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

Still see people playing Music Mans out all the time, they must be really well made. They sound great, very clean but not antiseptic. They cut through a mix, boy

that is one cool looking amp (and bass mkkkk)

Call me shallow but I have always wanted a Hard Puncher for the name alone

yeah worth it for the name, the rest is gravy

this new mike kerr sig bass looks fun
https://www.fender.com/en-US/electric-basses/jaguar-bass/limited-edition-mike-kerr-jaguar-bass/0149460382.html

The Twin is basically the best amp ever made; the few times I’ve gigged through one I felt like a goddamn guitar hero, and it’s my go-to recording amp.

But WAY too much amp for 99.9% of the places I play, and unless you can turn it up past 2 (LOUD) it’s gonna sound dinky. And I wouldn’t wanna be lugging one up & down the fire escape stairs of a shitty old club.

I’ve got a wee little Tex that’s an absolute delight to cart around. It’s pretty much on the opposite end of the spectrum than a Twin in terms of sound (inherently gritty) but it sounds good in a small room & it weighs about the same as a medium-sized housecat.

The Music Man logo guys always make me think of the Beatles in Yellow Submarine, both in terms of their trousers and posture

Hardcore, you are correct about the Twin but the Deluxe Reverb is a close second.

AC30 and JC120 are also in the toppermost of the poppermost.

But for everyday use in shitty clubs, I want the smaller, lighter versions. AC15, JC90, and BJr.

I'm kinda obsessing over the AC15TB2. It's a 2x10" AC15 that Marshall built for Vox when Korg owned both companies.

I went back to my ferociously crackling Classic 30 clone and cleaned the tube sockets - fired right up without any nasty behaviour at all. Win!
The mid tone control has a busted pot though, so I have more adventures in store. But man it's just the right amp for me.

I've casually kept an eye out for an Ibanez Jet King and one showed up at the local fancy guitar shop while I was out of town. They wanted $275 for it which is way cheaper than I usually see them on Reverb for so I figured if it was still available when I got back I would probably pick it up.

It was in their "as-is" section stored in the back room meaning they don't really bother giving them any sort of setup, but the neck was straight and everything else was good enough that I bought it. When I was at the counter there were three store employees and all of them were like "wtf is that thing?" barbecue they had never seen one before.

It's 2nd version which is what I wanted - 6 inline headstock vs a 3 and 3 - and someone had replaced the neck humbucker with a SD phat cat HB sized P90 (which is on reverb now). I put a set of four conductor HBs in and used the built in switch for coil splitting.

It sounds and plays really good, better than I expected. I thought it was an off white pickguard til I took it off and realized its just legit yellowing from smoke (of which there is only the faintest smell).

https://i.imgur.com/C2rklVU.jpg

"because" not barbecue obviously, who knows where that came from

Also it's heavy as shit which is the only real drawback

ooh nice

Joygoat, that Jet King is way cool. Great deal.

Wait, these guys run a boutique guitar shop and they didn't know what a Jet King was?

Anyway, wonderful score!

For whatever reason, none of them had seen one before and apparently didn't realize they had one in stock. I'd never actually seen one in person before this one though, only online.

nice score!

xxp the name is literally written on it as well!
That’s a great price too.

the guy making the Danelectro-style Vs has gotten a cease and desist letter from the good folks at Gibson:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwfOiX1uV8n/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

gibson sucks so much

I repeat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd7ySopIwog

just wow. there's plenty of V knockoffs, and have been since the 70s.

Vintera II Bass VI in Lake Placid Blue please. Probably the only way I'll ever afford one.

never thought I'd lust after a Gene Simmons bass but here we are

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EB0GSEb--gibson-custom-limited-edition-gene-simmons-eb-0-electric-bass-ebony-vos

Elvis there are very good Squier VI options - received this during the week:
https://i.imgur.com/mGmYxaH.jpg
and in the same package, the needed Mustang for my "offset trilogy":
https://i.imgur.com/hEyJqfa.jpg

Any MIM P bass owners on here? How do you find yours?

I've got one but it's kind of an oddball - it's a 2013 "Fender Classic Series '50s Precision Bass Lacquer" to be pedantic about it.

It came with a tweed case, and has a bigger neck with a 7.25" radius and smaller frets, lacquer finish instead of poly, gold pickguard (which I changed to black), reverse direction tuners and the truss rod adjustment is at the heel which is period correct but I hate because of course this is the one guitar I own that needs semiannual truss rod adjustments.

