oh yeah--https://reverb.com/item/44740102-vintage-1979-greco-go-ii-700-with-ts-vibrato-walnut-made-in-japan
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 00:57 (one year ago) link
The aluminum necked Kramers are cool for that vibe too
https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--kT5V-SaU--/f_auto,t_large/v1647198797/jarjx3r63csouxnwzwwv.jpg
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 00:58 (one year ago) link
shocked that this weighs less than 10 pounds
https://reverb.com/item/66356544-kramer-dmz-4001-1979ish-natural-aluminum-neck-bass
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 01:01 (one year ago) link
I don’t know how I feel about those double cut neck-through wood ones. They’re kind of awesome but I also get vague unpleasant 70s vibes from them like jazz fusion guys in tan turtlenecks with half tint glasses. I always imagine they play really well and weigh a ton.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 01:51 (one year ago) link
yes when i browse them i definitely ask what exactly i see myself playing on these things....the part-coffee table aesthetic is an obstacle but my guess like yours is that they really shred and i should stop overthinking it
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 02:16 (one year ago) link
haha joygoat I think that fusion vibe is the attraction tbh but you are dead on
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 02:30 (one year ago) link
You can get em pretty cheap on Reverb if you wait for them to pop up in slightly tougher shape - sort of $700 range
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 02:45 (one year ago) link
(the Greco Go IIs I mean)
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 03:17 (one year ago) link
I always think of Aria basses whenever I see that design. They're nice to play - I could see getting into them if I needed to explore the sound of the 80s.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0550/4437/4714/products/medium_56446a17-bae4-4438-95e8-83fcb53b7c29.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 13:15 (one year ago) link
those are cool, though that top horn is a bit much for me. this is a cheapie on mpls craigslist right now, not exactly what I'm talking about but in the zonehttps://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/msg/d/saint-paul-early-production-cort-bass/7598313549.html
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 14:09 (one year ago) link
basically a cheapie of the Kramer bass
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 14:10 (one year ago) link
I always associated that design with Alembics:
https://www.thewho.net/whotabs/images/equipment/bass/75_jae_alembicseriesi_f.jpg
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 14:53 (one year ago) link
that must have been the origin
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 14:54 (one year ago) link
Interesting. I love the fiesta red. The unpainted sections on the body are a little confusing. They're obviously meant to evoke a hippie sandwich, but I presume that it's not actually a neck-through?
― peace, man, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 14:57 (one year ago) link
also Jerry Garcia's Wolf guitar, which I think the Alembic guy made for him custom
https://extrachill.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/jerry-garcia-playing-wolf-winterland-1978.jpg
― peace, man, Wednesday, March 29, 2023 9:57 AM (twelve seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
no just a bolt on, i really should buy another bass but it would probably be a nice little player
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 14:58 (one year ago) link
Alembics
See also Carlos Alomar.https://i.discogs.com/vVYW-QUdeUOiQlkYgCmeczoa8Mvgu81W6dxuCQYbN3g/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9BLTExMjE2/Ny0xNTg3MDQ0MjIw/LTcwNzQuanBlZw.jpeg
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 17:32 (one year ago) link
there's nothing not to love about that picture
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 17:38 (one year ago) link
An alembic bass is like my holy grail
― calstars, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link
i've been thinking i want to get back into Mascis style shredding. i was moving more in a jazzier/country direction and bought a gretch semi-hollow but i never really fell in love with it. should i be looking at telecasters? i just want something basic with a whammy
― Heez, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 17:56 (one year ago) link
Alomar’s Alembic guitar just doesn’t look right, and maybe it’s because I’ve seen so many Alembic basses*. It reminds me of this, which also doesn’t look right:https://www.retrofret.com/images/9605_guitar/xLarge/9605_01.jpg*I’ve never once seen any Alembic in person, just in photos.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
Zach from Pinback plays an A bass, seen them a couple of times. Thick, distinct tone
― calstars, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 18:28 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/aTdrQfC.jpgHefty baby girl arrived safelyCouldn’t ask for moreTribe’s Buggin’ Out was the first track I played on it
― calstars, Thursday, 30 March 2023 12:32 (one year ago) link
mmmmm yes
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 30 March 2023 16:53 (one year ago) link
sick
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Thursday, 30 March 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
beautiful
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 March 2023 17:17 (one year ago) link
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/149266992_a-vintage-fender-stratocaster-electric-guitar
I want that
― I. J. Miggs (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 30 March 2023 17:32 (one year ago) link
Calstars, that bass is fucking classic and I hope it serves you well.
Maple neck, solid as fuck. Rock ON.
― she loves me like a rock lobster (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 30 March 2023 18:53 (one year ago) link
Rocking in progressMy left pinky hurts
― calstars, Thursday, 30 March 2023 18:58 (one year ago) link
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/149266992_a-vintage-fender-stratocaster-electric-guitarI want that
Literally, one town over from me. Kinda wish I didn't see that.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 3 April 2023 04:23 (one year ago) link
Tomson Mustang update: some hidden problems - neck heel needed drilling and dowelling but now a solid joint. New bone nut, fresh set of 12s, three full turns on the truss rod (which by some miracle still works), shims and adjustments ... it's about 90% of the way there and plays well. Pickups are great.https://imgur.com/Zm9uIRH.jpghttps://imgur.com/BOYzWYE.jpgImpressive for a 50 year old cheapie. I doubt it played this well out of the factory!
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 3 April 2023 06:38 (one year ago) link
congratulations!
― peace, man, Monday, 3 April 2023 10:35 (one year ago) link
I really wish I had the skills to work on my own guitars, that's so cool matthew
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 April 2023 11:45 (one year ago) link
makes up for not being able to play!
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 3 April 2023 11:50 (one year ago) link
Sweet
― calstars, Monday, 3 April 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
that's a sick guitar
― na (NA), Monday, 3 April 2023 19:38 (one year ago) link
https://reverb.com/item/65700774-edwards-e-sg-60-s-sg-custom-2004-cream-white?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=65700774
Not generally a fan of gold hardware but the wear has it looking pretty good. Looks like bridge and neck pickups were changed to P90s.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 03:13 (one year ago) link
I'm having a weird thing where gold hardware is looking better and better to me after years of not liking it
but i've seen other white SGs like that w/the gold hardware, always looks great
unrelate:i always feel bad for ppl who bought super expensive left-handed guitars and then are trying to move them on craigslist, tough sell
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 14:18 (one year ago) link
i always feel bad for ppl who bought super expensive left-handed guitars and then are trying to move them on craigslist, tough sell
ooh if someone could pls inform me when these ppl give up and lower their prices that would be swell kthxbye
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 15:25 (one year ago) link
this guy is unloading some in st paul probably local sale only though, i think this is pretty
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/d/dayton-eastman-t59-amb-thinline-archtop/7605265117.html
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 15:28 (one year ago) link
thanks! (looks pretty indeed, but that's still a little steep for a used eastman, no?)
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 15:35 (one year ago) link
gold is back, baby. i just bought and steel and gold watch and am redoing my kitchen cabinets with brushed brass hardware. i think with guitars though gold hardware only looks good with black or white finishes. maybe sunburst too.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 15:38 (one year ago) link
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, April 5, 2023 10:35 AM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah i don't know, does seem high, he won't sell it for that. now that you mention I can never really get a handle on Eastman as a company
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 15:40 (one year ago) link
Craigslist guy wants $1100 for this '80s Greco Danelectro - too much (a vintage Silvertone 1448 goes for less) but I'm curious what their lipstick pickups sound like
https://images.craigslist.org/00808_72BY2IAstJCz_0t20CI_1200x900.jpg
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 20 April 2023 05:30 (one year ago) link
I'd probably rather get a Squier Jag and put lipsticks in it ala Tom Verlaine anyway
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 20 April 2023 05:32 (one year ago) link
i have a 90's one of those with a wooden bridge & plastic tuners. the best thing about it is the neck. it has the most comfortable neck and you can play it all day. how the lipstick pickups sound. the best i can explain it- well, the tele goes "honk" and the strat goes "quack" & the dano goes "bong" and that's the way it goes. with the pickup selector switcg it's very versatile, you can play an entire set on 'em. so much so that i used it as my main guitar for gigging without a backup for a time, often without a backup, which was incredibly stupid because it's very unreliable. one time a bushing grommet flew off during our opening song at a huge gig in front of like 1k ppl, and i was horrendously out of tune for the entire set. with the metal hardware it loses some mojo. i think i paid around $200 incl. hard case.
― hoonja doonja love me anymore (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:15 (one year ago) link
it goes (((bong))), like there's an orb around the sound it makes, it seems to levitate. it's missing something, doesn't have that grounding zap! to it, kinda hovers or floats in midair. the odd duck that doesn't quack.
― hoonja doonja love me anymore (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:23 (one year ago) link
the tele goes "honk" and the strat goes "quack" & the dano goes "bong" and that's the way it goes
A+ explanatory content
― when you wish upon a tsar (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 20 April 2023 10:55 (one year ago) link
I usually don't like the racing stripes but i really love that mustang
The jaguar I bought showed up a while ago and it was flawless, no dust or marks or anything anywhere. There was a little fret wear so someone had played it but otherwise it was pristine. It also had an actual fender branded locking trem instead of a squier one but no bar. It took a while to set up because whoever i bought if from seemed to have no idea what they were doing.
Never having played one I didn't know what to expect, but I like it even though the short scale and relatively large frets feel really strange. But I can kind of play the intro to radiohead's 'let down' now because I can actually stretch between the 3rd and 6th frets
https://i.imgur.com/JJVRnUt.jpg
― joygoat, Thursday, 20 April 2023 18:17 (one year ago) link
candy apple red, very nice
― calstars, Thursday, 20 April 2023 18:48 (one year ago) link
Harley Benton "Mosrite" that would be under $260 shipped from Germany... live out the Ricky Wilson fantasy
https://www.thomannmusic.com/harley_benton_mr_classic_car.htm
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 21 April 2023 04:21 (one year ago) link