that’s so cool. the thing i read said that there were 500 total with 250 staying in japan but either way, very very limited.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 30 May 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
Yah I’d never heard of that looks super cool
― Spottie, Sunday, 30 May 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link
here is everything except the FGN which is in the other free corner of the room (also observant viewers may see part of my cat as he jumped up while i was taking this
https://i.imgur.com/lPeyCty.jpg
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 30 May 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
That’s like the exact jag I’d want
― Spottie, Sunday, 30 May 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link
i believe ilx user albert broccoli also has this jag!
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 30 May 2021 21:01 (three years ago) link
Definitely feelin the Jag envy
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 30 May 2021 22:54 (three years ago) link
i think the jag is the one fender model where things like the block inlays, neck binding, and matching headstock actually look better than standard fender austerity.
i was just thinking the other day about looking for like a black/white/black 3-ply guard for the tele thinline....it's a rock machine with the new wide-ranges and i'm not sure if the white pearloid is the right spirit. anyone like or hate that idea?
― call all destroyer, Monday, 31 May 2021 01:05 (three years ago) link
Just go all out with one of these and install some LEDs in the f-hole
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/5MIAAOSw8Ipcsv75/s-l1600.jpg
― Fetchboy, Monday, 31 May 2021 01:16 (three years ago) link
lol oh no. i'll be required to join a 5th tier jam band that plays amorphous "festivals"
― call all destroyer, Monday, 31 May 2021 01:29 (three years ago) link
Black would look cool. Kinda like a tele deluxe from that era
― Spottie, Monday, 31 May 2021 01:34 (three years ago) link
yeah i was thinking of those, and i also feel like i've seen some natural with black hardware 70s strats that are kind of nice
― call all destroyer, Monday, 31 May 2021 01:37 (three years ago) link
+1 for I would buy that exact Jag
The Jazzmaster I have has a matching white headstock and block binding and I think it looks p great
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 31 May 2021 02:21 (three years ago) link
i'd love to see it if you can post a pic!
i just find the chrome explosion on the jag body invites excess everywhere else.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 31 May 2021 02:28 (three years ago) link
i do feel very lucky that i snagged that jag. i didn't plan on buying when i did and it was a little more than i intended to spend, but between the aesthetics and the upgrades that had been done it was tough to imagine finding a better jag for me.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 31 May 2021 02:34 (three years ago) link
Have:
1950s Martin D-18 (inherited from grandmother)1950s Martin O-18 (inherited from grandmother)1976 Guild D-25 2015 Gibson ES-335 Studio1993 Fender American Standard StratocasterJohnson Solara (cheap electric I have for weird reasons but am sort of fond of)
Want:Some kind of telecaster-style guitar, possibly with a gold-foil neck pickup and a regular tele type bridge pickup
Considering selling the strat - I just recently got it back from someone who had borrowed it for years (long story) and I never loved it or strats generally. I already feel like
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 31 May 2021 02:36 (three years ago) link
*I already feel like I have too many guitars. No way I would have three acoustics but for the fact that I inherited two, and then bought a third because I felt nervous taking heirloom guitars out to some playing situations.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 31 May 2021 02:37 (three years ago) link
Actually would also love a Gibson ES-175 or L5 type full hollow, and maybe a baritone guitar.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 31 May 2021 02:41 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/NHsP3gn.jpg
Yamaha FG 380 acousticYamaha Revstar RS502TGretsch Electromatic G5120Ibanez AS73GIbanez TMB100 (bass)Postitive Grid "Spark" amp
Not pictured: 1989 Squier Strat, Late 90s Epiphone double cutaway Les Paul Special (tv yellow), neither of which is currently in working order. Vox VT100X amplifier, which is more amp than I need, and I've been meaning to sell since I bought the Spark amp.
Also, a cat.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 31 May 2021 02:46 (three years ago) link
*FG 830
xp holy shit those martins - I'd love to play one but would be terrified to handle it.
― joygoat, Monday, 31 May 2021 02:47 (three years ago) link
xp nice arrangement and that is a lovely and large-looking cat
― call all destroyer, Monday, 31 May 2021 02:49 (three years ago) link
If I had it to do over, I'd have gotten the Yamaha RS502 without the tailpiece. Would've been more versatile re: modification. But it's a fuckin tank and I'm sure I'll own it forever.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 31 May 2021 02:51 (three years ago) link
xp I love the D-18 a lot. Definitely has taken some wear - there's a small crack right by the pickguard, and I had to have another crack in the side repaired. I haven't really figured out the O-18, have not found the right strings for it possibly and don't love the sound right now.
