I recently played a Farfisa, a small orange one that looked awesome. It sounded really cool but was semi fucked up of course. I couldn't believe how heavy it was though! Getting it up and down the stairs with the small, hard handle was tougher than I ever would have guessed. Those big Continentals or the two keyboard ones must be brutally heavy.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Sunday, 4 June 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
can you still buy old teisco’s for cheap? I really wanted to buy one when I was in high school and this shop in Berkeley (Fat dawg) had a bunch of them but the dude at the store kinda refused to show them to me and tried to get me to buy some fancy boring strat clone that was actually “well made”
― brimstead, Sunday, 4 June 2023 19:35 (one year ago) link
You probably can in small town pawn shops/thrift stores. Bigger city shops probably have an inkling about the kitsch dollars they can add to the sale price.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 4 June 2023 22:33 (one year ago) link
When I see '60s Japanese guitars pop up on local classifieds they're still cheap (except for people who think all old stuff found in grandpa's garage = $$$$) but things on Reverb not so much since they've got to be worthwhile to ship.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 5 June 2023 00:43 (one year ago) link
What songs feature farfisas in prominent roles?
― calstars, Monday, 5 June 2023 01:05 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_dXp0eF8s0
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 5 June 2023 01:19 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOjAzI5zALo
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 5 June 2023 01:22 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c0EDM-Yu9o
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 5 June 2023 02:31 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z4lH8XFjGY
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 5 June 2023 02:32 (one year ago) link
(pretty sure about this one)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL3O10mNNbs
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 5 June 2023 02:33 (one year ago) link
FWIW, the Yamaha Reface YC has excellent built-in Farfisa and Vox voicing. (I couldn't help but notice that Stereolab's current keyboard player was using one). If you happen to see one under $300, I think it's worth it.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 5 June 2023 03:05 (one year ago) link
I was gonna say you missed the grandaddy of them all, but google immediately informed me that 96 Tears was recorded with a Vox.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Monday, 5 June 2023 03:45 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WUAEtgrhDE
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 5 June 2023 05:55 (one year ago) link
Link Wray's SG looks like it has been to war. Very idiosyncratic details on it.https://reverb.com/item/68120288-gibson-sg-standard-ex-link-wray-rumble-1962-cherry
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 8 June 2023 07:45 (one year ago) link
Woah. No headstock break.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 8 June 2023 11:38 (one year ago) link
40+ years of buckle rash in that sg. I wonder how many times it was refretted.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Thursday, 8 June 2023 17:11 (one year ago) link
That's awesome. I guess moving the vibrato down makes whammy go that much deeper? I had an SG with a Vibrola, loved the look a lot more than the functionality. Definitely not the Rumble (released in 58) guitar though, the seller is being a wee bit misleading there I'd say.
My first thought was they'll never sell it for that high, but considering Kurt's "Teen Spirit" Mustang went for 4 million, seems like a bargain.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Saturday, 10 June 2023 03:05 (one year ago) link
I want a small body acoustic an 8 year old can learn on. Anyone have strong opinions on semi-affordable parlor guitars? Guild p-240 looks interesting. Do Martin LX1s suck? Said 8 year old is an ed sheeran fan, but I don't know.
― New No-No Bettencourt (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 19:33 (one year ago) link
If you can find one used, a friend had one of these mid-'00s Gretsch parlors that played and sounded really good + an 8-year old might enjoy the aliens.
https://reverb.com/item/3620669-gretsch-gretsch-americana-way-out-west-2003-alien-green-mint-in-original-box
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 20:51 (one year ago) link
I’ve not tried one but the Gretsch Jim Dandy is a 24” scale parlour and always seems to get raves. Several colour options too.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 20:59 (one year ago) link
Thanks, these gretsch parlors are cool.
