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Cato
07-15-2004, 06:49 PM
wanna see?

smaz
07-15-2004, 06:58 PM
Yeah show 'em off, why not??

Cato
07-15-2004, 11:04 PM
um...

this is a custom shop '54 strat which I bought for only $250 at the pawnshop 4 years ago.

Cato
07-15-2004, 11:04 PM
nice woods

Cato
07-15-2004, 11:06 PM
custom shop custom shop custom shop custom shop

Cato
07-15-2004, 11:16 PM
a snob named GAR will post here soon to disparage it.

BrownSound1
07-16-2004, 01:22 AM
250 bucks is a steal for a Fender Custom Shop guitar. That maple neck and fingerboard is great looking.

ELVIS
07-16-2004, 02:04 AM
Wow, that's neat!

Birdseye flame neck is neat...

I have a real '55 I'm putting back together...

Cato
07-16-2004, 03:11 AM
my '73 tele.

frets5150
07-16-2004, 03:11 AM
here's my gear not much but just enough...
thank's to mitch from meanSTguitars for the striped one

Cato
07-16-2004, 03:12 AM
it was bigger when I got 20 years ago. I don't know why it got small.

Cato
07-16-2004, 03:13 AM
eh..

ELVIS
07-16-2004, 03:46 AM
Are you a midget Jap ??

:D

Mr Grimsdale
07-16-2004, 03:50 AM
Originally posted by Cato
it was bigger when I got 20 years ago. I don't know why it got small.

apparently it is a common problem in the homosexual community

ELVIS
07-16-2004, 03:54 AM
~Ha!~

:D

Cathedral
07-16-2004, 04:05 AM
LMMFAO...

Cato
07-16-2004, 04:43 AM
Originally posted by ELVIS
Are you a midget Jap ??

:D
Oi!

what a rude redneck.

didn't I send you some rounded things made of hard plastic?

at least you should rate me GOOd in return.

Cato
07-16-2004, 04:44 AM
I'll show off my Les Paul tomorrow.

Panamark
07-16-2004, 06:20 AM
$250 for that Strat ? Cato thats the bargain of the century !
Well done...

Mr Grimsdale
07-16-2004, 07:59 AM
Originally posted by Cato
didn't I send you some rounded things made of hard plastic?

but elvis did not ask you to send him your favourite dildos

smaz
07-16-2004, 04:40 PM
This is the bass guitar I'm getting next week.

Samsonite
07-16-2004, 04:44 PM
I'm getting this one at the end of the summer...

http://images.misupply.com/products/full/Aria/igb40rd.jpg

guwapo_rocker
07-16-2004, 05:21 PM
I'm getting this one on payday!

Cato
07-16-2004, 07:20 PM
here is my Gibson Les Paul.

I got it from Neil Young when I met him last summer in Japan.

Cato
07-16-2004, 07:25 PM
don't care even if it looked small a little. it's only optical illusion.

ELVIS
07-16-2004, 08:28 PM
Originally posted by Cato
Oi!

what a rude redneck.

If I didn't love you, I wouldn't bother calling you names...

didn't I send you some rounded things made of hard plastic?

Yes, and I said thank you, thank you, thank you...

..again.. THANK YOU !!

at least you should rate me GOOd in return.

I'm sorry, I always forget the rating system...

I will now.. you wanker!





:elvis:

turboblues
07-16-2004, 09:22 PM
Here is one of my treasures. Paul Reed Smith custom 24( 1992).
I also got 2 Gibsons(les paul), two strats, a Kramer stagemaster, an Ibanez edb500 bass guitar, an ESP George Lynch model and an OLP mm1. Gotta take some pictures one day but where the hell is my camera?

turboblues
07-16-2004, 09:38 PM
Aha got another one : 2001 American series strat!
And my number one player : 95 American standard.

turboblues
07-16-2004, 09:40 PM
The red one is the 2001.

Cato
07-16-2004, 10:07 PM
good guitars, but they don't look small...

ashstralia
07-17-2004, 02:24 AM
cato,
i don't believe you paid $250
for that strat.
every pawnbroker in the world knows
what that thing is worth.
did you leave out a zero?

Cathedral
07-17-2004, 03:00 AM
Model 3

Cato
07-17-2004, 03:48 AM
Originally posted by ashstralia
cato,
i don't believe you paid $250
for that strat.
every pawnbroker in the world knows
what that thing is worth.
did you leave out a zero?
although I'm almost illiteracy at least I can read the numbers.

it was $250.

but why?

oh yes, that's because there were lots of flaws on the side. but I don't care of that.

Cato
07-17-2004, 03:49 AM
that's a nice strap btw Cat.

Cathedral
07-17-2004, 04:41 AM
Le Amazon....That one goes waaaaaaay back.
I tried bleaching it, but it stll has a yellow tint to it, it's old...

Cato
07-17-2004, 05:14 PM
let me show off another Gibson

Cato
07-17-2004, 05:22 PM
this one may look like a fake.

SweetSecrets
07-17-2004, 05:39 PM
Originally posted by Cato
um...

this is a custom shop '54 strat which I bought for only $250 at the pawnshop 4 years ago.

That looks like grandma's apple pie, Cato! Beutiful guitar! What kind of tone can you get out of that thing??

:rockit2:

SweetSecrets
07-17-2004, 05:41 PM
Originally posted by Cato
nice woods

Is that Birds Eye Maple on the neck?? Gorgeous!

SweetSecrets
07-17-2004, 05:47 PM
Well....since we all seem to enjoy posting our guitars....here is my Les Paul (some of you may have seen it).

Gibson Studion Plus (2001) and my teddy bear. He says, "THE ARMY fookin Rocks!"

-Mary Frances

SweetSecrets
07-17-2004, 05:51 PM
one of the things I love about its neck is the two different shades in the wood. Can you see it? One side is lighther than the other.....I just thought that was kinda unique. But it's no Neil Young gift like Cato's! Wow! What a cool thing to be able to say, Cato!!

Cato
07-17-2004, 11:29 PM
let's confirm if my Gibson is fake

SweetSecrets
07-18-2004, 03:17 PM
It looks like a mini Les Paul! Like Eddie's little guitar!!

Panamark
07-19-2004, 10:08 AM
catch as catch !

Cato, you got a little guitars fetish ??

Mr Grimsdale
07-19-2004, 10:29 AM
he has a toothpaste and swarfega fetish too

...but let's not delve too deeply into that

Coyote
07-19-2004, 02:01 PM
This ain't a pic from my room, but the Tokai shown here is pretty much similar to mine. (Mine being a lefty, though...)

Mr Grimsdale
07-19-2004, 02:33 PM
of course it's not your room

your room is easily recognisable as the scene of a dirty protest

whatever must your mother think?
quick, get the disinfectant!

Coyote
07-19-2004, 03:56 PM
Actually Mr. G, my room is like Hiroshima after the bomb. One big fookin' mess.

Cato
07-20-2004, 03:59 AM
Originally posted by Mr Grimsdale
he has a toothpaste and swarfega fetish too

...but let's not delve too deeply into that
this is the best bullshit in July.

