Can I show off my guitars here?

[Diamondjimi]

Yup ,git yerself on Ebay,bro. There's spme good deals. Even some lesser known pups might be worth looking into (GFS,Mighty Mite) Decent stuff you can grab a few of to upgrade a couple of gits at a time...;)

[GAR]

MightyMite pickups are crap, nice goin' recommending crappy crap there King of Crap.

[Cato]

stop posting shit and show off your guitar otherwise fuck off

[letsrock]

Man some of you have some cool guitars.

[Diamondjimi]

MightyMite pickups are crap, nice goin' recommending crappy crap there King of Crap.

Some cheap aftermarket pickups are better than stock Epiphone pickups , Shirtlifter! :anal:


stop posting shit and show off your guitar otherwise fuck off

He would, but the people who work @ the library won't let him drag his Charvette onto the photocopier! :smiley-sniffer:

[Hardrock69]

The Googlehead fool doth spew even more shit from it's ass....

[ELVIS]

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. -


You did it dude!

I dig the sand paper scratches, the faces, everything!

I'd like to hear it...


:elvis:

[Cato]

how would you white trash think of my new guitar?

http://www.rotharmy.com/gallery/files/2/0/gibsonlpjr_thumb.jpg (http://www.rotharmy.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=3545&c=newimages)

[Diamondjimi]

Nice. Those bastards roar.
Only drawback is the baseball bat shaped necks.

[jackassrock]

I think it's fucking awesome !

I've wanted a double cut P90 special forever.

[Hardrock69]

Nice. Those bastards roar.
Only drawback is the baseball bat shaped necks.

Did they keep those clubby necks on the reissues?

[Matt White]

Have posted pics of these before....but the pics are long gone....

soooo....heres the Les Paul standard

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/13/l_5cc5b3ef6dca1c8086e4dd74f457242d.jpg

[GAR]

Why are the pickups crooked? Was this originally a Deluxe that was modified, or is it an Epiphone..

[jhale667]

You don't get to critique other's instruments until you post ONE of your own, GARfail.

Much like posting the MP3 proving your "songwriting" prowess, it'll NEVER HAPPEN. :biggrin:

[GAR]

waitaminnit.. did I ever say I was posting MP3's?

are you Matt's spokeshole now? wtf's with the "you don't get to.." fuck that. You're starting to sound like the yard-duty teacher I bit the ear off in second grade for telling me I don't get to dunk kids' faces in the water fountain, and it's starting to annoy me.

The reason I eyeball the pickups, is my 76 Paul that got stolen had issues like this.

When I got it home and pulled the standard-sized humbucker, I saw the hole was hogged out with a chisel to make room for the new pickup. So it wasn't quite right, it looked cockeyed like this.

Not that I feel the need to explain anything of it to you, since it's Matt's axe I'll let him respond.

[jhale667]

waitaminnit.. did I ever say I was posting MP3's?

MP3, guitar pic...not like you can post EITHER...


wtf's with the "you don't get to.." fuck that.

I'm challenging you to prove you're qualified to comment, and you're FAILING...again.



You're starting to sound like the yard-duty teacher I bit the ear off in second grade

Riiiiight....you were biting ears off before Mike Tyson knew it was cool...another lie. :hee:

[GAR]

OK bit her on the ear. Not off, that's an expression..

[Diamondjimi]

You're starting to sound like the yard-duty teacher I bit the ear off in second grade for telling me I don't get to dunk kids' faces in the water fountain, and it's starting to annoy me.



OK bit her on the ear. Not off, that's an expression..

Pathetic. Lemme guess... you also used to love putting firecrackers up the asses of frogs and setting cats on fire...
We're starting to understand why you're such a worthless Troll a little bit more with this type of shit...
Sucks to be you! :Loser:

[Matt White]

Why are the pickups crooked? Was this originally a Deluxe that was modified, or is it an Epiphone..

Good eye....I was given this guitar by an older cousin back around 1988...he bought it at a pawn shop in the metro Detroit area around the same time...I noticed the "off set" pickups right off the bat...also has a push/pull in the volume knob....paint job is that slightly darker sunburst...head stock has been repainted...the back of the guitar has some large cracks in the paint & exposed bare wood...still plays like a dream though

[letsrock]

Cool looking guitar. the felix on it gives it some idenity. nice

[GAR]

What year is it then, Matt?

You know the routine.. first and fifth digit of the serial together make the year it was born, for Gibsons!

[GAR]

Okay I'm gonna throw out a guess here: by the hardware, color and pattern it looks pre-Juskiewicz era Gibson. Maybe 1977 to 1982?

or is it an Epi?

[Diamondjimi]

Tell us about your Charvette....

[jhale667]

Tell us about your Charvette....


Let's save him the trouble, so he can y'know, STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THE FORUM like he said he was going to...;)

It's plywood. It has shitty pickups and hardware, and sounds and plays like it...just like its' owner...:hee:


:guitar:

[Cato]

cough....this is supposed to arrive to my kennel tomorrow...

http://www.fender.com/customshop/instruments/search.php?partno=1520502898

[GAR]

Will you keep that neck pickup?

I replaced mine with a 1970 Les Paul Deluxe mini humbucker. Bridge and bridge pickup, controls plate, electronics came from a 68 Tele.

I know what the Andy Summers setup sounds like, I'm interested in finding greater highs and midrange than stock neck pickup.

[jhale667]

cough....this is supposed to arrive to my kennel tomorrow...

http://www.fender.com/customshop/instruments/search.php?partno=1520502898

Nice!

[GAR]

Pickguard's gotta go though. That things gay.

[jhale667]

Pickguard's gotta go though. That things gay.

Standard Tele one would partially cover the F-hole, which would be Uber-gay.

[GAR]

Look at the cutaway horn - does that look like a Tele?

No. It's strange, different. They could have moved the Fhole or done something modern since this is a modern interpretation.

Ever since Fender lost that trademark copywrite suit, it seems they have been trying to reprofile their guitars to give other builders no leeway on the profile.

As if to say "let's copywrite every permutation of Strat or Tele copy that's been out there then threaten everyone with lawyerball" on it.

This will backfire on them eventually, because when you buy a Telecaster you expect to see the traditional profile. Not this shallow cutaway, I'm not fond of it but there must be a reason for it's existence.

[jhale667]

Look at the cutaway horn - does that look like a Tele?

No. It's strange, different. They could have moved the Fhole or done something modern since this is a modern interpretation.

Ever since Fender lost that trademark copywrite suit, it seems they have been trying to reprofile their guitars to give other builders no leeway on the profile.

