I was eying a beat up early '70s Takamine F-360, one of the (I think) "lawsuit" models. It's being sold pretty cheap because it needs some repairs to its bridge, but I dunno if I want to gamble. What would *you* do, ILX?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 June 2021 19:04 (three years ago) link
Craigslist Seagull you could get in the $250-$350 zone and they are not even comparable to low level new Fender, Ibanez whatever brand that you'd get new at that price, so much betteralso in that price range being concerned about resale seems kind of beside pointbut really if you stray from big legacy brand names on the high end or low end you're going to be in trouble on resale. on my local Craigslist there are super high end boutique ones that they are trying to sell for $4000 and I'm sure they paid more than that, but no one knows what it is
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 21 June 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
one of the few mass market acoustics that have an extra wide nut and string spacing
Recording King has some good wide-nut acoustics btw
I think some Breedloves too
― Champagne Heathernova (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 21 June 2021 19:49 (three years ago) link
oooh lord why do i look at craigslist, no way i can get this but what a beauty
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/d/litchfield-fender-american-special/7348747899.html
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 17:51 (three years ago) link
thats awesome.
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link
Tune-o-Matic Fenders are a crime against nature IMO.
Fender should do a run of Duo-Sonics with the three saddle Telecastery bridge though.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link
Mary Kay Stratocaster kinda dig it
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/d/minneapolis-fender-american-57-strat/7352266107.html
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 17 July 2021 13:28 (three years ago) link
It's hardly a collectable but I'm feeling quite pleased with myself, I just picked up a barely used 2012 Squier Affinity at an antique fair for £40, I may make a project out of it and replace the nut/pups/pots etc
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 17 July 2021 14:36 (three years ago) link
love a mary kay
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 17 July 2021 14:38 (three years ago) link
the trem is different, is that an older style?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 17 July 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
xpost maresnest - I was thinking this thread is going to lead me to do that haha
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 17 July 2021 15:01 (three years ago) link
ums that’s just the trem cover, all Strats had them originally like the Tele ashtrays
― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, 17 July 2021 15:04 (three years ago) link
XP UMS - I reckon I could sink about another £150 into it and have a pretty nice little tele :)
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 17 July 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link
xpost oh interesting never seen on before
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 17 July 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
Welp, I just bought this: https://reverb.com/item/41426543-guild-s-300-d-pearl-whiteIt plays pretty well and the phase switch does what it’s supposed to. Gawd, I need to sell some of my other guitars. Storage is becoming an issue and I’ve been spending So Much Money this year… but I hadn’t seen a white S-300 for that reasonable a price in a long while. The band (https://salthorse.bandcamp.com) is taking the summer to decide whether they want to resume operations (two members are at the “holy shit it’s busy with kids” stage). Not sure what’s next if they don’t; I’d love to play bass in a band again, but I don’t want that pretty guitar to just languish on the wall.
― "The Pus/Worm" by The Smiths (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 17 July 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
Someone said they hate gold hardware but I love it. Maybe not in all cases but the likes of that Mary Kaye and such it looks perfect. That guild is really cool and weird.
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Saturday, 17 July 2021 15:49 (three years ago) link
love gold hardware on a white Les Paul custom
― brimstead, Saturday, 17 July 2021 16:02 (three years ago) link
Did y'all see that Mike Campbell is selling some shit off?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0rAojXiTOk
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 17 July 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
I've got one of the Danelectro Stock '59s coming - I had a vintage Silvertone that had been refretted and was so nice but I had to sell it to pay vet bills. The lipsticks were maybe my favorite pickups ever, hoping the current Danos are close to as good.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Saturday, 17 July 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
I have 4 guitars, not counting the cheap classical guitar I still have because it was my first real guitar (it actually sounds very good for what is).
