Huh? Why not Vox? Is it because they're made in Korea now? I'd probably go with a vintage British model of some type.
― John Lennon, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
i wouldn't get a new one full stop, i just think if i was looking for another guitar it would be more full-bodied in sound
― tullamore dew hart (electricsound), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
The Korg UK-built AC30s from the mid-90s are still pretty undervalued
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
looking for a japanese cheapo for xmas, preferably audition, i have a jedson, sekova and two audition guitars already, great tone off the bat
― jumpskins, Thursday, 2 December 2010 03:06 (thirteen years ago) link
yeahhh, is there much info out there as to how specifically companies like audition, kay, teiscio, and so on were related? or am i only thinking that they were cuz dearmond was just licencing out his wares to anybody and whoever? or somethin? always wanted a more concise and detailed history on all the weird and cheap offbrand stuff but there probably wouldn't be, huh.
― arby's, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link
(i so closely associate dearmond with cla$$y gretsch guitars, and duane eddy, sometimes i forget about the cheapie guitars...oh and the whole weird ry cooder thing...i don't think i get that guy. should i get that guy?)
― arby's, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 02:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I can (at least somewhat) lead you through the zone on thus stuff - dearmond pre-fender ownership was pretty much just a pickup manufacturer. I would get more detailed here but I am stuck ilxing on iPhone so I am already getting frustrated. Ask away tho, I am glad to type on this thing as long as I don't also have to come up w/ the questions.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I currently drawing a total blank on audition tho??? Is that an old school thing or more recent?
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
audition were japanese manufactured, mid-late 60s, and from what i've seen of 'em just look a lot like a lot of the other wonky cheap guitars from the time that would look at home in hound dog taylor's hands. i'm a total blank slate on that stuff though so idk if that's totally broad. i mean i don't even know what questions to ask tbh.
― arby's, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
ok so this is sort of leading me out of the fog, at least somewhat, in terms of brandname webbing and why i felt like i was seeing similar models with different brand names, and yah the whole dearmond/rowe industries thing was kind of a slap to own face once i actually, like, thought about it. still sort of confused as to specifics i guess. like for example, what harmony, idk, as an entity were and did exactly. they manufactured stuff for fender? weird?
see idk what questions to ask even, like i'm aware of all these bazillions of brands, but only as isolated points in a void...who the hell were eko...whats up with...see i'm not even gonna get started. my knowledge retention is a tenuous thing anyway and i'm currently plodding through development of the guitar e.g. weird reniasance vihuela de mano and four course etc blah, it's sort of weird thinking about modern guitars tbh.
― arby's, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
this book is pretty cool: http://books.google.com/books?id=msEJ8cMqng4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=weird+guitar+stories&source=bl&ots=z7G8A-r2N8&sig=AJuW33Bee9U0cuDhltH7kX2vBzY&hl=en&ei=pMn_TKmJGZ_hnQeL_7DeCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
but i think pretty much out of print
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
aaggghh why did that happen
i am bad at ilx
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.ccdb.gea.nom.br/023_contrabaixo_raul-erasmo.jpg
the fuck i can't have this bass fuck you you fuck fuck you!
i wish i could read Portuguese
― a weird clown in the dark (arby's), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 02:31 (1 week ago)
What on earth is that thing? It's...beautiful. I want one.
― Pashmina, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks like something that would be stashed in the 60's TV series Batcave. Also it's got a separate single coil pickup for each string, mounted at 90 degrees!
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
man both editions of those guitar stories books are very expensive!! and exactly the sort of thing i'm looking for :(
that bass was built by CCDB of Os Mutantes!
and i want it, really really badly.
― arby's, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
and seperate on/on switches for each pickup? but only two knobs? i can't tell what's going on with that lower plate.
― arby's, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Google Translate really mangles Portuguese.From the picture, it looks like:
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually the four switches can be two way and still allow phase reverse.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
giveithttp://www.guyatoneguitars.com/images/koolguitars.com.au/watermarked/1982_GUYATONE_SHarp-five-goldsilver.jpg
― arby's, Monday, 19 November 2012 23:37 (eleven years ago) link
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/14427_10151335843784744_636880072_n.jpg
While I don't usually care very much for burst finishes or flame tops, the light blue binding really makes this for me. But in this case, I can sorta imagine a blonde bikini girl slowly drifting across the top on an inflatable raft.
― how's life, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 12:15 (eleven years ago) link
after playing my brother's Fender-scale guitar, I think I want one; it just felt easier to play than my Gibson (nb: I fucking love my Gibson, step off)
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, 26 November 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
GAS begins...
― Paul McCartney, the Gary Barlow of The Beatles (snoball), Monday, 26 November 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
What gauge strings on that Fender? Longer scale length is generally considered "harder," all things being equal. I mean, GAS needs no excuse or apology but if what you're looking for is "easier" then a decent pro setup and/or lighter strings will change things up on your current guitar in a hurry.
― sug life (rogermexico.), Monday, 26 November 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
lol like I have any clue what gauge strings are on my own guitar, let alone anyone else's
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, 26 November 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
I find that having a longer-scale length is more comfortable, actually.
― how's life, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
Like, I feel like I have a little more room to make chords on a longer neck. My fingers would get a little crowded on my old LP.
