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

it was a picture of mark tremonti

and you know what he was doing

Just to show you where my mind is at lately, I got an email from our office manager about a "Shredding Pickup" and was very confused

“EMGs are always popular, boss. No noise, well balanced across the EQ spectrum.”

"sorry, corporate policy dictates employees use Seymour Duncan Dimebag Darrells...going to have to notify HR about this incident"

man alive, have you seen the new Harmony guitars? Made in the old Gibson/Heritage factory in Kalamazoo

https://www.harmony.co/pages/comet

$1499 for a USA made semi-hollow is not a bad deal in guitars right now

the birds are already enough, but i'd forgotten about all of the dragon inlay stuff associated with PRS. oh my.

mine even has bridge and neck humbuckers called "Dragon IIs"

‘70s conversion van chic

I wonder how many of their ubiquitous and over-the-top design choices were necessary for brand recognition after they chose a 3-named dude's full autograph as their logo

my favourite is trawling the ads on The Gear Page for all the PRIVATE STOCK FLAME TOP WATER AAAAA+++++ PRSes for sale, they're like a gallery of Thomas Kinkade originals

custom headstock with thomas kinkade's autograph would be cool

snowman guitar

christmas village

my favourite is trawling the ads on The Gear Page for all the PRIVATE STOCK FLAME TOP WATER AAAAA+++++ PRSes for sale, they're like a gallery of Thomas Kinkade originals

― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, June 3, 2021 9:57 PM (sixteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

thank you for turning me on to the gear page classifieds, there is some truly insane shit out here: https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/super-rare-msi-maloney-stringed-instruments-ncc-1701d-electric-guitar-perny-neck.2252182/

How are you going to call it the 1701D and not even have a saucer section

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a4/7e/35/a47e354bff5653a4d51623744c49b5a4.jpg

$1499 for a USA made semi-hollow is not a bad deal in guitars right now

― Joe Bombin (milo z), Thursday, June 3, 2021 3:02 PM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Ooh, these look nice. Aesthetically maybe a little cooler than the Eastmans as well.

that american flag on the pickguard though, hope it's a sticker

xxxp yeah TGP's ads are a whole subculture of fetish objects masquerading as guitars, where "blue jean" is as commonly understood as "sunburst" in the norm world

most of the time when somebody says one thing is 'cooler' than another, and they aren't standing over two mounds of freshly made french fries, or two freshly baked pizza pies, etc., I assume they mean aesthetically.

and now i'm out for everybody who made fun of my beautiful baby

get em

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a hellecaster just got posted to reverb for $2500
https://reverb.com/item/41180106-fender-hellecaster-stratocaster-john-jorgenson-electric-guitar

does anyone know anything about fanned frets? one of those weird things from the guitar mag world that i've always wondered about and cannot quite understand what the advantage is supposed to be

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/d/minneapolis-legator-ninja-fanned/7328070472.html

Near as I can tell, it gives you different scale lengths for each string. So I guess you might get a thicker / boomier sound&feel on low strings and a tighter/snappier sound&feel on high strings.

I cannot imagine doing that on a six-string because I play very chordally (and my sense of muscle memory is entirely set in stone), but I can kinda understand how it might work on a bass. You get a deeper tone on the low string and the higher ones have more tension for soloing. Like Lee Sklar's basses:

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F7szuru5EebB2RqD6qAgTS-1200-80.jpg

i always wondered if it offered improved intonation for instruments with extended range like those 8 string basses or whatever they have now

yeah i thought it was related to intonation

but apparently that is incorrect

well shoot

I think I may have slightly garbled the advantage of the longer scale lengths. It is more that you can get the right tension at a particular string gauge. Not that you want the tension to be higher on treble strings. Sorry, I hope that's clearer. If you take the E on a normal bass with a normal scale length and tune it to, say, C, it will be floppy AF.

I gather that fanned frets give you a better shot at workable string tension for low B strings, without making the higher strings sound plinky? Maybe?

Yeah, by varying the scale length from longer for the low strings to shorter for the high strings.

https://reverb.com/item/41269675-fender-performer-1985-gun-metal-blue-metallic-just-serviced-w-case

Awesome looking Fender Performer but good luck to them getting $3500 for it.

Fanned frets are for when your headless guitar is not quite dorky enough.

I stopped at Guitar Center after lunch and they had a Squier Classic Vibe Mustang that I used to try out a Roland JC40 and that was a great guitar for $429 (given today's prices). Almost tried to figure out how to buy it.

waiting on that weird Godin I bought in the other thread to come back from my friend's shop, it's having an Extreme Guitar Makeover

I've been spending like an hour a day looking at fb marketplace guitar listings, this is bad. My bluesdad midlife crisis beginneth.

it’s quite a ride

Guitars I got:

-MIM "Arctic White" Tele with a Fralin bridge pickup, Gibson humbucker in the neck, and upgraded switches/electronics

-MIM "Lake Placid Blue" Strat '60s Classic Series reissue (forget what design year) with *I think* Lollar pickups.

-Epiphone Les Paul Gold Top '56 reissue, with noise-cancelling Fralin P90s and upgraded electronics and whatnot. This one is a real joy to play, and was a bargain, something like $400 all-in (including shipping)

-Gibson SG '61 reissue, which wins for both most expensive and least played.

-Modest starter Seagull acoustic (S6?).

I used to have a butterscotch '52 reissue Tele with Fralins in it that was awesome, but it was stolen some years back.

Dream amp acquired (assuming it survives shipping) - based on the Orange/Matamps of the early ‘70s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZGK2fzAxVM

really really cool although on that initial setting it may be impossible to play anything other than electric wizard riffs

argh i want this https://reverb.com/item/41371998-squier-vista-venus

woah never heard of that

xxxxpost Seagull S6 is an incredible value

it's essentially a courtney love signature model

I have been a longtime fan of the seagull S6. I almost regret not getting one instead of my beater 70s guild.

JIC you have a pretty ideal affordable guitar collection imo

lol, that was the plan, actually!

it is a cool collection of guitars! but if I may offer my contrarian view on the seagull s6, since it gets plenty of love anyway. the headstock is too narrow and then tapers down at the end, much like a toothbrush. a beater 70s Guild is much nicer looking and probably better sounding. The beater 70s guild will also hold value. seagull guitars flood the used markets of every college town the week of graduation. it is the quintessential "affordable guitar that you, a small guitar shop owner, can feel good about pushing on parents buying a first guitar for their kid, who will give up trying to play after a year." I am skeptical of the seagull vibe, pushed by small guitar shop owners everywhere, and repeated by more experienced players in their basement studios. And nobody really wants to own or play one. Your friend will play it and repeat the line from product literature, "that's a damn fine guitar for the price." But if you offer the same friend your Seagull guitar for free -- "please, you like it so much, take it. and play it at your next gig." -- they would politely decline and run away.

I am super jelly of the other guitars JiC listed, and I am not trying to make him feel bad about this one guitar I don't like. It makes sense in a collection that is clearly electric focused.