A late 90's tele that looks just like this but with humbuckers I put on because it has a buzzing problem. This is by far my favorite guitar and the easiest to play for long periods:
https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--G0c7JajB--/a_exif,c_limit,e_unsharp_mask:80,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_south,h_1600,q_80,w_1600/v1401560400/yvcup6dpgammjmhfhtl5.jpg
A Silvertone Jupiter 1431, which was the first electric I ever got, for $50. However, this is not the same guitar, mine went missing so I replaced it last year.
https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--ggiJ0fbU--/f_auto,t_supersize/v1625837705/umkifxultxiymrjz1555.jpg
A Fernandes Ravelle with a sustainer built into it. This is a touchy guitar, I still haven't gotten the hang of the sustainer and I think it needs some adjustments. I mostly like how groovy the pick guard looks (this is the only online picture I could find of one with the pickguard). Also it's heavy as shit.
https://a0.amlimg.com/ZDlmNzNkNTg0NzgzNDU3YjUzZjI0ZDE3ZGE3YjA0YTi9a-6GP9Wq5VluJWvEdGvdaHR0cDovL21lZGlhLmFkc2ltZy5jb20vOTNlNDk1MmU5NjRlMjdhYmY4YjRjMzE4MmE0NWU5OTg1MzA3ZDdkNmFjNzExZTNmMmU0YTNkYWY1NTQ4NDVlMS5qcGd8fHx8fHw3MDB4NTI1fGh0dHA6Ly93d3cuYWR2ZXJ0cy5pZS9zdGF0aWMvaS93YXRlcm1hcmsucG5nfHx8.jpg
And my one steel string accoustic, this Blueridge which sounds amazing (I purchased it on the recommendation that it was a viable Martin substitute and it def is)
https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--CjAYsiK6--/a_90/f_auto,t_supersize/v1570284840/h2pa8sr1edev6udganw5.jpg
― akm, Sunday, 18 July 2021 00:56 (three years ago) link
this mad lad has been stuck in international shipping for almost four months nowhttps://i.imgur.com/cRTpr8x.jpg(1983 Squier JV serial Strat)
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 18 July 2021 01:50 (three years ago) link
Good stuff akm I like all of those.
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Sunday, 18 July 2021 07:06 (three years ago) link
man, that Silvertone looks like a blast!
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 18 July 2021 07:31 (three years ago) link
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Saturday, July 17, 2021 6:10 PM
I have an older Dano 59 reish, the pickups are very good but the neck is really special. I've hardly played anything else since i got it.
The tuners are crap and one of the worst experiences I've ever had performing music was when one of the bushing grommets flew off a tuning peg at the beginning of a set, which left me hopelessly out of tune the entire show.
― Deflatormouse, Sunday, 18 July 2021 15:38 (three years ago) link
I really missed the silvertone. It's hollow and thin and it feedback like a motherfucker. I need to get my replacement setup (to the extent you can set something like this up) and start playing it again.
― akm, Sunday, 18 July 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
a while back on the tele/strat thread, some a-hole on reverb backed out on me on the sale of a cool Squier Cabronita w/a Bigsby, ended up finding this Godin that was kinda dorky/weird looking but seriously played SO well.
Anyway, a friend of mine who is a guitar tech/live sound mixer for a lot of bands, his main ones have been Helmet and Jerry Cantrell, also Passion Pit and a bunch of stuff (he told me today he's actually going out for a long tour with 100 gecs which is funny)...anyway obvious his main job died for a year and a half so he converted his garage into a guitar shop and has been supporting himself that way.
we were talking and got some wacky idea for mods to the Godin, and just got it back today. He put a Jazzmaster trem in it, new adjustable/intonatable bridge (before it had some of those non adjustable wraparound ones) and then cut a custom pickguard that I had drawn on a piece of paper for him...anyway, was an oddball now it's even more odd but I'm loving it. Am planning on getting new pickups (maybe humbucker mount TV jones filter'trons with a better single coil in the middle?) but my clothes dryer died so that's off for a minute.
Before:
https://i.postimg.cc/P5gmpCjc/PXL-20210423-222649704-MP-2.jpg
After:
https://i.postimg.cc/s255p3f2/PXL-20210728-212627804-MP.jpg
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 21:43 (three years ago) link
Dig it bigly.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
Bigsbly. Me too, original look, not dorky imo.
