Carr Mercury - Holy Grail of Tone - $1800 (Lino Lakes)

guitar shitposting rules

ugly guitars seems like a worthy thread if it doesn't already exist

xp of course I meant making that guitar is like shitposting, putting it on the thread is excellent

Don't think Joe Strummer would be cool with selling a 15k reproduction of his Tele he played in the Clash.

https://wildwoodguitars.com/product/STRUMMERPREORDER/limited-edition-masterbuilt-joe-strummer-esquire-relic-by-jason-smith/

yay punk rawk...

hah, I just bought an 80s Japanese Tele in that colour and with that level of wear for $650

An instrument from Wildwood isn't just an ordinary guitar. It's your guitar. Each and every instrument we sell includes a full, point by point setup, an exhaustive evaluation, and expert shipping procedures, with first class, industry leading standards from start to finish. Why? Because you deserve it.

just absurd to spend that much on a guitar

Wildwood is where I got my Jazzmaster - they sell some crazy stuff but I gotta say that service was top notch (for a guitar priced at whatever the USA-made Fenders were going for then, not custom shop or anything). They did a setup with NYXL strings that was as good as I could get locally even after shipping.

This might be the single most Central NJ thing ever:

https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/p720x720/202106664_1469147113447885_8386156131923170403_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=843cd7&_nc_ohc=ZmpddgVjk3AAX84Kp5x&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&tp=6&oh=dbcb21803d28c7cfa26a6f9d5c96e235&oe=60DF7A7A

I have a custom made jay and silent bob PRS guitar signed by Kevin Smith (swipe to last pic to see him signing it). I originally picked this up from his comic shop looking to add some mods to, but decided to pass it off to a die hard fan rather than mess with this work of art. Please message me if interested.

TBF it's by far the least ugly PRS I've ever seen

Roland Blues Cube Stage - $400
(Hopkins)

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/d/hopkins-roland-blues-cube-stage/7356010488.html

This Blues Cube is the newer version that accepts Roland's Tone Capsules. It's the only amp I've seen that has comments/reviews from tone gurus like Robben Ford, Jeff Baxter, Eric Johnson, etc.

if ya wanna be a Tone Guru, you gotta eat right, exercise and take your Tone Capsules every day!

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/msg/d/minneapolis-fender-deluxe-roadhouse/7420103842.html

For Sale: 2 - 2013 & 2015 Fender Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocasters - Sonic Light Blue and Vintage Olympic Yellow include nice Padded Gig Bags.

Sonic Blue Strat - Pickups have been upgraded with the Kinman Blues Set Pickups (exact pickups Bonnie Raitt uses), for Great Sustain and an Aged Sound, with Zero Hum, and for a Ripping Soulful Sound. Guitar is in Mint / Excellent Condition! Pickups were Professionally installed (at St. Paul Guitar Repair) after I purchased the guitar, which cost an additional $299.99 for the pickups alone, + the sales tax, and another $85.00 to swap out the original pickups, which is the reason I am selling this guitar for more money. These guitars can generally be purchased from $500 - $750 or so online (i.e. Reverb.com), but they are likely not modified with more expensive pickups as mine are, and if they were, those guitars would likely be in the same price range, or possibly more. Too get the best sound out of any guitar, pickups are the first step to getting there normally, which costs more money. I'm not making any money by selling either of these guitars, I just want to get back the money I have invested in them.

This pickup set is slightly less aggressive, warmer, rounder Aged-Strat*- sound, with a slightly milder attack than the Impersonator series set in clean mode and breaks into crunch more easily. The Alnico magnets have slightly less brightness/presence ,,, with medium strong output. The Kinman Blues Pickup set is also great for overdrive sounds with 'clarity and TONE' with Zero-Hum. An evergreen favorite with players all around the world. It is also essential to use low capacitance cable(s), to get the incredible performance for these pickups.

These specific pickups are for the more serious players, as this is the closest it gets to the "Real Deal" blues guitar sound, but again, that is a personal choice also.

Here is the link to the Kinman Blues Set Pickups installed in the Sonic Blue Guitar:

https://kinman.com/model-products.php?pid=4&products=Stratocaster&linegroup=yes&modelid=23&model=Blues+set&group=Named%20Sets

If your looking for anything close to what I have, you will likely have to pay more, as most sellers are looking to make a profit. I just want to get my money back, with the extra upgrades I have put into them, that is all..

