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

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

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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

It would go well with a Swart amp

https://✧✧✧.shop✧✧✧.com/s/files/1/0916/0836/products/43235_1_3✧✧✧@3✧.progress✧✧✧.j✧✧?v=1571460588

https://i.imgur.com/4Q3kovi.png

Welp

Stratocaster Style Douglas USA Electric Guitar, Fender USA Pickup, Kiesel USA Pickup, Fender Bridge https://reverb.com/item/34514692-stratocaster-style-douglas-usa-electric-guitar-fender-usa-pickup-kiesel-usa-pickup-fender-bridge?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=34514692

when you're trying to justify your bandsaw purchase to your spouse

i just need to register a big fat no to the placement of that strap button.

Hahah. I love that it has 5 offers. I’m sure just dudes throwing out $1 offers to mess with this dude

there had been some interest in revstars upthread, found this one if anyone is interested, these look to have replacement pups (seymour duncan? can't quite see) but something about this finish, the black pickguard, and the zebra pups really looks nice to me (i've seen the same model with traditional chrome pickup covers and i like this better)

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Yamaha/Rs-620-Solid-Body-Electric-Guitar-117679188.gc

Owned:

60s Martin OO mahogany
Lowden dreadnought from the 90s
New standard issue Telecaster

Own:

30s Martin O mahogany, best guitar I've ever played
Sigma duplicate of the same for live performance and insurance
A Fender Bass VI, not the original but the late 90s "Baritone Jaguar" reissue
A replica of an E-350 made by a Japanese company called Archtop Tribute

Want list:

A Wee Lowden although the stigma of it being "the Ed Sheeran guitar" is strong

"archtop tribute" is an amazing display of japanese brand naming

30s Martin O mahogany, best guitar I've ever played

dogg...this is a serious guitar, bet it's beautiful

Yeah. My first guitar was my stepfather's OO, I sold it when I was 21 or so for the Lowden (the Martin wasn't so playable), but then in 2015 I came upon a 1936 O at a guitar shop in Santa Monica and it was thousands of dollars but it sounded so good and my partner agreed and he had a rare moment of "encouraging me to buy gear" and since then it's been my staple studio guitar

I played it on a session at Magic Shop before it shut down and the engineer Kabir Herndon said from the control room "uh that is the most beautiful sounding acoustic I've ever heard"

A friend is a professional oboist and I said something once about a guitar being expensive - like 'thousands of dollars' expensive - and she laughed at my concept of expensive.

the economics of professional orchestra instruments are such a mindfuck

My aunt, a cellist, was once robbed at knifepoint at an ATM in Boston. As she handed over the $250 contents of her checking account, she said she had a tough time not laughing with joy and relief, because the thief had no apparent interest in the $25,000 cello sitting next to her on the sidewalk.

yeah my good friend who majored in classical double bass performance and now teaches jr. high orchestra has one his parents got him way back in the day, they had bought his sister a decent car and he opted for the double bass which cost as much as his sister's car

i honestly had no idea! just checked out some oboe prices O__o

all its doing is making me feel justified in buying more guitars lol

Over the past twenty years, the "box made in China, instrument finished domestically" assembly-line model has become more accepted for orchestral string instruments. Generally, new instruments are of much higher quality and are cheaper than they used to be. Also, modern violas in general are typically better quality than historical violas due to small-but-significant improvements in their construction. I don't know if the same is true for double basses but I'd assume it is also true