As noted I bought the Guild recently at a cheap price (it had some damage but is very playable) because I wanted a beater acoustic that still had a vintage dreadnought sound - something I wouldn't be scared to travel with/use at a local singalong or a small gig if I ever play one again.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 31 May 2021 02:52 (three years ago) link
https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--IUxrKZ4E--/a_exif,c_limit,e_unsharp_mask:80,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_south,h_620,q_90,w_620/v1426607907/fwmddtneq7o8pxqlzmqi.jpg
This is the Jazzmaster I have. It's not my actual one, I don't own a barn
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 31 May 2021 04:06 (three years ago) link
I don't think that person does either. That's a set if I've ever seen one.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 31 May 2021 04:09 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/8cJAm1E.jpg- 2013 Jackson Soloist - 2015 Charvel San Dimas- 2013 Fender Pawn Shop Super-Sonic- 1983 Hamer Phantom A5 (with the 'triple humbucker')- 1984 Hamer Phantom 12 (same thing but 12 string)- 2008 Fender Jim Adkins JA-90 Telecaster (prototype with block in-lays, MIK)- 2008 Jackson Warrior
i play the super-sonic and JA-90 a ton, and the charvel quite cos its so comfortable.
― Spottie, Monday, 31 May 2021 07:28 (three years ago) link
That soloist reminds me - I'd also love to get a ridiculous 80s shredder superstrat. It's absolutely got to have the pointy headstock and shark fin inlays and would preferably be neon pink crackle or something equally over-the-top
― joygoat, Monday, 31 May 2021 14:03 (three years ago) link
Monkey grip handle or gtfo
― Nostradamusferatu (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 31 May 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Performer
^^ my ‘80s shredder of choice if I ever found one
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Monday, 31 May 2021 14:23 (three years ago) link
I was trying to recall where I'd spotted a Performer recently, and it was in this deeply regrettable image:
https://gayebykersonacid.wixsite.com/gayebykersonacid/gallery?lightbox=image15ci
― I Advance Masked (Vast Halo), Monday, 31 May 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
No embedding, damnit. Gaye Bikers on Acid gallery, towards the bottom of the page.
― I Advance Masked (Vast Halo), Monday, 31 May 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Lij63UE.jpg
Jazzmaster w/ my JMJ signature Mustang bass (corny mass produced relic but the only traditional Mustang bass in the lineup these days?)
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Monday, 31 May 2021 23:40 (three years ago) link
Nothing corny about the JMJ Mustang! It's a thing of beauty and I treated myself to one when it turned Shell Energy owed me a grand
― PaulTMA, Monday, 31 May 2021 23:47 (three years ago) link
I got a bit obsessed with wanting a Fender Performer recently. It's the guitar used by Bill Callahan up to and including Dongs Of Sevotion (he's playing it on the cover)
― PaulTMA, Monday, 31 May 2021 23:49 (three years ago) link
It sounds so good. I've got a set of the appropriate La Bella strings but haven't had a chance to drop it off for a setup with the new gauge.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Monday, 31 May 2021 23:50 (three years ago) link
Was intrigued by how many guitar dudes vouch for their quality. They look proper odd but Bill always wore it wellhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqT2djn-m2Q
― PaulTMA, Monday, 31 May 2021 23:55 (three years ago) link
I apologise for my obnoxious post upthread, I asked a mod to delete it but no response as yet so I guess it'll stand as a monument to tone deafness. It actually made me think a bit, I am wondering if collecting mania is a mental health issue for me. Most of those I bought cheap but I sure don't need them all. Anyway the rest of this thread is cool and I love this site so I will find a way to work on my own shit elsewhere.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 01:29 (three years ago) link
Can someone advise me on my 1995 fender strat plus? It’s been packed away since I got a gretsch electromatic and I think I want to put some money into revamping it. I never loved the locking tuning pegs and the bridge is a weird thing with ball bearings. I kind of want to replace them with basic but good components. Anyway I own like 6 guitars and have been playing for nearly 30 years yet still know very little about guitars
― Heez, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 01:45 (three years ago) link
xp hi matt, i don't think that's the type of thing that would typically get deleted and speaking for myself i found the post not obnoxious but maybe more overwhelming? like that's a lot of guitars but it's really not my business why someone has the number of guitars they do!