― how's life, Monday, 26 November 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
Totally not arguing that point an it's why I kept "harder" and "easier" in quotes. One player's "stiff" is another's "precise," etc etc
― sug life (rogermexico.), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
it seemed easier to make barre chords on his guitar, for one thing
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
That could be down to fretboard width and radius, as well as scale length.
― Paul McCartney, the Gary Barlow of The Beatles (snoball), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
Or action at the nut (har har), which any qualified tech can def improve for you.
Impossible to Web-MD this without knowing exactly which model you played.
― sug life (rogermexico.), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
well, mine is Gibson Epiphone limited edition Riviera Custom P93
his is an Antigua Fender Telecaster
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
the Tele:fretboard radius - 7.25"scale length - 25.5"nut width - 1.650"U shape necknot specified, but Teles usually ship with 9 gauge strings?
the Epi:fretboard radius - 12"scale length - 24.75"nut width - 1.68"C shape neckshipped with 10 gauge strings
― Paul McCartney, the Gary Barlow of The Beatles (snoball), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
The smaller fret radius, slightly narrow neck, and it's U shaped back go a way to explaining why barre chords are a little bit easier on the Tele.
― Paul McCartney, the Gary Barlow of The Beatles (snoball), Monday, 26 November 2012 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
i know what it means but the acronym GAS is the weirdest thing to catch on in internet guitar communities. and the capitalization. all these old men shouting that they don't just have gas they have GAS.
my guess is the combination of radius and nut width. 1/16" in width doesn't sound like much but it makes a big difference in feel.
― arby's, Monday, 26 November 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
er i guess more like 1/32" difference in this case but anyway
ok i'll bite, what is GAS
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 26 November 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/Gas_pop_cover.png/220px-Gas_pop_cover.png
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 26 November 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
Gear Acquisition Syndrome
― Paul McCartney, the Gary Barlow of The Beatles (snoball), Monday, 26 November 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
the tendency to focus on buying guitar equipment over actually playing guitar. i hate the term too though.
― how's life, Monday, 26 November 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
Excessive GAS takes time away from playing the guitar (synth/drums/camera/etc.), but very mild GAS can help someone to focus in on what they want out of their instrument.
― Paul McCartney, the Gary Barlow of The Beatles (snoball), Monday, 26 November 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
if that instrument is "butt trumpet"
― how's life, Monday, 26 November 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0332/7621/products/4_8dc9e02e-1f4b-4375-a375-b30bb7321fce_grande.jpg?v=1437502172http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0332/7621/products/3_2f32a36b-213f-4576-b68b-d5981b8b3339_grande.jpg?v=1437502170http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/products/fender-mustang-reshaped-psychedelic-finish-1960s-s564
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 24 July 2015 17:25 (eight years ago) link
http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/products/dunable-yeti-worn-black-serial-1613
this is a very very pretty guitar with a terrible headstock logo
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 21 March 2016 20:53 (eight years ago) link
if that link dies eventually, I am referring to this guitar (but made out of darker wood): https://dunableguitars.com/?page_id=998
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 21 March 2016 20:54 (eight years ago) link
you're not kidding - that logo is a crime
― Upset by racist left wingers calling me an egg (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 21 March 2016 20:59 (eight years ago) link
My only electric axe for a while has been a cheapo Johnson solara -- I actually like the way it plays and the tone, but I'm looking to upgrade to something similar but more gigworthy. I was looking at the Guild Bluesbird, which I'm seeing (the more recent ones, not the 70s models) in the $700-1000 range. I'm also seeing DeArmond bluesbird models closer to $500. Is it worth spending more for the Guild? The DeArmond I was looking at happens to have a cool-ass D tailpiece that's a little more distinctive than the guild, fwiw.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 24 May 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
People seem to like the DeArmonds (though a little more love for the set-neck versions than the later bolt-on ones.) Latter-day (post-Fender) Guilds (which I assume is the Guild you mean here) are spoken well of, too, but people don’t seem to fall in love with them.
I had a big Jones on for a DeArmond M-77T, just liked the look of them. I had a chance to play an M-75 (earlier model, no Bigsby) and wasn’t 100% taken with it, although it seemed fine for the price.
If you can demo them both, do it! Looks are a huge deal in an instrument, IMO. Nothing to be ashamed of.
I hope I get a chance to play a Guild S-300 sometime... and I hope I don’t like it. Because based on looks alone I’ve been wanting one BAD. In white, pls, with the chrome stock pickups, not those hard-rock DiMarzios.
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 6 June 2019 01:49 (four years ago) link
I'd think some of those Hagstrom reissues might be in your wheelhouse style wise.
― earlnash, Friday, 7 June 2019 00:46 (four years ago) link
I kind of regret not picking up the Paul Westerberg First Act guitar when it was released but maybe I will see it around for like <$50 somewhere. I haven't played in several years so I should sell my guitars but I guess somehow they bring me joy (thx Marie Kondo).
My dream guitar would still be a vintage Gretsch hollowbody (not picky). I still have a rickenbacker330, jazzmaster 62 reissue and this crazy magenta glittertop les paul that my dad got for me when I was 15.
― Yerac, Friday, 7 June 2019 00:59 (four years ago) link
whoops jaguar not jazzmaster.
― Yerac, Friday, 7 June 2019 01:03 (four years ago) link