Mr Grimsdale
07-20-2004, 05:32 AM
Originally posted by Coyote
Actually Mr. G, my room is like Hiroshima after the bomb. One big fookin' mess.

excellent!

it makes it harder for mummy to find the sex toys

Mr Grimsdale
07-20-2004, 05:43 AM
Originally posted by Cato
this is the best bullshit in July.

you know cato, sometimes we could almost be related

Cato
07-20-2004, 05:58 AM
but we don't know each other well even now.

Mr Grimsdale
07-20-2004, 06:05 AM
and we never will

now go back to your paddy field

Cato
07-20-2004, 07:06 AM
Originally posted by Mr Grimsdale
and we never will


superb.

besides him who the hell can say that?

no one. even flappo.

he even doesn't try to know my real name whereas most people here try to get boots from me.

this is the real friendship between a loony and me.

Cato
07-20-2004, 07:15 AM
his first PM to me was a cucumber.

Mr Grimsdale
07-20-2004, 07:53 AM
HA!

i can't deny it, it's true

and i'm still waiting for cato to email me his fart

Mr Grimsdale
07-20-2004, 08:14 AM
Originally posted by Cato
superb.

besides him who the hell can say that?

no one. even flappo.

he even doesn't try to know my real name whereas most people here try to get boots from me.

this is the real friendship between a loony and me.

hello campers!

Cato
07-21-2004, 01:45 AM
Oi baka, what the hell do you still have such an old pic for?

ELVIS
07-21-2004, 02:16 AM
Here's the two guitars that were stolen last year...:(

ELVIS
07-21-2004, 02:26 AM
Here's the rest of my collection at the time...

I've added a few more since then...


:elvis:

Cathedral
07-21-2004, 03:01 AM
Elvis, you're a lefty?
That's cool, I was in a band with a dude like you. it was like looking in a mirror when learning covers, lol. Somehow it was an advantage to learning covers in record time.
We put together 61 tunes and went live in 30 days. It was a great team in action.
Even wrote and performed 4 originals for that 4th of July shindig.

Wow, the cool memories that just hit me, lol...Thanks, and Roth On, brother!

ELVIS
07-21-2004, 03:13 AM
yep!

Yeah man, It's easy for me to quickly follow along with a right handed player...

Coyote
07-21-2004, 07:26 AM
Originally posted by Cathedral
We put together 61 tunes and went live in 30 days. It was a great team in action.
Even wrote and performed 4 originals for that 4th of July shindig.

Damn. Now there's a pace for my old band. When we started, we wrote about 30-ish tunes, and practiced every day for 6 months. (partly 'cause our drummer had just started to play the damn things...)

Came the day of our first gig, we were as tight as a drum.

Mr Grimsdale
07-21-2004, 07:40 AM
Originally posted by Coyote
...we were as tight as a drum.

sounds like this bird i knew at school

Panamark
07-21-2004, 08:18 AM
God !! Dont tell me ?? A sparrow ??

Fookin ell... Lock your aviaries, Grimsdale's in town !!

Coyote
07-21-2004, 08:29 AM
Kinda figured that Mr. G would say something irrelevant... Not that I mind though, it's fun. :cool:

Mr Grimsdale
07-21-2004, 10:45 AM
good grief!
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/FileStore/news/features/romandig4.jpg

Seshmeister
07-21-2004, 11:53 AM
Cato when did you get this one?

http://www.actaonline.org/Images/TADP_2003/Nakajima_Sensei.jpg

Seshmeister
07-21-2004, 11:56 AM
I preferred your late 80s glam look...:)


http://webforce.nwrain.net/kabuki/Photoscans/Nhb12.JPG


Cato live in Osucka struggles with the solo to "Bump and Grind"

Mr Grimsdale
07-21-2004, 12:28 PM
HA!

flappo
07-21-2004, 12:35 PM
pray that flunky muzac , rice boy !

Mr Grimsdale
07-21-2004, 03:17 PM
Originally posted by flappo
pray that flunky muzac , rice boy !

HA!
'kin' ace

Cato
07-21-2004, 04:52 PM
Originally posted by Seshmeister
Cato when did you get this one?

http://www.actaonline.org/Images/TADP_2003/Nakajima_Sensei.jpg
she's the originator of the Brighton Rock passage. this is true.

Mr Grimsdale
07-21-2004, 06:20 PM
is it true that she also explored your back passage?

Cato
07-21-2004, 07:36 PM
Originally posted by Mr Grimsdale
is it true that she also explored your back passage?
I can't reply nicely to this. very sorry.

Cato5

ELVIS
07-21-2004, 09:36 PM
Cato meets Yngwie...

http://yngwie.org/gallery/Fans/Kenichi-Hirano.JPG


:D

wooda
07-21-2004, 09:41 PM
Originally posted by Seshmeister
I preferred your late 80s glam look...:)


http://webforce.nwrain.net/kabuki/Photoscans/Nhb12.JPG


Cato live in Osucka struggles with the solo to "Bump and Grind"

That's when Cato was in that band KISS my nut sack.

His retarded brother was in the band to SUM TING WONG

pete
07-21-2004, 09:43 PM
Originally posted by Cato
although I'm almost illiteracy at least I can read the numbers.

it was $250.

but why?

oh yes, that's because there were lots of flaws on the side. but I don't care of that.

where was it made?

that's the key.

pete
07-21-2004, 09:44 PM
I just bought a hollow-body Gretsch. brand new. $1400. (turquoise)
bixby bar.


sweet.

ELVIS
07-21-2004, 09:45 PM
You mean Bigsby ??

pete
07-21-2004, 09:47 PM
right - $2100 retail. it's been sitting on the guys shelf for a year.

I brought my Charvel in to have it calibrated. it's 20 years old.

Been playing acoustic for the last 2 years.

he put it in my hands and that was it.

actually brought the charvel in thinking I should get a new one.

he said it was great.

totally customized. all active.

I have a parametric eq built in. which is basically a built-in whah wah.

got the intonation done and shit.

floyd rose.

it's a charvel. but completely customized.

has sime nice bumps in it. I use to be pretty brutal with my instruments.

thought i was the rocxk star. still do

still a beautiful instrument.

ELVIS
07-21-2004, 09:52 PM
Those are neat guitars...

wooda
07-21-2004, 09:58 PM
Originally posted by ELVIS
You mean Bigsby ??

Like a Bill Bixby?

ELVIS
07-21-2004, 10:00 PM
Another shot of Cato and Ying Yang...

http://yngwie.org/gallery/images/yoko1.gif

wooda
07-21-2004, 10:02 PM
I like how Yank My Valve Stem keeps getting bigger lenses as his mass increases

ELVIS
07-21-2004, 10:05 PM
He was fat when I saw him at the House of Blues a couple months ago in New Orleans...

Still awesome though...

Cato
07-22-2004, 12:16 AM
Originally posted by pete
where was it made?

that's the key.
somewhere in the Fender custom shop.

there is a signature of D.Borlanger on the spring holder.

Cato
07-22-2004, 12:40 AM
current Gretsch guitars are made in my nearby factory named Terada Gakki.
I've never gone there though.

