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

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yeah, they really strike the balance between classic les paul design and those weird 70s garcia-style guitars that have become trendy again. i'm trying to decide what to add to the collection and this seems more appealing than just a solid MIJ les paul copy

call all destroyer, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 03:37 (two years ago) link

xp wow the rivolta with dots looks a million times better


truth. but they took away the P90s dammit.

poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 05:06 (two years ago) link

Yeah, I'm hoping they continue the range with further releases, but right now they're all humbuckers :(

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 05:18 (two years ago) link

I picked up my stratocaster the other day for the first time in ages (every string was flat EXCEPT the G which is the total opposite of every other guitar). I appreciated it's unique sound and all but the ergonomics just feel really uncomfortable and awkward to me. Telecaster is big and blunt and square and dumb and I love it.

joygoat, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link

As someone who always plays while seated, I really appreciate the way the upper-body contour on the Stratocaster's back allows me to lean in towards the strings.

Vast Halo, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link

The Jazzmaster ruined me for all other guitars (Jag aside) on that front.

papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link

You might like to check out the Mustang/Musicmaster too - I have a 78 MM which is a perfect couch guitar, small contour body and great neck.

assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link

Otm re mustang. Could prob add the bullet to the list too

Spottie, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link

SGs are also very good on the not-making-my-shoulder-and-elbow-mad front but I'm clumsy and the possibility of snapping a headstock would worry me.

Even though it's a relic this is a gorgeous looking guitar
https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/products/gibson-custom-shop-murphy-lab-1964-sg-standard-reissue-1109924

papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 22:32 (two years ago) link

two weeks pass...

i had kind of gotten off the squier venus train as prices went up but one went on sale right before christmas for a price resembling reasonable and i grabbed it. not enough guitar stands so it lives on my chair for now:

https://i.imgur.com/Mk6MKNS.jpg

all in all, fun guitar! comfortable, nice neck, easy to play. weighs absolutely nothing. i'm trying to figure out what to do about the pickups. the stock pickups seem ok though i need to mess around more, but they do get splattery with higher gain. neck single coil/bridge humbucker is such a weird combo which is admittedly part of the appeal, but courtney love's fender custom shop version had only a neck pickup which apparently was a strat-sized humbucker. my inclination is to eventually just do upgrades to a good strat neck pickup and a good low-output humbucker in place but there's so much interesting potential in this setup.

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:25 (two years ago) link

some very interesting posts about the Venus and its origins here:
https://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=50431&start=30

assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:38 (two years ago) link

yeah i've read through that thread before. it's funny that those guys just admitted they were trying to make a more functional rickenbacker (i wonder how successful ric would have been suing them if it went that far)

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:46 (two years ago) link

also man alive that is a rare bird, I have been collecting MIJ Fender for 10 years and I’ve never seen an 84 Custom Tele in person or online. I actually thought they started about 1986. Stores and trustworthy folks alike make errors with 80s MIJ dating, so I hope you get to see a neck date - Tele bridges with an A serial number (often claimed to be 84 / 85) were used from 84 to 2010 at least. I’m happy to help if you need!

― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, December 20, 2021 1:43 PM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink

I bought the tele fwiw. It's beautiful and nice to play, and yes it's an '84, the guy who sold it to me is a good and trusted friend and very knowledgeable and dated it based on the neck stamp.

Unfortunately I'm not 100% happy with the combo of the pickups and my amp. I just replaced the speaker in my amp (something I'd been meaning to do anyway) -- I had a stock celestion 10 30 and changed it to a creamback, and that was definitely an improvement. But I still feel like there's something about the bridge pickup especially that isn't all the way there for me. Also thinking about doing a four-way switch mod.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:51 (two years ago) link

As someone who usually plays with the tone controls wide open, I can say that the Tele bridge is one pickup that benefits from a slight roll off!

Glad you're happy, the necks on those 80s MIJs are heavenly.

assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 03:01 (two years ago) link

Currently having my own infatuation with this (from the same factory 10 years before!):
https://i.imgur.com/LIDHLYd.jpg

assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 03:02 (two years ago) link

As someone who usually plays with the tone controls wide open, I can say that the Tele bridge is one pickup that benefits from a slight roll off!

Glad you're happy, the necks on those 80s MIJs are heavenly.

― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, January 4, 2022 10:01 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yeah, have noticed this. I also tend to like my guitar volume on the low side but I think this tele benefits from having it higher (though not to 10). The creamback is mellowing some of the harshness without dulling the bright too much.

Neck pickup is closer to a strat pickup than I was expecting, which isn't really good or bad. I tried the guitar in store but the only fenderish combo amp they had was a tweed style amp so it just sounded nothing like my princeton amp (I have one of those 68 custom "reissues" that aren't really reissues).

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 03:15 (two years ago) link

Also that's a pretty bass and would look nice next to the tele

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link

Awesome, cad!

Spottie, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 03:46 (two years ago) link

That Squier is a weird kind of fun. I can totally understand why someone would love it for its idiosyncratic look and light weight. I don't quite understand why the strings splay out from the bridge that way, seems like an unnecessary break angle but stranger guitars exist.

Unusually for me, I only have one Telecaster right now and it is a Squier Thinline. "Classic Vibe" like this one (not mine, but it is the same model)

https://img.audiofanzine.com/images/u/product/normal/squier-classic-vibe-telecaster-thinline-98683.png

nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 14:10 (two years ago) link

yeah the string break angle is odd and something they carried over from the mercury guitars it's based on. doesn't seem to impact much although i think it is tuned to a chord of some kind which is interesting.

