NA, my main/core memory of the Galanti GP was seeing Polvo many times in the early 90s and Ash's main guitar was a finicky GP that he abused to no end but I distinctly remember he had taped down certain buttons with electric tape.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 15 March 2024 20:59 (six months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/f8I7Ivh.png
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 15 March 2024 21:02 (six months ago) link
more here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LKxmoZv-nE
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 15 March 2024 21:05 (six months ago) link
i just saw that today! i was doing some basic research on my guitar and someone pointed that out on another board.the other funny thing is that no one can agree what kind of pickups it has. the consensus seems to be minihumbuckers but some people say single coil.
― na (NA), Friday, 15 March 2024 21:35 (six months ago) link
Seems unlikely they’d be humbuckers, it’s going for a Jazzmaster equivalent and that era is rife with single coil pickups inside humbucker cases, I doubt they would do it the other way round.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 15 March 2024 22:09 (six months ago) link
Wow that is some complex switching. I bet it’s full of dust and oxidation, deoxit will be your saviour. https://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=75313&start=15
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 15 March 2024 22:13 (six months ago) link
whoa thanks for finding that. that does seem complex, though that must be for the three-pickup model. i would hope that the repair places i took it to did the dust/deoxit thing but maybe it's susceptible to dust getting in there.
― na (NA), Friday, 15 March 2024 23:38 (six months ago) link
They might be unlikely to use deoxit, it’s a bit of a niche product. I know it from fixing up old hifi gear. You can get it in a little bottle with a brush applicator like nail polish, good for wiping between contacts. Can’t do any harm. You want the red stuff, the gold is a lubricant for faders etc.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 15 March 2024 23:57 (six months ago) link
i did open up my guitar and deoxit the button switches, and i thought it fixed the issue because they did work correctly immediately after, but they stopped working again shortly after. still glad i got over my fear of opening it up. might give it another pass at some point.
― na (NA), Monday, 18 March 2024 14:36 (six months ago) link
Very encouraging start tho, there are no serious issues beyond signal path. It’s possible there is a shield or a wire touching part of the switch assembly, maybe taking a pickup signal to ground, which was taken out of contact by opening it but settled back into place after. You can try plugging it in to a practice amp while it’s opened up and tapping on pickup poles with a screwdriver to hear what’s working or not. No danger to you in doing that.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 18 March 2024 19:23 (six months ago) link
Instructions unclear. Pickup plugged directly into wall outlet. Amplifier in bathtub. Beginning to smell smoke, hair approaching Christopher Lloyd levels. Losing consciousness. Await further direction.
― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 00:15 (six months ago) link
press "record" and play hard
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 00:56 (six months ago) link
Just coming here to say that matttkkkk's guitar upthread looks awesome. A Jaguar or Jazzmaster in Candy Apple Red with white pickguard and pickups and a rosewood(?) fretboard is exactly the kind of thing that floats my boat.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 19:11 (six months ago) link
I feel like the only weirdo who never wanted an offset guitar. Don't hate em but don't particularly like em.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 19:14 (six months ago) link
snoball you’ll probably like its sibling I restored it couple of years ago - https://i.imgur.com/KVxTecr.jpeg
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:10 (six months ago) link
argh “a couple” I meant
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:11 (six months ago) link
Yeah, I commented on the Jaguar upthread.
I feel like the only weirdo who never wanted an offset guitar.
I've got to say that it's really only the Jaguar and Jazzmaster that I like. Most other offsets look strange to me the way I imagine that all offsets might look to other people.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:18 (six months ago) link
They kind of look like they’re in flight to me. But if you forced me to choose just one guitar it’d be a Telecaster.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:34 (six months ago) link
I think that offsets without the floating trem look extremely weird (too much unused real estate), but also JM's with smaller/strat-ier headstock look even weirder:
https://i.imgur.com/4KvuudS.jpeg
Wish that Fender/Squier would do more period-correct reissues in terms of body/headstock shape (EXCEPT for the bridge lol)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:45 (six months ago) link
Guessing you're not a fan of the Offset Telecaster then!
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:53 (six months ago) link
Yeah that guitar looks amazing
I have been using this beautiful ES-350 clone with a single P90, I tried in on a whim in 2017 and fell in love immediately and have been using it ever since…
…but I’m resigning myself to the fact that a single P90 is just too hum-risky and I’m considering my options (replacing the pickup, or installing a second P90, idk idk idk)
― Premises, Premises (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:59 (six months ago) link
Kinman and Lindy Fralin both make hum canceling P90s - I believe the Kinmans sound better but are eye-wateringly expensive
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 22:37 (six months ago) link
damn this hits such a very specific set of pickups/body style/etc that i've been looking for
https://reverb.com/item/78494451-vintage-revo-series-surfmaster-thinline-twin-electric-guitar-greenburst
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 15:42 (six months ago) link
Oh wow, same -- though that set of features at that price almost makes me worry there must be some weak spots. I always find myself looking at Reverends in vaguely similar territory, but they only ever do Bigsby or Wilkinson vibratos, and I've come to really depend on the JM/Jag one.