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 02:03 (three years ago) link
Xxp don't think anyone is offended matttkkkk. Thread is moving fast. Post some stories/details about items in that list though. Curious about the "1950? Unknown parlour guitar", naturally.
― bogo jumbo junbi boba (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 02:05 (three years ago) link
People online can get weird about instruments, like it's wrong to own any of them beyond your immediate need to write a hit record. No weirder or worse than collecting anything else IMO.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 02:13 (three years ago) link
1976 Guild D-25
my early '80s lefty d-25 is my single favorite object in my life. the first real guitar i bought (used, from some dude in new jersey). i've walked into walls with it, dented the body against a door knob, generally mistreated it, and every single mistake i've made has somehow made it sound better. it records incredibly well. i have a martin d-28 that sounds technically superior in most ways and stays in tune and that i protect like a child, but i'll never love it the same way and i'll probably never play it as much. the guild probably knows me better than i know it, and i treasure it for that.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 02:28 (three years ago) link
I've never played an old Guild, but I think I read about some artist loving his old Guild, maybe a 12-string?, and that makes me automatically swoon about an old Guild. Guitar mags + impressionable youth, but maybe something is there.
― bogo jumbo junbi boba (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 02:37 (three years ago) link
old guilds seem to be universally beloved
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 02:39 (three years ago) link
Oh also, Bryter Layter. That is also part of it.
― bogo jumbo junbi boba (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 02:40 (three years ago) link
i don't really need another dreadnought so maybe not a d-25 but it would be cool to have an instrument that was built in new england back in the day
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 02:44 (three years ago) link
Thanks folks upthread. I woke at 3am and looked at that list and thought "what the fuck is wrong with you?" But I do love them all, I've sold more than I have, and given away quite a few. Morbidly there are a few there so I can leave e.g. 1 Strat 1 Tele and an acoustic to both of my daughters when I die.The unknown parlor guitar I bought for $14 at the local recycle / tip shop. It had the back splitting off, the bridge misplaced and it was strung with nylons. I repaired it enough to get it playing well but left it alone beyond that. It has a cute hand-painted/stippled sunburst, sounds bone-dry and so alive, and a gem to play; my older daughter keeps stealing it off me. Best guess is it's a 1950 "Michigan" brand.https://i.imgur.com/4PwDDwI.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 02:49 (three years ago) link
and here's a Michigan for sale https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/clarkesauctions/catalogue-id-clarke2-10046/lot-6c5b077f-d162-4639-8f16-a9b300d1a788#lotDetails
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 02:54 (three years ago) link
very nice--so cool that you were able to bring it back to life
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 03:00 (three years ago) link
― Heez, Monday, May 31, 2021 9:45 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
seems reasonable to replace these components imo. with bridges i know that there are two different string spacings that are used on fender bridges so you may need to watch for "vintage" vs. "modern."
i think with replacing tuners the biggest thing is location of the mounting screws possibly being different? as in you may need to drill some new holes and fill the existing ones.
with fenders i wouldn't feel much fear in at least attempting to work on them....i have always told myself worst case i get in over my head and need to contact a repair person to finish the job.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 03:05 (three years ago) link
It’s gorgeous
― irritable towel syndrome (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 3 September 2024 13:02 (three weeks ago) link
sick guitar
― na (NA), Tuesday, 3 September 2024 14:22 (three weeks ago) link
I just found a guitar on the street!It's a Samick copy of a Rickenbacker solid body...The electronics are super grungy but the pickups sound gorgeous... I've got contact cleaner so I'm going to clean the pots, jack and switch, but I'll probly need to replace them...Likely needs a new nut too...It's got a bigsby style tailpiece which I might swap out...It's also a really short scale which is weird... might use it to mess with alternate tunings or something...
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Tuesday, 3 September 2024 17:49 (three weeks ago) link
I used to browse aluminum neck Kramers as the poor man’s Travis Bean but they’re no longer poor man’s anything. Still look cool though.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 3 September 2024 19:02 (three weeks ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/C_bWlv6SBuo/?hl=en
Fretless super-EBow-sustainer guitar with the six strings independently switchable
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 4 September 2024 00:25 (three weeks ago) link
might make more sense as a pedal steel with the string switches tied to pedals?
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 4 September 2024 00:26 (three weeks ago) link
That looks so fun...
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 4 September 2024 02:55 (three weeks ago) link