As if to say "let's copywrite every permutation of Strat or Tele copy that's been out there then threaten everyone with lawyerball" on it.

This will backfire on them eventually, because when you buy a Telecaster you expect to see the traditional profile. Not this shallow cutaway, I'm not fond of it but there must be a reason for it's existence.



It is a little different, but I might actually like it better. Not a huge Tele fan really, but for some reason the thinlines are kinda cool(er), IMO.

And it is stated in the product blurb as an "interpretation" "Originally conceived as a model that could’ve been made during the halcyon days of the early ’50s (we didn’t begin building thinline guitars until 1968)"...


Don't change a thing on it, CATO! Y'know, unless you wanna... ;)

:guitar:

[GAR]

Maybe a P90 in the neck.. stock tele rhythm pu sux balls

[jhale667]

Maybe a P90 in the neck.. stock tele rhythm pu sux balls

Perhaps the Dimarzio Virtual Vintage that SOUNDS more like a P90 but looks stock, if he doesn't want to do a destructive mod to it...

But better yet -how about we wait to see what he thinks of it when he GETS it before offering suggestions on how to "imrpove" it...?

[GAR]

But better yet -how about we wait to see what he thinks of it when he GETS it before offering suggestions on how to "imrpove" it...?

He's just gonna scratch it up with those chopsticks. In Tokyo real plastic Fender Medium pics cost 775 yen.

[jhale667]

:rolleyes:

[Cato]

GAR never post his guitar. he posts shit instead.

[jhale667]

GAR never post his guitar. he posts shit instead.

Would you be referring to the ethnic slurs, or that he implies that though you can afford Custom Shop guitars you somehow can't afford picks? ;)


Seriously though, let us know what you think of that Tele when it shows up! :baaa: :cato2:

[Cato]

I received it a few hours ago.

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

great tone, light weight, good looking, amazing relic job...it's worth owning.

[VanHalenFan5150]

Nice, very nice! I'm not a big Tele fan at all, trust me, but i've played on one before. They look alright but play like a dream. One of my dad's friends has a custom shop Tele solidbody with gold hardware, somewhat reliced look, and a push/pull tone pot. It's a trip... Plays so nicely, for all styles, even though it has two single coil pups in it. :biggrin:

[jhale667]

Very nice, Cato! Congrats! :cato2:

[VAiN]

Nice man.. I have a 91(I think) tele that's about that color... great guitar. I wanted one forever and don't regret getting my hands on one. As said, they are players!

[GAR]

At the factory they use glass microscope slides like razors to wear off fingerboard lacquer.

At Cato's jungle shack on the ricepaddy, they just eat off the lacquer.

[Panamark]

I received it a few hours ago.

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

great tone, light weight, good looking, amazing relic job...it's worth owning.

Nice !

Geez they really have that fretboard ageing down now, huh.....
I always preferred the solid body tele's, but what is it with
fender, I have not had one fender, from the factory with
a decent pickup ? Amazing considering how great their circuitry is
in their Amps.....

If i was to chose a semi hollow like that tele CATO, that blonde baby looks
very nice. Those maple necks ROCK !

[Panamark]

Hardtail too, if my eyes do not deceive...

[Cato]

I bought it at a Japanese auction site as an MBS(Master Builder Series) relic Thinline for about 2,000 bucks. but it was not an MBS but a regular relic product. so I'm gonna send it back to the seller.

great guitar indeed, but it was not what I wanted.

[Panamark]

For $2000, I would want what I ordered, are they shipping
a replacement ?? Same color ??

[GAR]

I saw on Los Angeles Craigslist, some guy in Agoura Hills selling exactly what you and I are looking for: thinline 62 Tele.

Jaxs Relic Guitars Holiday Sale (http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/msg/1497015665.html)

Since a Custom Shop is a copy anyway with a Fender logo, I am looking at these guitars with interest. I never heard of a "Jaxs." But they look correct.

Jaxs Relic Guitars Holiday Sale - $1195 (Agoura Hills)

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Stop buying store brand junk and come feel and play a classic guitar:
1) 1961 Relic Esquire Fiesta Red with custom shop pickup and tort guard, copy of a $4,000 Jason Smith.
2) 60s style Thinline f-hole with tort guard and deep rosewoodV-shape neck, awesome tone and feel.
3) 59 Sunburst Telecaster authentic look aged with a nice cut maple neck, super light, tone monster.
.
more strats and teles being built every week

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"more strats and teles being built every week" sounds like its a small enough operation they build to order.

[jhale667]

I bought it at a Japanese auction site as an MBS(Master Builder Series) relic Thinline for about 2,000 bucks. but it was not an MBS but a regular relic product. so I'm gonna send it back to the seller.

great guitar indeed, but it was not what I wanted.


Sorry to hear that. It looks cool! Think it was a deliberate bait-and-switch, or they just fucked up and sent you the regular relic accidentally?

I'm assuming you're sending it back so you can get the MBS you originally wanted, so imagining you'll ignore GAyR's "check out this one that's not even a Fender or the color you ordered originally" post.... :rolleyes:



However, as for small relic builders - never heard of Jaxs, but Rittenhouse is getting a LOT of attention lately...and they just started offering relic'ed Strat and Tele bodies separately (for around $350), so I'm interested...

Rittenhouse Guitars, Inc. (http://www.rittenhouseguitars.com/)


But anyway, hope you get the situation resolved to your satisfaction, Cato. :cato2:

:guitar:

[Diamondjimi]

At the factory they use glass microscope slides like razors to wear off fingerboard lacquer.

At Cato's jungle shack on the ricepaddy, they just eat off the lacquer.

Shut the fuck up. You own nothing!

Go away, the grown ups are speaking...

[VanHalenFan5150]

Some very good Fenders are made in Japan....

And Cato lives in Japan, not China, smartass.
:tongue0011:

[Panamark]

I would never sell my Japanese strat. Its awesome.
I did change the bridge pickup to hotrails
(single coil size). Looks a little different, but
I dont mind it. Sounds killer ! (Of course I have
the original PuP stored safely)

[Coyote]

I saw on Los Angeles Craigslist, some guy in Agoura Hills selling exactly what you and I are looking for: thinline 62 Tele.


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[GAR]

Think it was a deliberate bait-and-switch?

Maybe he just didn't like the guitar, Tool.

[jhale667]

Maybe he just didn't like the guitar, Tool.


Then why did he say it wasn't what he ordered, ball-licker?





Pathetic fucking troll. If you have nothing constructive to contribute, AND YOU DON'T - stay the fuck out of this forum. :dafinger:

[GAR]

Then why did he say it wasn't what he ordered

Because he is in Japan, which is a slave-state servitude of the United States, which means he bows down to anything labeled Master.

