Seems unlikely they’d be humbuckers, it’s going for a Jazzmaster equivalent and that era is rife with single coil pickups inside humbucker cases, I doubt they would do it the other way round.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 15 March 2024 22:09 (one month ago) link
Wow that is some complex switching. I bet it’s full of dust and oxidation, deoxit will be your saviour. https://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=75313&start=15
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 15 March 2024 22:13 (one month ago) link
whoa thanks for finding that. that does seem complex, though that must be for the three-pickup model. i would hope that the repair places i took it to did the dust/deoxit thing but maybe it's susceptible to dust getting in there.
― na (NA), Friday, 15 March 2024 23:38 (one month ago) link
They might be unlikely to use deoxit, it’s a bit of a niche product. I know it from fixing up old hifi gear. You can get it in a little bottle with a brush applicator like nail polish, good for wiping between contacts. Can’t do any harm. You want the red stuff, the gold is a lubricant for faders etc.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 15 March 2024 23:57 (one month ago) link
i did open up my guitar and deoxit the button switches, and i thought it fixed the issue because they did work correctly immediately after, but they stopped working again shortly after. still glad i got over my fear of opening it up. might give it another pass at some point.
― na (NA), Monday, 18 March 2024 14:36 (one month ago) link
Very encouraging start tho, there are no serious issues beyond signal path. It’s possible there is a shield or a wire touching part of the switch assembly, maybe taking a pickup signal to ground, which was taken out of contact by opening it but settled back into place after. You can try plugging it in to a practice amp while it’s opened up and tapping on pickup poles with a screwdriver to hear what’s working or not. No danger to you in doing that.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 18 March 2024 19:23 (one month ago) link
Instructions unclear. Pickup plugged directly into wall outlet. Amplifier in bathtub. Beginning to smell smoke, hair approaching Christopher Lloyd levels. Losing consciousness. Await further direction.
― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 00:15 (one month ago) link
press "record" and play hard
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 00:56 (one month ago) link
Just coming here to say that matttkkkk's guitar upthread looks awesome. A Jaguar or Jazzmaster in Candy Apple Red with white pickguard and pickups and a rosewood(?) fretboard is exactly the kind of thing that floats my boat.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 19:11 (one month ago) link
I feel like the only weirdo who never wanted an offset guitar. Don't hate em but don't particularly like em.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 19:14 (one month ago) link
snoball you’ll probably like its sibling I restored it couple of years ago - https://i.imgur.com/KVxTecr.jpeg
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:10 (one month ago) link
argh “a couple” I meant
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:11 (one month ago) link
Yeah, I commented on the Jaguar upthread.
I feel like the only weirdo who never wanted an offset guitar.
I've got to say that it's really only the Jaguar and Jazzmaster that I like. Most other offsets look strange to me the way I imagine that all offsets might look to other people.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:18 (one month ago) link
They kind of look like they’re in flight to me. But if you forced me to choose just one guitar it’d be a Telecaster.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:34 (one month ago) link
I think that offsets without the floating trem look extremely weird (too much unused real estate), but also JM's with smaller/strat-ier headstock look even weirder:
https://i.imgur.com/4KvuudS.jpeg
Wish that Fender/Squier would do more period-correct reissues in terms of body/headstock shape (EXCEPT for the bridge lol)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:45 (one month ago) link
Guessing you're not a fan of the Offset Telecaster then!
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:53 (one month ago) link
Yeah that guitar looks amazing
I have been using this beautiful ES-350 clone with a single P90, I tried in on a whim in 2017 and fell in love immediately and have been using it ever since…
…but I’m resigning myself to the fact that a single P90 is just too hum-risky and I’m considering my options (replacing the pickup, or installing a second P90, idk idk idk)
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:59 (one month ago) link
Kinman and Lindy Fralin both make hum canceling P90s - I believe the Kinmans sound better but are eye-wateringly expensive
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 22:37 (one month ago) link
damn this hits such a very specific set of pickups/body style/etc that i've been looking for
https://reverb.com/item/78494451-vintage-revo-series-surfmaster-thinline-twin-electric-guitar-greenburst
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 15:42 (one month ago) link
Oh wow, same -- though that set of features at that price almost makes me worry there must be some weak spots. I always find myself looking at Reverends in vaguely similar territory, but they only ever do Bigsby or Wilkinson vibratos, and I've come to really depend on the JM/Jag one.
― ን (nabisco), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 16:05 (one month ago) link
Sure is pretty!
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:08 (one month ago) link
I just had a dream Chrissie Hynde came to my house and I got to show her my Telecasters, she was so down to earth and friendly too.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:09 (one month ago) link
ve come to really depend on the JM/Jag one.
― ን (nabisco), Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:05 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
i'd had guitars with the classic fender style or a bigsby but not a jazzmaster trem until i got one installed in a guitar a couple years ago and it was definitely like a "oh yeah the porridge is just right" moment for me
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 18:05 (one month ago) link
The only bummer is thinline offsets (usually?) don't have contoured bodies. I've just come to really want that. I can tolerate a thick slab of Les Paul. But like a Tele for example? Definitely prefer something shaped.
A nice offset trem is really really sweet.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Friday, 22 March 2024 04:09 (one month ago) link
this guy does some of the best pedal videos out there, always has unique approaches to things that you've maybe not thought about before and a fun way of presenting stuff too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fetsd_qURtg
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Friday, 22 March 2024 18:33 (one month ago) link
that was fun, the sega genesis lead tone cracked me up
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 24 March 2024 03:00 (one month ago) link
Had my Greco P-bass up on Reverb for a couple of months, but then I made the mistake of playing it again and realising it's better than I remembered.So I might have to keep it now. The pickup doesn't sound especially impressive on its own, but it sits in a mix quite nicely. So it's useful as a recording tool.I installed some lightweight tuners and that made a big difference. It was too heavy before but now it's manageable. You wouldn't think 170 grams less would make a difference, but I guess it's more about the balance than the overall weight.
― mirostones, Friday, 5 April 2024 20:59 (three weeks ago) link
Dirt cheap Dolamo overdrive from eBay, YES. Beautifully cranked on my Tele, wide range of tones, no background noise, goes from a bit burred to snarly in very good ways. $A31 delivered so probably $US 20?
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 12 April 2024 01:54 (two weeks ago) link
Apparently it’s a Timmy clone. Nice quality for no money, and I can dial in the sounds I want to hear very easily.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 12 April 2024 12:59 (two weeks ago) link
following my acquisition of a shijie strat a couple of months ago, i've continued my quest to acquire high-quality knockoffs of established design classics with this mij tokai love rock, which arrived earlier in the week
https://i.ibb.co/BqzjjVS/IMG-6276.jpg
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 12 April 2024 13:00 (two weeks ago) link
that's pretty love the classic gold top look
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 12 April 2024 15:00 (two weeks ago) link
gorgeous!!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 12 April 2024 15:15 (two weeks ago) link
went to put a fresh set of strings on the love rock and the nut fell clean out of the fretboard, having apparently only been held on by the tension of the strings
ffs
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 13:52 (one week ago) link
That’s common enough and not a major issue. All you need is a dab of superglue / krazy glue to tack in in place, make sure it’s snug to the end of the fretboard and the edges of the neck, then hold it down firmly for a few secs while the glue sets. Only a small amount of glue, less than you may think, and doesn’t need to cover the surfaces completely.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 17:43 (one week ago) link