― New No-No Bettencourt (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 21:29 (one year ago) link
I am not now, nor have I ever been an Offspring fan, but I find this Ibanez Noodles signature model to be charming in a simple kind of way.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0268/0972/9087/files/ba281927-5841-42e3-9f9d-06072bf5ea34_2000x2000.jpg?v=1686887204
― peace, man, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 15:48 (one year ago) link
PRS managed to make a guitar even uglier than their usual!
https://www.americanmusical.com/prs-nf53-electric-guitar/p/PRS-NF53-80
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 21 June 2023 20:10 (one year ago) link
my dad just bought one of those Kirk Hammett Les Paul Greenys
― brimstead, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 20:33 (one year ago) link
not a big fan of the "barn wood" looking trend
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 June 2023 20:34 (one year ago) link
Nice of PRS to throw in a gig bag for a $3000 guitar.But they surely know their customers are more likely to hang it on an office wall than to actually play it.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 21 June 2023 21:03 (one year ago) link
Ugly af
― calstars, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 22:46 (one year ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctxd5VNO1AR/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Bet this is pretty sweet if you’re into CooderCaster style bridge pickups.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 22 June 2023 02:01 (one year ago) link
Oh dang I love it
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 22 June 2023 03:06 (one year ago) link
beautiful
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 22 June 2023 14:39 (one year ago) link
unghhhh
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 23 June 2023 03:25 (one year ago) link
sorry for that
Reminds me a little of the Barney Kessel Kay model, which is also sweet. Rudy's had one in the window for a while but I assume it's sold.
I've sometimes thought about getting a tele with a gold foil neck pickup and a regular hot tele type bridge pickup.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 23 June 2023 03:27 (one year ago) link
That PRS tele jawn is the dumbest looking guitar I've seen in a long time that costs more than $129.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 12 July 2023 04:42 (one year ago) link
It’s just off. Yamaha Pacifica is kinda similar but to me worms where the PRS don’t. The PRS can opener headstock I never liked.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Thursday, 13 July 2023 02:57 (one year ago) link
Works
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Thursday, 13 July 2023 02:58 (one year ago) link
The PRS headstock is a deal breakerthey don't always have the best aesthetics, but Yamaha makes some quality instruments
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 July 2023 02:59 (one year ago) link
PRSs are the sleeveless hooded sweatshirts of guitars, but the non-budget models usually sound/play better than yamaha guitars.
― New No-No Bettencourt (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 13 July 2023 03:04 (one year ago) link
Someone on /r/offset got (according to Fender) the first paisley Bass VI ever made and OH MY GOD. I kinda like how the floral print Telecasters look as they get older, never connected with the paisley prints - apparently you need a statement guitar like a Bass VI to be worthy of the finish. Wow.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 13 July 2023 03:08 (one year ago) link
I was so close to getting a paisley Jazzmaster when they were in production but I never really liked that the pickguard has to be paisley (and non-matching) instead of clear with a spray of lavender paint because of the routing.
Always thought the paisley Telecasters would be cooler with a dark rosewood neck than maple so that's a plus for paisley offsets.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 13 July 2023 04:11 (one year ago) link
I don't think the PRS headstock is as much a dealbreaker as the bird inlays, lol. That headstock reminds me of a Dan Armstrong guitar, which is beautiful IMO (and very heavy, and tonally a non-starter unless you're willing to put a balls out humbucker on it). I believe the design of both headstocks is to keep as straight an angle from nut to tuner as possible, as fanning them out like Gibson does is blamed by some for their tuning woes.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Friday, 14 July 2023 22:31 (one year ago) link
EVH guitars suffer the same fate as PRS
― nobody respects the chair (Spottie), Friday, 14 July 2023 22:36 (one year ago) link
well thanks internet, now I have one of the Squier JM XIIs on back order.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 15 July 2023 00:00 (one year ago) link
Pics
― calstars, Saturday, 15 July 2023 00:25 (one year ago) link
haha as if there was ever a doubt you were buying one of these xp
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 15 July 2023 00:37 (one year ago) link
sadly inevitable I guess, altho this is only the third new guitar I've ever bought in 35 years of dicking around with them.xp this jawn (not my photo)https://i.imgur.com/6oFaCr6.jpeg
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 15 July 2023 02:46 (one year ago) link
i'll be really interested in what you think of it when you get it, in the one demo video i watched the pickups seemed weird, but obviously that's something that can be modified.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 15 July 2023 02:53 (one year ago) link
What’s the first song you’re going to play on it?
― calstars, Saturday, 15 July 2023 02:59 (one year ago) link
xp they seem to have crazy high resistance, I actually have a more standard JM pickup I plan to drop into it - maybe shift neck to bridge and put the standard one in the neck pos. First song? something off the third Velvets album, "Beginning to See the Light"? maybe "One Day" by The Church, I have about 8 weeks to learn the riff again.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 15 July 2023 03:09 (one year ago) link
wait no ... "ELECTRIC LASH"! I've never even played an electric 12.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 15 July 2023 03:35 (one year ago) link