― ን (nabisco), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 16:05 (six months ago) link
Sure is pretty!
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:08 (six months ago) link
I just had a dream Chrissie Hynde came to my house and I got to show her my Telecasters, she was so down to earth and friendly too.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:09 (six months ago) link
ve come to really depend on the JM/Jag one.
― ን (nabisco), Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:05 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
i'd had guitars with the classic fender style or a bigsby but not a jazzmaster trem until i got one installed in a guitar a couple years ago and it was definitely like a "oh yeah the porridge is just right" moment for me
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 18:05 (six months ago) link
The only bummer is thinline offsets (usually?) don't have contoured bodies. I've just come to really want that. I can tolerate a thick slab of Les Paul. But like a Tele for example? Definitely prefer something shaped.
A nice offset trem is really really sweet.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Friday, 22 March 2024 04:09 (six months ago) link
this guy does some of the best pedal videos out there, always has unique approaches to things that you've maybe not thought about before and a fun way of presenting stuff too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fetsd_qURtg
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Friday, 22 March 2024 18:33 (six months ago) link
that was fun, the sega genesis lead tone cracked me up
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 24 March 2024 03:00 (six months ago) link
Had my Greco P-bass up on Reverb for a couple of months, but then I made the mistake of playing it again and realising it's better than I remembered.So I might have to keep it now. The pickup doesn't sound especially impressive on its own, but it sits in a mix quite nicely. So it's useful as a recording tool.I installed some lightweight tuners and that made a big difference. It was too heavy before but now it's manageable. You wouldn't think 170 grams less would make a difference, but I guess it's more about the balance than the overall weight.
― mirostones, Friday, 5 April 2024 20:59 (six months ago) link
Dirt cheap Dolamo overdrive from eBay, YES. Beautifully cranked on my Tele, wide range of tones, no background noise, goes from a bit burred to snarly in very good ways. $A31 delivered so probably $US 20?
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 12 April 2024 01:54 (five months ago) link
Apparently it’s a Timmy clone. Nice quality for no money, and I can dial in the sounds I want to hear very easily.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 12 April 2024 12:59 (five months ago) link
following my acquisition of a shijie strat a couple of months ago, i've continued my quest to acquire high-quality knockoffs of established design classics with this mij tokai love rock, which arrived earlier in the week
https://i.ibb.co/BqzjjVS/IMG-6276.jpg
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 12 April 2024 13:00 (five months ago) link
that's pretty love the classic gold top look
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 12 April 2024 15:00 (five months ago) link
gorgeous!!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 12 April 2024 15:15 (five months ago) link
went to put a fresh set of strings on the love rock and the nut fell clean out of the fretboard, having apparently only been held on by the tension of the strings
ffs
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 13:52 (five months ago) link
That’s common enough and not a major issue. All you need is a dab of superglue / krazy glue to tack in in place, make sure it’s snug to the end of the fretboard and the edges of the neck, then hold it down firmly for a few secs while the glue sets. Only a small amount of glue, less than you may think, and doesn’t need to cover the surfaces completely.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 17:43 (five months ago) link
this is one of the worst looking things I have ever seen, no matter what clever shit it can do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgWLonnch_8
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 19:18 (five months ago) link
I guess you could slice an egg with the headstock though?
It's weird that 'woodworker' guitars are so often bad examples of both woodworking and luthiery.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 20:06 (five months ago) link
Charlie Clouser's Moog MIDI lap steel is cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OubCmnlEjiI
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 20:09 (five months ago) link
A little pickguard makeover for this 70s FST-70. Think I'll go black for the other plastics too.https://i.imgur.com/AcD5fKn.jpeghttps://i.imgur.com/evk6skX.jpeg
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 23:56 (five months ago) link
https://www.christies.com/-/jssmedia/images/features/articles/2019/05/21/the-black-strat-david-gilmours-iconic-fender-stratocaser/rl-138-eamonn-mccabe.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 3 May 2024 04:34 (five months ago) link
how did you get a photo of me?
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 3 May 2024 04:44 (five months ago) link
i just made my first electric guitar purchase ever - not really for me but for when my kids get older. they all take music lessons now so i won't be surprised when they get older and want to try and start a band so i figured why not have one around the house. for now it'll be for me to noodle around with.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 3 May 2024 04:47 (five months ago) link
what did you get!?
dig the gilmour look mkkkkk xps
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Friday, 3 May 2024 06:57 (five months ago) link
I just have Squiers for the time being - a strat and a Bass VI which I bought in a big Cure phase a few years back
― a3poify, Friday, 3 May 2024 08:01 (five months ago) link
I bought a VI during my big Cure phase, which started in 1985 and is still going
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 3 May 2024 23:26 (five months ago) link
My Bass VI is still waiting on me to take it to get the Staytrem installed and some La Bella strings and a full setup.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 3 May 2024 23:40 (five months ago) link