a P bass appreciator but gee it plays well. A bit red and shiny for me tho. Glad to sort it out!

Looks great how much did you get it for if you don’t mind me asking? Do you plan on flipping it or keeping as a player ?

I'm undecided because I have that nice SX Jazz upthread. Between the purchase and the parts I had to buy, I'm in it for a bit over $300 AUD, or about $220 USD - you can see why I jumped at it.

Wow that’s a good deal

How did the person who did the conversion to 5 string even think it was going to work? The outer strings wouldn't even have been playable past the 5th fret and the sound from the pickups would have been garbage.

Well, it worked fine in mechanical terms - five slot nut, five saddle bridge, thick string tuned to low B. Spacing between the strings would have been 3/4 the P bass spacing, so just a little tighter than a J bass, altho the strings were sitting pretty close to the edge. I bet the pickup wouldn't have been great but it would have been OK - I mean Musicmaster basses used a 6-pole pickup for 4 strings, and this was 8 poles for 5 strings. It had been played a lot so I'm sure it was perfectly functional.

I am 100% supportive of the standard for 4-string bass being BEAD

If you’re playing the G string, why aren’t you just playing guitar? (Actual heroes like Mike Watt exempt from this)