It is in their national legal code.

Therefore, because the guitar is not of the Master-Built he will return it. But not before he rubs his panty in the case and on the fretboard as biological punishment to the seller.

[Hardrock69]

Gar is in a slave-state servitude to everyone, which means he bows down to anything and everyone.

It is hardwired in his brain.

[GAR]

I like the lilt and rhythm of your reply, it follows mine.

Which means again I have owned you.

[kwame k]

Gar is in a slave-state servitude to everyone, which means he bows down to anything and everyone.

It is hardwired in his brain.

Clarification here HR......did you mean "bows down" or goes down. Thanks in advance for some clarification:)

[GAR]

Catching his caboose on the Owned Train, Kwappee?

[kwame k]

Catching his caboose on the Owned Train, Kwappee?

Yeah, I rode HR's coattails on that ownage of you.......:biggrin:

[GAR]

I think you ride more than his coattails.

Owned x2 this evening; I'm here all nite for this.

[kwame k]

I think you ride more than his coattails.

Owned x2 this evening; I'm here all nite for this.

Look at the little fella go.......BTW, declaring that you have owned someone doesn't make it so, Clay. Now

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[GAR]

Contridicting an owning, doesn't make it go away.

/own3rd x3

[kwame k]

:sleepy:
Contridicting an owning, doesn't make it go away.

/own3rd x3

[Diamondjimi]

/own3rd x3

GARspeak...:clown:

[GAR]

:sleepy:

Falling asleep while awaiting an owned reply, is truly a hibernation-owning.

owned, #4 of four in one nite.

[GAR]

GARspeak...:clown:

Speaks up the caboose of owning #2 to be #5 owned!

OWNED

I own you both too many times. This is too easy!

[Hardrock69]

You are only capable of owning YOURSELF, loser.

[GAR]

http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2008/7/18/633519385864626383-denial---aint-just-a-river-in-egypt.jpg

owned #6

[Hardrock69]

Troll on ignore says WHAT?

[Diamondjimi]

...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/Federaljim/Trollonignore.jpg

[jackassrock]

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

Traded a Tele Deluxe for it. Just couldn't get into the wide range humbuckers in that thing. So I spent an hour of two fixing Gibson's crappy fretwork, and now it plays like a dream. Gonna crank it up through the Marshall stack tonight and hopefully tomorrow I'll be just as happy as I am today.

[jhale667]

Awesome, congrats!! :baaa:

[GAR]

whoa - trade up! uhhh huhuhhuhhhuh....

[Cato]

Got this today.

http://www.rotharmy.com/gallery/files/2/0/56relicst_2_thumb.jpg (http://www.rotharmy.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=3565&c=newimages)

Fender Custom Shop '56 Strat - Relic

[Cato]

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Relic%20Strat/56relicst_1.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Relic%20Strat/56relicst_3.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Relic%20Strat/56relicst_4.jpg

[Panamark]

56 Strat ?!?!?!

Did you have to donate a kidney to get it ??????

Are you gonna clean it up or leave it as is ??????

*officially Jealous*

[Cato]

it's a reissue model. not that pricey(I paid about 1400 bucks for it).

[Panamark]

I was thinking, hmmmmmm did they have tremelo's on
the strats in the 50's

In that case (reissue) I would give it the cato restoration !!

[kentuckyklira]

Picked these up yesterday!

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb82/kentuckyklira/DSCI0235.jpg

From left to right:

Blade Texas Special

Unknown Cort

MiM 69 Thinline Telecaster

MiM Vintage Player Strat with Häussel (Made in Germany) Humbucker

[Hardrock69]

Ugh. I hate Bigsby's. They look like something made in the old Soviet Union. Bulky, clunky, heavy as hell, with limited abilities to do what was intended of it.

[kentuckyklira]

Ugh. I hate Bigsby's. They look like something made in the old Soviet Union. Bulky, clunky, heavy as hell, with limited abilities to do what was intended of it.

I think they´re cool. Cool like a 60s muscle car is cool! I wouldn´t like to have to rely on a Bigsby in the studio but I have another 80 guitars to choose from, so.....

[Hardrock69]

I see your point. Different strokes for different folks.

[Panamark]

Picked these up yesterday!

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb82/kentuckyklira/DSCI0235.jpg

From left to right:

Blade Texas Special

Unknown Cort

MiM 69 Thinline Telecaster

MiM Vintage Player Strat with Häussel (Made in Germany) Humbucker



Then you better set the date on your camera !

[Panamark]

Replace the scratch plates and you have some nice geetars there !

[kentuckyklira]

Replace the scratch plates and you have some nice geetars there !

I actually like moto.

[jhale667]

I actually like moto.

Me too. :)

[GAR]

MOTO:

[ ] Approve
[X] DISapprove

[jhale667]

GAR's opinion:

[ ] Useful
[X]Worthless



:lmao:

[GAR]

Jay's Replies (all of them):

[ ] Relevant
[X] Irrelevant

[jhale667]

My posts on the VH boards (all of them, every last fucking one):

[ ] Relevant
[X] Irrelevant


:lmao:

[GAR]

Aha, the "I know you are / what am I" thing = never relevant.

[VanHalener]

I don't belong in here because I am no guitarist, but I like to tinker and getting a jam on every day is the only way to live.

Recently grabbed a crybaby pedal, extra monster cable, and an =EVH= phase 90 pedal to fook around with. Think I'll be jumping into the electric guitar world a bit more this year by picking up one of my own.

http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/vanhalener/tinkertools.jpg

I have to shows a week at the Tiny Cup bar and Grill.
They love to watch me jam on the didgeridoo. ;)

[rustoffa]

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Relic%20Strat/56relicst_4.jpg

You should put that stuff in a better bag.
:hula:

[jhale667]

I can't wait to get this thing painted.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/jhale667/No2reredo.jpg

[Diamondjimi]

What colour?

[Cato]

pink!

[jhale667]

What colour?

Well, I was thinking...


pink!

NO, :D something more along the lines of this graphic, but no uhm....words :biggrin:...and a darker metallic grey...:killer:

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/jhale667/BoltedsteelforNo2look.jpg

No bullet-holes either, I don't think...

[chefcraig]

Do you mean something like this (and no, I'm not being a wise-ass)? The photographer used a real piece of metal from a ship, but the bullet holes are fake. In fact, an early draft of the artwork had blood dripping from them.

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/1841/coverrevengelarge.jpg (http://img192.imageshack.us/i/coverrevengelarge.jpg/)

[Diamondjimi]

Well, I was thinking...