Specs:
Origin: Mexico
Year: 2015/2016
Finish: Sonic Blue
Body: Alder
Pickguard: 3-ply Pearloid
Neck: Maple
Profile: "C"
Fretboard: Rosewood, 9.5" radius
Scale length: 25.5″
Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
Bridge Pickup: Kinman Blues SCn single coil
Middle Pickup: Kinman Blues AVn - 62single coil
Neck Pickup: AVn - 62 single coil
Controls: Master Volume with S1 switching, 2 x tone, 5-way selector switch
Bridge: Original Fender w/Tremolo Bar
Tuners: Fender

Also, I'm not sure if I have the original Texas Special pickups for this specific guitar or not, but I will include with the sale, if I can find them!

or this guitar if you choose:

2013/2014 Vintage Olympic Yellow Fender Deluxe Strat - Excellent to "Mint Condition", which also includes the the "Texas Special Custom Shop Pickups" (for that Billy Gibbons ZZ Top "Gritty Texas Sizzle"), Alder Body and Maple Neck. Played very little and has lots of fret life left too. This Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocaster 2013/2014 model, has a creamy vintage yellow finish, and the neck is also in excellent shape, which has no dings or nicks. The Roadhouse Deluxe Specs pair exceptionally well with the Texas Special Custom Shop pickups, and with the S-1 switch and active preamp, it gives the guitar a wide variety of sounds. This specific Olympic Vintage Yellow color darkens over time, which is normal, which gives it a darker vintage appearance over time, which is exactly the same as the Yngwie Malmsteen and Ritchie Blackmore reissue finishes too!

Specs:
Origin: Mexico
Year: 2013/2014
Finish: Vintage Olympic Yellow
Body: Alder
Pickguard: 3-ply Pearloid
Neck: Maple
Profile: "C"
Fretboard: Maple, 9.5" radius
Scale length: 25.5″
Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
Bridge Pickup: Fender Texas Special Custom Shop single coil
Middle Pickup: Fender Texas Special Custom Shop single coil
Neck Pickup: Fender Texas Special Custom Shop single coil
Controls: Master Volume with S1 switching, 2 x tone, 5-way selector Switch
Bridge: Authentic Fender w/ Tremolo Bar
Tuners: Authentic Fender

I am in the process of selling off a few of my guitars, as my band has decided to call it quits and go our separate ways.

Guitars can be sold separately, or together as a pair @ $1700.00, so I am actually giving the buyer a better deal to purchase both guitar together, so I can make additional room/space, and possibly purchase a high end guitar at some point.

$1050.00 for the Sonic Blue Strat alone.
$950.00 for the Olympic White Strat alone.

If either of these "Mint Condition" guitars can be found cheaper elsewhere, (with the upgraded Custom Shop Texas Pickups or Bonnie Raitt Pickups), I will beat that price by $50.00!!!

Remember, there's no need to buy new, when slightly used will do!!!

in fairness, St. Paul Guitar Repair is an excellent shop

surprisingly his pricing isn't terribly far off from what these go for on reverb now but obv would never deal with this guy on principle.

you really find some gems out there ums

which cost an additional $299.99 for the pickups alone, + the sales tax, and another $85.00 to swap out the original pickups, which is the reason I am selling this guitar for more money.

Oh, sweetie...

haha yeah like dude you never get back what you put into a guitar in mods/upgrades, the sales tax was the cherry on top

would like to see this guy try to sell a car with this reasoning

lol yah i paid 33k for this altima two years ago i expect to get my money back thats all im asking for its only fair

i replaced the breaks which cost $200 plus $350 in labor

This one also nails a characteristic of the best ones, this professorial tone where it's like he thinks he's not just selling something on CL, he's educating you on guitars

haha yes "these are serious pickups, for serious players"

Is the sound dry-aged or wet-aged.

shooting for that “Real Deal” blues sound with Kinman Noiseless, just like Charley Patton

Blues is a personal choice

Exactly the same as the Yngwie Malmsteen and Ritchie Blackmore reissue finishes too, which was Hubert Sumlin's finish of choice too, I've read.

look I’m just trying to get back what I put into it, not trying to make a profit like all those other fucks

not long but he's confident

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/d/eden-prairie-vingate-usa-made-crate-250/7426657102.html

Vingate USA-Made Crate 250 Watt Monster -Reputation Matters! - $300

Crate is most definitely not a boutique amp builder however this one is not your average crate!

