Wait, these guys run a boutique guitar shop and they didn't know what a Jet King was?
Anyway, wonderful score!
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 27 August 2023 18:28 (one year ago) link
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.
― joygoat, Sunday, 27 August 2023 19:35 (one year ago) link
nice score!
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 27 August 2023 19:38 (one year ago) link
xxp the name is literally written on it as well!That’s a great price too.
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 27 August 2023 22:05 (one year ago) link
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==
― bulb after bulb, Monday, 28 August 2023 18:19 (one year ago) link
gibson sucks so much
― call all destroyer, Monday, 28 August 2023 18:22 (one year ago) link
I repeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd7ySopIwog
― Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 28 August 2023 18:56 (one year ago) link
just wow. there's plenty of V knockoffs, and have been since the 70s.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Monday, 28 August 2023 19:59 (one year ago) link
Vintera II Bass VI in Lake Placid Blue please. Probably the only way I'll ever afford one.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 19:11 (one year ago) link
never thought I'd lust after a Gene Simmons bass but here we arehttps://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EB0GSEb--gibson-custom-limited-edition-gene-simmons-eb-0-electric-bass-ebony-vos
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 19:16 (one year ago) link
Elvis there are very good Squier VI options - received this during the week:https://i.imgur.com/mGmYxaH.jpgand in the same package, the needed Mustang for my "offset trilogy":https://i.imgur.com/hEyJqfa.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 23 September 2023 05:41 (one year ago) link
Any MIM P bass owners on here? How do you find yours?
― mirostones, Saturday, 23 September 2023 11:30 (one year ago) link
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.
― joygoat, Sunday, 24 September 2023 17:19 (one year ago) link
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
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 24 September 2023 17:40 (one year ago) link
Competition Stripe Vintera II Mustang looks dope too
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 24 September 2023 18:03 (one year ago) link
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.
― mirostones, Sunday, 24 September 2023 21:07 (one year ago) link
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.
― joygoat, Monday, 25 September 2023 02:09 (one year ago) link
matttkkkk - I know the Squire VIs. With me it's just a matter of running across the right one to connect wutg,
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 25 September 2023 04:28 (one year ago) link
with
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.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 25 September 2023 04:33 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etdColw0Knk
Burgundy Mist triple lipstick Jaguar, probably too much to hope Fender makes that a production model
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 25 September 2023 04:52 (one year ago) link
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.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Monday, 25 September 2023 07:51 (one year ago) link
Oh and Ibanez did this forever ago, kinda. one of the Talman models was 3 lipsticks.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Monday, 25 September 2023 07:55 (one year ago) link
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.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 25 September 2023 23:52 (one year ago) link
USA made?
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 00:00 (one year ago) link
Y
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 00:45 (one year ago) link
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.
― mirostones, Thursday, 28 September 2023 16:15 (one year ago) link
Confessionalhttps://i.imgur.com/Fvr32rY.jpgbut - I have to say I am playing them and loving them individually.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 7 October 2023 23:16 (eleven months ago) link
Love them all!
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Sunday, 8 October 2023 00:55 (eleven months ago) link
Turning 40 today, my alltime favouritehttps://i.imgur.com/fodQvAk.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 4 November 2023 05:17 (ten months ago) link
that is such a great guitar
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 November 2023 15:38 (ten months ago) link
Ta - I’ve had it 14 years, and it answers to no one for the quality of workmanship and the sounds it can make.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 02:38 (ten months ago) link
hell yeah!
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 09:08 (ten months ago) link
Oh - not really apparent from the pic but it’s a Japanese Squier from 1983.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 10:43 (ten months ago) link
that's aged like fine wine
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 12:01 (ten months ago) link
What's everyone's feelings on the Danelectro reissue stuff? Been wanting a real clean/chimey tone?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 19:44 (ten months ago) link
'67 Dano looks cool, a friend in Japan just picked one up and has a show next week.
Changing subject to WANTs, what exactly is this Arthur Lee frankenstein and how do I get my hands on one?
https://i.imgur.com/uo5SBty.jpeg
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:15 (ten months ago) link
mad headstock on that top neck!
― blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:31 (ten months ago) link
Almost perfect body/neck/headstock ratio... floating trem too lol, i bet that's "fun" to keep in tune.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:33 (ten months ago) link
woah -- look at the pickups on the bottom - the neck pickup looks like it's offset so it's not getting the bottom two strings, and the bridge is offset so it's getting those but not getting the top two strings
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:34 (ten months ago) link
looks like a teisco or one of those brands
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:35 (ten months ago) link
that pickup config is insane lol
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:54 (ten months ago) link
what could be the purpose of that offset thing? some kinda 1 + 3 pickup setting with a phase thing going on?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:56 (ten months ago) link
I’m thinking of picking up an Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60 after years of playing strat clones and cheap Ibanez’ish pointy ‘shred’ guitars. Never had a LP before and can’t justify more than £500ish. Can anyone talk me out of it or recommend something better in that range?
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Thursday, 30 November 2023 23:09 (ten months ago) link
I have had two Epiphone Les Paulish guitars. An LP Standard and a 339. Both were extremely good guitars in terms of fit and finish, playability, etc.
Although I ultimately decided to sell them and be single-coil forever more, I have no quarrel with those utterly fine instruments.
― Iris Demented (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 30 November 2023 23:54 (ten months ago) link
I’ve got one of the recent trad reissues (wooden bridge), I’ve really got to put more effort into setting it up. The factory string height/etc. was trash (no surprise) but I’ve got to monkey with pickup height because it just sounds dull (compared to other Dano reissues I’ve played and my old Silvertone).
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 1 December 2023 00:13 (ten months ago) link
my 17yo has got his first gigs booked!! he plays guitar in a thrash/death metal band. so far he's just been using a cheap marshall practice amp so i just got him a 90s peavey bandit 112 teal stripe for £99. we pick it up on tuesday. did i do good?
― blazin' squab (NickB), Friday, 1 December 2023 21:15 (ten months ago) link
Willl I have heard extraordinary praise for the Epiphone Les Paul Muse series from folks who would know - they are metallic colours if you can abide that. Retail £499, Thomann have them for £399, some places less.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 December 2023 22:50 (ten months ago) link
xpost I'm a Peavey fan it's wild how that company stays at underrated
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 December 2023 22:53 (ten months ago) link
Yeah Peaveys are quite solid and versatile.
― Iris Demented (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 2 December 2023 00:45 (ten months ago) link