NO, :D something more along the lines of this graphic, but no uhm....words :biggrin:...and a darker metallic grey...:killer:


Platinum? ;)

[Cato]

hello white trash! look at what I got today!

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Sea%20Form%20Green%20ST/norman1.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Sea%20Form%20Green%20ST/norman2.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Sea%20Form%20Green%20ST/norman3.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Sea%20Form%20Green%20ST/norman4.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Sea%20Form%20Green%20ST/norman6.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Sea%20Form%20Green%20ST/norman7.jpg

this is the Fender Custom Shop '54 Style Strat. built by John Cruz in 1999 for Norman's Rare Guitars...

[Hardrock69]

Sweet! You get some grate axes, Cato-san!

[ELVIS]

JAP!


:elvis:

[Diamondjimi]

Sweet! You get some grate axes, Cato-san!

No shit. Good stuff Cato!

[jhale667]

Great stuff Cato. Pay no attention to the redneck behind the curtain. ;)

[jhale667]

And what the hell, since I took a new picture of No. 1...

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/jhale667/BethDeth3-10.jpg

This one has the Brass Big-Block/Claw package... :killer:

[kentuckyklira]

Jealous envy here CATO!

:mad:

[kentuckyklira]

Jealous envy here CATO!

:mad:

[GAR]

Ownership, and musicianship. Two totally unrelated concepts shown in one photo.

XLNT!

[kwame k]

Ownership, and musicianship. Two totally unrelated concepts shown in one photo.

XLNT!

....and two concepts you know nothing about.

[Diamondjimi]

Ownership, and musicianship. Two totally unrelated concepts shown in one photo.

XLNT!


Irony: The fact that you aren't a musician and you own nothing... :shiznit:

:Loser:

[Cato]

just added a couple of mini guitars to my collection....

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

[Hardrock69]

SHUT UP GARFUCKLE! :mad:

[jhale667]

just added a couple of mini guitars to my collection....

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

Nice, Cato! :cato2:

[Diamondjimi]

Sure , they're mini's. But seriously Cato, they look full size on ya, don't they!? :biggrin:

;)

[Cato]

guess how much I paid for this today.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/gibson%20les%20paul/top.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/gibson%20les%20paul/bodytop.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/gibson%20les%20paul/back.jpg

fretboard is made of Jacaranda!

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/gibson%20les%20paul/fretboard.jpg

[ELVIS]

$75 ??

[Diamondjimi]

Is it a Chinese knock off?

[Cato]

i's a Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul. it's very pricey unlike LP classic!

[lesfunk]

$3000.00 us?

[Diamondjimi]

i's a Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul. it's very pricey unlike LP classic!

My Classic is worth $4,500-$5,000. This must be in the $6,000 range, yes?!

[jhale667]

:umm:... maybe....$199.99 ? :cato2:

j/k Cato...how much?

[Diamondjimi]

:umm:... maybe....$199.99 ? :cato2:

j/k Cato...how much?

Yeah, how much, Fucker?


Cato, you have 24hrs to post the receipt or this thread gets locked, right Jay?!


Jay?!







..............Jay!?






j/k
:biggrin:

[Cato]

hey, you know, Custom Shop uses Jakaranda(Brazilian Rosewood) only for the very special guitars.....try again

[jhale667]

hey, you know, Custom Shop uses Jakaranda(Brazilian Rosewood) only for the very special guitars.....try again

OK.....Four fiddy. ;)


No, seriously...how much?

[Cato]

this (http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-Custom/50th-Anniversary-1959-Les-Paul-Standard.aspx) is pretty pricey. but even it has a normal rosewood fretboard. imagine how special Jakaranda is.

[Diamondjimi]

Wait........lemme guess!

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:biggrin:

[Cato]

My Classic is worth $4,500-$5,000.
was it made by custom shop?

[Cato]

my new Les Paul here. Tokai's "Love Rock".

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/tokai/tokails_1.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/tokai/tokails_2.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/tokai/tokai_3.jpg

it's similar to the one that Billy Gibbons was playing in the mid '90.

[jhale667]

Nice! :cato2:

[Cato]

I bought an old JEM last week and am gonna make money selling it this weekend.

[Cato]

it was only 250 bucks....

[Seshmeister]

That is crazy cheap, I would have bought that off you if you were a bit closer for twice that.

You've ruined my day, I was sitting here feeling all pleased with myself for picking up an old RG550 Prestige for $300 this week. :)

[Hardrock69]

He never told us how much he paid for the Gibson Custom Shop LP. :mad:

[Seshmeister]

The days of picking up amazing deals in charity shops or pawnbrokers seem to have been destroyed here by the internet.

[Blackflag]

I wonder why Cato is such an insufferable prick.

[Cato]

He never told us how much he paid for the Gibson Custom Shop LP. :mad:
it was about $900. haha.

[Seshmeister]

Do you find these things on Jap auction websites or do you hang around at house clearance sales after motorbike fatalities?

[Cato]

Do you find these things on Jap auction websites or do you hang around at house clearance sales after motorbike fatalities?
I find those finds at some used gear shops that have no knowledge of musical equipments.
they are familiar with computers, but they don't know what Brazilian Rosewood is, what Custom Shop is, what birdseyes maple is....

[GAR]

Brazillian Rosewood is known in botanical species circles as "dalbergia nigra."

Cato is known in the guitar-trade circles as "dullburpia negligia."

[jhale667]

As GAR is known as "insufferablus jackassicus" :rolleyes:

Cool scores, Cato. :cato2:

[VanHalenFan5150]

I'm getting this within a few weeks, dad said I could get it because I made blackbelt. I'm getting the Peavey amp with it too, so ya....

http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab141/weldfish/Guitars/RG350MYE.jpg

[VanHalener]

My favorite martial art is

~Kung Tongue Fu~

My girl loves it!!!

OWWWW!!!

[VanHalenFan5150]

;)

I'm actually a blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do. But I don't want to derail this thread too far off topic. So at the expense of not being called an idiot, let's keep talking about guitars.

[jhale667]

I'm getting this within a few weeks, dad said I could get it because I made blackbelt. I'm getting the Peavey amp with it too, so ya....

http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab141/weldfish/Guitars/RG350MYE.jpg

If you put better pickups in it and Big-Block the Edge trem on that thing, you'd have quite the little shred-stick there... :cool:


:guitar:

[VanHalenFan5150]

I've played the same model at Sam Ash. It's the first guitar I pick up when I play there. The stock pups on it are REALLY hot, which I like. The neck is great and the Edge Trem it has installed is killer. Not that i'd bend up much! ;)

Badass fuckin' guitar for $399!