Cato
07-22-2004, 04:37 AM
*news flash*

My new PC has arrived right now!

Mr Grimsdale
07-22-2004, 05:13 AM
when is the consignment of soiled panties arriving?

turboblues
07-22-2004, 04:21 PM
Nice to see that there are a lot of guitar players at the ROTH ARMY.
Here is the rest of my collection as promised! Keep abusing those axes!

turboblues
07-22-2004, 04:23 PM
another.

turboblues
07-22-2004, 04:24 PM
I play some bass too!

turboblues
07-22-2004, 04:26 PM
An 87 Kramer stagemaster

turboblues
07-22-2004, 04:30 PM
An original ESP George Lynch(first edition). I removed the skull and snakes painting and threw out the screaming demon p/up(too thin sounding) and installed a duncan JB.

turboblues
07-22-2004, 04:35 PM
This is cheapy. OLP mm1(music man copy). Great neck for such a small budget!

Mr Grimsdale
07-22-2004, 05:11 PM
Originally posted by turboblues
I removed the skull and snakes painting

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

turboblues
07-22-2004, 06:06 PM
Yeah, I hated that. It looked like a guitar from a death metal freak. Bought it real cheap(new) but was never a Lynch fan. His solos were great but those songs..

BlimpyCHIMP™
07-22-2004, 10:27 PM
Originally posted by Cato
a snob named GAR will post here soon to disparage it.

IF IT AIN'T A MASTER BUILDER SERIES IT AIN'T SHIT, TONTO

smaz
08-12-2004, 05:40 PM
My New Epiphone Thunderbird bass guitar. Very nice......

GAR
08-13-2004, 06:23 PM
http://www.walking.me.uk/images/143.jpg

fewls..

Tex
08-21-2004, 10:07 PM
How about a real 1959 Les Paul.

Cato
08-22-2004, 04:57 AM
Hummm....any interesting episode about that 59?

Tex
08-22-2004, 06:39 PM
The '59 Les Paul belongs to a friend of mine. His grandfather bought it new in '59 and passed it down to him. He won't sell it but he lets me play it. Monster tone! All my grandfather left me was my good looks.

Cato
08-23-2004, 08:19 AM
Originally posted by Tex
All my grandfather left me was my good looks.
indeed...

Mr Grimsdale
08-24-2004, 03:54 AM
cato is well known for his solo abilities with the blue veined piccolo, bed flute and pink oboe

Cato
08-24-2004, 06:32 AM
hello diamonddick!

alexpgrimes
08-24-2004, 08:38 AM
Hey turboblues! I have the same guitar. Mine has a mirrored pick guard and I put some duncan pick ups in it. The ephiphone les paul.

Mr Grimsdale
08-24-2004, 03:14 PM
Originally posted by Cato
hello diamonddick!

hello ducky!

GAR
08-24-2004, 06:53 PM
Fresno among other things held a concentration camp for the Japs during WW2

Where will he keep them for WW3?
The Bering Sea would do.

turboblues
09-05-2004, 07:17 PM
Originally posted by alexpgrimes
Hey turboblues! I have the same guitar. Mine has a mirrored pick guard and I put some duncan pick ups in it. The ephiphone les paul. I think you are referring to my Gibson Les Paul Custom? It is an '86 with EMG active pups!

turboblues
09-11-2004, 09:44 PM
Might as well show my last purchase (yesterday).It's a Fender Highway one stratocaster, but I changed those Mexican pickups. It's a bad quality pic (took it with my cell phone).

ELVIS
09-13-2004, 11:18 AM
Fender makes the Highway one in sunburst ??

I was thinking of buying one and putting a real finish on it...

turboblues
09-13-2004, 09:16 PM
Originally posted by ELVIS
Fender makes the Highway one in sunburst ??

I was thinking of buying one and putting a real finish on it...
It was the only color I would even consider ; the others are far more cheaper looking. I will leave it as it is, don't mind a few bumps and scratches, plus it resonates more thanks to that thin finish! Maybe some new tuners and another bridge?

DrMaddVibe
09-15-2004, 03:26 PM
Here's my "collection".

DrMaddVibe
09-15-2004, 03:27 PM
Here's some more....

ELVIS
09-15-2004, 09:23 PM
Cool Washburn...

That Gibson acoustic /electric is nice too...


:elvis:

Matt White
10-13-2004, 01:23 PM
Here's 3 of mine:
1998 EVH wolfgang
Warmouth "Parts" guitar (due to be "VAN HALENIZED)
1996 Fender 1968 reissue Srtatocaster
My brothers 1988 Pearl drum kit

Matt White
10-17-2004, 01:23 AM
Here's my Amp & main guitar, the EVH wolfgang.

DLRdelight!
10-18-2004, 01:33 AM
I want to get my hands on an old les paul so bad

GAR
10-23-2004, 04:43 PM
just get your hands on some new money!

Matt White
10-31-2004, 11:15 AM
Here's an old Les Paul Custom that my cousin Jerry gave me back in the late 80's. Very beat up but ROCKS!!!!

Cato
11-01-2004, 02:07 AM
Matt....it's an LP standard...not a custom...cool sunburst though..

Cato
11-01-2004, 02:08 AM
Ummmm!!!!

what's that bridge? looks strange eh?

Matt White
11-01-2004, 10:22 AM
Originally posted by Cato
Matt....it's an LP standard...not a custom...cool sunburst though..

My bad! I thought only the customs came with the 3 pickup set up. The bridge is not original, I think. It's got a push/pull pot to split the pick, which I am not crazy about. Bad picture. The paint is really beat up, ton of dings and dents. Back has cracked paint & bare wood in spots.
I wouldn't have put stickers on it if it was in good condition!! LOL
Still, this guitar has a TON of personality & sentimental value.

Matt White
11-01-2004, 10:35 AM
Here's a couple more guitars!!!:D
A mid-90's Danelectro & a 1986 Martin/Stinger Tele copy. The tele is my first "real" electric guitar.

NightProwler
11-01-2004, 12:38 PM
How about posting a photo of that "classic" Martin acoustic?

Matt White
11-01-2004, 11:55 PM
Originally posted by NightProwler
How about posting a photo of that "classic" Martin acoustic?

:D It's a Bently! And it's seen its better days!!!LOL

NightProwler
11-02-2004, 01:22 AM
A Bently? The "rolls royce" of guitars?

Appears my memory has seen its better daze!

Matt White
11-02-2004, 09:41 AM
Originally posted by NightProwler
A Bently? The "rolls royce" of guitars?

Appears my memory has seen its better daze!

Well, you probably haven't SEEN that guitar in what? 5-10 years???
Nice call though. It's still hanging around. Needs some work though.

NightProwler
11-03-2004, 12:55 AM
"Needs some work"?

Just like me!

EDDIEVRULZ
11-15-2004, 10:34 AM
here is my latest score.

sambo
11-17-2004, 10:42 PM
Here is mine, 2002 LP Std Heritage Cherry Sunburst. Bought second hand from a guy who had it since new, played it a total of 6 times and stored it under his bed... still had the plastic on it and the sticker on the pickguard.

All for less than 50% RRP, he wanted a quick sale, and wants a Strat instead...my gain I guess.

