I mean stuff like this, which just popped up in my facebook feed, bothers me even more than the vintage guitar market:
https://reverb.com/item/11400075-evh-frankenstein-limited-collectors-replica-guitar-frankenstrat
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
Yeah that stuff is stupid - purely souvenir hunting, like buying a prop replica from Star Wars or something.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 12 July 2018 01:33 (five years ago) link
Attended an amazing panel on pick-ups with Lindy Fralin, Jason Lollar, and Harry Häussel recently -- according to them, vintage pick-ups are a complete crap shoot and the wood absolutely matters. When some guitar god calls them and says "I want a PAF", each one of those three asks to get the specific guitar on a bench. Fenders are usually more consistent than other manufacturers' pick-ups, but also less special (sez they).
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 12 July 2018 06:24 (five years ago) link
For $25k, Eddie should have mixed his own blood into the red paint or something equally creepy.
― louise ck (milo z), Thursday, 12 July 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
this guitar comes with a great set of extras: an Anvil Flight Case that was painstakingly re-created to look like Eddie's, a letter from Eddie, a signed 8x10" photo, Eddie's "Baby" DVD, five EVH guitar picks, the original shipping box, and much more
Nah, too expen---
Wait a second! It comes with FIVE PICKS?
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 12 July 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
Buy that guitar, play “a tear for Eddie,” die happy
― calstars, Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
just saw this exciting new malcolm young signature gretsch, which comes with not one but two (TWO!) pickups already removed for your convenience:
https://images.guitarguitar.co.uk/small/150/news_753_malcolm_young_1.jpg
the marketing blurb includes this line:
This G6131-MY is from the Japanese factory so not only is the quality extremely high, it will be available at a price that will be much more accessible that the previous (excellent) USA Custom Shop model!
that much more accessible price? a mere £2,639!
― look, you’re just gonna get gravy on the baby sometimes 🤷♂️ (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 12 July 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
https://imgur.com/CBbuGE3l.png
I'd pay plenty for a Simonon signature custom-smashed replica P-Bass
― mick signals, Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
Get a load of this
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/1966-FENDER-MUSTANG-USA-CHARCOAL-EDITION-a-la-JIMI-HENDRIX/174675616996
― mirostones, Saturday, 20 March 2021 03:26 (three years ago) link
That’s quite a way to spin “fire damaged”
― Canon in Deez (silby), Saturday, 20 March 2021 04:37 (three years ago) link
I blowtorched a spare unfinished body at the height of pandemic crafting season, it turned out much better than that.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Saturday, 20 March 2021 05:14 (three years ago) link
* broken E string ( can be replaced easily )
― Lee626, Saturday, 20 March 2021 09:01 (three years ago) link
I have only one burning desire (to rip off gullible people on eBay)Let me stand next to your fire (so I can ruin this '1966 Mustang')
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 20 March 2021 10:04 (three years ago) link
Lol!
― calstars, Saturday, 20 March 2021 11:20 (three years ago) link
* an interesting conversation piece for long winter nights......
"Harold, why the FUCK did you buy this for me??!!"
― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 March 2021 13:05 (three years ago) link
lol @ "returns accepted".
"sorry mate, u told me the tuner buttons were melted, but one of them is intact."
― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 March 2021 13:06 (three years ago) link
'in melted condition' is pretty amazing work
― imago, Saturday, 20 March 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
Starting to think this is just a Craigslist shitpost but on eBay for some reason
― Canon in Deez (silby), Saturday, 20 March 2021 15:56 (three years ago) link
https://reverb.com/item/31832316-fender-broadcaster-pots-switch-cap-1950
Imagine the fine rusty tones you could get from installing these.
― mirostones, Friday, 7 May 2021 13:04 (three years ago) link
gotta get that mojo.an acquaintance of mine builds amps and pedals in his spare time. he would go through a big bucket of transistors until he found the right one, which he would always pick out with a flourish and say yeah, this one's got the mojo.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 May 2021 13:20 (three years ago) link
lol.
― peace, man, Friday, 7 May 2021 13:22 (three years ago) link
this is my favorite ridiculous listing:https://reverb.com/item/39707321-1956-gibson-les-paul-special-switch-tip-vintage-original-les-paul-switch-tip-from-1956-fit-a-burst
You can get current ones for $2 or even stupid reliced ones for $9 which is still $490.99 less than the vintage one
― joygoat, Friday, 7 May 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link
Everyone knows that the switch tip is where the toanz reside
― Triumph of the Willa Cather (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 7 May 2021 15:39 (three years ago) link
It looks like a mis-shapen Werther's Original.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 7 May 2021 17:13 (three years ago) link
Damn it, I knew I should have saved my old broken shit
― calstars, Friday, 7 May 2021 17:40 (three years ago) link
xps - building amps is so impressive to me. I’m shit at soldering, changing the battery snap on a fuzz pedal was stressful.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 00:04 (two years ago) link
snap dat solder boy
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 00:06 (two years ago) link
Esp since tubes can kill you, xp
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 03:12 (two years ago) link
you mean the high dc voltage to bias? Or you worry about the stuff in the tubes?
― If you value Vox, we have an axe (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 03:31 (two years ago) link
Yeah I mean the electrocution risk. But I have no experience whatsoever trying to work on amps nor intent to try.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 03:51 (two years ago) link