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 15:40 (two years ago) link

Whyyyyyyy would you put this corny ass 90s ankle tattoo gecko sticker on this beautiful guitar??

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/msg/d/saint-paul-2015-fender-mustang-60s/7427251783.html

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 22:58 (two years ago) link

I'm usually pretty supportive of stickers adorning guitars, but that's baffling.

peace, man, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 23:34 (two years ago) link

why not just take it off for the selling of it haha

Spottie, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 23:40 (two years ago) link

god I just looked up vintage Mustang prices. I sold a '65 that had been refretted for $900 at the beginning of the pandemic when I was worried about money.

Guitar Mill has some painted bodies available, might have to buy a neck and learn to solder.

papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 23:46 (two years ago) link

Do it! Building a parts-something is a perfect thing to do for the pandemic and there's at least a half-dozen YouTube channels that will show you how to do it for free.

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 January 2022 03:11 (two years ago) link

Any of y'all ever used a wiring kit with quick connects instead of soldering? I've tried soldering before and now I have two old guitars I can't use lol.

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 6 January 2022 03:33 (two years ago) link

i hate to be like buy the expensive thing but a good soldering iron made all the difference for me. i'm not very good at teeny tiny SMD stuff but a hakko with a decent tip makes through hole soldering an absolute breeze.

adam, Thursday, 6 January 2022 15:20 (two years ago) link

Swapping a speaker out myself was the most DIY guitar-related thing I've done to date. Surprisingly easy, but I'm not about to start soldering shit.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 6 January 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link

I replaced the 9V battery jack on an old Fender Blender fuzz pedal and it was pretty nerve racking.

papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 6 January 2022 16:21 (two years ago) link

Did not manage to burn out any connections with the borrowed soldering iron, at least.

papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 6 January 2022 16:21 (two years ago) link

that is pretty cool

na (NA), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link

I truly have no idea what to. make of that. legit bits tho.

poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 05:47 (two years ago) link

Sorry to divert but I just had to share this, the worst relic job I have seen in recent memory. Imagine having a 1986 Fender 52 reissue and doing this to it. https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/1986-fender-avri-telecaster.2308689/

assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 14 January 2022 07:35 (two years ago) link

Was this the belt they were assuming would've caused the buckle rash?

https://i.imgur.com/kiWgEzA.jpg

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 14 January 2022 12:44 (two years ago) link

has anyone played a Sterling St. Vincent guitar? (the midprice line not the super expensive ones)

there's one for super cheap on craigslist now, I have always admired it from afar, appreciate that someone tried to do something that wasn't just another variation on strat/tele/les paul etc etc designs

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 January 2022 16:40 (two years ago) link

not a relic because someone tortured it to death in the past and this guy refurbished it but I'm curious what those pickups sound like so close together
https://reverb.com/item/42944216-kent-sg-rock-history-professional-rebuild-road-warrior-rat-rod-ready-for-another-tour

from the same guy... this one is just cool IMO
https://reverb.com/item/48493320-kay-harmony-regal-archtop-1950s-refurbished-with-silverfoils-rockabilly-rat-rod

papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 14 January 2022 21:53 (two years ago) link

or this one, where the theme is, I guess, 'survived a fire'?

https://reverb.com/item/49338423-1960s-ventura-hollow-body-natural-amber-heavy-relic-made-in-japan-by-east-gloves-customs-rare

This one is particularly shameful because it's clear from the description that they take huge pride in having spoiled the appearance of a beautiful old guitar.

It's something that we've never done before and thought it would be awesome to share to the rest of the world. You are not going to find one like this anywhere else!

mirostones, Friday, 14 January 2022 22:27 (two years ago) link

has anyone played a Sterling St. Vincent guitar? (the midprice line not the super expensive ones)

there's one for super cheap on craigslist now, I have always admired it from afar, appreciate that someone tried to do something that wasn't just another variation on strat/tele/les paul etc etc designs

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, January 14, 2022 11:40 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

i have not but if the price were truly super cheap i'd take a long hard look at it, especially the blue finish.

call all destroyer, Saturday, 15 January 2022 01:14 (two years ago) link

I would not hesitate to buy the st Vincent rig if it’s a good price. Reviews are uniformly excellent & I don’t think you’d have much trouble getting rid of it if you don’t fall in love w/it.

war mice (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 15 January 2022 07:39 (two years ago) link

I want to see a relic where someone just blows a hole through the body with a shotgun and talks up the “murdered on stage at a bar” authenticity

joygoat, Sunday, 16 January 2022 01:36 (two years ago) link

hopefully not too huge but if not for the gold hardware I'd love to have this

https://✧✧✧.shop✧✧✧.com/s/files/1/0574/1241/9782/products/DC54AA61-F6F6-45AC-8472-2371B0AB48F7_1024x1✧✧✧@2✧.j✧✧?v=1638679041

papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 16 January 2022 05:53 (two years ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/fGompsB.png?1

papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 16 January 2022 05:55 (two years ago) link

Dunable Yeti

papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 16 January 2022 05:55 (two years ago) link

The gold looks great on that

Spottie, Sunday, 16 January 2022 07:17 (two years ago) link

It's way better than gold hardware looks but too blingy for me. Matte/satin metal parts would look best with that badass lilac IMO.

papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 16 January 2022 07:29 (two years ago) link

than gold hardware usually looks*

papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 16 January 2022 07:29 (two years ago) link

It’s a pretty one. You might also like the Paul Rhoney Oceana if you can find one.

assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 16 January 2022 07:30 (two years ago) link

https://reverb.com/item/43139926-guild-starfire-iv-1966-grey-pinstripe

why god why

papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 22:42 (two years ago) link


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