Happy days... my first Paul.... been a Strat / Tele man for many years but I plugged this sucker into my Marshall Plexi and it was pretty much over.. great guitars...

Cato
11-18-2004, 01:14 AM
cool avatar sambo!

sambo
11-18-2004, 01:33 AM
Thanks mate! I found it quite amusing.... ;)

EDDIEVRULZ
11-18-2004, 03:06 AM
excellent score sambo! heritage guitars are sweet!

Denny
11-19-2004, 09:08 AM
Originally posted by smaz
My New Epiphone Thunderbird bass guitar. Very nice......

Cheap Rubbish!!!!!

flappo
12-05-2004, 04:35 AM
isnt the strat a thing of beauty ?

sambo
12-05-2004, 07:17 PM
Yep I love my Strat, about 15 years old now..

ashstralia
12-05-2004, 09:41 PM
textbook g- barre,
too!!!

sambo
12-05-2004, 10:38 PM
LOL! :D

sambo
12-20-2004, 01:08 AM
Finally got my hands on a decent camera...

Here they are..

sambo
01-18-2005, 12:35 AM
My latest addition..

2003 Rickenbacker 360/12

Matt White
01-18-2005, 12:44 AM
Very nice collection Sambo!

sambo
01-18-2005, 12:50 AM
Cheers mate!

Taken me 15 years... ;)

EDDIEVRULZ
01-18-2005, 12:51 AM
sambo, i love rick's. i used to have a lennon 325, but got rid of it. those 360's sound great. for a certain type of music that is. lol

sambo
01-18-2005, 12:57 AM
Hey Ed, absolutely mate...very distinct sound.

Apart from clean and *ahem* jangly, I am going to try it with a bit of distortion through the Marshall and get some Pete Townsend-type "windmills" happening. LOL! :D

EDDIEVRULZ
01-18-2005, 01:11 AM
that would sound .........interesting! lol. ya, pete had a cool sound going throughout his career. underrated guitar player. especially rhythm.

kentuckyklira
01-18-2005, 07:36 AM
Originally posted by pete
where was it made?

that's the key. If you donīt know where Fenderīs custom shop guitars are made, then I have a few for sale you might be interested in!:cool:

Soul Reaper
01-18-2005, 02:20 PM
cool collection, sambo. I especially like the look of that white Marshall. How much did each of those cost?

Big Troubles
01-18-2005, 05:41 PM
Originally posted by sambo
Finally got my hands on a decent camera...

Here they are..

Ive got a Slammer identical to your Gibson.









Id rather the Gibson. :(

sambo
01-18-2005, 05:52 PM
Originally posted by Big Troubles
Ive got a Slammer identical to your Gibson.

Id rather the Gibson. :(

Yeah, there's something about a LP Std.... wanted one since.. well since forever. :cool:

and it feels like it took me forever to bloody get one... :)

Big Troubles
01-18-2005, 05:56 PM
Im still farting around, learning as I go. Almost made a few thousand dollar mistake when I went in to Music City and tried to order a Jackson custom Flying V. I was educated quickly.

sambo
01-18-2005, 06:02 PM
As in the Randy Rhoads Custom V ??

Big Troubles
01-18-2005, 06:47 PM
Um, no. hang on I will post a pic.

Big Troubles
01-18-2005, 06:52 PM
sorry im trying to resize this pic and Ive got ass-o-holics in another thread bad mouthin me. Whats new? :D anyways lets try this again.

Big Troubles
01-18-2005, 06:54 PM
i was told they are shit to play and hold. Fucking heavy and will turn a newbie guitar player, such as myself, totally off playing guitars. I was recommended towards a floyd rose or epiphone V

sambo
01-18-2005, 06:58 PM
Yeah V's can be a pain to play. Forget sitting down to play them.

I hate heavy guitars...

I guess bottom line is you want to play it and / or don't want to put it down..

You can't go too wrong with an Epiphone. Ibanez make some pretty decent locking tremolo equipped guitars as well.

Big Troubles
01-18-2005, 07:00 PM
well yeah, thats just it. I like the look of the Jackson V, but I will want to be comfy playing it. I will do a lot of searching and digging around before I spend too much cash. Funny you mentioned Ibanez, I was checking out a few today.

kentuckyklira
01-23-2005, 07:48 AM
Next attempt at posting a pic!

looks like itīs finally working.

Itīs a Fernandes Retrorocket pro, equipped with the Fernandes Sustainer. GODLY!


http://www.guitarmaniacs.de/html/users/maxvalentino/OsBW3-revolver4.jpg

Matt White
01-23-2005, 10:44 AM
Kewl guitar!

kentuckyklira
01-23-2005, 11:04 AM
Originally posted by Matt White
Kewl guitar! more to come!

Matt White
01-23-2005, 11:07 AM
RIGHT ON!!!

Cato
01-23-2005, 04:27 PM
Originally posted by kentuckyklira


Itīs a Fernandes Retrorocket pro, equipped with the Fernandes Sustainer. GODLY!


http://www.guitarmaniacs.de/html/users/maxvalentino/OsBW3-revolver4.jpg
I have never tried it though......how does it feel, useful?

kentuckyklira
01-23-2005, 04:50 PM
Originally posted by Cato
I have never tried it though......how does it feel, useful? Itīs cool. The only thing that isnīt near perfect about it is the humbucker pick up. It sounds a bit too bright for a humbucker. I use the tone pot to deal with that, but I might replace it with a P-90 style pick up.

Fernandes offers you incredible value for money. I have 13 of them and theyīre all excently crafted instruments.

Iīll be posting more pics in the next few days!

Cato
01-23-2005, 06:35 PM
Hummm....very interesting.
but I don't want to make a hole on my strat for batteries. any good ideas?

kentuckyklira
01-24-2005, 03:17 AM
Originally posted by Cato
Hummm....very interesting.
but I don't want to make a hole on my strat for batteries. any good ideas? Place the battery under the pickguard. If you use a good one and donīt constantly use the sustainer you wonīt have to change it often.Or, if you change strings often, use a rechargeable and change it evry time you change the strings.

Big Troubles
02-09-2005, 04:12 PM
Originally posted by Big Troubles
well yeah, thats just it. I like the look of the Jackson V, but I will want to be comfy playing it. I will do a lot of searching and digging around before I spend too much cash. Funny you mentioned Ibanez, I was checking out a few today.

a little update on my pieces of shit. (compared to everyone elses ;))

Big Troubles
02-09-2005, 04:13 PM
slammer & kramer body, fender neck.

Big Troubles
02-09-2005, 04:15 PM
sorry for the SIZE of the pics. :confused:

a shout out to cato too. Thanks bro! You came thru on your word and I will do the same. Check your mail box for a surprise!!! :D

EDDIEVRULZ
02-09-2005, 04:22 PM
i love that neck troubles. its fucking sweet.

Big Troubles
02-09-2005, 04:32 PM
thanks. picked it up at the pawn shop today. its a little rough, but in this small town, its not too often a used guitar, painted up like Ed's comes by too often. Plus its an original alright. Kramer bod. neck's a fender. 50th reissue? Either way Im happy with it. paid under $300.