[VanHalener]

;)

I'm actually a blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do. But I don't want to derail this thread too far off topic. So at the expense of not being called an idiot, let's keep talking about guitars.

Ok, we better not derail this thread.:umm: We'll stay on topic as long as you understand what Kung Tongue Fu is. :)

[Seshmeister]

Coincidently I've been taking classes in that Krav Maga martial art the Israeli army use.

I've only been doing it a couple of months but already I know how to pistol whip a Palestinian woman.

[Reverberator]

I'm getting this within a few weeks, dad said I could get it because I made blackbelt. I'm getting the Peavey amp with it too, so ya....

http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab141/weldfish/Guitars/RG350MYE.jpg

I had an origional one of those ... 1987 RG 550 in desert sun yellow , I have a pic of it somewhere in bits and repainted red , I'll see if I can find it.

[VanHalenFan5150]

Krav Maga is a deadly martial art. I'd love to learn it sometime! It utilizes the most efficient way to take out an opponent.

[Diamondjimi]

Coincidently I've been taking classes in that Krav Maga martial art the Israeli army use.

I've only been doing it a couple of months but already I know how to pistol whip a Palestinian woman.

Crazy kant! :lmao:

[VanHalener]

Coincidently I've been taking classes in that Krav Maga martial art the Israeli army use.

I've only been doing it a couple of months but already I know how to pistol whip a Palestinian woman.

That's intense. Almost Bruce Leeish the way you handle that pistol whip action.

Sometimes there is no beaver in my face and a sexy woman on a magazine unleashes my chain belt in Kung Tongue Fu in public. Life is he'll when you
lick your own eyebrows left and right like the high setting on windshield wipers in line at 7/11. People can get hurt that way you know.


I have been getting a kick out of my new/used Phase90 and crybaby pedals, but I need an electric guitar now. The acoustic is destroying my left hand.
Any Rothtard have an electric guitar you want to sell me?

[VanHalenFan5150]

That's intense. Almost Bruce Leeish the way you handle that pistol whip action.

Sometimes there is no beaver in my face and a sexy woman on a magazine unleashes my chain belt in Kung Tongue Fu in public. Life is he'll when you
lick your own eyebrows left and right like the high setting on windshield wipers in line at 7/11. People can get hurt that way you know.


I have been getting a kick out of my new/used Phase90 and crybaby pedals, but I need an electric guitar now. The acoustic is destroying my left hand.
Any Rothtard have an electric guitar you want to sell me?

Check your local Craigs List ad listings.

[VanHalener]

Craigslist rocks, but I want to get my electric from the Roth Army.

[Blackflag]

Craigslist rocks, but I want to get my electric from the Roth Army.

Gar has a 1953 Goldtop that he's been trying to get rid of. I played it, and it plays fine, but the finish is all worn out...so I think he's asking too much for it. But you can send him a pm if you're in the market for a LP.

[VanHalener]

I trust the Roth Army can helP me find my very first electric guitar.

Just a good guitar to get the phuck down with.

[VanHalenFan5150]

Well, Gar actually has to own one for VanHalener to buy one

[jhale667]

Krav Maga is a deadly martial art. I'd love to learn it sometime! It utilizes the most efficient way to take out an opponent.

Not to derail, but I'm interested in taking that also. Plus the "most efficient" part makes sense since as a guitarist you don't really wanna stand around and punch people and risk your hands. :cool:

Let us know how the Ibanez works out. ;)

[VanHalenFan5150]

Exactly. Guitarists are so hardcore and devoted but in the long run they always choose the easy way out. Lol.

And about the Ibanez; i'll let you guys know when I get it!

[VanHalener]

Let me whip it out for ya...

I love the guitar. Over the last many years I have found the guitar to be one of the most leveling forces in my life. If you do not pour your emotions into your playing you are not playing like you could.

Music is the emotional food of the Gods, Jack!

[VanHalener]

Someone sell me my first electric, please.

[Blackflag]

Someone sell me my first electric, please.

http://www.music123.com/Fender-Highway-One-Stratocaster-Electric-Guitar-512768-i1166329.Music123

[Diamondjimi]

Gar has a 1953 Goldtop that he's been trying to get rid of. I played it, and it plays fine, but the finish is all worn out...so I think he's asking too much for it. But you can send him a pm if you're in the market for a LP.

http://jeffreyricker.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/bullshit.jpg

[VanHalener]

I don't want a new guitar. I want to buy a guitar from a Roth Army member.

Anyone have a guitar for sale?

[kwame k]

I don't want a new guitar. I want to buy a guitar from a Roth Army member.

Anyone have a guitar for sale?

Dude, you are one of the most outrageous and insane posters here..........have one of the guys build an original "VanHalener", guitar.

You know with lifelike boobs and other important "tonal" accessories :hitch:

[jhale667]

Dude, you are one of the most outrageous and insane posters here..........have one of the guys build an original "VanHalener", guitar.

You know with lifelike boobs and other important "tonal" accessories :hitch:


I don't have any for sale, but would glady help you through the process of building one...


If you want to go that route, start by checking out parts manufacturers..like Warmoth, Musikraft...or KnE

http://www.kneguitars.com/bod_list.php

http://www.warmoth.com/

https://www.musikraft.com/index.php?CZSESSID=mejt0ku2ofhh9fr06779upfhs5


(Dunno if they'll make you one with boobs) Check out what body style you want, they start thinking what else you'd like it to have as far as features and whatnot...:cool:

[ThrillsNSpills]

Gar has a 1953 Goldtop that he's been trying to get rid of. I played it, and it plays fine, but the finish is all worn out...so I think he's asking too much for it. But you can send him a pm if you're in the market for a LP.


Anybody who's been here for any longer than sixty seconds knows not to send loot to BOR

[VanHalener]

I don't have any for sale, but would glady help you through the process of building one...


If you want to go that route, start by checking out parts manufacturers..like Warmoth, Musikraft...or KnE

http://www.kneguitars.com/bod_list.php

http://www.warmoth.com/

https://www.musikraft.com/index.php?CZSESSID=mejt0ku2ofhh9fr06779upfhs5


(Dunno if they'll make you one with boobs) Check out what body style you want, they start thinking what else you'd like it to have as far as features and whatnot...:cool:


I appreciate that bro. Maybe I could take you up on that in the Fall? Thrills shot me a pic of a nice guitar he's willing to sell me and I think I will start my electric adventure there.

Thanks Holmes

[Reverberator]

I've got an Ibanez you can have for £150 , trouble is it will cost you £1000 to collect it.

