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

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.

than gold hardware usually looks*

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

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

why god why

WOW the red painted fretboard might be the worst part lmao

that poor guild!

Tell me you use three different brands of pomade without telling me you use three different brands of pomade.

anyone had any experience with yamaha revstars? i really like the look of them and the prices seem pretty cheap

I've got a RS502T. Love love looooooove it. In retrospect, I would've gotten a regular RS502 because the tailpiece adds absolutely nothing, but they all seem to be in stocking/manufacturing limbo in N. America right now (although I think they're still making new ones for the Japanese market). I hope they didn't come and go that fast, because I'd really like to swap mine out for a regular RS502.

Anyway, dope guitar. Feels very high end (or at least the most high end feeling guitar I've ever owned).

(to be clear, I've only ever owned budget guitars, so $700 is high end for me.)

i like how revstars look they recall these type of 70s yamahas that i love but they've gotten expensive now

https://reverb.com/item/49345912-yamaha-1978-sg700-guitar-in-walnut-pre-owned

they do but i dig the sg-like symmetry of the old ones. the slight strat-style horn imbalance of the revstar isn't as pleasing to me.

Yes, I've seen some very fine older Yams

I have had a bunch of Yamaha instruments of middling quality (fine for my purposes as an enthusiastic amateur) but none quite so desirable as the older or newest ones

yeah i think the old yamaha sgs are better looking than most of the gibson ones.

thanks johnny. i think im going to try and get my hands on one this year. their website is super confusing and its hard to figure out what the difference is between all the model numbers

i have a 78-81 (can't figure it out precisely, but they had a factory in taiwan they opened in that time to compete with taylor and martin) yamaha acoustic (basically a martin dreadnought) and i would not trade or sell ever. brought it over to do some tracking on a friend's project and the engineer was like "wow this guitar sounds great", thing just sings and feels great

they do but i dig the sg-like symmetry of the old ones. the slight strat-style horn imbalance of the revstar isn't as pleasing to me.

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, January 19, 2022 9:59 AM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

didn't notice this before but i agree

"their website is super confusing and its hard to figure out what the difference is between all the model numbers"

I think it comes down to finishes, pickups, and Bigsbys/tailpieces. The 502's have P90s.

Wanted a Yamaha sg for ages due to John McGeoch and also Stuart Adamson when he was in the Skids. Eastwood do a replica, but I have a hunch that a revstar would be a better guitar for the money they're asking:
https://eastwoodguitars.com/products/eastwood-mcgeoch-1000

the eastwood looks kinda cheap, yeah

many are more expensive but you can definitely find an old Yamaha model for around that price

The 1958 Les Paul™ Standard Reissue features all the painstaking historic construction methods of the famous '59 Reissues with a few historically-accurate spec differences that allow it to stand on its own. Like the 1958 originals, it has narrow frets which help more of the fingerboard wood to be heard in the tone profile.

available in 4 different sunburst variations!

thanks johnny. i think im going to try and get my hands on one this year. their website is super confusing and its hard to figure out what the difference is between all the model numbers

― Spottie, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 16:04 (yesterday) link

I was able to get ahold of a new RS502TFM (same as the RS502T but with the "Japanese denim" finish) about six months ago, after a month or two of online shopping and Out of Stock messages. I signed up to get notified when they were back in stock at Sweetwater and a few other stores and I eventually did get notified that they were in stock, maybe 4-5 months later, but in the meantime one had popped up on Reverb and I grabbed it. Really happy with it! Like Johnny said, the tailpiece doesn't really add anything, but I like the look of it.

i love this finish/pickguard combo

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MustP90AN--fender-player-mustang-90-aged-natural

https://reverb.com/item/46180071-new-fender-custom-shop-limited-edition-joe-strummer-esquire-masterbuilt-by-jason-smith

I have a hard time imagining the nexus of "loves Joe Strummer" "has $15k to spend on a guitar" "loves Joe Strummer enough to spend $15k on a guitar." That's like three guys in the world, right, all from '90s Epitaph bands?