EDDIEVRULZ
02-09-2005, 04:38 PM
fuck, 300 aint bad. and that paint job looks real nice too. id say you scored! is that an EMG?

Big Troubles
02-09-2005, 04:53 PM
Originally posted by EDDIEVRULZ
fuck, 300 aint bad. and that paint job looks real nice too. id say you scored! is that an EMG?

yup. single coil. it's a first for me and Ive been told I will notice a pleasant difference.:cool:

Big Troubles
02-09-2005, 04:55 PM
the only, but major "fuck up" was the previous owner took off the "Fender" stamp on the headstock. I understand why he would, but I dont understand why he would not clean it up? I guess I will touch it up with something. I also thought that maybe he was planning on painting the stock as well?

EDDIEVRULZ
02-09-2005, 04:59 PM
well, i cant speak for why he didnt clean it up, but i know i had done that before, when i was younger, and left it that way because i had seen eddie in some photo shoots with his original frankie (with a strat headstock) during the hagar years and he had whatever name was on it scratched off. maybe thats why he did it. who knows. or he could be lazy. did you say that was a single coil emg?

GAR
02-09-2005, 05:23 PM
Originally posted by Cato
Hummm....very interesting.
but I don't want to make a hole on my strat for batteries. any good ideas?

You could solder a 9V Battery clip to a DC plug, then drape the input plug (like a dongle to it) under the pickguard between the two tone knobs. That way you could have a Sustainer setup, and still have a way to power it.

The downside to that is having as long a power wire going to the voltage pack as your guitar input cord, or longer, so you'd need to make a special "voltage input" cord such as you could do by wireties every 6 inches to keep it neat.

People do this with very vintage strats when they have.. special things going on inside requiring power. I charge over $80 for these type of cords because only I make them, and only as needed.

Figs
02-09-2005, 10:23 PM
Originally posted by Cato
Can I show off my guitars here?

Yes

Mr Grimsdale
02-10-2005, 05:41 PM
no, don't let him
the yellow beast!

Cato
02-10-2005, 06:26 PM
omae baka dana.

GAR
02-11-2005, 03:06 PM
"owhatta goose Iam" in Sanskrit, no doubt

MAX
02-11-2005, 10:04 PM
Originally posted by Big Troubles
the only, but major "fuck up" was the previous owner took off the "Fender" stamp on the headstock.

LOL!!!

Sweet axe BT. It's funny you say that about the "Fender" logo cos I did that on my blue Frankie as well. I had the entire neck sanded. It feels good without the coating on that particular guitar. However, I'd never dream of doing it on my other strat.

Big Troubles
02-11-2005, 10:28 PM
Yeah, I think its obvious what caught my eye. :D But it was weet to know that it was quality made too. Just having that one prob is all. too much feedback/static. Im hoping its just a pickup problem.

Hardrock69
02-12-2005, 06:36 PM
Here is a picture of part of my collection. I have accumulated 3 more axes since this photo was taken.

Left to right:
1988 Gibson FLying V (#1 Son)
1996 Fender Jazz Bass
1985 JB Player Neck-Thru-Body Strat (#2 Son)
1980 Fender Lead 1
1985 JB Player Neck Thru Body Strat
Sigma Acoustic (Made In Japan by Martin) Not sure of the year...early 80s I think..

Behind them is my Marshall 1979 100W Super Lead and Carvin Cabinet, and you can see my ART Midi Foot controller for my ART SGX 2000 Rack Mount FX unit. Oh, and my autographed 8 X 10 on the wall of Rob Halford.

Since then, I have gotten my Epiphone Korina V and Explorer, and a 1981 Fender Lead II.

Big Troubles
02-12-2005, 07:10 PM
Originally posted by Hardrock69
Here is a picture of part of my collection. I have accumulated 3 more axes since this photo was taken.

Left to right:
1988 Gibson FLying V (#1 Son)
1996 Fender Jazz Bass
1985 JB Player Neck-Thru-Body Strat (#2 Son)
1980 Fender Lead 1
1985 JB Player Neck Thru Body Strat
Sigma Acoustic (Made In Japan by Martin) Not sure of the year...early 80s I think..

Behind them is my Marshall 1979 100W Super Lead and Carvin Cabinet, and you can see my ART Midi Foot controller for my ART SGX 2000 Rack Mount FX unit. Oh, and my autographed 8 X 10 on the wall of Rob Halford.

Since then, I have gotten my Epiphone Korina V and Explorer, and a 1981 Fender Lead II.

How's the V play?

Hardrock69
02-12-2005, 10:22 PM
THe V plays like a dream. IT is the second Gibson V I have owned. The first one was a black 1975 V that I bought in 1977. I sold it in 1983 to avoid starving.

The thing I hated about the '70s V reissues was that the fretboard was about a half an inch ABOVE the top surface of the body. Which made it kinda funkty when trying to play above the 12th fret.

I was unaware that Gibson had started making reissues that were based on the '59 neck when I walked into a friend's guitar shop in 1989. He had this one brand new, and sold it to me for $525 with the luxury hardshell case with a blanket. The fretboard rests ON the top of the body where the neck meets the body, so it plays like a dream way up high. Fantastic guitar for soloing, and Flying Vs are not very heavy, so I can play it for hours without having a sore shoulder (as I would with a Les Paul or one of my JB Player Strats...they are as heavy as a Les Paul.)

I slapped an EMG in there first thing, and made a new pickguard, and I have rocked heavily with that axe ever since. That is why it is my #1 Son. :D

Ahhh I just noticed something. Look at the red JB Player strat and you will see it has no bridge or strings. I got it for 75 bucks from a pawnshop because the original bridge (a cheap Kahler copy) had broken. In the early years of this millenium, I did a web search and found a music store in New Jersey that had some original Kahler bridges new in their original package, so I bought a black one for $150.

The same thing happened with the black one. THe original bridges they put on those JB Players musta been made outta some cheap steel, as the black one's bridge broke when I was living in L.A. in the early 90s. I bought a Kahler pro from a store on Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood, and have not had a problem with it since.

Figs
02-26-2005, 04:34 PM
The guitar is shit, but I thought maybe someone would like the woodburning artwork. My artist friend did the work himself many moons ago. I love the artwork.

Figs
02-26-2005, 04:34 PM
and the back...

jackassrock
02-26-2005, 08:24 PM
OK, so now I've got a digi cam.
So today I took a picture of my Gibsons. Click on the image to enlarge.

The Les Pauls (L to R):

'56 Historic reissue
'02 Sparkletop (one of 40 red)
'83 Std. (my main gtr.)
'71 Deluxe
'78 custom

http://img207.exs.cx/img207/4018/lespauls22vi.th.jpg (http://img207.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img207&image=lespauls22vi.jpg)


The Rest :
'91 Custom shop V (like Paul Stanley's from '75-76)
Blackbird bass
'90 Explorer

http://img139.exs.cx/img139/984/080400086ns.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=080400086ns.jpg)

jackassrock
02-27-2005, 11:04 AM
And now for some Fenders.