[GAR]

Well, Gar actually has to own one for VanHalener to buy one

I can give him one of four Carlos Robelli strats I picked up for 75 each:

clear finish
red
black
blue
green

PM me if interested. No hardshell case, but I can probably pick up a blem HSC from G and G downtown for fifty bucks extra...

Dont ever say I never offered to help out.

[GAR]

oh the blue thing is a chinese non-Jackson soloist, not a Robelli.

All have standard trems but are pro setup.

[jhale667]

I appreciate that bro. Maybe I could take you up on that in the Fall? Thrills shot me a pic of a nice guitar he's willing to sell me and I think I will start my electric adventure there.

Thanks Holmes

Sure, let me know. :baaa:

*Oh, and "pro setup" Carlo Robelli (Sam Ash's knockoff import brand) = oxymoron. ;)

[GAR]

Maybe I'm not a pro but I set it up with a nice fret milling and these things played well, till I bored of em.

Carlo Robelli, Oscar Schmidt.. I really don't know WTF they are, were kinda given to me for a debt in a way.

Pics in yer box if you want one.

[Blackflag]

I'm sorry, did Hale just knock the brand of the free guitar Gar is offering, while offering nothing himself?

What am I missing here?

[jhale667]

I'm sorry, did Hale just knock the brand of the free guitar Gar is offering, while offering nothing himself?

What am I missing here?

Sure, it's a nice gesture - which first made me want to ask "Who are you and what have you done with GAR" but - have you ever played a Carlo Robelli there, Spanky? :Loser: Last ones I saw made a Squier look like an Fender American Std by comparison...

Or are these more "upper-echelon" (not being a smartass, legitimate question) models? The initial post made it seem like they were $75 blow-outs like the crap they sell on holiday weekends...

[Blackflag]

No. But I don't look gift horses in the mouth, either.

I assume you're offering a better guitar for free?

[VanHalenFan5150]

I can give him one of four Carlos Robelli strats I picked up for 75 each:

clear finish
red
black
blue
green

PM me if interested. No hardshell case, but I can probably pick up a blem HSC from G and G downtown for fifty bucks extra...

Dont ever say I never offered to help out.

You said four Strats. You listed five colors.

[VanHalenFan5150]

Carlos Robelli guitars are actually extremely nice guitars. We have classical guitars made by them at my school and they're some of the nicest ones I've played on, and that speaks for a lot. I've played on many guitars. My cousin owns a Carlo Robelli SG copy from the late 70's or early 80's. Got a few good blemishes but it's in good condition! He was gonna sell it to me for $100...

[Seshmeister]

If you put better pickups in it and Big-Block the Edge trem on that thing, you'd have quite the little shred-stick there... :cool:


:guitar:

Yeah the one I bought just arrived and after a quick play it definitely needs a new bridge pickup.

I'll probably try one of those DiMarzio Tone Zone ones.

Apart from that its fine, it's not going to be my main guitar but good fun.

I'll look into your 'Big block' theory again while I'm at it but not sure about the postage of sending a lead brick across the Atlantic... :)

[Seshmeister]

Fucking hell a Tone Zone pickup is double the price in the UK than the US!

[jhale667]

Yeah the one I bought just arrived and after a quick play it definitely needs a new bridge pickup.

I'll probably try one of those DiMarzio Tone Zone ones.

Apart from that its fine, it's not going to be my main guitar but good fun.

I'll look into your 'Big block' theory again while I'm at it but not sure about the postage of sending a lead brick across the Atlantic... :)


The "lead brick" won't cost that much to ship slow-boat, and the brass ones are inexpensive to begin with - give 'em a try! :cool:

I've never been a fan of the Tone Zone...lots of people swear by them, but all my friends and I hate them...lol
You might want to consider a Duncan Custom Custom instead...?

[VanHalener]

My guitar playing suffers because I haven't a technical clue how to play guitar, but making noise is fun after a session with Cheech & Chong much like I am about to do. Going to send Thrills some mula by morning and buy one of his. There's no rule against having two or three to journey with, so what chu got Gar?

Maybe the next time I drink a few I'll grab a camera and a guitar. Should be good for a few laughs and maybe an ~Awwww Yeah~

[GAR]

I'll post some pics later I took this weekend of some clutter in storage for insurance purposes.. I didn't take the plastic all the way off so if you see something you like I'll grab it and take more pics for you.

[Hardrock69]

Maybe I'm not a pro but I set it up with a nice fret milling and these things played well, till I bored of em.


You no pro? Gee.....funny you should say that, as you act like you know everything, and everyone else knows nada. :hee:

[VanHalenFan5150]

I don't know, I think i'll just stick with the Peavey Vypyr for now. My Kramer's nice enough.

[Seshmeister]

The "lead brick" won't cost that much to ship slow-boat, and the brass ones are inexpensive to begin with - give 'em a try! :cool:

I've never been a fan of the Tone Zone...lots of people swear by them, but all my friends and I hate them...lol
You might want to consider a Duncan Custom Custom instead...?

Fuck I missed this post and ordered one already based purely on shit I've read on the interweb and the fact I used to buy Dimarzios years ago when I used to know more about things like this.

Oh well if I hate it too I'll stick in in one of my shitty spare guitars or try it in the neck position.

[jhale667]

Fuck I missed this post and ordered one already based purely on shit I've read on the interweb and the fact I used to buy Dimarzios years ago when I used to know more about things like this.

Oh well if I hate it too I'll stick in in one of my shitty spare guitars or try it in the neck position.

Or perhaps if you don't like the stock Tone Zone a magnet-swap might make it more to your liking...

[Diamondjimi]

I'll post some pics later I took this weekend of some clutter in storage for insurance purposes.. I didn't take the plastic all the way off so if you see something you like I'll grab it and take more pics for you.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/Federaljim/FAILflash.gif

[Seshmeister]

Or perhaps if you don't like the stock Tone Zone a magnet-swap might make it more to your liking...

What is it you don't like about it?

You've got me worried now. I was in a rush as I'm playing my first gig on about 12 years on Friday...

[jhale667]

What is it you don't like about it?

You've got me worried now. I was in a rush as I'm playing my first gig on about 12 years on Friday...

Hey some people (including Paul Glibert, IIRC) swear by them, so please don't let my opinion dissuade you! In my friend's guitar it sounded dull, unfocused and muddy; but this was an alder bolt-on with a rosewood fretboard, maybe not the best wood types for it. YMMV.