The box is a ground-up rebuild and is constructed from solid dovetail birch. It's resonant and gorgeous! The handle is 1/2 inch pipe 100% the real deal. The speakers are the Original Celestion G12s. It was made in the USA about 1982 so think early metal. I am not your weekend CL'er This is my personal amp.

You can read my flawless feedback if you like at: https://reverb.com/shop/316guitars

I had that amp. I bought with all I had to spare in 1992, and played it for years though I was never thrilled with the sound. One summer day, hauling it down cement steps, as the bassist was ready to pick me up for practice, I slipped. I was wearing shorts. Knowing I had no way to repair or replace it, my body made the split second decision to grip it tightly and hold it upright as my kneecaps were sanded down sliding over the last six steps. I was able to rest the amp on the sidewalk safely, then rolled over and let my knees gush blood.

Later, I gigged with it when my subsequent better amp was in the shop. Bad gig. Lent it out to the drummer's wife for her new band, and she immediately returned it 'cause she hated the sound. About 8 years ago lent it to my daughter's friend, and her house burned to the ground. RIP Crate 250.

I guess that counts as some kind of mojo.

no resonant birch box, though

Xpost wow cursed amp

Can't stand weekend CL'rs

https://i.imgur.com/FFhC1KM.png

https://i.imgur.com/RxG8qw9.png

For when your Wangcaster is more of a mandolin.

there's a guitar that's designed to never be player

oh shit he's back this guy is going to be a solid contributor

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/d/eden-prairie-carvin-bolt-usa-made/7426650113.html

I'm loving the "Reputation Matters!" tagline for his CL ads

Carvin Bolt USA Made -Reputations matters! - $450

Plays like Butta! Options include birdseye board, aged swamp ash body, Locking Tuners, Wilkinson floating bridge. $450 is a steal for a USA-made strat. Excellent shape, No case. This is a Pro-built kit guitar, The same ones that now sell for over $1200 at Carvin/Kiesel today. The difference? Carvin assembles vs pro (me). I am 316guitars on reverb and this is my personal guitar. You can read my flawless feedback if you like at: https://reverb.com/shop/316guitars

I have owned stratss from Masterbuilders John Suhr, Sadowsky, Fessler to name a few. Is this one as good? Absolutely not. Those are 4-6K guitars! -That would be a ridiculous claim. I will say it's easily a match for any USA fender or G&L for less than half the price.

This guitar was hand-finished and set up by me. Come see, play it etc. Carvin is now Kiesel and they no longer offer USA-Made CNC kits.

Price is firm

Not no Parkay. Not no margarine. Plays like Butta, baby.

"vs. pro (me)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n0HkwWpjR8

check out his reverb store very normal

316 Guitars
Eden Prairie, MN, United StatesSend Message
Thank you to all the folks who made 316Guitars what is was! In the Gospel of John in chapter 3 verse 16 Jesus tells us in his own words: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
By "gave" it means he literally gave. Gave His life on the cross for you. There was a debt you could not pay -the sin, the shame, the guilt He took it all on himself! He paid it all!

I know very little about guitars but when I read these descriptions like this:

Plays like Butta! Options include birdseye board, aged swamp ash body, Locking Tuners, Wilkinson floating bridge. $450 is a steal for a USA-made strat. Excellent shape, No case. This is a Pro-built kit guitar, The same ones that now sell for over $1200 at Carvin/Kiesel today. The difference? Carvin assembles vs pro (me). I am 316guitars on reverb and this is my personal guitar

I have hard time understanding what a "guitar" is or what it is used for

316Guitars: it's what is was!

This is a custom built 2016 Fender Classic Series 60s Jazzmaster Lacquer Rosewood fretboard neck paired with an MJT Closet Clean Relic Lacquer Alder body in Lake Placid Blue finish. Admittedly relics aren't normally my thing but a number of things lined up where the world seemed to be telling me to build one and the results far exceeded my expectations. I had recently acquired the neck which appeared to have some light relic'ing around the headstock but the fretboard and frets as well as the back of the neck were still in excellent condition. Shortly after I came across the body and won on eBay and right after that the naturally worn G&G hard case so it all came together rather quickly.

