Otm re mustang. Could prob add the bullet to the list too
― Spottie, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
SGs are also very good on the not-making-my-shoulder-and-elbow-mad front but I'm clumsy and the possibility of snapping a headstock would worry me.
Even though it's a relic this is a gorgeous looking guitarhttps://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/products/gibson-custom-shop-murphy-lab-1964-sg-standard-reissue-1109924
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 22:32 (two years ago) link
i had kind of gotten off the squier venus train as prices went up but one went on sale right before christmas for a price resembling reasonable and i grabbed it. not enough guitar stands so it lives on my chair for now:
https://i.imgur.com/Mk6MKNS.jpg
all in all, fun guitar! comfortable, nice neck, easy to play. weighs absolutely nothing. i'm trying to figure out what to do about the pickups. the stock pickups seem ok though i need to mess around more, but they do get splattery with higher gain. neck single coil/bridge humbucker is such a weird combo which is admittedly part of the appeal, but courtney love's fender custom shop version had only a neck pickup which apparently was a strat-sized humbucker. my inclination is to eventually just do upgrades to a good strat neck pickup and a good low-output humbucker in place but there's so much interesting potential in this setup.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:25 (two years ago) link
some very interesting posts about the Venus and its origins here:https://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=50431&start=30
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:38 (two years ago) link
yeah i've read through that thread before. it's funny that those guys just admitted they were trying to make a more functional rickenbacker (i wonder how successful ric would have been suing them if it went that far)
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:46 (two years ago) link
also man alive that is a rare bird, I have been collecting MIJ Fender for 10 years and I’ve never seen an 84 Custom Tele in person or online. I actually thought they started about 1986. Stores and trustworthy folks alike make errors with 80s MIJ dating, so I hope you get to see a neck date - Tele bridges with an A serial number (often claimed to be 84 / 85) were used from 84 to 2010 at least. I’m happy to help if you need!
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, December 20, 2021 1:43 PM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
I bought the tele fwiw. It's beautiful and nice to play, and yes it's an '84, the guy who sold it to me is a good and trusted friend and very knowledgeable and dated it based on the neck stamp.
Unfortunately I'm not 100% happy with the combo of the pickups and my amp. I just replaced the speaker in my amp (something I'd been meaning to do anyway) -- I had a stock celestion 10 30 and changed it to a creamback, and that was definitely an improvement. But I still feel like there's something about the bridge pickup especially that isn't all the way there for me. Also thinking about doing a four-way switch mod.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:51 (two years ago) link
As someone who usually plays with the tone controls wide open, I can say that the Tele bridge is one pickup that benefits from a slight roll off!
Glad you're happy, the necks on those 80s MIJs are heavenly.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 03:01 (two years ago) link
Currently having my own infatuation with this (from the same factory 10 years before!):https://i.imgur.com/LIDHLYd.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 03:02 (two years ago) link
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, January 4, 2022 10:01 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yeah, have noticed this. I also tend to like my guitar volume on the low side but I think this tele benefits from having it higher (though not to 10). The creamback is mellowing some of the harshness without dulling the bright too much.
Neck pickup is closer to a strat pickup than I was expecting, which isn't really good or bad. I tried the guitar in store but the only fenderish combo amp they had was a tweed style amp so it just sounded nothing like my princeton amp (I have one of those 68 custom "reissues" that aren't really reissues).
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 03:15 (two years ago) link
Also that's a pretty bass and would look nice next to the tele
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
Awesome, cad!
― Spottie, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 03:46 (two years ago) link
That Squier is a weird kind of fun. I can totally understand why someone would love it for its idiosyncratic look and light weight. I don't quite understand why the strings splay out from the bridge that way, seems like an unnecessary break angle but stranger guitars exist.
Unusually for me, I only have one Telecaster right now and it is a Squier Thinline. "Classic Vibe" like this one (not mine, but it is the same model)
https://img.audiofanzine.com/images/u/product/normal/squier-classic-vibe-telecaster-thinline-98683.png
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 14:10 (two years ago) link
yeah the string break angle is odd and something they carried over from the mercury guitars it's based on. doesn't seem to impact much although i think it is tuned to a chord of some kind which is interesting.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 15:40 (two years ago) link
Whyyyyyyy would you put this corny ass 90s ankle tattoo gecko sticker on this beautiful guitar??
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/msg/d/saint-paul-2015-fender-mustang-60s/7427251783.html
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 22:58 (two years ago) link
I'm usually pretty supportive of stickers adorning guitars, but that's baffling.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 23:34 (two years ago) link
why not just take it off for the selling of it haha
― Spottie, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 23:40 (two years ago) link
god I just looked up vintage Mustang prices. I sold a '65 that had been refretted for $900 at the beginning of the pandemic when I was worried about money.
Guitar Mill has some painted bodies available, might have to buy a neck and learn to solder.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 23:46 (two years ago) link
Do it! Building a parts-something is a perfect thing to do for the pandemic and there's at least a half-dozen YouTube channels that will show you how to do it for free.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 January 2022 03:11 (two years ago) link
Any of y'all ever used a wiring kit with quick connects instead of soldering? I've tried soldering before and now I have two old guitars I can't use lol.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 6 January 2022 03:33 (two years ago) link
i hate to be like buy the expensive thing but a good soldering iron made all the difference for me. i'm not very good at teeny tiny SMD stuff but a hakko with a decent tip makes through hole soldering an absolute breeze.