(L to R):

Warmouth parts tele.
'61 reissue
'69 rebuilt by me (Bought it as just a body and neck)
40 th anniversary tele w/b-bender
'76 Deluxe

http://img227.exs.cx/img227/5572/teles1bj.th.jpg (http://img227.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img227&image=teles1bj.jpg)


?? parts tele (shiny as hell tho)
'86 Japanese strat
Jourgenson Hellecaster strat
Squier special also rebuilt, there's nothing origional but the wood.

http://img227.exs.cx/img227/5/fenders4cq.th.jpg (http://img227.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img227&image=fenders4cq.jpg)

up next...the imports.

turboblues
03-01-2005, 06:33 PM
@Jackassrock: I had an '86 Jap strat just like yours. I think it was called a contemparary strat with a system 3 trem. A real fucker to change strings. And a fragile locking unit (broke one) as well. Was a quite expensive guitar for a Jap!

Big Troubles
03-01-2005, 06:41 PM
Originally posted by Figs
The guitar is shit, but I thought maybe someone would like the woodburning artwork. My artist friend did the work himself many moons ago. I love the artwork.

Plays like shit? How so?

Figs
03-01-2005, 10:21 PM
Originally posted by Big Troubles
Plays like shit? How so?

It's a copy, not a real Les Paul. The action isn't too bad, but the sound isn't that great and the wiring is fucked right now.

jackassrock
03-06-2005, 12:31 PM
Originally posted by turboblues
@Jackassrock: I had an '86 Jap strat just like yours. I think it was called a contemparary strat with a system 3 trem. A real fucker to change strings. And a fragile locking unit (broke one) as well. Was a quite expensive guitar for a Jap!

I kinda like the trem. The bridge locks to make it like a hardtail. I think I paid $350 for it. NOS, it had been sitting in a box as inventory from somebody's failed music store form about '87 toll 2004. I'm not so into the humbuckers sound (as I like output in the 15-20K range, but thau't something I can fix when I get around to it.

jackassrock
03-09-2005, 04:25 PM
here's some other ones

2 Washburns and 3 Icemen

http://img227.exs.cx/img227/3192/gtrs6ha.jpg

next week...basses

Figs
03-09-2005, 07:39 PM
Originally posted by jackassrock
here's some other ones

2 Washburns and 3 Icemen

http://img227.exs.cx/img227/3192/gtrs6ha.jpg

next week...basses

very cool, I have a black Iceman, very happy with it...

jackassrock
03-09-2005, 09:35 PM
I dig them too.

I have a friend that's selling an ICJ (it's the one with the maple top, abalone binding, Floyd Rose, etc.) if anybosy is interested.

It's sparkle metallic green with silver stars. NICE

Cato
03-09-2005, 11:17 PM
that brown sunburst iceman is very very very very very very rare. it has a triple coil pickup.....how does it sound? I've never heard...

jackassrock
03-10-2005, 12:16 PM
That guitar is really nice and simple. The 4 way rotary switch provides 2 humbucking and 2 single coil sounds.


In a word, it sounds sexy. Old Ibanez guitars are really nicely built (without any basswood in sight). IMO they blow the newer models away.It's a set neck with a really slim profile and it plays great too.

Golden AWe
11-25-2007, 04:40 PM
Can I show off my penis here?

Matt White
11-25-2007, 05:43 PM
Originally posted by Golden AWe
Can I show off my penis here?

UHu h UHhHU uh H Uh uHU hu hu hu ...NO


Leave your Truss Rod out of this

Coyote
11-28-2007, 05:00 AM
My baby...

http://www.smaz.co.uk/army/Coyote_da_axe.jpg

Tokai Love Rock (Les Paul).

Cato
01-09-2008, 07:45 AM
let me show off my new one

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/tele_1.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/tele_2.jpg

I swapped Yngwie strat for this...

Diamondjimi
01-09-2008, 02:57 PM
Nice Tele Cato ! But can you make it scream like Akira ???:D

Gorgeous Maple neck. What kind of profile ,soft C or baseball bat?

EDDIEVRULZ
01-09-2008, 03:24 PM
man, that birdseye is nice!!

Cato
01-10-2008, 07:23 AM
Originally posted by diamondjimi
Nice Tele Cato ! But can you make it scream like Akira ???:D

Gorgeous Maple neck. What kind of profile ,soft C or baseball bat?
it's a Warmoth neck and it's fat like a baseball bat.
the width at nut is 1.8".

rustoffa
01-15-2009, 04:40 PM
2 Custom Shop 59 Juniors, I put a Lollar in the white one-it's a little brighter, Les Paul Melody Maker, and a Melody Maker re-issue. The sunburst Junior is @ the day spa!!:anger::baaa:

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/1310/guitarswa6.jpg

Diamondjimi
01-17-2009, 01:29 AM
Sweet , love the blonde..;)

jero
04-13-2009, 10:26 AM
let me show off my new one

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/tele_1.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/tele_2.jpg

I swapped Yngwie strat for this...


sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Cato
06-06-2009, 03:31 AM
my new mini guitar

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/new%20gutars/chiquitacopy.jpg

Fuct Jup
06-08-2009, 10:26 AM
my new mini guitar

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/new%20gutars/chiquitacopy.jpg

cool guitar. I used to have a Chiquita mini guitar back in the day. where did you get this one?

GAR
06-08-2009, 12:53 PM
He's in Japan, so it's a fake.

Nice fake, though..

Igosplut
06-08-2009, 01:07 PM
Nice fake, though..

You oughta know, It's just like you.

Cato
06-08-2009, 05:56 PM
cool guitar. I used to have a Chiquita mini guitar back in the day. where did you get this one?
I got this from a Japanese internet auction like eBay.

here's the link (http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n77030696)

it was made in the '80s in Japan and it's as good as the original Chiquita of Erlewine(not Hondo's).

GAR
06-09-2009, 03:12 AM
What is "pay by Paruru Post" is that like a postal money order payment?

GAR
06-09-2009, 03:18 AM
I agree the Hondo was an awful copy.

Cato
06-25-2009, 08:38 AM
today I bought a vintage RAT for only 10 bucks at a pawnshop.

http://www.rotharmy.com/gallery/files/2/0/rat.jpg

pot date says this was made in 1986....fookin' ace!

Hardrock69
06-25-2009, 02:53 PM
Rus those are some nice Juniors. I was at the Gnashville Guitar Show a couple of weekends ago, and there were a couple of originals. They are selling for around 5- 8 grand these days I guess, though I am no expert.

And back in the 80s all my friends had one because you get them for $250-350 in any pawnshop, and all the pawnshops had at least one. If only I knew then what I know now.

Here, this is from June 15:

http://i39.tinypic.com/bhki91.jpg

Hardrock69
06-25-2009, 03:03 PM
Damn Cato, sweet Tele!

And I got a Rat when they were just brand new. It had a great sound, but it was not what I was after, so I eventually traded it off for something else (I don't recall what).

letsrock
06-25-2009, 04:24 PM
I love that tele. Wish i had one.
I agree pawn shops are sometimes a place for great finds.

Hardrock69
06-25-2009, 10:07 PM
Here. Hot off the press.