Fender should source brighter tortoiseshell pickguards IMO

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/503/18214994720_4e37a3fe0c.jpg

I put a Spitfire tort guard on my Jaguar last week

https://i.imgur.com/xHUcMaI.jpg?1

that looks great

that Joe Strummer guitar is ugly

It's not even the 'ignore alien orders' Telecaster that I would think most people would think of him using with the Clash. Like a Slash signature guitar that's a goldtop or something.

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/db/84/75/db8475b51da4c071c5796c073eddeafa.jpg

https://reverb.com/item/46180071-new-fender-custom-shop-limited-edition-joe-strummer-esquire-masterbuilt-by-jason-smith🕸

I have a hard time imagining the nexus of "loves Joe Strummer" "has $15k to spend on a guitar" "loves Joe Strummer enough to spend $15k on a guitar." That's like three guys in the world, right, all from '90s Epitaph bands?

love a tort guard but i'm not sure if i'll ever have the right guitar for one

White, black, sunburst and sometimes charcoal frost are the only colors where tort really works for me.

And never on Telecasters regardless of color for some reason.

that's funny--i've never thought of that but you're 100% right

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My favorite Fender color scheme is Midnight Wine with tortoise. I've had several guitars with this look.

I sold my wine-dark Tele for reasons I don't remember, and its replacement is a Squier "classic vibe" Thinline. I ordered a tortoise pickguard for it, but for some perverse reason the one I ordered arrived without holes, and I haven't gotten round to getting that taken care of.

the thinline guards would look ok in tortoise, it's the classic tele guard i'm stuck on

I have a hard time imagining the nexus of "loves Joe Strummer" "has $15k to spend on a guitar" "loves Joe Strummer enough to spend $15k on a guitar." That's like three guys in the world, right, all from '90s Epitaph bands?

Nothing screams 'authentic punk' quite like spending $15,000 on a guitar.

xps there is already a Strummer signature with those decals etc, came out around 2005?
I know it's been done to death but the relic'ing is so cringe - particularly because it has to be done in such a way that it can be identified as "factory" to retain its supposed value. The drawn-in Kluson outlines behind the Schaller tuners are just embarrassing.
And Milo that Spitfire is gorgeous, is the Jag an o.g. '65 or an AV65? I can't remember if they came in sunburst.

White, black, sunburst and sometimes charcoal frost are the only colors where tort really works for me.

I've got one of these with a tort guard and it looks great on purple

https://media.sweetwater.com/api/i/q-82__ha-40c30de95fc510fc__hmac-d5104f63fe86dc1fdd3dcffaed7831273b76a498/images/items/750/AS73GMPF-large.jpg

The 1958 Les Paul™ Standard Reissue features all the painstaking historic construction methods of the famous '59 Reissues with a few historically-accurate spec differences that allow it to stand on its own. Like the 1958 originals, it has narrow frets which help more of the fingerboard wood to be heard in the tone profile.

And Milo that Spitfire is gorgeous, is the Jag an o.g. '65 or an AV65? I can't remember if they came in sunburst.

American Original

Milo, that Jag looks awesome!

Don't mind vintage-color tortoise on most Jazzmasters, maybe just not on the lighter colored bodies?

this is a weird one, Jackson doing some galaxy brain parallel universe thing by combining an 80s hair metal bass and a Rick

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/jackson-x-series-concert-bass-cbxnt-dx-iv/l81759000002000

I don't really like the brownish tortise on anything but the reddish is my favorite on the Fender 50s bright colors - sonic blue, fiesta red, shell pink, etc.

xp really surprised rickenbacker is letting that slide given their famously litigious approach

I'm smitten with the simplicity of this guitar. Ruby Guitars, he's a custom builder in the UK. https://www.rubyguitars.co.uk

https://scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/195879527_1223314851424427_7620091994342945614_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=E51jzkklUk0AX9I4Ulo&_nc_ht=scontent.ffcm1-2.fna&oh=00_AT8Fu5JlMhiBWob4wvF1Hq3f-F1u8g8NDudIRvkQ7DFv4A&oe=620EADEE

ooh

yeah I really like their models, they have a classic feel, doesn't feel like they are trying too hard to be wacky but at the same time they aren't just slight variations on strats and teles with premium hardware and woods.

that is nice but i feel like one would be obligated to play spacey alt-country/weird americana on it