[Seshmeister]

Hah muddy is exactly what I didn't want. :)

I liked the idea that it was advertised as being high output but not buzzy or fuzzy with a lot of middle. I'm going to be using a POD thing DI'd into the desk for this gig so that seemed like a good thing. I'm not hugely reassured by Paul Gilbert swearing by them as I think people like him and Vai and so on tend to sacrifice rhythm tone for lead and unless you a doing their widdle music then most people spend 95% of their time playing rhythm so to me that should be the priority.

There is a pickup picker tool on the DiMarzio site which actually recommended it too.

http://www.dimarzio.com/site/#/pickuppicker/

I'll maybe record my tone once it's in later in the week and see what the view is.

[Seshmeister]

Just read another 20 opinions which did me no good at all since they were split 50-50 between 'it's amazing' and 'its muddy, boring and shit'. Just need to see what it's like through my stuff I gues...

[The Flag]

It nails the later EVH sound pretty good, if that's what you're going for.

[Diamondjimi]

Run along Buttnugget, this forum is for musicians....

[Hardrock69]

Gee, GarFuckle sure loves to kiss ButtFag's ass!
Wonder what part of Garfuckle ButtFag likes to kiss?

[Seshmeister]

It nails the later EVH sound pretty good, if that's what you're going for.

Surely you mean 'pretty well' counseller?

Or even better 'quite well'.

I blame the teachers... :)

[jhale667]

Blame the fact that he's an idiot who created an alias because he couldn't bear the thought of not being able to log on and give GARfail his daily reacharound...

[Cato]

bump!

this is my new guitar. The Fender Custom Shop 1960 Strat with gold hardware, in LPB! (made in 1997)

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Mastergradestrat/mastergradestrat.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Mastergradestrat/bodycloseshot.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Mastergradestrat/backview.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Mastergradestrat/headstockback.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/Mastergradestrat/yamanostamp.jpg

[Igosplut]

Shit Cato, you got a lot of nice lookin gear....

[jhale667]

Cato's collection IS quite impressive. :cato2:

[Hardrock69]

Izzat Lake Placid Blue?

[jhale667]

Izzat Lake Placid Blue?

Looks like it...totally reminds me of the Lake Placid Blue Fender "The Strat" I had in the 80s...

[Coyote]

Or perhaps if you don't like the stock Tone Zone a magnet-swap might make it more to your liking...

Or, alternatively, try the Air Zone...

[GAR]

Looks like it...totally reminds me of the Lake Placid Blue Fender "The Strat" I had in the 80s...

Total POS compared to this thing.

That's the finest piece of Jap-crap I've seen Cato post yet, I admires it (1) time.

[jhale667]

Total POS compared to this thing.


And yet still far cooler than any imaginary guitar you've never owned. Or your Charvette, for that matter. :tongue0011:


Thread's been going for how long and you've yet to post a pic of your "collection"? :asshole:

[GAR]

Lawndale Pawn still has that ugly 82 hanging on the wall for nine hundred..

[Diamondjimi]

Thread's been going for how long and you've yet to post a pic of your "collection"? :asshole:

Exactly!

PWn3d x 10

[GAR]

I said I will never post pics of my guitars, and he owns me - how, again?

This is why you're on IGNORE. The default-hiding of your bleatherings works for me.

[jhale667]

I said I will never post pics of my guitars, and he owns me - how, again?

More like you owned yourself, Prince o' Plywood.


This is why you're on IGNORE. The default-hiding of your bleatherings works for me.

Just played right into his hands then, huh? Dummy.

[ThrillsNSpills]

Lawndale Pawn still has that ugly 82 hanging on the wall for nine hundred..


Hopefully they'll come to their senses and get you down.

[Igosplut]

Hopefully they'll come to their senses and get you down.

HA! Zing....

[Hardrock69]

Here. Since Garfuckle is so computer illiterate he does not understand how to upload his own photos, I will upload one for him.

This is Garfuckle, sitting on a bench near the overpass he lives under. The photographer paid him 50 cents to pose with a guitar he brought along on his project (taking photos of homeless retards with a guitar). Garfuckle tried unsuccessfully to get the photog to pay for a hotel room, so Gar could blow him, but the photog was so put off by the stench he paid him another 50 cents just to go away:

http://i48.tinypic.com/2qtlund.jpg

[VanHalener]

THRILLSNSPILLS hooked a brother UP!

http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/vanhalener/IMG_0167.jpg

Thanks Holmes! I have a thousand questions, but I will either read the edjumaction thread our start VanHalener's annoying guitar questions thread.
Either way, thanks man.

Now I'm gonna go squeeze on her a while.
Fuck NA Hooah!


OWWWWWWWW!

[Hardrock69]

Right on man! Rock out on the fucker! :D

[ThrillsNSpills]

Looks sharp and will shred like nobody's business.


Glad it landed and at least it won't slide off the lap like those ovations.

[jhale667]

Very cool of you, Thrills. :killer:

Congrats, VH'ener! :baaa:


Right on man! Rock out on the fucker! :D

What he said!

[VanHalener]

Thanks J. And thanks again Thrills. I have been unavoidably out of commission for a little bit and have not put to much time into making music of late.

The Flanger came in today, along with the DVDs and Halls. LOL at the Halls. thanx dude!
The flanger sounds pretty kick ass on the acoustic and electric. Phucking cool man. Now, besides learning how to
play that bad boy I need to get the guitar a tube cruncher and metal pedal. Gonna go change my altitude and jam right now.

Thanks Thrills, you're the man Holmes.
Fuckin' OWWWWWW!

[jhale667]

:killer:

[VanHalener]

This is part of any guitar gear collection.
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/vanhalener/34602_1427012888709_1634401668_9741.jpg

My five are phucked up for a while because I didn't check the stovetop grate before I lifted it last night: right before I was going to go downstairs and try to jam on the piano and guitar too.

Got any home remedies?

[jhale667]

:eek: OOOf....that looks painful, bro! Not a whole lot you can do with that...gotta let the blisters heal. I've had blisters from week-long cover gigs, and had to pop them to keep playing, but it HURTS like holy hell (and some have recommended against that, but not much else you can do when you've got a set to finish). But that's a burn, that's way worse as far as blisters go - try some Aloe. Ya probably wanna baby them for a few days, maybe not play if you don't have to. That sucks, sorry.

[jhale667]

How are the fingers, VH'ener? Better I hope?

:cool:

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

[indeedido]

That looks so painful!!!

[GAR]

pure aloe vera gel

[GAR]

That sucks, sorry.

There goes his Saturday late-night libido.

[VanHalener]

How are the fingers, VH'ener? Better I hope?