― adam, Thursday, 6 January 2022 15:20 (two years ago) link
Swapping a speaker out myself was the most DIY guitar-related thing I've done to date. Surprisingly easy, but I'm not about to start soldering shit.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 6 January 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link
I replaced the 9V battery jack on an old Fender Blender fuzz pedal and it was pretty nerve racking.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 6 January 2022 16:21 (two years ago) link
Did not manage to burn out any connections with the borrowed soldering iron, at least.
this is very very tempting
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/d/minneapolis-jazzmaster-telecaster/7419602359.html
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
that is pretty cool
― na (NA), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link
I truly have no idea what to. make of that. legit bits tho.
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 05:47 (two years ago) link
Sorry to divert but I just had to share this, the worst relic job I have seen in recent memory. Imagine having a 1986 Fender 52 reissue and doing this to it. https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/1986-fender-avri-telecaster.2308689/
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 14 January 2022 07:35 (two years ago) link
Was this the belt they were assuming would've caused the buckle rash?
https://i.imgur.com/kiWgEzA.jpg
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 14 January 2022 12:44 (two years ago) link
has anyone played a Sterling St. Vincent guitar? (the midprice line not the super expensive ones)
there's one for super cheap on craigslist now, I have always admired it from afar, appreciate that someone tried to do something that wasn't just another variation on strat/tele/les paul etc etc designs
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 January 2022 16:40 (two years ago) link
I see your terrible relic and raise you
https://reverb.com/item/48451987-partscaster-relic-distressed-strat-w-bare-knuckle-pickups
https://reverb.com/item/49059455-fender-custom-scalloped-from-ripchord-guitars-reliced-sunburst
or this one, where the theme is, I guess, 'survived a fire'?
https://reverb.com/item/49338423-1960s-ventura-hollow-body-natural-amber-heavy-relic-made-in-japan-by-east-gloves-customs-rare
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 14 January 2022 21:51 (two years ago) link
not a relic because someone tortured it to death in the past and this guy refurbished it but I'm curious what those pickups sound like so close togetherhttps://reverb.com/item/42944216-kent-sg-rock-history-professional-rebuild-road-warrior-rat-rod-ready-for-another-tour
from the same guy... this one is just cool IMOhttps://reverb.com/item/48493320-kay-harmony-regal-archtop-1950s-refurbished-with-silverfoils-rockabilly-rat-rod
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 14 January 2022 21:53 (two years ago) link
or this one, where the theme is, I guess, 'survived a fire'?https://reverb.com/item/49338423-1960s-ventura-hollow-body-natural-amber-heavy-relic-made-in-japan-by-east-gloves-customs-rare
This one is particularly shameful because it's clear from the description that they take huge pride in having spoiled the appearance of a beautiful old guitar.
It's something that we've never done before and thought it would be awesome to share to the rest of the world. You are not going to find one like this anywhere else!
― mirostones, Friday, 14 January 2022 22:27 (two years ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, January 14, 2022 11:40 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
i have not but if the price were truly super cheap i'd take a long hard look at it, especially the blue finish.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 15 January 2022 01:14 (two years ago) link
I would not hesitate to buy the st Vincent rig if it’s a good price. Reviews are uniformly excellent & I don’t think you’d have much trouble getting rid of it if you don’t fall in love w/it.
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 15 January 2022 07:39 (two years ago) link
I want to see a relic where someone just blows a hole through the body with a shotgun and talks up the “murdered on stage at a bar” authenticity
― joygoat, Sunday, 16 January 2022 01:36 (two years ago) link
hopefully not too huge but if not for the gold hardware I'd love to have this
https://✧✧✧.shop✧✧✧.com/s/files/1/0574/1241/9782/products/DC54AA61-F6F6-45AC-8472-2371B0AB48F7_1024x1✧✧✧@2✧.j✧✧?v=1638679041
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 16 January 2022 05:53 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/fGompsB.png?1
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 16 January 2022 05:55 (two years ago) link
Dunable Yeti
The gold looks great on that
― Spottie, Sunday, 16 January 2022 07:17 (two years ago) link
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.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 16 January 2022 07:29 (two years ago) link
than gold hardware usually looks*
It’s a pretty one. You might also like the Paul Rhoney Oceana if you can find one.
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 16 January 2022 07:30 (two years ago) link
https://reverb.com/item/43139926-guild-starfire-iv-1966-grey-pinstripe
why god why
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 22:42 (two years ago) link
WOW the red painted fretboard might be the worst part lmao
― Spottie, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 22:45 (two years ago) link
that poor guild!
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 22:49 (two years ago) link
Tell me you use three different brands of pomade without telling me you use three different brands of pomade.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 22:54 (two years ago) link
anyone had any experience with yamaha revstars? i really like the look of them and the prices seem pretty cheap
― Spottie, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 23:11 (two years ago) link
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).
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 05:02 (two years ago) link
(to be clear, I've only ever owned budget guitars, so $700 is high end for me.)
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 05:03 (two years ago) link
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
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 15:53 (two years ago) link