I'm still lusting after teles. I tried a couple out at a Sam Ash, not satisfied with either - the "Player" tele had nice sounding pickups but played like shit, probably in large part from sitting on a Sam Ash rack and not being cared for. They had a Mexican Nashville Custom Tele that played much better but I'm not crazy about the noiseless pickups. Sorry for repeating myself from the tele/strat thread. Search continues.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 22:24 (three years ago) link
Lately I've been doing a lot of bluegrassy flatpicking on the Martin D-18. I had this realization that it makes virtually any notes sound good as long as you play them cleanly, so I've been trying to come up with random chord fingerings to see if any sound bad, and I can't.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 22:25 (three years ago) link
looks great, ums. i love the pickguard shape.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 29 July 2021 00:15 (three years ago) link
Yah that’s a sweet mutt
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, 29 July 2021 00:30 (three years ago) link
now it's heeeeeeere1983 Squier Japan JV serial SST30 (with the killer SQ5 pickups):https://i.imgur.com/7ipdaLt.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 05:37 (three years ago) link
aged Olympic White is such a great color
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 05:56 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ttmAMmI.jpg?m
Guitar Center had this Squier Bass VI on clearance for some reason (they're out of stock everywhere), it needs some upgrades (the vibrato is crap, needs an entirely new nut) but it sounds so good playing like it a big low guitar.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 06:20 (three years ago) link
That is a huge win, I remember the first time I tried out a VI and all my crappy riffs sounded like vibrating thunder. A good looking one too! Sometimes the grain on the Squier bursts look a bit off but that one is NICE.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 09:18 (three years ago) link
PS black pickguard!
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 09:19 (three years ago) link
I have that bass and was lucky to get it second-hand with Seymour Duncan pickups installed. Added LeBella flats to it but needed to hand it over to a proper technician to get it setup properly, they're known for being a bit fiddly. He told me that there's not much that can be done about the tremolo arm, it's just not that amazing
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 10:26 (three years ago) link
J's new sig tele looks tastyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUIuDkyTsl0
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Friday, 20 August 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
interesting in that clip he mentions colorful sparkle drumkit finishes as the inspiration for that color
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 21 August 2021 01:24 (three years ago) link
I got my first ever dreadnought acoustic a few weeks back. I've been playing for 30 years but have only ever played OM size and sometimes even smaller. Was convinced dreadnoughts were too big for me. I ended up trading a guitar for this dread and i am in love. It's got a terrified top, something I've never coveted, but goodness does it sound amazing.
― Duke, Saturday, 21 August 2021 18:48 (three years ago) link
I ordered a Descendant Vibrato (from the guy who makes Swope Guitars) for my Jaguar so whenever that arrives I'll transfer the Jaguar's vibrato over to the Bass VI. Staytrem bridge probably won't arrive for months, sounds like they're backed up forever.
I have to start saving up for better monitor speakers and build some acoustic panels, my room can't handle the Bass VI thunder.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Saturday, 21 August 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
I learned to play guitar on my dad's dreadnought and have always loved it's deep tone
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Saturday, 21 August 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
Ha. I learned to play on my dad's 1970s Yamaha F-15, which is an OM size. Maybe that's were I got to like that size. It was playing a friend's dread that convinced me that actually I'm physically able to play a guitar of this size, and wow does that have an amazing bass sound.
― Duke, Saturday, 21 August 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
Anyone have a travel size acoustic that they like that can reliably be carried on a plane?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 26 August 2021 03:52 (three years ago) link
I carry my mandolin on planes all the time. (Not helpful, I know, sorry)
― subpoena colada (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 26 August 2021 10:20 (three years ago) link
I'm a sucker for old Yamaha electrics, and I'm not gonna buy this but I swear I look at the listing every day.
https://i.imgur.com/iWeOvCH.jpg
https://reverb.com/item/18089714-yamaha-sg-20-70s-black
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 26 August 2021 11:50 (three years ago) link
I bought a SA-15D a while back and it’s a MESS
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 26 August 2021 11:53 (three years ago) link
Looks sick, tho
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 26 August 2021 11:54 (three years ago) link
in seriousness I have messed around with a friend's Martin Backpacker and it is nice.
― and after eel, you're my Wonder Wheel (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 26 August 2021 13:03 (three years ago) link
Years ago (like maybe 20 years ago) I had a roommate who had one and I thought it was pretty good. Don't know if they've gotten better/worse/same
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 26 August 2021 13:33 (three years ago) link