:cool:

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

Fingers are nearly healed now. Cruising around with seven burns and four nice blisters was interesting. Tried to play guitar four days ago and the middle finger split open and bled all over. Since yesterday morning I have been able to get back to tinkering without messing up the finger.

I'm digging those two guitars of yours. ~Beauties~


I have three more hands Gar so I am not concerned about libido. Her two hands and my good one just about cover it.



~OWWWWW~



Did a half hour with the ibanez flanger and a half our with the big muff pie today. Maybe by tomorrow I can use my left hand to give my girl a little payback.

[Cato]

hey I got an old Ibanez today. have you seen this one?

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/ibanez/ibanez2.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/ibanez/ibanez3.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/ibanez/ibanez5.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/GAYELVIS/ibanez/ibanez1.jpg

[jhale667]

That's a lot o' knobs and switches...:cato:

Built-in effects, huh?

[Diamondjimi]

Interestng. How do the fx sound?

[Cato]

effects don't work. and one of PU's is dead!

now I realized why it was so cheap...(the price was about 80 bucks)

[Diamondjimi]

Have it serviced. It could get interesting...

[ELVIS]

A friend of mine in New Jersey had a very similar tobacco colored Ibanez with the same effects in the early 80's...

I remember the tremolo worked and he thought that guitar was the shit...


:elvis:

[Hardrock69]

Pretty sunburst!

[Cato]

Hummmm I can't find the same guitar on old Ibanez catalogue...

http://s93105080.onlinehome.us/Ibanez-Catalogs/

[ThrillsNSpills]

Artist series?

http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/index.htm

http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/us/1978/p06.jpg

maybe in the neighborhood

[jhale667]

Think it definitely pre-dates those by a few years, Thrills... but definitely on the right track, I bet.


Hummmm I can't find the same guitar on old Ibanez catalogue...

http://s93105080.onlinehome.us/Ibanez-Catalogs/

I just sent the pic to my contact at the company... let's see if he or his can provide some insight... :cato2:

[ThrillsNSpills]

any time Cato breaks his piggy bank and goes to the pawn shop it's a party.

Certainly you could put something interesting in the effects option in the guitar.

Someone posted one a couple weeks ago where when the guitarist hit the toggle up position it sounded like an ascending 5th fret G string G harmonic. It seemed like a real left field kind of option to hit that in the middle of a flurry of notes. We may have luck if we work backwards from the year of the above issue, which was '78

[ThrillsNSpills]

Yeah, I hear ya J, just too lazy to go back by years at the moment. :)

[chefcraig]

The artist series seems the closest in body style. Is it possible that the effects were added by the original owner? The pick guard and the plastic piece under all of those knobs and switches looks awfully crudely made.

[jhale667]

The artist series seems the closest in body style. Is it possible that the effects were added by the original owner? The pick guard and the plastic piece under all of those knobs and switches looks awfully crudely made.

Possible...I've seen old guitars like that with built-in effects, but not sure I've ever seen an Ibby with 'em before...but hey, if it's from the 70s it's not beyond the realm of possibility... :D

[jhale667]

Yeah, I hear ya J, just too lazy to go back by years at the moment. :)

Me too, that's why I went directly to the source...lol

[ThrillsNSpills]

The artist series seems the closest in body style. Is it possible that the effects were added by the original owner? The pick guard and the plastic piece under all of those knobs and switches looks awfully crudely made.

yeah the Scotch tape is a big tipoff as well. lmao

[ThrillsNSpills]

It looks like it's in great shape though otherwise. Certainly it's got potential.

[chefcraig]

Possible...I've seen old guitars like that with built-in effects, but not sure I've ever seen an Ibby with 'em before...but hey, if it's from the 70s it's not beyond the realm of possibility... :D

The seventies was indeed a bizarre time. I remember an article in Circus magazine from the mid seventies about all of these guys that were putting homemade gizmos in/on their guitars. There was a Japanese guitarist featured in one of the photos, who had this striking-looking crescent shaped guitar with a built in air compressor, allowing him unlimited sustain. Hell, even Kramer experimented for a while there with guitar necks made out of aluminum (http://www.kramerforum.com/george/kollection/), for cryin' out loud.

[jhale667]

The "un-warp-able" neck material...there are Travis Bean guitars (another Gary Kramer company) with aluminum necks still floating around out there...

[ThrillsNSpills]

The seventies was indeed a bizarre time. I remember an article in Circus magazine from the mid seventies about all of these guys that were putting homemade gizmos in/on their guitars. There was a Japanese guitarist featured in one of the photos, who had this striking-looking crescent shaped guitar with a built in air compressor, allowing him unlimited sustain. Hell, even Kramer experimented for a while there with guitar necks made out of aluminum (http://www.kramerforum.com/george/kollection/), for cryin' out loud.

Did he use it on Heroes, by Bowie or was that an E-bow?
All I know is that I couldn't stand that effect after Ed overused a sustainer.

[Hardrock69]

Friend of mine I was in band with in the Tacoma area in 1978 had a Travis Bean guitar. He named his son Travis Marshall Trader, in honor of the guitar and the amp, lol.

[jhale667]

Did he use it on Heroes, by Bowie or was that an E-bow?
All I know is that I couldn't stand that effect after Ed overused a sustainer.

Didn't think the Ebow was even in existence when Heroes was made...but then I read the first one was made in 1969...I'd always heard Robert Fripp was one of the first users of them, and he played on the Bowie Heroes sessions, so it's possible...


I kinda like the way Vai uses a sustainer, btw... ;)


:guitar:

[chefcraig]

Didn't think the Ebow was even in existence when Heroes was made...but then I read the first one was made in 1969...I'd always heard Robert Fripp was one of the first users of them, and he played on the Bowie Heroes sessions, so it's possible...


Fripp had all sorts of strange effects he'd developed over the years, which first came about when he was collaborating with Brian Eno. He referred to them as "Frippertronics", and made several albums with the devices, which were based on the use of reel to reel tape recorders. The results were either fascinating or repetitive doodling, depending on your tolerance for such things. You'll hear echos of "Heroes" in this piece (indicative of the three albums Fripp made with Bowie during the latter's Berlin period). For me, a little bit of this stuff goes a looong way, and spread over an entire album becomes tedious after more than 3 or 4 minutes.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kcuqIqmIU

[ThrillsNSpills]

wiki on Fripp and Heroes:

In addition, King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp generated an unusual sustained sound by allowing his guitar to feed back and sitting at different positions in the room to alter the pitch of the feedback.

[jhale667]

Hey CATO...

Heard back from my friend last night...that thing is so old they're checking the archives...:cato2: