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

there's nothing not to love about that picture

An alembic bass is like my holy grail

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

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.

Zach from Pinback plays an A bass, seen them a couple of times. Thick, distinct tone

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

Hefty baby girl arrived safely
Couldn’t ask for more
Tribe’s Buggin’ Out was the first track I played on it

mmmmm yes

sick

beautiful

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/149266992_a-vintage-fender-stratocaster-electric-guitar

I want that

Calstars, that bass is fucking classic and I hope it serves you well.

Maple neck, solid as fuck. Rock ON.

Rocking in progress
My left pinky hurts

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/149266992_a-vintage-fender-stratocaster-electric-guitar

I want that

Literally, one town over from me. Kinda wish I didn't see that.

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.jpg
https://imgur.com/BOYzWYE.jpg
Impressive for a 50 year old cheapie. I doubt it played this well out of the factory!

congratulations!

I really wish I had the skills to work on my own guitars, that's so cool matthew

makes up for not being able to play!

Sweet

that's a sick guitar

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.

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

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

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

thanks! (looks pretty indeed, but that's still a little steep for a used eastman, no?)

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.

thanks! (looks pretty indeed, but that's still a little steep for a used eastman, no?)

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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

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

I'd probably rather get a Squier Jag and put lipsticks in it ala Tom Verlaine anyway

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.

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.

the tele goes "honk" and the strat goes "quack" & the dano goes "bong" and that's the way it goes

A+ explanatory content

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

candy apple red, very nice

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

Oh neat. I saw they have a blue one if you're going for accuracy.

minor complaint - people are getting so into these "cool" detail shots and dramatic angles in guitar ads, i really wish everyone would realize you still need a full guitar, top down or standing in as stand shot

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/msg/d/saint-paul-pink-chibson-firebird/7614999077.html

looks like the posting's been deleted, but just from the url, I would love to see what "Saint Paul Pink" looks like.

I would love to see what "Saint Paul Pink" looks like

the center of a cooked rare Juicy Lucy.

lol, thank you. I had forgotten about those.

router went out so had to hit best buy yesterday, stopped in at the nearby guitar center on a whim

was trying out fender basses and it was really funny - i was switching between the players series stuff (around $850) and the higher end Squire (around $450) - in every case I thought the Squire felt better, neck felt more solid, just overall I liked them better

Been loving my squire jazz fwiw. Super solid

https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/msg/d/elmhurst-gibson-marauder-1975/7618347118.html

not big on gibsons generally but this is pretty hot

nice finish, kind of a 70s bowling alley vibe

Does anyone know anything about the Guild Aristocrat? I really like how light they are, the feel, and the pickups. I'm wondering what's considered to be the best era for them.

my 70s gibson actually smells like a 70s bowling alley

I love the Marauder

Does anyone know anything about the Guild Aristocrat? I really like how light they are, the feel, and the pickups. I'm wondering what's considered to be the best era for them.

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, May 9, 2023 11:01 AM (thirty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

had to google but they are classy looking, i love those jazz box type guitars

Yeah, I'm into the idea of a closed hollow body. I picked it up and it felt so nice. And yeah it looks really good too. It seems like maybe they were actually introduced pretty late, like 2010s? But a little unclear to me.

I tried a used one they had at GC, but it seemed priced to high and it was missing the cool pickguard

The Aristocrat is intriguing. Chambered, with P-90s? No wonky Bigsby, which is a plus.

Personally I have yet to truly love a semi-hollowbody. I had a very nice 339 for a while but could tell it wasn't for me. Couldn't hear the wood and air at all. And try as I might, I don't think I will ever truly love a humbucker. I had vaguely thought that my next move in that direction might be something fully hollow, possibly with P90s, but my attention is elsewhere at present.

Best of luck to you man

It’s crazy what oddball Norlin Gibson models are going for these days. $1600…considering frets are like on many Norlins…no way dude.