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

A thing I am not going to say out loud: the pointier your guitar is, the less I want to hear your music

But I am certainly thinking it

This is something I think about sometimes: there must be someone somewhere who uses a pointy shredder guitar to make decidedly non-shredder music, right? But it seems to just not ever happen.

Sleigh Bells?

I feel like a trv shredder guitar is a slightly pointier super strat with a Floyd Rose type whammy and a HSS pickup configuration

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/RG550DY--ibanez-genesis-collection-rg550-desert-sun-yellow

This is something I think about sometimes: there must be someone somewhere who uses a pointy shredder guitar to make decidedly non-shredder music, right? But it seems to just not ever happen

Didn't Rosetta Tharpe play a Flying V? Or Explorer or SG. Maybe I am misremembering. I have a vague memory of someone from that era with a pointy guitar.

She played an SG which seems kinda weird but I think mostly cuz of Iommi and Angus Young

Albert King played a Flying V as did Neil Young for a particularly sleazy period

i believe ilx user albert broccoli also has this jag!

― call all destroyer, Sunday, May 30, 2021 2:01 PM (one year ago)

He did but he traded it for a early 00s 1966 MIJ replica JM in sonic blue. :`(

The pickup sound on the Jaguar was a bit thin/tinny in comparison and he prefers the longer neck when it all came down to it.

It's also frustrating to have a legit 66 JM with big headstock and a 66 replica without (different neckshape too but oh well).

Mary Ford played an SG, she was one of the earlier champions of the model iirc.
https://i.imgur.com/W6LLAIn.jpg

oh yeah albert king, that's who i was trying to think of.

i think the flying v is kind of grandfathered in as being more than a pointy guitar

I saw Jeff Tweedy with a Flying V at a Wilco/Sonic Youth show in maybe 2003, not sure whether that counts

Also i don't think of early U2 as being "shreddy," but very few guitarists are more associated with the Explorer than the Edgester

feel like the V and Explorer are proto pointy

oooh pretty

https://i.imgur.com/pq0rDDf.jpg

oh my

There's a guy in Texas building Marauders - they are relics but they're real pretty

https://www.instagram.com/p/CmM4zSju9ah/

I'm not sure if those big switches on the lower horn would end up getting in the way of strumming through - not accurate to the '60s Marauder prototypes but I think I'd rather just have Jag switches there.

Lonnie Mack was an early adopter of the original Flying V.

Firebird came a few years later but it is one with an auto design, similar variation to Explorer (and later RG) shape.

The weird and totally rare one is the Futura.

Jay Reatard was a Flying V guy. I would LOVE a pointy guitar but couldn't shred my way out of a paper bag. Someday I'll buy a Dean Razorback. Preferably this one:

https://www.njuskalo.hr/image-w920x690/elektricne-gitare/dean-razorback-slimebolt-slika-26667996.jpg

Futura...I think it is pretty cool. The Moderne or the Corvus not so much.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2696/4455874542_4e2c0e7829_o.jpg

He did but he traded it for a early 00s 1966 MIJ replica JM in sonic blue. :`(

The pickup sound on the Jaguar was a bit thin/tinny in comparison and he prefers the longer neck when it all came down to it.

― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, March 23, 2023 3:27 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

hey, nothing wrong with that trade! did the jag have stock pickups or aftermarket? mine has duncan antiquities and they *seem* right as far as thin vs.full but i haven't compared to a similar JM.

Yeah they were just the stock pickups, no mods at all (not even the bridge!)

The ideal combo would be Jazzmaster scale/pickups with the Jaguar switching and strangle switch IMO (blooz lawyers with Strats are missing out on combining their $800 Fuzz Face clones with the strangle switch and neck pickup)

this modded old Kawai/Decca guitar is pretty sweet, but the scale looks sub-24"

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0573/7260/6632/products/DSC07759.jpg?v=1664142932

https://www.thunderroadguitars.com/store/use-decca-ronin-mod-shop

Looking at a Squire jazz bass. Anyone have opinions on squire vs fender basses at a low price point?

can't see a link but Squier has gotten really good, esp the Classic Vibe stuff - Spottie has some good insight I believe in this thread or another

Squire has a reputation of being pretty reliable. I have a Classic Vibe p-bass. It's been solid. I've heard that even their Affinity (low budget) line is pretty good these days, although I haven't played one. Definitely worth checking out if you're on a budget.

I got an Affinity PJ bass. The build quality is good but the pickups weren't great, you'll probably want to swap them out if you get an Affinity. I'm personally not mad about the feel of the thick finishes on the necks but a lot of modern Fenders have this same feel as well.
I have a Squier strat that was like this but I sanded the back of the neck and put some danish oil on, I prefer it this way. Of course, some people probably like these thick finishes so it's highly subjective.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/JBassCV70Nat--squier-classic-vibe-70s-jazz-bass-natural

This is the one I came across

The Squier Classic Vibe 50s Precision I bought secondhand last year is the best bass I own. Greco, SX, Ibanez, a couple of Fenders, all put in the shade.

xpost that would be great, I love that natural finish/black pickguard look

What I've got? A wood-grain Alcivar, a Japanese manufactured, Canadian-branded copy of a Gibson ES-335 from the 70s or 80s

I recently fooled around with a friend's Squier Precision and had no quarrel with it. Fast neck, solid feel. Not at all plasticky or el cheapo (as 1980s Squiers tended to be).

I think I have mentioned that my current Tele is a Classic Vibe Thinline; it has done everything I asked of it. My only complaint is the very flat neck radius but that is a minor concern.

Sweetwater has two of those basses and one is two pounds heavier than the other???

I guess variations in the wood but two pounds is a pretty big differential

interesting...Squier Classic Vibes are super common on Craigslist and FB marketplace you could get it a little cheaper if you wanted

I sprung for the heavier one -- also had really nice grain on the front. Photos next week!

I bought a squier cv jaguar off reverb this morning. Wish me luck.

nice! what color?

actually the vm not the cv; I bought a red one

My jaguar interest is only squier level, not fender level and 99% of the squiers on reverb were the 70s ones with the block inlays or were sunburst or surf green none of which wanted. There were a few white ones but red ones seem extremely rare or more than I wanted to pay, but the price dropped by $70 today and I couldn't pass it up.

so vm is a flatter radius and upgraded pickups i guess? so many squier lines nowadays. regardless congrats, should be a fun guitar!

Any thoughts on those Spark Go mini modeling amps being promoted?

The dudes in my band have them. They have a lot of features like Bluetooth app integration, the ability to generate chord sheets, modeling and onboard effects. They're cute.

They sound good... but so does a Blues Junior or whatever.

I don't feel a need to have an amp that talks to my phone but if you're into that, go for it

New one's not out yet. it's pretty small and ... $100?

Also beware wireless stuff in a gigging sitch. Friend of mine has a fancy PA that can be controlled from an iPad or phone, and it works fine in a studio or rehearsal. But one time at a bar gig it glitched and gave up.

There was some suspicion that it got confused because there were too many people there, all using their phones, and there were too many signals.

With normal wired gear that has cables and knobs and such, we could have done the appropriate troubleshooting

it was local, it was cheap, it's a 70s Japanese Fender copy, I literally had no choice.
https://i.imgur.com/KYXCPQc.jpg

with the competition stripe!

excellent

That's sweet

Apparently a low end mail order brand by Suzuki in 70s Japan

Sometimes ad algorithms get it right. I've never seen this model before, and I still can't tell if I love it or hate it, but a random Reverb targeted ad the other day enticed me enough to keep thinking about it.

https://i.imgur.com/iwzlAiZ.jpg

https://reverb.com/item/65144331-burny-fernandes-vertigo-h-65-1990-s-orange

feel like my brain is melting, probably how people felt when they saw the first Strat