If you've followed me over the past few of years you know how much I love Jazzmasters and "Offset" Fenders in general so this was probably inevitable. For those of you skeptical or wary of "Partscasters" I'll stop you right there and assure you that this one consists of the highest quality components and care with attention to detail and setup. As my feedback shows and past customers would expect, this guitar is no different and held to the same high standards. Please read further for all the details as it is well worth your time so you know exactly what you're getting:

I love nods to tradition but am in no way a purist and always appreciate subtle modern touches. Spec wise, especially with the 7.25" vintage radius and frets, it stays pretty true to vintage specs. The body is very much a traditional Jazzmaster style body with the tremolo in the original location which is further back from the bridge, unlike many of the "Modified" or "Player" series Fender Jazzmasters where the tremolo is moved closer to the bridge and usually paired with an Adjusto-Matic or Tune-O-Matic style bridge (and a mismatched radius to that of the fretboard!)

Condition wise, aside from the intentional light to medium relic'ing to the body, headstock and light oxidation to the hardware, this guitar is in excellent condition. There's almost no fret wear and the back of the neck is free from bumps and dings as well the usual worn/stripped finish (I'll leave that up to you).

These traditional and vintage style "Offsets" from Fender sit on a great foundation, but I'm really surprised how they sell any of them because they're setup so horribly from the factory and buzz like crazy with anything less than a set of 12s (I know, they're absolutely gorgeous looking guitars, so probably form over function in most cases. Even the American made offsets have this same problem because of the same original location of the tremolo (further back), vintage style floating bridge and the lack of break angle on them. This on top of some mediocre hardware and electronics choices from the factory, I decided I would overhaul many of these issues so you can enjoy this guitar with a set of 10s and not have to string it up with bridge cables or use one of those Buzz Stops that not only changes the look of the guitar but the feel and tone as well. These modded ones of mine will hold their own against American models any day of the week.

Please read further to see the list of upgrades as well as how the guitar was setup:

$1999 marked down from $2750. Or you could just buy a new American Original Jazzmaster from Guitar Center for $2200.

No insane paragraphs about your Reverb followers but I dig this listing - a "Fender Custom Shop Jazzmaster" but he replaced the entire body with a random one and had his guy paint it. Which kind of makes it a not-Fender Custom Shop guitar anymore, doesn't it?

oops - https://reverb.com/item/39108193-2016-fender-jazzmaster-custom-shop-surf-green-partscaster

i love how the guy in the first one seems to keep purchasing relic parts as if it’s out of his control.

xp, yeah it sounds like "custom shop" guy slammed a $200 Warmoth body in there or something.

this is more in the "why god, why" category

https://worcester.craigslist.org/msg/d/townsend-custom-built-dual-neck-gibson/7442026682.html

At least no one's trying to cosplay world-class luthier here. But also lol at bragging about the $350 refinishing job in relation to the $550 asking price.

That's where I went to high school! I learned to play guitar in a keyboard class because the teacher was a drunk and never showed up, so the students taught each other the instruments some of them could play. Could definately see that going down in the woodshop.

Like the picture's actually in the high school?

Also, I just noticed how the tele side is rocking that classic monostring look.

The little Craigslist map shows the high school just to the east. That baby plays both Zep I and Back and Black.

okay wow uhhhhh here's one for the ages...Trumpcaster Tele partscaster...

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/msg/d/davenport-flash-in-the-pan-discarded/7443367726.html

Flash in the Pan, discarded Guitar? (Davenport)

Sad old relic of what once glittered.
Sum of it's parts:
String-thru paulownia body, sealed and leveled but bad looking paint from old cans. Several coats of clear lacquer, nonetheless. Got my money back for the old paint from hobby lobby. Their bad after all.
Maple/Rosewood neck of no particular quality, tinted and lacquered for affect. Lev/crown/pol med/jumbo? frets. Bone nut. Logo is waterslide under a bunch of lacquer. 25-1/2 scale.
Standard, easy to find, single coil, tele bridge pickup and bridge. Spanky alnico I think.
Pickguard & mini humbucker neck pickup from GFS, wired as series hum only. Swanky.
Standard CTS under the chrome plate. Never cranky.
Actually it's new and created and assembled in Davenport, USA. And is one of a kind. That's the expensive part.
Plus it plays great. Setup for 10's. Action at about 1.25mm at the 12th. Can't get it lower without some buzz. Please try tho. Color is the azure underbelly of air force one.
Offers under 3,817.44 Chinese Yuan will be pointless. Shout out low ball offers will be scorned.
Check it out by appointment, or stop by if you know who I am and where I live. Long live 45.