I bought it on craigslist four years ago for $500 when for some reason I decided I really NEEDED a black and maple precision with a black pickguard. I'd never owned or really played a p before but I love this thing and would never dream of getting rid of it.

I've had an 99 Mexican jazz forever, replaced the bridge with a Badass II and the pickups with Seymour Duncans and I don't ever feel the need to get anything different

Competition Stripe Vintera II Mustang looks dope too

The reason I was wondering about the Mexican ones is, I made a purchase recently that caused me to question my assumptions.
Bought a 1970s Greco p bass, and in truth it's a bit disappointing. It weighs a ton, and there's nothing special enough about the sound to make all that extra weight worth it. I did read that they could be heavy but I never fully appreciated the reality. And in reality, my lighter P-bass partscaster that I assembled from modern parts, it actually sounds closer to what I imagine a classic P bass to sound like.

I am starting to feel more and more like there's no reason you can't dial in a perfectly good 'vintage' type tone on a modern instrument if that's what you want. I used to doubt this a bit but now I think it's true, partly because of this and other experiences too. Some older ones do sound great but that doesn't mean that the modern ones are inferior.

I'm thinking maybe a Mexican one might be just that little bit lighter, as many of them would have a slimmer neck and lighter wood compared to the Greco. Of course, I could just use the parts bass, but it's a PJ, and I think I really just prefer the classic simplicity of the single-pickup version.

I’m actually always looking for a deal on a mim P (white, rosewood board so pre-2019 or whatever) because I would like to keep flats on one and rounds on the other.

For me guitars are like bikes in that they all feel different but I can adapt to most of them pretty quickly, try to modify the parts I don’t like, and/or sell them and move on pretty easily. But I love working on bikes and guitars almost as much as I like riding or playing them.

Pickups are easy to swap and can sound radically different - I’ve bought a lot of used guitar pickups, tried them out for a while, then sold them for essentially the same price.

matttkkkk - I know the Squire VIs. With me it's just a matter of running across the right one to connect wutg,

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bass opinions - the Tokai Hard Puncher I picked up recently is the best P bass I have ever touched, and it's not even close. They can be had for not too much. It's pretty "old school" in that the neck is a real handful.
and Elvis the pink Squier VI above arrived and I thought oh, somewhat disappointing. Then, after three quarter-turns tightening the trussrod, and dropping the bridge about 1mm, we are in quite another ballpark of playability and fun. Even with the stock strings that everyone hates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etdColw0Knk

Burgundy Mist triple lipstick Jaguar, probably too much to hope Fender makes that a production model

They did that Jaguarillo thing that has disappeared without a trace. Offset with trem, not sure about scale. 2 strat pickups and a humbucker, strat style switch and simple electronics. They called it a Jaguar at the time.

Oh and Ibanez did this forever ago, kinda. one of the Talman models was 3 lipsticks.

The best bass I've ever played is this '86 J-bass:

https://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/86jbass.jpg

It belongs to Ms. Telecom - she bought it new from a guitar shop in Kingston/Woodstock and has owned it 30+ years since. In her words, "feels good, not changing it, never going to sell it" and I agree. Universally - every one who's played it or worked on it has immediately said "wow, what a great bass" - just one of those times when the Fender plant hits a great home run.

USA made?

Y

In the end I ordered an early 90s MIJ Fender p bass. The Greco's not terrible sounding, but I don't think it can do anything a lighter more comfortable instrument couldn't do.

The MIJ does have a basswood body, which gets a bad rap in some quarters. But I do have a poplar bass already which sounds good to me. So I am thinking that if there even is an effect at all, it is definitely not a case of denser/heavier woods sounding better, the Greco has me convinced of that. Now the challenge is to sell it on before I develop an irrational attachment to it.

Confessional
https://i.imgur.com/Fvr32rY.jpg
but - I have to say I am playing them and loving them individually.

Love them all!

Turning 40 today, my alltime favourite
https://i.imgur.com/fodQvAk.jpg

that is such a great guitar

Ta - I’ve had it 14 years, and it answers to no one for the quality of workmanship and the sounds it can make.

hell yeah!

Oh - not really apparent from the pic but it’s a Japanese Squier from 1983.

that's aged like fine wine

What's everyone's feelings on the Danelectro reissue stuff? Been wanting a real clean/chimey tone?