Left to right:

Late 70s Japanese-made Sigma Acoustic (by Martin), 1998 Epiphone Korina Flying V, 1980 Fender Lead I, 1985 JB Player neck-thru-body, 2008 Epiphone Les Paul Studio, 1989 Gibson Flying V, 1985 JB Player Neck-thru-body, 1980 Fender Lead II, 1999 Epiphone Korina Explorer, 1997 Fender Jazz (Mexican-made), and the center piece?
My trusty 1979 Marshall Mk II 100w Super Lead powered by NOS Siemen EL34s on a mid-70s slant cab. Note that the only thing in that photo that cost me over 300 dollars was the Gibson Flying V which I bought brand new in 1989 for $550.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2q8cxn4.jpg

GAR
06-26-2009, 10:11 PM
I'd keep the:

acoustic
bass
explorer
stratocaster
and the lead w/kahler

When I get rid of gear, I promise myself the money goes back into better gear. Can't move forward with a new score unless you let the junk go, and those JB Player, the V's and the Epi Paul aren't doing you any favors hanging around... but if the Paul was a gift I understand keeping that one too.

Hardrock69
06-27-2009, 02:04 AM
Can't move forward with a new score unless you let the junk go, and those JB Player, the V's and the Epi Paul aren't doing you any favors hanging around... but if the Paul was a gift I understand keeping that one too.

Can't move forward if you don't know how to play GAR.

I knew you were going to make an ass out of yourself again.
Do you practice being a self-righteous panty-waste?
Did you learn to be a jerk or were you born that way?

What 'junk'? Some of this stuff is not 'top shelf', but I do not keep my guitars around simply to impress the likes of you. Am I suppose to give fuck-all about your delusional commentary about what YOU would do with EVERYONE ELSE's axes? Only a non-guitarist who wishes they owned anything of value would continually make mealy-mouthed farting noises about what to do with other people's gear.

Gibson Flying V is my Number One Son.
Not doing me any favors?
What a stupid comment.

But then being the Guitar Fairy, I suppose your cardboard and plywood copies of classic Hondo guitars come alive at night when you sprinkle magic dust on them, and fuck you gently in your assholes. Yes I use the plural, because nobody knows which end is your ass.:biggrin:

Sometimes I keep guitars due to sentimental value, because I actually have friends in my life....something you would not understand.

Of course, you do not understand keeping guitars around for reasons other than to try to impress people, either. And who would be impressed with a bunch of third-rate shit guitars from the local Salvation Army?
Do you hang around elementary schools hoping to impress 10-year-olds by telling them you are a 'rock star'?:hee:

That is the sort of attitude you continually display around here.
Transparent as you are.

It is as if you can find no self-worth unless you talk smack about guitars you wish you could afford, but know you cannot have. Poor widdul GarGar can't have any real guitars, as he still has not managed to figure out how to play "Mary Had A Little Lamb" on the plastic ukelele his demented grandma gave him on his 50th birthday.

Guess what? Those guitars in that photo? They are all mine! I OWN them!
And you cannot have them. Too fucking bad.

PPPPPPPPPPPTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHHHHBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB!! !!!!!!
:tongue0011::tongue0011::tongue0011::tongue0011:

jhale667
06-27-2009, 04:18 AM
:lmao:

http://www.funny-games.biz/images/pictures/379-footbalowned.jpg

GAR
06-27-2009, 01:53 PM
Sorry, I am beyond the sentimentals with the guitar.

I don't fondle the thing like it was my dick listening to "Missisippi Queen" or "I'm The One" and I haven't even practiced regularly in over a decade so I could give a shit what you keep or throw away.

jhale667
06-27-2009, 02:27 PM
I haven't even practiced regularly in over a decade so I could give a shit

Then what gives you the right to pontificate to others here? You used to be a guitar player, for fuck's sake. So that's the problem...you're a bitter has-been, never was...:biggrin:


:guitar:

GAR
06-27-2009, 03:18 PM
Used to be is RIGHT! I never said I play guitar did I?

I play the radio now.. and own my own publishing so there. Nyahh..

jhale667
06-27-2009, 03:25 PM
I play the radio now.. and the skin-flute.


:lmao:



http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/jhale667/Voyager609.jpg

Hardrock69
06-27-2009, 03:42 PM
I haven't even practiced regularly in over a decade so I could give a shit what you keep or throw away.


Why the fuck do you fucking make comments then on what I should or should not do with my own fucking guitars?

Just shut the fuck up!

You act like some fucking moron with penis envy!

If you do not have anything useful to say, then go get a junky old Hondo copy and cram it up your wrinkly old ass sideways! :mad:

GAR
06-27-2009, 06:19 PM
Told you Jay, I have a neck with matching paint for that body.. it's not 1-3/4" but it says "made in Japan" on the back of the headstock - proof its an ESP you know..

jhale667
06-27-2009, 08:16 PM
Told you GAyR, if it's not 1 3/4" with a 10-16" compound radius Ebony fingerboard and 6100 frets, not interested...:D

Nor am I concerned with making it look 100% period-correct or or logo'ing it necessarily...


:guitar:

GAR
06-28-2009, 04:00 AM
Then why bother? It's a Kramer approximation of a Charvel design! I've seen those bodies reach a highpoint of $60 dollars.

Has something changed with the status on these - if you are even remotely thinking about putting a pre-cbs strat head neck on this I'm forever calling you Akira as in Takahashi of Loudness ok..

GAR
06-28-2009, 04:03 AM
btw - napthalene comes in a quart, it will safely remove the stupid Seymour Duncan screened ink logo off the pickup bobbins without melting them. Six bucks a quart at home depot - removes sticky tape residue, too off equipment and pedals.

jhale667
06-28-2009, 12:05 PM
It's getting an Explorer headstock, actually. And no, it won't have foil cut-outs of the Japanese Islands on its face, either - so there goes your latest theory...:rolleyes: And for the record, I've seen these bodies go for a couple of hundred bucks too, and complete Voyagers - even parts mongrels, going for $6-700, but not selling it.


:guitar:

Diamondjimi
06-28-2009, 12:18 PM
I'm forever calling you Akira as in Takahashi of Loudness ok..

http://images.starcraftmazter.net/4chan/for_forums/congrats_retard.jpg


It's TAKASAKI ,fuckstump. :rolleyes:

jhale667
06-28-2009, 12:26 PM
:hee:

rustoffa
06-29-2009, 12:47 AM
Rus those are some nice Juniors. I was at the Gnashville Guitar Show a couple of weekends ago, and there were a couple of originals. They are selling for around 5- 8 grand these days I guess, though I am no expert.

And back in the 80s all my friends had one because you get them for $250-350 in any pawnshop, and all the pawnshops had at least one. If only I knew then what I know now.


I think that the Juniors are over-valued due to the fascination with more heavily-routed guitars of the same era. They're just collected on the same inane level with reckless disregard to simplicity.

GAR
06-29-2009, 02:21 AM
It's TAKASAKI ,fuckstump. :rolleyes:

That's what the fuck I said - Kawasaki!

letsrock
06-29-2009, 12:20 PM
Here. Hot off the press.

Left to right:

Late 70s Japanese-made Sigma Acoustic (by Martin), 1998 Epiphone Korina Flying V, 1980 Fender Lead I, 1985 JB Player neck-thru-body, 2008 Epiphone Les Paul Studio, 1989 Gibson Flying V, 1985 JB Player Neck-thru-body, 1980 Fender Lead II, 1999 Epiphone Korina Explorer, 1997 Fender Jazz (Mexican-made), and the center piece?
My trusty 1979 Marshall Mk II 100w Super Lead powered by NOS Siemen EL34s on a mid-70s slant cab. Note that the only thing in that photo that cost me over 300 dollars was the Gibson Flying V which I bought brand new in 1989 for $550.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2q8cxn4.jpg

Thanks for sharing your gear.

Hardrock69
06-29-2009, 01:10 PM
Easy to do, for some people anyway. :D

Hardrock69
06-29-2009, 01:12 PM
I think that the Juniors are over-valued due to the fascination with more heavily-routed guitars of the same era. They're just collected on the same inane level with reckless disregard to simplicity.

Yeah, I had not been paying much attention to them or the prices they were bringing in recent years, and then when I saw those 3 at the guitar show, my jaw literally dropped.

It is just that a) they are Gibsons that b) are from the 50s.

Hell, you could have a 4 X 4 log with a Gibson logo from 1959 now and it would sell for $3,000 easily.:hee:

ELVIS
06-29-2009, 03:04 PM
I dunno...i've heard a few Juniors with P90's that sounded awesome, although my Agile with P90's sounds nearly identical if not better than a decent Gibson...

BTW, the Lead II is cool and I love kahlers...


:elvis:

jackassrock
06-30-2009, 10:12 AM
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa301/jackassrock/DSCN0747.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa301/jackassrock/DSCN0748.jpg

I just assembled this for my friend Dave who is the guitarist of our VH tribute "Man Halen". He wanted something in the spirit of "Frankie" without being an exact copy. The body is a Mexi-strat, with an Allparts neck, an original Floyd with titanium big block and string blocks, and a Genesis "Mr. Brownie humbucker. It was my first time dropping a Floyd in a guitar that wasn't set up for a floating trem and it worked out perfectly. It plays great with low fast action, and sounds really good for a trem guitar IMO.

The Band is headlining the 4th of July Rock And Roll Carnival show here in Cincinnati, and I'll be playing the part of bass player using an L-2000 (fucking awesome sounding/playing bass).

In case you are wondering, the setlist is...

Panama
DOA
Beautiful Girls
Mean Street
Runnin With The Devil
Dance The Night Away
Everybody Wants Some
Where Have All The Good Times Gone
Unchained
Hot For Teacher
Ain't Talkin Bout Love

GAR
07-01-2009, 02:10 AM
The L2000 is a great underdog of a bass. Awesome neck!

I really like this interpretation.. it's completely original, it's interesting without being tacky, I love the little ghosties looking thru the white stripes.. fantastic!

This is my favorite build on the b&w stripes theme - ever. I love it totally luurve it.

Well done! It looks like shit at first, but then you step closer and look into it and it draws on your memory.. awesome.

Awesome.

GAR
07-01-2009, 02:12 AM
BACK SHOT! We need a back shot..

jackassrock
07-01-2009, 10:02 AM
Wow, thanks.

I really gotta say that when I saw you had replied to the thread I was expecting a major bashing. I actually never took a shot of the back, and it's already in the owners hands, but we are doing an unannounced gig tonight to warm up for Friday, and I'll see if I can get a shot of it. He used it at practice last night and it really sounded awesome. Many props to Genesis (whoever they are ??) for making a really sweet pickup. Previously he used a Guild S-100 which sounded good, but now we've got the VH sound pretty well down.

Only thing I really don't like about it is the sandpaper scratches in the black, but I do like what it did to the stripes that were sanded before the final black coat. I guess that could all be fixed with a clear coat. I just didn't have time for one due to the gig coming up so soon. Maybe I'll do that before the New Years show (we play only once or twice a year).

RE; L-2000... Man. I had that bass sitting around for about 5 years before I actually took it down to the practice spot and really put it to the test.The reason being that I bought it on ebay and recieved it with a serious bend in the neck and no play left in the truss rod. One day I decided to take the truss rod nut off and let it sit for a few days with no tension, then I added a small washer, tightened it back up and it straightened right out. That was about 8 months ago, and I haven't used another bass since. Like you said, the neck is thin fast and sooooo playable and the electronics give me more sound possibilities than any bass I've ever seen. My prized P-bass has become a backup.

Diamondjimi
07-01-2009, 02:29 PM
Hell, you could have a 4 X 4 log with a Gibson logo from 1959 now and it would sell for $3,000 easily.:hee:

Yup, pretty much sums it up!:biggrin:

GAR
07-01-2009, 02:35 PM
One day I decided to take the truss rod nut off and let it sit for a few days with no tension, then I added a small washer, tightened it back up and it straightened right out.

I know the problem, sometimes there's this drillpress cutter that doesn't go down enough onto the rod when they make the neck that hogs out and clears material so the bullet end can thread down on it and you figured out a good way to offset that shortfall.

Great tip! One I'd like to throw out at you is, holding it by the headstock and sitting on the back of the neck with your knee, flexing the neck backwards.

This sometimes gets you a little extra play in the truss, if like you say, there is even thread down in there at all for the bullet nut to travel on.

In that case where there' no more thread travel, the little washer trick works great, and you figured that out on your own. XLNT

Diamondjimi
07-01-2009, 10:51 PM
Here. Hot off the press.

Left to right:

Late 70s Japanese-made Sigma Acoustic (by Martin), 1998 Epiphone Korina Flying V, 1980 Fender Lead I, 1985 JB Player neck-thru-body, 2008 Epiphone Les Paul Studio, 1989 Gibson Flying V, 1985 JB Player Neck-thru-body, 1980 Fender Lead II, 1999 Epiphone Korina Explorer, 1997 Fender Jazz (Mexican-made), and the center piece?
My trusty 1979 Marshall Mk II 100w Super Lead powered by NOS Siemen EL34s on a mid-70s slant cab. Note that the only thing in that photo that cost me over 300 dollars was the Gibson Flying V which I bought brand new in 1989 for $550.

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Cool stuff HR. I have the exact Sigma (late 70's) great sounding gtrs.I string it with Elixer's. Sounds shweet...
I've developed a respect for Epiphone after aquiring a couple of killer ones.(V & LP Custom). I just upgrade the Pups and hardware and they're equal to many Gibby's I've played and owned. Plus it also helps to know what qualifies as a quality guitar ,(sans Googling):biggrin:

Hardrock69
07-01-2009, 11:57 PM
Korina V was first thing I got. Blew my mind how good it was, though yeah, pickups suck ass. Korina Explorer I got after moving to Gnashville. Same quality, but pickups were a bit better, though still not worthy to be placed in such a primo axe.

Les Paul is all of 7 months old, built in December of last year, and, yes, the pickups suck shit. They are weak, lifeless, dull. They don't feed back at all, which is cool I guess, but
as the pickups are useless, even that positive quality does not mean shit.